SII 17.461: original edition by K. G. Krishnan

Alternative title: No. 461. (A.R. No. 430 of 1904.) VĒDĀRAṆYAM, TIRUTTURAIPPUNDI TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT.

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: On the north wall of the maṇḍapa in front of the central shrine in the Vēdāraṇyēśvara temple.

Kulōttuṅgachōḷa III. Year 20: 1198 A.D.

The details of date, viz., Ṛishaba ba 11, Sunday, Uttiraṭṭādi corresponds to 1198 A.D. May 3, Sunday, f.d.t. ·63, f.d.n. ·34.

This inscription records the gift of 1500 kāśu by Sundaran Anapāyadēvaṉ, a merchant of Uyyakkoṇḍāṉ Paṭṭinam for burning a lamp to the deity Tirumaṟaikkāḍu-uḍaiyār of Kuṉṟūr-nāḍu, a district of Umbaḷa-nāḍu. The gift was left in the hands of the śivabrāhmaṉas of the temple, who agreed to maintain the lamp with one uḻakku of ghee by the measure called Vēdavananāyaka-nāḻi.

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

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0461.

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Version: 2026-08-19 16:39 (195e216), last modified 2026-07-17 15:31 (5fe4bec).

Edition

Part A

⟨A1⟩ svastiśrī [∥] tribhuvanaccakkaravattikaḷ maturaiyum Īḻamum pāṇṭiyanmuṭittalaiyu(m)
⟨A2⟩ koṇṭaruḷiya śrī kulottuṅkacoḻatevaṟku yāṇṭu Irupatāvatu Iṣapa nāyaṟṟu
⟨A3⟩ Apara pakkattu Ekādaśiyum nāyaṟṟukkiḻamaiyum (peṟṟa) Uttirāṭa⟨t⟩ti nāḷ Umpaḷa-
⟨A4⟩ nāṭṭu kunṟur nāṭṭu Uṭaiyār tirumaṟaikkāṭuṭaiyāṟku Arum(ā)ntil kucimā-
⟨A5⟩ (n)teru U(yyakkoṇ)ṭān paṭṭinattu viyāpāri cu(n=ta)rana(nap)āyatevan ca(n)tirātittavaṟ ce-
⟨A6⟩ lvatāka Upayamāka vaitta tiruviḷakku O(ṉ)ṟukku I⟨n⟩nāyanār koyil munnūṟṟu Irupatu vaṭṭat⟨tu⟩
⟨A7⟩ kāṇi Uṭaiya śiva(brāhma)ṇarom kai⟨k⟩koṇṭa kācu Āyirattannūṟu Ikkācu Āyirattaiñū
⟨A8⟩ ṟum kaikkoṇṭu (In)nāḷ mutal nāḷ Oṉṟukku veta(vana)nāyaka nāḻiyāl Uḻakkāka van=ta ne-
⟨A9⟩ yaḷa(n=tu) Erikka kaṭavomākavum I⟨p⟩paṭi can=tirātittavar (Erikka kaṭavomākavum) [∥]

Part B

⟨B1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] tribhuvanaccakkaravattikaḷ maturaiyum pāṇṭiyan muṭittalaiyum koṇṭa(ru)-

⟨B2⟩ ḷi(ṉa) (śrī)(ku)lo(ttu)ṅkacoḻatevaṟku yāṇṭu 2 10 makā nāyaṟṟu pūrva pakkattu

Commentary

Below this record [[Part A]], is another incomplete inscription of the same king citing the 20th year [[Part B]].

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 17.461 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 189, item 461.

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