SII 13.96: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 96. (A.R. No. 445 of 1922.) ON ANOTHER STONE IN THE SAME PLACE.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0096.

Summary: A portion of the inscription at the end is lost. This records an endowment of land at Kāyār in Kumiḻi-nāḍu, a subdivision of Āmūr-kōṭṭam, by Ariñjōmāṉ, the headman of Āṉaichchūr in Tirunaraiyūr-nāḍu, a subdivision of Śōṇāḍu, to provide for the śrībali offerings in the temple of Ūruḍaip-Perumāḷ Tirumēṟṟaḷidēva at the village. It also records another gift of land for the expense of the tiruchchennaḍai (procession) of the god. Both these lands are stated to have been made tax-free by the sabhā of the village with whom they were left, evidently in consideration of a lump sum deposit.

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

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

Version: (1624459), last modified (666dffb).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] kovirājakesaripanma(ṟ)ku yāṇṭu (4)~Āvatu Āmūrkoṭṭattu kku(mi)ḻināṭṭuk kāyāṟṟu ⟨2⟩ sabhaiyom Emmur Ūruṭaipperumāḷ tirumeṟṟaḷidevaṟkuc coṇāṭṭut teṉkarait tiru(na)ṟaiyūrnāṭṭu Ā(ta)⟨3⟩[2+] kuṭi(kki)ḻkarai Āṉaic(cū)r (ki)ḻavaṉ (A)ṟiñcomāṉ śrīpalikku IṟaiIḻicci Ikāyāṟṟu śrīpalikku vaitta nilam (kaṭu)ntu ⟨4⟩ ṭṭikkā [3+] ālāl kaḷattukku meṟkum teṟkiṭṭa karampaiyum [4+] ta(ṭi) Aintum [2+] yyāraṉ kālvaḻi ceṭṭar⟨5⟩(pā)kamu(m kaṭan=tū)ṟṟukkuṇṭilum mummulaikkuṇṭilum paḻutavari kiḻtūmpiṉ(vaḻi) peruvāy⟨k⟩kālukkuk kiḻakkum ⟨6⟩ va(ka)y(o)ṭum Aṭainta ⟨ta⟩ṭi Aiñtum Iccuṭṭappaṭṭa bhū(mi) yeppeṟpaṭṭaṉavum tirumeṟṟaḷi devaṟku ⟨7⟩ Āṉaiccūr kiḻavaṉ A(ṟi)ñcomāṉ dhanmattāl sabhaiyom IṟaiIḻicci śrīpalippaṭi vaittom ⟨8⟩ sabhaiyom Idevar⟨k⟩ke tiruccennaṭaikku paḻaveri kiḻttūmpiṉvaḻi IṟaiIḻicci vaitta bhūmi taṭṭāṉ

Commentary

(8) taṭṭāṉ. The rest is lost.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.96 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 46, item 96.