# SII 13.209: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 209. (A.R. No. 232 of 1926.) KĪḺAP PAḺUVŪR,
UDAIYARPALAIYAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE WEST WALL OF THE CENTRAL
SHRINE, VAṬAMŪLĒŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0209

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII13/DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0209.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This records the gift of 60 sheep by Nilaiyaṉ Pugaḻaṉ, a shepherd of the
village for burning a lamp during the day in the temple of
Tiruvālanduṟai-Mahādēva at Śiṟupaḻuvūr, a brahmadēya in Kuṉṟak-kūṟṟam,
and for bathing the god in ghee on the day of Uttarāyaṇa-saṅkrānti every
year.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] ⟨2⟩ kovirājake⟨3⟩saripanmaṟkku yā⟨4⟩ṇṭu 10⁓Āvatu ⟨5⟩
kuṉṟakkūṟṟattu ⟨6⟩ brahmadeya⟨m⟩ ⟨7⟩ ciṟupaḻavurt tiruvā⟨8⟩lantuṟai
mahādevarkku ⟨9⟩ Ivvūr maṉṟāṭi nilaiya⟨10⟩ṉ pukaḻaṉ vaitta Āṭu ⟨11⟩ 6 10
Ivaṟṟuḷ{p} paka⟨12⟩lviḷakkeriya nica⟨13⟩tam Āḻākku neykku 4 10 5 ⟨14⟩
Āṭu nikki niṉṟa Ā⟨15⟩ṭu 10 5m Uttaramayaṉa⟨16⟩m paṟṟu
saṁkirānti{nā}ṉāṉ⟨17⟩ṟāṭiyaruḷa vaitta n(e)y ⟨18⟩ 10 5 (� �) Itu
panmā⟨19⟩heśvara rakṣai [∥]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.209 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 114, item
209.