# SII 13.263: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 263. (A.R. No. 528 of 1921.) ĒMAPPĒRŪR,
TIRUKKOYILUR TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE
MAṆḌAPA IN FRONT OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, VĒDAPURĪŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0263

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII13/DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0263.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

The inscription is damaged at the end. It records the gift of a
perpetual lamp to the temple of Tiruvālanduṟai-Āḻvār at Ēmappēṟūr in
Tirumuṉaippāḍi(-nāḍu) by a certain Kīttimāttāṇḍa-Mēṉiyaṉ of Peruṅkuṟumbu
on behalf of his son Malli-Nambi. Kīrttimārttāṇḍa was a surname of the
Rāshṭrakūṭa king, Kṛishṇa III. This might probably be a record of
Sundara-Chōḷa.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] kovirācakecaripaṉma⟨r⟩kki yāṇṭu ⟨2⟩ pati{ṉ}ṉāṟāvatu
tirumuṉaippāṭi Emap⟨3⟩peṟūr tiruvālantuṟaiĀḷvārkku peru⟨4⟩ṅkuṟumpuṭaiya
nāṭṭiṉ Akku [1+] m Ā⟨5⟩kiya kittimāttāṇṭa meṉiyaṉṉe⟨6⟩ṉ Eṉ makaṉ malli
nampiyaic cārt⟨7⟩ti vaicca nantāviḷakku O⟨8⟩ṉṟu cantirā⟨9⟩tittaval [2+]
⟨10⟩ [5+]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.263 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 140, item
263.