# SII 13.97: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 97. (A.R. No. 419 of 1923.) VEṆPĀKKAM,
CONJEEVERAM TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON A SLAB SET UP IN THE VILLAGE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0097

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII13/DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0097.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This records the construction of a sluice by Kēraḷan Rājādittaṉ alias
Nāṇi Vichchādara (Vidyādhara) mārāyaṉ who had the jīvita of
Vēlakkōṉ-maṅgalam in Kuṉṟa-nāḍu, a subdivision of Ūṟṟukkāṭṭuk-kōṭṭam.
His names suggest that he was possibly a person of high musical
attainments which accounted for his jīvita, probably at the hands of
prince Rājāditya.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] ⟨2⟩ kovirājakecaripanma⟨ṟ⟩kku ⟨3⟩ yāṇṭu 4⁓Āvatu
Ūṟṟu⟨4⟩kkāṭṭukkoṭṭattuk kun⟨5⟩ṟanāṭṭu velakkoṉ maṅ⟨6⟩kalam jivitamuṭaiya
ke(raḷa)⟨7⟩(ṉ) Irājātittaṉākiya nā⟨8⟩(ṇi) viccātaramārāyaṉ ⟨9⟩ ceyvitta
tūmpu Itu ⟨10⟩ panmāyeśvara rirakṣai [∥]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.97 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 47, item
97.