# SII 14.20: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 20. (A.R. No. 21 of 1930-31.) TIRUKKŌḌIKĀVAL,
KUMBAKONAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE WEST WALL OF THE
TIRUKKŌṬĪŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0020

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII14/DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0020.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This record is stated to be a copy of an earlier inscription dated in
the 4th year of the reign of Māṟañjaḍaiyaṉ and relates to the gift of 15
kaḻañju for burning a lamp in the temple of Tirukkōḍikā-Mahādēva, by
Araiyaṉ-Kaḷvaṉ of Paṉaiyūr in Peraiyūr-nāḍu. The money was left in the
custody of the sabhā of Nāraṇakkachaturvēdimaṅgalam.

The original stray stones on which the record had been engraved having
become useless, it is said that they were replaced and the old record
re-engraved on the new stones.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] Ituvum moru paḻaṅkalpaṭi [|] ko(māṟa)¿ṉ?⟨ñ⟩
caṭaiyaṟkku yāṇṭu n¿a?⟨ā⟩ṉkāvatu peraiyūr nāṭṭu paṉaiyūr Araiyaṉ kaḷvaṉ
tirukkoṭikāvil mahādevaṟkku nontāviḷakkiṉukku kuṭutta cempoṉ
patiṉaiṅkaḻañcu [|] I⟨2⟩(ta)ṉ palicaiyāl nā{l}lu Uḻakkum
piḻai(yā)nāḻikkiḻ ¿va?⟨U⟩ḻakkiṉ{n}āl nicati Uḻakku neyyu mittaḷikke
kuṇa¿ṉ?⟨n⟩tu A⟨r⟩ccippārk kaḷantu kuṭuppo(mā)y Ippo(ṉ) koṇṭom nāraṇakka
caturvetimaṅkalattu sabhaiyom [∥] ⟨3⟩ Itu paḻayakalpaṭi Inta
śrīvimānattilē Eṟa veṭṭinamaiyil muṉṉi¿m?⟨vv⟩ā¿ja?⟨ca⟩gam veṭṭikkiṭanta
taṉikkallāl U¿bhai?⟨pa⟩yokam Illāmaiyāl Atu tavi{ṉ}ntatu [|] Itu muṭṭil
paṉmāyeśvarare kaṭaikkūṭṭa peṟṟār [∥]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.20 by Ramanatha Ayyar 1962 converted to DHARMA
conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

See also edition by Valérie Gillet (INSPandya00020).

### 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). Pages 20–21, item 20.