SII 17.457: original edition by K. G. Krishnan

Alternative title: No. 457. (A.R. No. 426 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.

Kulōttuṅgachōḷa III. Year 20: 1198 A.D.

The details of date, viz., Makara, śu. 13, Wednesday correspond to 1198 A.D., January 22, Thursday (not Wednesday), f.d.t. ·96.

This inscription records the gift of 50 sheep for a perpetual lamp to the god Tirumaṟaikkāḍu-Uḍaiyār of Kuṉṟūr-nāḍu in Umbaḷa-nāḍu, by Māmbāṟ-kiḻān Irāśarāśa Araiya[ṉ] . . . . . . , of Pottūr in Kākkalūr-nāḍu in [Īkk]āṭṭu-kōṭṭam, in Jayaṅg[oṇḍaśōḻa-maṇḍalam].

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0457.

File path: SII_B_clean/SII17/DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0457.xml.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] tribhuvanaccakkaravattikaḷ maturaiyum Īḻamum pāṇṭiyan muṭittalaiyum ke [******]
⟨2⟩ tevaṟku yāṇṭu Irupatāvatu makara nāyaṟṟu pūrvapakṣattu trayodaśiyum putan ki(ḻa)mai [******]
⟨3⟩ Umpaḷaṉāṭṭu kuṉṟūr nāṭṭu Uṭaiyār tirumaṟaikkāṭuṭaiyāṟku jayaṅke [*****]
⟨4⟩ kāṭṭuk koṭṭattu kākkalūr ṉāṭṭu pottūr māmpāṟkiḻān Irā⟨ca⟩rā⟨ca⟩ Arai(ya) [***]
⟨5⟩ yan cantiṟāti⟨t⟩tavaṟ cella Upaiyamāka vaitta tirunun=tāviḷakku [********]
⟨6⟩ kuttiruviḷakkuney Aḷakkum Iṭaiyaril mātantevanāna tiruvuṉā [*******]
⟨7⟩ nāna cittirameḻikonum mātanampiy¿a?na cirāma tevakkonum mātan [****]
⟨8⟩ m Innālvom kaikkoṇṭa Āṭu 5 10 I⟨v⟩vāṭu Aiñpatum kaikkoṇṭu Irā [***]
⟨9⟩ yaka nāḻiyāl Uḻakkāka van=taney muṟaiyuṭaiya śivabrāhmaṇar pakkale [******]
⟨10⟩ kaḷ vaṅśattāre Aḷa⟨kka⟩k kaṭavatānamaikku pa [*********]

Commentary

The right end of the inscription is built in.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 17.457 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 187, item 457.

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