SII 12.168: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Alternative title: No. 168. (A.R. No. 353 of 1919). LITTLE CONJEEVERAM, CONJEEVERAM TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ‘ROCK’ IN THE ARUḶĀḶA-PERUMĀḶ TEMPLE.

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: A gift of 44 cows is recorded in this inscription, dated in the 1[1]th year, by Chandira-Śeṭṭi, a resident of Maṇḍa[ga]ttali in Nellūr-nāḍu for providing 1 uḻakku of ghee daily, measured by the standard measure [Aru]moḻinaṅgai-nāḻi, for burning a perpetual lamp to god Aruḷāḷap-Perumāḷ.

The date of the record corresponds to A.D. 1253, May 16, Friday. The week day cited in the inscription is probably a mistake for Friday.

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

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0168.

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0168.xml.

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⟨1⟩ (sva)sti śrī [∥] kopperuñciṅkadevar⟨k⟩ku yāṇṭu 10 (1)⁓Āvatu Iṣabhanāyaṟṟu Iraṇṭānti-
⟨2⟩ (ya)tiyāṉa mulamuñ caṉikkiḻamaiyumāṉavaṉṟu nellūrnāṭṭu maṇṭa-
⟨3⟩ (ka)ttaliṟ cantiraceṭṭi Aruḷāḷapperumāḷukku vaitta ti(ru)nantāviḷakku Oṉ-
⟨4⟩ (ṟu)kku vākkāṭṭiṉa pacuvuñ ciṉaippacuvum Uṭpaṭa Uru nāṟpattunālukkum
⟨5⟩ [*******] moḻinaṅkai nāḻiyāle Uḻakku ney cantirāti-
⟨6⟩ [*******] [.]āka viṭṭeṉ cantiraceṭṭiyeṉ [|] Ivai koyiṟkaṇakku
⟨7⟩ [*******] yāṉ tevapperumāḷ Aruḷāḷappiriyaṉ Eḻuttu [∥]

Commentary

⟨5–7⟩ Beginnings of lines 5 to 7 are built in.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.168 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 94–95, item 168.

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