# SII 12.147: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 147. (A.R. No. 323 of 1921). TIRUKKŌYILŪR,
TIRUKKOYILUR TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE
SECOND PRĀKĀRA IN THE TRIVIKRAMA-PERUMĀḶ TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0147

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0147.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

It is stated in this record of Sakalabhuvanachakravarttin
Avaniāḷappiṟandān alias Kōpperuñjiṅgadēva, dated in the 5th year, that
the kāṇiyāḷar of the temple of Tiruviḍaikaḻi-Emberumān at Tirukkōvalūr
agreed to burn a twilight lamp in the temple in return for six cows
received by them from certain shepherds residing at Mēlaip-Paṉaippākkam
in Iḍaiyāṟṟu-nāḍu, a subdivision of Tirumuṉaippāḍi.

For the cows received the kāṇiyāḷar undertook to supply, by the
ulagaḷandānnāḻi, 1 nāḻi and 1 uri of ghee monthly to the temple.

The astronomical details given in the record correspond to A.D. 1247,
December 29, Sunday.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ hari(ḥ) śvasti śrī [∥] cakalapuvanacca⟨k⟩karavattikaḷ śrī
AvaniĀḷappiṟaṉtānāna kopperuñci⟨ṅ⟩kat¿o?⟨e⟩va⟨r⟩kku Iyāṇṭu 5⁓Āvatu
ma⟨2⟩karanāyaṟṟu pūrvapakṣattu pradhamaiyum nāyiṟṟu⟨k⟩kiḻamaiyum peṟṟa
Uttirāṭattu nāḷ tiruk kovalūr tiruviṭaikaḻi Emperumānu⟨3⟩kku
tirumuṉaippāṭi Iṭaiyāṟṟunāṭṭu melaippaṉaippākkattilirukkum maṉṟāṭikaḷil
matakaṉ tevanum Ivaṉ makkaḷ pūvaṉum cuttaṉum Amuta⟨4⟩ṉum vaṇ(ṭa)num
Iṟ⟨ṟ⟩aināḷ mutal vaitta caṉtiviḷakku Oṉṟukku I⟨k⟩koIl kāṇiyāḷar
kaikkoṇṭu vaiyirāvaṇakkoṉ Uḷḷiṭṭār pakkal viṭṭa pacu Āṟu ⟨5⟩ Ippacu Āṟum
kaikkoṇṭu caṉtirātittavarai tiruviḷakku celvatākak kalveṭṭi viṭṭom
kāṇiyāḷarom [|] Itu śrīvaiṣṇava rakṣai [|] Ippacu Āṟukkum mātam
Oṉṟu⟨k⟩ku Ulakaḷan tā⟨n⟩ nāḻiyāl Aḷa⟨k⟩kum ney nāḻiuri [∥]

## Commentary

The letter ṉa is engraved like ṇa in all cases in this record.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.147 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
75–76, item 147.