# Śrīraṅgam, Raṅganātha, no king, no year

Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: Renato Dávalos, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv24p0i0182

Repository: SII adapted (tfa-sii-epigraphy)

File path: SII24_adapted/DHARMA_INStfaSIIv24p0i0182.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-13 15:30 (078960b), last modified 2026-11-11 17:46
(9feb835)

## Summary

List of provisions for worshipping an image of the deity, including the
recitation of the Śrīpurāṇam.

## Palaeographic description

According to epigraphist, characters seem to be from ca. 11th century.

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## Edition

### First fragment

⟨1⟩ ⟨Block A⟩ [va]ḻai-p-paḻam [2+] ṉū [3+] ⟨Block B⟩ […] ⟨2⟩ ⟨Block A⟩
cavarku nellu kala[ṉē] [2+] ⟨Block B⟩ […] ⟨3⟩ ⟨Block A⟩ mu-k-kuṟuṇiyum
palaka [5+] ⟨Block B⟩ […]⟨4⟩⟨Block A⟩yum tayir-amutu paliṅ [5+] ⟨Block
B⟩ […]⟨5⟩⟨Block A⟩[ne]llu kala¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ē tūṇi pa [6+] ⟨Block B⟩
[…]⟨6⟩⟨Block A⟩mutu Aṭa viṟakiṭum [6+] ⟨Block B⟩ […]⟨7⟩⟨Block A⟩(m) Ilai
Amutu pā [6+] ⟨Block B⟩ […] ⟨8⟩ (I)raṇṭu mañcāṭiyum Amutu
ceyt-aruḷi¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a pa ⟨Block B⟩ […] ⟨9⟩ ⟨Block A⟩ Āṭiyaruḷa vāḻaippaḻam
Aiñcukku-p po ⟨Block B⟩ […]⟨10⟩⟨Block A⟩yum tiru-p-pukaikku citārikku(m)
po¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ Arai māvu ⟨Block B⟩ […]⟨11⟩⟨Block A⟩ku¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ṟiyum
tiru-v-ōlakkattukku Eriyum tiru-viḷak ⟨Block B⟩ […]⟨12⟩⟨Block
A⟩[vi]ṇṇappañ ceyyum paruṣai-nāyan Oruva¡n!⟨ṉ⟩u ⟨Block B⟩ […]⟨13⟩⟨Block
A⟩kku-p pon kaḻañcum śrīpurāṇam vācippān ⟨Block B⟩ […]⟨14⟩⟨Block
A⟩ḻañcum Āka pon pati¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ kaḻañc’ araiyē I ⟨Block B⟩ […]⟨15⟩⟨Block
A⟩nūṟṟaṟu kala¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ē tūṇi Aṟu nāḻi(yum) [4+] ⟨Block B⟩ […] ⟨16⟩ ⟨Block
A⟩ Āka-t tiru-mañcaṉam Iraṇṭukkum peru ⟨Block B⟩ […]⟨17⟩⟨Block A⟩ñcē
kālē ku¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ṟiyināl nellu Iru-nā ⟨Block B⟩ […]⟨18⟩⟨Block A⟩nē kuṟuṇikku
kiḻakk’ aṭaiya v-iṭṭa nilam [1+] ⟨Block B⟩ […] ⟨19⟩ ⟨Block A⟩ [1+] l
vanta ceṅkaḻunir-t tiruppaḷḷi-t-tāma E ⟨Block B⟩ […] [n]⟨20⟩⟨Block
A⟩āḻi-y-āka nāḷ Oṉṟukku nellu Iru-nā[ḻi] […] ⟨21⟩ ⟨Block A⟩ nellu
Iru-nūṟṟ’ oru-patt’ aṟu kalamu ⟨Block B⟩ […]⟨22⟩⟨Block A⟩ṟṟu nāṟ-ppatt’
aṟu kalattukku kiḻa ⟨Block B⟩ […]⟨23⟩⟨Block A⟩ku v-iṭṭa nilam ⟨Block B⟩
[…] [va]⟨24⟩⟨Block A⟩yiṣṇava-ra[kṣ]ai ⟨Block B⟩ […]

### Second fragment

⟨1⟩ ⟨Block A⟩ [2+](kan) para(m)pu (na) nilamā ⟨Block B⟩ […]⟨2⟩⟨Block
A⟩ṭaiyā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ mātava¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ parama ⟨Block B⟩ […] ⟨3⟩ ⟨Block A⟩ Arai
paṭṭa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ tiruvai ⟨Block B⟩ […]⟨4⟩⟨Block A⟩yan kaṟaikkaṇṭa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ ni
⟨Block B⟩ […]⟨5⟩⟨Block A⟩ḷḷā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ Irāja-rā⟨ja⟩n nila ⟨Block B⟩
[…]⟨6⟩⟨Block A⟩[1+] -deva cōṟ-uṭaiyā ⟨Block B⟩ […]⟨7⟩⟨Block A⟩ṭukku Ivai
[.]e ⟨Block B⟩ […]

## Apparatus

### First fragment

⟨2⟩ kala[ṉē] [2+] ⬦ kala [3+] SII.

⟨19⟩ [n]⟨20⟩āḻi-y-āka ⬦ [1+]⟨20⟩āḻi-y-āka SII.

⟨20⟩ Iru-nā[ḻi] […] ⬦ Iru-nā […] SII.

⟨23⟩ [va]⟨24⟩yiṣṇavara[kṣ]ai[…] ⬦ [1+]⟨24⟩yiṣṇavara[.]ai [1+] […] SII.

## Translation

### First fragment

⟨1⟩ […] plantain […]

⟨2⟩ […] pots of paddy for […]

⟨3⟩ […] three kuṟuṇis […]

⟨4⟩ […] offering of curds (tayir amutu) […]

⟨5⟩ […] tūṇi of […] pots of paddy […]

⟨7⟩ […] betel leaves (ilai amutu)[…]

⟨8⟩ […] gracefully made, […] offering of two mañcāṭis of […]

⟨9⟩ […] plantain to perform the holy bath (āṭiyaruḷa) […]

⟨10⟩ […] gold ⟨for burning⟩ incense (citāri) in the holy vessel
(tiruppukai) […]

⟨11⟩ […] for burning the holy lamp at the assembly hall (tiruvōlakkam)
[…]

⟨12⟩ […] the village assembly (paruṣai), which will make the request
(viṇṇappam ceyyum) […]

⟨13–14⟩ […] so that […] kaḻañcus ⟨for⟩ the reciter (vācippān) of the
Śrīpurāṇam, a kaḻañcu of gold for […]

⟨14⟩ […] half kaḻañcu of […] ten gold coins […]

⟨15–16⟩ […] so that six […] nāḻis […], tūṇi of paddy […]

⟨16⟩ […] the holy bath (tirumañcaṉam) […]

⟨18⟩ […] the leased land borders to the east […]

⟨19⟩ […] a garland of purple water-lilies for the Lord (ceṅkaḻunir
tiruppaḷḷittāmam) […]

⟨20⟩ […] two nāḻis of daily paddy so that […]

⟨21⟩ […] two hundred and sixteen kalam of paddy […]

⟨22⟩ […] for forty-six kalams […]

⟨23⟩ […] the land given […]

⟨23– 24⟩ […] This is under the protection of the Vaiṣṇavas […]

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1951–52 (ARIE/1951-1952/B/1951-1952/178).

Edited in Narasimhaswamy 1982 (SII 24.182).

This digital edition by Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis (2024),
based on Narasimhaswamy 1982. This translation by Renato Dávalos and
Emmanuel Francis (2024).

### Primary

[SII] Narasimhaswamy, H. K. 1982. South Indian inscriptions. Volume
XXIV: inscriptions of the Raṅganāthasvāmi temple, Śrīraṅgam. South
Indian Inscriptions 24. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India
(Director-General). Page 494, item 182.

### Secondary

ARIE 1951–52. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1951-52. Edited by
Dines Chandra Sircar. Delhi: Manager of Publications (Department of
Archaeology), 1957. Page 26, appendix B, item 178.