# SII 13.199: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 199. (A.R. No. 410 of 1922.) BĀDŪR, WANDIWASH
TALUK, NORTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE TIRUVANANTĪŚVARA
TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0199

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII13/DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0199.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This is an inscription of Rājarāja I who is otherwise known as
Rājarājakēsarivarman. The name has been read as Rājakēsari in the
Epigraphical Report. It records a gift of the tank Araiyaṉ-ēri and the
land irrigated by it, free of taxes, to the temple of
Tiruvanantīśvaram-Uḍaiyār at Vādavūr in Vādavūr-nāḍu, a subdivision of
Veṇkuṉṟa-kōṭṭam by the ūrār of the village.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] kovirājarājakesari(pa)rmaṟki yāṇṭu Oṉpatāvatu
veṇkunṟakkoṭṭattu vātavūrnāṭṭu ⟨2⟩ vātavūr Ūrom Eṅkaḷūr
tiruvaṉantiśvaramUṭaiyārkku Eṅkaḷ Araiyaṉeriyum Erikiḻ nirpūci nel
viḷaivit=ta ⟨ni⟩la(mu)m IṟaiyiliĀka ⟨3⟩ ce⟨y⟩tom vātavūr Ūrom
Itaṟṟiṟampil tiruvāṇai valiñcār paṭum taṇṭa⟨m⟩ paṭuvomāka(vum) [∥]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.199 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 108, item
199.