SII 13.253: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Alternative title: “No. 253. (A.R. No. 300 of 1908.) TIRUKKAḶITTAṬṬAI, KUMBAKONAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, VĒDAPURĪŚVARA TEMPLE.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This records an endowment of 25 Īḻakkāśu for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Tirukkuḍuttiṭṭai-Perumāḷ at Amaninārāyaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a dēvadāna-brahmadēya on the northern bank (of the Kāvēri), by Vimaladēvarasa Vāsudēvabhaṭṭa-Sōmayāji of Araṇaippuram, and evidently of an equal amount for a second lamp by a resident of Paṉaiyūr named Chandraśēkharaṉ Tirumoy-Aḍi . . . . . . The inscription is probably one of Sundara-Chōḷa.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0253.

File path: SII13/DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0253.xml.

Version: 2026-03-06 12:20 (56e9cef), last modified 2025-07-03 14:51 (0ec4724).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] ko Irācakecaripaṉma⟨r⟩kki yāṇṭu 10 5~Āvatu vaṭakarait tevatāṉa brahmadeya⟨m⟩ Amaninārāyaṇacaturvvetimaṅkalattu tirukkuṭuttiṭṭai perumā(ḷuk)ku nontāviḷakku⟨k⟩ku cantrāticcavaṟ Erikka Araṇaipurattu vimaladevarasa

⟨2⟩ vāsūdevabhaṭṭasomayāciyār Oru non=tāviḷakku⟨k⟩ku vaiytta Īḻakkācu 2 10 5 paṉai yūruṭaiyāṉ śantraśekaraṉ tirumoy Aṭi [***] Oru nontāviḷakku⟨k⟩ku cantrāticcavaṟ Erikka vaicca Ī

Commentary

⟨2⟩ Erikka vaicca Ī. The record stops here unfinished.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.253 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 135, item 253.

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<p n="2"><foreign>Erikka vaicca Ī</foreign>. The record stops here unfinished.</p>

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