SII 12.240: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – No. 240. (A.R. No. 290 of 1919). ĀVŪR, TIRUVANNAMALAI TALUK, NORTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE RUINED ŚIVA TEMPLE.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0240.

Summary: This is a fragmentary record dated in the 32nd year of the chief. It registers some provision made to the god Tiruvagattīśuramuḍaiya-Nāyaṉār for the welfare of Vaṉṉiyanār alias Māṉābharaṇa-Chēdiyarāyar. The astronomical details given in the inscription are not regular. Śu. prathamā and nakshatra Ārdrā cannot combine in the month of Mēsha.

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

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

Version: (c2424c5), last modified (f8664ad).

Edition

⟨1⟩ mālai(yu)muḻutu muṇanta cittirameḻiperiya(nāṭṭavarum viyā)pārikaḷum vait⟨tatu⟩ cakalapuvaṉaccakkaravattikaḷ śrīkop [6+] tevarkku yāṇṭu 3 10 2~Āvatu meṣanāyaṟṟu pūrvapakṣattu pratamaiyum ti⟨ṅ⟩kaḷkiḻamaiyum peṟ⟨ṟa⟩ tiruvātiraiyil peṇṇai vaṭakarai ⟨2⟩ ceṅkuṉṟanāṭṭu cetimaṇṭalattu Āvū⟨⟨(r)⟩⟩ (Uṭaiyār tiruva)katticura⟨m⟩ Uṭaiyaṉāyaṉā(r)kku periyanāṭṭavarum [6+] ṉār vaṉṉiyanār Āṉa māṉāparaṇaccetiyarāyar tirumeṉi kalliyāṇ tirumeniyāka Iṉṉāyaṉār tiruvakatticuramuṭaiyanā

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ viyā° • Inscribed surface has peeled away. — ⟨1⟩ śrīkop [6+] • Inscribed surface has peeled away.

⟨2⟩ (Uṭaiyār tiruva)° • Inscribed surface has peeled away. — ⟨2⟩ [6+] ṉār • Inscribed surface has peeled away.

Commentary

(1) A few letters at the beginning are lost.

(1) cittirameḻiperiya(nāṭṭavarum). See SII. Vol. VII. No. 129 and Vol. VIII, No. 198.

(2) The inscription is left incomplete.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.240 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 150, item 240.