# SII 17.591: original edition by K. G. Krishnan

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 591. (A.R. No. 546 of 1904.) TIRUVĀRŪR,
NAGAPATTINAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0591

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII17/DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0591.xml

Languages: Sanskrit [Grantha], Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

On the west wall of the first prākāra in the Tyāgarājasvāmin temple.

Year 2.

This inscription does not give the name of the king but mentions the 9th
day of the second year. On palaeographical considerations this may be
assigned to the 12th century.

It records a grant of land as kāṇi and jīvitam to Pirāṇa-upakāri-Sāraiku
. . . . alias Śōḻēndraśiṅga . . . . . . . . [Vīrati]yāgataraiyaṉ by the
deity at Tiruvārūr made at the instance of Śōḻatuṅga-kkaḍigamārāyaṉ,
(Ghaṭika-mahārājā).

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥]

1. Anuṣṭubh

yaTjaga⟨T⟩traya nirmmā(ṇa)-
trāṇa ni(rvvā)ṇa kāraṇaM [|]
tadidaṁ śāsanaṁ (śaMbh)oḥ
śrīpū(rvv)ā(rū)ravāsina(ḥ) [∥]

pirāṇa Upa(kāri) cāraiku [8+] ṉāṉa coḻentira(ciṅkavira)
tiyākataraiyaṉukku nam (A)kampa(ṭi)yāril maruttuvaṟku ⟨2⟩ [3+] (y)āṉa
kuṭiyil kāṇiyum jīvitamum(ā)ṉa nilamāy maruttuva⟨ṉ⟩ pakkal tāṉ vilai
koṇṭuṭaiya piramāṇappaṭi nila (mu)k(kā)lum taṉakkun taṉ vaṟkattāṟkum
kāṇi(yum) jīvitamumākat tantom Iṉṉila miraṇṭāvatu mutal ⟨3⟩ [3+] k(o)ṇṭu
Aṉupavikkaveṉṟu coḻatuṅkak kaṭikamārāyaṉ viṇṇappattāl Iraṇṭāvatu nāḷ
Oṉpatiṉāl prasādañceytaruḷat tirumantira volai toḻuvūruṭaiyā(ṉ) Eḻutiṉa
tirumukappaṭi [∥]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 17.591 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 257, item 591.