SII 12.255: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Alternative title: No. 255. (A.R. No. 388 of 1921). TIRUVADI, CUDDALORE TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE FIRST PRĀKĀRA IN THE TIRUVĪRAṬṬĀNĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Only a portion of this inscription is preserved. The date of the epigraph is also lost. It records the provision made by Śūraiṉāyakaṉ Pugalāḻvāṉ for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Tiruvīraṭṭānamuḍaiya-Nāyaṉār at . . . . . [pu]ram in Tirumuṉaippāḍi, situated in Rājādhirāja-vaḷanāḍu.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0255.

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0255.xml.

Version: 2026-11-14 15:07 (85a1dec), last modified 2026-09-29 11:08 (2b36d53).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] cakalapuvaṉaccakkaravattikaḷ śrīkoppe [*********]
⟨2⟩ vatu Irājātirācavaḷanāṭṭut tirumuṉaippāṭi [*********]
⟨3⟩ rattu Uṭaiyār tiruviraṭṭāṉamuṭaiya ṉāyaṉāṟku I [*********]
⟨4⟩ cūraiṉāyakaṉ pukalāḻvā(ṉ)ṉeṉ [|] Iṉṉāyaṉāṟku ti [*********]
⟨5⟩ ṭaic cittirai mātam piṟanta 10 8⁓Ān ti⟨⟨(yati)⟩⟩ mutal ṉāṉ viṭ [********]
⟨6⟩ pam 1⁓m kaikkoṇṭu tirununtāviḷakkukku Atikaiṉā [*********]
⟨7⟩ ney tirumaṭaippaḷḷippaṇṭārattu cantirātittava[.]ai [*********]
⟨8⟩ ṉ Iṉṉāyaṉār maṉṟāṭikkuṭimakkaḷil vaṭavāyilāṉ ko [*********]
⟨9⟩ māheśvara rakṣai ௳

Apparatus

⟨5⟩ ti⟨⟨(yati)⟩⟩ • The letters yati in tiyati are engraved below the line.

Commentary

The inscribed stone containing the ends of lines is lost.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.255 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 160–161, item 255.

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