SII 17.763: original edition by K. G. Krishnan

Alternative title: No. 763. (A.R. No. 706 of 1904.) NEḌUṄGUṆAM, WANDIWASH TALUK, NORTH ARCOT DISTRICT.

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: In the main gōpura of the Rāmachandra-perumāḷ temple.

1616 A.D.

This inscription is dated in Rākshasa, Paṅguṉi. 4, which will correspond to 1616 A.D., February-March. This records the gift of 6 paṇam per month and 150 kuḻi of land to Mārgasahāya Paṇḍitar, a physician, by Śōṇādri Ayyaṉ, the agent of Raghunātha Nāyakar, Tirumalai-Ayyaṅgār, the Śrīkāryam officer of the Rāmachandraperumāḷ temple and the Śrībhaṇḍārattār.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0763.

File path: SII_B_clean/SII17/DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0763.xml.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ rākṣaca௵ paṅkuṉi ௴ [**] 4 ௳ rāmacantira perumāḷ
⟨2⟩ śrīkāriyattukku kaṟttarāṉa tirumalaiya(ṅ)kārum śrīpaṇ-
⟨3⟩ ṭārattārum rakuṉāta ṉāyakkarrayyaṉ kāriyattuk-
⟨4⟩ ku kaṟttarāṉa coṇāttiri A⟨y⟩yaṉ Avarkaḷum Aṉma
⟨5⟩ (ṉā)ta māṟkacakāya paṇṭitarukku pūtāṉa taṉmam
⟨6⟩ cātaṉam paṇṇik kuṭuttaṭi neṭuṅkuṉṟat-
⟨7⟩ (tu) v(ai)yittiyar veṇumeṉṟu tamakku kaṭṭa-
⟨8⟩ ḷai(yiṭṭatu) mu [******] ttukku [****] yam
⟨9⟩ mātam Oṉṟukku paṇam Āṟum tirumā [**] tirumalaiya-
⟨10⟩ ṉ maṉaiyum kiṇaṟum Aracampaṭṭil kīḻai
⟨11⟩ viḷamuṭaṅku 𑿢 100 m nallāmpiḷḷai peṟṟāṉ
⟨12⟩ 𑿢 5 10 Āka 𑿢 100 5 10 [****] kku pūtāṉamāka kaṭṭa-
⟨13⟩ ḷaiyiṭṭom Itu cantiṟātitta varaiyum Āca-
⟨14⟩ [****] Aṉupa(vikka)kka [***] kaṭa-
⟨15⟩ varākavum Inta puṇṇiyattukku yātā(m) Oruvar
⟨16⟩ Akitam coṉṉāl keṅkai karaiyile
⟨17⟩ kārāmpacuvaik koṉṟa toṣattile po-
⟨18⟩ ka⟨k⟩ kaṭavarākavum rāmajayam ௳

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 17.763 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 364–365, item 763.

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