# SII 13.127: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 127. (A.R. No. 219 of 1931.) MĀNĀMADI, CHINGLEPUT
TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON THE WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE,
TIRUKKARĪŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0127

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII13/DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0127.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This inscription is built in at the beginning of the lines. It records
an endowment of a land for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of
Tirukkarapuradēva at Kaḷakkāṭṭūr (Mānāmadi) by a resident of the
village.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ (sva)sti śrī [∥] kovirājakecaripaṉmaṟku yāṇṭu Añcāvatu kaḷakk(ā)ṭṭūr
tirukkarapuradevarkku Ivvūr periyāṉ ka⟨2⟩[2+] (t)taṭiyaḷ vaiytta
n(o)n=tāviḷakku Oṉṟu |||⁓ Ivviḷakku Erikka⟨k⟩kaṭavār It tevarkku
va⟨3⟩[2+] vār Itukkup poka⟨m⟩ maṅkala(ve)ri [∥]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.127 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
127.