# SII 12.168: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0168

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0168.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## 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.

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## Edition

⟨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⟩ [7+] moḻinaṅkai nāḻiyāle Uḻakku ney
cantirāti⟨6⟩[7+] [.]āka viṭṭeṉ cantiraceṭṭiyeṉ [|] Ivai koyiṟkaṇakku ⟨7⟩
[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.