# SII 12.239: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 239. (A.R. No. 95 of 1934-35). VṚIDDHĀCHALAM,
VRIDDHACHALAM TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE EAST WALL OF THE
MAṆḌAPA IN FRONT OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE VṚIDDHAGIRĪŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0239

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0239.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This inscription, also engraved in the 31st year, registers a gift of 32
cows and 1 bull by Amudāṇḍai alias Vāḷuvarāyar, son of Aiñjādaperumāḷ
alias Gāṅgayarāyar, one of the officers of the household
(uṭkottu-mudali) of the chief, for a perpetual lamp to the god at
Tirumudukuṉṟam in Paruvūr-kūṟṟam, a subdivision of Mēṟkā-nāḍu
Iruṅgōḷappāḍi-nāḍu in Virudarājabhayaṅkara-vaḷanāḍu ‘on the north bank’.

The details of date given in the record correspond to A.D. 1274, March
4, Sunday.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī ⯼ [∥] sakalabhuvaṉaścakravattikaḷ śrī AvaṉiĀḷappiṟantāṉ
kopperuñciṅkate⟨2⟩vaṟku yāṇṭu 3 10 1⁓Āvatu miṉanāyaṟṟu Aparapakṣattu
daśamiyum nāyaṟṟukkiḻamaiyum ⟨3⟩ peṟṟa Uttirāṭattu nāḷ vaṭakarai
virutarājabhayaṅkaravaḷanāṭṭu meṟkāṉāṭṭu ⟨4⟩ Iruṅkoḷappāṭināṭṭup
paruvūrkkūṟṟattu Uṭaiyār tirumutukuṉṟamuṭaiyanāyaṉā⟨5⟩ṟku tevar
(Uṭ)kottu mutalikalil Aiñcātaperumāḷāṉa kāṅkayarāyar makaṉā⟨r⟩
Amutāṇṭai⟨6⟩yāṉa vāḷuvarāyar Innāyaṉāṟku vaitta tirununtāviḷak koṉṟukku
viṭṭa pacu mu⟨7⟩ppattiraṇṭum IṣabhaM Oṉṟum Innāyaṉār tiruviḷakku
maṉṟāṭik kuṭimakkaḷil tirumutuku⟨8⟩ṉṟakkoṉ māṇikkaṉ vaca(m) viṭṭa pacu
10 6⁓kku viḷakku ṟā⁓m Amutavalakkoṉ kuṉṟaṉ vaca(m) viṭṭa ⟨9⟩ pacu 10 6⁓m
IṣabhaM Oṉṟukkum viḷakku ṟā⁓m Ākap pacu 3 10 2⁓m IṣabhaM 1⁓kkum nāḷ
Oṉṟukku tevāci⟨ri⟩yaṉ ⟨10⟩ nāḻiyāl Aḷakkum ney Uḻakku Inney Uḻakkum
candrādityavaT Aḷakkakkaṭavom Itu (pa)nāheśvara rak(ṣai) [∥]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.239 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
150, item 239.