SII 13.131: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 131. (A.R. No. 220 of 1906.) PĒRAṄGIYŪR, TIRUKKOYILUR TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH AND WEST WALLS OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, RUINED ŚIVA TEMPLE.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0131.

Summary: This inscription registers an endowment of two plots of land made by the assembly (peruṅguṟi-perumakkaḷ) of Pēriṅgūr, one for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Mūlasthānattu-Perumānaḍigaḷ, and the other for the daily feeding of a tapasvin in the temple, made for the merit of a servant of the temple named Gaṇavadi Nambi Ārūraṉ who is said to have sacrificed his life for the service of the deity. The exact nature of the sacrifice and the necessity for it are not given in the inscription. The former land is stated to have been left in charge of the Rudragaṇap-perumakkaḷ for being reclaimed. This may belong to Rājarāja I to whose inscription (No. 219 of 1906) on the same wall it bears a close resemblance in writing.

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).

Version: (1b099a1), last modified (52feb90).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] kovirājakesaripanma⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu 6~Āvatu tirumuṉaipāṭip periṅkūr peruṅkuṟip perumakkaḷom Ivvūr śrīmulasthāṉattu perumānaṭikaḷukku śrīkā(ryya)m ce⟨y⟩kiṉ⟨2⟩ṟa kaṇavati ṉampi Āruraṉ tevaruṭai⟨ya⟩ śrīkāryyattukkākat taṉṉai ĀnmatyāgaM ceyta Ivaṉukkāka devarkku cantrādittavaṟ Oru ṉandāviḷakkeri⟨p⟩pataṟkku vaitta Iṟaiyiliyāka devarkku ceytukuṭutta ṉi⟨3⟩lamāvatu Ivvūrt teṉkaḻani ṉāvuḻānkeṇi muṉṟe ciṉṉa ceṟuvukkellai kiḻpāṟkkellai kirākkil nākaiyakramavittaṉum kirākkil vaikunta kramavittaṉuḷḷiṭṭār ceṟuvukku meṟkkum tenpāṟkellai Eṭṭu⟨4⟩kkūrnampi Uḷḷiṭṭār ceṟuvukku vaṭakkum me⟨l⟩pāṟkkellai Eṭṭukkūrarkaḷ peruñceṟu vukku kiḻa⟨k⟩kum vaṭapāṟkkellai kiḻakkuṉokkippoṉa peruvati(kku t)eṟkkum Iṉāṟppe rellaiyilum Uḷppaṭṭa ṉilam muṉ{ṉ}ṟaraiye ci⟨ṉ⟩ṉac ce⟨5⟩ṟuvum rudragaṇapperumakkaḷ Iṉila⟨m⟩ tiruttip peṟuvārākavum Ipparicu śilālekai ceytukuṭuttom peruṅkuṟipperumakkaḷom [||] (Ik)kaṇava(ti) ṉampi Ārūraṉukkāka I śrīmūlahthāṉatte cantrādittava⟨l⟩ nicatam Oru tapa⟨6⟩svi Uṇṇa vaitta IṟaiIli ṉilam pāṭikkaḻaṉi ṉellikkollai kiḻpāṟkellai Āṉai kollaikku meṟkkum teṉpāṟkkellai ṉe⟨l⟩likol⟨lai⟩kku kiḻakkuṉokkip pāyṉta vāy⟨k⟩kālukku vaṭakkum melpāṟkkellai ⟨7⟩ Idevaruṭaiya paṭṭikku kiḻakkum vaṭapāṟkkellai cāmikuṭṭattukku teṟkkum Iṉāṉkellai yilum Akappaṭṭa muṉ(ṟ)eciṉṉac ceṟuvu(m) cantrādittavaṟ Oru tapasvi Uṇṇa ceytu kuṭuttom ⟨8⟩ Idharmmattai virotam colluvāṉ vevveṟṟuvakai tiruvāṇaipuṟattār paṭum taṇṭam paṭa tiṭṭuk ku⟨ṭu⟩ttom peruṅkuṟip pe⟨ru⟩makkaḷom Itu panmāheśvarar rakṣai [||]

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.131 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 67, item 131.