# SII 12.262: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 262. (A.R. No. 115 of 1904). TĪRTTANAGARI,
CUDDALORE TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL
SHRINE IN THE ŚIVĀṄKURĒŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0262

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0262.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This is a verse inscription of Āṭkoḷi Kāḍavarkōṉ, the chief of Kūḍal,
remitting the taxes perum-pāḍikāval and veṭṭi for providing offerings
to, and maintaining a perpetual lamp in the temple of, the god
Poḻittiṉaimāṉagar (i.e.) Tīrttanagari. The donor was an ancestor of
Kōpperuñjiṅgadēva (see No. 263 below) and flourished during the reign of
the Chōḷa king Rājarāja II (A.R. No. 486 of 1921).

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī ⟨∥⟩

kūṭātava⟨2⟩ṉpukaṭ kūṭamaṉ Āṭ⟨3⟩koḷi kāṭavarkoṉ ⟨4⟩ ceṭār
poḻittiṉai⟨5⟩māṉakar Īcaraic cin⌈⟨6⟩t(ai) ceytu piṭār nila⟨7⟩ttup
perumpāṭik(ā)⟨8⟩val veṭṭi tavittu ⟨9⟩ nāṭāramutukku nuntā⟨10⟩viḷakkum
nāṭṭiṉaṉe ⟨11⟩ (nitu) taviṟppān (pitā) ⟨12⟩ puttira ṉallaṉ ∥⁓

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.262 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 262.