SII 12.178: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Alternative title: No. 178. (A.R. No. 119 of 1906). JAMBAI, TIRUKKOYILUR TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE GŌPURA (RIGHT OF ENTRANCE) OF THE JAMBUNĀTHA TEMPLE.

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: An instance of voluntary human sacrifice for the successful completion of a building is mentioned in this inscription dated in the 13th year. It registers a tax-free gift of 150 kuḻi of land by the tānattār of the temple, according to the order of Gāṅgayar, to Aṇṇāmalai, the younger brother of Aṭkoṇḍāṉ, who cut off his head so that the nitta (nṛitta)-maṇḍpa in the temple of Tiruttāntōṉṟi Āḷuḍaiya-Nāyaṉār at Śaṇbai might be completed.¹

Āṭkoṇḍāṉ is stated to be the younger brother of Peṟṟāḻvi, a dēvaraḍiyāḷ (temple maid-servant) residing in the village.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0178.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] cakalapuvaṉaccakkaravattikaḷ śrī kopperuñciṅkatevaṟku y¿a?ṇṭu 10 3⁓caṇpaiyil Uṭaiyār
⟨2⟩ tiruttāntoṉṟi Āḷuṭaiyanāyaṉārkoyil nittamaṇṭapam camai⟨k⟩kiṟa Itukku Iv(vū)ṟ tevaraṭiyāḷ peṟ-
⟨3⟩ ṟāḻvi tampi Āṭkoṇṭāṉ talai Arintukoṇṭa Itukku Ivūr vaṇṇakkan ceṟu ⟦[***]⟧ Uṭaiyār kāṅkayar
⟨4⟩ tirumukappaṭikku tānattārom Ā⟨ṭ⟩{k}koṇṭān tampi Aṇṇāmalaikku viṭṭa kuḻi nū⟨ṟ⟩ ṟaimpatum pati(ṉālā)vatu
⟨5⟩ mutal cantirātittavarai Iṟaiyiliyāka Aṉupavikkakkaṭavatāka viṭṭom ௳

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.178 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. Page 105, item 178.

Notes

1. Such instances of sacrifice are common. The Rāshṭrakūṭa king Amōghavarsha is said to have cut off and offered a finger of his left hand to the goddess Mahālakshmī in order to ward off a public calamity (Ep. Ind. Vol. XVIII, p. 241).

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