# SII 13.255: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 255. (A.R. No. 252 of 1911.) KUMBAKŌṆAM,
KUMBAKONAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL
SHRINE, NĀGĒŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0255

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII13/DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0255.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## 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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## Edition

⟨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 ∥

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.255 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 136, item
255.