SII 12.144: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – 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.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0144.

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.

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

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

Version: (9e960d9), last modified (2a009c8).

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⟩ [10+] ṭavatāka paccaikkoṉ makaṉ kuṉṟakkoṉ kaikkoṇṭa Āṭu t(oṇ)ṇū(ṟṟu)Āṟu ⟨6⟩ [10+] 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 1943 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. 1943. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Page 74, item 144.