# SII 12.139: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 139. (A.R. No. 228 of 1904). ŚIṄGAVARAM, GINGEE
TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE LEFT WING-STONE AT THE ENTRANCE INTO
THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE RAṄGANĀTHA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0139

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0139.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

The title ‘Āvaniāḷappiṟandāṉ’ is added in the present inscription dated
in the 4th year, to the name Sakalabhuvanachakravarttigaḷ Kōpperuñjiṅga.
The inscription registers a gift of 30 cows for a perpetual lamp in the
temple of Tiruppaṉṟikuṉṟu-Emberumāṉ by Iḷaiyaperumāḷ Vattarāyar son of
Tavañcheydāṉ Vattarāyaṉ of Karuvili.

The astronomical details given in the record correspond to A.D. 1246,
August 26, Sunday; ·53; the nakshatra Tiruvōṇam had, however, ended the
previous day and ‘Śravishṭhā’ was current till ·75 on this day.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] sakalabhu(va)ṉacakravattikaḷ śrī ⟨2⟩
AvaniĀḷappiṟantāṉ kopperuñ⟨ciṅ⟩kade⟨3⟩va(r)kku yāṇṭu 4⁓Āvatu
si(ṁha)nāyaṟṟu pūrvapa⟨4⟩kṣattu nāyaṟṟu⟨k⟩kiḻamai trayodaśiyum
tiruvo⟨5⟩ṇamum peṟṟa nāḷ tiruppaṉṟikuṉṟu Emperumā⟨6⟩ṉukku
karuviliU(ṭ)aiyāṉ tavañceytāṉ ⟨7⟩ vattarāyaṉ ma⟨ka⟩ṉ Āṉa
yiḷaiyaperumāḷāṉa vattarāyar vaitta tiru⟨8⟩ṉuntāviḷakku 1⁓ṉṟukku viṭṭa
cāvāmuvāp perumpacu 3 10 ⟨9⟩ Ippacu muppatum kaikkoṇṭom Ikkoyili⟨l⟩
vai⟨10⟩kāna⟨sa⟩sūtrattu bhārgavaṉ Āṇṭavaṉ paṉṟiĀḻvā⟨11⟩ṉum bhārgavaṉ
Ātittavilli paṉṟiĀḻvā⟨12⟩ṉ Uḷḷiṭṭārom [|] (Ā)(tre)yaṉ Aḻakiyamaṇa⟨vāḷaṉ⟩
(Eḻuttu) [|] ⟨13⟩ kāṅkayapperaiyaṉ Eḻuttu [|] ⟨14⟩ Aṅkarāyaṉ Eḻuttu [|]
muttaḷavaraiyaṉ Eḻuttu [|] ⟨15⟩ vikkira⟨ma⟩pāṇṭiyapperaiyaṉ Eḻuttu [|]
⟨16⟩ paḷḷikkaṭṭuc cetirāyaṉ Eḻuttu [|] ⟨17⟩ villavarāyaṉ Eḻuttu [|]
campūrāyapperaiyaṉ Eḻuttu [|] ⟨18⟩ vāḷavarāyapperaiyaṉ Eḻuttu ௳ ⟨19⟩
kaṇiccipākkamuṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu ௳ nāṭṭavar paṇiyā(l) ⟨20⟩ Irukaimativāraṇa
Irā⟨ca⟩rā⟨ca⟩ppiramarāyaṉ Eḻuttu [∥]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.139 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
71–72, item 139.