SII 12.67: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Alternative title: NRIPATUNGAVARMAN. No. 67. (A.R. No. 404 of 1905). KĀVĒRIPPĀKKAM, ARKONAM TALUK, NORTH ARCOT DISTRICT. AT THE ENTRANCE INTO THE AMMAN SHRINE IN THE KOṄKAṆĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This inscription states that in the 15th year of Nṛipatuṅgavarman, the assembly of Kāvidipākkam [alias] Avaṉinārāyaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam agreed to measure one uḻakku of oil daily by the liquid measure Māṉāya-nāḻi, for lighting the central shrine of the temple of Tirumēṟṟaḷi-Aḍigaḷ, with the interest on 17 kaḻañju of gold received by them from Śaḍaṅkaviyār of Kaṇviḻchchil in Ōḍappuṟai. The name Avaṉinārāyaṇachaturvēdimaṅgalam must have been given to Kāvidipākkam after the surname ‘Avaṉinārāyaṇa’¹ borne by Nandivarman III.

The record is left incomplete and it is engraved in characters of the 11th century A.D. The stone bearing this record must have belonged originally to a temple of Vishṇu (Tirumēṟṟaḷi-Aḍigaḷ) in the village and was probably shifted here at some later time.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0067.

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0067.xml.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ nṛpatoṅkaparmma⟨rk⟩ku yāṇṭu patiṉaintāvatu kā(vi)tipākkamum Avaṉinārā-

⟨2⟩ yaṇaccaturvvetimaṅkalattu sabhaiyom Oṭappuṟaik kaṇviḻccil caṭaṅka-

⟨3⟩ viyār pakkal patiṉeḻu kaḻañcu poṉkoṇṭu Emmūr tirumeṟṟaḷi Aṭikaḷukku U-

⟨4⟩ ṇṇāḻikai⟨p⟩puṟam nicati Uḻakkeṇṇai māṉāyaṉāḻi(y)oṭokkum Uḻakkiṉāl pakal

Commentary

⟨4⟩ Continuation of the inscription is lost.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.67 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 28, item 67.

Notes

1. Nandikkalambagam, vv. 18, 44, 46.

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