# SII 13.205: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 205. (A.R. No. 483 of 1904.) VĒDĀRAṆYAM,
TIRUTTURAIPUNDI TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON A PILLAR IN THE MAṆḌAPA IN
FRONT OF RĀMANĀTHĒŚVARA SHRINE, VĒDĀRAṆYĒŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0205

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII13/DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0205.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This records a gift of 90 sheep by Pulluñjiṟu-Nambi a merchant of
Arimukkapuram in Malai-nāḍu, for a perpetual lamp in the temple of
Tirumaṟaikkāṭṭāḻvār. The temple servants (dēvariḍaichchāṉṟār) who
received the sheep agreed to supply an uḻakku of ghee by the measure
Tirumaṟaikkāḍaṉ every day for the purpose.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] ko Irācake(caripan)maṟ(ku) ⟨2⟩ yāṇṭu 10⁓Āvatu
tirumaṟai⟨3⟩k=kāṭṭāḻvārkku malaiṉāṭṭu ⟨4⟩ Arimukkapurattu viyāpāri
pu⟨5⟩lluñciṟunampi vaicca ⟨6⟩ nontāviḷakku 1 (Oṉṟi)⟨7⟩ṉukku vaicca Āṭu
(toṇ)⟨8⟩ṇūṟu Ivai koṇṭu tiru⟨9⟩maṟaikkāṭaṉāl nicatam ⟨10⟩ Uḻakkuppaṭi
ney yaṭṭu⟨11⟩v(o)māṉom tevari(ṭ)ai⟨12⟩ccāṉṟom ⟨13⟩ Itu
pa⟨14⟩nm(ā)heśvara⟨15⟩rakṣai [∥]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.205 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 112, item
205.