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. author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0163.xml 2019-2026 as per external metadata

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

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.

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svasti śrī . cakalapuvaṉaccakkaravattikaḷ ci kopperuñciṅka tevarkku yāṇṭu 10.Āvatu Irājarāja vaḷanāṭṭu vāṇa koppāṭi Uṭaikkāṭṭunāṭṭup peṇṇai vaṭakarai neṟkuṉṟamāṉa vayiramekacatuppetimaṅkalattu Uṭaiyār tiruppaṉiccaittuṟaiuṭaiya nāyaṉārkku AvaṉiĀḷappiṟantāṉ kopperuñciṅkaṉeṉ . Innāyaṉār cittiraittirunāḷ Eḻuntaruḷa Iṟaiyiliyāka Ivvūr vaṭakālil viṭṭa nilam nālumā Aintaḷiyil Iṟaiyili viṭṭa nilam Oru māvum puṉcai nilattil tirunantāviḷakku ppuṟam viṭṭa nilam cempūrkiḻavaṉ tirunantavaṉam Orumāvum Āka nilam Āṟu māvum Iṟaiyiliyāka viṭṭeṉ . Itu māṟuvāṉ keṅkaiIṭai kumariIṭai kurāppacuk koṉṟār pā vaṅ koḷvāṉ Itu paṉmākeśura rakṣai .

The record is engraved carelessly towards the end.

Digital edition of SII 12.163 by converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

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