SII 12.219: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Alternative title: “No. 219. (A.R. No. 499 of 1921). TIRUVEṆṆAINALLŪR, TIRUKKOYILUR TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE EAST WALL OF THE MAṆḌAPA IN FRONT OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE VAIKUṆṬHA-PERUMĀḶ TEMPLE.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This inscription, also dated in the 20th year, registers a gift of 4 cows each by three persons, viz., Kuravaśēri Īśvara-Bhaṭṭaṉ, a resident of the agrahāra Śevalai, Varadarāja-Bhaṭṭaṉ of Perumpāṇḍūr and Mūvāyirakkōṉ Maḍiyaṉ, a shepherd attached to the temple, for burning on the whole three twilight lamps in the temple of Vaikuṇṭhatt-Emberumāṉ at Tiruveṇṇainallūr. The cows were left in charge of shepherds who had to supply monthly 1 nāḻi of ghee for each lamp, as measured by the standard measure Arumoḻidēvaṉ-nāḻi.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0219.

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⟨1⟩ [**********] kkaravattikaḷ śrī kopperuñciṅkatevar⟨k⟩ku yāṇṭu 2 10⁓Āvatu taimāsattu Orunāḷ tiruveṇṇainallūr śrī vaikuṇṭattemperumāṉukku cantit tiruviḷakku Oṉṟukku cevalaiAkarattu Irukkum kuravaceri Īśvarabhaṭṭaṉ viṭṭa curapimaṉṟāṭikaḷil Aṇṇāṇṭai vacam pacu nālukku Arumoḻitevaṉnāḻiyāle mātattu nāḻiney cantirātittavarai Aḷakkakkaṭavaṉāka viṭṭu cilālekai paṇṇiviṭṭeṉ Īśvarabhaṭṭaṉeṉ [|] Iṟṟaināḷil Uḷḷūril perumpāṇṭur varatarācapaṭṭaṉeṉ Ikkoyil curapimaṉṟāṭikaḷil perumāṉkoṉ vacam viṭṭa canti-

⟨2⟩ [**********] cu nālukku Arumoḻitevaṉnāḻiyāle mātattu nāḻi ney cantirātittavarai Aḷakkakaṭavaṉāka viṭṭu cilālekai paṇṇiṉeṉ perumpāṇṭur varatarājabhaṭṭaṉeṉ [|] Iṟṟaināḷil Ikkoyil curapimaṉṟāṭikaḷil muvāyirakkoṉmaṭiyaṉ canti viḷakkoṉṟukku Ikkoyil curapimaṉṟāṭikaḷil Aṇṭicelvaṉ makaṉ nārāyaṇaṉum Āṭkoṇṭāṉum vacam viṭṭa pacu nālukku Arumoḻitevaṉnāḻiyāle mātattu nāḻiney cantirātittavarai Aḷakkakaṭavaṉāka viṭṭu cilālekai paṇṇiṉeṉ muvāyirakkoṉ maṭiya ṉeṉ [|] Itu śrīvaiṣṇavar rakṣai ∥

Commentary

The inscription is built in at the beginning.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.219 by Venkatasubba Ayyar and Krishnamacharlu 1943 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. and C. R. Krishnamacharlu. 1943. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Page 134, item 219.

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