# SII 17.140: original edition by K. G. Krishnan

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 140. (A.R. No. 120 of 1904.) TĪRTHANAGARI,
CUDDALORE TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0140

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII17/DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0140.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Grantha]

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## Summary

On the south wall of the maṇḍapa in front of the central shrine in the
Śivāṅkureśvara temple.

This incomplete record engraved in Grantha characters gives a number of
birudas including Ayyaṅgamalaparāyara Gaṇḍagaṇḍagopāla-śirah-kantu[for
ndu]ka-krīḍāvinoda Pāṇḍya-sthāpanāchārya, apparently of a Hoysala king.
Palaographically it may be assigned to the 13-14th century A.D.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrīḥ [∥] tribhuvanakumāraveśyā bhujaṁga Arirājaveśyābhujaṁga
Abhinava bhoja ⟨2⟩ bhujabalarāma bhūpāla vidyādhara raṇaraṁgarākṣasa
Uddaṇḍa pratā⟨3⟩pa mānamarddana Āsavāra revanta śarīrasaṁpatyā sakara
trirāyasā⟨4⟩rdūla Ayyaṁgamalaparāyaragaṇḍa parameśvara padakamala
paramārādha⟨5⟩(ka) gaṇḍagopāla śiraḥkantukakrīḍāvinoda
rāyamīsaragaṇḍa⟨6⟩[10+] darapāṇḍyaku(mā) [6+] ⟨7⟩ ra pāṇḍyastāpanā

## Commentary

⟨7⟩ pāṇḍyastāpanā. Incomplete.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 17.140 by Krishnan 1964 converted to DHARMA
conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

### Primary

[SII] Krishnan, K. G. 1964. South-Indian inscriptions. Volume XVII:
Inscriptions collected during the year 1903-04. South Indian
Inscriptions 17. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Manager of
Publications). Page 37, item 140.