# SII 13.259: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 259. (A.R. No. 31 of 1931.) TIRUKKŌḌIKĀVAL,
KUMBAKONAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL
SHRINE, TIRUKKŌṬĪŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0259

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII13/DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0259.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

Like the other inscriptions of the place this is said to be a copy of an
old document engraved on a loose stone. It records an endowment of 70
kaḻañju of gold, left in charge of the sabhā of Tirukkōḍikkā alias
Kaṇṇamaṅgalam, for the daily supply of an ulakku of ghee for a perpetual
lamp and of two nāḻi of rice for offerings in the temple of Mahādēva, by
Kumāraṉ Gaṇavadi(pati), a merchant of Nandipuram in Paḻaiyāṟu. Paḻaiyāṟu
was one of the places in the south where Pallava Nandivarman III is said
to have fought battles (Sewell’s Historical Inscriptions of Southern
India, p. 34). In later times, it is known to have been a Chōḷa capital
under the name Muḍigoṇḍaśōḻapuram, and the royal palace therein is
referred to in several inscriptions (M.E.R. 1927, II, 12 and 33). This
is distinct from Gaṅgaikoṇḍaśōḻapuram in the Trichinopoly district, the
city founded by Rājēndra-Chōḷa I in commemoration of his northern
campaign of conquest (S.I.I. Vol. III, Intr. p. 20).

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] Ituvum moru paḻaṅkalpaṭi [∥]
kovirājakecaripa(ṉ)ma⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu patiṉ Añcāvatu paḻaiyāṟṟu
nan=tipurattu viyāpāri kumāraṉ kaṇavati tirukkoṭikāvil mahādevaṟku
tiruviḷakkiṉukkum tiruvamitiṉukkum kuṭutta poṉ Eḻupatiṉkaḻañ⟨2⟩cu Ippoṉ
koṇṭu Ippoṉṉiṉ palicaiyāl non=tāviḷakkukku nicatam Uḻakku neyyum
tiruvamirtiṉukku nicatam Irunāḻi Ariciyum cantrātittaval Aṭṭuvomāṉom
tirukkoṭikāvāṉa kaṇṇamaṅkalattu sabhaiyom Itu paḻayakalpaṭi In=ta śrī
vimānattile Ēṟave⟨3⟩ṭṭinamaiyil muṉ ṉivvājakam veṭṭikki{ṭa}ṭan=ta
ta{ṉ}ṉikkallāl ubhaiyokam Illāmaiyāl Atu tavir⟨n⟩tatu Itu muṭṭil
paṉmāyesvara⟨r⟩ naṭaikūṭṭa peṟṟār [∥]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.259 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 137–138,
item 259.