# SII 12.78: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: NRIPATUNGAVARMAN. No. 78. (A.R. No. 22 of 1930-31).
TIRUKKŌḌIKĀVAL, KUMBAKONAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE WEST WALL OF
THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE TIRUKKŌḌĪŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0078

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0078.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This record of the 24th year of Vijaya-Nṛipatuṅgavikramavarman, like No.
74 above, is stated to be a copy of an old stone inscription. It is
engraved in continuation of a record of the Pāṇḍya king Māṟañjaḍaiyaṉ
(A.R. No. 21 of 1930-31) and followed by an inscription of the Chōḷa
king Rājakēsarivarmaṉ (A.R. No. 23 of 1930-31). It registers an
agreement made by the assembly of Nāraṇakka-chaturvēdimaṅgalam to burn a
perpetual lamp in the temple of Mahādēva at Tirukkōḍikāvu for the
interest on 15 kaḻañju of gold received by them from Veṭṭuvadi-Araiyaṉ
alias Mallaṉ Vēṅgaḍavaṉ of Koṇḍa-nāḍu.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] Ituvum moru paḻaṅkalpaṭi [|] kovicaya ⟨2⟩
nṛpatoṅkavikramapanmaṟku yāṇṭu Irupattunālāvatu tirukkoṭikāvil
mahādevarkku non=tāviḷakkiṉukku koṇṭanāṭuṭaiya veṭṭuvatiaraiyaṉāṉa
mallaṉ ve (ṅ)kaṭavaṉ kuṭutta poṉ patiṉaiṅkaḻañcu Ippo⟨⟨n⟩⟩ koṇṭu Itaṉ
palicaiyāl nālu⟨3⟩ḻakkum piḻaiyānāḻikkiḻ muḻaiyāl nicati Uḻakku ney taḷi
Ar⟨c⟩ci⟨p⟩(pāṟ)ku kuṇantu Aḷantu kuṭuppommāṉo{m} (mā)cantirakālamu
maḷan=tu kuṭuppomāṉo(m) nāraṇakkaccaturvetimaṅkalattu sabhaiyom [|] Itu
paḻayakalpaṭi [|] I⟨4⟩n=ta śrīvimānattile Eṟa veṭṭinamaiyil muṉṉivājagam
veṭṭikkiṭanta taṉi⟨k⟩kallāl Ubhaiyokam Illāmaiyāl Atu tavi{ṉ}n=tatu [|]
Itu muṭṭil paṉmāyeśva ra⟨r⟩ kaṭai[kūṭṭa peṟṟār [∥]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.78 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
33–34, item 78.