# SII 13.315: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 315. (A.R. No. 170 of 1928.) TIRUPPALAṈAM,
TANJORE TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL
SHRINE, ĀPATSAHĀYĒŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0315

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII13/DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0315.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This records a gift of 30 kaḻañju of gold left with the ‘Thirty-two’
(members of the assembly), for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of
Mahāḍēva at Tiruppaḻanam a dēvadāna in Viṟai-kūṟṟam, by Śembiyaṉ
Ārkāṭṭu-Vēḷāṉ alias Maṟavaṉ Nakkaṉ the headman of Puriśai in
Parivaṇḍatturai a subdivision of Ārkāṭṭu-kūṟṟam. Evidently an
inscription of Āditya I.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] kovirācakecaripaṉ⟨2⟩maṟku yāṇṭu 2 10 (5)⁓Āvatu
vi⟨3⟩ṟaikkūṟṟattu tevatāṉam ti⟨4⟩ruppaḻaṉattu mahādevaṟku ⟨5⟩
Ālkāṭṭukkūṟṟattuk kiḻvaram⟨6⟩pil parivaṇṭattu(ṟai) puricai⟨7⟩kiḻāṉṉākiya
cempiyaṉ ṉāṟ⟨8⟩kāṭṭuveḷāṉṉāyiṉa ma(ṟa)vaṉakkaṉ ⟨9⟩ Iravum pakalu⟨m⟩
nicatam Uḻakkā⟨10⟩ḻāk keṇṇaiyāloru nontā⟨11⟩viḷakkerippataṟku vaitta
po⟨12⟩ṉ 3 10 <kaḻañcu> Ippoṉ muppatiṉ ka⟨13⟩ḻañcuṅ koṇṭu nicatam
Uḻa⟨14⟩kkāḻā⟨k⟩keṇṇaiyāl cantrāditya⟨15⟩val lerippomāṉom Ivūr ⟨16⟩
muppattiruvarum kāntapparum Ip⟨17⟩poṉṉiṉ palicaiyāl lerippo⟨18⟩mānom
tirupaḻaṉattom Itu ⟨19⟩ (pa)(nmāheśvara rakṣai) [∥]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.315 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 168, item
315.