# SII 12.263: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar Emmanuel Francis Alternative title: No. 263. (A.R. No. 74 of 1918). VṚIDDHĀCHALAM, VRIDDHACHALAM TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE SECOND GŌPURA (RIGHT OF ENTRANCE) OF THE VṚIDDHAGIRĪŚVARA TEMPLE Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0263 Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions) File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0263.xml Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil] Commit: 2026-11-14 15:07 (85a1dec), last modified 2026-09-29 11:08 (2b36d53) ## Summary This inscription consisting of 11 verses in Tamil and praising the family of Kāḍava chiefs, was engraved under orders of Araśanārāyaṇaṉ Āḷappiṟandāṉ Vīraśēkharaṉ alias Kāḍavarāyaṉ on the ‘Gaṇḍarādittaṉ-vāśal’ in the Vṛiddhagirīśvara temple at Vṛiddhāchalam. The verses themselves do not give any historical information, but the prose passages prefixed to some of them give the following genealogy for the Kāḍava chiefs. Vaḷandāṉār alias Kāḍavarāyar Āṭkoḷḷiyār alias Kāḍavarāyar Ēḻiśaimōgaṉ Kāḍavarāyar, ‘who conquered the four quarters’ Araśanārāyaṇaṉ Kachchiyarāyar alias Kāḍavarāyar Āḷappiṟandāṉ Vīraśēkharaṉ alias Kāḍavarāyaṉ, ‘who destroyed Kūḍal in Ś 1108 (= A.D. 1186).’ The last-mentioned chief viz., Āḷappiṟandāṉ Vīraśēkharaṉ alias Kāḍavarāyaṉ is also stated to have proceeded due west of the ‘Gaṇḍarādittan-vāśal’ in Śaka 1106 (A.D. 1184), destroyed Kūḍal belonging to Kaṟkaṭaka-Mārāyaṉ and the country of Adiyamāṉ and planted there his flag with the figure of Hanumān on it. From the context we have to take ‘Gaṇḍarādittaṉ-vāśal’ as the gōpura where this inscription is found. The Kūḍal mentioned above may be identified with the village Tīrttāmalai in the Salem District (A.R. No. 660 of 1905). A copy of the present inscription is also found in the gōpura of the Kṛipāpurīśvara temple at Tiruveṇṇainallūr (No. 264 below). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨1⟩ svasti śrī ⟨∥⟩ Aracanārāyaṇaṉ Āḷappiṟantān viracekaranāṉa kāṭavarāyan kaṇṭarāti⟨2⟩ttanvācalil kalveṭṭuvittapaṭi ⟨|⟩ 1. Cantaviruttam varivaḷaipolam pūṇkoṭutta maṅkaiyar mayaluṟa maṉantā⟨3⟩ṉ tuṭakkukiṉṟaṉa matikati riraṇṭāṅkeṉac ciṟantoḷir vayiramu micaintāṅ kiṭappicaintaṉa parimaḷataḷa⟨4⟩ntāṉ camaitta kuṅkuma parivoṭu pacuñcān teḻakkamaḻntaṉa palikoḷa virantāṅ kumikka ciṅkaḷar paravaiyi⟨5⟩l viḻuntāṅkeṭat tuṭarntaṉa karipari Uṭaṉ cernteṭutta kaṅkarkaḷ karuvarai yiṭantāṉ pukakkaṭantaṉa kaṉa⟨6⟩leṉa vukantāṉ cuṭattuṭaṅkiya kalivali pelantāṉ pukatturantaṉa varipeṟa virantāṉ taṭakkai Oṉṟi⟨7⟩ṉi lakaliṭa mukantām puṉaṟcorintaṉa varacarai neṭu(ñ)cāṅkiṭak kaikoṇṭaṉa Aḻakiya vaḷantāṉ tiruppu⟨8⟩yaṅkaḷe∥௳ Itu vaḷantāṉārāṉa kāṭavarāyar kavi ∥௳ 2. Koccakkalippā Alaṅkulavum vayaṟpeṟukai Āṭkoḷḷi ⟨9⟩ kāṭavarkoṉ palaṅkulavu matacāṉai pattikaḷam viṭukiṉṟā ṉilaṅku maṇimuṭiyaracar yārkolo⟨10⟩viṇaiyaṭiyil vilaṅku kaliṉ kaliṉeṉṉa vititoṟum varuvāre∥௳ Itu Ivar makanār Āṭko⟨11⟩ḷḷiyārāṉa kāṭavarāyar kavi ∥௳ 3. Veṇpā porukāmaṉampu pukuntuyirmela{ṉa}ṉṟic cerukāviṭaiyāmañ⟨12⟩cellā torukālum pākā kāmāliyāṉaik kaṇṭu paṇintāṉai mokākā vantipaṭā muṉ ∥௳ Itu Ivar maka⟨13⟩ṉār nālutikkum veṉṟārāṉa Eḻicaimokaṉ kāṭavarāyar kavi ∥௳ 4. Kaliviruttam tuṭakkumāraṉ coricarappāyal meṟ- kiṭa⟨14⟩kku mivvulakeṉpatuṅ keṭkume vaṭakku meruvun teṟku malaiyamuṅ kaṭakku māṇaiyāṉ kacciyarāyaṉe ∥௳ 5. Veṇpā ⟨15⟩ mummalai muṉpeṟintāy piṉpu muraṇiraṭṭar temmalai vātāvi ceṉṟeṟintāy meymmaic- ceruvara⟨16⟩ce piṉṉic cilampā veṟinta toruvaraice meṉāḷuṭaṉṟu ∥ ௳ Itu Ivar tampiyār Araca nārāyaṇaṉ ⟨17⟩ kacciyarāyarāṉa kāṭavarāyar kavi ∥௳ Ivar makaṉ cakaraiyāṇṭu Āyirattorunūṟṟeṭṭiṉāl Āṭimā⟨18⟩sattup piṟpattil kaṇṭarātittaṉ vācalukku meṟke puṟappaṭṭuk kaṟkaṭakamārāyaṉ kūṭalum Ati⟨19⟩yamāṉāṭum Aḻittu veṟṟikkoṭi Uyartta Aṉumaṉum poṟittāṉ Āḷappiṟantāṉ vira⟨20⟩cekaraṉāṉa kāṭavarāyaṉ ∥௳ 6. Kaṭṭaḷaikālittuṟai pāraḷavalla paṉaittoḷaḷavu pakalavaṉ pon- teraḷavalla niṉ ce⟨21⟩ṅkolaḷavu tikiricceṅkai kāraḷavalla paraviracekarakāṭava niṉ poraḷa vevvaḷavām parave⟨22⟩ntar puṟattaḷave ∥௳ 7. Kaṭṭaḷaikālittuṟai tārār maṇippuyan taṇṇantuḻāy maṇanāṟuñ cantak- kārār tiruniṟañ⟨23⟩ceyyāḷ tirumaṇanāṟuṅ kacci- yārār tikirikkaiyāḷappiṟantāṟ kacañcalaṟkup pārāḷ ⟨24⟩ vaṭamaṉṉar poṉmuṭi nāṟum patāmpuyame ∥௳ 8. Kaṭṭaḷaikālittuṟai viṭaiyaḷaviṭṭa koṭi viracekara kāṭa⟨25⟩va niṉ ṉaṭaiyaḷa viṭṭatu ñālaṅka ḷeḻaiyum vāḻi niṉpo(ṟ)p- paṭai yaḷaviṭṭatu pa⟨26⟩ttu{t} tic(ai)yum pariyamuttak kuṭaiyaḷaviṭṭa tiricuṭar cūḻaṇṭa kūṭattaiye ⟨27⟩ svasti śrī Ikkalveṭ ṭaḻippāṉ vallavaraiyaṉ cattiyam ∥௳ ## Bibliography Digital edition of SII 12.263 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 165–167, item 263.