# SII 13.222: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 222. (A.R. No. 712 of 1909.) ĀLAMBĀKKAM, LALGUDI
TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE,
VARADARĀJA-PERUMĀḶ TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0222

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII13/DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0222.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This inscription is mutilated and is incomplete. It registers a gift of
land tax-free, after purchasing it from the sabhā of Dantivarmamaṅgalam,
by a resident of the village called Mūtta Bhavasēna-[Krama]vittaṉ, for
providing for offerings and a perpetual lamp in the temple of
Tiruviśalūr-Perumānaḍigaḷ in the village. The land is stated to have
been irrigated from the tank called Māṟpiḍugēri. Māṟpiḍugu might have
been a surname of the Pallava king Dantivarman. Mr. Krishna Sastri
thinks that the tank probably owed its origin to Māṟpiḍugu-Iḷaṅgōvēḷāṉ,
a subordinate of king Dantivarman (M.E.R. for 1910, II, 7).

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] kovirājakesarivarmma⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu 10 (2) [3+]
bra(hmade)(yam) (da)n=tivarmmamaṅkalattu (sa)⟨2⟩bhaiyomiṭai nammur mutta
bhavase(na) [2+] vittaṉ Ivvūrt tiruvicalūrpperumā naṭika(ḷu)⟨3⟩kku
tiruvamirtinukkum tirunontāviḷakkiṉukkum sabhaiyomiṭai Iṟaiyiliyāka
vilai(ko)⟨4⟩ṇṭu kuṭutta nilamāvatu Ivvūr māṟpiṭukerikkiḻ (ni)lam
vi(laikoṇ)ṭu kuṭutta nilamāvatu kura⟨5⟩vacari (dro)ṇaśarmmaṉ Āḷkiṉṟa
neyatto [3+] (ḷa)ṭṭi(k) kaiyiṉ melai Uḷkkaraikku me⟨ṟ⟩kkum
(su)⟨6⟩brahmaṇyaṉ nālekālukku vaṭakku sabhaiyom nilatte(yp) puḻuti
Aṭṭappeṟuvatāka kolu

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.222 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. Pages 119–120,
item 222.