# SII 32, part 2, no. 140: original edition by S. Swaminathan

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 140. (A.R. No. 104 of 1900.) TIRUVŌTTŪR, CHEYYAR
TALUK, NORTH ARCOT DISTRICT

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv32p2i0140

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII32/DHARMA_INSSIIv32p2i0140.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

On the south wall, Chidambarēśvara shrine, Vēdapurīśvara temple.

Year 14: 985 A.D.

Incomplete. It seems to state that the sheep which had been earmarked
earlier for burning a perpetual lamp to the god Tiruvottūr Mahādēva had
been misappropriated by Uttamachōḻa-mārāyaṉ. Subsequently on
supplication to Sembiyan Mādēvi the 200 sheep were recovered and endowed
for burning two perpetual lamps. It was stipulated that sixteen nāḻi,
one uri and one uḻakku of ghee as measured by the pañchavārakkal would
be contributed every month for these two lamps. The
tiruvuṇṇāḻigaiuḍaiyārgaḷ (priests serving in the sanctum sanctorum) are
mentioned.

Published in S.I.I., Vol. VII. No. 114.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] kopparakesaripanma⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu 10 4-lāvatu tiruvottūr
mahādevarkku tirunan=tā viḷakkerippa⟨2⟩taṟkku vaitta vaitta Āṭu
Uttamacoḻamārāyan cūṟaiyiṟ poka Uṭaiyār cempiyaṉ m¿ā?⟨a⟩hādeviyārkku
viṇṇa⟨3⟩ppañceyya Aruḷucceyya mīṇṭa Āṭu Iruṉūṟum Uṭaiyār vaitta
tirunan=tāviḷakkiṉukku cāvāmū⟨4⟩vāpperāṭu śa(ntr)ātit=tavarai Iraṇṭu
tirunan=tāviḷakkerippataṟkku pañcavārakkālāṭokku nāḻiyāl tiṅkaḷ ⟨5⟩
patinaṟu nāḻi UriĀḻākku ney(yu)m koyilukke koṇṭu ceṉṟu tiruvuṇṇāḻikai
yuṭaiyārkaḷu

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 32, part 2, no. 140 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). Page 261, item 140.