SII 12.144: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Alternative title: No. 144. (A.R. No. 97 of 1934-35). VṚIDDHĀCHALAM, VRIDDHACHALAM TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE KITCHEN IN THE VṚIDDHAGIRĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This inscription, dated in the 4th year, registers a gift of 96 sheep by Āḷappiṟandāṉ-kōṉ Śuttāḻvāṉ for burning a sacred perpetual lamp before the god at Tirumudukuṉṟam in Paruvūr-kūṟṟam, a subdivision of Mēṟkā-nāḍu Iruṅgōḷappāḍi in Virudarājabhayaṅkara-vaḷanāḍu.

The astronomical details given point to A.D. 1247, August 26, Monday (not Sunday) as the date of the record.

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

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0144.

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0144.xml.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ ௳ svasti śrīḥ [∥] sakalabhuvanaccakravatti śrīkopperuñciṅkatevarkku yāṇṭu nālāvatu siṁhanāyaṟṟu Apa(ra)-
⟨2⟩ pakṣattu daśamiyum nāyaṟṟukkiḻamaiyum puṇarpūcamum peṟṟa ṉāḷ vaṭakarai virutarāja⟨bha⟩(ya)ṅkaravaḷanāṭṭu meṟkāṉāṭṭu
⟨3⟩ Iruṅkoḷappāṭip paruvūrkkūṟṟattu Uṭaiyār tirumutukuṉṟamuṭaiya nāyanāṟku Āḷappiṟaṉtāṉ koṉ
⟨4⟩ cuttāḻvāṉ vaitta tirununtāviḷakku Oṉṟukku tevāciriyaṉkālāl Aḷakkum nāḷ Oṉṟukku ney Uḻakkāka vanta
⟨5⟩ [**********] ṭavatāka paccaikkoṉ makaṉ kuṉṟakkoṉ kaikkoṇṭa Āṭu t(oṇ)ṇū(ṟṟu)Āṟu
⟨6⟩ [**********] t=tavaT paṉmāheheśvara rakṣai ௳

Commentary

Some of the inscribed slabs are misplaced in the wall.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.144 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 74, item 144.

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