# SII 17.322: original edition by K. G. Krishnan

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 322. (A.R. No. 293 of 1904.) KĀḶAHASTI, KALAHASTI
TALUK, CHITTOOR DISTRICT

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0322

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII17/DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0322.xml

Languages: Sanskrit [Grantha], Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

On the north, east and south bases of the central shrine in the
Kāḷahastiśvara temple.

Rājarāja I. Year 27: 1011-12 A.D.

This records a gift of 32 cows for burning a perpetual lamp to the deity
Tirukkāḷatti-mahādēva by Vaṇṇakkaṉ . . . . a merchant of
Lōkamahādēvipuram alias Karaivaḻippēṭṭai of Perumbāṇappāḍi. The cows
were taken over by maṉṟāḍi (shepherd) Ēṟan Kāḷaṉ of Māṟappākkam in
Dāmaṟ-kōṭṭam and seems to record another provision (details lost) made
for burning a lamp by Dāmōdaraṉ Māmoḻi alias Tirukkāḷatti Nambi of
Irāyūr in Paṉaiyūr-nāḍu, a division of . . . . śikhāmaṇi-vaḷanāḍu.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥]

1. Anuṣṭubh

Etadviśvanṛpaśreṇi
maulimālopalāḷitaM [|]
śāsanaṁ rāja rājasya
rājakesarivarmmaṇaḥ [∥]

tirumakaḷ pola perunilaccelviyun taṉakkey Urimai pūṇṭamai(y) maṉakkoḷak
kān=taḷḷūrccālai kalamaṟuttaruḷi veṅkai nāṭuṅ kaṅ⟨ka⟩pāṭiyu⟨m⟩
nuḷampapāṭiyum taṭikaipāṭiyum kuṭamalai nāṭum kollamum kaliṅkamum
Eṇṭicai pukaḻtara Īḻa maṇṭalamum Ilaṭṭapāṭi Eḻarai Ilakkamu⟨n⟩ tiṇṭiṟal
veṉṟit taṇṭāl koṇṭa taṉṉeḻil vaḻurūḻiyuḷ Ellā yāṇṭun toḻataka viḷaṅkum
yāṇṭe ceḻiyarait tecukoḷ kovirājakesaripaṉmarāṉa śrīrājarāja
de⟨vaṟku⟩⟨2⟩yāṇṭu ⟨3⟩ 2 10 7 Ā ⟨4⟩ vatu ⟨5⟩ jayaṅkoṇṭa coḻa⟨maṇ⟩ṭalattu
perumpāṇappāṭi karaivaḻi peṭṭaiyāna lokamādevipurattu viyāpāri vaṇṇakkan
cantirā [3+] nṟiyen tirukkāḷatti mahādevarkku vaiytta
tirunundāviḷakkonṟinukku vaiytta cā⟨6⟩vāmuvā pacu 3 10 2 yippacu 3 10 2
kaikkoṇṭu nicatamuḻakku neyyaṭṭuvatāne(n) tāmaṟk koṭṭattu māṟappākkattu
manṟāṭi Eṟan kāḷaneṉ can=tirātit(ta)vaṟ [4+] nicatam Uḻakku ney
muṭṭāmeyaṭṭuvatānenn Eṟakāḷa⟨7⟩ne [7+] cikāmaṇi vaḷanāṭṭu panaiyūr nāṭṭu
Irāyūrp pirāmaṇa⟨n⟩ kavucika kottirattu tāmotiraṉ māmoḻiyāna
tirukkāḷatti nampiyen tirukkāḷatti mahādevaṟku Oru
tirununtāviḷakkerippatāka [4+] yitu panmāheśara rakṣai [∥]

## Commentary

⟨3–4⟩ Lines 3 and 4 are engraved in the left margin.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 17.322 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 147, item 322.