# SII 13.213: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 213. (A.R. No. 329 of 1904.) KUḌUMIYĀMALAI,
PUDUKKOTTAI STATE. ON THE NORTH FACE OF THE SOUTH PILLAR IN THE ROCK-CUT
SHRINE, MĒLAIKKŌYIL TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0213

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII13/DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0213.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This records a gift of 7 1/2 kaḻañju of gold for burning a perpetual
lamp in the temple of Tirumūlaṭṭānattu-Perumāṉaḍigaḷ at Tirunīlakkuṉṟam
in Kuṉṟiyūr-nāḍu, by Naṇbaṉ Tuṇaiyaṉ of Kuttakkuḍi in the same nāḍu. The
writing seems to be of the time of Āditya I.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] kovirā⟨ca⟩kecaripaṉma⟨r⟩⟨2⟩kku yāṇṭu 10 (1) Ivāṇṭu
kuṉ⟨3⟩ṟiyūrnāṭṭu tirunilakkuṉṟat⟨4⟩tu tirumulaṭṭāṉattu
perumāṉa⟨5⟩ṭikaḷukku kuṉṟiyūrnāṭṭu kuttakkuṭi na⟨6⟩ṇpan tuṇaiyaṉeṉ
nontāviḷakko⟨7⟩ṉṟukku vaitta tuḷaippoṉ Eḻu⟨8⟩kaḻaiñcarai paṉmāheśvara
rakṣai [∥]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.213 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 116, item
213.