SII 17.159: original edition by K. G. Krishnan

Alternative title: “No. 159. (A.R. No. 139 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 49: 1118-19 A.D.

This inscription records the gift of 24 sheep for two sandhi lamps by Taṇḍuṟai uḍaiyāṉ Malai Nambaṉ to god Tirukkaṇṇīśvaram-uḍaiya Mahādēva in Śōḻakulas vallinallūr in Paṭṭāṉpākkai-nāḍu in Gaṅgaikoṇḍaśōḻa-vaḷanāḍu.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0159.

File path: SII17/DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0159.xml.

Version: 2026-05-13 11:59 (0b66879), last modified 2026-04-23 16:33 (5a86c39).

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] (cakra)vattikaḷ śrīkul¿a?ttuṅka-
⟨2⟩ coḻadevaṟku yāṇṭu 4 10 9 Āvatu kaṅkai
⟨3⟩ koṇṭacoḻavaḷanāṭṭu paṭṭāṉpākkai nā-
⟨4⟩ ṭṭu coḻakulavallinallūr tirukkaṇṇīśvara-
⟨5⟩ muṭaiya mahādevaṟku taṇṭuṟai Uṭaiyān
⟨6⟩ malainampan pakkal maṉṟāṭi veṇkāṭan co-
⟨7⟩ [**] n kaikkoṇṭa Āṭu 2 10 4 Irupattunāluṅko-
⟨8⟩ ṇṭu śan=tiviḷakku 2 Iraṇṭum santrātittavarai Erikka ka-
⟨9⟩ ṭavenāka ca⟨m⟩matitten [|] Itu panmāheśvara rakṣai [∥]

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 17.159 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 49, item 159.

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