SII 17.477: original edition by K. G. Krishnan

Alternative title: No. 477. (A.R. No. 446 of 1904.) VĒDĀRAṆYAM, TIRUTTURAIPPUNDI TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT.

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: On the third pillar in the maṇḍapa in front of the central shrine in the Vēdāraṇyēśvara temple.

Parāntaka I. Year [21]: 927-28 A.D.

This inscription is dated in the reign of Madiraikoṇḍa Parakēsari. The date which is not clear on the impression in the office had been subsequently read in situ.

It records an endowment of 90 sheep for a perpetual lamp for god Āḷvar in Tirumaṟaikkāḍu, a perundēvadāṉa in Umbaḷa-nāḍu, by a native of Ārvala-kkūṟṟam. The measure Tirumaṟaikkāḍaṉ is mentioned.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0477.

File path: SII_B_clean/SII17/DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0477.xml.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [∥] (matirai koṇ)-
⟨2⟩ (ṭa kopparakecaripaṉ)-
⟨3⟩ ma⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu (2 10 1) I-
⟨4⟩ vvāṇ ṭumpaḷa nā-
⟨5⟩ ṭṭup peruntevatā-
⟨6⟩ ṉam tirumaṟaikkāṭ-
⟨7⟩ ṭu Āḷvarkku Ār-
⟨8⟩ valak kūṟṟattu (tiru)-
⟨9⟩ (k)kācci ruṭaiyā-
⟨10⟩ ṉ teva(ṅ) ku(ṉṟa)-
⟨11⟩ cca [******]
⟨12⟩ [****] I [********] vai-
⟨13⟩ cca Āṭu toṇṇū-
⟨14⟩ ṟu Ivvā(ṭuṅ) ko-
⟨15⟩ ṇṭu tirumaṟaikkā-
⟨16⟩ ṭaṉāl nicatam Uḻak-
⟨17⟩ kuppaṭi ney cantirāti-
⟨18⟩ ttaval muṭṭāmey
⟨19⟩ Aṭṭakkaṭavom tiru-
⟨20⟩ maṟaikkāṭṭut teva-
⟨21⟩ riṭaiccā-
⟨22⟩ ṉṟom [∥]

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 17.477 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). Pages 196–197, item 477.

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