SII 13.54: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Alternative title: No. 54. (A.R. No. 129 of 1919.) OLAGĀPURAM, TINDIVANAM TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, RUINED ŚIVA TEMPLE.

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This records an endowment of 96 sheep for a perpetual lamp in the temple of Śrī Kailāyāttu-Paramasvāmi at Ulōgamādēvipuram, a taṉiyūr in Ōymā-nāḍu, by Ambalavaṉ Gaṇḍarādittanār, a noble-man of the king, who is stated to have also built the temple with stone. The name of the village was evidently derived from Lōkamahādēvi, a queen of Rājarāja I.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0054.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] kovirājakesarivaṟma⟨ṟ⟩kku yāṇṭu 3⁓Āvatu Oymāṉāṭṭu taṉi(yūr) Ulokamā tevipurattu śrīkailāyattu paramasvāmikaḷukku tirukkaṟṟaḷi ⟨2⟩ yeṭuppitta Uṭaiyār peruntarattu Ampalavaṉ kaṇṭarātittaṉār [*******] nuntā viḷakku Oṉṟu Ivviḷakkukku vaitta Āṭu toṇṇūṟṟu Āṟu [***] ⟨3⟩ [***] v viḷakku cantrātittavaṟ Idharmma I [**********] ṉtalaimelaṉa Aṟamaṟavaṟkka Aṟamallatu tuṇai Illai ∥⁓

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.54 by Srinivasa Rao 1952 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Srinivasa Rao, G.V. 1952. South-Indian inscriptions (texts) (with introductory notes in English). Volume XIII: The Cholas. South Indian Inscriptions 13. Madras: Archaeological Survey of India. Page 25, item 54.

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