SII 13.259: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Alternative title: No. 259. (A.R. No. 31 of 1931.) TIRUKKŌḌIKĀVAL, KUMBAKONAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, TIRUKKŌṬĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Like the other inscriptions of the place this is said to be a copy of an old document engraved on a loose stone. It records an endowment of 70 kaḻañju of gold, left in charge of the sabhā of Tirukkōḍikkā alias Kaṇṇamaṅgalam, for the daily supply of an ulakku of ghee for a perpetual lamp and of two nāḻi of rice for offerings in the temple of Mahādēva, by Kumāraṉ Gaṇavadi(pati), a merchant of Nandipuram in Paḻaiyāṟu. Paḻaiyāṟu was one of the places in the south where Pallava Nandivarman III is said to have fought battles (Sewell’s Historical Inscriptions of Southern India, p. 34). In later times, it is known to have been a Chōḷa capital under the name Muḍigoṇḍaśōḻapuram, and the royal palace therein is referred to in several inscriptions (M.E.R. 1927, II, 12 and 33). This is distinct from Gaṅgaikoṇḍaśōḻapuram in the Trichinopoly district, the city founded by Rājēndra-Chōḷa I in commemoration of his northern campaign of conquest (S.I.I. Vol. III, Intr. p. 20).

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0259.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] Ituvum moru paḻaṅkalpaṭi [∥] kovirājakecaripa(ṉ)ma⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu patiṉ Añcāvatu paḻaiyāṟṟu nan=tipurattu viyāpāri kumāraṉ kaṇavati tirukkoṭikāvil mahādevaṟku tiruviḷakkiṉukkum tiruvamitiṉukkum kuṭutta poṉ Eḻupatiṉkaḻañ-

⟨2⟩ cu Ippoṉ koṇṭu Ippoṉṉiṉ palicaiyāl non=tāviḷakkukku nicatam Uḻakku neyyum tiruvamirtiṉukku nicatam Irunāḻi Ariciyum cantrātittaval Aṭṭuvomāṉom tirukkoṭikāvāṉa kaṇṇamaṅkalattu sabhaiyom Itu paḻayakalpaṭi In=ta śrī vimānattile Ēṟave-

⟨3⟩ ṭṭinamaiyil muṉ ṉivvājakam veṭṭikki{ṭa}ṭan=ta ta{ṉ}ṉikkallāl ubhaiyokam Illāmaiyāl Atu tavir⟨n⟩tatu Itu muṭṭil paṉmāyesvara⟨r⟩ naṭaikūṭṭa peṟṟār [∥]

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.259 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 137–138, item 259.

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