SII 13.247: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Alternative title: No. 247. (A.R. No. 284 of 1911.) TILLAISTHĀNAM, TANJORE TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, GHṚITASTHĀNĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This inscription records a gift of thirty kaḻañju of gold for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Mahādēva at Tiruneyttāṉam by Naṅgai Śāttaperumāṉār, the mistress of the king. The sabhā and the ūr of the village who received the endowment utilised the amount for the construction of a bathing maṇṭapa for the deity, but undertook to maintain the lamp out of the income from some land which had been purchased for the temple from the sabhā of Perumbuliyūr. This is the same as No. 36 of 1895 published in South Indian Inscriptions (Texts) Vol. V, No. 593. The early script of the record and the use of puḷḷi marks over basic consonants make it assignable to king Āditya I. Naṅgai Śāttaperumāṉār figures as a donatrix in the king’s 11th year of reign in No. 219 above from Tiruppūndurutti, a neighbouring village.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0247.

File path: SII_B_clean/SII13/DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0247.xml.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] korājakesarivarumarkku yāṇṭu 10 4⁓Āvatu tirune⟨y⟩ttāṉattu mahā-
⟨2⟩ devarkku coḻapperumānaṭikaḷ pokiyār naṅkai cāttaperumāṉār noṉtā-
⟨3⟩ viḷakkiṉukku kuṭutta poṉ 3 10 � Imuppatiṉkaḻañcu poṉṉu-
⟨4⟩ kkum perumpuliyūr cavaiyāriṭai devar poṉ kuṭuttu vilaikoṇṭa muṉṟa-
⟨5⟩ raiyilum śrīkaṇṭa mukkāṇi Akappaṭap pattu cey Ippoṉṉukku talaic-
⟨6⟩ cammāṭāy Oru noṉtāviḷakkerippomāy Ippoṉ muppatiṉ kaḻañcum
⟨7⟩ Idevar namanamaṇṭapam ceyyak kuṭuttom tiruneyttānattu sabhayomum Ūro(mu)-
⟨8⟩ ⟨m⟩ (I)vviḷakku candrādittaval Erippippomānom sabhayomum Ūromum Itu paṉmāheśvarar rakṣai |௳

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.247 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 131, item 247.

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