# SII 13.126: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 126. (A.R. No. 139 of 1931.) TIRUCHCHATTURAI,
TANJORE TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL
SHRINE, ŌDANAVANĒŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0126

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII13/DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0126.xml

Languages: Sanskrit [Grantha], Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This records an endowment of 30 kaḻañju of gold by Vēḷāṉ
Tiruveṇkāḍaḍigaḷ alias Mūvēnda-Piḍavūr-Vēḷāṉ of Piḍavūr in Piḍavūr-nāḍu
for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of
Tiruchchōṟṟuttuṟai-Mahādēva. The ūrkiḻār-makkaḷ of Koḍiyālam, the
brahmadēya-kiḻavargaḷ and the ūrār of the village, held themselves
responsible for the maintenance of the lamp. Evidently the same gift is
recorded in No. 137 of 1931 also in Sanskrit, the text of which is given
below. To judge from its writing and disposition with regard to No. 138
of 1931 of the 13th year of Parāntaka I, this is possibly a record of
Gaṇḍarāditya.

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## Edition

### Text.

⟨A1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] kovirācakecaripaṉma⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu 5⁓Āvatu
tiruccoṟṟutuṟai mahādevaṟ(ku pi)ṭavūrnā⟨A2⟩ṭṭu piṭavūr veḷāṉ
tiruveṇkāṭṭika{ḷ}ḷāṉa muven=ta piṭavūrveḷāṉ cantrādittaval nicatam
Uḻakke⟨A3⟩ṇṇaiyāl Iravum pakalum Oru non=tāviḷak kerivataṟkku vaicca poṉ
3 10௳ Ippoṉ muppatiṉkaḻa⟨A4⟩ñcum koṇṭu Itaṉ palicaiyāṟ devarnāḻiyoṭokkum
muḻak(ki)ṉāl śrī{k}koyiluk⟨ku⟩ koṭuvan=tu Aṭṭu⟨A5⟩vommāṉnom koṭiyālattu
Ūrki{ḻ}ḻārmakkaḷum brahmateyakkiḻava⟨r⟩kaḷum Ūromum ⟨A6⟩ Itu
paṉmāheśva⟨ra⟩rakṣai [∥]

### Text of No. 137 of 1931.

⟨B1⟩ tejomūrtta mivollasanta matulaM śrīmānguṇānānnidhi
śśrīcoṟṟuttuṟaivāsine girisutābharttre pradī⟨B2⟩paM pṛthuM [|]
prādādāyugadīpinaM vimaladhī rvvikhyātakīrttirvvibhu rmmū
ven=tappiṭavūrvenditi dharāpālādavāptāhvaya(ḥ) [∥]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.126 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 65, item
126.