# SII 12.225: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 225. (A.R. No. 180 of 1929-30). KUNNATTŪR,
SRIPERUMBUDUR TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE
CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE KANDALĪŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0225

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0225.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This inscription is dated in the 24th year and it states that two
Śivabrāhmaṇas of the temple of Kandaṉīśvaramuḍaiya-Nāyaṉār agreed to
maintain a perpetual lamp in the temple with the money endowed by their
maternāl aunt.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ [10+] ravattikaḷ kopperuñci⟨ṅ⟩katevarkku yāṇṭu 2 10 4⁓vatu kuṉṟattūr
⟨2⟩ [10+] Uṭaiyār kantaṉiśvaramuṭaiya nāyaṉār koyil civabrāhmaṇa⟨3⟩[10+]
śvaramuṭaiyāṉ tirunaṭṭapperumāḷum kanta⟨4⟩[10+] ṭaṉum Ivviruvom
Iṉṉāyanārkku Eṅkaḷ ciṟiyatāy I⟨5⟩[10+] ḷai vaitta cantiviḷakku 1⁓
Ivviḷakku Oṉṟukkum Ivaḷ pa⟨k⟩kal nāṅ⟨6⟩[4+] k(o)ṇṭapa [11+] ⟨7⟩ [4+] rai
Oruma [11+]

## Commentary

The inscription is built in at the beginning.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.225 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
140, item 225.