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

Emmanuel Francis

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv23p0i0140

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII23/DHARMA_INSSIIv23p0i0140.xml

Language: Kannada [Kannada]

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## 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.

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## Edition

### Piece I.

⟨A1⟩ [6+] ḷūru [6+] ⟨A2⟩ [3+] (rmma)paripāḷana ⟨A3⟩ verggaḍe Āneya(ba)lu
⟨A4⟩ [3+] lāgi kāṭigelda ⟨A5⟩ (madu)re kōṇḍa kō(va) ⟨A6⟩ [3+] vijaya
rājya ⟨A7⟩ pālisuttamire ∥ (ja) ⟨A8⟩ kaṇḍasvuṭita(sva)dāra ⟨A9⟩
ka(vva)ge (pi)ḷi yamma ⟨A10⟩ [3+] māṇi(kya) parya(ṁ)ka ⟨A11⟩ [9+]
saḷayya

### Piece II.

⟨B1⟩ pra [9+] gu ⟨B2⟩ tta [9+] yapaḷadi ⟨B3⟩ [10+] (ka)yya ⟨B4⟩ [16+]
⟨B5⟩ [10+] (I)ka ⟨B6⟩ yavar�pravardha(mā) ⟨B7⟩ [3+] rājyamaprati ⟨B8⟩
kēsarīśvarade [3+] ti ⟨B9⟩ Āragaṇḍadi Elā [3+] ⟨B10⟩ (ni)ka biṭṭa
kō(nēru) ⟨B11⟩ [3+] mayaṇakana [6+]

### Piece III.

⟨C1⟩ [3+] rddamana [9+] tsara [9+] da ⟨C2⟩ śrī vīrapāṇḍya(I)ḷa(ṁ gō)vēḷā
[9+] ni ⟨C3⟩ koḍumbāḷūrāḷuttamiṟdu [9+] ttama vikrama ⟨C4⟩ [9+] dēvargge
ma [9+] mā [9+] sthita ⟨C5⟩ [9+] seṭṭiya mārama seṭṭiyara ma [1+]

## 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.