# SII 12.72: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: NRIPATUNGAVARMAN. No. 72. (A.R. No. 175 of 1930).
PIḶḶAIPĀKKAM, SRIPERUMBUDUR TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON A SLAB BUILT
INTO THE STEPS OF THE KĀḶĪ TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0072

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0072.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This is a curious inscription dated in the 20th year of Nṛipatuṅga
containing animprecation on people who stored paddy on the talam of the
village.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] ⟨2⟩ nṛ{ru}pa(to)ṅ⟨3⟩ka(r)kku yāṇ⟨4⟩ṭu Irupatāva⟨5⟩tu
Ivvūṟṟa⟨6⟩(la)ttu (ne)lla⟨7⟩(ṭ)ṭuvār kaṅkai⟨8⟩iṭai kumari⟨9⟩yiṭaic
cey⟨10⟩tār ceyta ⟨11⟩ pāvam paṭuvā⟨12⟩r (ne)l laṭṭi⟨13⟩ṉāru maṭṭa
vuṭaṉ⟨14⟩paṭṭāruñ [2+] ⟨15⟩ ta [3+] ⟨16⟩ [4+]

## Commentary

Letters at the end of the inscription have been chiselled away.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.72 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
31, item 72.