# SII 13.187: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 187. (A.R. No. 202 of 1926.) ŚENDALAI, TANJORE
TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE WEST WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE,
SUNDARĒŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0187

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII13/DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0187.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This records an endowment of a vēli of land for the maintenance of a
hall (ambalam) erected by him at Chandralēkhai-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a
brahmadēya in Ārkkāṭṭu-kūṟṟam, by Vayiramēgam Piḍāraṉ of Veṇṇāyil in
Mīyśeṅgiḷi-nāḍu, after purchasing it tax-free from the Peruṅguṟi-sabhā
of the place. The land was allotted in certain specified proportions for
the following services in the ambalam: supply of drinking water (to the
wayfarers) during summer, keeping the premises clean, supply of oil for
a lamp, supply of earthen pots (for the water-shed); and for general
periodical repairs. Vayiramēga was a surname of the Pallava king
Dantivarman. This is probably a record of Āditya I (M.E.R. 1916, II, 7).

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] korājakesaripanma⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu 8⁓ Eṭṭāvatu
Ārkkāṭṭukūṟṟattu brahmadeyaM cantralekhaica⟨2⟩turvedimaṅkalattu
peruṅkuṟisabhaiyom miyceṅkiḷināṭṭu veṇṇāyiluṭaiyāṉ vayira mekam
pi⟨3⟩ṭāraṉ Eṅkaḷūr Eṭuppitta Ampalattukku Ampalappuṟamāka viṟṟukuṭutta
nilam Ivūr puṟam⟨4⟩pulattu veli Ivvelicceykku miypāṟkkellai
tirunārāyaṇavatikku kiḻakku Ār⟨k⟩kāṭṭu vāykkā⟨5⟩lukku teṟkut
tiruveḷḷaṟaivāykkālukku vaṭakku meṟkaṭaiya Araiye Orumā niykki
Itaṉoṭumaṭai⟨6⟩yak kiḻakku kol viḻntavāṟṟāl tiṭal niykki viḷaivu
veliccey Ampalappuṟamāka Emmili⟨7⟩cainta vilaipporuḷ kaiyyile Aṟak koṇṭu
Ivv(e)licceyyum cantrādit=tavaṟ Iṟai Ili Ā⟨8⟩ka viṟṟuk kalmel
veṭṭikkuṭuttom peruṅkuṟisabhaiyom Innilam Iṟaikāṭṭa paṇippār
keṅ⟨9⟩kaiyiṭai kumariIṭai naṭuvu ceyitār ceyta pāpaṅ koḷvār Idhanmam
rakṣippār śrīpātam En talaimelaṉa [|] ⟨10⟩ Innilam velicceyyilum
Ivampalattu koṭaimā(ta)taṇṇi(r) Aṭṭuvāṉukku nilam Eṭṭum(ā)vum Ampalam
me⟨11⟩ḻu(k)kuvārkku nila⟨m⟩ Araikkālum viḷakkeṇṇai Aṭṭuvānukku kālum
kalam I(ṭ)ṭum kucavanukku Orumāvarai putukkupuṟa munṟumāvum [∥]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.187 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 103, item
187.