SII 19.358: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao, Dines Chandra Sircar and G.S. Gai – No. 358. (A.R. No. 172 of 1929.) ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE SAME SHRINE.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv19p0i0358.

Summary: The inscription is written in faulty language. This records an agreement given by Kāśyapaṉ Chandraśēkharaṉ Mūvāyiratteḻunūṟṟuva-Bhaṭṭaṉ a servant of the temple to Vēṇṇambi the agent of Ambalavaṉ Paḻuvūr-Nakkaṉ mentioned in No. 357 above to the effect that with the help of two assistants he would conduct special worship and offerings to the god on all the days of eclipse, saṅkrānti and vishu (ayanas) during the year, providing therefore the necessary requirements such as rice and ghee for the midday and ardha-yāma services, and oil for 5 lamps during each of the three sandhis and 2 during the śrībali offering, out of the piḍiligai-vāri (land ?) he had received free of cost. The gaṇa-pperumakkaḷ (trustees ?) of the temple represented by Tirunīlakantha-Kramavittaṉ were responsible for this service under the supervision of the sabhā of the village.

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).

Version: (88bc7f6), last modified (c29520b).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] kopparakecaripanma⟨ṟ⟩kki yāṇṭu 10 4~Āvatu vaṭaka⟨2⟩raiy bra⟨hma⟩deyam periya śrīvāṉavanmahādevicaturvvetimaṅ⟨3⟩kalattu śrī koyil{lu}Uṭaiyān kāśyavan śantraśekaran mu⟨4⟩vāyiratteḻuṉūṟṟuvabhaṭṭaneṉ I śrī vijayamaṅkaladevar ⟨5⟩ koyil śrīvimāna⟨m⟩ kallā⟨l⟩ Eḻuntaru{ḷ}ḷuvitta kuvaḷālaiyammuṭai⟨6⟩yān Ampalavan paḻuvūr nakkanṉāna vikramacoḻamahāja⟨r⟩karmmive⟨7⟩ṇṇampikku I śrīkoyil kaṇapperumakkaḷ viravallit tirunilakaṇṭakramavi⟨8⟩tta⟨ṉ⟩ Ivan sabhaiyār kaṇkāṇiyāka pon nikki piṭi{l}likaivāri krahaṇasaṃkrān=ti vi⟨9⟩ṣu{m} Uḷḷiṭṭu U⟨c⟩campo{tu}tirunāḻiyum Artthayāma nānāḻiIy parirakaṉ Eṭṭukku ⟨10⟩ An=tiyampotu san=tiviḷakku E⟨ṟṟa⟩kaṭaven Uḷ munṟu san=tiyil potu Ai⟨ñ⟩cu viḷakku E⟨ṟ⟩ṟakkaṭavena⟨11⟩{nakavai}⟨ka⟩vum śrīpa{l}lī potu Iraṇṭu viḷakku Eṟṟa⟨k⟩ kaṭaven tiruvamutukku nicatam Uḻakku ney⟨12⟩Amutil paṭaikka ka⟨ṭa⟩vennākavu nicatam Irunāḻi Uḻakku vaḷakkeṇṇe⟨y⟩ Amutukku Uḻakku neyyum Ā⟨ka⟩ Irunā⟨13⟩ṟuṭi neyi Eṇṇai Ippiṭillikaivāri koṇ{ṇa}ṭu māṇi yiraṇṭu Iṭṭu paṇice⟨y⟩yakaṭaven nākavū nicata miru⟨nā⟩⟨14⟩ṭuri nel{l}lāl kaṟiyamutu Iṭak kaṭaveṟṟākavu I⟨v⟩viraṇṭu san=tipotu Aiñcu pākku Āṭu pattu Aṭaikkayamu⟨15⟩tu pattu Ivaiccukku veṇṭu veṟṟi{l}lai Amutu Iccuṭṭa(p)pa⟨ṭ⟩ṭa It⟨ta⟩ṉaiyum Anāṭṭu kaṉkāṇiyoṭu I⟨p⟩paṭi ⟨16⟩ ce⟨y⟩yakaṭavennāne(n) [||]

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 19.358 by Srinivasa Rao et al. 1967 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

See edition by Valérie Gillet and Emmanuel Francis (INSTamilNadu00515).

Primary

[SII] Srinivasa Rao, G.V., Dines Chandra Sircar and G.S. Gai. 1967. South-Indian inscriptions. Volume XIX: Inscriptions of Parakesarivarman. South Indian Inscriptions 19. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Manager of Publications). Pages 186–187, item 358.