SII 17.450: original edition by K. G. Krishnan

Alternative title: No. 450. (A.R. No. 420 of 1904.) VĒDĀRAṆYAM, TIRUTTURAIPPUNDI TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT.

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

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

Rājarāja. Date Lost.

This seems to record a gift of money to several shepherds (kōṉs) for the supply of ghee, for burning a perpetual lamp to the god by Puttakkuḍaiyāṉ Vēḷāṉ Āṇḍukoṇḍ . . . . Mūvēndavēḷār. Line 12 mentions the territorial division Irunalam vaḷaṟkum Rājarāja pāṇḍi-nāḍu.

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

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0450.

File path: SII_B_clean/SII17/DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0450.xml.

Version: 2026-09-23 18:00 (8489080), last modified 2026-09-09 14:14 (cc65e6d).

Edition

⟨1⟩ [************] ccakkaravattikaḷ śrī rājarājatevarkku yāṇṭu (I?)
⟨2⟩ [************] ṭṭu Uṭaiyār (tiru)maṟaikkāṭuṭaiyārkku ceyaṅko(ṇ)
⟨3⟩ [************] āṭṭup puttakkuṭaiyāṉ veḷāṉ Āṇṭu koṇ-
⟨4⟩ [************] muveṉtaveḷār cantirātittavar cellavaitta (tiru)-
⟨5⟩ [************] tevaṟkut tiruviḷa⟨k⟩ku⟨k⟩ku neyyaḷakkum Iṭaiyaṟku kuṭu-
⟨6⟩ [************] tuṅka coḻakoṉ kaikkoṇṭa kācu patināṟarai⟨yu⟩m
⟨7⟩ [**********] kaṉakaḻaniyāṉ nāṟpatteṇṇā(yira)k¿e?ṉum kaṇṇappa koṉu-
⟨8⟩ [**********] le kālum kuṭumpa po⟨ṉ⟩ṉaṉ Umaipaṅkaṉāṉa ku(ṉṟū)r nāṭṭuk-
⟨9⟩ [**********] la kālum vetavaṉakkoṉ kaikkoṇṭa kācu patināle kā-
⟨10⟩ [**********] kkoṇṭa kācu patiṉālekālum ka(ḷa)ttūr nāṭṭu koṉ
⟨11⟩ [*********] lum (maḻava)rāyakkoṉ kaikko⟨ṇ⟩ṭa kācu patiṉālekālu-
⟨12⟩ [**********] Irunalam vaḷaṟkum rājarāja(pāṇṭi) nāṭṭileṉa
⟨13⟩ [**********] ṇal (paca)ṉaiyi leppoḻutu [**] ṉ kaḻuṅkucaik kaippaṭṭa
⟨14⟩ [**********] maṟukuṅ kāṭum [**] kaṟpavaḻaṅ kuruviyumeṟ [**] kūvaḷaiya-
⟨15⟩ [*********] yta [*] nirupa [*] ḷuḷḷe nantaṉavaṉañ camaitta naṟku [**] ṉilam A [**] rai
⟨16⟩ [**********] ttoṉṉaka(ri)ṉ kaṉakacaiya [**] veḻutta toḻupūñciṟṟāmayakkalu-
⟨17⟩ [****************] ṉa vilaiyiṭṭiṟaiyili ceytāṉ marutamaṅkaiyil parum(ā)nte [********]

Commentary

The beginnings of lines are built in.

⟨12–17⟩ The passage from lines 12-17 appears to be in verse and is not apparently connected with the record.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 17.450 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 183, item 450.

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