# SII 12.85: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: APARAJITAVARMAN. No. 85. (A.R. No. 351 of 1908).
MĀṄGĀḌU, SRIPERUMBUDUR TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON A SLAB BUILT INTO
THE FLOOR OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE VAḶḶĪŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0085

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0085.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This is a mutilted incription, also dated in the 3rd year of
Vijaya-Aparājitavarman. It registers a gift of gold for a lamp and
offerings to the god Tiruveḷḷikīḻ-Mahādēva at Māṅgāḍu by the mother of••
kka-Mahādēviyār, who was related to . . . piḍugu Taḷittēvanār of
Kachchippēḍu.

The puḷḷi is invariably marked in this record.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] kovicaiya⟨2⟩parājitavarmmaṟku yāṇ(ṭu) ⟨3⟩ muṉṟāvatu
māṅkāṭṭu(t) ⟨4⟩ tiruveḷḷikiḻmahā(de)(va)⟨5⟩rkku Oru nandāviḷakkiṟkum
[3+] ⟨6⟩ (ru)mpoḻtaikku Oru tiruvamu [2+] ⟨7⟩ kumākak kaccippeṭṭu(k)
[3+] ⟨8⟩ piṭuku taḷittevanār ma [5+] ⟨9⟩ kka mahādeviyār tāyār [3+] ⟨10⟩
rinaṅkaiyār vaitta po [3+] ⟨11⟩ pattirukaḻañcu Ippoṉ [4+] ⟨12⟩
candrāditya ruḷḷavaḷavun

## Commentary

The continuation of lines and the bottom portion of the record are built
in.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.85 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
36, item 85.