# SII 12.82: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: NRIPATUNGAVARMAN. No. 82. (A.R. No. 394 of 1905).
KĀVĒRIPPĀKKAM, ARKONAM TALUK, NORTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON A STONE BUILT
INTO THE NORTH WALL OF THE MAṆḌAPA IN FRONT OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE
VARADARĀJA-PERUMĀḶ TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0082

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0082.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

The date of this fragmentary inscription of Nṛipatuṅgavarman is partly
lost. It mentions the assembly of Kāvidippā[kkam] alias
Amaninārāyaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam and Viḍēlviḍugu . . . in Māṅgāḍu-nāḍu,
a subdivision of Paḍuvūr-kōṭṭam.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] niru⟨⟨pa⟩⟩toṅkavarmma⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu pati [3+] ⟨2⟩ vatu
paṭuvūrkkoṭṭattu māṅkāṭunāṭṭu viṭelvi⟨⟨ṭu⟩⟩ku [3+] ⟨3⟩ yamattu sabhaiyom
Ikkoṭṭattuk kāvitippā [4+] ⟨4⟩ ya Amaninārāyaṇaccaturvvetimaṅkalam yāḷu
[4+] ⟨5⟩ tāruḷ Aṅkāṇacca(n){yai} vasan=tayājiyār pa

## Commentary

⟨?⟩ The letter m is engraved below the line.

⟨5⟩ pa. The inscription is incomplete.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.82 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
35, item 82.