SII 41.265: original edition by S. Rajagopal

Alternative title: No. 265. (A.R. No. 482 of 1905.) Tiruvālaṅgāḍu, Tiruttani Taluk, Chittoor District. On the south wall of the first prakārā of the Naṭarājaśvamin shrine in the Vaṭāranēśvara temple at Tiruvālaṅgāḍu.

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Chōḻa, Tribhuvanadēva (Kulottunga III), Year 32 = 1210 A.D.

Gift of a sum of 40 kāsu for a lamp to the shrine of Tiruvarangil-Aṇḍamuṟa-nimirandaruḷina-Nāyanār at Tiruvālangāḍu in Tiruppaḻaiyanūr-nāḍu, a sub-division of Maṇaviṟ-kōṭṭam. The donor was Aṟanilaivisāgan Tirailōkyamallan Vatsarājan of Arumbākkam in [I]llattūr-nāḍu, a sub-division of Kunṟavattana-kōṭṭam, who is said to have renderd the Bhārata into elegant Tamil and found out the path of Śiva (i.e., the Śaiva creed). Two maṉṟāḍis received the money for maintaining the lamp.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv41p0i0265.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] tribhuvanaccakrava(t=ti)kaḷ maturaiyum pāṇṭiyaṉ muṭittalaiyuṅ koṇṭaruḷi virāApiṣekamum vicaiyāApiṣekamum paṇṇiyaruḷiya tribhuvana viradevaṟku yāṇṭu 3 10 2 vatu jayaṅko-
⟨2⟩ ṇṭacoḻa maṇṭalattu kuṉṟavattanak koṭṭattu pāratantaṉṉaiAruntamuḻpaṭuttic civaṉeṟikaṇṭa (A)ṟanilaivicākaṉ trailokyamallaṉ vatsarājaṉ Immaṇṭalattu maṇaviṟ koṭṭattut tiruppaḻaiya-
⟨3⟩ ṉūr nāṭṭu Uṭaiyār tiruvālaṅkāṭu Uṭaiyaṉāyaṉār tiruvaraṅkil Aṇṭamuṟanimirntaruḷina ṉāyaṉārkku vaitta tirunantāviḷakku Oṉṟukku maṉṟāṭi cūṟṟiyap(pa)ṉ viḷakku Araiyum Uyyavantāṉ
⟨4⟩ caṭṭakkoṉ viḷakku Araiyum Āka viḷakku Onṟukkuppacu muppattiraṇ⟨ṭu⟩kkum ṛṣabham Oṉṟukkum nāṅkaḷ kaikkoṇṭa paḻaṅkācu nāṟpatu Ippaḻaṅkācu ṉāṟpatuṅ kaikkoṇṭu ṉāḷ Oṉṟukku Arumo-
⟨5⟩ ḻitevaṉāl Uḻakkuney cantirātittavaraiy celuttakkaṭavomāka kuṉṟavattaṉak koṭṭattu Illattūr nāṭṭu Arumpākkattu pārataṉ tannaiyaruntamiḻppaṭuttic civa
⟨6⟩ neṟikaṇṭa Aṟanilaivicākaṉ trailo(kkiya)mal(laṉ va)(tsa)(rā)(ja)(ṉ) [*****] kaikkoṇṭom Ivviruvom

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 41.265 by Rajagopal 2019 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

See revised edition by Emmanuel Francis (INStfaSIIv41p0i0265).

Primary

[SII] Rajagopal, S. 2019. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XLI: Inscriptions collected during the year 1905. South Indian Inscriptions 41. New Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director General). Pages 284–285, item 265.

Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1909–10. G.O. No. 665, 28th July 1910. Epigraphy. Recording the progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for -, Southern Circle, for the year 1909-1910. Edited by H. Krishna Sastri. No place, 1910. Page 31, appendix B/1905, item 482.

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