SII 32, part 2, no. 93: original edition by S. Swaminathan

Alternative title: “No. 93. (A.R. No. 36 of 1931.) TIRUKKŌḌIKĀVAL, KUMBHAKONAM TALUK, TANJAVUR DISTRICT.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: On the south wall, central shrine, Tirukkōṭīśvara temple.

Year 11: 982 A.D.

Records that while Parāntakaṉ Mādēvaḍigaḷār alias Sembiyan Mahādēviyār, the mother of Uttamachōḷa and the daughter of Maḻavaraiyar caused to be rebuilt of stone, the original brick-structure of the central shrine of the temple of Mahādēva at Tirukkōḍikāval in Nalāṟṟūr-nāḍu, and ordered the re-engravement on its walls, of the several records of endowment originally incised on loose slabs, and which were strewn in many places and that this is one such document. It is dated in the 9th opposite the 4th regnal year of the Pāṇḍya king Māṟaṉ Śaḍaiyaṉ and records the gift of 120 kaḻañju of gold which was entrusted to the sabhā of Mahēndra-Koṭṭūr by Varaguṇa-Mahārāja to the god of Tirukkōḍikkāval for burning perpetual lamps with the daily supply of a nāḻi of ghee.

Published in S.I.I., Vol. XIX No. 292.

Language: Tamil (tam).

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] kopparakecaripaṉma⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu 10 1~Āvatu vaṭakarai nallāṟṟūr nāṭṭu tirukoṭikāvil mahādevarkku śrī Uttama coḻatevarai tiruvayiṟu vāytta maḻavaraiyar makiḷār
⟨2⟩ prāntakaṉ mātevaṭikaḷārāna cempiyan m¿ā?h¿a?deviyār Iddevarkku muṉṉiṭṭi kai(ppaṭaiyālu)ḷḷa śrī koyilait tavirttu kallāle śrī vimāṉa mamaippittu Idevaruṭaiya
⟨3⟩ paṭikaḷ muṉpu dharmmattukku (v)ai(ttu) kaṟkaḷil veṭṭik kiṭanta Avai vevveṟu kallāle palaviṭattilāyk kiṭanta Avai Ellām Inta śrīvimāṉattiṉ melmuṉ ki [****]
⟨4⟩ Eṟa veṭṭik koḷka Eṉṟu Aruḷic ceya veṭṭiṉpaṭi muṉ kiṭanta paṭikaḷil Itu Oru paṭi [||] komāṟaṉcaṭaiyarkku yāṇṭu 4 Āvati ṉetir Oṉpatāvatu Ā [****]
⟨5⟩ rukkoṭikāvil mahādevarkku non=tāviḷakkiṉukku vara [******] jar kuṭutta poṉ ṉūṟṟirupatiṉ [****] Ippoṉ mahentrakoṭṭur sabhaiyoṅ [****]
⟨6⟩ licaiyāl nicatam nāḻi ney rājamāttāṇṭaṉukku śrī (ko) [****] (ko)ṇṭu ceṉṟu tirukkoyiluṭaiyār [*********] kuṭuppomāṉom mahentrakoṭṭūr sabhai [*******]
⟨7⟩ I śrīvimāṉattile Eṟa veṭṭinamaiyil muṉṉivājakam veṭṭik kiṭanta taṉik(kallā)l Upaiyogam Illāmaiyil Atu tavirntatu [||]

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 32, part 2, no. 93 by Swaminathan 2012 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Swaminathan, S. 2012. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XXXII: inscriptions of the early Chola kings upto Uttama Chola. South Indian Inscriptions 32. New Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director General). Pages 208–209, item 93.

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