# SII 13.281: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 281. (A.R. No. 157 of 1931.) ON THE WEST WALL OF
THE SAME SHRINE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0281

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII13/DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0281.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

The inscription is damaged. It registers an endowment of 20 kaḻañju for
a lamp in the temple by Guṇavaṉ Puttaṉ who left it in charge of the
temple servants (patipādamūla). The donor has figured in No. 273 above
and in another inscription (No. 348) published below. This is probably a
record of Āditya I.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ sva⟨sti śrī⟩ [∥] Irājakecaripanmaṟku yāṇṭu 10 7 [10+] māhādevaṟku
Iravum pakalum ⟨2⟩ [5+] viḷak (keri)vataṟkku kaḷat(tūrkkoṭ)ṭattu [6+]
āvūr na [5+] mā [3+] ṭi kuṇavaṉ puttaṉ vai⟨3⟩[10+] virupatiṉ kaḻaiñcum
(ko)ṇṭu [7+] ti Uḻakku ne⟨y⟩yāl ⟨4⟩ [10+] pomāṉom patipātamulattom Itu
pa(nmāheśva)(ra) rakṣai [∥]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.281 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 148–149,
item 281.