# SII 13.171: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 171. (A.R. No. 226 of 1926.) KĪḺAPAḺUVŪR,
UDAIYARPALAIYAM TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE
CENTRAL SHRINE, VAṬAMŪLĒŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0171

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII13/DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0171.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This records an endowment of land after purchase for providing for rice
offering during the three services daily in the temple of
Tiruvālanduṟai-Mahādēva at Śiṟupaḻuvūr, a brahmadēya in Kuṉṟak-kūṟṟam by
the wife (name not given) of Aḍigal Paḻuvēṭṭaraiyar Kaṇḍan Maṟavaṉār.
This has been assigned to Rājarāja I (M.E.R. 1926, II, 17).

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] kovirācakecaripanmar⟨2⟩kku yāṇṭu Ēḻāvatu
kunṟakkūṟṟa⟨t⟩tu ⟨3⟩ brahmadeyam ciṟupaḻuvūr tiruvālantu⟨4⟩ṟai
mahādevarkku Aṭikaḷ paḻuveṭṭarai⟨5⟩yar kaṇṭan maṟavaṉār deviya(ṭi)kaḷ
tiruvamutukku ca⟨6⟩ndrādittavaṟ potiru nāḻiyāka munṟu potukkum ⟨7⟩ Arici
Aṟunāḻikkum vaitta nel patakku pata⟨k⟩ku nellu⟨8⟩kkuṅ koṇṭu kuṭutta nila
micciṟupaḻuvūr ceṅkuttiṟaṟ

## Commentary

⟨8⟩ ceṅkuttiṟaṟ. The continuation of this is not traceable on the stone.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.171 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 96, item
171.