SII 17.501: original edition by K. G. Krishnan

Alternative title: No. 501. (A.R. No. 468-A of 1904.) VĒDĀRAṆYAM, TIRUTTURAIPPUNDI TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT.

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: On the second face of the fourth pillar in the maṇḍapa in front of the Tyāgarāja shrine in the Vēdāraṇyēśvara temple.

Parāntaka I. Year 32: 938-39 A.D.

This inscription which is partly in verse describes the king Parāntaka as one who destroyed the fortified (city of) Madurai. It seems to refer to an encounter between the Chōḷa king and the king of the Siṅghaḷas (Siṅgaḷar-kōṉ).

It records the gift of 90 sheep by Guṇavaṉ, an illustrious native of Iḍaiyūr for a perpetual lamp to the god at Tirumaṟaikkāḍu on the occasion of his return after defeating the king of the Siṅgaḷas.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0501.

File path: SII_B_clean/SII17/DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0501.xml.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [∥] matiḷ maturai citai(t=ta)-
⟨2⟩ koppar(ā)n=takaṟku yāṇṭu vantana vor E-
⟨3⟩ ṇṇānkil maṟaikkāṭṭuḷāṟku kotinu-
⟨4⟩ tivel vaḷavanṟankuṭi Iṭaiyūrk kuri-
⟨5⟩ cil kuṇava ṉoru tiruviḷakkuk kuṇantaḻaku⟨ṟa⟩
⟨6⟩ vaittān A(ṅ){ka}kaḻaṟkā(ṟ) cenniyo-
⟨7⟩ ṭu ciṅkaḷarkoṉṟaṉṉai [****] kki miṇ-
⟨8⟩ ṭanā ḷarukkaṉoṭu matiyiḻaintu cuṭa-
⟨9⟩ rkaḷuḷavaḷavu maṟṟitaṉaik (kā)ppa-
⟨10⟩ [**] kkaṉā(ku)ṭiykaḷ munnir cū [**] l tātu-
⟨11⟩ Ivviḷakkukku vaicca Āṭu to⟨ṇ⟩ṇūṟu
⟨12⟩ koṇṭu cantrātittaval nicatam Uḻakku ne-
⟨13⟩ y tirumaṟaikkāṭanā laṭṭuvomāno⟨m⟩
⟨14⟩ Ivvūṟ ṟeva(ri)ṭaiccāṉṟom Itu pa-
⟨15⟩ nmāheśvararakṣai ∥

Commentary

⟨6⟩ cenniyo. The right ends of this and the next four lines are engraved very faintly.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 17.501 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 207, item 501.

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