SII 17.596: original edition by K. G. Krishnan

Alternative title: No. 596. (A.R. No. 551 of 1904.) TIRUVĀRŪR, NAGAPATTINAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT.

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

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

Māṟavarmaṉ Kuḻaśēkhara I. Year 40: 1308 A.D.

The details of date given viz. Year 40, Ś. 1229, Mīṉa ba. 10, Monday, Tiruvōṇam, regularly correspond to 1308 A.D., March 18, Monday. The Śaka date 1229 is given at the end.

This epigraph records a grant of land in Śiṟunallūr a brahmadēya in Tēvūr-nāḍu in Gēyamāṇikka-vaḷanāḍu as tirunāmattukkāṉi to god Tiruvārūruḍaiyār by Vēḷāṉ Koṅgil-piḷḷaiyāṉ of Kaḻaṉivāyil in Eyil-nāḍu in Pāṇḍikulapati-vaḷanāḍu. The lands are stated to have been purchased for this purpose even in the 32nd year of the king but were in the enjoyment of the donor.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0596.

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⟨2⟩ vilaikoṇṭa nilamumāy Eṉṉutāy nāṉ Innāḷvaraiyum Aṉupavittu ponta viḷainilaṅkaḷum paṭukaikaḷum kollaikaḷum Ūrnatta⟨t⟩tu maṉaikaḷumāy 3 10 2 vatu ṉāḷilum Inta nāṟpatāvatu nāḷilum nāṉ tirunāmattukkāṇiyākak kuṭuttu Inilaṅkaḷukku vilaikoṇṭa pramāṇaṅkaḷum kuṭuttu Itukku Iṭṭukkoṭutta taṭi Uḷvarippaṭi viḷai 𑿦 pattaraiye mukkāṇiyum paṭukai nilam Iraṇṭe Irumāvaraiyum kollaikaḷum teṟkil nattamum nilam veli Āka nilam patimuṉṟaraiye muṉṟu mākk[āṇiyum] [****] vaṭakkil Ūr natta(t)tu māṭalaṉ tirucciṟṟampala muṭaiyāṉ paṭṭaṉ maṉai Oṉṟum gautamaṉ kecavapaṭṭaṉ maṉaiyum Iṟṟaināḷāl tiruṉāmattukkāṇiyākak kuṭutteṉ kaḻaṉivāyiluṭaiyāṉ veḷāṉ koṅkilppiḷḷaiyāṉeṉ Ivai Eṉ Eḻuttu Iṉṉāḷāvatu (śa)kā(pi)tam 1000 2 100 2 10 9 [∥]

⟨1⟩ sva(stiśrī) [∥] (komā)ṟapaṉ(mar tirupu)vaṉaccakkaravattikaḷ śrīkulacekaratevaṟku yāṇṭu 4 10 vatu mīṉanāyaṟṟu Apa(ra)pakṣattu daśamiyum tiṅkaḷkkiḻamaiyum peṟṟa tiruvoṇattu nāḷ Uṭaiyār tiruvāruruṭaiy(ār) koyilkaṇkāṇiceyvā(r)kaḷukkum koyil mutalk karaṇatt(ā)rkkum pāṇṭikulapativaḷanāṭṭu Eyilnāṭṭu kaḻaṉivāyiluṭaiyāṉ veḷāṉ koṅkilppiḷḷaiyāṉeṉ Iṉṉāyanā⟨r⟩kkut tirunāmattukkāṇiyākak kuṭutta Ittevaṟkku 3 10 2 vatu (mutal Iṉṉāḷ)va(rai) nāṉ tirunāmattukkāṇiyākak kuṭu [14+] vatu keyam(āṇikkavaḷa)nāṭṭu tevūrnāṭṭu brahmadeśam ciṟunallūril Irācākkaḷ tampirāṉāṟṟukku vaṭakaraippaṭṭa nilattu nāṉ palar pakkalilum Eṉperālum Eṉ makaṉ tevarkaḷtevaṉ perālum Ivaṉtampi svātantryayapperumāḷ peyarālum vilaikoṇṭu Ivūril gautamaṉ keśavapaṭṭaṉ pakkal piṭāvūrUṭaiyāṉ [8+] pakkal kṛtāva⟨dhi⟩yāka nāṉ vilaikoṇṭu(m) kūmur māṭalaṉ tirucciṟṟampalamuṭaiyāṉ carmmaṉ pakkal Iṉṉāyaṉārkku tirunāmattuk kāṇiyāka peci ⟨2⟩ vilaikoṇṭa nilamumāy Eṉṉutāy nāṉ Innāḷvaraiyum Aṉupavittu ponta viḷainilaṅkaḷum paṭukaikaḷum kollaikaḷum Ūrnatta⟨t⟩tu maṉaikaḷumāy 3 10 2 vatu ṉāḷilum Inta nāṟpatāvatu nāḷilum nāṉ tirunāmattukkāṇiyākak kuṭuttu Inilaṅkaḷukku vilaikoṇṭa pramāṇaṅkaḷum kuṭuttu Itukku Iṭṭukkoṭutta taṭi Uḷvarippaṭi viḷai 𑿦 pattaraiye mukkāṇiyum paṭukai nilam Iraṇṭe Irumāvaraiyum kollaikaḷum teṟkil nattamum nilam veli Āka nilam patimuṉṟaraiye muṉṟu mākk[āṇiyum] [4+] vaṭakkil Ūr natta(t)tu māṭalaṉ tirucciṟṟampala muṭaiyāṉ paṭṭaṉ maṉai Oṉṟum gautamaṉ kecavapaṭṭaṉ maṉaiyum Iṟṟaināḷāl tiruṉāmattukkāṇiyākak kuṭutteṉ kaḻaṉivāyiluṭaiyāṉ veḷāṉ koṅkilppiḷḷaiyāṉeṉ Ivai Eṉ Eḻuttu Iṉṉāḷāvatu (śa)kā(pi)tam 1000 2 100 2 10 9 [∥]

⟨1⟩ sva(stiśrī) [∥] (komā)ṟapaṉ(mar tirupu)vaṉaccakkaravattikaḷ śrīkulacekaratevaṟku yāṇṭu 4 10 vatu mīṉanāyaṟṟu Apa(ra)pakṣattu daśamiyum tiṅkaḷkkiḻamaiyum peṟṟa tiruvoṇattu nāḷ Uṭaiyār tiruvāruruṭaiy(ār) koyilkaṇkāṇiceyvā(r)kaḷukkum koyil mutalk karaṇatt(ā)rkkum pāṇṭikulapativaḷanāṭṭu Eyilnāṭṭu kaḻaṉivāyiluṭaiyāṉ veḷāṉ koṅkilppiḷḷaiyāṉeṉ Iṉṉāyanā⟨r⟩kkut tirunāmattukkāṇiyākak kuṭutta Ittevaṟkku 3 10 2 vatu (mutal Iṉṉāḷ)va(rai) nāṉ tirunāmattukkāṇiyākak kuṭu [14+] vatu keyam(āṇikkavaḷa)nāṭṭu tevūrnāṭṭu brahmadeśam ciṟunallūril Irācākkaḷ tampirāṉāṟṟukku vaṭakaraippaṭṭa nilattu nāṉ palar pakkalilum Eṉperālum Eṉ makaṉ tevarkaḷtevaṉ perālum Ivaṉtampi svātantryayapperumāḷ peyarālum vilaikoṇṭu Ivūril gautamaṉ keśavapaṭṭaṉ pakkal piṭāvūrUṭaiyāṉ [8+] pakkal kṛtāva¿ti?⟨dhi⟩yāka nāṉ vilaikoṇṭu(m) kūmur māṭalaṉ tirucciṟṟampalamuṭaiyāṉ carmmaṉ pakkal Iṉṉāyaṉārkku tirunāmattuk kāṇiyāka peci ⟨2⟩ vilaikoṇṭa nilamumāy Eṉṉutāy nāṉ Innāḷvaraiyum Aṉupavittu ponta viḷainilaṅkaḷum paṭukaikaḷum kollaikaḷum Ūrnatta⟨t⟩tu maṉaikaḷumāy 3 10 2 vatu ṉāḷilum Inta nāṟpatāvatu nāḷilum nāṉ tirunāmattukkāṇiyākak kuṭuttu Inilaṅkaḷukku vilaikoṇṭa pramāṇaṅkaḷum kuṭuttu Itukku Iṭṭukkoṭutta taṭi Uḷvarippaṭi viḷai 𑿦 pattaraiye mukkāṇiyum paṭukai nilam Iraṇṭe Irumāvaraiyum kollaikaḷum teṟkil nattamum nilam veli Āka nilam patimuṉṟaraiye muṉṟu mākk[āṇiyum] [4+] vaṭakkil Ūr natta(t)tu māṭalaṉ tirucciṟṟampala muṭaiyāṉ paṭṭaṉ maṉai Oṉṟum gautamaṉ kecavapaṭṭaṉ maṉaiyum Iṟṟaināḷāl tiruṉāmattukkāṇiyākak kuṭutteṉ kaḻaṉivāyiluṭaiyāṉ veḷāṉ koṅkilppiḷḷaiyāṉeṉ Ivai Eṉ Eḻuttu Iṉṉāḷāvatu (śa)kā(pi)tam 1000 2 100 2 10 9 [∥]

Apparatus

⟨2⟩ mākka [10+] • This may be restored as kāṇiyum [4+]

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 17.596 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 260, item 596.

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