SII 12.122: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Alternative title: “No. 122. (A.R. No. 497 of 1921). TIRUVEṆṆAINALLŪR, TIRUKKOYILUR TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE EAST WALL OF THE MAṆḌAPA IN FRONT OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE VAIKUṆṬHA-PERUMĀḶ TEMPLE.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: In this inscription, dated in the 8th year, Kōpperuñjiñgadēva is given the surname Aḻagiyaśīyaṉ. It records a gift of 5 cows by Tirumalaiy-Aḻagiyāṉ alias Vīra[gaḷ*] vīrap-Pallavaraiyaṉ,¹ a Kaikkōḷa-mudali of Tiruveṇṇainallūr for supplying daily milk by the measure ‘Arumoḻidēva-nāḻi’ to the god Vaikunda (Vaikuṇṭha)[p-Perumāḷ]. This donor figures in A.D. 1237² and his death is referred to in No. 189 below. From the title Aḻagiyaśīyaṉ given to the chief, he may be identified with the elder Kōpperuñjiṅga.

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

Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0122.

File path: SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0122.xml.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] sakalabhuvaṉaccakravattikaḷ Aḻakiyaciyaṉ kopperuñciṅkatevaṟkku yāṇṭu 8⁓vatu tiruveṇṇainallūr śrīvaikunta [*********]

⟨2⟩ kkoḷamutalikaḷil tirumalaiyaḻakiyāṉāṉa vīra⟨kaḷ⟩vīrappallavaraiyaṉ Ikkoyil curapimaṉṟāṭi kaḷil maṇavāḷakkoṉ pakkal [**********]

⟨3⟩ 5 Ippacu Añcukkum nāḷoṉṟukku Arumoḻitevaṉāḻiyāl Unta ppāl candrādittavarai cellakkaṭavatākak kalveṭṭik [********]

Commentary

⟨3⟩ The inscription is built in at the right end.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.122 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 60, item 122.

Notes

1. No. 150 below.
2. A.R. No. 501 of 1902 dated in the 21st year of Rājarāja III.

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