SII 12.162: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Alternative title: “No. 162. (A.R. No. 459 of 1921). TIRUVEṆṆAINALLŪR, TIRUKKOYILUR TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE INNER WALL OF THE GŌPURA (RIGHT OF ENTRANCE) OF THE KṚIPĀPURĪŚVARA TEMPLE.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This incomplete inscription, dated in the 10th year, registers a gift of 32 cows by Tiruvaṇṇāmalai-Bhaṭṭaṉ of Mēl-Āmūr, a member of the assembly of Tiruveṇṇainallūr, for supplying daily, by the standard measure ‘Arumoḻidēvaṉ-nāḻi,’ two and six nāḻi of milk respectively for offerings to and the sacred bath of the god Āṭkoṇḍadēva at Tiruveṇṇainallūr, a brahmadēya in Tirumuṉaippāḍi Tiruveṇṇainallūr-nāḍu, a subdivision of Rājarāja-vaḷanāḍu.

In the concluding portion of the inscription mention is made of the image of Piḷḷaiyār set up in the western corner of the temple.

Mēl-Āmūr i.e. West Āmūr may be identified with the village Āmūr in the Tirukkoyilur taluk of the South Arcot district.

According to the details given, the date of the record corresponds to A.D. 1252, October 4, Friday.

Language: Tamil (tam).

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] sakalapuvaṉaccakkaravattikaḷ śrī kopperuñ-
⟨2⟩ ciṅkatevaṟku yāṇṭu 10~vatu tulānāyaṟṟu Aparapakṣattu caturddaśiyum ve-
⟨3⟩ ḷḷikkiḻamaiyum peṟṟa cittiraiṉāḷ rājarājavaḷanāṭṭut tirumuṉai-
⟨4⟩ ppāṭit tiruveṇṇainallūrnāṭṭu brahmadeyan= tiruveṇṇainallūr Uṭai-
⟨5⟩ yār Āṭkoṇṭatevaṟku Ivvūr cap¿a?yāril melāmur tiruvaṇṇāmalai paṭṭaṉ viṭ-
⟨6⟩ (ṭa pacu)[******] (muppatti)raṇṭum Iṉṉāyaṉār curapimaṉṟāṭikaḷil maṇṇai kovinta-
⟨7⟩ ṉāṉa kuṉṟameṟin(tāṉ) koṉum AmmaiĀḻvāṉmāṭi piḷḷaikkoṉum Ivviruvo-
⟨8⟩ m Eṅkaḷil [***] kaikkoṇṭu yiṟṟaināḷ mutal nāḷoṉṟukku Arumoḻiteva-
⟨9⟩ ṉnāḻiyāl Amutupaṭikkup pāl Irunāḻiyum Āṭiyaruḷappāl Aṟunāḻiyum Ākap pāl
⟨10⟩ Eṭṭu nāḻiyum cantirātittavarai Aḷakkakkaṭavomākac cammatittuk kaikkoṇṭom Iv-
⟨11⟩ viruvom [|] Itu paṉmāheśvara rakṣai [|] Ivvamutu ceyta (pā)l Irunāḻiyum muppatu
⟨12⟩ (vaṭṭattu)c civappirāmaṇar ko(ṇ)ṭu Iṉnāyaṉār tirukkā(ma)kkoṭṭam melaimulaiyil til-
⟨13⟩ (laiva) [***] naṉ (piḷḷai)yāṟku nāḻi (Arici A)mutu ceyvitta Icco(ṟu nā)ḻiyuṅ koṇṭu yippiḷḷaiyāṟku
⟨14⟩ [****] kaṭavo muppatu vaṭṭattu civappirāmaṇarom [|] ṛṣabhaM Oṉṟu viṭṭatu [||]

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.162 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. Pages 89–90, item 162.

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