# SII 17.276: original edition by K. G. Krishnan

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 276

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0276

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII17/DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0276.xml

Language: Telugu [Telugu]

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## 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:—

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ vāḍu yōbulaṁ śrīraṁgaṁ [10+] raṁgaṁ [5+] pārtthiva saṁvatsara
nijactetra ba (7) bu sā�pi parvvatarāja yodayalu [3+] sāgiṁccina paḷelu
nālugiṁṭiki kaṁmamasā [1+] � 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.