# SII 12.183: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 183. (A.R. No. 342 of 1908). TIRUVAḌIŚŪLAM,
CHINGLEPUT TALUK AND DISTRICT. ON THE EAST WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN
THE JÑĀNAPURĪŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0183

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0183.xml

Language: Tamil [Tamil]

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## Summary

This is a fragmentary inscription, dated in the 14th year, recording a
gift of three cows for a twilight lamp before the god at
Tiruvuḍai[chchuram] in Vallanāḍu, a subdivision of Kaḷattūr-kōṭṭam, by a
certain Naṉdipaṉmaṉ.[1] Piḷḷaiyār Nīlagaṅgaraiyar, who is also mentioned
here appears to have been an officer under Kōpperuñjiṅgadēva. A
Nīlagaṅgaṉ of Āmūr with the title ‘Bhūpālanōdbhava’, corresponding to
the title Avaṉi-āḷappiṟandār of Kōpperuñjiṅgadēva figures in a record
from Little Conjeeveram dated in the 22nd year of Vijaya-Gaṇḍagōpāla.[2]
This person is probably identical with or a close relation of
Nīlagaṅgaraiyar mentioned in the present record.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ [4+] pperuñciṅkatevaṟku yāṇṭu 10 4⁓lāvatu ⟨2⟩ [4+] kaḷattūrkoṭṭattu
vallanāṭṭu tiruvuṭai⟨3⟩[4+] ṭaiyanāyanāṟku piḷḷaiyār nilakaṅkaraiyar ⟨4⟩
[4+] naṉtipaṉmaṉ vaitta caṉtiviḷakku 1 Oṉṟukku viṭṭa pacu 3⁓ Ippacu
muṉ⟨5⟩[4+] taṉāṉa Aṟamuṭaiyānāna cūriyapaṭṭaṉ kaik [2+] ⟨6⟩ [4+]
tirātittavarai Erikkakkaṭaveṉāka cilālekai paṇṇik kuṭutteṉ [∥]

## Commentary

The inscription is built in at the beginning.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.183 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
109, item 183.

[1] See No. 261 below.

[2] A.R. No. 41 of 1893; S.I.I. Vol. IV, No. 854.