# SII 12.220: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 220. (A.R. No. 392 of 1928-29). POṈṈŪR, WANDIWASH
TALUK, NORTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE DOOR-JAMB (PROPER RIGHT) OF THE
CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE AḺAGAPPERUMĀḶ TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0220

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0220.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This record is damaged in the middle. It is dated in the 21st year and
refers to an endowment made by Aruvandai[1] Āṇḍāṉ
Tiruchchōṟṟuttuṟaiyuḍaiyāṉ Śōṟappiḷḷai of Poṉṉūr[2] alias
Aḻagiyaśōḻanallūr. The document is attested by Villavarāyaṉ, Adiyamāṉ
and Śēḻiyadaraiyaṉ, the accountant of the nāḍu.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] koppi⟨2⟩(ru)ñciṅkatevaṟku ⟨3⟩ yāṇṭu 2 10 (1)⁓vatu
⌈⟨4⟩poṉṉūr(ā)ṉa Aḻa⟨5⟩kiyacoḻanallū⟨6⟩r Aruvantai Āṇ⟨7⟩ṭāṉ
tiruccoṟṟu⟨8⟩ttuṟaiyuṭaiyāṉ ⟨9⟩ coṟappiḷḷaiye⟨10⟩ṉ meṟppaṭiyūr
tiru⟨11⟩vaṭippiṭippāṉ Uṟap⟨12⟩poṉtāṉ Aḻakapaṭṭa⟨13⟩ṉuḷḷiṭṭārom Iva⟨14⟩r
pakka livvāṇṭai ⟨15⟩ tai māta mivvūr ti(rumu)⟨16⟩ṟṟam [8+] ⟨17–18⟩ ⟨19⟩
Ivai villava⟨20⟩rāyaṉ Eḻuttu [|] ⟨21⟩ Ivai Atiya⟨22⟩māṉ Eḻuttu [|] ⟨23⟩
Ivai nāṭṭu⟨24⟩kkaṇakkuc ⟨25⟩ ceḻiyatarai⟨26⟩yaṉ Eḻuttu [∥]

## Commentary

⟨17–18⟩ Not engraved.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.220 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
134–135, item 220.

[1] With ‘Aruvandai’ compare such family names as Kāḍandai, Kumarandai
etc.

[2] Poṉṉūr or Hemagrāma was the native place of the Jaina teacher
Hēḷāchārya who flourished before the 10th century A.D. (Ep. Rep. for
1928-29, p. 88).