# SII 13.293: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 293. (A.R. No. 477 of 1904.) VĒDĀRAṆYAM,
TIRUTTURAIPUNDI TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON A PILLAR IN THE MAṆḌAPA IN
FRONT OF THE RĀMANĀTHĒŚVARA SHRINE, VĒDĀRAṆYĒŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0293

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII13/DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0293.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-14 15:07 (85a1dec), last modified 2026-09-29 11:08
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## Summary

This is an incomplete record. It mentions Bakuḷam evidently a village in
[Kāṉa]ppēr-kūṟṟam in Pāṇḍi-nāḍu. The subdivision occurs in the Bigger
Śinnamanūr Plates as Tirukkānappēr-kūṟṟam (S.I.I. III 4. p. 462). The
alphabet is early and the the record may be one of Āditya I.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] kovirācakecaripaṟ⟨2⟩maṟku yāṇṭu 2 10 (1)⁓Āvatu
pāṇ⟨3⟩ṭi nāṭṭu (kāṉa)pperkkūṟṟattu ⟨4⟩ pakuḷattuk ka [3+] kaṇmey ⟨5⟩
(puvaṉi)viṭaṅka [2+] karumāṇi

## Commentary

⟨5⟩ karumāṇi. The continuation of this inscription on the other side of
the pillar is badly damaged.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.293 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 156, item
293.