SII 17.322: original edition by K. G. Krishnan

Alternative title: “No. 322. (A.R. No. 293 of 1904.) KĀḶAHASTI, KALAHASTI TALUK, CHITTOOR DISTRICT.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: On the north, east and south bases of the central shrine in the Kāḷahastiśvara temple.

Rājarāja I. Year 27: 1011-12 A.D.

This records a gift of 32 cows for burning a perpetual lamp to the deity Tirukkāḷatti-mahādēva by Vaṇṇakkaṉ . . . . a merchant of Lōkamahādēvipuram alias Karaivaḻippēṭṭai of Perumbāṇappāḍi. The cows were taken over by maṉṟāḍi (shepherd) Ēṟan Kāḷaṉ of Māṟappākkam in Dāmaṟ-kōṭṭam and seems to record another provision (details lost) made for burning a lamp by Dāmōdaraṉ Māmoḻi alias Tirukkāḷatti Nambi of Irāyūr in Paṉaiyūr-nāḍu, a division of . . . . śikhāmaṇi-vaḷanāḍu.

Languages: Sanskrit (san) [Grantha (grantha)], Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0322.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] Etadviśvanṛpaśreṇi maulimālopalāḷitaM [|] śāsanaṃ rāja rājasya rājakesarivarmmaṇaḥ [∥] tirumakaḷ pola perunilaccelviyun taṉakkey Urimai pūṇṭamai(y) maṉakkoḷak kān=taḷḷūrccālai kalamaṟuttaruḷi veṅkai nāṭuṅ kaṅ⟨ka⟩pāṭiyu⟨m⟩ nuḷampapāṭiyum taṭikaipāṭiyum kuṭamalai nāṭum kollamum kaliṅkamum Eṇṭicai pukaḻtara Īḻa maṇṭalamum Ilaṭṭapāṭi Eḻarai Ilakkamu⟨n⟩ tiṇṭiṟal veṉṟit taṇṭāl koṇṭa taṉṉeḻil vaḻurūḻiyuḷ Ellā yāṇṭun toḻataka viḷaṅkum yāṇṭe ceḻiyarait tecukoḷ kovirājakesaripaṉmarāṉa śrīrājarāja de⟨vaṟku⟩-
⟨2⟩ yāṇṭu
⟨3⟩ 2 10 7 Ā
⟨4⟩ vatu
⟨5⟩ jayaṅkoṇṭa coḻa⟨maṇ⟩ṭalattu perumpāṇappāṭi karaivaḻi peṭṭaiyāna lokamādevipurattu viyāpāri vaṇṇakkan cantirā [***] nṟiyen tirukkāḷatti mahādevarkku vaiytta tirunundāviḷakkonṟinukku vaiytta cā-
⟨6⟩ vāmuvā pacu 3 10 2 yippacu 3 10 2 kaikkoṇṭu nicatamuḻakku neyyaṭṭuvatāne(n) tāmaṟk koṭṭattu māṟappākkattu manṟāṭi Eṟan kāḷaneṉ can=tirātit(ta)vaṟ [****] nicatam Uḻakku ney muṭṭāmeyaṭṭuvatānenn Eṟakāḷa-
⟨7⟩ ne [*******] cikāmaṇi vaḷanāṭṭu panaiyūr nāṭṭu Irāyūrp pirāmaṇa⟨n⟩ kavucika kottirattu tāmotiraṉ māmoḻiyāna tirukkāḷatti nampiyen tirukkāḷatti mahādevaṟku Oru tirununtāviḷakkerippatāka [****] yitu panmāheśara rakṣai [∥]

Commentary

⟨3–4⟩ Lines 3 and 4 are engraved in the left margin.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 17.322 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 147, item 322.

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