SII 12.146: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Alternative title: No. 146. (A.R. No. 164 of 1918). BRAHMADĒŚAM, VILLUPURAM TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE VERANDAH OF THE FIRST PRĀKĀRA IN THE BRAHMAPURĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This inscription of the 5th year records the gift of 33 cattle including cows, calves and a bull by Nīlagaṅgaṉ Ammūrikundaṉ Śōḻaṅgadēvaṉ of Āmūr for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Brahmīśvaramuḍaiya-Nāyaṉār at Rājarājachaturvēdimaṅgalam, an independent brahmadēya village in Paṉaiyūr-nāḍu, a subdivision of Rājarāja-vaḷanāḍu. It will be evident from this record that Brahmadēśam was surnamed Rājarāja-chaturvēdimaṅgalam.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0146.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] sakalapuvaṉaccakkaravattikaḷ śrī kopperuñciṅkatevaṟku yāṇṭu 5⁓vatu
⟨2⟩ Irājarājavaḷanāṭṭup= paṉaiyūrnāṭṭup brahmatecan= taṉiyūr śrī Irājarājaccaturvetimaṅkala-
⟨3⟩ ttu Uṭaiyār brahmiśvaramuṭaiya nāyaṉārkku Āmūr nilakaṅkaṉ Ammūrikun=taṉ coḻaṅkatevaṉ
⟨4⟩ vaitta tirunun=tā viḷakku ✚ Oṉṟukku viṭṭa pacu 10 4 nāku⁓10 ce⁓8 vṛṣabham⁓1 Ā⟨ka⟩ 2 10 5 muppattumuṉṟum
⟨5⟩ paṇṭāratte Uṭnilaiccuraviyākak kūṭṭikkoṇṭu paṇṭāratte ney yaḷan=tu can=tirātit⟨ta⟩varai E-
⟨6⟩ rikkakkaṭavom Ikkoyil śrīmāhēśvararom [∥] Itu panmāheśvara rakṣai [∥]

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.146 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 75, item 146.

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