SII 13.343: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Alternative title: “No. 343. (A.R. No. 56 of 1923.) ON SOME OTHER STONES BUILT INTO THE KAILĀSANĀTHA AND VISHṆU TEMPLES.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This inscription is formed by piecing together the stones found in the two temples. Portions of the inscription are lost. It seems to record the gift of some plots of land by the mahāsabhā and the Pirāṉadhi[kārigaḷ] to a certain (teacher called ?) Pādaśiva for burning a lamp during the services and for the maintenance of worship and offerings in a temple (name lost).

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0343.

File path: SII13/DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0343.xml.

Version: 2026-03-06 12:20 (56e9cef), last modified 2025-07-03 14:51 (0ec4724).

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⟨1⟩ korājakesarivanmaṟku yāṇṭu [****]
⟨2⟩ kalattu mahāsabhaiyomum pirāṉati [******]
⟨3⟩ vaḻipaṭum pātacivark=ku ślālekai ceytu ku [*****]
⟨4⟩ (ḻai)kku meṟku Arainilamum putteri kiḻkkāṉilamum va [*****] rārkāliṉ teṉpak=katup paṭṭinilamum bhāṭāri koyiliṉ kiḻpakka⟨t⟩tup puṉcey Āṟumāvu-
⟨5⟩ m (Ā)ka I⟨t⟩tanai nilamuṅ koṇṭu mu⟨ṉṟu⟩ sandhiyum viḷakkeṟṟi tiruvārātanai ceytu Ucci-
⟨6⟩ yam poḻtu Irunāḻi Ariciyā⟨l⟩ tiruvamutum kaṟiyamutu Oṉṟu koṇṭu kāṭṭa

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.343 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 183, item 343.

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