# SII 12.252: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 252. (A.R. No. 367 of 1918). SHIYALI, SHIYALI
TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON A SLAB BUILT INTO THE FLOOR OF THE INNER
CIRCUIT OF THE BRAHMAPURĪŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0252

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0252.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This fragmentary inscription records a gift of land for reciting the
tiruppadiyam hymns in the temple of [Āḷuḍaiya]-Piḷḷaiyār.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ [5+] lapuvaṉaccakravat=ti kaḷ śrī kopperuñciṅkateva [6+] ⟨2⟩ [5+]
ṅkaḷukkum Uṭalāka naṭuvilnāṭāṉa Irā⟨ja⟩rāja [6+] ⟨3⟩ [5+] ḷḷaiyār
koyi(li)l tiruppatiyam viṇṇappañ(c)e [6+] ⟨4⟩ [5+] ṉṉila(m O)ṉṟe Oṉpatu
māvum (t)evatāṉa kā [7+] ⟨5⟩ [5+] ḻappal(la)varaiyaṉe [7+]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.252 by Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu
1943 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

See also edition by Uthaya Veluppillai (INSCirkali00047).

### 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
157, item 252.