# SII 13.216: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 216. (A.R. No. 315 of 1929.) TIRUPPĀLAIVANAM,
PONNERI TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL
SHRINE, TIRUPPĀLĒŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0216

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII13/DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0216.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This records an agreement of the Śivabrāhmaṇas of the temple at
Tiruppālaivanam to burn a perpetual lamp before the deity, in lieu of
interest for the gold received by them from a resident of Tiruvānmiyūr
in Puliyūr-kōṭṭam. The gilding of the Tiruppērambalam, i.e., the temple
at Chidambaram, which is claimed for king Rājakēsarivarman of this
record, is also attributed (in A.R. No. 349 of 1929 from the same place)
to Tribhuvanachakravartin Kulōttuṅga-Chōḷadēva who has been identified
with Kulōttuṅga II in the Epigraphical Report for 1929, Part II, para
35. The present inscription may therefore be assigned to that king. (See
also M.E.R. 1927, II. 24.)

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] tirupperampalam poṉme⟨y⟩ntaruḷiya kovirājakesaripanma
[11+] ṇṭu patinonṟāvatu Āḷuṭaiyār tirup⟨2⟩pālaivaṉamuṭaiyār koyiliṟ
śivabrāhmaṇarom puliyūṟkoṭṭattut tiruvānmiyūr [13+] piḷḷaipakkal poṉ
koṇṭu poliyūṭṭāka candrā⟨3⟩tittavaṟ celuttakkaṭavomāṉa tirunantāviḷakku
Oṉṟukku Eṅkaḷilicainta poṉ kaiyaṟak koṇ [7+] muṭaiyārkku
candrādittavarai celuttakkaṭavomānom In⟨4⟩tat tanmam śrīmāheśvara rakṣai
[∥]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.216 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 117, item
216.