SII 12.223: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Alternative title: No. 223. (A.R. No. 192 of 1927-28). TIRUVALAÑJUḺI, KUMBAKONAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE BASE OF THE EAST WALL OF THE MAṆḌAPA IN FRONT OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE KAPARDĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: A gift of land and house-sites in Paḍakkai Koṟṟaṅguḍi alias Kulōttuṅgaśōḻanallūr, hamlet of Akhilanāyaka-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, made by Sōmaśivaṉ of Gōmaḍam to the temple of Tiruvalañjuḻi-Uḍaiyār is recorded in this inscription of the 24th year. The village Koṟṟaṅguḍi may be identified with one of the three villages of the same name in the Kumbakonam taluk.

It may be pointed out here that this and the next record come from Tiruvalañjuḻi in the interior of the Tanjore district where inscriptions of Kōpperuñjiṅgadēva are rarely found.

The details given for calculating the date of this inscription are not regular.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0223.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [|] cakalapuvaṉa(cca)kkaravattikaḷ śrī ko(pperu)ñciṅkatevarkku yāṇṭu 2 10 4⁓vatu kumpanāyaṟṟu pūrvapakṣa-
⟨2⟩ ttu catutteśiyu(m tiṅkaḷki)ḻamaiyum (peṟṟa) mulattunāḷ māḷikaitiru(ma)ṭattil mutaliyār piḷḷaikaḷil ko-
⟨3⟩ maṭattu somaśivaṉeṉ [|] muta{l}liyār tiru [*******] ka muṉṉāḷ (kaik)koṇṭu Uṭaiyeṉāy [*****]
⟨4⟩ ṉutāy Uṭaiyār tiruvalañcuḻiUṭaiyārkku tirunāmattukkāṇi [****] tirumuṉpu nirvārttu kuṭutta A{ka}kilanāyakaccaru-
⟨5⟩ ⟨p⟩petimaṅkalattu piṭākai paṭakkai koṟṟaṅkuṭiyāṉa kulottuṅkacoḻanallūr pāṟuvati vatikku kiḻakku ku-
⟨6⟩ lottuṅkacoḻavāykkālukku vaṭakku 2⁓ <kaṇṇāṟu> 2⁓ catirattu 𑿦 6⁓ mā Itil meṟkkaṭaiya nilam 3 māvum kiḻkkaṭaiya nilam 3⁓-
⟨7⟩ mā Itil teṟkkaṭaiya maṉai Uḻpaṭa nilam Araimā Itaṉ vaṭakku taṭi 4 vi ṟā Itaṉ vaṭakku 𑿦 � yum Āka 𑿦 4⁓ mā kiḻa(raiyum)
⟨8⟩ Ivatikku mekku (I)vāykkālukku vaṭakku 2⁓ <kaṇṇāṟu> 1⁓ catirattu meṟkkuṭaiya 𑿦 [*****] kuṭaiya 𑿦
⟨9⟩ 3/64 ⁓ yum Ivākkālukku vaṭakku kiḻakkuṭaiya 𑿦 3⁓ mā Itil vaṭakkuṭaiya māṅkaḷūr ma [****]
⟨10⟩ [*] vā [**] nirumāvum pārva⟨ti⟩ vatikku kiḻakku kulottuṅkacoḻavatikku vaṭakku 𑿦 6 mā Itil kiḻkkaṭaiya 𑿦
⟨11⟩ 3⁓ mā Itil vaṭakkaṭaiya 𑿦 1⁓ mā [********] Iṅke pārvativatikku meṟkku kulottuṅ-
⟨12⟩ kacoḻavā [*******] 2⁓ <kaṇṇāṟu> 2⁓ catirattu [*****] m Ivatikku kiḻakku Ivāykkālukku vaṭakku 2⁓ <kaṇṇāṟu>
⟨13⟩ (2)⁓ catirattu ma [***] 𑿦 1/4 Āka 𑿦 2⁓ māvi [**********] 𑿦 5⁓yum Ippaṭi [*****] Iṉnilam tirumuṉ-
⟨14⟩ pu nirvārttuk kuṭutteṉ [|] śomaśivaṉeṉ Ippaṭikku Ivai Eṉ ṉeḻuttu [∥]

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.223 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 137–138, item 223.

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