SII 12.147: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Alternative title: No. 147. (A.R. No. 323 of 1921). TIRUKKŌYILŪR, TIRUKKOYILUR TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE SECOND PRĀKĀRA IN THE TRIVIKRAMA-PERUMĀḶ TEMPLE.

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: It is stated in this record of Sakalabhuvanachakravarttin Avaniāḷappiṟandān alias Kōpperuñjiṅgadēva, dated in the 5th year, that the kāṇiyāḷar of the temple of Tiruviḍaikaḻi-Emberumān at Tirukkōvalūr agreed to burn a twilight lamp in the temple in return for six cows received by them from certain shepherds residing at Mēlaip-Paṉaippākkam in Iḍaiyāṟṟu-nāḍu, a subdivision of Tirumuṉaippāḍi.

For the cows received the kāṇiyāḷar undertook to supply, by the ulagaḷandānnāḻi, 1 nāḻi and 1 uri of ghee monthly to the temple.

The astronomical details given in the record correspond to A.D. 1247, December 29, Sunday.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0147.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ hari(ḥ) śvasti śrī [∥] cakalapuvanacca⟨k⟩karavattikaḷ śrī AvaniĀḷappiṟaṉtānāna kopperuñci⟨ṅ⟩kat¿o?va⟨r⟩kku Iyāṇṭu 5⁓Āvatu ma-
⟨2⟩ karanāyaṟṟu pūrvapakṣattu pradhamaiyum nāyiṟṟu⟨k⟩kiḻamaiyum peṟṟa Uttirāṭattu nāḷ tiruk kovalūr tiruviṭaikaḻi Emperumānu-
⟨3⟩ kku tirumuṉaippāṭi Iṭaiyāṟṟunāṭṭu melaippaṉaippākkattilirukkum maṉṟāṭikaḷil matakaṉ tevanum Ivaṉ makkaḷ pūvaṉum cuttaṉum Amuta-
⟨4⟩ ṉum vaṇ(ṭa)num Iṟ⟨ṟ⟩aināḷ mutal vaitta caṉtiviḷakku Oṉṟukku I⟨k⟩koIl kāṇiyāḷar kaikkoṇṭu vaiyirāvaṇakkoṉ Uḷḷiṭṭār pakkal viṭṭa pacu Āṟu
⟨5⟩ Ippacu Āṟum kaikkoṇṭu caṉtirātittavarai tiruviḷakku celvatākak kalveṭṭi viṭṭom kāṇiyāḷarom [|] Itu śrīvaiṣṇava rakṣai [|] Ippacu Āṟukkum mātam Oṉṟu⟨k⟩ku Ulakaḷan tā⟨n⟩ nāḻiyāl Aḷa⟨k⟩kum ney nāḻiuri [∥]

Commentary

The letter ṉa is engraved like ṇa in all cases in this record.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.147 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. Pages 75–76, item 147.

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