SII 13.255: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 255. (A.R. No. 252 of 1911.) KUMBAKŌṆAM, KUMBAKONAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, NĀGĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0255.

Summary: This records the endowment of a perpetual lamp in the temple of Tirukkīḻkōṭṭattu-Perumānaḍigaḷ at Tirukkuḍamukkil by a certain Kalayaṉ Māṇikkam, who also presented 2 taḍam (?) and one kaḍāram (drum). The writing looks early, and might be assigned to the period of Āditya I.

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Language: Tamil.

Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).

Version: 2025-06-21 13:25 (1624459), last modified 2025-06-19 13:45 (e62937e).

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] kovirājakecaripa⟨2⟩nma⟨ṟ⟩kku yāṇṭu (10) 5~Āvatu ⟨3⟩ tirukkuṭamukkil tirukkiḻkoṭṭa⟨4⟩ttu perumānaṭikaḷukku kalaya⟨5⟩ṉ māṇikkam v¿a?⟨ai⟩tta nontāvi⟨6⟩ḷakku Oṉṟu Ulakuñ caṉti⟨7⟩rātittaru muḷḷa Aḷavum ⟨8⟩ Erikka v¿a?⟨ai⟩ttāṉ (ta)ṭamiraṇ⟨9⟩ṭu kaṭāram Oṉṟu ||

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Digital edition of SII 13.255 by Srinivasa Rao 1952 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

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[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 136, item 255.

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