SII 22.54A: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Alternative title: No. 54. (A.R. No. 54 A of 1906).

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This is engraved in continuation of the inscription No. 54 above, though it is evidently a separate and different record. It is dated in the 11th year and 169th day of an unspecified king, and registers a grant of land at Ākkūr after its purchase by one Villavarāyar of Perunallūr for 10127 kāśu, for the merit of the reigning king, to provide for the maintenance of persons who were to recite the Vēdas and the Śrī-Rudram in the temple of Tirumayānam-Uḍaiyār at Tirukkaḍavūr. The exact significance of the term vēda-vīṇai is not understood. Perhaps the chanting of the vēdas was accompanied with the music on the vīṇā. Mention is made of two villages Tiruttoṇḍattugai-maṅgalam and Śivapādaśēkhara-maṅgalam.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv22p0i0054A.

File path: SII_B_clean/SII22/DHARMA_INSSIIv22p0i0054A.xml.

Version: 2026-08-21 18:16 (8947787), last modified 2026-08-19 16:39 (195e216).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] yāṇṭu 10 1 ḷ 100 6 10 9 nuḷampādhirāyaṉ Aṭaippāṉ ciṟutaṉattu māḷikai taṉattut tuṇṭilukku mutalāka paḷḷikaḷ kāṇi māṟi rā⟨ja⟩rā⟨ja⟩pperuvilai(yāka niṉai)ppiṭṭa nilattu tirukkaṭavūruṭaiyār tirumayāṉamuṭaiyār koyil Āticaṇṭeśvaratevar tirunāmattukkāṇiyāy nāyaṉār tiru-

⟨2⟩ meṉikku naṉṟāka Ikkoyil vetaviṇai viṇṇappañ ceyvārkaḷukkum śrīrudram viṇṇappañ ceyvārkaḷukkum veta⟨ṅka⟩ḷum pārāyaṇam paṇṇuvārkkum Iṟai mikuti koṟṟukkuṭalākap perunallūruṭaiyān villavarāyar vilai koṇṭu viṭukiṟa jayaṅkoṇṭacoḻavaḷanāṭṭu Ākkūrāṉa Irājentirasiṃhaccaturvvetimaṅ⟨ka⟩lattup piṟinta tiruttoṇṭattukai maṅkalattum civapātacekara maṅkalattum paḷḷi maṉṟiṉāṉ pāṇṭiyarāyap perayaṉaik kāṇimāṟiṉa nilattu vilai matitta kācukku rā⟨ja⟩rā⟨ja⟩purattu Irukka Ivaruṭaṉ karuva(ttu)ttuvāci Uḷppaṭa Oṭukkiṉa kācu 10 1000 1 100 2 10 7 Ikkācu patiṉāyirattoru nūṟṟirupat teḻukkum Ivai taṇṭaṟkku viḷat-

⟨3⟩ tūr kiḻavaṉ Eḻuttu | kācu patiṉāyirattoru nūṟṟirupatteḻu [∥]

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 22.54A 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). Page 50, item 54A.

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