SII 22.172: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Alternative title: No. 172. (A.R. No. 172 of 1906) SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT, TIRUKKŌYILŪR TALUK, ELVĀNĀŚŪR. GRĀMĀRDHANĀTHA TEMPLE—IN THE SAME PLACE. TRIBH. VĪRARĀJĒNDRA-CHŌḶA—6th YEAR.

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: The details of date are given as Makara, śu. 2, Monday.

The inscription is mutilated. It seems to record a gift of money for offerings and worship to the deity by Sūriyaṉ Nīrēṟṟāṉ alias Rājarāja-Malaiyakularāyaṉ the same donor mentioned in No. 158 above, the Malaiyamān chief of Kiḷiyūr.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv22p0i0172.

File path: SII_B_clean/SII22/DHARMA_INSSIIv22p0i0172.xml.

Version: 2026-09-24 18:38 (216d378), last modified 2026-09-09 14:14 (cc65e6d).

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⟨1⟩ tri(puvaṉa)ccakravarttika(ḷ) (śrī)virarājentracoḻadevaṟku yāṇṭu 6-Āvatu makaranāyaṟṟu pūrvapakṣattu dvitiyaiyum tiṅkaṭkiḻamaiyum pe [**********]

⟨2⟩ [*****] cūriyaṉ nireṟṟāṉāna rājarāja malaiyakularāyaneṉ Iṉnāyanāṟku Amutupaṭikkum tirumeṟpūccukkum nāyanāṟku nāṉ nirvār⟨t⟩tu kuṭutta [**********]

⟨3⟩ [*****] Ivvūr paṇice⟨y⟩ makka(ḷu)m Uḻavukuṭimakkaḷ koyilile veṭṭi muṭṭaiyāḷum nāṉ koḷkiṟa Epperppa⟨ṭ⟩ṭa tevaiyum cevārkaḷ [**********]

Commentary

tevaiyum cevārkaḷ. The continuation is lost.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 22.172 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 141, item 172.

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<p><foreign>tevaiyum cevārkaḷ</foreign>. The continuation is lost.</p>

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