SII 17.571: original edition by K. G. Krishnan

Alternative title: No. 571. (A.R. No. 527 of 1904.) TIRUNELLIKKĀVAL, MANNARGUDI TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT.

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: On the south wall of the central shrine in the Āmalakēśvara temple.

Rājarāja III. Year 4: 1219 A.D.

The details of date given viz., 4th year, Makara ba. 7 . . . Hasta, corresponds to 1219 A.D., December 29, Sunday, f.d.t. ·02, ·62.

This inscription seems to record a gift of 500 kāśu for a sandhi lamp in the night to the temple, by Anantan Ki(Kṛi)shṇaṉ alias . . . gaināṭṭu-vēḷār, the headman of Kalaiyūr. This amount was lent out for interest at the annual rate of 24 per cent to 3 śivabrāhmaṇas of the temple of god Tirunellikkāvuḍaiya-nāyaṉār in Ārvalakkūṟṟam in Rājēndraśōḻā-vaḷanāḍu. Arayan Tillaipperumān, Arayan Gaṇḍarādittadēvaṉ, and Arayan Uyyavandā[ṉ*] (mentioned as brothers in No. 570) figure as signatories.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0571.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ (svastiśrī) [∥] tiripuvaṉaccakkaravattika[ḷ śrīrāja]rājatevaṟku yāṇṭu nālāvatu makara nāyaṟṟu Apara [******] ḻamaiyu(m)
⟨2⟩ saptamiyum peṟ⟨ṟa⟩ Atta(t)tu nāḷ Irāje(ntirac)oḻa vaḷanāṭṭu Ār⟨va⟩lak kūṟ ṟattu Uṭaiyār tirunelli(k)kā(vuṭaiyār) kovil kāṇi U-
⟨3⟩ ṭaiya (śi)vabrāmaṇaṉ pā(rattu)vāci civaṉaṉ tirunellikkāvuṭaiyāṉāṉa viracoḻappa⟨ṭ⟩ṭaṉum {Uyya} Uy(ya) vantāṉ tirunel-
⟨4⟩ lik(kā)vu(ṭaiyā)ṉāṉa n(elli)paṭṭaṉum Ivaṉ tampi tirunaṭṭamāṭi paṭṭaṉum Imuvom Ivūril Irukkum kalaiyūr kiḻavaṉ Aṉantaṉ ki-
⟨5⟩ (ṣṇaṉā)ṉa [**] kaināṭṭu ve(ḷār)kku nāṅkaḷ canti viḷakku Upaiyat tiṭṭuk kuṭutta paricāvatu Iṟṟai nāḷāl nāṅkaḷ Ivaṉ pakkal ko-
⟨6⟩ [****] coḻapa [*****] koṇṭa kācu 2 100 5 10 nellippa⟨ṭ⟩ṭaṉum tirunaṭṭamāṭipa⟨ṭ⟩ṭaṉu
⟨7⟩ m koṇṭa kācu 2 100 5 10 Āka kācu 5 100 Ikkācu Aiññūṟṟukkum māsattu nūṟṟukku Irukācā
⟨8⟩ ka vanta kācu policai po(li)vatākavum Intap policaiyāl kācukku Iṉṉāyaṉār koyilil
⟨9⟩ nāḷ (Oṉṟu)kku Oru tiruviḷakku Iravaic cantiyile Iṭakkaṭavomākavum Inta mutal (k)ā-
⟨10⟩ cukke policaik kācukku cantirāti⟨t⟩tavaraiyum Inta Oru tiruviḷakkum Iravaiccantiyi⟨l⟩e [******]
⟨11⟩ kuṭuttom Imuvom [|] Ippaṭikku Ivai tiṭṭaicceri Uṭaiyā
⟨12⟩ n Arayan tillaipperumān Eḻuttu ⯼⁓ Ippaṭikku Ivai tiṭṭai-
⟨13⟩ cceri Uṭaiyān Arayan kaṇṭarātitta tevaṉ Eḻuttu ⯼⁓ Ippaṭi-
⟨14⟩ kku Ivai tiṭṭaicceri Uṭaiyān Arayan Uyyavantā

Commentary

⟨14⟩ Uyyavantā. A few letters are lost at the end.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 17.571 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). Pages 241–242, item 571.

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