# SII 13.153: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 153. (A.R. No. 364 of 1924.) MĒLAPPAḺUVŪR,
UDAIYARPALAIYAM TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE
AGASTYĒŚVARA SHRINE, AGASTYĒŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0153

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII13/DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0153.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This records the gift of a lamp-stand and an endowment of 12 kaḻañju of
gold for burning a perpetual lamp in the shrine of Mahādēva on the
southern side of the temple of Avanikandarppa(gandharva)-Īśvaragṛiham,
by Nakkaṉ Akkāranaṅgaiyār the daughter of Dēvaṉār ‘of this Taḷi’ and
wife of prince (Piḷḷai) Śēramāṉār. In No. 385 of 1924 from the same
place, dated in the 27th year of Rājarāja I, his queen
Pañchavan-Mahādēvi is referred to as the daughter of Dēvanār of
Avanikandarppapuram. The identity of ‘Piḷḷai Śēramānār’ is not known. He
was possibly a feudatory chief holding an important position under the
Chōḷa king. Friendly relationship is known to have prevailed between the
Chēras and the Chōḷas since the time of Āditya I (S.I.I. Vol. III, No.
89).

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] kovirācakecaripanma⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu 6⁓Āvatu
kunṟakkū⟨2⟩ṟṟattu devatānam Avanikantaṟppa Īśvaragṛhattu tenvāyi⟨l⟩ śrī
(⌈)⟨3⟩k(o)yil mahādevaṟku Ittaḷi tevaṉār makaḷār piḷḷai ceramāṉār
de⟨4⟩viyār ṉakkaṉ Akkāranaṅkaiyār cantrādittavaṟ Iravum pakalum
Eri⟨ya⟩(v)ai⟨5⟩tta ṉon=tāviḷakku Onṟiṉukku paṭi Uḻakkiṉāl nicatam Uḻakku
ṉey yeriya ⟨6⟩ vaitta poṉ 10 2 � paṉṉirukaḻañcu Ivviḷakkeriya vaitta
(ta)rāviḷakko⟨7⟩nṟu ṉiṟai Uḷ karu Iruppunārāyam Uḷpaṭa ceruviṭaiyāl 2
100 10 5 Itu pa⟨8⟩nmāyeśvara rakṣai [∥]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.153 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 81, item
153.