SII 12.122: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Alternative title: “No. 122. (A.R. No. 497 of 1921). TIRUVEṆṆAINALLŪR, TIRUKKOYILUR TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE EAST WALL OF THE MAṆḌAPA IN FRONT OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE VAIKUṆṬHA-PERUMĀḶ TEMPLE.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: In this inscription, dated in the 8th year, Kōpperuñjiñgadēva is given the surname Aḻagiyaśīyaṉ. It records a gift of 5 cows by Tirumalaiy-Aḻagiyāṉ alias Vīra[gaḷ*] vīrap-Pallavaraiyaṉ,¹ a Kaikkōḷa-mudali of Tiruveṇṇainallūr for supplying daily milk by the measure ‘Arumoḻidēva-nāḻi’ to the god Vaikunda (Vaikuṇṭha)[p-Perumāḷ]. This donor figures in A.D. 1237² and his death is referred to in No. 189 below. From the title Aḻagiyaśīyaṉ given to the chief, he may be identified with the elder Kōpperuñjiṅga.

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

Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0122.

File path: SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0122.xml.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] sakalabhuvaṉaccakravattikaḷ Aḻakiyaciyaṉ kopperuñciṅkatevaṟkku yāṇṭu 8⁓vatu tiruveṇṇainallūr śrīvaikunta [*********]

⟨2⟩ kkoḷamutalikaḷil tirumalaiyaḻakiyāṉāṉa vīra⟨kaḷ⟩vīrappallavaraiyaṉ Ikkoyil curapimaṉṟāṭi kaḷil maṇavāḷakkoṉ pakkal [**********]

⟨3⟩ 5 Ippacu Añcukkum nāḷoṉṟukku Arumoḻitevaṉāḻiyāl Unta ppāl candrādittavarai cellakkaṭavatākak kalveṭṭik [********]

Commentary

⟨3⟩ The inscription is built in at the right end.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.122 by Venkatasubba Ayyar and Krishnamacharlu 1943 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. and C. R. Krishnamacharlu. 1943. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Page 60, item 122.

Notes

1. No. 150 below.
2. A.R. No. 501 of 1902 dated in the 21st year of Rājarāja III.

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