SII 17.197: original edition by K. G. Krishnan

Alternative title: “No. 197. (A.R. No. 176 of 1904.) TIRUVAKKARAI, VILUPPURAM TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: On the south wall of the maṇḍapa in front of the central shrine in the Chandramauḷīśvara temple.

Rājēndra I. Year 7: 1018-19 A.D.

This inscription commences with Tirumaṉṉi-vaḷara, etc., the praśasti of Rājēndra I.

It records a gift of sheep to the god at Tiruvakkarai in Tribhuvanamahādēvichaturvēdimaṅgalam, a brahmadēya in Jayaṅgoṇḍaśōḻa-maṇḍalam, for burning a perpetual lamp by Veḷḷāḷaṉ Nandi Ēṟan, a resident of Śiraiyūr, a northern hamletof Tribhuvanamahādēvi-chaturvēdimaṅgalam.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0197.

File path: SII17/DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0197.xml.

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

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] tirumaṉṉivaḷara Irunilamaṭantaiyum poṟcayap pāvaiyu(m) cirtta(ni)-
⟨2⟩ ccelviyun taṉ perunteviyarā(ki) Iṉpuṟa neṭutuyil (Iṭai)turai nāṭun tu(ṭar)vanave-
⟨3⟩ lip paṭar vanavāci⟨yu⟩ñ cuḷḷiccūḻmatiḷ koḷḷippākkaiyu naṇṇarkkarumuraṇ ma-
⟨4⟩ ṇṇaikkaṭakkamum porukaṭa liḻattaraiyar tammuṭiyu māṅkavar teviya ro-
⟨5⟩ ṅkeḻil muṭiyu muṉṉavar pakkal tenṉavar vaitta cuntara muṭiyum I-
⟨6⟩ n=tiraṉāramu(m) teṇṭirai Īḻamaṇṭala muḻuvatum Eṟipaṭaikkera(ḷa)-
⟨7⟩ ṉ muṟaimaiyiṟ cūṭuṅ kulataṉamākiya palar pukaḻ muṭiyum ce-
⟨8⟩ ṅkatir mālaiyum caṅkatirvelait tolpp(e)ruṅkāval pala pa(ḻa)-
⟨9⟩ ntivum ceruvil ciṉavil Irupattorukā laraicukaḷai kaṭṭa paracurāmaṉ
⟨10⟩ mel varuñ cāntimaṟṟi(va)raṇ karuti Iruttiya cempoṟṟiruttaku muṭi(yum)
⟨11⟩ māppor taṇṭāṟ koṇṭa kopparakesaripanmarāna śrīrājentracoḻa-
⟨12⟩ tevaṟku yāṇṭu 7 Āvatu jayaṅkoṇṭacoḻa maṇṭalattu brahmadeyam śrītribhuva-
⟨13⟩ ṉamah¿a?deviccaturvvetimaṅkalattu tiruvakkarai śrīmulasthāna muṭaiya m¿ā?hādevaṟku Ivūr vaṭa-
⟨14⟩ piṭākai(ci)raiyūr Irukkum veḷḷāḷa ṉanti Eṟan vaitta tirunun=tāviḷakku Oṉṟu 1 kkum vaitta Ā-
⟨15⟩ ṭu to(ṇṇūṟum mey A)⟨ṟa⟩k kaikkoṇṭu pāṭṭacceluttakkaṭava(n)
⟨16⟩ maṉṟāṭi Iṭaiyan
⟨17⟩ muk(kaṉeṉ Itu)
⟨18⟩ [****] śvara
⟨19⟩ Irakṣai [∥]

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 17.197 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 68, item 197.

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