SII 12.227: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Alternative title: “No. 227. (A.R. No. 62 of 1918). VṚIDDHĀCHALAM, VRIDDHACHALAM TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE THIRD GŌPURA (LEFT OF ENTRANCE) OF THE VṚIDDHAGIRĪŚVARA TEMPLE.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This inscription of the 25th year records a gift of 32 cows and a bull to supply 1 uḻakku of ghee daily by the measure Dēvāśriyaṉ-nāḻi, for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of the god at Tirumudukuṉṟam in Paruvūrk-kūṟṟam, a subdivision of Mēṟkā-nāḍu Iruṅgōḷappāḍi in Virudarājabhayaṅkara-vaḷanāḍu ‘on the northern bank’ (of the Peṇṇai), by Tiruvaraṅgaṉ Periyanāyaṉ alias Kōpperuñjiṅgavēḷār of Gūḍalūr in Mēṟkā-nāḍu. The donor also presented a lamp-stand weighing 193 palam for the lamp.

With the emendation Pūśam for nakshatra Pūram, the details of date given in the inscription correspond to A.D. 1268, January 29, Sunday.

Language: Tamil (tam).

Version: (5e30cca), last modified (0ec4724).

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] sakalabhuvanaścakravattikaḷ śrīkopperuñciṅkatevaṟku yā-

⟨2⟩ ṇṭu 2 10 5~Āvatu kuMbhanāyaṟṟu pūrvvapakṣattu trayodaśiyum nāyaṟṟu-

⟨3⟩ kkiḻamaiyum peṟṟa pūcattunāḷ vaṭakarai virutarājabhayaṅkaravaḷanāṭ-

⟨4⟩ ṭu meṟkānāṭṭu Iruṅkoḷappāṭip paruvūrkkūṟṟattu Uṭai-

⟨5⟩ yār tirumutukuṉṟamuṭaiya nāyaṉārkku Iṉṉāṭṭuk kūṭalūrk kū-

⟨6⟩ ṭalūruṭaiyāṉ tiruvaraṅkaṉ periyanāyaṉāṉa koppe-

⟨7⟩ ruñciṅkaveḷār vaitta tirunontāviḷak koṉṟukku viṭṭa

⟨8⟩ pacu 3 10 2~m Iṣapam Oṉṟāka 25 3 10 3~m Iṉnāyaṉār maṉṟāṭik

⟨9⟩ kuṭimakkaḷil tirumutukuṉṟakkoṉ naṭuvil kuṉṟaṉāṉa tiru-

⟨10⟩ mutukuṉṟakkoṉ kaikkoṇṭa pacu 10 6~m ṛṣabham Oṉ-

⟨11⟩ ṟum tevaṉ Iruṅkoḷappāṭikkon kaikkoṇṭa pa-

⟨12⟩ cu 10 6~m Innāḷ mutal kaikkoṇṭu nāḷ Oṉṟukku cipa-

⟨13⟩ ṇṭārattu tevāciriyaṉ nāḻiyāl Aḷakkakkaṭa-

⟨14⟩ va ney (Uḻak)kum candrādittyavaT Aḷakkakkaṭavarkaḷā-

⟨15⟩ kavum Ivviḷakkeriya Ivar vaitta Iraṇṭu nilaikku-

⟨16⟩ ttiviḷak koṉṟiṉāl Eṭai 100 9 10 3 <palam> [||]

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.227 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 141–142, item 227.