SII 14.12A: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 12A. (A.R. No. 120 of 1928-29.) LĀLGUḌI, LALGUDI TALUK, TIRUCHIRAPPALLI DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE SAPTAṚISHĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0012A.

Summary: This inscription is dated in the year opposite to the fourth of some king whose name is not given in it. It registers a gift of money made by the Pallava king Nandippōttaraiyar who fought and won the battle of Teḷḷāṟu, for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Mahādēva at Tiruttavattuṟai in Iḍaiyāṟṟu-nāḍu. The amount was received by the members of the assembly of Nallimaṅgalam who bound themselves to bring to the temple and measure out daily (one) nāḻi of ghee. As the other record (No. 12-B) engraved close to this and dated in a similar way belongs to Māṟañjaḍaiyaṉ alias Varaguṇa-mahārāja, this may be also assigned to the same king.

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

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

Version: (e64779b), last modified (03cb60c).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||] yāṇṭu 4~vatiṉ Etirāmāṇṭu Iṭaiyāṟṟunāṭṭut tiruttavattuṟai m¿ā?⟨a⟩hādevarkku teḷḷāṟṟeṟintu veṉṟa nantip potta(r)ai ⟨2⟩ yar kuṭutta paḻaṅkācu 6 10 Ivvaṟupatu kācum Iññāṭṭu nallimaṅkalattu sabhaiyom Ivvaṟupatu kācu¿ṅ?⟨m⟩ tiruttavattuṟai mahādevar ⟨3⟩ Iṭaikoṇṭu nārāya nāḻiyāl nicati nāḻi ney Oru nontāviḷakku cantirātittaval Iravum pakalum Eriyakkoṇṭu ceṉṟu Aḷappomā(no)⟨4⟩m [||] nallimaṅkalattu sabhaiyom tiruttavattuṟai mah¿e?⟨ā⟩devarkku Aḷavomāyil muṭṭil muṭṭiraṭṭiyum mulappaṭṭa panmāheśvara(re) ⟨5⟩ sabhaiyākavum tanittākavum nilaikkaḷa muḷḷiṭṭa tāṉ veṇṭu koviṉukku pukka vu ḷa Iruṉūṟṟum patiṉnāṟu kāṇam taṇṭamiṭa (O)⟨6⟩ṭṭinom nallimaṅkalattu sabhaiyom [||] Itu panmāheśvarar nāṟpatteṇṇāyiravarum ¿Ī?⟨I⟩rakṣai ||~||~

Commentary

Published in Epigraphia Indica, Vol. XX, pp. 46 ff.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.12A (ARIE/1928-1929/B/1928-1929/120) by Ramanatha Ayyar 1962 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Ramanatha Ayyar, A. S. 1962. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XIV: The Pāṇḍyas. South Indian Inscriptions 14. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Manager of Publications). Page 8, item 12A.