# SII 12.131: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: KOPPERUNJINGADEVA II. No. 131. (A.R. No. 69 of 1918).
VṚIDDHĀCHALAM, VRIDDHACHALAM TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. IN THE SECOND
GŌPURA (RIGHT OF ENTRANCE) OF THE VṚIDDHAGIRĪŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0131

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0131.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This inscription records a provision made in the 2nd year of
Sakalabhuvanachchakravarttigaḷ Kōpperuñjiñgadēva for burning a perpetual
lamp before the god at Tirumudukuṉṟam in Paruvūr-kūṟṟam, a subdivision
of Mēṟkā-nāḍu Iruṅgōḷappāḍi-nāḍu situated in
Virudarājabhayaṅkara-vaḷanāḍu, by Aḍaippu Tirukkaṟtuṟai-Uḍaiyān
Kuṉṟamuttaraiyan, son of Neṟkuppai-Nāḍāḻvāṉ Guṇamuḍaiyān, one of the
Paḷḷis having the hereditary right of watchmanship in the temple.

The initial date of this chief is fixed in A.D. 1243[1] by a record from
Conjeevaram[2] which equates the Śaka year 1182 (A.D. 1260) with his
18th year. The astronomical details given in the record correspond to
A.D. 1244, November 13, Sunday. The chief may, therefore, be identified
with Kōpperuñjiṅgadēva II.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] sakalabhuvaṉaccakravattikaḷ śrī
kopperuñciṅkateva⟨2⟩ṟku yāṇṭu 2⁓Āvatu vṛścikanāyaṟṟu Aparapakṣattu
trayodaśi⟨3⟩yum nāyaṟṟukkiḻamaiyum peṟṟa Aśvati nāḷ vaṭakarai
virutarājabhaya⟨4⟩ṅkaravaḷanāṭṭu meṟkānāṭṭu Iruṅkoḷappāṭināṭṭup
paru⟨5⟩vūṟkūṟṟattu Uṭaiyār tirumutukuṉṟamuṭaiya nāyaṉāṟku
Innāya⟨6⟩ṉārkoyil kāval{k}kāṇiUṭaiya paḷḷikaḷil neṟkuppai⟨7⟩nāṭāḻvān
kuṇamuṭaiyān makaṉ Aṭaippu tirukkaṟtuṟai ⟨8⟩ Uṭaiyān kuṉṟamuttaraiyan
Innāyaṉārkku vaitta tiru⟨9⟩nuntāviḷak koṉṟukku viṭṭa Āṭu 9 10 6 Itil
Innāyaṉār ⟨10⟩ maṉṟāṭikkuṭimakkaḷil nampa⟨k⟩k¿e?⟨o⟩n periyānkuṉṟaṉ
poṉ⟨11⟩ṉaruḷāḷakkon kaikkoṇṭa Āṭu 4 10 8⁓kku viḷakku Araiyum ⟨12⟩
(pāṭi)kāṭān kaikkoṇṭa Āṭu 4 10 8⁓kku viḷakku Araiyum Ā⟨13⟩ka Āṭu
toṇṉūṟṟāṟum Innāḷ mutal kaikkoṇṭu nāḷo⟨14⟩ṉṟukku tevāśriyaṉ nāḻiyāl
Uḻakku ney Aḷakkakkaṭavom I⟨15⟩vviruvom [|] Itu candrādityavaT [|]
patmāheśvara rakṣai [∥]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.131 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
66, item 131.

[1] Ep. Ind. Vol. VII. p. 165.

[2] A.R. No. 38 of 1890.