# SII 13.312: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 312. (A.R. No. 400 of 1905.) KĀVĒRIPĀKKAM,
ARKONAM TALUK, NORTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON A PILLAR IN THE MAṆḌAPA IN FRONT
OF THE VARADARĀJA-PERUMĀḶ TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0312

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII13/DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0312.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This is probably an inscription of Rājarāja I. It records some
regulations banning the service of women (for conducting the festivals
in the temple) as decided by the mahāsabhā of Kāvidipākkam alias
Avaninārāyaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgālam in Paḍuvūr-kōṭṭam, on an order received
by them from the king through Veṇbaikuḍināṭṭu-Vēḷār. ‘Avaninārāyaṇa’ is
known to have been a biruda of Pallava Nandivarmān III. We learn that
the assembly comprised the committees ūrvāriyam, udasīnavāriyam,
ērivāriyam and the kaḻanivāriyam and of the bhaṭṭas and visishṭas of the
village.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] ⟨2⟩ (ko)(rājakesari)varmmaṟku yāṇ(ṭu) ⟨3⟩
Irupattañcāvatu paṭuvūrkoṭṭattuk kāvi(ti)ppākkamākiya
(A)⟨4⟩vaṉinārāyaṇaccaturvvetimaṅkalattu Ivvāṭṭai
Ū(r)⟨5⟩vāriyapperumakkaḷum Udāsiṉavārikapperumakkaḷum
Erivāri⟨6⟩kapperumakkaḷum kaḻaṉivārikapperumakkaḷum (bha)(ṭṭarka)ḷum ⟨7⟩
viśiṣṭarkaḷum Uḷḷiṭṭa mahāsabhaiyom kāma(kkoṭ)ṭat(te) ⟨8⟩ kūṭiIrukkap
perum(ā)ṉaṭikaḷ Ariḷippāṭṭāl veṇpaiykkuṭi(nā)⟨9⟩ṭṭuveḷḷār vantu [|]
nuṅkaḷukku Epperppaṭṭa karaṇaṅkaḷum sam(grā)⟨10⟩ntiyum Uvāvum
pratipatamum karaṇaṅkaḷum peṟātatākavum maṟṟu⟨11⟩m Epperpaṭṭaṉa
kāṭṭumiṭattum puruṣaraiyum strikaḷaik ko(ṇṭu) ⟨12⟩ pontu Ampalattup
peṟātārākavum strikaḷaiy koṇṭu ⟨13⟩ potuvār perumāṉaṭikaḷukkum
sabhaiyārkkum piḻaittārāka⟨14⟩vum Ipparicu syakhasthaiyāka
(śi)lāle⟨15⟩khai ceykaveṉṟu perumāṉaṭika ḷaruḷucce⟨16⟩ytār niṅkaḷum
Ipparice śilālekhai ⟨17⟩ ce⟨y⟩kave⟨ṉ⟩ṟu Iveṇpaiykkuṭināṭṭuveḷār
ma⟨18⟩hāsabhaiyārkku vantu coṉṉamaiyi⟨l⟩ Ep⟨19⟩perpaṭṭa karaṇaṅkaḷum
samgrāntiyum Uvāvum ⟨20⟩ pratipatamum Innāḷāl kāṇa(p)peṟap
peṟātatā⟨21⟩kavum karaṇaṅkaḷ kāṭṭiṉaviṭattum maṟṟu Ep⟨22⟩perpaṭṭatum
kāṭṭumiṭattuṅ (kā)ṭṭappaṭṭa puruṣarai⟨23⟩y koṇṭu poruvarākavum
[puruṣarai] kāṇāviṭi⟨24⟩lum strikaḷaik koṇṭu potappeṟātārāka⟨25⟩vum
koṇṭu pontār sabhaiyomukku⟨m⟩ (p)e⟨26⟩rumānaṭikaḷukkum piḻaittārākavum
Ipparicu ⟨27⟩ Avvavāṭṭai saṁvatsaravārikapperumakka⟨28⟩ḷum Ūrmel
niṟkuṅkovum Ippari(cu) vyava⟨29⟩sthai niṟuttuvārākavum Ipparicu (E)mmil
I⟨30⟩rājāvin niyokam pukkum [2+] mā(vu)m Irāja⟨31⟩kāryyamum
grāmakāryyamum tiruttappeṟā(tatā)kavum (Ivvampala)⟨32⟩ttaṟutiṟattu
vārikapperumakkaḷum Uḷḷiṭṭa ma(hāsabhai)(yo)m (mi)⟨33⟩kkuṟiyuḷḷi(ru)ntu
paṇikka Eḻutiṉeṉ maddhyasta [7+] ta

## Commentary

⟨33⟩ The rest of the inscription is badly damaged.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.312 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 165–166,
item 312.