# SII 13.294: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 294. (A.R. No. 260 of 1921.) TAKKŌLAM, ARKONAM
TALUK, NORTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE,
JALANĀTHĒŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0294

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII13/DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0294.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

The beginnings of lines of this inscription are built in. This records
an agreement by the sabhā of Aparājita-chaturvēdimaṅgalam (evidently the
ancient name of Takkōlam), to burn a perpetual lamp in the temple of
Tiruvūṟaṟkaṟṟaḷi-Mahādēva for 30 kaḻañju received by them. The name of
the donor is lost. This seems to be a record of Āditya I who is known
from the Tiruvālaṅgāḍu Plates to have wrested the Toṇḍai-nāḍu from the
Pallava Aparājitavarman (S.I.I., III, p. 386).

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ [5+] [rāja]kecaripanma⟨ṟ⟩ku yāṇṭu Irupatto⟨2⟩n [4+] ṟapuṟattu
Aparācitaccaturve⟨3⟩[6+] bhaiyoṅ kaiyyeḻuttu na ⟨4⟩ [6+] yār kaiyāli
yāṅkaḷ koṇ⟨5⟩[8+] muppatiṉ kaḻañcu Ippoṉ⟨6⟩[7+] ruvūṟṟa
kaṟṟaḷimah¿a?⟨ā⟩devarkku nan=tāvi⟨7⟩[8+] taruḷḷaḷavum nicati Uḻakkeṇṇai
muṭ⟨8⟩[7+] m Itaṟṟiṟampil dharmmāsaṉattu nica⟨9⟩[7+] paṭuvomāṉōm
Ittaṇṭam paṭ ⟨10⟩ [7+] ḻak keṇṇaiyu muṭṭā(m)e ⟨11⟩ [7+] m sabhaiyom [∥]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.294 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 156–157,
item 294.