# SII 12.71: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: NRIPATUNGAVARMAN. No. 71. (A.R. No. 360 of 1921).
TIRUVADI, CUDDALORE TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON A PILLAR IN THE
ARDHA-MAṆḌAPA OF THE TIRUVĪRAṬṬĀNĒŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0071

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0071.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This record of Nṛipatuṅgavarman is dated in his 18th year and registers
a gift of 570 kaḻañju of gold to the Nagarattār of Adiyaraiyamaṅgalam by
the Pāṇḍya king Varaguṇa-Mahārāja, for providing, with the interest on
the amount, certain specified offerings to the god
Tiruvīraṭṭānattu-Mahādēva of that village.

The importance of the present inscription lies in the fact that the
Pāṇḍya king Varaguṇavarman figures as a contemporary of and probably a
subordinate under the Pallava king Nṛipatuṅgavarman.[1]

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## Edition

⟨Face A: first face⟩ ⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] nṛpato⟨2⟩ṅkapanmaṟku (yāṇṭu) ⟨3⟩
patineṭṭāvatu (A)⟨4⟩ti(ya)raiyamaṅka⟨5⟩lattu tiruviraṭṭā⟨6⟩nattu
mahādeva⟨7⟩rkku (p)āṇ ⟨8⟩ (ṭi) varakuṇamahārā⟨9⟩jaṉ kuṭutta poṉ ⟨10⟩
Aññūṟṟeḻupatiṉ ka⟨11⟩ḻañcu Ippoṉ koṇ⟨12⟩ṭu kaṭavom
Atiyarai⟨13⟩yamaṅkalattu nakara⟨14⟩ttom [|] Ippoṉni⟨15⟩l
Irunūṟṟuttoṇṇū⟨16⟩ṟṟuk kaḻañcu poṉnā⟨17⟩l palicaiyāl nicati ⟨18⟩ [1 lost
line] ⟨19⟩ [1 lost line] ⟨20⟩ [2+] (mun)nā(ḻi Uri)⟨21⟩kkum (me)ṟṟi
pa(tiṟ) ⟨22⟩ (ṟu)nāḻi Ari(ciyum) [2+] ⟨23⟩ poḻutukku Uri
pacca⟨24⟩payaṟṟupparuppu kum⟨25⟩māya muḷḷiṭṭa Añcukā⟨26⟩yum poḻutu
puḷi(ṅkaṟi)⟨27⟩kku Uḻakku tayirum po⟨28⟩ḻutu kaṟikku kā⟨29⟩yam
mirucce(vi){ṭa}ṭu⟨m⟩ ⟨30⟩ poḻutu kaṟi tu(mi)kka⟨31⟩c cevi{ṭ}ṭu neyum
⟨Face B: second face⟩ ⟨32⟩ nivetikka naṟune⟨33⟩y potu Uḻakkā⟨34⟩ka nālu
poḻutukku⟨35⟩m meṟṟi ney nāḻi ⟨36⟩ nivetikka poḻutu⟨37⟩kkuṉ tayir Uri
nālu ⟨38⟩ poḻutume [∥]

## Commentary

⟨18–19⟩ Damaged.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.71 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. Pages
30–31, item 71.

[1] See also No. 60 above.