# SII 12.242: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 242. (A.R. No. 500 of 1921). TIRUVEṆṆAINALLŪR,
TIRUKKOYILUR TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE
MAṆḌAPA IN FRONT OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE VAIKUṆṬHA-PERUMĀḶ TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0242

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0242.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

In this incomplete record of the 32nd year, it is stated that
Tiruvāykkulattuppiḷḷai of Miḻalai residing at Tiruveṇṇainallūr made
provision for the supply of 1 nāḻi of ghee (daily) by the standard
measure Arumoḻidēvaṉ for burning a sacred lamp before the image of
Tiruppāṇāḻvār one of the twelve Vaishṇava saints, which he had set up in
the temple of Śrī-Vaikuṇṭattemperumāṉ at Tiruveṇṇainallūr.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ [7+] cakkaravattikaḷ śrīkopperuñciṅkatevarkku yāṇṭu 3 10 2 muṉ
Āṉimāsattu tiruveṇṇainallūr miḻalait tiruvāykkulattuppiḷḷaiyāṉa
tiru⟨2⟩[7+] ṉeṉ Ivvūr śrīvaikuntattemperumāṉ koyilil nāṉ Eḻuntaruḷi
vitta tiruppāṇāḻvārkku tiruviḷakku Erikka nāṉ Upaiyamāka ⟨3⟩ [7+]
Oṉṟukku Arumoḻitevaṉāl ney nāḻi [∥]

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ 3 10 2 • In the Epigraphical Report the regnal year is given as 33,
but 32 is clear in the impression.

## Commentary

The inscription is built in at the beginning.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.242 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
151, item 242.