Shiyali, Brahmapurīśvara temple, time of king Kōpperuciṅkaṉ, no year

Author of digital edition: Renato Dávalos (reda).

Summary: Fragmentary inscription. Seems to record gift of land for reciting tiruppatiyam in the temple of Aḷḷuṭaiya-Piḷḷaiyār.

Palaeographic description: No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō.

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

Repository: SII adapted (tfa-sii-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv12p0i0252.

File path: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv12p0i0252.xml.

Version: 2026-09-18 16:50 (7a4d20d), last modified 2026-09-09 14:18 (cdc6610).

Edition

⟨1⟩ [***][caka]lapuvaṉa-c cakravattikaḷ śrī-kō-p-peruñ-ciṅkatēva [******]
⟨2⟩ [*****] ṅkaḷukkum uṭalāka naṭuvil nāṭāṉa Irā[ja]rāja [******]
⟨3⟩ [***][pi]ḷḷaiyār kōyi(li)l tiruppatiyam viṇṇappañ(-c)e [*****]
⟨4⟩ [*****] ṉṉila[m o]ṉṟē oṉpatu māvum (t)ēvatāṉa kā [*******]
⟨5⟩ [*****] ḻa-p pal(la)varaiyaṉe [*******]

Translation

⟨1⟩ […] king Kōpperuciṅkaṉ, emperor of all worlds […]

⟨2–4⟩ […] as capital for […] a tēvatāna comprising 1 9/20 (vēli) of land […] request for the holy hymns (tiruppatiyam) in the temple of [Āḷuṭaiya-Pi]ḷḷaiyār […]

⟨5⟩ […] Pallavaraiyaṉ […]

Bibliography

First reported in ARIE 1917–18 (ARIE/1917-1918/B/1917/367).

First edited Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943 (SII 12.252).

Digitally encoded here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Renato Dávalos (2024), based on Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943. First translated by Renato Dávalos (2024).

Primary

[VA] 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 157, item 252.

Secondary

ARIE 1917–18. G.O. No. 1172, 6th September 1918. Epigraphy. Recording, with remarks, the progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the year 1917-1918. Edited by H. Krishna Sastri. No place, 1918. Page 34, appendix B/367, item 367.

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First edited <bibl><ptr target="bib:VenkatasubbaAyyar1943_01"/></bibl> (SII 12.252).

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Digitally encoded here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Renato Dávalos (2024), based on <bibl><ptr target="bib:VenkatasubbaAyyar1943_01"/></bibl>. First translated by Renato Dávalos (2024).

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