SII 12.218: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Alternative title: No. 218. (A.R. No. 356 of 1919). LITTLE CONJEEVERAM, CONJEEVERAM TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ‘ROCK’ IN THE ARUḶĀḶA-PERUMĀḶ TEMPLE.

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This inscription refers to the provision made for a lamp in the 20th year of the chief. It records the agreement made by the trustees of the temple of Aruḷāḷap-Perumāḷ to burn a perpetual lamp before the god for 15 Nellūr-māḍai received by them from Śevvakkaṉ, sister-in-law of Aṉṉaladēvaṉ of Nellūr.

This record gives 15 Nellūr-māḍai as equivalent to 331 Perumāḷ-rāśi[paṇam].

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0218.

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0218.xml.

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⟨1⟩ ci ko(p)peruñciṅkatevarkku yāṇṭu Irupatāvatu nellūril Aṉṉalatevaṉ
⟨2⟩ maiccuṉi cevvakkaṉ tirunantāviḷakkukkup pacuvum Iṣapamum koṇṭuviṭa varakkāṭṭi⟨ṉa⟩p perumā-
⟨3⟩ ḷ Irāci (*/𑿞) 3 100 3 10 1⁓ṉāl ci paṇṭārattu Oṭukkiṉa nellūrmāṭai 10 5 Immāṭai patiṉ Añcu-
⟨4⟩ m tirunantāviḷakkukku Uṭalākak kaikkoṇṭom Aruḷāḷapperumāḷ koyilt
⟨5⟩ tāṉattom [|] Ippaṭikku Ivai koyiṟkaṇakkuc ciyapuramuṭaiyāṉ periyaperumāḷ E-
⟨6⟩ ḻuttu [∥] Immāṭai cipaṇṭārattuppāl [∥]

Apparatus

⟨3⟩ (*/𑿞) • This symbol [[ḷa]] stands for poṉ or paṇam.

Commentary

This inscription is engraved below a record of Rājarāja III dated in the 7th year (A.R. No. 355 of 1919).

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.218 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 133, item 218.

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<p>This inscription is engraved below a record of Rājarāja III dated in the 7th year (<hi rend="italic">A.R.</hi> No. 355 of 1919).</p>

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