SII 12.227: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – No. 227. (A.R. No. 62 of 1918). VṚIDDHĀCHALAM, VRIDDHACHALAM TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE THIRD GŌPURA (LEFT OF ENTRANCE) OF THE VṚIDDHAGIRĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0227.

Summary: This inscription of the 25th year records a gift of 32 cows and a bull to supply 1 uḻakku of ghee daily by the measure Dēvāśriyaṉ-nāḻi, for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of the god at Tirumudukuṉṟam in Paruvūrk-kūṟṟam, a subdivision of Mēṟkā-nāḍu Iruṅgōḷappāḍi in Virudarājabhayaṅkara-vaḷanāḍu ‘on the northern bank’ (of the Peṇṇai), by Tiruvaraṅgaṉ Periyanāyaṉ alias Kōpperuñjiṅgavēḷār of Gūḍalūr in Mēṟkā-nāḍu. The donor also presented a lamp-stand weighing 193 palam for the lamp. With the emendation Pūśam for nakshatra Pūram, the details of date given in the inscription correspond to A.D. 1268, January 29, Sunday.

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Language: Tamil.

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

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] sakalabhuvanaścakravattikaḷ śrīkopperuñciṅkatevaṟku yā⟨2⟩ṇṭu 2 10 5~Āvatu kuMbhanāyaṟṟu pūrvvapakṣattu trayodaśiyum nāyaṟṟu⟨3⟩kkiḻamaiyum peṟṟa pūcattunāḷ vaṭakarai virutarājabhayaṅkaravaḷanāṭ⟨4⟩ṭu meṟkānāṭṭu Iruṅkoḷappāṭip paruvūrkkūṟṟattu Uṭai⟨5⟩yār tirumutukuṉṟamuṭaiya nāyaṉārkku Iṉṉāṭṭuk kūṭalūrk kū⟨6⟩ṭalūruṭaiyāṉ tiruvaraṅkaṉ periyanāyaṉāṉa koppe⟨7⟩ruñciṅkaveḷār vaitta tirunontāviḷak koṉṟukku viṭṭa ⟨8⟩ pacu 3 10 2~m Iṣapam Oṉṟāka 25 3 10 3~m Iṉnāyaṉār maṉṟāṭik ⟨9⟩ kuṭimakkaḷil tirumutukuṉṟakkoṉ naṭuvil kuṉṟaṉāṉa tiru⟨10⟩mutukuṉṟakkoṉ kaikkoṇṭa pacu 10 6~m ṛṣabham Oṉ⟨11⟩ṟum tevaṉ Iruṅkoḷappāṭikkon kaikkoṇṭa pa⟨12⟩cu 10 6~m Innāḷ mutal kaikkoṇṭu nāḷ Oṉṟukku cipa⟨13⟩ṇṭārattu tevāciriyaṉ nāḻiyāl Aḷakkakkaṭa⟨14⟩va ney (Uḻak)kum candrādittyavaT Aḷakkakkaṭavarkaḷā⟨15⟩kavum Ivviḷakkeriya Ivar vaitta Iraṇṭu nilaikku⟨16⟩ttiviḷak koṉṟiṉāl Eṭai 100 9 10 3 <palam> [||]

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.227 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. Pages 141–142, item 227.

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