# SII 22.263: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 263. (A.R. No. 263 of 1906) NORTH ARCOT DISTRICT,
CHEYYAR TALUK, NARASAMAṄGALAM. ON A SECOND STONE SETUP ON THE BUND OF
THE LOCAL TANK

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv22p0i0263

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII22/DHARMA_INSSIIv22p0i0263.xml

Languages: Sanskrit [Grantha], Tamil [Tamil]

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## Summary

This is a Sanskrit inscription dated in the cyclic year Jaya (Kārthigai
11) which would correspond to Śaka 1576 (A.D. 1654). It records a
provision made by Veṅkaṭa-Bhūpāla (evidently the donor of the
Chennasāgara tank mentioned in No. 262 above) for the maintenance of the
tank in proper condition for irrigating the lands, by the grant of the
cess collected from the owners.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ ceyya varuṣam kāt=ti⟨2⟩kai ௴ 10 1 ௳

⟨3⟩ śrī cennasāgarā⟨4⟩khyasya taṭākasya ja⌈⟨5⟩lessadā | pravṛddhaka
I⟨6⟩māgrāmā bahavo ⟨7⟩ ye bhavanti hi | brā⟨8⟩hmaṇapravasāyena ⟨9⟩
labdhadhānyeṣu te⟨10⟩ṣu ca | bhārasyai⟨11⟩kasya kūpakaM
prasth⟨12⟩ānyubhaya rāśiṣu | ⟨13⟩ śūdrāṇāṁ
vyavasā⟨14⟩yaikassaMprā⟨15⟩ptobhayarāśiṣu ⟨16⟩ bhārasy(ā) śiva(m)ā ⟨17⟩
nyadvenna sāgaravṛ⟨18⟩ddhaye | jayābde si⟨19⟩tapakṣasya
kārtti⌈⟨20⟩k¿ai?⟨e⟩ dvādaśi tithau
prā⟨21⟩dādveṁkaṭabhūpālassa⟨22⟩hiraṇyāMbudhi ∥

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 22.263 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 206–207, item 263.