SII 17.613: original edition by K. G. Krishnan

Alternative title: No. 613. (A.R. No. 568 of 1904.) TIRUVĀRŪR, NAGAPATTINAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT.

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: On the north wall of the Achalēśvara shrine in the south-east corner of the second prākāra in the Tyāgarājasvāmin temple.

Rājēndra I. Year [8]: 1020 A.D. (?)

The praśasti Tirumaṉṉi vaḷara etc., of Rājēndra I is given at the beginning of this epigraph.

It seems to record an undertaking given by the temple officials at Tiruvārūr in Tiruvārūrkkūṟṟam in Kshatriyaśikhāmaṇi-vaḷanāḍu to arrange for the midday offerings to god Tiruvaraneṟi Dhanma-viḍaṅgadēvar. The Śrīkāryam of this temple was Nambaṉ Irāmaṉ alias Śōḻavijyā(vidyā)dhara-mūvēndavēḷāṉ of Tīyaṅguḍi in Iṅgaṇāḍu in Kshatriya-śikhāmaṇi-vaḷanāḍu. Other details are lost as the inscription is incomplete.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0613.

File path: SII_B_clean/SII17/DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0613.xml.

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Edition

Part A

⟨A1⟩ svastiśrī ⁓ tirumaṉṉi(va)ḷara Irunilamaṭantai(yu)m poṟca(ya)ppāvaiyum cirttaṉic celviyun taṉ [*****] rāki Iṉpuṟaneṭu(tiyaluḻiUḷ) Iṭaitu(ṟ)aināṭun tuṭarvaṉaveli paṭarvaṉavāciyuñ cuḷḷic cūḻmatiḷ k(oḷ)ḷippākkaiyum (naṇṇa)ṟ karumuraṇ maṇṇaik ka(ṭakka)mum porutiṭariḻattaraicar tammuṭiyum Āṅkavar (t)e(vi)yaroṅkeḻil muṭiyum muṉṉavar pakkal teṉṉavar vaitta cuntara muṭiyum Intiraṉāramu(m)t(e)ṇṭirai Īḻamaṇṭala muḻuvatum Eṟipaṭaik keraḷaṉ muṟaimaiyiṟ (cūṭuṅ kula)taṉamākiya palar pukaḻ muṭiyu(ñ) ceṅkatir mālaiyuñ caṅkatirvelait tol peruṅkāvaṟ palpaḻantivum ceruvi [*******]

⟨A2⟩ ñ cāntimattivaraṇ(ka) [***] Iruttiya cempoṟṟi(ru)ttaku muṭiyum māpperu taṇṭāl koṇṭa [*******] panmarā(ṉa) śrīrājentracoḻadevarkku yāṇṭu (8) Āvatu kṣattriya śikhāmaṇi vaḷanāṭṭu tiruvārurk kūṟṟattu tiruvārur tiruvaran(e)ṟip patipā (ta mula)p paṭṭuṭai pañcācāryya tevakaṉmikaḷom Uṭaiy¿a?rkku śrīkā(ryya)ñ ceykiṉṟa kṣatriya śi(khā)maṇi vaḷanāṭṭu Iṅkaṇāṭṭu tīyaṅkuṭi tīyaṅ(ku)ṭaiyāṉ nampaṉ Irāmaṉāṉa coḻa vijyā(dha)ramuven=ta veḷāṉ nāyakattu tiruvaraneṟi dhanmaviṭaṅkadevarkku Uccavam p(otu tiru)va{m}murtu(kku) veṇṭum (ni)vantattukku Ikkoyil tevatāṉam Innāṭṭu tiruvārurk kūṟṟattu meṉmaṅkalattu Ūrppa

Part B

⟨B1⟩ [*****] muṉaivaiyiṟṟurattiyum pala (ti)ru pe [*****] (karuḷ)ci [***] vara māḷikai (takka) ppa [*******] ta ce(k)kam [*] rvacillavar tu [***] (pala) paḻa
⟨B2⟩ var pallavar kaucalar vaṅkaṇar koṅkaṇa cinturar (Ai)yaṇar ciṅkaṇar paṅka [****] Āntira mutaliyar Araciṭu tiraikaḷum [********]
⟨B3⟩ ṟava(ṉi)yil kūṟu koḷ poruḷkaḷum Ukantu ṉāḷ [***] ṅ mukantu ko(ḷ) [**] (n)ta viśvalokattu viḷaṅ [**************]

Commentary

Part A

⟨A1–A2⟩ A portion in the middle is lost which may be restored as perunteviya in line 1 and kopparakecari in line 2.

⟨A2⟩ Ūrppa. The remaining portion is lost.

Part B

Along with this inscription [[Part A]] is found a fragment containing portions of a praśasti.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 17.613 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 280, item 613.

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<p>It seems to record an undertaking given by the temple officials at Tiruvārūr in Tiruvārūrkkūṟṟam in Kshatriyaśikhāmaṇi-vaḷanāḍu to arrange for the midday offerings to god Tiruvaraneṟi Dhanma-viḍaṅgadēvar. The <hi rend="italic">Śrīkāryam</hi> of this temple was Nambaṉ Irāmaṉ <hi rend="italic">alias</hi> Śōḻavijyā(vidyā)dhara-mūvēndavēḷāṉ of Tīyaṅguḍi in Iṅgaṇāḍu in Kshatriya-śikhāmaṇi-vaḷanāḍu. Other details are lost as the inscription is incomplete.</p>

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