SII 12.203: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – No. 203. (A.R. No. 320 of 1921). TIRUKKŌYILŪR, TIRUKKOYILUR TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE SECOND PRĀKĀRA IN THE TRIVIKRAMA-PERUMĀḶ TEMPLE.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0203.

Summary: This inscription of the 17th year records a gift of 2,800 kāśu by Śanakiyāṇḍāḷ, wife of Kauśikaṉ Perumāḷ of Neṉmali alias Milāḍamahādēvich-chaturvēdimaṅgalam ‘on the southern bank of the Peṇṇai’ in Kuṟukkaik-kūṟṟam, a subdivision of Milāḍu alias Janaṉātha-vaḷanāḍu, for providing from the interest thereon, offerings on the Uttarāyaṇa festival day every year to the god Tiruviḍakkaḻi-Nāyanār at Tirukkōvalūr. The date of the inscription according to the details given is A.D. 1259, December 26, Friday. The village Neṉmali mentioned in the record is evidently the same as the modern Nemali in the Tirukkoyilur taluk.

Hand description:

The letter ṉa is invariably engraved as ṇa in the record.

Language: Tamil.

Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).

Version: 2025-05-10 12:15 (c2424c5), last modified 2025-04-29 14:59 (a9c6b92).

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] sakalabhu va(ṉa)ccakka(ra)vattikaḷ śrīkopperu(ñ)ciṅkatevaṟkku ⟨2⟩ yāṇṭu 10 7~Āvatu makaranāyaṟṟu pūrvapakṣattu yekādiśiyum veḷḷikkiḻamai⟨3⟩yum kāttikaiyum peṟṟa nāḷ milāṭākiya ja(ṉa)ṉātavaḷanāṭṭu kuṟukkaikkūṟṟattu⟨4⟩p peṇṇait te(ṉ)karai neṉmaliyāna milāṭamahādeviccaturvedimaṅkalattu ⟨5⟩ kaucikaṉ perumāḷ bhāryai canakiyāṇṭāḷ Iṉnāṭṭut tirukkovalūrt tiruvi⟨6⟩ṭaikaḻi nāyanārkku Uttarāyaṇat tirunāḷukku I vāṇṭāṭcāṉi tanakku naṉ [4+] ⟨7⟩ rvavyañjanasamyukta mākat tūṇi⟨p⟩patakku Arici Amutuc¿ai?⟨ey⟩taruḷakkaṭavatāka Innā [3+] ⟨8⟩ paṇṭārattu Oṭukki(ṉa) Aṉṟāṭu naṟkācu 2 1000 8 100 Ikkācu IraṇṭāIratteṇ [4+] ⟨9⟩ l policaik kuṭalāka Ippaṭi candrādittavaraiyum Amutu ceytaruḷakkaṭavatāka⟨10⟩k kalveṭṭi viṭṭeṉ tiruviṭaikaḻināya(ṉā)rkkuc ca(ṉa)kiyāṇṭāḷeṉ [|] Itu śrī ⟨11⟩ vaiṣṇava rakṣai ௳

Commentary

(6–7) A few letters at the end of ll. 6, 7 and 8 have not been incised.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.203 by Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. 1943. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Page 124, item 203.

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