SII 1.150: original edition by Eugen Hultzsch

Alternative title: PART III. NOTES AND FRAGMENTS. No. 144-150. INSCRIPTIONS OF THE KAILĀSANĀTHA TEMPLE AT KĀÑCHĪPURAM. No. 150. ON A PILLAR IN THE MAṆḌAPA IN FRONT OF THE RĀJASIṀHAVARMEŚVARA SHRINE.

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This inscription is dated in the 26th year of Tribhuvanachakravartin Rājarāja-deva. According to the Poygai inscriptions (Nos. 59 to 64) this year would correspond to Śaka 1163-64. By the subjoined document, some person pledged himself, to supply daily one āṛākku¹ of ghee for five lamps (saṁdhi-viḷakku) “to the lord of the holy stone-temple, alias Rājasiṁhavarmeśvara, at Kachchippeḍu,” i.e., Kāñchīpuram. The ghee had to be made over daily to those, who were in charge of the nāṛigai (measure) within the temple.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0150.

File path: SII_B_clean/SII01/DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0150.xml.

Version: 2026-11-09 23:45 (242ff60), last modified 2026-09-29 11:08 (2b36d53).

Edition

North face.

⟨A1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] tiripuvaṉac-
⟨A2⟩ (ca)kkaravatikaḷ śrīrā-
⟨A3⟩ jarājatevarkku yā-
⟨A4⟩ ṇṭu 2 10 6 vatu A-
⟨A5⟩ (ya)ppaci māsattu
⟨A6⟩ (kac)cippeṭṭu tiruk-
⟨A7⟩ (ka)ṟṟaḷi Āṉa rājasi⟨ṁ⟩ha-
⟨A8⟩ panmiśvaramuṭaiya nāyan-
⟨A9⟩ ārkku nāḷoṉṟukku
⟨A10⟩ san=tiviḷakku 5 kkum
⟨A11⟩ piḷḷaiyār kāmā-
⟨A12⟩ (śa)r mutallikaḷḷi-
⟨A13⟩ (l) kāl (rā)(ja)ke

West face.

⟨B1⟩ kkoṇṭu A⟨ḷap⟩-
⟨B2⟩ pen(āṉe)ṉ Ūrk⟨kā⟩-
⟨B3⟩ lāl ney Ā⟨ḻā⟩-
⟨B4⟩ kkum tiruUṇ⟨ṇ⟩-
⟨B5⟩ āḻik(ai) Uṭai⟨yā⟩-
⟨B6⟩ r vacame (n)ā(ḷ) t⟨oṟu⟩-
⟨B7⟩ m Aḷakka kaṭave⟨n⟩-
⟨B8⟩ ānen [|] (U)viḷakku ca⟨ntir⟩-
⟨B9⟩ ātit=tavarai celu

Apparatus

North face.

⟨A13⟩ (rā)(ja)ke • Traces of six more lines are visible.

West face.

⟨B9⟩ celu • Traces of two more lines are visible.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 1.150 by Hultzsch 1890 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1890. South-Indian inscriptions, Tamil and Sanskrit, from stone and copper-plate edicts at Mamallapuram, Kanchipuram, in the North Arcot district, and other parts of the Madras Presidency, chiefly collected in 1886-87. Volume I. South Indian Inscriptions 1. Madras: Government Press. Page 143, item 150.

Notes

1. āṛākku is one eighth of a paḍi or nāṛi.

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