SII 22.295B: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Alternative title: No. 295B. (A.R. No. 295-B of 1906) NORTH ARCOT DISTRICT, WALAJAPET TALUK, TIRUMĀLPURAM. MAṆIKAṆṬHĒŚVARA TEMPLE—ON THE SAME WALL. RĀJARĀJA I—4th YEAR (A.D. 988-989).

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This is another damaged record found in the same place. It is dated in the 4th year probably of the same king, and registers a grant of 15 kaḻañju of gold for a perpetual lamp in the temple, made by a donor whose name is lost. The amount is stated to have been invested with the Ūrār of Kaitaṇḍalam in Dāmar-nāḍu.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv22p0i0295B.

File path: SII_B_clean/SII22/DHARMA_INSSIIv22p0i0295B.xml.

Version: 2026-09-25 18:24 (61393fc), last modified 2026-09-17 10:33 (4305282).

Edition

⟨1⟩ [*****] nmaṟku yāṇṭu 4-Āvatu tāmarkkoṭṭattu vallanāṭṭut tirumāl peṟṟu Āḻvārkku viḻupparaiyanāṭṭu [**********]

⟨2⟩ [*****] Amutinukkut tāmarkkoṭṭattu tāmarnāṭṭuk kaitaṇṭalattu Ūrā⟨r⟩ taṉmakaṭṭaḷaiyāl [***] poṉ patiṉaiṅkaḻañcu poṉkoṇṭu nicatam Uḻakku ney yeṇ-

⟨3⟩ [******] nāḻiyoṭokkum Uḻakkāl nicatam Uḻakku neyyeṇṇai Āḷvār koyilil tiruvuṇṇāḻikai koṇṭuvantu Aṭṭuvatākavum Iney yeṇṇai taṇṭavantārkaḷu

Commentary

⟨3⟩ The next line is badly damaged.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 22.295B 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 246–247, item 295B.

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