SII 22.420: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Alternative title: No. 420. (A.R. No. 420 of 1906) TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT, TIRUNELVELI TALUK, ŚIVALAPPĒRI. AḺAGAR TEMPLE—ON THE SAME WALL RĀJARĀJA I—23rd YEAR (A.D. 1007-08).

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This begins with Tirumagaḷpōla introduction. This is a Vaṭṭeḻuttu inscription which is mutilated towards the end. It seems to record a gift (of 15 cows ?) for a perpetual lamp in the temple at Tirumāliruñjōlai in Kīḻkaḷakkūṟṟam said to be a division of Rājarāja-vaḷanāḍu, by a native of Tirunelvēli in Kīḻvembaināḍu.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv22p0i0420.

File path: SII_B_clean/SII22/DHARMA_INSSIIv22p0i0420.xml.

Version: 2026-11-14 15:07 (85a1dec), last modified 2026-10-06 19:01 (adac3b7).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] tirumakaḷpolap perunilaccelviyun taṉakke Urimai (pūṇṭa)mai maṉakkoḷak kāntaḷūrc (cā)lai kalama(ṟu)ttaruḷi veṅkaināṭuṅ kaṅka pāṭi⟨yu nu⟩
⟨2⟩ ḷampapāṭiyuṅ kollamuṅ kaliṅkamuṅ kuṭamalaināṭum E⟨ṇṭi⟩caipukaḻtara Īḻamaṇṭalamum Iraṭṭapāṭi Eḻarai Ilakkamun tiṇṭiṟal ve(ṉ) [**********]
⟨3⟩ ḻinvaḷar Ūḻiyuḷellāyāṇṭun toḻutaka viḷaṅkum yāṇṭe ceḻiyarait te(cuko)ḷ (śrī)(ko) Irājarājakecarivarma śrīrājarājatevarkku yāṇṭu Iru pattumu(ṉ) [*********]
⟨4⟩ ṭu rājarājavaḷanāṭṭu kiḻkaḷakkūṟṟattu teṉṉirumāliruñcolai Emperumāṉukku kiḻvempaināṭṭut tirunelveli Uṭaiya perumā(ṉa)ṭikaḷ kāri [**********]
⟨5⟩ Iḷai(ṉāṭ)ṭuc cuttacaṅkapāṇi vaicca tiruviḷakku nilaiviḷakku Oṉṟu (I)taṉukku nicata(m can)tirātittavalam Eriya vaicca ney paṇṭāra Uḻakkāl ney Āḻākkiṉukku vai [**********]
⟨6⟩ ṉaiñcu Ivaikoṇṭu Ittiruviḷakku ney muṭṭāmal Aṭṭuvatāṉamaiy [****] llām Itaṉukkum Ittiruviḷakku neyyumuṭṭāmal Aṭṭuvata(ṟ)kkum [**********]

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 22.420 by Srinivasa Rao 1997 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Srinivasa Rao, G.V. 1997. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XXII, Part II: inscriptions collected during the year 1906. South Indian Inscriptions 22.2. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director General). Pages 347–348, item 420.

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