SII 17.455: original edition by K. G. Krishnan

Alternative title: No. 455. (A.R. No. 424 of 1904.) VĒDĀRAṆYAM, TIRUTTURAIPPUNDI TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT.

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

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

Rājarāja III. Year 16 + 1: 1232-33 A.D.

On palæographical considerations, the king may be identified with Rājarāja III.

This inscription records the gift of jewels in gold and silver such as tiruneṟṟimālai (forehead plate) bāhu-valaiyam (armlet), tirukkaichchari (bracelet), tirumulaittaḍam (breast plate), tiruvāram (necklace), udarabandhanam (belt), tiruppiṟai (crescent), etc., to god Maṇavāḷa-nāyaṉār and the goddess Nāchchiyār of Tirumaṟaikkāḍu by Periyāṉ Śelkalāṇḍāṉ of Nelvēli, a merchant of Kulōttuṅgaśōḻappaṭṭiṉam. Also gives the weight of gold and silver for these jewels.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0455.

File path: SII_B_clean/SII17/DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0455.xml.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [∥] tiripuvaṉaccakkaravattikaḷ śrīrājarājatevaṟku [yāṇṭu] 10 6 {n}vatiṉ Etirāmāṇṭu tirumaṟaikkāṭṭu maṇavāḷa-
⟨2⟩ nāyaṉāṟkum nācciyāṟkum cāttiyaruḷak kulottu(ṅkaco)ḻapaṭṭiṉattu viyāpāri nelveli yuṭaiyāṉ pe-
⟨3⟩ riyāṉ celkalāṇṭāṉ ceyvitta tiruneṟṟimā[lai tiru]vāram Utarapentaṉam tiruppiṟai pākuvalaiyam Ira-
⟨4⟩ ṇṭum tirukkaiccari Iraṇṭum māṉu{m} maḻuvukkum (nācci)yāṟku tiruvapicekam tiruneṟṟi mālai tiruvāram tiru-
⟨5⟩ mulaittaṭattukku (muṭ)paṭa poṉ (Aim)patte[ḻu ka]ḻañce(muk)kāle ma(ñ)cāṭiyu meḻu mā{k} kuccai-
⟨6⟩ kku Iṭṭa veḷ(ḷi Eṇ)pat(t)aiṅ kaḻañca[rai]ye mañcāṭiyum nālu mā

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ 10 6 n • [[n]] Superfluous.

⟨2⟩ kulottu(ṅkaco)ḻapaṭṭiṉattu • This [[(ṅkaco)]] and the corresponding sections in the following lines are built in.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 17.455 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 186, item 455.

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