SII 12.163: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Alternative title: “No. 163. (A.R. No. 214 of 1934-35). NEṞKUṆAM, TIRUKKOYILUR TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE MAṆḌAPA IN FRONT OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE RUINED ŚIVA TEMPLE.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This inscription which is dated in the 10th year records a gift of 6 mā of tax-free land by the chief, to the temple of Uḍaiyār Tiruppaṉichchaittuṟai-uḍaiya-Nāyaṉār at Neṟkuṉṟam alias Vayiramēga-chaturvēdimaṅgalam ‘on the northern bank of the Peṇṇai’ in Vāṇagōppāḍi Uḍaikkāḍu-nāḍu, a subdivision of Rājarāja-vaḷanāḍu, for the Chittirai festival of the god, for a sacred perpetual lamp and for maintaining a garden called ‘Śembūrkiḻavaṉ-tirunandavaṉam’. The wording in this inscription, introducing Kōpperuñjiṅga as donor, is noteworthy.¹

The village Aintaḷi (the village of five shrines) where a plot of land was situated may be identified with the hamlet Andili in the Tirukkoyilur taluk.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0163.

File path: SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0163.xml.

Version: 2026-04-17 20:51 (91a7006), last modified 2025-04-18 17:06 (a0bc136).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] cakalapuvaṉaccakkaravattikaḷ ci kopperuñciṅka-
⟨2⟩ tevarkku yāṇṭu 10⁓Āvatu Irājarāja vaḷanāṭṭu vāṇa-
⟨3⟩ koppāṭi Uṭaikkāṭṭunāṭṭup peṇṇai vaṭakarai [*****]
⟨4⟩ neṟkuṉṟamāṉa vayiramekacatuppetimaṅkalattu Uṭaiyār
⟨5⟩ tiruppaṉiccaittuṟaiuṭaiya nāyaṉārkku AvaṉiĀḷappiṟantāṉ
⟨6⟩ kopperuñciṅkaṉeṉ [|] Innāyaṉār cittiraittirunāḷ Eḻuntaruḷa
⟨7⟩ Iṟaiyiliyāka Ivvūr vaṭakālil viṭṭa nila⟨m⟩ nālumā Aintaḷiyil
⟨8⟩ Iṟaiyili viṭṭa nilam Oru māvum puṉcai nilattil tiruna⟨n⟩tāviḷakku-
⟨9⟩ ppuṟam viṭṭa nilam cempūrkiḻavaṉ tirunantavaṉa⟨m⟩ Orumāvum Āka nilam Āṟu
⟨10⟩ māvum Iṟaiyiliyāka viṭṭeṉ [|] Itu (māṟu)vā⟨ṉ⟩
⟨11⟩ keṅkaiIṭai kumariIṭai kurāppacuk koṉṟār pā-
⟨12⟩ vaṅ koḷvāṉ Itu paṉmākeśura rakṣai [∥]

Commentary

⟨12⟩ The record is engraved carelessly towards the end.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.163 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. Pages 90–91, item 163.

Notes

1. Cf. No. 206 below and S.I.I. Vol. VIII, Nos. 102 and 354.

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