SII 22.296: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Alternative title: No. 296. (A.R. No. 296 of 1906) NORTH ARCOT DISTRICT, WALAJAPET TALUK, TIRUMĀLPURAM. MAṆIKAṆṬHĒŚVARA TEMPLE—ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE FIRST PRĀKĀRA. KULŌTTUṄGA-CHŌḶA I—12th YEAR (A.D. 1080-81).

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This is built in at the right end. It begins with the introduction Pugaḻsūḻnda puṇari etc. It records a gift of 90 sheep for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple at Tirumālpēṟu, by one Malaitāṅgi Dēvaṉ Sūryaṉ alias Rājēndraśōḻa-Mummalairājaṉ of Neḍi-nāḍu, a division of Perumbāṇappāḍi.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv22p0i0296.

File path: SII_B_clean/SII22/DHARMA_INSSIIv22p0i0296.xml.

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⟨1⟩ (svasti) śrī [∥] pukaḻ cū⟨ḻ⟩n=ta puṇari Akaḻ cūḻn=ta puviyil poṉṉemi (A)ḷavun taṉneminaṭappa viḷaṅku jayamaka(ḷai) yiḷaṅkopparu(va)ttuc cakkarakoṭṭattu vikkira(mat to)ḻi(lāl) putu(ma)ṇam puṇarntu matuvaraiyiṭṭam vayirākarattu vār Ayil Iḷaikkun=taḷava [***] taḷamiriya vāḷuṟaikaḻittut toḷvali kāṭṭip porppari naṭātti kirttiyai niṟutti vaṭaticai vākaicūṭit [*****]
⟨2⟩ tait temaru(ka)malappūmakaḷ potumaiyum poṉ niyāṭai naṉnilappāvai tanimai(yun=ta) virntup punitaṟ ṟirumaṇimakuṭam Urimai(yiṟ) cūṭit taṉnaṭi yiraṇṭu n=taṭamuṭiyākat toṉnilaventar cūṭa (muṉṉai) manuvāṟu perukki kaliyāṟu vaṟuppac ceṅkol ticaitoṟuñ (c)e(l)la veṇkuṭai yirunila(viḷā)kam me⟨ṅka⟩ ṇun=tanatu tirunala veṇṇilāt tikaḻa Orutani [*****]
⟨3⟩ ppuli viḷaiyāṭa pārkaṭaṟṟivān=tarattu (muva)r tiṟaiviṭu ta(ṟa) kalañcori kaḷiṟumuṟai niṟpa vilaṅkiya teṉṉavaṉ karun=talai parun=talaittiṭat taṉ poṉṉakarp puṟattiṭaikkiṭappa viṉṉāṇ piṟkulappiṟaipol niṟpiḻaiyeneṉuñ colletir koṭiṟṟa⟨l⟩latu (ta)ṉ kaivil letirkoṭā vikkalaṉ kallatar naṅkili tuṭaṅki maṇalūr naṭuveṉat tuṅkapat [*****]
⟨4⟩ vum Eṅkaṇum paṭṭa veṅkaḷiṟiṭṭa n=taṉmānamuṅ kūṟiya viramum kiṭappa E(ṟiṉa) malaikaḷum mutuku neḷitara Iḻin=ta natikaḷuñ cuḻaṉṟuṭain=toṭik kiṭan=ta kaṭalu n=talaivirittalamarak kuṭaticait taṉnāḷukan=ta tāṉun=tāṉaiyum paṉnāḷiṭṭa palpala mu(tu)kum pattaiti(k)koṭi jayapperun=tiruvum paḻiyukan=tu koṭutta (pu)kaḻiṉ celvamum vāḷāviṭṭa maṭa [*****]
⟨5⟩ ṭṭamu miḷātu koṭutta veṅkari(ñi)raiyuṅ kaṅkamaṇṭalamuñ ciṅkaṇa meṉṉum paraṇiyiraṇṭum (O)rumaiyil kai(k)koṇṭāramu n=tiruppuyallaṅkalum peruviramu n=tiyākamu⟨m⟩ viḷaṅkap pārmicai mevalar vaṇaṅka viṟṟirun=taruḷiya korājakecaripanmarāna Uṭaiyār śrīkulottuṅkacoḻadevarkku yāṇṭu (2) 10 1-Āvatu jayaṅkoṇṭacoḻama [*******]
⟨6⟩ parumpāṇappāṭi neṭināṭṭu malaitāṅki neṭunāṭuṭaiyāṉ tevaṉ cūriyaṉā(na) rājentracoḻa mummalairājaṉ Uṭaiyār tirumālpeṟu (paṭāra)rkku [*******] tattārkkut tiruviḷakku Oṉṟu Itu can=tirātittaval tirunon=tāviḷakku Eriya meṟpaṭiyār viṭṭa cāvāmuvāperāṭu toṇṇūṟu Ivvāṭu toṇṇūṟuṅ kaikkoṇṭu nicati Uḻakku ney te [**********]
⟨7⟩ vaṭikaḷ tirumālpeṟuṭaiyāṉākam maṉṟāṭi coṭṭai tevaṉ [***] Aṭṭuvārākavu⟨m⟩ Ivarkaḷ ḷivvūrirun=tu Iṉ ney yaṭṭāte Acalūrili(rukkiṉ) Inney taṇṭa ponārkku coṟumiṭṭu tāṅkaḷ kaṭava ney yaṭṭuva(t)ākak kaikkoṇṭa cāvā muvāp perāṭu toṇṇūṟu Ittanmam panmāheśvararakṣai [∥]

⟨1⟩ (svasti) śrī [∥] pukaḻ cū⟨ḻ⟩n=ta puṇari Akaḻ cūḻn=ta puviyil poṉṉemi (A)ḷavun taṉneminaṭappa viḷaṅku jayamaka(ḷai) yiḷaṅkopparu(va)ttuc cakkarakoṭṭattu vikkira(mat to)ḻi(lāl) putu(ma)ṇam puṇarntu matuvaraiyiṭṭam vayirākarattu vār Ayil Iḷaikkun=taḷava [3+] taḷamiriya vāḷuṟaikaḻittut toḷvali kāṭṭip porppari naṭātti kirttiyai niṟutti vaṭaticai vākaicūṭit [5+] ⟨2⟩ tait temaru(ka)malappūmakaḷ potumaiyum poṉ niyāṭai naṉnilappāvai tanimai(yun=ta) virntup punitaṟ ṟirumaṇimakuṭam Urimai(yiṟ) cūṭit taṉnaṭi yiraṇṭu n=taṭamuṭiyākat toṉnilaventar cūṭa (muṉṉai) manuvāṟu perukki kaliyāṟu vaṟuppac ceṅkol ticaitoṟuñ (c)e(l)la veṇkuṭai yirunila(viḷā)kam me⟨ṅka⟩ ṇun=tanatu tirunala veṇṇilāt tikaḻa Orutani [5+] ⟨3⟩ ppuli viḷaiyāṭa pārkaṭaṟṟivān=tarattu (muva)r tiṟaiviṭu ta(ṟa) kalañcori kaḷiṟumuṟai niṟpa vilaṅkiya teṉṉavaṉ karun=talai parun=talaittiṭat taṉ poṉṉakarp puṟattiṭaikkiṭappa viṉṉāṇ piṟkulappiṟaipol niṟpiḻaiyeneṉuñ colletir koṭiṟṟa⟨l⟩latu (ta)ṉ kaivil letirkoṭā vikkalaṉ kallatar naṅkili tuṭaṅki maṇalūr naṭuveṉat tuṅkapat [5+] ⟨4⟩ vum Eṅkaṇum paṭṭa veṅkaḷiṟiṭṭa n=taṉmānamuṅ kūṟiya viramum kiṭappa E(ṟiṉa) malaikaḷum mutuku neḷitara Iḻin=ta natikaḷuñ cuḻaṉṟuṭain=toṭik kiṭan=ta kaṭalu n=talaivirittalamarak kuṭaticait taṉnāḷukan=ta tāṉun=tāṉaiyum paṉnāḷiṭṭa palpala mu(tu)kum pattaiti(k)koṭi jayapperun=tiruvum paḻiyukan=tu koṭutta (pu)kaḻiṉ celvamum vāḷāviṭṭa maṭa [5+] ⟨5⟩ ṭṭamu miḷātu koṭutta veṅkari(ñi)raiyuṅ kaṅkamaṇṭalamuñ ciṅkaṇa meṉṉum paraṇiyiraṇṭum (O)rumaiyil kai(k)koṇṭāramu n=tiruppuyallaṅkalum peruviramu n=tiyākamu⟨m⟩ viḷaṅkap pārmicai mevalar vaṇaṅka viṟṟirun=taruḷiya korājakecaripanmarāna Uṭaiyār śrīkulottuṅkacoḻadevarkku yāṇṭu (2) 10 1-Āvatu jayaṅkoṇṭacoḻama [7+] ⟨6⟩ parumpāṇappāṭi neṭināṭṭu malaitāṅki neṭunāṭuṭaiyāṉ tevaṉ cūriyaṉā(na) rājentracoḻa mummalairājaṉ Uṭaiyār tirumālpeṟu (paṭāra)rkku [7+] tattārkkut tiruviḷakku Oṉṟu Itu can=tirātittaval tirunon=tāviḷakku Eriya meṟpaṭiyār viṭṭa cāvāmuvāperāṭu toṇṇūṟu Ivvāṭu toṇṇūṟuṅ kaikkoṇṭu nicati Uḻakku ney te [10+] ⟨7⟩ vaṭikaḷ tirumālpeṟuṭaiyāṉākam maṉṟāṭi coṭṭai tevaṉ [3+] Aṭṭuvārākavu⟨m⟩ Ivarkaḷ ḷivvūrirun=tu Iṉ ney yaṭṭāte Acalūrili(rukkiṉ) Inney taṇṭa ponārkku coṟumiṭṭu tāṅkaḷ kaṭava ney yaṭṭuva(t)ākak kaikkoṇṭa cāvā muvāp perāṭu toṇṇūṟu Ittanmam panmāheśvararakṣai [∥]

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 22.296 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 247–248, item 296.

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