# SII 13, Addendum, No. 173A: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 173A. (A.R. No. 51 of 1934.)
TEṈ-MAHĀDĒVAMAṄGALAM, POLUR TALUK, NORTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON A SLAB SET
UP NEAR KALLĒRIPPĀṞAI (ROCK) CLOSE TO THE CHEYYĀR RIVER

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0173A

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII13/DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0173A.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This is an inscription of Parāntaka II Sundara-Chōḷa who was known as
‘Rājakēsarivarman who took Madura’. It is dated in the 7th year of his
reign and records the endowment of a land called Pākkaḍi-śeṟuvu by one
Puttaṟaiyāḍi for the upkeep of a tank dug at Mādēvamaṅgalam in
Puttuḍappāḍi (a subdivision) of Palkuṉṟa-kōṭṭam by Śōkāraṉ Aṇṇāvaṉ
Pākkaḍi.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī ⟨∥⟩ matirai koṇ(ṭa) ⟨2⟩ kovirājakecaripanmaṟku (yāṇṭu)
⟨3⟩ 7⁓Āvatu palkuṉṟakkoṭṭat⟨4⟩tup puttuṭappāṭi mātevamaṅ⟨5⟩kalattuc
cokāraṉ Aṇ⟨6⟩ṇāvaṉ pākkaṭi karaivā⟨7⟩yāṉ kalluvitta Erik⟨8⟩kup
puttaṟaiyāṭi vai⟨9⟩tta bhogam pākka⟨10⟩ṭiceṟuvu śantrātit=ta⟨11⟩val
niṟpatāka vaitte⟨12⟩ṉ Idhanmam rakṣippān ⟨13⟩ Aṭi Eṉṟalaimelaṉa
I⟨14⟩tiṟkku(ta)vā neḻānākattuk kiḻā⟨15⟩(na)rakam pukuvāṉ ⟨∥⟩

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.173A (disambiguated
ARIE/1927-1928/B/1927-1928/51) 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 187, item
173A.