# SII 12.264: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 264. (A.R. No. 463 of 1921). TIRUVEṆṆAINALLŪR,
TIRUKKOYILUR TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE INNER WALL OF THE
GŌPURA, LEFT OF ENTRANCE, IN THE KṚIPĀPURĪŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0264

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0264.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-14 15:07 (85a1dec), last modified 2026-09-29 11:08
(2b36d53)

## Summary

This damaged inscription is identical with the previous record found at
Vṛiddhāchalam.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī ⟨∥⟩

Aracanārāyaṇaṉ Āḷappiṟantāṉ vīracekaraṉāṉa (kāṭavarāyaṉ
kaṇ)ṭarātit⟨2⟩taṉ vācalil kallu veṭṭuvittapaṭi ∥⁓

1. Cantaviruttam

varivaḷai pula(m) pūṇkuṭutta maṅkaiyar maya⟨3⟩luṟa maṉantāṉ
tuṭakkukiṉṟaṉa matikati riraṇṭāṅke(ṉa)c ciṟan(to)[7+] c(ai)n
tāṅ⟨4⟩keṭappicaintaṉa
parimaḷataḷantāṉ camaitta kuṅkuma parivoṭu pacuñcān te(ḻa)kkamaḻntaṉa
pa⟨5⟩likoḷa virantāṅ kumikka ciṅkaḷar paravaiyil viḻuntāṅkeṭat
tuṭa(r)ntaṉa
karipari Uṭaṉ cernte⟨6⟩ṭutta kaṅkarkaḷ karuvarai yiṭantāṉ pukakkaṭantaṉa
kaṉaleṉa vukantāṉ cuṭattuṭa(ṅki)ya kalivali pe⟨7⟩lantāṉ pukakkalantaṉa
varipeṟa virantāṉ taḷaikkaiyoṉṟiṉi lakaliṭa mukantām puṉaṟcorinta⟨8⟩ṉa
varacarai neṭuñcā(ya)ṅkiṭak kaikoṇṭaṉa Aḻakiya vaḷantāṉ tiruppuyaṅka(ḷe)
∥⁓

vaḷa⟨9⟩ntāṉārāṉa kāṭavarāyar kavi ∥⁓

2. Koccakkalippā

Alaṅkulavum vayaṟpeṟukai Āṭkoḷi kāṭavarkoṉ
palaṅkula(vu)⟨10⟩matayā(ṉai) pat(ti)kaḷam viṭukiṉṟā
ṉilaṅku maṇimuṭiyaracar yārkolo(vi)ṉaiyaṭiyil
vilaṅku ⟨11⟩ kaliṉ kaliṉeṉṉa vititoṟum varuvāre ⁓

Itu Ivar makaṉār Āṭkoḷiyārāṉa kāṭavarāyar kavi ∥⁓

3. Veṇpā

⟨12⟩ porukāmaṉampu ⟨pu⟩kuntuyarmelaṉṟic
cerukā (Iṭaiyāma)ñcell(ā) toruk(ā)lum
⟨13⟩ pākā kāmāliyāṉaik kaṇṭu paṇintāṉai
mokākā vanti (paṭ)ā muṉ ⟨|⟩

Itu Ivar makaṉār nā⟨14⟩lutikkum veṉṟāṉ Eḻicaimokaṉ kāṭavarāyar kavi ∥⁓

4. Kaliviruttam

tuṭakkumāra coricara⟨15⟩mpāyalmel
kiṭakku mivvulakeṉ(pa)tuṅ keṭkume
(vaṭa)kku meru [5+] ⟨16⟩ malaiyamuṅ
kaṭakku māṇaiyāṉ kacciyarāya(ṉe) ∥⁓

5. Veṇpā

mu [8+] tāy piṉpu mu⟨17⟩raṇiraṭṭar
temmalai vātāvi ceṉṟeṟintāy meymm(ai)c-
(ceruvarace piṉṉi) [4+] veṟi ⟨18⟩ nta
toruvarace meṉāḷuṭaṉṟu ∥⁓

Itu [6+] yār Aracanārāyaṇan kacciyarāyarāṉa kā⟨19⟩ṭavarāyar kavi ∥⁓

Ivar makaṉ cakara [4+] yirattu Orunūṟṟu Eṭṭiṉāl Āṭimāsa⟨20⟩ttup
piṟpattil kaṇṭarāti⟨t⟩taṉ vācalukku meṟke puṟappaṭṭu kaṟkaṭamārāyaṉ
kūṭalu⟨21⟩m Atiyamānāṭum Aḻittu (veṟṟikko)ṭi yu(ya)rtta Aṉumaṉum
poṟittāṉ Āḷa⟨ppiṟan tāṉ⟩ vi(race)karaṉāṉa kā⟨22⟩ṭavarāyaṉ ∥ ௳

6. Kaṭṭaḷaikālittuṟai

pāraḷava [4+] ṉaittoḷaḷavu pakalavaṉ poṉ-
teraḷavalla ⟨ni⟩ṉ ceṅko(la)ḷa⟨23⟩vu tikiricceṅkai
kāraḷavalla paraviracekara kā(ṭava) niṉ
poraḷa ve⟨v⟩vaḷavā(m) paraventar puṟat taḷa⟨24⟩ve ∥⁓

7. Kaṭṭaḷaikālittuṟai

tārār ma [4+] n taṇṇantuḻāy ⟨⟨(ma)⟩⟩ṇanāṟuñ ca(n)tak-
kārar tiruniṟañceyāḷ (ti) ruma⟨25⟩ṇa(ṉā)ruṅ kacci-
yārā(r) tikirikkai Āḷappiṟantārk kacañcalarkkup
pāra [9+] ṉ⟨26⟩muṭi nāṟum patāmpuyame ∥⁓

8. Kaṭṭaḷaikālittuṟai

viṭaiyaḷa viṭṭa koṭi vi(ra)cekaraṉkāṭava ni[1+]
[7+] ⟨27⟩ tu ñālaṅka ḷeḻaiyum vāḻi niṉ poṟ
paṭai yaḷaviṭṭatu pattu ticaiyum [7+]
[1+]ṭai⟨28⟩yaḷaviṭṭa tiricuṭar cūḻaṇṭa kūṭattaiye ௳

svasti śrī ⁓ Ikkal veṭṭa [6+] ⟨29⟩ lavaraiyaṉ cattiyam ∥௳

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.264 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
167–168, item 264.