SII 17.247: original edition by K. G. Krishnan

Alternative title: “No. 247. (A.R. No. 225 of 1904.) ŚIṄGAVARAM, GINGEE TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: On the east base of the maṇḍapa in front of the central shrine in the Raṅganātha temple.

Kulōttuṅga I. Year 30: 1100-01 A.D.

This inscription commences with the praśasti, [Pugaḻ]mādu viḷaṅga, etc., of Kulōttuṅga I.

It records the gift of 32 milch cows for a perpetual lamp to god Tiruppaṉṟikkuṉṟāḻvār by . . . ra[pi]chchaṉ Vaikundaṉ alias Jayaśiṅga-kulakāla-periyār, a resident of Arumbūr in Vikramaśōḻa-vaḷanāḍu in Jayaṅgoṇḍaśōḻa-maṇḍalam. It mentions Kāśyapaṉ Ś[r]ī Rāman of Vaikh[ā]nasa-sūtra, who was performing worship in the temple of the Āḻvār.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0247.

File path: SII17/DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0247.xml.

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⟨1⟩ (sva)stiśrī [∥] (pukaḻ) mātu viḷaṅka jayamātu virumpa nilamakaḷ nilava malar makaḷ puṇara Urimaiyil ciṟan=ta maṇimuṭi cūṭi villavar kulaitara-
⟨2⟩ mīṉavar nilaikeṭa Eṉai maṉṉavar Iḻitaluṟ ṟalamara tikkaṉ¿a?ttu(n) tan cakkaram naṭātti vijay¿a?bhiṣekam paṇṇi vīrasiṁhāsanattu puvanamuḻutuṭai-
⟨3⟩ yāḷoṭum viṟṟirun=taruḷiya korājakesaripanmarāṉa tribhuvaṉacakravattikaḷ śrīkulottuṅkacoḻadevaṟku yāṇṭu 3 10⁓Āvatu ja-
⟨4⟩ yaṅkoṇṭacoḻamaṇṭalattu vi(kkrama)coḻavaḷanāṭṭu Arumpū(r) I(ru)kku(m) [**] ra(pi)c caṉ vaikun=taṉāṉa jayaciṅkakulakāla periyā(r)-
⟨5⟩ tiruppaṉṟikkuṉṟāḻv¿a?rkku vaitta tirunun=tāviḷakku Oṉṟu Oṉṟukku viṭṭa cāvā muvā perum pacu 3 10 2 Imuppattiraṇṭum kaik-
⟨6⟩ koṇṭu can=tirāticcava[.]ai [***] tāka kaikkoṇṭom Ivāḻ{vāḻ}vāṉai tiruvārākaṉai paṇṇum vaikh¿a?nasa sū-
⟨7⟩ ttrattu kāśyapan cirāman [**********] ciṅkapirāṉ [******] (kṛṣṇa) [******] nampimādevan ciṅkapirānu vāmanaN muḷḷiṭṭom ∥⁓

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 17.247 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 96–97, item 247.

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