SII 13.318: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Alternative title: “No. 318. (A.R. No. 487 of 1904.) VĒDĀRAṆYAM, TIRUTTURAIPPUNDI TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON A PILLAR IN THE MAṆḌAPA IN FRONT OF RĀMANĀTHĒŚVARA SHRINE, VĒDĀRAṆYĒŚVARA TEMPLE.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This is engraved on the same pillar as No. 205 above of the king's 10th year. It states that the dēvariḍaichchāṉṟār (temple servants) agreed to measure an uri of ghee every day for burning 2 lamps in the temple, for 180 sheep presented by two persons Śātta Śāṉṟaṉ and Śātta Dāmōdiraṉ both natives of Amaṇappulam in Malaināḍu. The alphabet is early and the record may be of the time of Āditya I.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0318.

File path: SII13/DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0318.xml.

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

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] kovirācake-
⟨2⟩ caripaṟmaṟku yāṇṭu 2 10 (6)~Ā-
⟨3⟩ vatu tirumaṟaikkāṭṭu māde-
⟨4⟩ vaṟku malaināṭṭu vi(ḻ)ānāṭṭu Ama-
⟨5⟩ ṇappulattu cātta (cā)ṉ(ṟa)ṉ
⟨6⟩ vaitta viḷakku Oṉṟu Ivvūre-
⟨7⟩ (y) cātta tā{ṟ}motira(nār) (v)¿a?tta vi
⟨8⟩ ḷakku Oṉṟu Ivviraṇṭu vi-
⟨9⟩ ḷakku⟨kku⟩mā⟨ka⟩ Āṭu nūṟ(ṟe)ṇpatu ne-
⟨10⟩ y yuri Aṭṭakka⟨ṭa⟩vomāṉom
⟨11⟩ tirumaṟaikkāṭṭut tevariṭaiccā-
⟨12⟩ ṉṟom [|]

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.318 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 169–170, item 318.

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