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

Emmanuel Francis

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv22p0i0179

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII22/DHARMA_INSSIIv22p0i0179.xml

Languages: Sanskrit [Grantha], Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## 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.

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## 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.