SII 17.156: original edition by K. G. Krishnan

Alternative title: “No. 156. (A.R. No. 136 of 1904.) TIRUKAṆṬHĒŚVARAM, CUDDALORE TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: On the north wall of the central shrine in the Naṭanapādēśvara temple.

Kulōttuṅga I. Year 48: 1117-18 A.D.

This inscription records the gift of 96 sheep for burning a perpetual lamp to god Tirukkaṇṇīśvaram-uḍaiyār in Śōḻakulavallinallūr in Paṭṭāṉpākkai-nāḍu in Gaṅgaikoṇḍaśōḻa-vaḷanāḍu by Ayi . . . ḍaiyāṇ Vīdiviḍaṅgaṉ Tirukkaṇṇīśvaram-uḍaiyāṉ.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0156.

File path: SII17/DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0156.xml.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] kulottuṅka-
⟨2⟩ coḻadevaṟku yāṇṭu 4 10 8-
⟨3⟩ Āvatu kaṅkaikoṇṭacoḻa-
⟨4⟩ vaḷa(nāṭṭu paṭ)ṭāṉpākkainā-
⟨5⟩ ṭṭuc co(ḻakula)vallinallūr
⟨6⟩ tirukka⟨ṇ⟩ṇi(śvaramuṭai)ya mahāde-
⟨7⟩ vaṟku Ayi [***] ṭaiyāṉ vitiviṭa-
⟨8⟩ ṅkan tirukka(ṇṇi)śvaramuṭaiyāṉ
⟨9⟩ vaitta tiruna(ntā)viḷakku (1) Ivaṉe-
⟨10⟩ [**] kum pāṭṭamaṉṟāṭi maṇṭai vi-
⟨11⟩ kkiramaṉ pakkal Āṭu 7 10 (9) maṇ
⟨12⟩ ṭai vempan pakkal viṭṭa Āṭu 10 7-
⟨13⟩ (m) Āka Āṭu 9 10 6m koṇṭu tirunu-
⟨14⟩ ntāviḷakku cantirātittavarai Eri-
⟨15⟩ kka kaṭavomāka sammatittom
⟨16⟩ Ivviruvom [|] Itu panmāheśva-
⟨17⟩ ra rakṣai [∥]

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 17.156 by Krishnan 1964 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Krishnan, K. G. 1964. South-Indian inscriptions. Volume XVII: Inscriptions collected during the year 1903-04. South Indian Inscriptions 17. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Manager of Publications). Page 48, item 156.

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