SII 13.283: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 283. (A.R. No. 119 of 1914.) TIRUVEṞUMBŪR, TRICHINOPOLY TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THE WEST WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, PIPĪLIKĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0283.

Summary: This is engraved immediately above No. 111 dated in the 5th year of the king and in the same characters. It records an endowment of 6 of land by one Nambaṉ Kēśuvaṉ to provide for a perpetual lamp to god Teṉkayilāyattu-Mahādēva at Śrīkaṇṭha-chaturvēdimaṅgalam. The donor purchased it before endowment from Nīlaṉ Kaṇḍaṉ Tāḻi a resident of Tiruneṟkuṉṟam and secured it from payment of taxes by a lump-amount of ten kaḻañju paid to the sabhā of the village as iṟaikāval. This is assigned in the M.E.R. for 1915 (Part II, para 20) to a king subsequent to Parāntaka I. The inscription possibly belongs to Sundara-Chōḷa.

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).

Version: (c3e0179), last modified (ee618b0).

Edition

⟨1⟩ kovirājakecaripaṉmaṟkku yāṇṭu 10 8~Āvatu teṉkarai brahmadeyam śrīkaṇṭaścaturvve⟨2⟩dimaṅkalattut teṉkayilāyattu mahādevarkku nampaṉ kecuvaṉ nondāviḷakkoṉṟuk⟨3⟩ku vaitta nilam tiruneṟkkuṉṟattu nilan kaṇṭaṉ tāḻiyiṭaiy nāṉ vilaikkuk koṇṭa nilam A⟨4⟩kavāy Ālaṅkaḷattoṭum Aṭainta kiḻaiAṟumāc ceyyum vilaikoṇṭu Ippūmikku Iṟai⟨5⟩kāval sabhaiyārkkup patiṉkaḻaiñcu poṉ kuṭuttu Innondāviḷakkukku vaitte ṉa⟨6⟩mpaṉ kecuvaṉeṉ Itu paṉmāheśvarar Irakṣai |||~

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.283 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 151–152, item 283.