# SII 12.237: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 237. (A.R. No. 221 of 1930-31). MĀNĀMADI,
CHINGLEPUT TALUK AND DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE
IN THE TIRUKKARĪŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0237

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0237.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This record of the 31st year registers a gift of cattle for maintaining
a twilight lamp in the temple of Tirukkarapuramuḍaiya-Nāyaṉār at
Vāṉavaṉmādēvi-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, by Śivadāsaṉ Ishabavāgaṉadēvaṉ
(Ṛishabhavāhanadēvaṉ) Tiruvēgambamuḍaiyāṉ, the accountant of the village
and his brother Āḷavanda-Piḷḷai. The dēvakaṉmis of the temple took
charge of the cows and agreed to maintain the lamp.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] cakalapuvaṉaccakkaravattikaḷ śrī
kopperu⟨2⟩ñciṅkatevaṟku yāṇṭu 3 10 1⁓vatu
vāṉavaṉmātevicaturvedima⟨3⟩ṅkalattu Uṭaiyār
tirukkarapuramuṭaiyanāyaṉārkku Ivvūr kaṇa⟨4⟩kkuĀḷuṅ karaṇattāṉ
vāṉavaṉmātevi Uṭaiyāṉ civatācaṉ Iṣa⟨5⟩pavākaṉatevaṉ
tiruvekampamuṭaiyāṉum Ivaṉ tampi Āḷavanta piḷ⟨6⟩ḷaiyum vaitta
cantiviḷakku Oṉṟukku Ikkoyil tevarkaṉmika⟨7⟩ḷom kai⟨k⟩koṇṭa pāṟpacu
Iraṇṭum nāku Oṉṟu ce Oṉṟu Āka Uru nā⟨8⟩lukku cantirātittavarai
Iṭakkaṭavom Ippaṭikku Ikkoyil ⟨9⟩ Āḻvāṉ paṭṭaṉ Eḻuttu [|] Ivai
Āḷuṭaiyāṉpaṭṭaṉ Eḻuttu [∥]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.237 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
148–149, item 237.