SII 17.656: original edition by K. G. Krishnan

Alternative title: No. 656. (A.R. No. 605 of 1904.) ŚRĪNIVĀSANALLŪR, MUSIRI TALUK, TIRUCHIRAPPALLI DISTRICT.

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: ON THE EAST BASE OF THE LAKSHMĪNĀRĀYAṆA PERUMĀḶ TEMPLE.

Parāntaka I. Year 38. 944-45 A.D.

This inscription is dated in the 38th regnal year of Parakēsarivarman who conquered Madurai and Īḻam i.e., Parāntaka I.

This records the sale of land by the Mūlaparaḍai (Mūlaparishad) of Mahēndramaṅgalam to Kāppiyaṉ Eḻuvaṉ-Gaṅgādharaṉ who endowed the same as tiruviḷakkuppuṟam to god Tiruvagnīśvarattu-pperumāṉaḍigaḷ. The land was made tax-free by the Mūlaparaḍai. The donor figures also in some more inscriptions from the place (vide Nos. 639 above, S.I.I. XIII, No. 2, No. 656-A, below).

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0656.

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⟨1⟩ (matiraiyum Īḻamuṅ)koṇṭa śrīci kopparakecaripaṉmaṟkku yāṇṭu (3 10) 8 Āvatu (bra)hmadeya mahentramaṅkalattu mūlaparaṭaiyom Ivvūr (kāppiyaṉ) Eḻuvaṅkaṅkātiraṉ [**********]
⟨2⟩ [**] y [**] kaikkoṇṭu Ippoṉṉukku tiruvagnīśvarattup perumāṉaṭikaḷukku tiruviḷakku Oṉṟiṉukku viḷakkuppuṟamāka paraṭaiyom viṟṟukkuṭutta nilamāvatu [***] pāl [*******] Eṉṟum [*] yñca [******]
⟨3⟩ lamuta [*] peṟpaṭṭa nilam viṟṟukkuṭuttaṟkicaitta vellai kiḻpāṟkellai vañcivāykkālukku mekkum teṉpāṟkellai vañci vāykkālukku vaṭakkum melpāṟkellai toṭṭiyattu (p)erunilattukku kiḻakkum vaṭapāṟkellai toṭṭiyattu
⟨4⟩ [*] lai [******] lukku teṟkum Ivvicaitta perunāṉkellaiyuḷ Akappaṭṭa nilattukku (Uṇṇila moḻi)viṉṟi Iṟaiyili tiruviḷakkuppuṟamāka viṟṟu vilaiyāvaṇañceytu kuṭuttom mūlaparuṭaiyom tiruAgnīśvarattup perumāṉaṭikaḷukku Innilat-
⟨5⟩ tināl vanta Iṟaiyum Eccoṟum veṭṭi vetiṉaiyum Eppeṟpaṭṭa Iṟaiyum paraṭaiyom viṟkiṉṟa nilattiṉ meleṟṟikkoṇṭu Iṟuppatāka Iṟaiyiḻittu Eḻuvaṅkaṅkātiraṉukkuṉṟum cantrādityaval Erivatāka vilaiyāvaṇañ ceytu
⟨6⟩ kuṭuttom paraṭaiyom perumāṉaṭikaḷukku[*] vilaipporuḷ Aiṅkaḻañcum Eḻuvaṅkātiraṉiṭai Āvaṇakkaḷiye poruḷaṟakkoṇṭu Innilam viḷakkuppuṟamāka viṟṟuk kuṭuttu poruḷ māvaṟutip poruṭ celavolaiyumituveyāka poruḷmāvaṟu
⟨7⟩ tip poruṭ cilavu (A)ṟṟu [*****] lai [****] kuṭuttom mūlaparaṭaiyom tiruAgnīśvarattup perumāṉaṭikaḷukku [********]

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 17.656 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 300, item 656.¹

Notes

1. See Appendix.

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