# SII 13.335: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 335. (A.R. No. 696 of 1909.) TIRUNEḌUṄGAḶAM,
LALGUDI TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THREE FRAGMENTS OF STONE BUILT
INTO THE WALL OF A MAṆḌAPA, NEḌUṄGAḶANĀTHASVĀMIN TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0335

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII13/DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0335.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

The inscription on one of the fragments seems to belong to Āditya I and
refers to a previous gift of 60 paḻaṅkāśu made by Pāṇḍya
Varaguṇa-Mahā[rāja] for burning a lamp in the temple. This had been
entrusted to the sabhā who, it is stated, now endowed a land tax-free
for that amount.

The donor Varaguṇa is evidently the Pāṇḍya king who came to the throne
in A.D. 862 and who fought a battle at Śrīpurambiyam with Pallava
Aparājita and was defeated by him (S.I.I. III. p. 449). It is known that
Aparājita was himself overthrown later on by Āditya I (ibid. p. 386).

The third fragment mentions [Madi]raikoṇḍa Parakēsari, i.e., Parāntaka
l.

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## Edition

### On the first fragment.

⟨A1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] kovirājakesaripanmaṟku yāṇṭu [4+] ⟨A2⟩ ttu sabhaiyom
miceṅkiḷināṭṭu veṇṇāyi [4+] ⟨A3⟩ l Eṅkaḷūr mahādevarkku pāṇṭiyaṉār
varaguṇamahā [4+] ⟨A4⟩ [2+] rārvacamum tiruviḷakkukku vaicca ney nicata
[4+] ⟨A5⟩ vvaṟupatu paḻaṅkācilum sabhaiyom vaca(m) [4+] ⟨A6⟩ ṅka
ḷaṭṭuvatāy muṉ kalmel veṭṭikiṭakkum [.]e [4+] ⟨A7⟩ ṅkaḷ sabhai nilattai
Iṟaiyiliyāka viṟṟukkuṭu [4+]

### On another fragment.

⟨B1⟩ devarkkuc cūralūrc cūralūrk kiḻa [4+] ⟨B2⟩ vantaveḷāṉeṉ vaitta
tiruno [4+] ⟨B3⟩ toṇṇūṟu Ivai koṭamaṉ [4+] ⟨B4⟩ l viḷakkum kāṭaṉ
cen⟨ta⟩num tampi [4+] ⟨B5⟩ nūṟu koṇṭu Ine⟨y⟩ Aṭṭakkaṭavar [4+]

### On the third fragment near the above.

⟨C1⟩ [2+] kkotukulapaṭṭa [2+] ⟨C2⟩ rai koṇṭa koppa [2+] ⟨C3⟩ (U)ṭaiyāṉ
vayiraṉ [2+] ⟨C4⟩ [1+] ṉṉeṉ tiruneṭuṅ [2+] ⟨C5⟩ ṭṭai mācimutallā [2+]
⟨C6⟩ ru veṭṭuvaṉnum pa [2+] ⟨C7⟩ ṇṇum Innālva [2+] ⟨C8⟩ malu Iravum
pakalum [2+] ⟨C9⟩ [5+] ḷḷi [1+]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.335 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 177, item
335.