SII 12.261: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Alternative title: No. 261. (A.R. No. 355 of 1923). PERUNAGAR (PEṆṆAGARAM), CONJEEVERAM TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE BRAHMAPURĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This inscription states that the temple, evidently the one dedicated to Brahmapurīśvara, along with the maṇḍapa was constructed, for the welfare of Aḻagiya-Pallavaṉ Kō-Nandipaṉmar, by Villi Tiruvaṉ Tirikattarāyaṉ of the village.

The script in which this inscription is engraved may be assigned to the 13th century A.D.

The title Aḻagiya-Pallavaṉ, as pointed out in No. 259 above, is applied to the Kāḍava chiefs Kōpperuñjiṅgadēva I and II and the Nandi mentioned in the present record may be identified with Sundara (Tamil Aḻagiya) Nandipanmar mentioned as a mudali of Nīlagaṅgaraiyar in a record of the 14th year of Kōpperuñjiṅgadēva from Vallam¹ in the Chingleput district.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0261.

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0261.xml.

Version: 2026-08-19 16:39 (195e216), last modified 2026-07-17 15:31 (5fe4bec).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī ⟨∥⟩ Aḻakiyapallavaṉ koṉanti-

⟨2⟩ paṉmarkku naṉṟāka Ittirukkaṟṟaḷiyu-

⟨3⟩ n tirumaṇṭapamuñ ceyvittāṉ

⟨4⟩ Ivvūr villi tiruvaṉ tirikattarāyaṉ ௳

Commentary

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.261 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 165, item 261.

Notes

1. S.I.I. Vol. IV, No. 634.

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