SII 12.236: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Alternative title: “No. 236. (A.R. No. 291 of 1919). ĀVŪR, TIRUVANNAMALAI TALUK, NORTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE EAST WALL OF THE MAṆḌAPA IN FRONT OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE RUINED ŚIVA TEMPLE.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This is an incomplete inscription dated in the 30th year¹ of the chief. It appears to record the setting up of the image of Astradēva during the administration of Śūrāṇḍār alias Jeyaśēvakañ-Chēdiyarāyar in the temple of Tiruvagattīśvaramuḍaiya-Nāyaṉār at Āvūr in Chēdi-maṇḍalam ‘on the northern bank of the river Peṇṇai’, by the merchants of the Eighteen Divisions, who are introduced with a number of epithets. In other inscriptions this body of merchants is called Tiśai-āyirattu-Aiññūṟṟuvar.² From the mistakes in the text, the inscription appears to have been engraved by a person not conversant with the matter of the record.

Astradēva is a deified weapon which is usually taken out in advance of the processional image during festival days.

The astronomical details given in the inscription point to A.D. 1272, September 29, Thursday as its date.

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

Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0236.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] cakalapuvaṉacakkaravattikaḷ śrī kop⟨p⟩eruñci⟨ṅka⟩teva⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu 3 10⁓Āvatu nāya{ṉ}ṉār cū-
⟨2⟩ r(ā)ṇṭārāṉa ce(ya)cevakañcetiyarāyar nāḷil śrīmaṟceṉa{ma}mahā poti⟨⟨(naṉta)⟩⟩pattaṉ meva(ṇi)-
⟨3⟩ ka(r)¿ā?m nāmavaiciya taṉmatāvaḷa sahajaṉatāritriyaniṟkaṇṭa sarvaguṇasaMpaṉṉa Ālaṅ⌈-
⟨4⟩ keṉapaṟamarāpati bhujamikuparākrama śrīgaruḍatveśa tarumāpuri vairāvaṇa cā⟨k⟩kiyaṟvaḷara kalime-
⟨5⟩ liyap pukaḻperuka pakaipaṇiya ticai Aṉaittum ceviṭupaṭāmaṟ ceṅkole mu⟨ṉ⟩ṉākavum ci-
⟨6⟩ yācciṉaiye te⟨y⟩vamākavum yiṉitu nāṭātti nikaḻāniṉṟa patiṉeṇ bhū{m}mi ticai viḷaṅku
⟨7⟩ tiṟalāyirattu tikaḻvāṇikarom peṇṇaivaṭakarai cetimaṇṭalattu Āvūr Uṭaiyār tiru-
⟨8⟩ vakattiIśuraM Uṭaiya nāyaṉāṟkku tul¿a?nāyaṟṟu pūrvapakṣat=tu pañcamiyum (viyā)ḻa⟨k⟩kiḻamaiyum
⟨9⟩ mulamum peṟṟanāḷ Iṉṉāyanā(r)kku Astradevarai

Commentary

⟨9⟩ The inscription stops here. The epithets mahā-bōdhi and Śākkiyar indicate the Buddhistic origin of the trading corporation.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.236 by Venkatasubba Ayyar and Krishnamacharlu 1943 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. and C. R. Krishnamacharlu. 1943. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Page 148, item 236.

Notes

1. The regnal year is wrongly given as 3[5] in the Ep. Rep. for 1919.
2. A.R. No. 601 of 1902.

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