SII 22.23: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Alternative title: No. 23. (A.R. No. 23 of 1906) TANJAVUR DISTRICT, MAYURAM TALUK, TIRUKKAḌAIYŪR. AMṚITAGHAṬĒŚVARA TEMPLE—ON THE SAME BASE. RĀJARĀJA I—15th YEAR (A.D. 998-9).

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This begins with the introduction Tirumagaḷ pōla etc., The details of the date given viz. Āvaṇi śu. 12, Saturday, Āślēsha, give the equivalent A.D. 999, August 26, but the nakshatra was Śravaṇa not Āślēsha. The inscription records a grant of land by the sabhā of Kaḍavūr to two persons by name Pādaśivaṉ Āyirattaññūṟṟuvaṉ Kālakālaṉ alias Kaḍavūr-Vēḷāṇ and Rāmaṉ Chandraśēkharaṉ alias Nūṟṟeṇma-Vēḷāṉ, probably to provide for the playing of musical instruments during the several services and for offerings, to the deity in the temple of Tiruvīraṭṭānattu-Perumānaḍigaḷ.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv22p0i0023.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī |⁓ tirumakaḷpolap peru(nilaccelviyum taṉakke yuri)mai pūṇṭamai maṉakkoḷak kāntaḷūrccālai kala maṟuttaruḷi veṅkaināṭu(ṅ) kaṭikai vaḻiyuṅ kaṅkapāṭiyu nuḷampa-
⟨2⟩ pāṭiyuṅ kuṭamalaiñāṭun (taṇṭāṟ) koṇṭa taṉ ṉeḻil vaḷarūḻiyuḷ Ellā vāṇṭun toḻutakai(vi)ḷaṅku māṇṭe ce(ḻiya)rait tecukoḷ korāja rāja rājakesaripanmakku yāṇṭu
⟨3⟩ (10) 5-Āvatu Āvaṇittiṅka(ḷ muṟpa)kkattu pakkam paṉṉiraṇṭu kiḻamai cani nāḷ Āyilaiyam Innāḷāl (I)vvāṇṭamparnāṭṭup paṭ¿a?Eviya kaṭavūr sabhaiyom tiruviraṭṭānattu-
⟨4⟩ pperumānaṭikaḷukku muṉṟu sandhiyum Arddhayāmamum paḷḷiyeḻucciyum potu panniraṇṭu Āṭk koṭṭakkaṭava [**********] pātacivaṉ Āyirattaiññūṟṟuvaṉ kāla kālaṉākiya kaṭavūr veḷā-
⟨5⟩ ṉukkum Irāmaṉ cantiracekaraṉākiya nūṟṟeṇmaveḷāṉukkum candrādityavaṟ niṟkak kāṇiceytu kuṭutta nilam Ivvūr [*******] kuc caṅkūti pulattukkup paṭunilam Uṭumpoṭi Āmai
⟨6⟩ taviḻntitu nirni(lam) [*******] ṭaippum Eppeṟppaṭṭitum Ivarkaḷ Ippaṉṉiraṇṭu [***] tirumañcaṉa [*****] kkum śrībalikkum Arddhayāmattukkum paḷḷiye-
⟨7⟩ ḻuccikkum [*******] tiruAmutukkum [***] luṅkuṟai [*******] koḷvatāka Ipparicu (ni)ccayitta pulam [****] varkku
⟨8⟩ candrādityavaṟ niṟka kāṇi ceytu kuṭuttom
⟨9⟩ mahāsapaip perumakkaḷom Innila-
⟨10⟩ m Eṭukkavum Ēṟṟavum curukkavumuṭaiyā-
⟨11⟩ rāka kuṭuttom sabhaiyom |⁓

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 22.23 by Srinivasa Rao 1983 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Srinivasa Rao, G.V. 1983. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XXII, Part I: inscriptions collected during the year 1905-06. South Indian Inscriptions 22.1. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director General). Pages 17–18, item 23.

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