# SII 13.253: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 253. (A.R. No. 300 of 1908.) TIRUKKAḶITTAṬṬAI,
KUMBAKONAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL
SHRINE, VĒDAPURĪŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0253

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII13/DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0253.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This records an endowment of 25 Īḻakkāśu for burning a perpetual lamp in
the temple of Tirukkuḍuttiṭṭai-Perumāḷ at
Amaninārāyaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a dēvadāna-brahmadēya on the northern
bank (of the Kāvēri), by Vimaladēvarasa Vāsudēvabhaṭṭa-Sōmayāji of
Araṇaippuram, and evidently of an equal amount for a second lamp by a
resident of Paṉaiyūr named Chandraśēkharaṉ Tirumoy-Aḍi . . . . . . The
inscription is probably one of Sundara-Chōḷa.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] ko Irācakecaripaṉma⟨r⟩kki yāṇṭu 10 5⁓Āvatu vaṭakarait
tevatāṉa brahmadeya⟨m⟩ Amaninārāyaṇacaturvvetimaṅkalattu
tirukkuṭuttiṭṭai perumā(ḷuk)ku nontāviḷakku⟨k⟩ku cantrāticcavaṟ Erikka
Araṇaipurattu vimaladevarasa ⟨2⟩ vāsūdevabhaṭṭasomayāciyār Oru
non=tāviḷakku⟨k⟩ku vaiytta Īḻakkācu 2 10 5 paṉai yūruṭaiyāṉ
śantraśekaraṉ tirumoy Aṭi [3+] Oru nontāviḷakku⟨k⟩ku cantrāticcavaṟ
Erikka vaicca Ī

## Commentary

⟨2⟩ Erikka vaicca Ī. The record stops here unfinished.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.253 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 135, item
253.