SII 17.718: original edition by K. G. Krishnan

Alternative title: No. 718. (A.R. No. 661 of 1904.) RĀMAGIRI, TIRUVALLUR TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT.

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: At the entrance into the ruined gōpura in the Vālīśvara temple.

Virūpāksha III. 1480 A.D.

In the details of date given viz. Śaka 1 ·17, Śārvari, ba. 7, Monday, the Śaka year does not agree with the cyclic year. The mention of the king Virūpāksha as the son of Gajavēṭṭai-Pratāpa-Dēvarāya and the mention of Narasiṅgarājauḍaiyār who may be identified with the Sāḷuva chief of that name, enables us to identify the king with Virūpāksha III (1465-1485 A.D.) Hence the cyclic year Śārvari may be equated with 1480 A.D.

This damaged inscription seems to record a gift for lamp and flower offerings to Vayirava-nayiṉār and other deities in the temple of Tirukkārikarai-uḍaiyār, for the merit of Narasiṅgarāja-udaiyār and Obaḷayarāja.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0718.

File path: SII_B_clean/SII17/DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0718.xml.

Version: 2026-08-21 18:16 (8947787), last modified 2026-07-17 15:31 (5fe4bec).

Edition

⟨1⟩ śubhamasu [∥] śrīmaṉmahāmaṇṭalesura [****]
⟨2⟩ kkuttappuvarāya kaṇṭa muvarāyara kaṇṭa [****]
⟨3⟩ surattāṇa kaṇṭaṇāṭu koṇṭu koṇṭaṇā [******]
⟨4⟩ kuṭāta gajaveṭṭaip pratāpadevarāya ku(ma) [*]
⟨5⟩ r virupākṣar¿a?ya⟨r⟩kku cellāniṉṟa cakācatam 1000 [*]
⟨6⟩ 10 7 mel cellāniṉṟa sārvari samvaTsarat [****]
⟨7⟩ para pakṣattu saptamiyu somavāramum peṟṟa [****]
⟨8⟩ nāḷ ceyaṅkoṇṭa coḻamaṇṭalat [******]
⟨9⟩ [****************]
⟨10⟩ [******] Uṭaiya tirukkārikarai Uṭaiyaṉāyi [******]
⟨11⟩ [******] m nayiṉāṟku naraciṅkaIrāca Uṭaiyāṟkum Opiḷaiyarāca [******]
⟨12⟩ [******] mamāka vilaikiṟeyam tirukkārikarai tevarkku nam cirmai Ellā [****]
⟨13⟩ [********] varkaḷukku taṉmamāka camdrātittavarai [****]
⟨14⟩ [*] taṉ vayiravanayiṉāṟku niṟnaya [******]
⟨15⟩ viḷakkum Oraṇai tirumālaiyum naṭatta [*********]
⟨16⟩ yinta piṟamātam nāṟpatteṇṇāyira paṭṭaṉum varākaṉ
⟨17⟩ mum Opiḷaiyar mā(ṇa) [***] kkamāṭai [**********] pātiyum [******]
⟨18⟩ Ātittavaraiyum naṭaka(k)ka⟨k⟩ṭavatākavum Ittanmattukku Ayitam niṉaittār
⟨19⟩ keṅkai karaiyile [********] toṣattile po
⟨20⟩ ka kaṭavatākavum ∥⁓

Commentary

The inscription is very badly damaged.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 17.718 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 342–343, item 718.

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