SII 17.253: original edition by K. G. Krishnan

Alternative title: “No. 253. (A.R. No. 231 of 1904). ŚIṄGAVARAM, GINGEE TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: On the south base of the central shrine in the ruined Ādivarāha Perumāḷ temple.

Māṟavarmaṉ Kulaśēkhara I. Year 30: 1298 A.D.

The details of date given viz., 30th year, Simha śu. 11, Mūlam, may correspond to 1298 A.D., August 19. The weekday was Tuesday.

This inscription records the tax-free gift of the village of Śiṅgapuram, including the lake, wet and dry lands, puṟavaḍai, māvaḍai, maravaḍai, kuḷavaḍai, āśuvatipērkkaḍamai, kāśāyavargga[m*], kuḍipērkkaḍamai and other rights accruing from the lands including the old tiruviḍaiyāṭṭam but excluding the dēvadāna lands, as tirunāmattukāṇi, for worship, festivals and repairs to the temple, for the merit of the king [Perumāḷ] to god Panri Āḻvār in Tiruppaṉṟikuṉṟu in Śiṅgapuram, in Śiṅgapura-nāḍu in Palkuṉṟakkōttam in Jayaṅgoṇḍaśōla-maṇḍalam, by the Nāttavar of Śeñjimalai-ppaṟṟu.

It mentions Irugai madavāraṇa Rājarāja Brahmārāyaṉ among the signatories.¹

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0253.

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⟨1⟩ svasti(śrī) [∥] śrīmaTkirttiy¿a?m tiruvāykkeḻviyu muṉṉākak komāṟapaṉmar tribhuvaṉac cakkaravatti(ka)ḷ (śrī)kulacekara(t)evaṟku yā-
⟨2⟩ ṇṭu 3 10 Āvatu siṁhanāyaṟṟup pūrvva{M}pakṣattu Ēkādaś¿a?yum peṟṟa mūlattu nā¿ṭ? jayaṅkoṇṭacoḻamaṇṭalattup palku-
⟨3⟩ ṉṟak koṭṭattuc ciṅkapuranāṭṭuc ciṅkapurattut tiruppaṉṟikuṉṟil nāyaṉār paṉṟi Āḻvārkkuc ceñcimalaip paṟṟil nāṭṭavarom
⟨4⟩ perumāḷ tirumeṉi ¿kuṉṟātat? tiruvārādhaṉattukkum Amutupaṭi cāttuppaṭikkum tirunāḷ Eḻuntaruḷavum maṟṟumuḷḷa ko(yi)ṟ tevaikaḷukku-
⟨5⟩ (m) tiruppaṇikkum Uṭalāka Icciṅkapura mutalaṭaṅka Iṟaiyiliyākat tiruviṭaiyāṭṭa muṉṉāḷ Ivvūr Akarappaṟṟup palataḷitevadā-
⟨6⟩ nam niṅkalāka Ivvūrum nāṭṭeriyum nāṟpāṟ kellaikkuṭpaṭṭa nañcai nilamum puṉcai nilamu⟨m⟩ puṟavaṭai māvaṭai maravaṭai ku-
⟨7⟩ ḷavaṭai Ācuvatiperk(ka)ṭamai kācāyavaṟka⟨m⟩ kuṭiperk(ka)ṭamaiyu maṟṟum Ivvellai yuṭpaṭṭa samasta prāptikaḷu⟨m⟩ mu⟨ṉ⟩ṉāḷ paḻantiruvi-
⟨8⟩ ṭaiyāṭṭam Ivvellaiyuḷpaṭṭa Iruṣikaḷum Entalāṉa tiruviṭaiyāṭṭa nilaṅkaḷu mutalaṭaṅkaIṟaiyiliyākac candrādityava-
⟨9⟩ rai naṭakkat tirunāmattukkāṇiyāka Ippaṭikkuk kalliluñ cemp⟨il⟩um veṭṭi Ivvūrkaḷ tiruviṭaiyāṭṭamāka viṭṭom Innāṭṭavarom tāyaṉūrk komuḻāṉ Eḻuttu maṅkalaṅkiḻāṉ Eḻuttu malaiyaṉūr (m)āṭamuṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu k(ā)ṅkayap peraiyaṉ Eḻuttu Aṅkarāya [******] ttu vallavarāyaṉ Eḻuttu campuvarā⟨ya⟩p peraiyaṉ Eḻuttu paḷḷikkaṭṭup peraiyaṉ (Eḻuttu) [***********]
⟨11⟩ [**********] kaimatavāraṇa Irā⟨ja⟩rā⟨ja⟩ brahmārā(ya)ṉ Eḻuttu paḷḷikkaṭṭu veḷāṉ Eḻuttu ௳

Apparatus

⟨4⟩ kuṉṟātat • Read naṉṟāka. See Introduction p. viii n. 1.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 17.253 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 100–101, item 253.

Notes

1. See No. 248 above.

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<p>On the south base of the central shrine in the ruined Ādivarāha Perumāḷ temple.</p>

<p>Māṟavarmaṉ Kulaśēkhara I. Year 30: 1298 A.D.</p>

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