# SII 13.78: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 78. (A.R. No. 192 of 1931.) TIRUCHCHATTURAI,
TANJORE TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL
SHRINE, ŌDANAVANĒŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0078

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII13/DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0078.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This registers an endowment of half (vēli and 2 mā of land for the
midday offerings to the god Tiruchchōṟṟutturai-Mahādēva by Māṉandai
Śrīkaṇṭhaṉ Bhaṭṭārakaṉ, the brahmadēya-kiḻavaṉ (headman) of the village.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] koIrājakesaripaṉma⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu 3⁓Āvatu
tiruccoṟṟuttuṟai mahā⟨2⟩(tevar)⟨k⟩ku Ivvūr brahmadeyakkiḻavaṉ māṉantai
śrīkaṇṭaṉ paṭṭālakaṉ cantirādittavaṟ pa⟨3⟩yaṟṟu⟨p⟩poṉakam Amutu ceyya
Arici nāṉāḻiyum paruppu nāḻiyum ney yāḻākkum poṟikkaṟi Oṉ⟨4⟩ṟum nicatam
v¿a?⟨ai⟩ccapaṭi IvaiIṟṟukku kuṭutta nilam paṉaikkiḻcceyum tiṭalum muñci
kālc ceyum Oṭai⟨5⟩yil nāṉ vilaikoṇṭuṭaiya nilam nālmāvum brahmadeyattil
paṭunilam melai Arai⟨6⟩māvum Inilam Āka Araiye Iraṇṭumā pāṉaikkum
Aṭaikkāyamutukkum nellu I(ru)nāḻi madhyāṉa⟨7⟩ttu Amutu ceyya
v¿a?⟨ai⟩tten śrīkaṇṭaṉ paṭṭālakaṉeṉ Itu paṉmāheśvara rakṣai [∥]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.78 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 37–38,
item 78.