SII 12.178: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar 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 European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0178.xml 2019-2026 as per external metadata

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.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).

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

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svasti śrī . cakalapuvaṉaccakkaravattikaḷ śrī kopperuñciṅkatevaṟku yaāṇṭu 10 3.caṇpaiyil Uṭaiyār tiruttāntoṉṟi Āḷuṭaiyanāyaṉārkoyil nittamaṇṭapam camaikkiṟa Itukku Ivvūṟ tevaraṭiyāḷ peṟ ṟāḻvi tampi Āṭkoṇṭāṉ talai Arintukoṇṭa Itukku Ivūr vaṇṇakkan ceṟu Uṭaiyār kāṅkayar tirumukappaṭikku tānattārom Āṭkkoṇṭān tampi Aṇṇāmalaikku viṭṭa kuḻi nūṟ ṟaimpatum patiṉālāvatu mutal cantirātittavarai Iṟaiyiliyāka Aṉupavikkakkaṭavatāka viṭṭom .

Digital edition of SII 12.178 by converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

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