SII 12.74: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Alternative title: NRIPATUNGAVARMAN. No. 74. (A.R. No. 38 of 1930-31). TIRUKKŌḌIKKĀVAL, KUMBAKONAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE TIRUKKŌḌĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This record of the 22nd year, like No. 55 above, is prefaced by the remark that ‘this is also a copy of an old stone inscription’. It is preceded by a record of the Pāṇḍya king Māṟaṉ Śaḍaiyaṉ (A.R. No. 37 of 1930-31) and followed by an epigraph of the Muttaraiyar chief Iḷaṅgō-Muttaraiyar (A.R. No. 39 of 1930-31), all of which are engraved in continuation of one another. It has been pointed out above (No. 55) that the temple at Tirukkōḍikkāval was renovated by Śembiyaṉ-Mādēviyār, the mother of the Chōḷa king Uttama-Chōḷa and that she took care to re-engrave on the new walls the old inscriptions found in the temple.

The present record does not give the king’s name, but from the mention therein of Vīra-Mahādēviyār, the queen of Nṛipatuṅga-Mahārāja, it may be ascribed to Nṛipatuṅga himself. It gives the interesting information that this queen performed the hiraṇyagarbha and tulābhāra ceremonies, evidently at Tirukkōḍikkā and presented 50 kaḻañju of gold from the wealth so weighed, to the temple of Mahādēva in the village for offerings and lamp. The assembly of Tirukkōḍikkāvu alias Kaṇṇamaṅgalam received the money and undertook to conduct the endowment. Queen Vīra-Mahādēviyār is known to epigraphy for the first time only from this record.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0074.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] Ituvum moru paḻaṅkalpaṭi [∥] yāṇṭu (Irupattiraṇ){ṭ}ṭu nṛpatoṅkamahārāja⟨r⟩ deviyār viramahādeviyār hiraṇyagarbhamu tulāpāra(mum) pukka poṉṉil tiruk koṭikāvil mahā [*********]

⟨2⟩ tta poṉ Aimpatiṉ kaḻañcu Itaṉil Irupattaiṅ kaḻañcu poṉṉiṉ palicaiyāl nicati Irunāḻi Ariciyum Oru piṭi ne(yyu)m taḷi Arcci⟨p⟩pār kai [*********]

⟨3⟩ l nicati Uḻakku ney taḷi Aṟcippār kaiyyile noṉtāviḷakki⟨ṉu⟩kku kuṭu⟨p⟩pomāṉom tirukkoṭikāvāṉa kaṇṇamaṅkalattu sabhaiyom Itu paḻaṅkalpaṭi [|] I [**********]

⟨4⟩ Ubhaiyogam Illāmaiyil Atu tavintatu Itu muṭṭil paṉmāyeśvarar kaṭaikkūṭṭappeṟṟār [∥]

Commentary

The inscription is built in at the right end.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.74 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 32, item 74.

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