# SII 12.144: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0144

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0144.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## 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.

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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⟩ [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 & 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.