# SII 13.116: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 116. (A.R. No. 135 of 1918.) TIRUVAIYĀṞU, TANJORE
TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE,
PAÑCHANADĒŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0116

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII13/DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0116.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

The inscription is damaged and incomplete. It seems to record a gift of
25 kaḻañju of gold for the endowment of a piece of land after purchasing
it (probably tax-free) from the nagarattār of Śivapuri, for a lamp in
the temple of Mahādēva at Tiruvai-āṟu by Payitāṅgi Vāḷuva-Nāgaṇi, the
wife of Nāgakumāraṉ Vādāvi-Araiyaṉ of . . . . . . Kaḷakkuḍi. Both
Śivapuri and Kaḷakkuḍi are in the Tinnevelly district.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] ⟨2⟩ ko rājake⟨3⟩sariparmma⟨r⟩k⟨4⟩ku yāṇṭu ⟨5⟩
Añcāva⟨6⟩tu tiruvai⟨7⟩Āṟṟu {mā}ma⟨8⟩hāteva⟨r⟩kku ⟨9⟩ (Oru
nu)ntāvi⟨10⟩ḷak(ku Eriya) ⟨11⟩ (va)cca kunā ⟨12⟩ [5+] ⟨13⟩ kaḷakkuṭi
U⟨14⟩ṭaiya nāka⟨15⟩kumāraṉ vā⟨16⟩tāliArai⟨17⟩yaṉ maṇa⟨18⟩vāṭṭi
payi⟨19⟩tāṅki vā⟨20⟩ḷuva nāka⟨21⟩ṇi civa⟨22⟩puri nakara⟨23⟩ttārkku
⟨ku⟩ṭu⟨24⟩tta poṉ ⟨25⟩ Iru⟨pa⟩ttaiṅ⟨26⟩kaḻañcu I⟨27⟩ppoṉṉā⟨28⟩l
pattuc⟨29⟩(cey) ni⟨30⟩rnila(māka)⟨31⟩[4+] ⟨32⟩ kuṭuttu E⟨33⟩(p
peṟpaṭ)⟨34⟩ṭa Iṟaiyum ⟨35⟩ ka⟨ḻi⟩ppomā⟨36⟩ṉom civa⟨37⟩puri
nakara⟨t⟩to⟨38⟩m Innila⟨ttā⟩⟨39⟩l nicati Uri⟨40⟩y [4+]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.116 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 58, item
116.