# SII 17.524: original edition by K. G. Krishnan

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 524. (A.R. No. 482 of 1904.) VĒDĀRAṆYAM,
TIRUTTURAIPPUNDI TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0524

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII17/DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0524.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

On the second pillar in the maṇḍapa in front of the Rāmanāthēśvara
shrine in the Vēdāraṇyēśvara temple.

Parāntaka I. Year 13: 919-20 A.D.

This inscription which is a fuller version of No. 523 above in Tamil
records the gift of 90 sheep by Nakkaṉ Kalikēsari, son of Śembiyaṉ
Kāraikkāḍuḍaiyāṉ, for burning a perpetual lamp to the deity with one
uḻakku of ghee daily, by the measure called Tirumaṟaikkāḍaṉ.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] ⟨2⟩ matirai ko⟨3⟩ṇṭa koppa⟨4⟩rakecaripaṟ⟨5⟩maṟkku yāṇ
⟨6⟩ ṭu 10 3 Āva⟨7⟩tu tiruma⟨8⟩ṟaikkāṭṭu (mā)⟨9⟩tevaṟku ce⟨10⟩mpiyaṉ
kā⟨11⟩raikkāṭuṭai(yā) ⟨12⟩ ṉ makaṉ nakka⟨13⟩ṉ kalikeca⟨14⟩ri vaicca
(na)⟨15⟩ntāviḷa⟨16⟩kku Oṉṟiṉu⟨17⟩kku vaitta ⟨18⟩ Āṭu toṇṇū ⟨19⟩ ṟu [|]
toṇṇū⟨20⟩ṟu Āṭuṅ ko⟨21⟩ṇṭu nontā⟨22⟩viḷakku ni⟨23⟩cati Uḻakku ⟨24⟩ ney
tiruma⟨25⟩ṟaikkāṭaṉāl ⟨26⟩ Aṭṭuvomā⟨27⟩ṉom tiruma⟨28⟩ṟaikkāṭṭut
te⟨29⟩variṭaiccā⟨30⟩ṉṟom [∥]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 17.524 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 215, item 524.