SII 22.17: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Alternative title: No. 17. (A.R. No. 17 of 1906) TANJAVUR DISTRICT, MAYURAM TALUK, TIRUKKAḌAIYŪR. AMṚITAGHAṬĒSVARA TEMPLE—ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE. RĀJAK. KULŌTTUṄGA-CHŌḶA—44th YEAR.

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: The inscription begins with introduction Pugaḻmādu etc. The inscription is much damaged and seems to record an endowment of land for the daily feeding of 2 Śivayōgis, and of money for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Kālakāladēvar at Tirukkaḍavūr in Ambar-nāḍu a sub division of Rājanārayaṇa-vaḷanāḍu, by one Sīriḷaṅgō Ādittadēvar alias Arindamaṉ-Mūvēndavē[ḷāṉ] of Eramel in [Ki]ḷānāḍu a division of Rājādhirāja-vaḷarāḍu, who is said to have been the Paḷḷiyaṟai nāyakam of the god.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv22p0i0017.

File path: SII_B_clean/SII22/DHARMA_INSSIIv22p0i0017.xml.

Version: 2026-09-24 18:38 (216d378), last modified 2026-09-16 22:00 (d3883d2).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] pukaḻmātu viḷaṅ-
⟨2⟩ ka jayamātu virumpa nilamaka-
⟨3⟩ ḷ nilava malarmakaḷ puṇara U-
⟨4⟩ rimaiyiṟ ciṟan=ta maṇimuṭi cūṭi
⟨5⟩ minava(r) nilaikeṭa villavar kulaitara Ēṉai
⟨6⟩ maṉṉavar Iriyaluṟṟiḻitarat tikkaṉaittu
⟨7⟩ ⟨m⟩ tan cakkara naṭātti virasiṁhāsanattu Avanimuḻu-
⟨8⟩ tuṭaiyāḷoṭum viṟṟirun=taruḷiya kovirājake-
⟨9⟩ saripanmarāna tribhuvanaccakravattikaḷ śrī kulottu-
⟨10⟩ ṅka coḻadevarkku yāṇṭu 4 10 4-Āvatu rājanārā-
⟨11⟩ yaṇa vaḷanāṭṭu Amparnāṭṭu Uḷpaṭa Eviya
⟨12⟩ tirukkaṭavūr Uṭaiyār śrī kālakāladevarkku
⟨13⟩ paḷḷiAṟai nāyakam rājādhirāja vaḷanāṭṭuk
⟨14⟩ (ki)ḷānāṭṭu Eramal Eramaluṭaiyān ciriḷaṅko-
⟨15⟩ ⌉(Āti)ttatevarāna Arin=tamaṉ muven=tave [***]
⟨16⟩ noṉtāviḷakku Oṉṟukku nāḷoṉṟu
⟨17⟩ [***] Uḻakkukku nel Aṟunāḻikku [******]
⟨18⟩ [***] (civa)y(o)gikaḷ [*****]
⟨19–20⟩ [**********]
⟨21⟩ [***] cukku nellu [****]
⟨22⟩ [**] nellu kuṟuṇi nānāḻi [***]
⟨23⟩ [****] kācu 10 6 [*****]
⟨24⟩ [**********]
⟨25⟩ [****] nilamāvatu
⟨26–29⟩ [**********]
⟨30⟩ [**] ntrātittavaṟ celvatāka tirunun=tāviḷak-
⟨31⟩ [***] yokikaḷ Iruvar Ikkoyilile
⟨32⟩ [**] parappavum Amparnāṭaṉviḷāka men-
⟨33⟩ (num) tirunāmattāl tirutti viṭṭān tarāk kuttiviḷa(kku)
⟨34⟩ niṟai Aiy⟨m⟩palamum civayokikaḷukku vaiy-
⟨35⟩ tta taḷikai Iraṇṭu Iṭai 3 10 palamum Iṭṭān I [***]

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 22.17 by Srinivasa Rao 1983 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Srinivasa Rao, G.V. 1983. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XXII, Part I: inscriptions collected during the year 1905-06. South Indian Inscriptions 22.1. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director General). Pages 12–13, item 17.

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