SII 13.87: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 87. (A.R. No. 263 of 1910.) TIRUVAḌANDAI, CHINGLEPUT TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH BASE OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, VARĀHA-PERUMĀḶ TEMPLE.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0087.

Summary: The inscription records an agreement of the Ūravar of Paḍuvūr in Paḍuvūrnāḍu, a subdivision of Āmūr-kōṭṭam, to supply 90 nāḻi of oil per year calculated at an uḻakku a day, for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Śrīvarāhadēvar at Tiruviḍavandai, a dēvadāna in the same nāḍu, in lieu of interest on 20 kaḻañju of gold endowed and left with them by Duggayyaṉ Śāttaṉ of Purushōttama-maṅgalam in Vaḷḷuva-nāḍu (a subdivision) of Malai-nāḍu. A penalty of 4(1/4) kāṇam was to be paid to the Dharmāsana (court of justice) in case of default in the supply. It is stated at the end that this amount was utilised by the Ūravar as a set-off against the taxes and the water-rent due on a certain temple land.

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Language: Tamil.

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

Version: 2025-06-21 13:25 (1624459), last modified 2025-06-07 10:35 (b1983cb).

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] kovirājakecarivanmarkku yāṇṭu nālāvatu Āmurkkoṭṭattup paṭuvūrnāṭṭupaṭuvūr Ūro⟨2⟩ṅ kaiyyeḻuttu [|] malaināṭṭu vaḷḷuvanāṭṭu puruṣottamamaṅkalattu tukkaiyan cāttaṉ pakkal ⟨3⟩ yāṅkaḷ koṇṭu kaṭava pon tanma{ma}kkaṭṭaḷaiyāl tuḷainiṟai pon Irupatinkaḻañcu ponniṉ palicaiyāl ⟨4⟩ van=ta Eṇṇai nittam Uḻakkeṇṇai Innāṭṭu tevatānam tiruviṭavantai śrī varākate⟨var⟩kku vaiytta tiru⟨5⟩nan=tāviḷakku Onṟinukku nicatam Uḻakkeṇṇaiyāka Āṇṭuvaṟai toṇṇūṟṟu nāḻi ney yeṇṇai can=tirātittava⟨l⟩ ⟨6⟩ nālukkāṟāka van=ta pon kaikkoṇṭu paṭuvūr Ūrom Aṭṭuvatānom Itaṟṟiṟampil tanmāsanattil nicata⟨7⟩m nālekāṟ kāṇam taṇṭamiṭa voṭṭikkuṭuttom paṭuvūr Ūrom Ittanmam rakṣippār śrī⟨8⟩pātam n=talai melana [|] Ittanmattai tevarkku Ālattuḻān kurukkattippulattukku Ep⟨9⟩peṟpaṭṭa Iṟaiyum Iḻicci kuṭuttom nirvilai kuṭuppatānom paṭuvūr Ūrom [||]

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.87 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. Pages 41–42, item 87.

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