SII 17.640: original edition by K. G. Krishnan

Alternative title: No. 640. (A.R. No. 590 of 1904.) ŚRĪNIVĀSANALLŪR, MUSIRI TALUK, TIRUCHIRAPPALLI DISTRICT.

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: On the south wall of the Kuraṅganātha temple.

Parāntaka I. Year 30: 936-37 A.D.

This inscription is dated in the reign of Madiraikoṇḍa Parakēsarivarman i.e., Parāntaka I.

It records a gift of land to Tirukkurakkuttuṟai Perumāṉaḍigaḷ of Mahēndramaṅgalam, a brahmadēya, for a lamp by Kāḷi Nīli the brāhmaṇi of Pāṉachchaṉ Nārāyaṇaṉ Kṛishṇaṉ of that place. Pāṉachchaṉ Nārāyanaṉ-Chēndan was her guardian. The land is stated to have been acquired from her husband for her maintenance (śōṟu-kūṟai).

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0640.

File path: SII_B_clean/SII17/DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0640.xml.

Version: 2026-08-21 18:16 (8947787), last modified 2026-07-17 15:31 (5fe4bec).

Edition

Part A

⟨A1⟩ svastiśrī ∥⁓ matiraikoṇṭa kopparakecaripaṉmaṟku yāṇṭu 3 10 Āvatu piramateyam mahentra maṅkalattu tirukkurakkuttuṟai perumāṉaṭikaḷuk-
⟨A2⟩ ku Ivvūr pāṉaccaṉ nārāyaṇaṅkiruṣṇaṉ pirāmaṇi kāḷi nili Eṉ bhattāraṉ nārāyaṇaṅ kiruṣṇa(ṉi)ṭai coṟu kūṟai peṟṟuṭaiya toṭṭam O-
⟨A3⟩ rumāvum tiruviḷakkāka dharmmatāṉamāka pāṉaccaṉ nārāyaṇañ centaṉ mutukaṇāka niroṭu (A)ṭṭikkuṭutteṉ niliyeṉ niroṭu Aṭṭiṉa to-
⟨A4⟩ ṭṭattukku Icaitta E(llai) kiḻpāṟkellai Iṭṭe(ri)kku mekkun teṉpāṟkellai pāṉaccaṉ pālai nāraṇaṉ nilattukku vaṭakkum melpāṟkellai
⟨A5⟩ [****] (tā)yaṉ Araṅkaṉ (ku)ṇiyaṉ pirāmaṇi ka [****] Umaiyāḷ stridhaṉam peṟṟa toṭṭattukku kiḻakkum vaṭapāṟkellai tiruv(ai)kuntattu perumāṉaṭika
⟨A6⟩ ḷi⟨ṉ⟩ tevatāṉamāṉa toṭṭattukku t(e)ṟkum Iv(vicaitta) perunāṉkellaiyil (A)kappaṭṭa nilam Oru māvun tirukkurakkuttuṟai perumāṉaṭi⟨kaḷu⟩kku Aṭṭik kuṭutte

Part B

⟨B1⟩ kaṇattā peruñceyyil Iraṇṭu māvuñ ce [******]

⟨B2⟩ mpuṇivārattu araiyum paḻantevatāṉam [******]

Commentary

Part A

⟨A1⟩ kuṭutte. Incomplete.

Part B

Another section engraved in characters of about the 10th century A.D. reads as follows: [[see Part B]]

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 17.640 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 295, item 640.

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