SII 12.55: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar Nandivarman III. No. 55. (A.R. No. 27 of 1930-31). TIRUKKŌḌIKKĀVAL, KUMBAKONAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE TIRUKKŌḌĪŚVARA TEMPLE. author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0055 DHARMAbase

This inscription of the 19th year of Nandippōttaraiyar begins by stating that it is a copy of an old stone record found in the temple. A later record in the same place mentions that Śembiyaṉ-Mādēviyār, the mother of the Chōḷa king Uttama-Chōḷa, repaired the temple at Tirukkōḍikkā and that she then ordered the re-engraving of the old inscriptions found on the walls before renovation. The Chōḷa queen, by this policy, has preserved for posterity as many as 26 inscriptions in this temple, which would otherwise have been irretrievably lost.

The present inscription is a palimpsest and it registers a gift of 100 kalam of paddy by Āḻiśiṟiyaṉ for maintaining a sacred lamp in the temple of Śiṟunaṅgai-Īśvarāgaram at Tirukkōḍikā. The priests of the temple agreed to maintain the lamp.

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svasti śrī . Ituvum moru paḻaṅkaṟpaṭi . yā ṇṭunan=tippottarai yaṟkku pattoṉpa tāvatu tirukkoṭikā vil ciṟunaṅkai Iśvarākarat tu mahādevarkku tiruviḷakki ṉukku Aḻiciṟiyaṉ kuṭutta nel lu nūṟṟukkalam Iṉṉelliṉ pa licaiyāl nāḷvāy Uḻakku ney ton=tā viḷak kerippomāṉom It taḷi Arccippom Āttiraiyaṉ nā rāyaṇaṉ Eṟaṉum Ivaṉ ṟampimārum Iṉṉālvom . Itu paḻaṅkaṟ paṭi . In=ta śrī vimāṉattile Eṟa veṭṭiṉamaiyil muṉ ṉivājakam veṭṭikkiṭa nta taṉikkallāl Ubhai yoka millāmaiyāl Atu tavintatu Itu nan=til paṉmāyeśvarar ka ṭaikkuūṭṭapeṟṟār .

Digital edition of SII 12.55 by converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

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