SII 17.157: original edition by K. G. Krishnan

Alternative title: “No. 157. (A.R. No. 137 of 1904.) TIRUKAṆṬHĒŚVARAM, CUDDALORE TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: On the north wall of the central shrine in the Naṭanapādēśvara temple.

Kulōttuṅga I. Year 48: 1118-19 A.D.

This inscription records the acceptance by Śivabrāhmaṇa Bhāradvāji Sadāśivan Tirunīlakaṇṭhan Tiruvēkambamuḍaiyān and his brothers, Tirukkaṇṇīśvaramuḍaiyāṉ and Kunikkum Pirān to burn half a sandhi lamp and Ārūr Tiruvaṇṇāmalai Bhaṭṭan to burn another half a sandhi lamp in the temple of Tirukkaṇṇīśvaram-uḍaiya Mahādēva in Śōḻakulavallinallūr in Paṭṭāṉpākkai-nāḍu in Gaṅgaikoṇḍaśōḻa-vaḷanāḍu for the money received from Nallūr Naṅgai probably related to Arugāmaṅgalaṅgiḻāṉ Ś[ā]mi Ti[ru]varaṅgam-uḍaiyaṉ.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0157.

File path: SII17/DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0157.xml.

Version: 2026-05-13 11:59 (0b66879), last modified 2026-04-23 16:33 (5a86c39).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] cakravat=ti-
⟨2⟩ kaḷ kulottuṅka c(o)
⟨3⟩ ḻadevaṟku yāṇṭu
⟨4⟩ 4 10 (8) Āvatu kaṅkai
⟨5⟩ koṇṭacoḻavaḷanā-
⟨6⟩ ṭṭu paṭṭāṉpākkai-
⟨7⟩ nāṭṭu coḻakulavalli-
⟨8⟩ nallūr tirukkaṇṇiśvaramu-
⟨9⟩ ṭaiya mahādevaṟku Aru-
⟨10⟩ kāmaṅkalaṅ kiḻāṉ c(ā)-
⟨11⟩ mi ti(ru)varaṅka muṭaiyā
⟨12⟩ [****] yāṉ nallūr na-
⟨13⟩ ṅkai pakkal Ikkoyili-
⟨14⟩ l śivabrāhmaṇaṉ bhāradvā-
⟨15⟩ ji sadāśivan tirunilaka-
⟨16⟩ ṇṭan tiruvekampa muṭaiyānu-
⟨17⟩ m Ivan ⟨ta⟩mpi tirukka⟨ṇ⟩ṇīśvaramu-
⟨18⟩ ṭaiyānum Ivan tampi ku-
⟨19⟩ nikkum pirānum koṇṭa
⟨20⟩ (ca)nti viḷakku Arai Ārur ti-
⟨21⟩ (ru)vaṇṇāmalai bhaṭṭan ko-
⟨22⟩ ṇṭa canti viḷakku Arai
⟨23⟩ Āka viḷakku Onṟum can-
⟨24⟩ tirātittavaṟ Erikka ka-
⟨25⟩ ṭavomāka Upayamāka ko-
⟨26⟩ ṇṭa kācu 1/2 nel [***]

Commentary

⟨26⟩ nel [3+]. Incomplete.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 17.157 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). Pages 48–49, item 157.

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