# SII 13.238: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 238. (A.R. No. 13 of 1931.) TIRUKŌḌIKĀVAL,
KUMBAKONAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL
SHRINE, TIRUKKŌṬĪŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0238

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII13/DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0238.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

Like all the other records of this place, this also is stated to be a
copy of an old inscription engraved an a loose stone which had become
useless, and hence to cancel that record. It registers an endowment of
three plots of land after purchase, one for converting it into a
flower-garden and the other two for the maintenance of its gardeners,
for the benefit of the temple of Tirukkōḍikkā by Perumbiḍigu
Viñjavadiyaraiyaṉ alias Nakkaṉ Śeruviḍai of Kīḻandi in Malli-nāḍu. The
sabhā of Kaṇṇamaṅgalam which was the other name of Tirukkōḍikkā, agreed
to make the lands immune from all taxes.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] Ituvum moru paḻaṅkalpaṭi [|]
kovirājakecaripanma⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu 10 3⁓Āvatu mallināṭṭu kiḻanti
perumpiṭuku viñcava(ti)yaraiyaṉā⟨ṉa⟩ nakkaṉ ceruviṭai tirukkoṭi kā⟨va⟩l
mahādevaṟkku nan=tavaṉat⟨2⟩tukku vilai(koṇ)ṭu kuṭutta nilam
tirukkoyi(lukku) vaṭapā(l) Araikkāṟ ceyyum nan=tavāṉam Iṟaippāṟkku nāṉ
tirukkoṭikāvāṉa kaṇṇamaṅkalattu tattacaṉmaniṭaiyum tampi (mā)riṭaiyum
vilaikoṇṭa ⟨3⟩ Oru mā(vu) [3+] tirukkoṭikāvuṭaiyāṟkku viṟṟu
vilaikoṇ(ṭo)m sabhaiyom potuvāṉa Iraṇṭumāvum nan=tavāṉappuṟamākak
kuṭu⟨t⟩teṉ nakkaṉ ceruviṭaiyeṉ Immuṉṟu māvum Eppeṟpaṭṭa Iṟaiyum ⟨4⟩
(ca)ntrātittaval kāttuk kuṭuppomāṉom (ka)ṇṇamaṅkalattu sabhaiyom Itu
paḻaya kalpaṭi In=ta śrīvimānattile Eṟaveṭṭinamaiyil muṉṉivvājakam
veṭṭikkiṭanta taṉikkallāl Ubhaiyokam ⟨5⟩ millāmaiyim Atu tavirn=tatu
paṉmāyeśvara kaṭaikkuṭ(ṭu) peṟṟā⟨r⟩ śrīpāta meṉ talai melana [∥]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.238 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 127–128,
item 238.