# SII 12.261: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0261

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0261.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## 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 Vallam[1] in the Chingleput
district.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī ⟨∥⟩

Aḻakiyapallavaṉ koṉanti⟨2⟩paṉmarkku naṉṟāka Ittirukkaṟṟaḷiyu⟨3⟩n
tirumaṇṭapamuñ ceyvittāṉ ⟨4⟩ Ivvūr villi tiruvaṉ tirikattarāyaṉ ௳

## Commentary

See also S.I.I. Vol. VI. No. 329.

## 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.

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