# SII 12.248: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 248. (A.R. No. 358 of 1909). TĀYAṈŪR,
TIRUKKOYILUR TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE
RUINED ŚIVA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0248

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0248.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

The date of this inscription of Sakalabhuvanachakravartin
Avaṉiāḷappiṟandāṉ Kōpperuñjiṅgadēva is lost. It records a gift of 4 cows
by Maṅgalaṅkiḻāṉ Dēvādidēvaṉ Malaiyaṉ of Tāyaṉūr for burning a twilight
lamp in the temple of Kaṇakkamalai Āḷuḍaiya-Nāyaṉār. The village Tāyaṉūr
may be identified with one of the two villages of the name in the
Tirukkoyilur taluk.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] sakalapuvaṉaccakkaravattikaḷ śrī AvaṉiĀḷap(piṟantā)ṉ
kopperuñciṅkatevaṟku yāṇṭu [4+] (Uṭai)yār kaṇakkamalaiĀḷuṭaiyanāyaṉāṟku
tāyaṉūr maṅkalaṅkiḻāṉ ⟨2⟩ tevātitevaṉ malaiyaṉ Ivvūṟ civappirāmaṇaṉ
kaṇakkamalaippaṭṭaṉ malaiyaṉ kacci Ekampa paṭṭaṉum [4+] r pāvantittāṉ
paṭṭaṉum vacam canti viḷakku Oṉṟukkum ⟨3⟩ cantirātittavarai celvatāka
viṭṭa pacu Uru⁓4 [|] Itu paṉmākeśara rakṣai [∥]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.248 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
156, item 248.