SII 23.140: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Alternative title: No. 140. (A.R. No. 140 of 1907.) Koḍumbāḷūr, Kulattur Taluk, Tiruchirappalli District Muchukundēśvara temple—on three stones built into the pond in front of the temple.

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis.

Summary: These are fragments of some Kannaḍa inscriptions in early characters. One of them refers to the reign of Madurekōṇḍa Kōpa . . . . . . . . . and to a case of self immolation by an individual by means of khaṇḍasphuṭita (mutilation of flesh ?). The second piece mentions a tank built for (?) one . . . . . . Kēsarīśvaradēva, and the third refers to Vīra-Pāṇḍya-Iḷaṅgōvēḷār ruling at Koḍumbāḷūr, Vikrama . . . . . . . . . dēva and to one Māramaseṭṭi.

Language: Kannada (kan) [Kannada (kannada)].

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv23p0i0140.

File path: SII_B_clean/SII23/DHARMA_INSSIIv23p0i0140.xml.

Version: 2026-11-09 23:45 (242ff60), last modified 2026-09-29 11:08 (2b36d53).

Edition

Piece I.

⟨A1⟩ [******] ḷūru [******]
⟨A2⟩ [***] (rmma)paripāḷana
⟨A3⟩ verggaḍe Āneya(ba)lu
⟨A4⟩ [***] lāgi kāṭigelda
⟨A5⟩ (madu)re kōṇḍa kō(va)
⟨A6⟩ [***] vijaya rājya
⟨A7⟩ pālisuttamire ∥ (ja)
⟨A8⟩ kaṇḍasvuṭita(sva)dāra
⟨A9⟩ ka(vva)ge (pi)ḷi yamma
⟨A10⟩ [***] māṇi(kya) parya(ṁ)ka
⟨A11⟩ [*********] saḷayya

Piece II.

⟨B1⟩ pra [*********] gu
⟨B2⟩ tta [*********] yapaḷadi
⟨B3⟩ [**********] (ka)yya
⟨B4⟩ [****************]
⟨B5⟩ [**********] (I)ka
⟨B6⟩ yavar�pravardha(mā)
⟨B7⟩ [***] rājyamaprati
⟨B8⟩ kēsarīśvarade [***] ti
⟨B9⟩ Āragaṇḍadi Elā [***]
⟨B10⟩ (ni)ka biṭṭa kō(nēru)
⟨B11⟩ [***] mayaṇakana [******]

Piece III.

⟨C1⟩ [***] rddamana [*********] tsara [*********] da
⟨C2⟩ śrī vīrapāṇḍya(I)ḷa(ṁ gō)vēḷā [*********] ni
⟨C3⟩ koḍumbāḷūrāḷuttamiṟdu [*********] ttama vikrama
⟨C4⟩ [*********] dēvargge ma [*********] mā [*********] sthita
⟨C5⟩ [*********] seṭṭiya mārama seṭṭiyara ma [*]

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 23.140 by Srinivasa Rao 1979 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Srinivasa Rao, G.V. 1979. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XXIII: inscriptions collected during the year 1906-07. South Indian Inscriptions 23. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director-General). Pages 111–112, item 140.

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