SII 17.169: original edition by K. G. Krishnan

Alternative title: “No. 169. (A.R. No. 149 of 1904.) TIRUKAṆṬHĒŚVARAM, CUDDALORE TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: On the south wall of the maṇḍapa in front of the central shrine in the Naṭanapādēśvara temple.

Kōnēriṉmaikoṇḍāṉ. Year 4.

The inscription is dated in the 4th year and 142nd day. Palaeographically it may be assigned to the 13th century.

It records the remission of taxes such as kāropādi, puṟa-uḍal kaḍamai, kāśāyam on dry lands, other kāśāyam such as śeṭṭiṟai, taṟi-iṟai, śekkiṟai etc., on the tirunāmattukkāṇi and dēvadāna lands in favour of the sthānattār of the temple of god Tirukaṇṇīśvaramuḍaiyār, for worship and repairs in the temple. Veḷiyāṟṟūr-uḍaiyāṉ and Kappalūruḍaiyāṉ figure as signatories.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0169.

File path: SII17/DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0169.xml.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] tribhuvanaccakravatti koneriṉmai
⟨2⟩ koṇṭāṉ Uṭaiyār tirukkaṇṇīśvaramuṭai-
⟨3⟩ yār koyil tāṉattārkku Innāyaṉār tevatāṉa-
⟨4⟩ ttukkum tirunāmattukkāṇikkum kārOpātik-
⟨5⟩ kum puṟaUṭal kaṭamaikkum Uṭpaṭṭa nellu nā-
⟨6⟩ ṉūṟṟukkalamum poṉ mukkālum puṉcai kācā-
⟨7⟩ yam Ivvūr ceṭṭiṟai taṟiIṟai cekkiṟai Uḷḷiṭṭa kācāya-
⟨8⟩ mum mutalaṭaṅka Iṟaiyiliyāka tantom Immutaluṅkūṭ-
⟨9⟩ ṭikkoṇṭu pūcaiyum naṭatti tiruppaṇiyuñ ceyvikka-
⟨10⟩ vum Ippaṭikku nam Olaippaṭiye kallilum ce-
⟨11⟩ mpilum veṭṭikkoḷka 2 Ivai veḷiyāṟ-
⟨12⟩ ṟūruṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu 2 Ivai kappalūruṭai
⟨13⟩ yāṉ Eḻuttu 2 yāṇṭu nālāvatu nāḷ
⟨14⟩ 100 4 10 2 ௳ tulyaM ௳

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 17.169 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 54, item 169.

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