# SII 12.179: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar Emmanuel Francis Alternative title: No. 179. (A.R. No. 530 of 1920). KĀṬṬUMAṈṈĀRKŌYIL, CHIDAMBARAM TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE BASE OF THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE VĪRANĀRĀYAṆASVĀMIN TEMPLE Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0179 Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions) File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0179.xml Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil] Commit: 2026-11-09 23:45 (242ff60), last modified 2026-09-29 11:08 (2b36d53) ## Summary This inscription, dated in the 13th year, registers a sale of 60 mā of land in Vīranārāyaṇanallūr situated to the west of the river (?) Madhurāntaka-vaḍavāṟu for 45,000 kāśu to the temple of Dvārāpati (also called Tuvarāpati)-Emberumāṉ by Śīriḷaṅgō-Bhaṭṭaṉ alias Vikramaśōḻap-Piramādarāyaṉ (Brahmādhirājan) of Kirāñji, hamlet of Vīraśikhāmukhachchēri in Vīranārāyaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, an independent village in Virudarājabhayaṅkara-vaḷanāḍu ‘on the northern bank’. The astronomical details point to A.D. 1255, July 30, Friday as the date of the record, but the tithi dvādaśī commenced only the next day. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] cakalapuvaṉaccakkaravattikaḷ śrī kop⟨2⟩peru(ñ)ciṅkatevaṟku yāṇṭu patiṉmūṉṟāvatu siṁ⟨3⟩hanāyaṟṟu Aparapakṣattu dvādaśiyum veḷḷikkiḻamai⟨4⟩yum peṟṟa mragaśīrṣattu nāḷ vaṭakarai virutarācapayaṅ⟨5⟩karavaḷanāṭṭut taniyūr śrīvīranārāyaṇaccaruppeti⟨6⟩maṅkalattu śrīvīracikāmukaccerik kirāñci ciriḷaṅ⟨7⟩kopaṭṭaṉāṉa vikkiramacoḻap piramātarāyaṉe⟨8⟩ṉ nilavilaippiramāṇam Icaivutiṭṭu [|] śrīmadvārāpati Em⌈⟨9⟩perumāṉkoyil śrīceṉāpati Āḻvār kaṉmikaḷukku ⟨10⟩ nāṉ nilavilaipramāṇam Icaivutiṭṭuk kuṭutta paricāvatu [|] I⟨11⟩ṟṟaināḷāl Iṉṉāyaṉārkkut tirunāmattukkāṇi⟨12⟩yāka nāṉ viṟṟukkuṭutta nilamāvatu [|] maturāntaka⟨13⟩vaṭavāṟṟukku melkaraippaṭṭa viranārāyaṇa⟨14⟩nallūril Eṅkaḷ mātākkaḷ Apāvattum E(n⌈)⟨15⟩ṉopātiyāṉa nilattum nāṉ viṟṟukkuṭutta Aṉa⟨16⟩ntanārāyaṇa viḷākam Eṉṟu perkūvappaṭṭa nattam Uṭpaṭa ⟨17⟩ (m)eṟkaṭaya nilam 2 10 2⁓ mā Innilam Irupattiraṇṭu māvum Aṭampaṭikkaṇṭattut⟨18⟩teṟkaṭaiya nilam 10 5⁓ mā Innilam patiṉaiñcumāvum Āṟṟaṅkaraikkaṇṭam taka⟨19⟩ḻikaṇṭam Uḷpaṭa nilam 10 5⁓ mā Innilam patiṉaiñcumāvum vaṭakkil nattattu me⟨20⟩ṟkaṭaiya nilam 8⁓ mā Innilam Eṭṭumāvum Āka nilam 6 10⁓ (mā) Innilam Aṟupatumāvum vi⟨21⟩ṟṟukkuṭutteṉ [|] śrīmattuvarāpati Emperumāṉkoyil ci ceṉāpatiĀḻvār kaṉmikaḷukku [|] ki⟨22⟩(rā)ñcic ciriḷaṅkopaṭṭaṉāṉa vikkiramacoḻappiramārāyaṉeṉ [|] Innilam Aṟupatumāvum tiru⟨23⟩nāmattukkāṇiyāka viṟṟuk kuṭuttukkoḷvatāṉa (E)mmilicainta vilaipporuḷ Aṉṟāṭunaṟ⟨24⟩kācu 4 10 5 1000 Ikkācu nāṟpattaiyāyiramum Āvaṇakkaḷariye kāṭṭeṟṟik kaiccelavaṟakko⟨25⟩ṇṭu viṟṟu vilaippiramāṇañ ceytu kuṭutta Innilattukku Ituve vilaiyāvatākavum Ituve poruḷ ⟨26⟩ māvaṟutip poruḷc celavolai yāvatākavum [|] Ituvallatu veṟu poruḷ māvaṟutip poruḷ celavo⟨27⟩lai kāṭṭakkaṭavatallā⟨ta⟩tākavum [|] Ippaṭi Irukālā(va)tum mukkālāvatum vilaikkuṟaviṟṟup poruḷaṟa⟨28⟩⟨k⟩koṇṭu viṟṟukkuṭutta Innilattukku Ivarkaḷ veṇum Eṉṟa pote piramāṇam paṇṇik kuṭukka⟨29⟩kkaṭaveṉākavum [|] kuṭuttileṉākil Innilavilaippiramāṇa Icaivutiṭṭe piramāṇamāva tākavum [|] In⟨30⟩nilaṅkaḷukku muṉpilāṇṭukaḷum nirpāyumpaṭiye pāyavum vārumpaṭiye vāravum kaṭavatākavum [|] Iṟai⟨31⟩kkumpaṭiye Iṟaikkavum vaḻi Icaṅkumpaṭikaḷile Icaṅkavum kaṭavarkaḷākavum [|] Innilattu meṉokki⟨32⟩ṉa maramum kiḻnokkiṉa kiṇaṟum maṟṟum Innilam Aṟupatumāvil Epperppaṭṭa Urimaikaḷum maṟṟum varu⟨33⟩māṉavari Iruntaḷavum pokamum pokaviruttiyum Akappaṭa viṟṟukkuṭutteṉ [|] śrīmattuvarāpati ⟨34⟩ Emperumāṉ koyil śrīceṉāpati Āḻvār kaṉmikaḷukku [|] kirāñcic ciriḷaṅkopaṭṭaṉāṉa vikkiramacoḻappiramārāyaṉeṉ [|] Ivai yeṉ Eḻuttu ௳ Ippaṭi Aṟiveṉ kodaṇḍarāmacceri Irāyūr Ejñamurttipaṭṭaṉeṉ [|] Ippaṭi Aṟiveṉ śrīviracikāmukacceri⟨35⟩k kaḷattūr Aḻakiyamaṇavāḷapaṭṭaṉeṉ [|] Ippaṭi Aṟiveṉ śrīpuvaṉacūṭāmaṇiccerit tiruveḷḷaṟaic capāpatipaṭṭaṉeṉ [|] Ippaṭi Aṟiveṉ śrīkaṟpakacceri piremapuṟattu cirāmapaṭṭaṉeṉ [|] Ippaṭi Aṟiveṉ marutūr caṅkaranārāyaṇapaṭṭaṉeṉ [|] ⟨36⟩ Ippaṭi Aṟiveṉ nā(ra)ṇamaṅkalattu viṟṟiruntāṉ paṭṭaṉeṉ [|] Ippaṭi Aṟiveṉ śrīśūracūṭāmaṇicceri Iruñciyūrc cirāmapaṭṭaṉeṉ [|] Ippaṭi Aṟiveṉ koṟukoṭṭic cantirapūṣaṇa paṭṭaṉeṉ [|] Ippaṭi Aṟiveṉ śrīviracikāmukacceri Irasakkai ⟨37⟩ tiruveṇkāṭu paṭṭaṉeṉ [|] Ippaṭi Aṟiveṉ koṟukoṭṭit tāmotarapaṭṭaṉeṉ [|] Ippaṭi Aṟiveṉ Umiyūr mātavapaṭṭaṉeṉ [|] Ippaṭi Aṟiveṉ Umiyūr tiruveṇkāṭu paṭṭaṉeṉ [|] Ippaṭi Aṟiveṉ Umiyūr yajñanārāyaṇapaṭṭaṉeṉ ௳ ## Commentary ⟨6⟩ Some of the inscribed stones are misplaced in the middle. ## Bibliography Digital edition of SII 12.179 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 106–107, item 179.