SII 17.232: original edition by K. G. Krishnan

Alternative title: “No. 232. (A.R. No. 210 of 1904.) MĒLŚĒVŪR, GINGEE TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: On the south wall of the central shrine in the Vṛishabhapurīśvara temple.

Rājarāja I. Year 26: 1010-11 A.D.

This inscription contains portions of the praśasti, Tirumagaḷ pōla etc., of Rājarāja I.

It seems to record an endowment of sheep for a perpetual lamp by a vāṇiyaṉ of Tañjāvūr. It also seems to record another endowment for a perpetual lamp.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0232.

File path: SII17/DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0232.xml.

Version: 2026-04-19 12:07 (615297c), last modified 2026-03-29 13:41 (2d9be02).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] [*****]
⟨2⟩ polap pe [*****]
⟨3⟩ lviyum taṉa [*****]
⟨4⟩ pūṇṭamai maṉa [*****]
⟨5⟩ kkāntaḷūrc cā [*****]
⟨6⟩ ruḷi veṅkai nā [*****]
⟨7⟩ nuḷampa pāṭiyu [*****]
⟨8⟩ kuṭamalai nāṭum [.](e) [****]
⟨9⟩ kamum Eṇṭicai [*****]
⟨10⟩ ṭalamum Iraṭṭapāṭi [*****]
⟨11⟩ m tiṇṭiṟal ve(ṉ) [*****]
⟨12⟩ ṇṭu taṉneḻil (va) [*****]
⟨13⟩ llā yāṇṭun to [*****]
⟨14⟩ ṇṭe ceḻiyarait [.]e [****]
⟨15⟩ rājarājakecaripanmara [*****]
⟨16⟩ vaṟku yāṇṭu 2 10 6 [*****]
⟨17⟩ ṇṭa coḻamaṇṭalat [*****]
⟨18⟩ kiḻvaḻit tiruttān[.]e [*****]
⟨19⟩ ttañcāvūrp puṟampaṭi [*****]
⟨20⟩ teruvi lāṭṭu vāṇiya(ṉ) [*****]
⟨21⟩ lli tiruttāntoṉ(ṟi) [*****]
⟨22⟩ ḷakkoṉṟiṉāl rāja[.]e [****]
⟨23⟩ viḷakkuc cellac cāvā [*****]
⟨24⟩ ṇūṟṟāṟum śrīrājarāja [*****]
⟨25⟩ tu Āṭṭu vāṇiyaṉ Eṟa [*****]
⟨26⟩ ku Araiyiṉāl rājake⟨sa⟩ri [*****]
⟨27⟩ kuc cellac cāvāmuvāp [*****]
⟨28⟩ m Ivai cantr{r}ātittava [****]
⟨29⟩ ka Aṟamallatu tuṇai [*****]

Commentary

Right end built in.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 17.232 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 86, item 232.

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