SII 22.22: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Alternative title: No. 22. (A.R. No. 22 of 1906) TANJAVUR DISTRICT, MAYURAM TALUK, TIRUKKAḌAIYŪR. AMṚITAGHAṬĒŚVARA TEMPLE—ON THE SAME BASE. RĀJARĀJA I—14th YEAR. (A.D. 998).

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: The short introduction lists only the victories of the king over the enemy’s ships at Śālai and his conquests of Gaṅgapāḍi, Nuḷambapāḍi, Taḍigaivaḻi and Vēṅgai-nāḍu. The inscription records an endowment of lands wet and dry in Kīḻūr village to the temple of Kālakāladēva by one Dīran Kūttaṉ alias Ādichchapanma-Viḻupparaiyaṉ for the daily supply of 4 nāḻi of milk, evidently for the sacred bath of the deity, for burning a perpetual lamp and for the akkāraḍalai offering to the god on the days of Saṅkrānti. Among the boundaries of the land mention is made of a field (?) called Varaguṇa-viḷāgam.

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

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

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] cālai kala maṟuttu keṅkapāṭiyum nuḷampapāṭiyum taṭikai-
⟨2⟩ (va)ḻiyum veṅkaiñāṭum koṇṭa śrī korāja rājakesari(vanma)kku yāṇṭu 10 4-lāvatu muḻaiyūrnā-
⟨3⟩ ṭṭu paṟṟatil tevumuḻāṉ Uṭaiyāruṭaṉ vanta paḻaiya parivā⟨ra⟩ṟil tiraṉ kūttaṉāṉa Āticcapaṉma viḻupparaiya-
⟨4⟩ ṉeṉ Amparnāṭṭu paṭaiy¿a?viya tirukkaṭavūr śrīkālakāla(t)evarkku nicatam pāl nānāḻiyāl nellu
⟨5⟩ patināḻiyu(m) non=tāviḷakku Oṉṟukkum saṁgrānti(m)ālai Akkāra ṭalaikku nellu nāṟṟūṇi-
⟨6⟩ kkum nivaṉta⟨m⟩Āṉa nilam maṉṟāṭu tiṭṭai kiḻūr nilattukkellai Ūrellaikku [*****] kaḻikku
⟨7⟩ vaṭakku varakuṇaviḷākattu kiḻkulaikkuk kiḻakku Ikkulai vaṭakku (n)okkic ceṉṟu toṭṭam [****] I-
⟨8⟩ ttoṭṭattiṉ melaikkuḷattuppātikkuk kiḻakkum Ūrellaikku te(ṟ)ku⟨m⟩ naṭuvupaṭṭa nilam nirnilamu-
⟨9⟩ m puṉce⟨y⟩yum toṭṭamum Iḷamaṉaiyum kuḷattuppātiyum Iṉnā(ṉ)kellaiyuḷḷu makappaṭṭatel-
⟨10⟩ lām caṉtirātitavaṟ niṟka Itu paṉmāheśva⟨ra⟩rakṣai ௳

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 22.22 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 16–17, item 22.

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