SII 12.156: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Alternative title: No. 156. (A.R. No. 117 of 1904). TĪRTTANAGARI, CUDDALORE TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE ŚIVĀṄKURĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This incomplete record, dated in the 9th year, registers a gift of 5(3/4) vēli of land as tirunāmattukkāṇi to the god at Tiruttiṉainagar. The order making the gift was also directed to be communicated to the officials of the temple at Perumbaṟṟappuliyūr (i.e., Chidambaram). A portion of the land endowed was situated in the hamlet of Poṉmēyndaśōḻach-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, which, as pointed out above, was called so after the surname of Kulōttuṅga-Chōḷa II.¹

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0156.

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0156.xml.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] cakalapuvaṉaccakkaravarttikaḷ śrī kopperuñciṅ-
⟨2⟩ katevaṟku yāṇṭu Oṉpatāvatu taimmāta⟨m⟩ nāḷ Irunūṟṟo-
⟨3⟩ rupattoṉpatu mutal perumpaṟṟappuliyūr vāriyaṉu(kku)ṅ kara-
⟨4⟩ ṇattāṉukkuñ collumpaṭi [|] taṅkaḷūril Uṭaiyār
⟨5⟩ tiruttiṉainakaruṭaiyāṟkut tirunāmattukkāṇiyāṉa Uḷ-
⟨6⟩ ḷoṭaiyil jaṉanātanallūrk karuttaṭaṅkaṇṇiy(ā)r
⟨7⟩ viḷākam nilam 3 ṟāsa⁓m nallāliyāṉa tirumālaiceraniṉṟā-
⟨8⟩ ḷ viḷāka⟨m⟩ nilam 1/4 1/5⁓m pālaṉūrāṉa periyanācciyārviḷāka(m) ni-
⟨9⟩ la⟨m⟩ 1 1/5⁓m Akaram poṉmeynta coḻaccaruppetimaṅkalattup-
⟨10⟩ piṭākai kolattuccivapātacekaraviḷākaṅ kamuku nilam 1/4 ⁓m vi-
⟨11⟩ ḷainilam 1/4 ⁓māka nilam 5 3/4 ⁓ Innilam Añcemukkālukkum U-
⟨12⟩ [**********] koyiṟ [.]e [*********] ṅkoḷ

Commentary

⟨12⟩ The inscription is left incomplete and portions in the last line are also left unengraved.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.156 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 83–84, item 156.

Notes

1. No. 149 above.

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