SII 12.55: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Alternative title: “Nandivarman III. No. 55. (A.R. No. 27 of 1930-31). TIRUKKŌḌIKKĀVAL, KUMBAKONAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE TIRUKKŌḌĪŚVARA TEMPLE.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This inscription of the 19th year of Nandippōttaraiyar begins by stating that it is a copy of an old stone record found in the temple. A later record in the same place mentions that Śembiyaṉ-Mādēviyār, the mother of the Chōḷa king Uttama-Chōḷa, repaired the temple at Tirukkōḍikkā and that she then ordered the re-engraving of the old inscriptions found on the walls before renovation. The Chōḷa queen, by this policy, has preserved for posterity as many as 26 inscriptions in this temple, which would otherwise have been irretrievably lost.

The present inscription is a palimpsest and it registers a gift of 100 kalam of paddy by Āḻiśiṟiyaṉ for maintaining a sacred lamp in the temple of Śiṟunaṅgai-Īśvarāgaram at Tirukkōḍikā. The priests of the temple agreed to maintain the lamp.

Language: Tamil (tam).

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] Ituvum
⟨2⟩ moru paḻaṅkaṟpaṭi [|] yā-
⟨3⟩ ṇṭunan=tippottarai-
⟨4⟩ yaṟkku pattoṉpa-
⟨5⟩ tāvatu tirukkoṭikā-
⟨6⟩ vil ciṟunaṅkai Iśvarākarat-
⟨7⟩ tu mahādeva⟨r⟩kku tiruviḷakki-
⟨8⟩ ṉukku Aḻiciṟiyaṉ kuṭutta nel-
⟨9⟩ lu nūṟṟukkalam Iṉṉelliṉ pa-
⟨10⟩ licaiyāl nāḷvāy Uḻakku ney
⟨11⟩ ton=tā viḷak kerippomāṉom It-
⟨12⟩ taḷi A⟨r⟩ccippom Āttiraiyaṉ nā-
⟨13⟩ rāyaṇaṉ Eṟaṉum Ivaṉ ṟampimārum
⟨14⟩ Iṉṉālvom [|] Itu paḻaṅkaṟ-
⟨15⟩ paṭi [|] In=ta śrī (vi)māṉattile
⟨16⟩ Eṟa veṭ(ṭiṉa)maiyil muṉ-
⟨17⟩ ṉivājaka(m ve)ṭṭikki(ṭa)-
⟨18⟩ nta taṉik(kallā)l U(bhai)-
⟨19⟩ yoka mi(llāmaiyāl)
⟨20⟩ Atu tavi(nta)tu (I)tu
⟨21⟩ nan=til paṉmāyeśvara(r ka)-
⟨22⟩ ṭaikk¿u?ṭṭapeṟṟār [||]

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.55 by Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. 1943. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Page 22, item 55.

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