# SII 17.384: original edition by K. G. Krishnan

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 384. (A.R. No. 355 of 1904.) KUḌUMIYĀMALAI,
KULATTUR TALUK, TIRUCHIRAPPALLI DISTRICT

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0384

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII17/DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0384.xml

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## Summary

On the rock to the south of the rock-cut shrine called Mēlaikōyil

Rājarāja II. Year. 11: 1156-57 A.D.

This inscription commences with the praśasti Pūmaruviya tirumādum, etc.,
of the king.

It records the gift of pasture land and 12 buffaloes by purchase for 20
poṉ deposited in the temple treasury by Chāra Araiyan Rājēndran alias
Kulōttuṅgaśōḻa-Kaḍambarāyaṉ for maintaining two perpetual lamps in the
temple of Tirumēṟṟaḷi-mahādēva in Tirunalakkuṉṟam in Kuṉṟiyūr-nāḍu. The
land and the buffaloes were entrusted to the care of four Śivabrāhmaṇas
of the temple.

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## Commentary

Text published in Inscriptions (Texts) of the Pudukkottai State, No.
135.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 17.384 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 165, item 384.