# SII 12.246: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 246. (A.R. No. 191 of 1904). TIRUVAKKARAI,
VILLUPURAM TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH BASE OF THE
1000-PILLAR MAṆḌAPA INSIDE THE SECOND PRĀKĀRA OF THE CHANDRAMAUḶĪŚVARA
TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0246

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0246.xml

Languages: Sanskrit [Grantha], Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

The present inscription which is not dated gives the surnames Kāḍavaṉ
Avaṉiyāḷappiṟandāṉ, Sarvajña, Khaḍgamalla,[1] and Kṛipāṇamalla to
Kōpperuñjiṅga II. It records that the chief constructed a sluice, with a
feeder-channel, to the tank at Oḻugaṟai. In the Sanskrit version
appended to the epigraph the channel is stated to have been named
‘Tribhuvananṛipanātha.’ The village Oḻugaṟai is in French India about 2
miles from Pondicherry. It was also known as Kulōttuṅgaśōḻanallūr (A.R.
No. 175 of 1904), evidently after Kulōttuṅga-Chōḷa I.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥]

cakalapuvaṉaccakkaravatti kāṭavaṉ Ava(ṉi)yāḷappiṟantāṉ kopperuñciṅkaṉ
sarvvajñakhaṭgamallaṉ Oḻukaṟai ⟨2⟩ Erikku matakuñceyvittu Ivverikku
nirpukirakkāluṅ kalluvittapaṭi [|]

Oḷukaranakari taṭākakūlē vipu⟨3⟩laśilāghaṭitaM mahāpraṇāIM [|]
jagadavanasamuTbhavābhidhānaṁ vyatanuta bhūmipatiḥ kṛpāṇamallaḥ ∥

Oḷukaranakari ta⟨4⟩ṭāka pūrttyai kṣitiparipālana saMbhavakṣitiśaḥ [|]
tribhuvananṛpanāthanāmadhēyāM bahutaravārivahāṁ vyadhatta kulyāM [∥]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.246 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
154, item 246.

[1] See also No. 120 above and Nos. 73 of 1889 and 198 of 1905. Cf. also
the title ‘Vāḷvallapperumāḷ’ given in the Tiruvaṇṇāmalai record (A.R.
No. 480 of 1902).