# SII 12.240: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: 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

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0240

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0240.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## 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.

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## 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 & 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 240.