# SII 12.162: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 162. (A.R. No. 459 of 1921). TIRUVEṆṆAINALLŪR,
TIRUKKOYILUR TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE INNER WALL OF THE
GŌPURA (RIGHT OF ENTRANCE) OF THE KṚIPĀPURĪŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0162

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0162.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This incomplete inscription, dated in the 10th year, registers a gift of
32 cows by Tiruvaṇṇāmalai-Bhaṭṭaṉ of Mēl-Āmūr, a member of the assembly
of Tiruveṇṇainallūr, for supplying daily, by the standard measure
‘Arumoḻidēvaṉ-nāḻi,’ two and six nāḻi of milk respectively for offerings
to and the sacred bath of the god Āṭkoṇḍadēva at Tiruveṇṇainallūr, a
brahmadēya in Tirumuṉaippāḍi Tiruveṇṇainallūr-nāḍu, a subdivision of
Rājarāja-vaḷanāḍu.

In the concluding portion of the inscription mention is made of the
image of Piḷḷaiyār set up in the western corner of the temple.

Mēl-Āmūr i.e. West Āmūr may be identified with the village Āmūr in the
Tirukkoyilur taluk of the South Arcot district.

According to the details given, the date of the record corresponds to
A.D. 1252, October 4, Friday.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] sakalapuvaṉaccakkaravattikaḷ śrī
kopperuñ⟨2⟩ciṅkatevaṟku yāṇṭu 10⁓vatu tulānāyaṟṟu Aparapakṣattu
caturddaśiyum ve⟨3⟩ḷḷikkiḻamaiyum peṟṟa cittiraiṉāḷ rājarājavaḷanāṭṭut
tirumuṉai⟨4⟩ppāṭit tiruveṇṇainallūrnāṭṭu brahmadeyan= tiruveṇṇainallūr
Uṭai⟨5⟩yār Āṭkoṇṭatevaṟku Ivvūr cap¿a?⟨ai⟩yāril melāmur tiruvaṇṇāmalai
paṭṭaṉ viṭ⟨6⟩(ṭa pacu )[6+] (muppatti)raṇṭum Iṉṉāyaṉār
curapimaṉṟāṭikaḷil maṇṇai kovinta⟨7⟩ṉāṉa kuṉṟameṟin(tāṉ) koṉum
AmmaiĀḻvāṉmāṭi piḷḷaikkoṉum Ivviruvo⟨8⟩m Eṅkaḷil [3+] kaikkoṇṭu
yiṟṟaināḷ mutal nāḷoṉṟukku Arumoḻiteva⟨9⟩ṉnāḻiyāl Amutupaṭikkup pāl
Irunāḻiyum Āṭiyaruḷappāl Aṟunāḻiyum Ākap pāl ⟨10⟩ Eṭṭu nāḻiyum
cantirātittavarai Aḷakkakkaṭavomākac cammatittuk kaikkoṇṭom
Iv⟨11⟩viruvom [|] Itu paṉmāheśvara rakṣai [|] Ivvamutu ceyta (pā)l
Irunāḻiyum muppatu ⟨12⟩ (vaṭṭattu)c civappirāmaṇar ko(ṇ)ṭu Iṉnāyaṉār
tirukkā(ma)kkoṭṭam melaimulaiyil til⟨13⟩(laiva) [3+] naṉ (piḷḷai)yāṟku
nāḻi (Arici A)mutu ceyvitta Icco(ṟu nā)ḻiyuṅ koṇṭu yippiḷḷaiyāṟku ⟨14⟩
[4+] kaṭavo muppatu vaṭṭattu civappirāmaṇarom [|] ṛṣabhaM Oṉṟu viṭṭatu
[∥]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.162 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
89–90, item 162.