# SII 12.244: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 244. (A.R. No. 370 of 1908). NEYVAṆAI,
TIRUKKOYILUR TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE
CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE SVARṆAGHAṬĒŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0244

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0244.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This is an incomplete inscription dated in the 36th year of the chief.
It records an undertaking given by the Śivabrāhmaṇas of the temple of
Poṟkuḍaṅkuḍuttaruḷiya-Nāyaṉār at Tirunelvaṇai, to provide offerings to
the god during the festival in the month of Chittirai, in lieu of the
interest calculated at 3 kuṟuṇi per kalam, on 30 kalam of paddy received
from Araśaṉ Tiruttoṇḍa-Nambi, a dēvarkaṉmi having rights in the temples
at Tiruvaṇṇāmalai and Tirukkōvalūr.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] cakalapuvaṉaccakkaravattikaḷ ci kopperuñciṅkatevaṟku
yāṇṭu 3 10 6⁓vatu cimāhecuraṟku tirunelva(ṇai) Uṭaiyār
poṟkuṭaṅkuṭuttaruḷiya nāyaṉār koyil muppatuvaṭṭattu civappirāmaṇarom
kalveṭṭikkuṭutta ⟨2⟩ paricāvatu [|] Uṭaiyār tiruvaṇṇāmalaiUṭaiya nāyaṉār
koyilukku(m) tirukkovalūr Uṭaiyār tiruviraṭṭāṉamuṭaiya nāyaṉār
koyilukkum kāṇiUṭaiya tevarkaṉmi Aracaṉ tiruttoṇṭanampi pakkal nāṅkaḷ
cantirātittava⟨3⟩rai Upaiyañceluttuvomāka kaikkoṇṭa nellu
muppatiṉkalattiṉāl Āṭṭaip policai kalattukku mukkuṟuṇiyāl vanta
policaikku Eṅkaḷ nāyaṉār cittiraittirunāḷ tiruveḻucci tiruccāntu
cāttiyaruḷi tiru(mantira)⟨4⟩(pu)vaṉam tiruppāvāṭaikku nāṅkaḷ Aḷakkum
kuttal Arici Irukalam Appattukku Arici kuṟuṇi karuppukkaṭṭi ney tayir
Uppu miḷaku Aṭaikkāyamutu koṇṭuvantu Amutu ceytaruḷap paṇṇi nampikkum
picāta⟨m⟩ Eṭuttu mahecurar paṉṉiraṇ⟨5⟩ṭu Oṭukku vaḻaṅki Allatu nāṅkaḷe
koṇṭu Ippaṭi cantirātittavarai celuttakkaṭavom Itu paṉmāheśvarar
Irakṣ¿a?⟨ai⟩ [∥]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.244 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
152, item 244.