SII 12.70: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Alternative title: NRIPATUNGAVARMAN. No. 70. (A.R. No. 162 of 1912). TIRUVOṞṞIYŪR, SAIDAPET TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON A SLAB IN THE VERANDAH ROUND THE CENTRAL SHRINE OF THE ĀDHIPURĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This record is dated in the 18th year of Vijaya-Nṛipatuṅgavarman. It states that the assembly of Maṇali near Tiruvoṟṟiyūr agreed to provide offerings on the day of saṅkrānti every month to the god Mahādēva of Tiruvoṟṟiyūr for the interest on 5 kaḻañju of gold received by them from Paḻiyan Pilli, wife of Viḍēlviḍugu-Pallavaraiyar who was probably a local chief in charge of Umbaḷa-nāḍu (see plate VI).

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0070.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] kovicai-
⟨2⟩ ya nṛpatuṅkavarmmakku
⟨3⟩ yāṇṭu patiṉeṭṭāvatu
⟨4⟩ tiruvoṟṟi(yū)rppuṟattu
⟨5⟩ maṇali sabhaiyom
⟨6⟩ Emmuruṭaiya mahāde-
⟨7⟩ varkku Umpaḷanāṭṭu viṭe-
⟨8⟩ lviṭuku pallavarai-
⟨9⟩ yar (de)(vi)yāri(ṟ) paḻiya-
⟨10⟩ (n) pilli kuṭutta po-
⟨11⟩ ṉ Ūrkkaṟ cemmai
⟨12⟩ ⟨⟨(Ayṅ)⟩⟩aḻañcu I-
⟨13⟩ (y) ⟨⟨(poṉayṅka)⟩⟩⟨ḻañcu po⟩-
⟨14⟩ ṉ koṇṭu celutta-
⟨15⟩ kkaṭavomāyiṉa pari{ca}-
⟨16⟩ cāvatu [|] cenneṟ kutta(ṟ)
⟨17⟩ paḻavarici karunāḻiyiṉā⟨l⟩
⟨18⟩ nāṉāḻiyum Uḻakku ne-
⟨19⟩ yyu m¿ā?ṭukkilaiyu (m)ai-
⟨20⟩ ntu k(ā)yum nālupaḻa⟨mu⟩m saṅ-
⟨21⟩ kirān=titoṟum muṭṭāmai
⟨22⟩ ni(lai)ppoliyūṭṭākat ti-
⟨23⟩ ṅka ṭoṟumāka kuṭup-
⟨24⟩ pomāṉom muṭṭuvatā-
⟨25⟩ yiṟ dharmmādhanat=tu nicati nāl(e)-
⟨26⟩ (kāl) kāṇam paṭuvom-
⟨27⟩ māṉom paṭṭum po-
⟨28⟩ liyūṭṭu muṭṭāmai (caṉ)

Commentary

⟨28⟩ (caṉ). The slab is broken at this place and the continuation of the inscription is lost.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.70 by Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. & C. R. Krishnamacharlu. 1943. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Page 30, item 70.

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