SII 12.258: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Alternative title: “No. 258. (A.R. No. 503 of 1926). ŌMĀMPULIYŪR, CHIDAMBARAM TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE WEST AND SOUTH WALLS OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE PRAṆAVA-VYĀGHRAPURĪŚVARA TEMPLE.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: The date of this damaged inscription is lost. It gives an instance of how the temple came to the rescue of persons placed in financial difficulties. The record states that certain Brahmans of Ulagaḷandaśōḻa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a brahmadēya in Mēṟkā-nāḍu, a subdivision of Virudarājabhayaṅkara-vaḷanāḍu ‘on the northern bank’, had stood surety for some tenants who went away without paying the dues on their lands. The duty of paying the arrears of dues devolved upon these persons, who when pressed for payment tried in vain to transfer the lands to others. Finally they requested the trustees of the temple, evidently at Ōmāmpuliyūr, to advance them money by taking at least a portion of the land as tirunāmattukkāṇi. The trustees thereupon sold some ornaments in the treasury which were perhaps not in use, and with the proceeds, assisted the Brahmans by buying the land for the temple.

In this inscription Ōmāmpuliyūr is called Ulagaḷandaśōḻa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Tamil (tamil)].

Version: (08a22fd), last modified (0ec4724).

Edition

⟨1⟩ (svasti) śrī ௳ sakalabhuvaṉaccakkaravattikaḷ śrīkopperuñciṅkatevaṟku yāṇṭu [******][6+] Aparapakṣattu pañcamiyum [**********][10+] tināḷ vaṭakarai virutarājabha⟨ya⟩ṅka⟨ra⟩vaḷanāṭ-

⟨2⟩ ṭu meṟkānāṭṭu brahmadeyam śrīUlakaḷantacoḻacca(tu)(rve)timaṅkalattu kauṇi(ya) [******][6+] kau(cika)ṉ pacc¿a?vāraṇanam(pi) [**********][10+] kāśyapaṉ til [*****][5+] nampiyum kā-

⟨3⟩ śyapaṉ tevakaṉāyakaṉ Akilanāyakapaṭṭanum Ivaṉaivom puṇai(vilai)pramāṇa Icaivutiṭṭu [|] Ivvūr [****][4+] yuṭaiyār koyil Āticaṇṭecu(ra) [**********][10+] vilaiyāka vi [******][6+] nilamāvatu (ciṟu)-

⟨4⟩ [********][8+] ṭaiyāṉ coḻabrahmārāya [****][4+] (kuṭa)ntai (Ā)ḷavantāṉ [****][4+] (ri)l payir Eḻuti Ivar Anu [******][6+] kaṭamai Iṟuttu ponta nilattukku Eṅkaḷai puṇaipaṭutta kaṭamai nerāka Iṟāte pokaiyil Ipperāl (ci)kaikku

⟨5⟩ [**********][10+] ṅkaḷaiyum patinmuṉṟāvatu puṇaippaṭa Akilanāyakapaṭṭaṉai [*******][7+] (p)erāl cikaikku (veṟu) piṟi [**********][10+] ṅkaḷai vita(mu)m paṇ(ṇi) kācu taraveṇumeṉṟu collukaiyil nāṅkaḷum pala Iṭaṅkaḷilum koḷvārai

⟨6⟩ Ārā(nta)ṭuttu puṇaivilaikoḷvārai Oruttaraiyum kāṇām(aiyāle) Innāya(ṉār koyi)lil tā(ṉattār) pakkale vantu tarakka [***][3+] ṅkaḷai miṟukkappaṇṇā niṉṟārkaḷeṉṟum Ipperil nilattile ciṟutu nilam tirunāmattu-

⟨7⟩ kkāṇiyākak koṇṭu kācu taraveṇumeṉṟum nāṅkaḷ veṇṭikkoṇṭamaiyil (tāṉa)ttārum śrīpa(ṇṭāra)ttu Uṭa(m)aiyiruppatil (Innā)yaṉār cātti yeḻuntaruḷiyirukkiṟa tiruvāparaṇam ciṟutu Uṇṭu Ittai viṟṟeyākilum nāyaṉāṟku tirunā-

⟨8⟩ mattukkāṇiyāka ciṟutu nilaṅ koḷḷaveṇumeṉṟum Uṇṭu Uṅkaḷukku miṟukkāyirukku [***][3+] l Ittiruvāparaṇattai viṟṟeyākilum Innilaṅ koḷḷukiṟomeṉṟu Ivarkaḷ collukaiyil

⟨9⟩ (Ivar)kaḷukku puṇaivilaiyā(ka viṟ)ṟuk kuṭutta nilamāva(tu I)vvūr pavittiramāṇikkavatikkuk kiḻakku ceṉṉātaṉ vāykkālukku vaṭakku mutaṟka(ṇṇu)ṟṟu mutaṟ(catirat)tu maṉaiyum paṭṭappāḻum [*****][5+]

⟨10⟩ [*****][5+] kāṇiyaraikkāṇik kiḻaraiye Orumāvarai muntirikaiyum Innilattu meṉokkina maramum kiḻṉokkiṉa kiṇaṟum Uṭpaṭa Eppeṟpaṭṭa Urimaikaḷum Akappa{ṭ}ṭa puṇaivilaiyāka viṟṟuk kuṭuttom Ā(ticaṇṭe)(śva)ra⌈-

⟨11⟩ [.][.](e) [*****][5+] vvaṉaivom Ippiramāṇaṅkaḷ Eḻutiṉa Ivvūr kaṇakku muvalūruṭaiyāṉ muṉṉūṟṟuvappiriyaṉ Eḻutteṉṟum Ivvūr (ka)ṇakkuc ceṟṟuṭaiyāṉ paramppiriyaṉ (kaṇa)kku Avaḷivaṉanallūruṭaiya

⟨12⟩ [******][6+] kikṛṣṇapaṭṭaṉ (ve)ḷaippaṉṟi paṭṭaṉ Eḻuttu Eṉṟum Ippaṭikku Ivai kavucikaṉ paccaivāraṇanampi Eḻuttu Eṉṟum Ippaṭikku [*****][5+] pa [***********][11+] lai [***][3+] [.][.]āyiranampi [**********][10+]

⟨13⟩ ḻuttu Eṉṟum Ippaṭikku Ivai kāśyapaṉ tevarkaḷ nāyakaṉ Akilanāyakapaṭṭaṉ Eḻuttu Eṉṟum Aṟivukku Iṭṭa kāśyapaṉ ci

Apparatus

⟨12⟩ Ippaṭikku [*****][5+] • Left unengraved. Ends of lines 9-13 are not fully engraved. — ⟨12⟩ pa [***********][11+] • Left unengraved. Ends of lines 9-13 are not fully engraved. — ⟨12⟩ lai [***][3+] • Left unengraved. Ends of lines 9-13 are not fully engraved. — ⟨12⟩ [.][.]āyiranampi [**********][10+] • Left unengraved. Ends of lines 9-13 are not fully engraved.

Commentary

Ends of lines 9-13 are not fully engraved.

⟨13⟩ The inscription is left unfinished.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.258 by Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. 1943. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Pages 162–163, item 258.