SII 17.276: original edition by K. G. Krishnan

Alternative title: “No. 276.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: On the west wall of the first prākāra of the Veṅkaṭēśa Perumāḷ temple.

Ś. 1387: 1465 A.D.

This inscription mentions Parvvata-rāja as the son of Śāḷuvarāja. The details of date given, viz., Śaka 1387, Pārthiva, Mēsha, ba. 7, Wednesday, Uttirāḍam, regularly correspond to 1465 A.D., April 17, Wednesday, ·96,: ·60.

This records an allotment by the chief, of the cess from the lands in Pāḍi, irrigated by a canal, for food offerings to god Tiruvēṅgaḍamuḍaiyāṉ. It was stipulated that the person maintaining the maṇḍapa, erected at mu[ḻa]ṅgālmuṟippāṉ by the donor for his own merit, the servant at the water-shed at that place and the śrīvaishṇavas tending the śeṅgaḻunīr garden, dedicated by Kandāḍai Rāmānuja Ayyaṅgār, the agent of the Rāmānujakūḍam were to get portions of the food offerings.

Text published in Tirumalai Tirupati Dēvasthānam Epigraphical Series, Vol. II, No. 23. A Telugu version of the same inscription is subjoined and the available first line runs as follows:—

Language: Telugu (tel) [Telugu (telugu)].

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0276.

File path: SII17/DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0276.xml.

Version: 2026-04-17 20:51 (91a7006), last modified 2026-03-27 22:17 (2fead93).

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⟨1⟩ vāḍu yōbulaṁ śrīraṁgaṁ [**********] raṁgaṁ [*****] pārtthiva saṁvatsara nijactetra ba (7) bu sā�pi parvvatarāja yodayalu [***] sāgiṁccina paḷelu nālugiṁṭiki kaṁmamasā [*] � Ardika �ṁḍḍi 5 �yiṁcina

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 17.276 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 113, item 276.

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