SII 13.201: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Alternative title: No. 201. (A.R. No. 382 of 1924.) MĒLAPPAḺUVŪR, UDAIYARPALAIYAM TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CHŌḶĒŚVARA SHRINE, AGASTYĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This records an agreement given by seven temple servants (taḷippaṭṭuḍaiyār) to burn a perpetual lamp in the shrine on the north side of the temple of Mahādēva of Avanigandharvva-Īśvara-gṛiham, a dēvadāna in Kuṉṟak-kūṟṟam with the interest on ten kaḻañju of gold now received by them from the two (classes of) nagarattār with whom the amount had been originally deposited by the donor, Vīraśōḻa Aṇukkaṉ Śiṟiyappi Maḻapāḍi of Avanigandarvvapuram in the 1[6]th year of Parakēsarivarman Uttama-Chōḷa in the regime of Aḍigaḷ Paḻuvēṭṭaraiyar Kaṇḍaṉ Maṟavaṉār. At the time of the transfer of this amount the administration of the temple is said to have been vested with one Kauśikaṉ Nakkaṉ Māṟapirāṉ. The inscription may be assigned to Rājarāja I.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions).

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] koIrācakecaripaṉmaṟku yāṇṭu 9⁓Ā ⟨2⟩ vatu kuṉṟakkūṟṟattu devatāṉam Avaṉikandharvva ⟨3⟩ Īśva⟨ra⟩ gṛ⟨ha⟩ttu mahādevar vaṭavāy śrīkoyilukku A ⟨4⟩ vaṉikandharvvapurattu viracoḻaAṇukkaṉ ciṟiyappi maḻapā ⟨5⟩ ṭi cantrātittavallum vaitta no⟨n⟩tāviḷakku Oṉṟinik ⟨6⟩ ku paṭiyuḻakkiṉāl nicatamuḻakku ne⟨y⟩yeriya vaitta poṉ ⟨7⟩ 10 patiṉkaḻañcum śrīkopparakecaripaṉmarkku yāṇṭu Uttamacoḻa⟨r⟩kku 10 (6)⁓Āvatu A ⟨8⟩ ṭikaḷ paḻu ⟨9⟩ veṭṭaraiyar kaṇṭaṉ maṟavaṉār Aru⟨ḷi⟩ceyya śrīkāryyam Ārāyāniṟkka Iraṇṭu nakarattārum ciṟi ⟨10⟩ yappi maḻa ⟨11⟩ vāṭi vaitta poṉ patiṉkaḻañcum koṇṭu Iraṇṭu nakarattārum palicai Iṭṭu vārāniṟkiṉṟa poṉ patiṉkaḻa ⟨12⟩ ñcum śrīkāryyam Ārāyāniṉṟa kauśikan nakkan māṟapirāṉ Ārācciyil Ippoṉ patiṉ kaḻañcum vāṅkikoṇṭu ⟨13⟩ cantrādittaval Iravum pakalum Oru nontāviḷa ⟨14⟩ kku Erippomānom Ittaḷip pa ⟨15⟩ ṭṭuṭaiyom Eḻuvom Itu panmāheśvara rakṣai ∥௳

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.201 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 109, item 201.

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