SII 22.179: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Alternative title: No. 179. (A.R. No. 179 of 1906) SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT, TIRUKKŌYILŪR TALUK, ELVĀNĀŚŪR ON THE SAME ROCK.

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: The inscription seems to be engraved in characters of about the 10th-11th century A.D. It records an endowment of a hundred kāśu raised by donation by Śaṅkaraṉ Nīlakaṇṭaṉ a native of Śēndanūr in the Pāṇḍya country, for feeding some devotees in the temple (at Iṟaiyānaraiyūr ?) on the day of Jyēshṭhā in Dhanus month every year.

Languages: Sanskrit (san) [Grantha (grantha)], Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv22p0i0179.

File path: SII_B_clean/SII22/DHARMA_INSSIIv22p0i0179.xml.

Version: 2026-11-14 15:07 (85a1dec), last modified 2026-09-29 11:08 (2b36d53).

Edition

⟨1⟩ namo nārāyaṇāya [∥] tripuradahana (dhāma) grāma(jā)nā ndvijānā (nvi)dhiva-
⟨2⟩ dakṛta śālāḥ śāṁkarī nīlakaṇṭhaḥ praṇama(ti) ca punastānprā-
⟨3⟩ ñjaliḥ prāpyamūrddhnā caraṇayugaḷa metadvīkṣaṇāy(ai) cirāya [∥]
⟨4⟩ Iṟaiyāṉ(ṉa)raiyūrp patiṉnā(ṉ)ku kuṭippāṭṭi-
⟨5⟩ lum nuṇṇaiyūrk kuṭippāṭṭil toṭṭiya ka-
⟨6⟩ cciyaṉ caṅkara ṉilakaṇṭaṉ taṉṉūrāna pāṇṭinā-
⟨7⟩ ṭṭu centa(nū)r piccaipukku niṉṟotuvārkku mutal kāttu po-
⟨8⟩ likoṇṭu⟨ṇ⟩ṇa nūṟu kācu Aṭṭiṉāṉ Itu⟨ṇ⟩ṇum kaccamā-
⟨9⟩ vatu tanuñāyaṟṟu tirukkeṭṭai centanūr tirukko-
⟨10⟩ yil me⟨y⟩kkāṭṭi Uṇpatu Allatum kaccattu pa-
⟨11⟩ ṭṭavāṟu Uṇpatu centa(nūr) tiruvaṭikku svasti [∥]

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 22.179 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 147–148, item 179.

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