SII 22.269: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Alternative title: No. 269. (A.R. No. 269 of 1906) NORTH ARCOT DISTRICT, WALAJAPET TALUK, TIRUMĀLPURAM. MAṆIKAṆṬHĒŚVARA TEMPLE—ON THE SAME WALL. RĀJARĀJA I (?).

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: The inscription is badly damaged in the first ten lines. It records a gift of 12½ kaḻañju of gold for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Tirumālpēṟuḍaiya-Mahādēva by Kaṇṇandai Kuṭṭattāḻi of Vaḍagarai in Śembūr-kōṭṭam, who is said to have deposited the amount with the Ūrār of Nelvāyil in Valla-nāḍu.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv22p0i0269.

File path: SII_B_clean/SII22/DHARMA_INSSIIv22p0i0269.xml.

Version: 2026-09-25 18:24 (61393fc), last modified 2026-09-15 14:04 (def83d1).

Edition

⟨1–10⟩ […]
⟨11⟩ kkoṭṭattu (va)-
⟨12⟩ llanāṭṭat ti-
⟨13⟩ rukkāmakkoṭṭappu-
⟨14⟩ ṟattu nelvā(yi)l lūro-
⟨15⟩ m kaiy Eḻuttu Ikko-
⟨16⟩ ṭṭattu Inn(āṭ)ṭut tiru-
⟨17⟩ (mā)lppeṟuṭaiya māhāde-
⟨18⟩ varkku cempūr koṭṭattu vaṭaka-
⟨19⟩ rai Uṭaiyyāṉ ka(ṇ)ṇantai kuṭṭattā-
⟨20⟩ ḻi maṟupakkamāri Ittevarkku vai-
⟨21⟩ tta nontāviḷakku Oṉṟiṉuk-
⟨22⟩ kuk kuṭutta poṉ tanmakaṭṭaḷaiyāl tu-
⟨23⟩ [******] paṉṉirukaḻañcu Ippo-
⟨24⟩ ṉ paṉṉiru kaḻañcuṅ koṇṭu kaṭa-
⟨25⟩ vom Ippoṉṉukkup palicai
⟨26⟩ nicatam Uḻakkeṇṇai niṉṟāṉo-
⟨27⟩ ṭokkum [***] ṉāl Ittevar ko-
⟨28⟩ yilukkey koṇṭu (cā)ṉṟu Aṭṭu-
⟨29⟩ vomāṉom (ne)l vāyil Ūrom
⟨30⟩ Ivveṇṇaikku vaitta Īḻaviḷakku
⟨31⟩ cantirātittaval A-
⟨32⟩ (ṭṭu)vo(mā)ṉom I-
⟨33⟩ (ta)ṟṟiṟampil Idhanmā-
⟨34⟩ taṉa(m)muḷḷiṭṭa

Commentary

⟨1–10⟩ Damaged.

⟨34⟩ muḷḷiṭṭa. The rest is also damaged.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 22.269 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 211, item 269.

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