# SII 12.180: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 180. (A.R. No. 317 of 1921). TIRUKKŌYILŪR,
TIRUKKOYILUR TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE
SECOND PRĀKĀRA OF THE TRIVIKRAMA-PERUMĀḶ TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0180

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0180.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This inscription of the 13th year records a gift of 16 cows by
Śūḻiyamaḻagiyāṉ alias Laṅkēśvaradēvaṉ, son of Nāchchi alias
Tiruvēṅgaḍapperumāḷ Māṇikkam, a maid-servant of the temple of
Tiruviḍaikkaḻi-Nāyaṉār at Tirukkōvalūr in Kuṟukkaikūṟṟam, a subdivision
of Milāḍu alias Jananātha-vaḷanāḍu,[1] for providing one āḻākku of ghee
daily by the measure Ulagaḷandāṉ-nāḻi to the god Tiruviḍaikaḻi-Nāyaṉār.

The astronomical details given in the record are regular for A.D. 1256,
January 3, with the emendation Pūrva-Bhādrapada for Śravaṇa.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] cakalapuvaṉaccakkaravattikaḷ śrīkopperuñciṅkatevaṟku
Iyāṇṭu 10 3⟨2⟩āvatu makaranāyaṟṟu pūrvapakṣattu pañcamiyum
tiṅ⟨⟨(ka)⟩⟩ṭkiḻamaiyum peṟṟa tiruv¿e?⟨o⟩ṇattu nāḷ ⟨3⟩ milāṭākiya
ceṉaṉātavaḷaṉāṭṭuk kuṟukkaik¿u?⟨ū⟩ṟṟattut tirukkovalūrt
tiruviṭaika⟨4⟩ḻināyaṉār koyil Emperumāṉ (Aṭi)yāril nācciyāṉa
tiruveṅkaṭapperumāḷ māṇi⟨5⟩kkattiṉ makaṉ cūḻiyamaḻakiyāṉāṉa
Ilaṅkecuratevaṉeṉ Eṅkaṇāyakaṉā⟨r⟩ tiruviṭaikaḻināya⟨6⟩ṉāṟku neyyamutukku
Iṉṉāḷ mutal nāḷ 1⁓⟨k⟩ku Ulakaḷa⟨n⟩tāṉāḻiyāl Āḻākku neyyamutu Aḷappatāka
⟨7⟩ matakakkoṉ periyaperumāḷtātaṉ pakkala viṭṭa cāvā muvāp pacu 10 6
Ippacu patiṉāṟuṅ ⟨8⟩ kaikkoṇṭu candrāditta varai Inneyyamutu nāḷoṉṟukku
Āḻākku Aḷakkakaṭavaṉāka kal ⟨9⟩ veṭṭi viṭṭeṉ Ilaṅkecuratevaṉeṉ [|] Itu
śrīvaiṣṇava rakṣai [∥]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.180 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
107–108, item 180.

[1] Milāḍu alias Jananātha-vaḷanāḍu roughly comprised the modern South
Arcot and portion of the Salem districts A family of chieftains called
Malaiyamāns with Tirukkōyilūr as their capital rose to power in this
region and they came to prominence by rendering help to one or the other
of the principal powers of South India. Ancient Tamil works like
Aganāṉūṟu, Puṟanāṉuṟu, etc. and inscriptions from the time of Parāntaka
I (A.R. No. 279 of 1902) onwards mention these chiefs. They had marriage
connections with the Chōḷas and the Pāṇḍyas, and they also claimed
connection with the Chēdi family. It may be pointed out that the rulers
of the distant Sumatra and Java were known as Śailēndras (Tam.
Malaiyamān) in about the 9th century A.D.