# SII 12.42: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: DANTIVARMAN. No. 42. (A.R. No. 283 of 1916). TOṆḌŪR,
GINGEE TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON A BOULDER IN A FIELD NEAR THE
‘VIṆṆAMPĀṞAI-ROCK’

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv12p0i0042

Repository: SII adapted (tfa-sii-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv12p0i0042.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This inscription[1] is dated in the 6th year of
Vijaya-Dantivikramavarman and it registers a gift of 16 kaḻañju of gold
by Viṇṇakōvaraiyar, probably a chieftain of the locality, to provide,
from the interest on the amount, offerings to the goddess
Ēṟṟuk-Kuṉṟaṉār-Bhaṭṭāri for the merit of Udāraḍi and Nambi . . . . . .
who fell in an encounter. The food offered to the god was used for
feeding pilgrims and the gold endowed was received by the assembly of
Aruvāgūr in Śiṅgapura-nāḍu. Certain specified members of the Vārigam
were nominated to see that the assembly maintained this charity
properly. The village Aruvāgūr which is stated to have been situated to
the east of the road, may be identified with Arugāvūr in the Gingee
taluk.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] kovicaya tantivikkiramaparumaṟkku yāṇ ṭāṟāvatu
ciṅkapuranāṭṭu k=kiḻvaḻi ⟨2⟩ Aruvākūroṅ kaiyeḻuttu [|] viṇṇakovaraiya
reṟṟukkuṉṟaṉār (bha)ṭṭārikkup pati⟨3⟩ṉaṟu kaḻañcu poṉ ko [4+] (po)mā
yitaṉ poliyūṭṭut tamakku viṭai poyppaṭṭa ⟨4⟩ Utāraṭiyaiyum nampi [6+]
ñcārtti viṇṇakovaraiyar vaitta tāṉam nicati nā⟨5⟩ṉāḻi Arici tecikappāṭu
[4+] māṉo maruvākūrom Ippari cūraikekāṇ ṭiyaṟṟu vataṟkku ⟨6⟩
vārikappaṭṭom kāśyaparu(m) [4+] paiyaru meṅkuṭiyil nāyakañceytā
riyaṟṟuv(ā)rāka A⟨7⟩maintom Aṭṭimuṭṭiyataṉāṟk kāṟppalicai Eṟṟi
viṇṇakovaraiya rakattārkkuk kuṭuppo⟨8⟩māṉo mitaṟṟiṟampi luṇṭikaiyum
paṭṭikaiyuṅ kāṭṭāte nālekāl mutalāka Iyṟ ṟaṇṭap⟨9⟩paṭa Oṭṭik kuṭutto
maruvākūrom [∥]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.42 by Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu
1943 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

### Primary

[SII] Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. & C. R. Krishnamacharlu. 1943. South Indian
inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in
English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Page
17, item 42.

[1] See plate V.