# SII 13.261: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 261. (A.R. No. 625 of 1905.) TIRUCHCHEṄGŌḌU,
TIRUCHENGODU TALUK, SALEM DISTRICT. ON THE ROCK TO THE WEST OF THE
BOULDER CALLED NĀGARGUṆḌU ON THE WAY TO THE ARDHANĀRĪŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0261

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII13/DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0261.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This registers an endowment of 25 kaḻañju of gold by a certain Koṟṟandai
Poduvaṉ Māri and her husband Pēraṅgi Maṇiyaṉ Ma . . . for feeding
Brāhmaṇas every year on the day of Svāti in Puraṭṭādi month which was
her natal star. The gift was entrusted to the sabhā called the
Pāṇḍināṭṭu-Perumakkaḷ of Tiruchaṅgōḍu.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] kovirācakecarivaṉ⟨2⟩markku tiruveḻuttiṭṭuc
cellā⟨3⟩(niṉṟa) yā⟨ṇ⟩ṭu 10 6⁓Āvatu tirucaṅkoṭṭu ppāṇ⟨4⟩ṭināṭṭup
perumakkaḷ kaiyyil ko [2+] ⟨5⟩ [6+] ntu vāḻum peraṅki{y} maṇiya(ṉ) mā
⟨6⟩ [2+] ṇavāṭ(ṭi) koṟṟantai po(tuva)ṉ māṟi piṟa(ku) [3+] ⟨7⟩
(pira)ṭṭātit tiṅkaḷ cotināḷ malaivilakki [7+] ⟨8⟩ brāhmaṇabhojaṉañ
ceyvataṟku [6+] ṉ koṟṟantai po⟨9⟩tuvanum Ivaḷ maṇavāḷaṉṉāṉa poṅ [4+] ṉum
Ivviruvarum [3+] ⟨10⟩ [2+] Ivaṉaic cārtti vaiytta poṉ [4+] m
Irupattaiñkaḻañ⟨11⟩{ñ}cu Ippoṉṉiṉ palicaik koṇṭu
(Ā)ṇ(ṭuto)ṟu⟨12⟩moḻukkamāka piraṭṭātic cotināḷ malaivila [4+] ⟨13⟩ ḷi
brāhmaṇabhoja⟨ṉa⟩ñ ceyvat¿a?⟨ā⟩⟨ka⟩ (ca)ndrādit [4+] ⟨14⟩ l ceyvatāka
E(ṉṟom) pāṇṭināṭṭu peruma(kka)⟨15⟩ḷom [∥]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.261 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 139, item
261.