# SII 13.8: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 8. (A.R. No. 314 of 1907.) TIRUVIŚALUR,
KUMBHAKONAM TALUK TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL
SHRINE, ŚIVAYŌGANĀTHASVĀMIN TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0008

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII13/DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0008.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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

## Summary

This records a gift of 90 sheep and a ram for a perpetual lamp in the
temple of Tiruviśalūr-Perumāṉaḍigaḷ at Amaṉināraṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a
dēvadāṉabrahmadēya in Maṇṇi-nāḍu by Peṇṇāgaḍa-Mūvēndavēḷār of Peṇṇāgaḍam
in Tañjāvūrkūṟṟam. Avaninārāyaṇa is a well-known surname of Parāntaka I
as also that of the Pallava king Nandivarman III.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī |⁓ kovirājakesaripanma⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu 2⁓Āvatu vaṭakarai
maṇṇināṭṭu tevatāṉabrahmateyam ⟨2⟩ Amaṉināraṇaccaturvvetimaṅkalattu
tiruvicalūr perumāṉaṭiyaḷukku tañcāvūrk kūṟṟattup peṇṇākaṭammuṭaiyāṉāṉa
peṇṇākaṭa mu⟨3⟩ventaveḷār vaitta nontāviḷakkoṉṟu Innontāviḷakkoṉṟiṉukkum
vaitta Āṭu toṇṇūṟu takaroṉṟu Itu cantrādityava(l) (panmāhe)
śva⟨4⟩rarakṣai ∥⁓

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.8 by Srinivasa Rao 1952 converted to DHARMA
conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

### Primary

[SII] Srinivasa Rao, G.V. 1952. South-Indian inscriptions (texts) (with
introductory notes in English). Volume XIII: The Cholas. South Indian
Inscriptions 13. Madras: Archaeological Survey of India. Page 4, item 8.