# SII 12.249: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 249. (A.R. No. 321 of 1913). CHIDAMBARAM,
CHIDAMBARAM TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON A PILLAR AT THE WESTERN
ENTRANCE INTO THE SECOND PRĀKĀRA OF THE NAṬARĀJA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0249

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0249.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

The present inscription states that the pillar (tirunilaikāl) on which
it is engraved was the gift of Perumāḷpiḷḷai alias Śōḻakōṉār, an officer
(mudali) of Avaṉiāḷappiṟandāṉ Kōpperuñjiṅga, on behalf of his master.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] ⟨2⟩ Avaṉi Āḷappi⟨3⟩ṟantāṉ kop⟨4⟩peruñciṅkarkkā⟨5⟩ka
Ittirunilaikā⟨6⟩l ceyvittār ⟨7⟩ Ivar mutalikaḷil ⟨8⟩ perumāḷp
piḷ⟨9⟩ḷaiyāṉa coḻa⟨10⟩koṉār ⯼௳

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.249 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. Pages
156–157, item 249.