SII 28.1: original edition by J. Sundaram – No. 1. (A.R. No. 1 of 1913.) VEṄGANŪR, PERAMBALUR TALUK, TIRUCHIRAPPALLI DISTRICT.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv28p0i0001.

Summary: Vṛiddhāchalēśvara temple, gōpuram, right of entrance. Vēṅkaṭapatidēva-māhāraya (II) Śaka 1545, Rudhirōdgāri, Vaiyāśi 3, Ṛishabha śu. 12, Attam,-1623 A.D. May 1, Thursday. Records that for the merit of (dhanmamāga) Veṅgappa-nāyakkarayyaṉ of Śeñji in Aṉṉāḍu alias Veṇbār-nāḍu in Karikālavaḷanāḍu in Magadha-maṇḍalam and the nāṭṭavar of that nāḍu, Lingā-raḍḍiyār son of Vallakōḷ Eṟamu-raḍḍiyār, born of Dhanañjēya-Paṇḍakulam had the images of Paḻamalai-nātha-svāmiyār and Periyammai-nāchchiyār and the images for festivals (of deities from Vighnēśvara to Chaṇḍēśvaran) consecreted through the agengy of Piḻai-poṟutta-gurukkaḷ. He further constructed (renovated ?) the various structures like (garbha-griham) aṟddha-maṇḍapam etc. in Vridāchalam alias Veṇgaṉūr, made over the right for the worship as apportioned in a thirty-day cycle and management of the same (śīvattu viśa-kkottu) to (the same ?) Piḻai-poṟutta-gurukkaḷ described (in this context) as the son of Āpatt-uttāruṇa-pperumāḷ of Arāśare-gōtram, Bōdhāyana-sūtram. (His father was probably the paṇḍitar of Ñāna-sikhāmaṇi-Tiru-Anantīśvarar of Tiruttōṉipuram) and the authority of (?) of Veḷḷaṅ-gottu (?) to (his own son ?) Aṇṇāmalai-raḍḍiyār stated to have been the (son of Vallakōl Lingā-raḍḍiyār of Paṇḍa-kulam and (kshiti-pāla-gōttiram). Probably the last mentioned (i.e.) Aṇṇāmalai-reḍḍiyār was also given the authority of supervision over the work of Piḻaipoṟuta-gurukkaḷ as also control over the poṟ-bhaṇḍāram (gold store house)

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Language: Tamil.

Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).

Version: (3cdd373), last modified (09da818).

Edition

⟨1⟩ subhamastu | svastiśrī || (śrī)maN ⟨2⟩ mahāmaṇḍaleśvaraN Ari⟨3⟩ya rāyavipāṭaṉ pāṣaikkut ⟨4⟩ tappuvarāyara kaṇṭaṉ kaṇ⟨5⟩ṭa nāṭu koṇṭu koṇṭa ⟨6⟩ nāṭu kuṭātāṉ pūṟuvate⟨7⟩kṣaṇa paccima Uttira catucamu⟨8⟩ttirātipati śrīveṅkaṭa(pati)te⟨9⟩va makārāyar piṟutivi rācciyam ⟨10⟩ paṇṇiyaruḷā niṉṟa cakāṟ⟨11⟩tam 1000 5 100 4 10 5 Itiṉ melcel ⟨12⟩ lā niṉṟa Utiroṟk(āri) vai(y)āci ⟨13⟩ 32 makata maṇṭattukkarikāla kaṉṉava⟨14⟩(ḷa)ṉāṭṭu Aṉṉāṭākiya veṇpār nā(ṭ)⟨15⟩⟨⟨(ṭil) ceñci veṅkappaṉāyakkar¿ā?⟨a⟩yyaṉukkum ṉāṭṭavaṟku ta⟩⟩⟨16⟩ṉmamāka nā(ṭṭi)maiyāṉa cekaṉap(pi)ṟa⟨17⟩kaṇṭarāya veciyāpuyaṅka caṅkiṟāma ⟨18⟩ taṉañceya paṇṭakulattutittava [1+] ⟨19⟩ llakol Eṟamura(ṭṭi)y(ār)putti⟨20⟩raṉ liṅkāraṭṭiy(ār)taṉmamā⟨21⟩ṉatu Ivvaruṣattu riṣapa nāya⟨22⟩ṟṟup pūṟuvapakṣattu tuvāte⟨23⟩ciyum Atta naṭcattiramum peṟṟa ku ⟨24⟩ ru vārattuṉāḷ viṟtācalattukkuppi⟨25⟩ṟuti(ṉā)ma māṉa veṇkaṉūril Uṭaiya⟨26⟩var pa(ḻa)malaiṉāta (cu)vāmiy(ār) periyammai ⟨27⟩ nācciy(ār)mutalāṉa tevataiyaḷaiyum ⟨28⟩ Uṟcapa vikkiṟakaṅkaḷ vikkiṉecuraṉ mu⟨29⟩tal caṇṭecuraṉ pariyantamuṇṭāṉa vik⟨30⟩kiṟakaṅka [4+] Iṉṉāḷil Inta (titi)⟨31⟩ra nakṣatrattil piḻai poṟutta kurukkaḷ kai ⟨32⟩ yyiṉāle pratiṣṭhai paṇṇivittu pūcai ṉaive ⟨33⟩ ttiyamum naṭattiviccu keṟpakiṟakam Aṟtama ⟨34⟩ ṇṭapam makāmaṇṭapam niṟ(ta)maṇṭapam Uḷ ⟨35⟩ ppiṟakāram Iraṇṭām piṟakāram kopura mutalā⟨36⟩ṉa I(tivu) teṉ puṟa m(ā)maṇṭapam Uḷ ⟨37⟩ kayiṅkiliyamum ceytu muṭi⟨38⟩ccu tāṉam parikalam Uṇṭu pa⟨39⟩ṇṇivikkaiyil tāṉam Ē⟨40⟩ṟpāṭāntu civattu vicakkot⟨41⟩tukku tiruttoṇipuram ñāṉaci⟨42⟩kāmaṇi tiruAṉantiśva(rar)paṇṭitarā⟨43⟩ṉa pa(rā)cala koṟtarattu potāyaṉa cūt⟨44⟩tirattu Āpa(ttu)ttāruṇap perumāḷ pu⟨45⟩ttiraṉ puḻaipoṟutta kurukkaḷukku ⟨46⟩ Iṉṉāyaṉār tiruṉāmattukkāṇi⟨47⟩yāka muppatu va(ṭṭa)kaiyum tāṉa⟨48⟩m niṟuvākam Iraṇṭum pūcai caivā⟨49⟩cāram koyilṉāyaka māṭṭeṟum ⟨50⟩ Ippiṟam veḷḷāṅkottukku ⟨51⟩ kṣitipālakottirattu paṇṭakula ⟨52⟩ val(lak)ol liṅk(āra)ṭṭiyār puttiraṉ ⟨53⟩ Aṇṇāmalai ra(ṭṭi)yāṟku muppatu va⟨54⟩(ṭṭa)m Iraṇṭu niṟuvākamum poṟpaṇṭā⟨55⟩ra māḷikaikkūṟum Iṉṉāyaṉār koyil ⟨56⟩ Āti caṇṭeśva(rar)p paṭṭaiyamāka ka(ṭṭa)ḷai⟨57⟩yi(ṭṭa) paṭiyiṉāle Itukkuṇṭāṉa maṇma⟨58⟩(ṉai) nañca puñcai Ilakkaipaṭi piṟacātamu⟨59⟩talāṉa cakala cuvantira cuvāmiya⟨60⟩ṅkaḷum Aṉupavittukko⟨61⟩ṇṭu Avaravaṟku koyil tuṟaikku⟨62⟩ṇṭāṉa Ūḻiyaṅkaḷum ceytu mu⟨63⟩ṭittukkoṇṭu Intappaṭikkup ⟨64⟩ puttira ⟨⟨puttira⟩⟩ pārampariyamākacca⟨65⟩nti(rā)titta varaiyum Aṉupavittuk⟨66⟩koṇṭuvarakkaṭava(rā)kavum

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⟨15⟩ line 15 • This line has been squeezed between lines 14 and 16. Probably it was by mistake left out and later inserted.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 28.1 by Sundaram 2010 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Sundaram, J. 2010. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XXVIII: inscriptions copied during the year 1913. South Indian Inscriptions 28. New Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director General). Pages 1–4, item 1.