SII 17.374: original edition by K. G. Krishnan

Alternative title: “No. 374. (A.R. No. 345 of 1904.) KUḌUMIYĀMALAI, KULATTUR TALUK, TIRUCHIRAPPALLI DISTRICT.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: On the east wall of the rock-cut shrine in the Mēlaikōyil temple.

Parāntaka I. Year 15: 921-22 A.D.

This inscription records the gift of 7 tuḷaippoṉ by Nakkan Śaṅkaraṉ of Vaḷḷiyūr, in Nallūr-nāḍu, for burning a perpetual lamp to the deity Tirumēṟṟaḷi-perumāṉaḍigaḷ and another gift of 7 tuḷaippoṉ by Kuḻiyaṉāchchaṉ alias Arikulāntavāraṇappēraraiyaṉ, the headman of Siñjai in Iḍaiyaḷa-nāḍu for a perpetual lamp to Tirumūlaṭṭāṉattu-pperumāṉaḍigaḷ in Tirunilakkuṉṟam.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0374.

File path: SII17/DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0374.xml.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [∥] (matirai) koṇṭa kopparakecaripaṉmaṟku yāṇṭu
⟨2⟩ 10 5 Āvatu kuṉṟiyūr nāṭṭut tirunilakkuṉṟattut tirumula-
⟨3⟩ ṭṭāṉattup perumāṉaṭikaḷukku Iṭaiyaḷanāṭṭu
⟨4⟩ (ci)ñ(ca)l kiḻavaṉ kuḻiyaṉāccaṉāṉa Arikulān-
⟨5⟩ tavāraṇapperaraiyaṉ nontā viḷakkoṉṟukku
⟨6⟩ vaitta tuḷaippoṉ 7 � <kaḻañcu> � Itu paṉmāheśva-
⟨7⟩ r rirakṣai śrī tirumeṟṟaḷip perumāṉaṭikaḷukku no-
⟨8⟩ ntā viḷakkerippatāka nallūr nāṭṭu vaḷḷiyūr nakka-
⟨9⟩ nñcaṅkaraṉ vaitta tuḷaippoṉ 7 <kaḻañcu> Itu paṉ
⟨10⟩ māheśvarari rakṣai [∥]

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 17.374 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 163, item 374.

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