SII 17.538: original edition by K. G. Krishnan

Alternative title: No. 538. (A.R. No. 496 of 1904.) VĒDĀRAṆYAM, TIRUTTURAIPPUNDI TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT.

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: On the west wall of the first prākāra in the Vēdāraṇyēśvara temple.

Rājarāja III. Year 19: 1234 A.D.

The details of date viz., Mithuna śu 13, Sunday, Kēṭṭai, correspond to 1234 A.D., June 11, Sunday, ·28; ·92.

This registers the agreement regarding a gift of 1/4 vēli of land in Anapāya-chatur vēdimaṅgalam in Iḍaiyaḷa-nāḍu in Rājēndraśōḻa-vaḷanāḍu to the donor Vēḷāṉ Kuḍandai Nāyakaṉ alias Pañchavarāyaṉ of Śiṟaikkāvūr, in Kiḻāy-kkūṟṟam, in Nittavinōdavaḷanāḍu by the temple authorities. The land was made over to the śivabrāhmaṇas for burning a perpetual lamp with one uḻakku of oil daily in the temple. The weight of the lamp is stated to be 80 palam.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0538.

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⟨1⟩ [******] (ṉa)cakkaravat(ti)kaḷ śrīrājarājateva(ṟ)ku y(ā)ṇṭu 10 9 (vatu) mi(tu)ṉa nāyaṟṟup (pū)rva pakṣattu tiraiyoteciyum nāyaṟṟukkiḻamaiyum peṟṟa keṭ(ṭ)ai nāḷ U(ṭaiyār tiruma)ṟaikkāṭuṭaiyār (ko)yil Atapati
⟨2⟩ [****] (kaṉ)mikaḷo(m) nittaviṉotavaḷanāṭṭuk kiḻāykkūṟṟattuc ciṟaikkāvūruṭaiyāṉ veḷāṉ kuṭantaināyakaṉāṉa pañ(ca)varāyaṉukku nilavilaippiramāṇa Icaivu tiṭṭu Uṭaiyār tirumuṉpu
⟨3⟩ [********] nāḷmutal vaitta tirunuṉtāviḷakku Oṉṟukku Eṇṇai Uḻakkukku nāḷ Oṉṟukku nelluk kuṟuṇiyāka Āṭṭaikku veṇṭu(m) nellu muppatiṉ kalattukkum Iṟaimikuti koṇṭu
⟨4⟩ [********] ḷakkat tirunāmattukkāṇiyāṉa nilattu Ivar tirununtāviḷakkuppuṟamākak koṇṭu viṭṭa rāj¿a?ntiracoḻavaḷa(n)āṭṭu Iṭaiyaḷa nāṭṭu Aṉapāyac caruppetimaṅkalattu tiru(nāma)ttukkā-
⟨5⟩ [************] ṇṭa nilattuc cilavāy [**************************] kku vaṭakaraippaṭṭa nilattu Iṭaiyaḷa nāṭṭu veḷārkuṭiyāṉa maṉaicceyyil vaṭak(ka)ṭaiyap payir 𑿦 1/4 Innilaṅ kālu(kku)m vilai niccayitta ka [*************] kkā(cu)-
⟨6⟩ [**************] kkoṇṭu I(nnilaṅ)kālum viṟṟukkuṭuttom pañca(va)rāyaṟku Āticaṇṭe(cuvara tevar)kaṉmikaḷom Innilaṅkāluṅ kaikkoṇṭu Ittirununtāviḷakku Oṉṟum cantirātittava(l Aṭṭu)voma-
⟨7⟩ [**************] muppatu vaṭ(ṭattu k)āṇi⟨yu⟩ṭaiya civappirāmaṇarom Iva [**********] Iṭṭa tarāk kuttiviḷakku 1- ṉāl Iruppu n¿a?rācam Uṭpaṭa Eṭai 8 10-<palam> [∥]

Apparatus

⟨7⟩ Eṭai 8 10-la • This symbol [[la]] stands for ‘palam’.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 17.538 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 221, item 538.

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