SII 17.214: original edition by K. G. Krishnan

Alternative title: “No. 214. (A.R. No. 192 of 1904.) TIRUVAKKARAI, VILUPPURAM TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: On the south base of the 1,000 pillared maṇḍapa inside the second prākāra of the Chandramauḷīśvara temple.

Kulōttuṅga III Year 16: 1194 A.D.

On palæographical grounds this inscription may be assigned to the 12th century. The details of date given viz., 16th year, Kumbha 2, Pūraṭṭādi correspond to 1194 A.D., January 25, Tuesday f.d.n. ·68.

This seems to record the gift of a lamp made of brass to god Āḷuḍaiya Nāyaṉār of Tiruvakkarai in Māttūr-nāḍu in Rājarāja-vaḷanāḍu in Jayaṅgoṇḍaśōḻamaṇḍalam. It mentions one Puṟaiśai Poṉṉambala-kKūtta[ṉ].

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0214.

File path: SII17/DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0214.xml.

Version: 2026-04-19 12:07 (615297c), last modified 2026-03-22 11:37 (3fa295d).

Edition

⟨1⟩ [***********] ṭaruḷiṉa śrī(ku)lottuṅka coḻa{co}teva(ṟku yā)ṇṭu 10 6 vatu kumpa nāyaṟṟu Iraṇṭām tiyatiyum pūraṭṭātiyum pe(ṟṟa) nāḷ jayaṅkoṇṭa coḻamaṇṭalattu IrājaIrājavaḷanāṭṭu māttūrnāṭṭu tiruvakkarai Āḷḷuṭaiya nāya(ṉ)ṉārkku (pu)ṟaicai pponṉampalakkūtta [*****]

⟨2⟩ ttu Oru palam tipa pāttiram Oṉṟināl (pi)ttaḷai Iṭai

Commentary

⟨2⟩ (pi)ttaḷai Iṭai. Incomplete.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 17.214 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 77, item 214.

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<p n="2"><foreign><unclear>pi</unclear>ttaḷai Iṭai</foreign>. Incomplete.</p>

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