SII 12.238: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – No. 238. (A.R. No. 148 of 1932-33). TIRUKKAḺUKKUṈṞAM, CHINGLEPUT TALUK AND DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE FIRST PRĀKĀRA (OUTSIDE) OF THE BHAKTAVATSALĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0238.

Summary: In this record of the 31st year, the first stone containing the beginning of lines is lost. Some of the inscribed stones are also misplaced, thus indicating the renovation of the wall in later times. The inscription registers the agreement made by Sampātidēvaṉ alias Iḍaikkāḍadēvaṉ to supply ghee for a perpetual lamp to the god [Ti]rukkaḻukkuṉṟamuḍaiya-Nāyaṉār, in return for the sheep, cows and lands obtained formerly as endowment, from several persons, by his father Iḍaikkāḍadēvaṉ. The astronomical details given point to A.D. 1273, November 6, Monday as the date of the record.

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

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

Version: (3cdd373), last modified (995c213).

Edition

⟨1⟩ [4+] kalapu⟨va⟩ṉaccakkaravattikaḷ śrīAvaniyāḷappiṟantār kopperuñciṅkatevarkku yāṇṭu muppattoṉṟāvatu kāttikaimāsattup pattāntiyatiyu tiṅkaṭkiḻamaiyu⟨2⟩[10+] ru⟨k⟩kaḻukkuṉṟamuṭaiya nāyaṉārkku Iṭaikkāṭatevaṉ muṉṉāḷi⟨l⟩ palar pakkalum Inta Āṭṭālum māṭṭālum nilattālum viṭakkaṭavatāṉa tirunantāvi⟨ḷa⟩kkukku mu⟨3⟩[10+] ṭakkāṭatevaṉ makaṉ campātitevaṉāṉa Iṭaikkāṭatevaneṉ [|] maṇamai Ut(ta)maṉ c¿a?⟨ā⟩ntikkoṉ makan Uttamaṉ vacam viṭṭa tirunant¿a?⟨ā⟩viḷakku kālukku viṭṭa ⟨4⟩ [10+] kkālāl vaṉta ney cantirātittavarai nāṉum Eṉ vaṅ(kṣa)ttārum nāṉ paṇṭārattiṭṭa meppāṭṭut tiṭṭiṉpaṭiye ney yaḷakkakkaṭaveṉāka cammatit⟨5⟩[10+] (ko)ṉ makaṉ Uttamaṉeṉ Itu maṇamai Uttamaṉ c(ā)ntikkoṉ makaṉ Uttamaṉ Oppāṉamaikku Aṭaippu tirukkaḻukkuṉṟamuṭaiyāṉāṉa cittirame(ḻi)kko⟨6⟩[10+] paḷav(aik)kum Eṉakkum komaḷi Ammaiyapparkoṉ ceḻiyataraiya ṉeḻuttu [|] Ippaṭi yaṟivukku Aṭaippu peri⟨ya⟩nāṭṭukkoṉ Oppā⟨ṉa⟩maikkum Eṉakkum Ivai (naṭu)⟨7⟩[10+] (paḻa)riyar Eḻuttu [|] Itu paṉmāheśvara rakṣai [||]

Apparatus

⟨5⟩ cittirame(ḻi) • This letter looks like ḻu in the original.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.238 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. Page 149, item 238.