# SII 14.12A: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 12A. (A.R. No. 120 of 1928-29.) LĀLGUḌI, LALGUDI
TALUK, TIRUCHIRAPPALLI DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE
SAPTAṚISHĪŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0012A

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII14/DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0012A.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This inscription is dated in the year opposite to the fourth of some
king whose name is not given in it. It registers a gift of money made by
the Pallava king Nandippōttaraiyar who fought and won the battle of
Teḷḷāṟu, for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Mahādēva at
Tiruttavattuṟai in Iḍaiyāṟṟu-nāḍu. The amount was received by the
members of the assembly of Nallimaṅgalam who bound themselves to bring
to the temple and measure out daily (one) nāḻi of ghee.

As the other record (No. 12-B) engraved close to this and dated in a
similar way belongs to Māṟañjaḍaiyaṉ alias Varaguṇa-mahārāja, this may
be also assigned to the same king.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] yāṇṭu 4⁓vatiṉ Etirāmāṇṭu Iṭaiyāṟṟunāṭṭut
tiruttavattuṟai m¿ā?⟨a⟩hādevarkku teḷḷāṟṟeṟintu veṉṟa nantip potta(r)ai
⟨2⟩ yar kuṭutta paḻaṅkācu 6 10 Ivvaṟupatu kācum Iññāṭṭu nallimaṅkalattu
sabhaiyom Ivvaṟupatu kācu¿ṅ?⟨m⟩ tiruttavattuṟai mahādevar ⟨3⟩ Iṭaikoṇṭu
nārāya nāḻiyāl nicati nāḻi ney Oru nontāviḷakku cantirātittaval Iravum
pakalum Eriyakkoṇṭu ceṉṟu Aḷappomā(no)⟨4⟩m [∥] nallimaṅkalattu sabhaiyom
tiruttavattuṟai mah¿e?⟨ā⟩devarkku Aḷavomāyil muṭṭil muṭṭiraṭṭiyum
mulappaṭṭa panmāheśvara(re) ⟨5⟩ sabhaiyākavum tanittākavum nilaikkaḷa
muḷḷiṭṭa tāṉ veṇṭu koviṉukku pukka vu ḷa Iruṉūṟṟum patiṉnāṟu kāṇam
taṇṭamiṭa (O)⟨6⟩ṭṭinom nallimaṅkalattu sabhaiyom [∥] Itu panmāheśvarar
nāṟpatteṇṇāyiravarum ¿Ī?⟨I⟩rakṣai ∥⁓∥⁓

## Commentary

Published in Epigraphia Indica, Vol. XX, pp. 46 ff.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.12A (ARIE/1928-1929/B/1928-1929/120) by
Ramanatha Ayyar 1962 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel
Francis.

### Primary

[SII] Ramanatha Ayyar, A. S. 1962. South Indian inscriptions. Volume
XIV: The Pāṇḍyas. South Indian Inscriptions 14. Delhi: Archaeological
survey of India (Manager of Publications). Page 8, item 12A.