# SII 13.227: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 227. (A.R. No. 371 of 1924.) MĒLAPPAḺUVŪR,
UDAIYARPALAIYAM TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE
AGASTYĒŚVARA SHRINE, AGASTYĒŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0227

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII13/DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0227.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This records the gift of a well and a land after reclaiming them both
from their neglected state by Mallaṉ Śaṅkaraṉ of Paḻavūr Śaṅkarappāḍi,
for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Mahādēva at
Avanigandharvva-Īśvaragṛiham.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] ko Irājakeca⟨2⟩ripaṉmaṟku yāṇṭu 10 2⁓Āvatu
kuṉṟakkūṟ⟨3⟩ṟattu devadāṉam Avanikandharvva Īśvaragṛhattu
mahā⟨4⟩devarkku Ivvūr mallan(āti)ttaṉ kuḷam Apohanaṅ⟨5⟩kiṭanta bhūmiyai
paḻavūrc caṅkarappāṭi mallaṉ caṅ⟨6⟩karaṉ Ikkuḷamuṅ kallikaḻaniyuṅ kalli
vaitta viḷa⟨7⟩kku Oṉṟu Ivviḷakku Oṉṟum Ikkuḷattiṉ pokaṅ [1+] ⟨8⟩ [1+]
veriyum (pu)ṟaveriyil (kaḻani)yaḷ pokaṅ koṇṭu ⟨9⟩ cantrātittavat Iravum
pakalum Oru noṉtāviḷakku Eri⟨10⟩ppomānom Ittaḷip paṭṭuṭaiyom Eḻuvo⟨11⟩m
Ikkuḷattiṉ minaṭai poṉṉakkuḷattile kalluvatā⟨12⟩kavum Itu paṉmāheśvara
rakṣai ௳௳

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.227 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 122–123,
item 227.