# SII 13.101: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 101. (A.R. No. 149 of 1928.) TIRUPPAḺANAM,
TANJORE TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE WEST WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE,
ĀPATSAHĀYĒŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0101

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII13/DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0101.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This is an incomplete and damaged inscription recording the endowment of
a land made after purchase and reclamation, by Nakkaṉ’ Kāñjaṉ, a
merchant of Tiruppaḻaṉam, for the maintenance of two gardeners employed
for the upkeep of the two flower gardens given to the temple by his
father Viśākaṉ Nakkaṉ.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] korājakesarivanmaṟku yā⟨2⟩ṇṭu 4⁓Āvatu vaṭakarai
miṟaikū⟨3⟩ṟṟa⟨t⟩tu tevatāṉa⟨m⟩ tirupaḻaṉa⟨t⟩tu ma ⟨4⟩ hādevarkku Ivūr
viyāpāri ⟨5⟩ vicāka ṉakkaṉ ce⟨y⟩ta nan=tavāṉam ⟨6⟩ Iraṇṭukku miṟaikku
nan=tavāṉa⟨k⟩kuṭi⟨7⟩kaḷ Iruvarkku Ittevariṭai Eliyūtu ⟨8⟩ puṉcey
vilaikoṇṭu Ivaṉ ma⟨9⟩ka ṉakkaṉ kāñcaṉ macakkiṉa nilattukku ⟨10⟩
kiḻpāṟke⟨l⟩lai patipātamulattār ko⟨11⟩ṇṭa nilattukku meṟkum
teṉpār⟨k⟩⟨12⟩ke [4+] karika [6+] ⟨13⟩ kki [3+] pāṟke [5+]
vā⟨y⟩⟨14⟩(k)kālukku kiḻakku vaṭapāṟkellai Itti [3+] vāy⟨k⟩kālukku teṟkum
Ip [6+]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.101 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 48–49,
item 101.