SII 12.177: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Alternative title: No. 177. (A.R. No. 440 of 1921). TIRUVEṆṆAINALLŪR, TIRUKKOYILUR TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE MAṆḌAPA IN FRONT OF THE NAṬANA-SABHĀ IN THE KṚIPĀPURĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This record, dated in the 12th year, states that Tiruvaṇṇāmalai-uḍaiyāṉ, son of Kaviṉi Śambhu-Bhaṭṭa, a member of the assembly of the village, had endowed 32 cows in the 21st year of Rājarājadēva for the maintenance of a perpetual lamp in the temple of Āṭkoṇḍadēva and that the Śivabrāhmaṇas of the temple now agreed to continue the charity.

The interval between the 21st year of Rājarāja III (A.D. 1237) and the present record (A.D. 1255) is nearly 18 years. It is not stated why the engraving of this inscription was delayed for such a long time.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0177.

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0177.xml.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ [**********] vattikaḷ śrī Avaṉiāḷappiṟanta kopperuñciṅkatevarkku yāṇṭu paṉṉiraṇṭāvatu
⟨2⟩ [**********] Āṭkoṇṭatevaṟku cantirātittavarai Oru nuntāviḷakku tiruvaṇukka{ṉ}n tirukkuttiviḷa-
⟨3⟩ [**********] (I)vūṟ capaiyāril kaviṉi campupaṭṭar makaṉ tiruvaṇṇāmalaiyuṭai yāṉ pakkal Ikkoyil
⟨4⟩ [**********] ṭaiya civappirāmaṇaril bhāradvāji nāṟpatteṇṇāyiranampi Uḷḷiṭṭārum Ātrayaṉ Iṣabhavā-
⟨5⟩ [**********] yaṉ Āṭkoṇṭa nāyakapaṭṭaṉu⟨ḷ⟩ḷiṭṭārum kuṇṭiṉaṉ vākica paṇṭita ṉu⟨ḷ⟩ḷiṭṭā⟨ru⟩m Ātrayaṉ
⟨6⟩ [**********] ṭārum muṉṉāḷ Irācarācatevar⟨k⟩ku Irupattoṉṟāvatu nāḷil muppattiraṇṭu pacu kai⟨k⟩ko-
⟨7⟩ [**********] viḷakku Oṉ⟨ṟu⟩m Erittu varukiṟa tirununtāviḷakku Oṉṟum cantirātittavarai tirununtāviḷak-
⟨8⟩ [**********] [.]ālekai paṇṇikkuṭuttom muppatuvaṭṭattu civappirāmaṇarom [|] Itu paṉmā-
⟨9⟩ heśvara rakṣai] [∥]

Commentary

Beginnings of lines are built in. This record is engraved below No. 193.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.177 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 104–105, item 177.

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