SII 13.255: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Alternative title: “No. 255. (A.R. No. 252 of 1911.) KUMBAKŌṆAM, KUMBAKONAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, NĀGĒŚVARA TEMPLE.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This records the endowment of a perpetual lamp in the temple of Tirukkīḻkōṭṭattu-Perumānaḍigaḷ at Tirukkuḍamukkil by a certain Kalayaṉ Māṇikkam, who also presented 2 taḍam (?) and one kaḍāram (drum). The writing looks early, and might be assigned to the period of Āditya I.

Language: Tamil (tam).

Version: 2025-09-08 19:01 (3992bd7), last modified 2025-07-03 14:51 (0ec4724).

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] kovirājakecaripa-
⟨2⟩ nma⟨ṟ⟩kku yāṇṭu (10) 5~Āvatu
⟨3⟩ tirukkuṭamukkil tirukkiḻkoṭṭa-
⟨4⟩ ttu perumānaṭikaḷukku kalaya-
⟨5⟩ ṉ māṇikkam v¿a?tta nontāvi-
⟨6⟩ ḷakku Oṉṟu Ulakuñ caṉti-
⟨7⟩ rātittaru muḷḷa Aḷavum
⟨8⟩ Erikka v¿a?ttāṉ (ta)ṭamiraṇ-
⟨9⟩ ṭu kaṭāram Oṉṟu ||

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.255 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 136, item 255.

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