SII 12.163: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – 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.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0163.

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.

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

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

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] cakalapuvaṉaccakkaravattikaḷ ci kopperuñciṅka⟨2⟩tevarkku yāṇṭu 10~Āvatu Irājarāja vaḷanāṭṭu vāṇa⟨3⟩koppāṭi Uṭaikkāṭṭunāṭṭup peṇṇai vaṭakarai [5+] ⟨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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