# SII 13.20: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 20. (A.R. No. 70 of 1928.) TIRUPPUGALŪR, NANNILAM
TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE,
AGNIPURĪŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0020

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII13/DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0020.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This is a fragmentary epigraph registering a gift of a silver vessel to
(god) Śrī Pugalūrdēva. Below and close to this is another fragment of
the 3rd year of a king whose name is lost, which records gift of a
silver pot to the same deity by Pa(Bha)ṭṭaṉ Dānatuṅgi[yār], a queen of
Uttama-Chōḷa.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] korājakesarivanma⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu Iraṇṭāvatu śrī
pukalūrdevarkku [4+] ⟨2⟩ (ce)yyak kuṭutta veḷḷi vi [9+] Aṟuṉūṟṟeṇpattai
[3+] ⟨1⟩ kesarivarmmaṟkku yāṇṭu 3⁓Āvatu śrī Uttamacoḻadevar deviyār
paṭṭaṉ dānatuṁgi [6+] ⟨2⟩ Ittiruvāykku ṉir mā(ttu)k kuṭutta veḷḷik
kalacap pāṉai Oṉṟu ṉi [3+] ⟨3⟩ pattuṉāl kaḻañcu Itu panmāheśva⟨ra⟩
rakṣai [∥]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.20 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 8, item
20.