SII 17.496: original edition by K. G. Krishnan

Alternative title: No. 496. (A.R. No. 464 of 1904.) VĒDĀRAṆYAM, TIRUTTURAIPPUNDI TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT.

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: On a pillar in the maṇḍapa in front of the Tyāgarāja shrine in the Vēdāraṇyēśvara temple.

Year 16.

This inscription engraved in characters of the 11th century A.D. does not mention any king. This records the gift of land (as kuḍinīṅgā-dēvadāna) made tax-free, entrusted to Nāraṇan Kāḍaṉ, by the inhabitants of Perumuḻai for food and other offerings to the value of 10 akkam in the temple.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0496.

File path: SII_B_clean/SII17/DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0496.xml.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [∥] yāṇṭu 10 6 Āvatu-
⟨2⟩ in(nila)ṉ paṟṟātāka ceyta nila-
⟨3⟩ ṉ paṭṭa(tu) muṭṭattu talaimaṭai
⟨4⟩ veliyum Itaṉukku tarippiṭṭa-
⟨5⟩ nilam Eḻumāvum Āka Oṉṟe E-
⟨6⟩ ḻumāvumāy veliyum [****]
⟨7⟩ Imuṭṭattu maṉai Oṉṟukku Iṟai kiṭa(n=ta)
⟨8⟩ nilam Iraṇṭemuṉṟu-
⟨9⟩ māvum ceytu Itaṉ muṉpu cey-
⟨10⟩ ta Eḻupatteḻu kalattukkum cattakkūli-
⟨11⟩ yum Eḻunāḷaikkum tiruppaḷḷittā-
⟨12⟩ mattukku Akkam Ēḻum koṭuva(ru)-
⟨13⟩ vāṉukku Akkam Oṉṟum ney⟨ya⟩-
⟨14⟩ mutukkum kaṟiyamutukkum tayir Amu(tu)(kku)-
⟨15⟩ m Akkamoṉṟum Aṭaikkāyamutukku-
⟨16⟩ akkamoṉṟu Āka Akkam 10 Innilaṉ ce-
⟨17⟩ yta nāraṇan kāṭaṉ kuṭi(yilār)kke ca(ṇḍe)-
⟨18⟩ śvara Aruḷāl kuṭi(niṅkāt tevatāṉamā)kac cey-
⟨19⟩ tu Iṉnilattāl vanta Iṟai Eṅkaḷ (peri)-
⟨20⟩ le Iṟai Eṟṟikkoṇṭu (Iṟai) Iḻiccuk ku-
⟨21⟩ ṭuttom perumuḻai Ūrom [|] Itu panmā-
⟨22⟩ heśvararakṣai [∥]

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 17.496 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 204–205, item 496.

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