SII 13.16: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 16. (A.R. No. 491 of 1918.) ON THE EAST INNER GŌPURA, LEFT SIDE, OF THE SAME TEMPLE.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0016.

Summary: This records an endowment of 60 kaḻañju of gold by a certain Ayyaṉ Vēmbaḍigaḷ of the Pārttivaśēkarat-teriñja-Kaikkōḷar (regiment ?) for daily offerings and for feeding in the temple of Tiruveṇgāḍudēvar. The assembly of Nāṅgūr received the amount and sold to the temple tax-free, one vēli of land for this purpose. Among the boundaries of the land mentioned, are a high road leading to Paṭṭaṉam (Kāvērippūmpaṭṭiṉam), and another land which had been endowed to the temple by a certain Kottappichchōḻar (Pottapi-Chōḷa). This person may be identical with the chief Pottappichchōḻar Śattiyaraiyar figuring in a record from Vṛiddhāchalam in the South Arcot district (No. 49 of 1918), dated in the 7th year of Rājarāja I, and hence the present inscription may be assigned to that king. Pārthivaśēkhara after whom the Kaikkōḷar regiment was called seems to have been a title of Rājarāja.

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).

Version: (1624459), last modified (0c990c3).

Edition

⟨1⟩ śrī kovirājakecaripanmaṟku ⟨2⟩ yāṇṭu 2~vatu tiruveṇkāṭu⟨3⟩tevar⟨k⟩ku nāṅkūr sabhaiyo⟨4⟩m pārttivacekaratteriñca⟨5⟩kaikkoḷaril Ayyaṉa vem⟨6⟩paṭikaḷ Oru kalam Uttamāgra⟨7⟩m Āḷvār Amutu ceyyu⟨8⟩mva⟨ṇ⟩ṇam Ūṭṭa koṇṭa cem⟨9⟩pon Aṟupatin kaḻañcu Ip⟨10⟩pon koṇṭu kuṭutta nilamāva⟨11⟩tu [|] tenpiṭākai viṟṟu kuṭu⟨k⟩kum sa⟨12⟩bhaiyom nilattu⟨k⟩ku kiḻa⟨k⟩kum ⟨13⟩ tiruveṇkāṭṭu vā⟨y⟩kkālukku teṟ⟨14⟩kum kottappic coḻar Uttamā⟨15⟩gra nilattu⟨k⟩ku meṟkum paṭṭaṉapperu⟨16⟩vaḻikku vaṭakkum naṭu(vu)paṭṭa nilam ve⟨17⟩li Innilam Epperppaṭṭa Iṟaiyu⟨18⟩m Eccoṟum kāttu kuṭuppomā⟨19⟩nom nāṅkūr sabhaiyom ⟨20⟩ Itu cantrādittavaṟ [||]

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.16 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. Pages 6–7, item 16.