SOUTH-INDIAN INSCRIPTIONS [2-1]

⟨SIIv02p0i0001⟩ No. 1. ON THE NORTH AND WEST WALLS, UPPER TIER.

This inscription consists of nine sections engraved on the north wall and four sections on the west wall of the central shrine. It opens with a Sanskrit ślōka, according to which it is an edict of Rājarāja, (alias) Rājakēsarivarman. The remainder of the inscription, like all the other Tañjāvūr inscriptions, is written in Tamil.

After the list of conquests, which is found at the beginning of many inscriptions of the Chōḷa king Rājarāja, paragraph 2 contains the date, after which this and all the other Tañjāvūr inscriptions were incised. On the 20th day of the 26th year of his reign, Kō-Rājakēsarivarman, alias Rājarājadēva, issued orders, that the gifts made by himself, those made by his elder sister (viz., Kundavaiyār), those made by his wives, and those made by other donors should be engraved on the stone walls of the temple. A second important fact, which we learn from paragraph 2, is, that the Tañjāvūr temple had been built by Rājarājadēva himself, and that it was called after him Rājarājēśvara, i.e., the Īśvara (temple) of Rājarāja.

Paragraphs 3 to 107 contain a list of gold images, vessels and ornaments, which the king himself presented to the temple of Rājarājēśvara (paragraphs 3 to 98) and to the image of Dakshiṇa-Mēru-Viṭaṅkar (paragraphs 99 to 107) on the following dates:—

Paragraphs 3 and 4: 25th year, 312th day.

Paragraphs 5 to 9: 26th year, 14th day.

Paragraphs 10 to 16: 26th year, 27th day.

Paragraphs 17: 26th year, 34th day.

Paragraphs 18: 25th year, 275th day.

Paragraphs 19 to 32: 26th year, 104th day.

Paragraphs 33: 26th year, 318th day.

Paragraphs 34 to 50: 26th year, 319th day.

Paragraphs 51 to 107: 23rd to 29th year.

The last set of paragraphs (51 to 107) was incised at a later date than the preceding part of the inscription, to which it refers as previously engraved (paragraph 51).

Part of the gifts, which the king made between his 23rd and 29th year, were taken from the treasures, which he seized after having defeated the Chēra king and the Pāṇḍyas ⟨Page 2⟩ in Malaināḍu 1 (paragraphs 34, 51, 52 and 107). A number of gold trumpets were presented to the temple, after he had assumed the titles of Śivapādaśēkhara, ‘the devotee of Śiva,’ and of Rājarāja, ‘the king of kings’ (paragraph 55), and a number of gold flowers, after he had returned from the conquest of Satyāśraya (paragraph 92).

Each of the gifts is stated to have been weighed by ‘the stone called (after) Āḍavallāṉ.’ This was evidently a standard weight for gold, or a set of such weights, made of stone and preserved at the shrine of the god Āḍavallāṉ or Āḍavallār, who was also called Dakshiṇa-Mēru-Viṭaṅkar. 2

TEXT.

A. NORTH WALL.

First section.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrīḥ [||*] etat viśvanṛipaśreṇimaulimālopalāḷitam [|*] śāsanaṁ rājarājasya rājakesarivarmmaṇaḥ ||— [1*] tirumakaḷ polapperunilaccelviyuntaṉakkeyurimai pū-

⟨2⟩ ṇṭamai manakkoḷakkāntaḷūrccālai kalamaṟuttaruḷi veṅkaināṭuṅkaṅkapāṭiyuntaṭikaipāṭiyum nuḷampapāṭiyuṅkuṭamalaināṭuṅkolla-

⟨3⟩ muṅkaliṅkamum eṇṭicai pukaḻ tara īḻamaṇṭalamum iraṭṭapāṭi eḻarai ilakkamuntiṇṭiṟal veṉṟittaṇṭāṟkoṇṭa taṉṉeḻil vaḷarū-

⟨4⟩ ḻiyuḷellāyāṇṭuntoḻutaka viḷaṅkum yāṇṭey ceḻiyaraittecu koḷ korājakesarivarmmarāṉa śrīrājarājadevarkku yāṇṭu i-

⟨5⟩ rupattāṟāvatu nāḷ irupatiṉāl uṭaiyār śrīrājarājadevar tañcāvūrkkoyilinuḷḷāl irumaṭicoḻaniṉ kīśaittiruma-

⟨6⟩ ñcanacālai dānañceytaruḷāviruntu pāṇḍyakulāśanivaḷanāṭṭuttañcāvūrkkūṟṟattuttañcāvūr nām eṭuppicca tirukkaṟṟaḷi

⟨7⟩ śrīrājarājīśvaramuṭaiyārkku nāṅkuṭuttanavum akkaṉ kuṭuttanavum nam peṇṭukaḷ kuṭuttanavum maṟ[ṟu]m kuṭutt[ā]r kuṭuttanavum

Second section.

⟨1⟩ śrīvimānattilkkallile veṭṭuka eṉṟu tiruvāy moḻiñcaruḷa veṭṭina [2*]

⟨2⟩ yāṇṭu irupattaiñcāvatu nāḷ muṉṉūṟṟorupattiraṇṭiṉāl uṭaiyār

⟨3⟩ śrīrājarājadevar kuṭutta śrībali eḻuntaruḷum poṉṉiṉ koḷkaidevar

⟨4⟩ oruvar āṭavallāneṉṉuṅkallāl niṟai eṇṇūṟṟirupattoṉpatiṉ ka-

⟨5⟩ ḻañcey mukkāley mūṉṟu mañcāṭi— [3*] nāḷatiṉāley kuṭutta poṉṉiṉ pa-

⟨6⟩ tmāsanaśrībalittālam oṉṟu meṟpaṭi kallāl niṟai toḷāyirattutto-

⟨7⟩ ṇṇūṟṟaiyṅkaḻañcaraiye nālu mañcāṭi— [4*] yāṇṭu irupattāṟāvatu nāḷ patināli- ⟨Page 3⟩

Third section.

⟨1⟩ ṉāl uṭaiyār śrīrājarājadevar kuṭutta poṉṉiṉ tiruppaṭṭam oṉṟu āṭavallāṉeṉṉuṅkallāl niṟai nāṉūṟṟuttoṇṇūṟṟoṉpati-

⟨2⟩ ṉ kaḻañcu— [5*] nāḷatiṉāley kuṭutta poṉṉiṉ tiruppaṭṭam oṉṟu meṟpaṭi kallāl niṟai nāṉūṟṟuttoṇṇūṟṟu nāṟkaḻañcaraiyey iraṇṭu

⟨3⟩ mañcāṭi— [6*] nāḷatiṉāley kuṭutta poṉṉiṉ tiruppaṭṭam oṉṟu meṟpaṭi kallāl niṟai nāṉūṟṟeṇpattu nāṟkaḻañce kāl— [7*] nāḷatiṉāle ku-

⟨4⟩ ṭutta poṉṉiṉ tiruppaṭṭam oṉṟu meṟpaṭi kallāl niṟai nāṉūṟṟuttoṇṇūṟṟeḻukaḻañcarai—[8*] nāḷatiṉāley kuṭutta poṉṉiṉ tiruppa-

⟨5⟩ ṭṭam oṉṟu meṟpaṭi kallāl niṟai nāṉūṟṟuttoṇṇūṟṟorukaḻañcarai—[9*] nāḷ irupatteḻiṉāl uṭaiyār śrīrājarājadevar ciṟutanat-

⟨6⟩ tukkuṭutta poṉṉiṉ taḷikai oṉṟu āṭavallāṉeṉṉum kallāl niṟai aṟunūṟṟaiympattirukaḻañcey eṭṭu mañcāṭi— [10*] nāḷati-

⟨7⟩ ṉāley kuṭutta poṉṉiṉ taḷikai oṉṟu meṟpaṭi kallāl niṟai nāṉūṟṟuttoṇṇūṟṟu mukkaḻañcey kāl— [11*] nāḷatiṉāley kuṭutta

Fourth section.

⟨1⟩ poṉṉiṉ maṇṭai oṉṟu meṟpaṭi kallāl niṟai muṉṉūṟṟuttoṇṇūṟṟeḻukaḻañce āṟu

⟨2⟩ mañcāṭi— [12*] nāḷatiṉāle kuṭutta poṉṉiṉ maṇṭai oṉṟu meṟpaṭi kallāl niṟai muṉṉūṟ-

⟨3⟩ ṟuttoṇṇūṟṟu mukkaḻañcey mañcāṭi— [13*] nāḷatiṉāley kuṭutta poṉṉiṉ maṇṭai oṉṟu

⟨4⟩ meṟpaṭi kallāl niṟai muṉṉūṟṟuttoṇṇūṟṟeṇkaḻañcey kuṉṟi— [14*] nāḷatiṉāley kuṭu-

⟨5⟩ tta poṉṉiṉ maṇṭai oṉṟu meṟpaṭi kallāl niṟai muṉṉūṟṟuttoṇṇūṟṟu aṟukaḻañcu— [15*]

⟨6⟩ nāḷatiṉāley kuṭutta poṉṉiṉ keṇṭi oṉṟu meṟpaṭi kallāl niṛiai irunūṟṟeṇpattu nā-

⟨7⟩ ṟkaḻañcarai—[16*] nāḷ muppattu nāliṉāl uṭaiyār śrīrājar[ā]jade- var ciṟutanattukkuṭutta poṉṉi-

Fifth section.

⟨1⟩ ṉ taṭṭam oṉṟu āṭavallāṉeṉṉuṅkallāl niṟai nāṟpatiṉ kaḻañcey kāl— [17*] yāṇṭu irupattaiñcāvatu nāḷ irunūṟṟeḻupattaiñciṉāl uṭaiyār śrīrājarājadevar śrīrājarājīśvaramuṭaiyār śrīvimānattuccempiṉ stūpittaṟiyil vaikkakkuṭutta ceppukkuṭam oṉṟu

⟨2⟩ niṟai mūvāyirattu eṇpattu muppalattil curukkina takaṭu pala poṉ āṭavallāṉeṉṉuṅkallāl niṟai iraṇṭāyirattuttoḷāyirattu irupattaṟukaḻañcarai—[18*] yāṇṭu irupattāṟāvatu nāḷ nūṟṟu nāliṉāl uṭai- yār śrīrājarājadevar śrīrājarājīśvaramuṭaiyārkkukkuṭutta po-

⟨3⟩ ṉṉiṉ kiṭāram oṉṟu āṭavallāṉeṉṉum kallāl niṟai patiṉorāyirattu eḻunūṟṟu nāṟpattu irukaḻañcu— [19*] nāḷatiṉāley kuṭutta poṉṉiṉ oṭṭuvaṭṭil oṉṟu meṟpaṭi kallāl niṟai nāṉūṟṟu eṇpatteṇkaḻañcu— [20*] nāḷatiṉāley kuṭutta poṉṉiṉ kala- ⟨Page 4⟩

⟨4⟩ cam oṉṟu meṟpaṭi kallāl niṟai aiññūṟṟu eḻukaḻañcu— [21*] nāḷatiṉāley kuṭutta poṉṉiṉ kalacam oṉṟu meṟpaṭi kallāl niṟai nāṉūṟṟeṇpattu mukkaḻañcu— [22*] nāḷatiṉāley kuṭutta poṉṉiṉ kalacam oṉṟu meṟpaṭi kallāl niṟai nāṉūṟṟutto-

⟨5⟩ ṇṇūṟṟu irukaḻañ[cu—] [23*] nāḷatiṉāley kuṭutta poṉṉiṉ kalacam oṉṟu meṟpaṭi kallāl niṟai nāṉūṟṟuttoṇṇūṟṟirukaḻañce kāl— [24*] nāḷatiṉāley kuṭutta poṉṉiṉ kalacam oṉṟu meṟpaṭi kallāl niṟai aiññūṟṟorupattirukaḻañcarai—[25*] nā-

⟨6⟩ ḷatiṉāley kuṭutta p[o]ṉṉiṉ paṭikka[m] oṉṟu kāl mūṉṟum vaḷaiyil iraṇṭum uḷppaṭa meṟpaṭi kallāl niṟai eṇṇūṟṟirukaḻañcarai— [26*] nāḷatiṉāley kuṭutta poṉṉiṉ taṭṭam oṉṟu meṟpaṭi kallāl niṟai nāṟpattoṉpatiṉ kaḻañce mukkāl— [27*] nāḷatiṉā-

⟨7⟩ ley ku[ṭu]tta poṉṉiṉ taṭṭam oṉṟu meṟpaṭi kallāl niṟai nāṟpattoṉpatiṉ kaḻañce mukkāl— [28*] nāḷatiṉāley kuṭutta poṉṉiṉ taṭṭam oṉṟu meṟpaṭi kallāl niṟai aiympatiṉ kaḻañcu— [29*] nāḷatiṉāley kuṭutta poṉṉiṉ kaṭṭam oṉṟu meṟpaṭi kallāl niṟai

Sixth section.

⟨1⟩ nāṟpattoṉpatiṉ kaḻañce mukkāle iraṇṭu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟi— [30*] nāḷatiṉāle-

⟨2⟩ y kuṭutta poṉṉiṉ kuṟumaṭal oṉṟu meṟpaṭi kallāl niṟai toṇṇūṟ-

⟨3⟩ ṟu eḻukaḻañcu— [31*] nāḷatiṉāley kuṭutta poṉṉiṉ mānavaṭṭil oṉṟu meṟpaṭi

⟨4⟩ kallāl niṟai irupatiṉ kaḻañcu— [32*] yāṇṭu irupattāṟāvatu nāḷ muṉṉūṟṟorupatteṭṭiṉāl ku-

⟨5⟩ ṭutta uṭaiyār koyilil muḻattiṉ kīḻ veḷḷiyiṉ śrīpāmapīṭham āṟu torai ucaramum nāl vi-

⟨6⟩ rale āṟu toraiccuṟṟum uṭaiya poṉṉiṉ kṣetrapāladevar [pā]dādikeśāntam mū-

⟨7⟩ virale mūṉṟu torai ucaramum nālu śrīhastattilum piṭiccaruḷina śūla- mum kapālamu-

⟨8⟩ m pāśamum ḍamarukamum veḷḷiyiṉ śrīpādapīṭhamum uḷpaṭa niṟai eḻupattirukaḻañcarai [33*]

Seventh section.

⟨1⟩ uṭaiyār śrīrājarājadevar ceramāṉaiyum pāṇṭiyarkaḷaiyum malaināṭṭu eṟintu koṇṭa paṇṭāraṅkaḷil yāṇṭu irupattāṟāvatu nāḷ muṉ-

⟨2⟩ ṉūṟṟu orupattoṉpatiṉāl śrīrājarājaīśvaramuṭaiya paramasvāmikkukkuṭutta p[o]ṉṉiṉ ciṉṉaṅkaḷ āṭavallāṉ eṉṉum kallā-

⟨3⟩ l niṟaiyeṭuttu kallil veṭṭiṉapaṭi [34*] kāḷāñci oṉṟu poṉ aiññūṟṟu eṇpattu aṟukaḻañcu— [35*] kāḷāñci oṉṟu poṉ aṟunū-

⟨4⟩ ṟṟu irupattu irukaḻañcarai— [36*] kuṭam oṉṟu poṉ muṉṉūṟṟu eṇpattu irukaḻañcarai— [37*] kuṭam oṉṟu poṉ muṉṉūṟṟu aṟupattu eḻu- ⟨Page 5⟩

⟨5⟩ kaḻañcu— [38*] kuṭam oṉṟu poṉ muṉṉūṟṟu aimpattu irukaḻañcu— [39*] kuṭam oṉṟu poṉ irunūṟṟuttoṇṇūṟṟu nāṟkaḻañcu— [40*] kaṟaṇṭikaic-

⟨6⟩ ceppu oṉṟu aṭiyum mūḻalum uṭpaṭa poṉ nūṟṟu irupattu orukaḻañcarai— [41*] ilaicceppu oṉṟu yāḷikkāl nālum mūḻalum uṭpaṭa po-

⟨7⟩ ṉ nūṟṟu eṇpattu aiṅkaḻañce mukkāl— [42*] ilaicceppu oṉṟu yāḷikkāl nālum [mū]ḻalum uṭpaṭa poṉ nūṟṟu nāṟpattu eḻukaḻañcu— [43*]

⟨8⟩ taḷikai oṉṟu aṭiyuṭpaṭa poṉ āyirattu orunūṟṟu muppattu aiṅkaḻañcarai— [44*] kala[cappā]ṉai oṉṟu [mū]kkum aṭiyum uṭpaṭa poṉ nāṉūṟṟu e-

Eighth section.

⟨1⟩ ḻupatiṉ kaḻañcu— [45*] kalacappāṉai oṉṟu mūkkum aṭiyum uṭpaṭa poṉ nāṉū-

⟨2⟩ ṟṟu muppattu eṇkaḻañcu— [46*] poṉṉiṉ koṭi tūkkattil talaiyil taicca

⟨3⟩ pūppatiṉāṟu uṭpaṭa eṭṭiṉāl poṉ eḻupattu eṇkaḻañcey mukkāl [47*] tā-

⟨4⟩ raittāḷvaṭṭil oṉṟu karukkiraṇṭum ciṅkapātamiraṇṭum uṭpaṭa poṉ nā-

⟨5⟩ ṉūṟṟu nāṟpattu eṇkaḻañcu— [48*] tirumuṭi oṉṟu poṉ irunūṟṟu eḻu-

⟨6⟩ pattu mukkaḻañcu— [49*] īccoppikkai oṉṟu poṉ irunūṟṟu nāṟkaḻa-

⟨7⟩ ñcu— [50*] yāṇṭu irupattu mūṉṟāvatu mutal yāṇṭu irupattoṉpatāvatu

⟨8⟩ varai śrīrājarājīśvaram uṭaiya paramasvāmikku uṭaiyār śrīrājarājade-

Ninth section.

⟨1⟩ var tam paṇṭāraṅkaḷilum ceramāṉaiyum pāṇṭiyarkaḷaiyum malaināṭṭu eṟintu koṇṭa paṇṭāraṅkaḷilum kuṭutta poṉṉiṉ ciṉṉa-

⟨2⟩ ṅkaḷum poṉṉiṉ tiruābharaṇaṅkaḷum uḷḷiṭṭaṉa yāṇṭu irupattaiñ[c]āvatum yāṇṭu irupattāṟāvatum inta jagatippaṭaiyil itaṉukku muṉ kiḻakkaṭaiya kallil

⟨3⟩ veṭṭina nīkki niṉṟaṉa āṭavallāṉeṉṉuṅkallāl niṟai eṭuttu kallil [v]eṭṭiṉapaṭi— [51*] ceramāṉaiyum pāṇṭiyarkaḷaiyum malaināṭṭu eṟintu koṇṭa paṇṭāraṅkaḷil kuṭu-

⟨4⟩ ttaṉa [52*] īccoppikkaiy oṉṟu poṉ muppattu nāṟkaḻañcu— [53*] īccoppikkaiy oṉṟu poṉ muppattu mukkaḻañcu— [54*] civapātacekaraṉeṉṟum śrīrājarājaṉeṉṟum tirunāmam vāṅ-

⟨5⟩ ki kaṅkil oṉṟum kuḻal iraṇṭum motiram aiñcum uṭaiya poṉṉiṉ kāḷaṅkaḷ— [55*] kāḷam oṉṟu poṉ irunūṟṟuttoṇṇūṟṟu nāṟkaḻañcarai— [56*] kāḷam oṉṟu poṉ irunūṟṟu-

⟨6⟩ ttoṇṇūṟṟu aiṅkaḻañcey kāl— [57*] kāḷam oṉṟu poṉ irunūṟṟuttoṇṇūṟṟu aṟukaḻañcey mukkāle iraṇṭu mañcāṭi— [58*] kāḷam oṉṟu poṉ irunūṟṟuttoṇṇūṟṟu aṟuka- ⟨Page 6⟩

⟨7⟩ ḻañcaraiyāka iraṇṭunāl 1 poṉ aiññūṟṟuttoṇṇūṟṟu mukkaḻañcu [—] [59*] kāḷa[m] oṉṟu poṉ irunūṟṟuttoṇṇūṟṟu nāṟkaḻañcey oṉ[pa]tu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟi— [60*] kāḷam oṉṟu

⟨8⟩ poṉ irunūṟṟuttoṇṇūṟṟukkaḻañcey mukkāl— [61*] kāḷam oṉṟu poṉ irunūṟṟu eṇpattu aṟukaḻañcey muṉṟu mañcāṭiyu[ṅkuṉṟi] [62*] [kā]ḷam o[ṉ]ṟu poṉ irunūṟṟuttoṇṇūṟṟu

B. WEST WALL.

First section.

⟨1⟩ eṇkaḻañcaraiyeyiraṇṭu mañcāṭi— [63*] kāḷama oṉṟu poṉ irunūṟṟu eṇpattu eḻukaḻañcey mukkāle nālu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟi— [64*] paṇṭāraṅkaḷil kuṭuttaṉa [65*] kāḷam oṉṟu poṉ nūṟṟu

⟨2⟩ aṟupattu eṇkaḻañcey kāl— [66*] kāḷam oṉṟu poṉ nūṟṟu aṟupattu eṇkaḻañcu— [67*] oṟṟai kaṅkil oṉṟum kuḻal oṉṟum uḷpaṭa poṉ nūṟṟu nāṟpattu oṉpatiṉ kaḻañcarai-

⟨3⟩ ye muṉṟu mañcāṭi— [68*] aṭuttu viḷakkiṉa moṭṭum paṟaḷaiyum uṭpaṭa tiruppaḷḷittoṅkal makuṭaṅkaḷ— [69*] tiruppaḷḷittoṅkal makuṭam oṉṟu poṉ nāṟpattu oṉpatiṉ kaḻañcaraiye i-

⟨4⟩ raṇṭu mañcāṭiyum kuṉṟiyāka mūṉṟiṉāl poṉ nūṟṟu nāṟpattu eṇkaḻañcey mukkāleyiraṇṭu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟi— [70*] tiruppaḷḷittoṅkal makuṭam oṉṟu poṉ nāṟpattu oṉpatiṉ

⟨5⟩ kaḻañce mūkkālāka 2 aiñciṉāl poṉ irunūṟṟu nāṟpattu eṇkaḻañcey mukkāl— [71*] tiruppaḷḷittoṅka[l] makuṭam oṉṟu poṉ aimpatiṉ kaḻañcāka iraṇṭiṉāl poṉ nūṟṟuk-

⟨6⟩ kaḻañcu— [72*] tiruppaḷḷittoṅkal makuṭam oṉṟu poṉ nāṟpattu oṉ[pa]tiṉ kaḻañcāka iraṇṭiṉāl poṉ toṇṇūṟṟu eṇkaḻañcu— [73*] tiruppaḷḷittoṅkal makuṭam oṉṟu poṉ

⟨7⟩ aimpattu orukaḻañcu— [74*] tiruppaḷḷittoṅkal makuṭam oṉṟu poṉ nāṟpattu oṉpatiṉ kaḻañce eḻumañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟiyāka iraṇṭiṉāl poṉ toṇṇūṟṟu eṇkaḻañcey mukkā-

⟨8⟩ l [—] [75*] tiruppaḷḷittoṅkal makuṭam oṉṟu poṉ aimpatiṉ kaḻañce iraṇṭu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟi— [76*] tiruppaḷḷittoṅkal makuṭam oṉṟu poṉ nāṟpattu eṇkaḻañce mukkāl— [77*] tiruppa-

⟨9⟩ ḷḷittoṅkal makuṭam oṉṟu poṉ aimpatiṉ kaḻañce mukkāle iraṇṭu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟi— [78*] tiruppaḷḷittoṅkal makuṭam oṉṟu poṉ aimpatiṉ kaḻañce mukkālāka iraṇṭiṉāl poṉ

Second section.

⟨1⟩ nūṟṟu orukaḻañcarai— [79*] tiruppaḷḷittoṅkal makuṭam oṉṟu poṉ nāṟpattu oṉpatiṉ kaḻa-

⟨2⟩ ñcarai— [80*] tiruppaḷḷittoṅkal makuṭam oṉṟu poṉ nāṟpattu oṉpatiṉ kaḻañce āṟu mañ-

⟨3⟩ cāṭi— [81*] tiruppaḷḷittoṅkal makuṭam oṉṟu poṉ nāṟpattu oṉpatiṉ kaḻañce kāl— [82*] tiruppaḷ- ⟨Page 7⟩

⟨4⟩ ḷittoṅkal makuṭam oṉṟu poṉ nāṟpattu eṇkaḻañcarai [—] [83*] tiruppaḷḷittoṅkal makuṭam

⟨5⟩ oṉṟu poṉ nāṟpattu oṉpatiṉ kaḻañce iraṇṭu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟi— [84*] tiruppaḷḷittoṅkal

⟨6⟩ makuṭam oṉṟu poṉ nāṟppattu eṇkaḻañce mukkāle iraṇṭu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟi— [85*] tiruppa-

⟨7⟩ ḷḷittoṅkal makuṭam oṉṟu poṉ aimpatiṉ kaḻañce mañcāṭi— [86*] tiruppaḷḷittoṅkal

⟨8⟩ makuṭam oṉṟu poṉ nāṟpattu oṉpatiṉ kaḻañce mukkāle iraṇṭu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟiyāka muṉṟiṉā-

⟨9⟩ l poṉ nūṟṟu nāṟpattu oṉpatiṉ kaḻañcaraiye iraṇṭu mañcāṭiyuṅ[ku]ṉṟi [—] [87*] dhavaḷacchatram

Third section.

⟨1⟩ makuṭam moṭṭu aṭuttu viḷakkiṉa paṟaḷaiyuṭpaṭa aiñcināl poṉ aimpatiṉ kaḻañcu— [88*] vaṇṇikaittirukkoṟṟakkuṭai makuṭam moṭṭu aṭuttu viḷakkiṉa paṟaḷai

⟨2⟩ uḷppaṭa oṉṟu poṉ patiṉaiṅkaḻañcaraiye iraṇṭu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟi— [89*] ilaittaṭṭu oṉṟu poṉ toḷāyirattuttoṇṇūṟṟu aiṅkaḻañcu— [90*] ilaitta-

⟨3⟩ ṭṭu oṉṟu poṉ toḷāyirattu eṇpattu eṇkaḻañcu— [91*] satyāśrayaṉai eṟintu eḻuntaruḷi vantu śrīpādapuṣpamāka aṭṭittiruvaṭittoḻutaṉa [92*] tiruppoṟpū

⟨4⟩ oṉṟu poṉ patiṉ kaḻañcāka iraṇṭiṉāṟpoṉ irupatiṉ kaḻañcu— [93*] tiruppoṟpū oṉṟu poṉ oṉpatiṉ kaḻañcey mukkāle nālu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟiyāka paṉṉira-

⟨5⟩ ṇṭiṉāṟpoṉ nūṟṟu orupattu oṉpatiṉ kaḻañcaraiye nālu mañcāṭi— [94*] tiruppoṟpū oṉṟu poṉ oṉpatiṉ kaḻañcey mukkāle nālu mañcāṭiyāka tiruppoṟpū-

⟨6⟩ ppattināṟpoṉ toṇṇūṟṟu oṉpatiṉ kaḻañcarai— [95*] tiruppoṟpū oṉṟu poṉ oṉpatiṉ kaḻañcey mukkāle mūṉṟu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟi— [96*] tiruppoṟpū oṉṟu

⟨7⟩ poṉ kaḻañcey mukkāle mañcāṭi— [97*] tāmaraicceyal tiruppoṟpū oṉṟu poṉ patiṉ mukkaḻañcey āṟu mañcāṭi— [98*] dakṣiṇameruviṭaṅkarkkuccārtti aruḷa-

⟨8⟩ kkuṭuttaṉa— [99*] añcaṭuttu viḷakkiṉa tiraḷmaṇivaṭam oṉṟu poṉ nāṟpattu oṉpatiṉ kaḻañcey eḻumañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟi— [100*] oppaṉ tirukkaikkāṟai oṉṟu poṉ aimpattu

⟨9⟩ orukaḻañcarai— [101*] oppaṉ tiru[k]kaikkāṟai oṉṟu poṉ nāṟpattu aiṅkaḻañcaraiye iraṇṭu mañcāṭi— [102*] oppaṉ tirukkaikkāṟai oṉṟu poṉ nāṟpattu oṉpatiṉ kaḻañcey

Fourth section.

⟨1⟩ mukkāle iraṇṭu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟi— [103*] oppaṉ tirukkaikkāṟai oṉṟu poṉ nāṟpattu aiṅkaḻañcey mukkāl— [104*]

⟨2⟩ oppaṉ tiruvaṭikkāṟai oraṇai poṉ toṇṇūṟṟu aṟukaḻañcar[ai] [105*] [ti]ruppaṭṭikai oṉṟu poṉ nūṟṟu nāṟpattu ⟨Page 8⟩

⟨3⟩ oṉpatiṉ kaḻañcey kāl— [106*] ceramāṉaiyum pāṇṭiyarkaḷaiyum malaināṭṭu [e]ṟintu 1 koṇṭa paṇṭāraṅka-

⟨4⟩ ḷil poṉ koṇṭu ceytu kuṭutta tiruppaṭṭam oṉṟu po[ṉ t]oḷāyirattu eṇpattu orukaḻañcey kāl— [107*]

TRANSLATION.

First part.

1. Hail ! Prosperity ! This (is) the edict (śāsana) of Rājarāja, (alias) Rājakēsarivarman, which is cherished by the multitude of the diadems of (i.e., which is obeyed by) the crowd of all princes. 2

2. On the twentieth day of the twenty-sixth year (of the reign) of Kō-Rājakēsarivarman, alias Śrī-Rājarājadēva, who,—while (his) heart rejoiced, that, like the goddess of fortune, the goddess of the great earth had become his wife,—in his life of growing strength, during which, having been pleased to cut the vessel (kalam) (in) the hall (at) Kāndaḷūr, 3 he conquered by his army, which was victorious in great battles, Vēṅgai-nāḍu, Gaṅga-pāḍi, Taḍigai-pāḍi, Nuḷamba-pāḍi, Kuḍamalai-nāḍu, Kollam, Kaliṅgam, Īṛa-maṇḍalam, (the conquest of which) gave fame (i.e., made (him) famous (in) the eight directions, and the seven and a half lakshas of Iraṭṭa-pāḍi,—deprived the Śeṛiyas (i.e., the Pāṇḍyas) of their splendour, while (he) was resplendent (to such a degree) that (he) was worthy to be worshipped everywhere;—having been pleased to make gifts (in) the royal bathing-hall (tiru-mañjana-śālai) to the east (of the hall) of Irumaḍi-Śōṛaṉ within the Tañjāvūr palace (kōyil), the lord (uḍaiyār) Śrī-Rājarājadēva vouchsafed to say:—“Let the gifts made by us, those made by (our) elder sister, 4 those made by our wives, and those made by other donors to the lord (uḍaiyār) of the sacred stone-temple (tirukkaṟṟaḷi), (called) Śrī-Rājarājēśvara,—which we caused to be built (at) Tañjāvūr, (a city) in Tañjāvūr-kūṟṟam, (a subdivision) of Pāṇḍyakulāśani-vaḷanāḍu,—be engraved on stone on the sacred shrine (śrī-vimāna) !” (Accordingly, these gifts) were engraved (as follows):—

3. On the three-hundred-and-twelfth day of the twenty-fifth year (of his reign), the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva gave one gold (image of) Koḷgaidēvar, 5 which is to be present (at) the sacred offerings (śrī-bali), 6 weighing eight hundred and twenty-nine kaṛañju 7 and three quarters and three mañjāḍi by the stone called (after) Āḍavallāṉ. ⟨Page 9⟩

4. On the same day (he) gave one dish (tāla) of gold for the sacred offerings, supported by a lotus (padmāsana), weighing nine hundred and ninety-five kaṛañju and a half and four mañjāḍi by the same stone.

5. On the fourteenth day of the twenty-sixth year (of his reign), the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva gave one sacred diadem (tiruppaṭṭam) of gold, weighing four hundred and ninety-nine kaṛañju by the stone called (after) Āḍavallāṉ.

6. On the same day (he) gave one sacred diadem of gold, weighing four hundred and ninety-four kaṛañju and a half and two mañjāḍi by the same stone.

7. On the same day (he) gave one sacred diadem of gold, weighing four hundred and eighty-four kaṛañju and a quarter by the same stone.

8. On the same day (he) gave one sacred diadem of gold, weighing four hundred and ninety-seven kaṛañju and a half by the same stone.

9. On the same day (he) gave one sacred diadem of gold, weighing four hundred and ninety-one kaṛañju and a half by the same stone.

10. On the twenty-seventh day (of his twenty-sixth year), the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva gave out of (his) minor treasure (śiṟudanam) one gold plate (taḷigai), weighing six hundred and fifty-two kaṛañju and eight mañjāḍi by the stone called (after) Āḍavallāṉ.

11. On the same day (he) gave one gold plate, weighing four hundred and ninety-three kaṛañju and a quarter by the same stone.

12. On the same day (he) gave one gold bowl (maṇḍai), weighing three hundred and ninety-seven kaṛañju and six mañjāḍi by the same stone.

13. On the same day (he) gave one gold bowl, weighing three hundred and ninety-three kaṛañju and (one) mañjāḍi by the same stone.

14. On the same day (he) gave one gold bowl, weighing three hundred and ninety-eight kaṛañju and (one) kuṉṟi by the same stone.

15. On the same day (he) gave one gold bowl, weighing three hundred and ninety-six kaṛañju by the same stone.

16. On the same day (he) gave one gold pitcher (keṇḍi), weighing two hundred and eighty-four kaṛañju and a half by the same stone.

17. On the thirty-fourth day (of his twenty-sixth year), the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva gave out of (his) minor treasure (śiṟudanam) one gold salver (taṭṭam), weighing forty kaṛañju and a quarter by the stone called (after) Āḍavallāṉ.

18. On the two-hundred-and-seventy-fifth day of the twenty-fifth year (of his reign), the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva gave one copper water-pot (kuṭa), to be placed on the copper pinnacle (stūpittaṟi) 1 of the sacred shrine (śrī-vimāna) of the lord of the Śrī-Rājarājēśvara (temple), weighing three thousand and eighty-three pala. 2 The various gold plates (tagaḍu), which were laid over it, weighed two thousand nine hundred and twenty-six kaṛañju and a half by the stone called (after) Āḍavallāṉ.

19. On the one-hundred-and-fourth day of the twenty-sixth year (of his reign), the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva gave to the lord of the Śrī-Rājarājēśvara (temple) one gold kettle (kiḍāram), weighing eleven thousand seven hundred and forty-two kaṛañju by the stone called (after) Āḍavallāṉ.

20. On the same day (he) gave one gold ōṭṭu-vaṭṭil, 3 weighing four hundred and eightyeight kaṛañju by the same stone. ⟨Page 10⟩

21. On the same day (he) gave one gold pot (kalaśa), weighing five hundred and seven kaṛañju by the same stone.

22. On the same day (he) gave one gold pot, weighing four hundred and eighty-three kaṛañju by the same stone.

23. On the same day (he) gave one gold pot, weighing four hundred and ninety-two kaṛañju by the same stone.

24. On the same day (he) gave one gold pot, weighing four hundred and ninety-two kaṛañju and a quarter by the same stone.

25. On the same day (he) gave one gold pot, weighing five hundred and twelve kaṛañju and a half by the same stone.

26. On the same day (he) gave one gold spittoon (paḍikkam), weighing eight hundred and two kaṛañju and a half by the same stone,—including the three legs and the two rings (vaḷaiyil).

27. On the same day (he) gave one gold salver (taṭṭam), weighing forty-nine kaṛañju and three quarters by the same stone.

28. On the same day (he) gave one gold salver, weighing forty-nine kaṛañju and three quarters by the same stone.

29. On the same day (he) gave one gold salver, weighing fifty kaṛañju by the same stone.

30. On the same day (he) gave one gold salver, weighing forty-nine kaṛañju and three quarters, two mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi by the same stone.

31. On the same day (he) gave one small receptacle for sacred ashes (kuṟu-maḍal) of gold, weighing ninety-seven kaṛañju by the same stone.

32. On the same day (he) gave one gold measuring-cup (māna-vaṭṭil), weighing twenty kaṛañju by the same stone.

33. On the three-hundred-and eighteenth day of the twenty-sixth year (of his reign), (he) gave a gold (image of) Kshētrapāladēva, (which measured) by the cubit-measure (muṛam), (preserved) in the temple (kōyil) of the lord, three fingers (viral) and three tōrai 1 in height from the feet to the hair, which had a sacred foot-stool (śrīpādapīṭha) of silver, (measuring) six tōrai in height and four fingers and six tōrai in circumference, and which weighed seventy-two kaṛañju and a half,—including the spear (śūla), the skull (kapāla), the noose (pāśa) and the drum (ḍamaruka), which (the image) held in its four divine hands, and the sacred foot-stool of silver.

34. Out of the treasures (bhaṇḍāra), which he seized after having defeated the Chēra king (Śēramān) and the Pāṇḍyas in Malaināḍu, the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva gave on the three-hundred-and-nineteenth day of the twenty-sixth year (of his reign) to the supreme lord (paramasvāmin) of the Śrī-Rājarāja-Īśvara (temple) the following gold emblems (chihna), which were weighed by the stone called (after) Āḍavallāṉ and engraved on stone:—

35. One betel-pot (kāḷāñji), (consisting of) five hundred and eighty-six kaṛañju of gold.

36. One betel-pot, (consisting of) six hundred and twenty-two kaṛañju and a half of gold.

37. One water-pot (kuṭa), (consisting of) three hundred and eighty-two kaṛañju and a half of gold.

38. One water-pot, (consisting of) three hundred and sixty-seven kaṛañju of gold. ⟨Page 11⟩

39. One water-pot, (consisting of) three hundred and fifty-two kaṛañju of gold.

40. One water-pot, (consisting of) two hundred and ninety-four kaṛañju of gold.

41. One chunnam box (kaṟaṇḍigaichcheppu), (consisting of) one hundred and twenty-one kaṛañju and a half of gold,—including the stand (aḍi) and the lid. 1

42. One betel-leaf box (ilaichcheppu), (consisting of) one hundred and eighty-five kaṛañju and three quarters of gold,—including four lion's feet (yāḷikkāl) and the lid.

43. One betel-leaf box, (consisting of) one hundred and forty-seven kaṛañju of gold,— including four lion's feet and the lid.

44. One plate (taḷigai), (consisting of) one thousand one hundred and thirty-five kaṛañju and a half of gold,—including the stand.

45. One censer (kalaśappāṉai), (consisting of) four hundred and seventy kaṛañju of gold, —including the spout (mūkku) and the stand.

46. One censer, (consisting of) four hundred and thirty-eight kaṛañju of gold,—including the spout and the stand.

47. Eight gold chains (koḍi), consisting of seventy-eight kaṛañju and three quarters of gold,—including sixteen flowers, (two of) which were attached to the hanging part (tūkkam) (and) to the top part (talai) (respectively, of each chain).

48. One tāraittāḷ-vaṭṭil, (consisting of) four hundred and forty-eight kaṛañju of gold,— including two bass-reliefs (karukku) and two lion's feet (siṁhapāda).

49. One sacred crown (tiru-muḍi), (consisting of) two hundred and seventy-three kaṛañju of gold.

50. One handle (kai) for a fly-whisk (īchchōppi), (consisting of) two hundred and four kaṛañju of gold.

Second part.

51. From the twenty-third year to the twenty-ninth year (of his reign), the lord Srī-Rājarājadēva gave to the supreme lord of the Śrī-Rājarājēśvara (temple) out of his own treasures and out of the treasures, which he seized after having defeated the Chēra king and the Pāṇḍyas in Malaināḍu, the following emblems (chihna) of gold, sacred ornaments (ābharaṇa) of gold, etc., which were weighed by the stone called (after) Āḍavallāṉ and engraved on stone,—excluding those (gifts of) the twenty-fifth year and the twenty-sixth year, which had been engraved on the adjacent stones before this (part of the inscription) on the east of this upper tier (jagatippaḍai):— 2

52. Out of the treasures, which he seized after having defeated the Chēra king and the Pāṇḍyas in Malaināḍu, (he) gave:—

53. One handle for a fly-whisk, (consisting of) thirty-four kaṛañju of gold.

54. One handle for a fly-whisk, (consisting of) thirty-three kaṛañju of gold.

55. Having obtained the illustrious names of Śivapādaśēkhara 3 and Śrī-Rājarāja, 4 (he gave the following) gold trumpets (kāḷam), which had one kaṅgil (?), two pipes (kuṛal) and five rings (mōdiram):— ⟨Page 12⟩

56. One trumpet, (consisting of) two hundred and ninety-four kaṛañju and a half of gold.

57. One trumpet, (consisting of) two hundred and ninety-five kaṛañju and a quarter of gold.

58. One trumpet, (consisting of) two hundred and ninety-six kaṛañju and three quarters and two mañjāḍi of gold.

59. Two trumpets, consisting of five hundred and ninety-three kaṛañju of gold,—each (consisting of) two hundred and ninety-six kaṛañju and a half of gold.

60. One trumpet, (consisting of) two hundred and ninety-four kaṛañju nine mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

61. One trumpet, (consisting of) two hundred and ninety kaṛañju and three quarters of gold.

62. One trumpet, (consisting of) two hundred and eighty-six kaṛañju three mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

63. One trumpet, (consisting of) two hundred and ninety-eight kaṛañju and a half and two mañjāḍi of gold.

64. One trumpet, (consisting of) two hundred and eighty-seven kaṛañju and three quarters, four mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

65. Out of (his own) treasures (he) gave:—

66. One trumpet, (consisting of) one hundred and sixty-eight kaṛañju and a quarter of gold.

67. One trumpet, (consisting of) one hundred and sixty-eight kaṛañju of gold.

68. A single (trumpet), (consisting of) one hundred and forty-nine kaṛañju and a half and three mañjāḍi of gold,—including one kaṅgil and one pipe (kuṛal).

69. (The following) tops (makuṭa) for temple-parasols (tiruppaḷḷittoṅgal), including a knob (moṭṭu) and a plate (paṟaḷai) soldered together:—

70. Three tops for temple-parasols, consisting of one hundred and forty-eight kaṛañju and three quarters, two mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold,—each (consisting of) forty-nine kaṛañju and a half, two mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

71. Five tops for temple-parasols, consisting of two hundred and forty-eight kaṛañju and three quarters of gold,—each (consisting of) forty-nine kaṛañju and three quarters of gold.

72. Two tops for temple-parasols, consisting of one hundred kaṛañju of gold,—each (consisting of) fifty kaṛañju of gold.

73. Two tops for temple-parasols, consisting of ninety-eight kaṛañju of gold,—each (consisting of) forty-nine kaṛañju of gold.

74. One top for a temple-parasol, (consisting of) fifty-one kaṛañju of gold.

75. Two tops for temple-parasols, consisting of ninety-eight kaṛañju and three quarters of gold,—each (consisting of) forty-nine kaṛañju, seven mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

76. One top for a temple-parasol, (consisting of) fifty kaṛañju, two mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

77. One top for a temple-parasol, (consisting of) forty-eight kaṛañju and three quarters of gold.

78. One top for a temple-parasol, (consisting of) fifty kaṛañju and three quarters, two mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

79. Two tops for temple-parasols, consisting of one hundred and one kaṛañju and a half of gold,—each (consisting of) fifty kaṛañju and three quarters of gold.

80. One top for a temple-parasol, (consisting of) forty-nine kaṛañju and a half of gold. ⟨Page 13⟩

81. One top for a temple-parasol, (consisting of) forty-nine kaṛañju and six mañjāḍi of gold.

82. One top for a temple-parasol, (consisting of) forty-nine kaṛañju and a quarter of gold.

83. One top for a temple-parasol, (consisting of) forty-eight kaṛañju and a half of gold.

84. One top for a temple-parasol, (consisting of) forty-nine kaṛañju, two mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

85. One top for a temple-parasol, (consisting of) forty-eight kaṛañju and three quarters, two mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

86. One top for a temple-parasol, (consisting of) fifty kaṛañju and (one) mañjāḍi of gold.

87. Three tops for temple-parasols, consisting of one hundred and forty-nine kaṛañju and a half, two mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold,—each (consisting of) forty-nine kaṛañju and three quarters, two mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

88. Five tops for white parasols (dhavalachchhattra), consisting of fifty kaṛañju of gold, —including a plate (paṟaḷai) soldered together with the knob (moṭṭu).

89. One top for a coloured sacred parasol of victory (vaṇṇigai-tiru-koṟṟa-kuḍai), (consisting of) fifteen kaṛañju and a half, two mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold,—including a plate soldered together with the knob.

90. One betel-leaf salver (ilaittaṭṭu), (consisting of) nine hundred and ninety-five kaṛañju of gold.

91. One betel-leaf salver, (consisting of) nine hundred and eighty-eight kaṛañju of gold.

92. Having returned from the conquest of Satyāśraya, (he) poured out as flowers at the sacred feet (śrīpādapushpa) and worshipped the feet of the god (with the following gold flowers):—

93. Two sacred gold flowers (tiruppoṟpū), consisting of twenty kaṛañju of gold,—each (consisting of) ten kaṛañju of gold.

94. Twelve sacred gold flowers, consisting of one hundred and nineteen kaṛañju and a half and four mañjāḍi of gold,—each (consisting of) nine kaṛañju and three quarters, four mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

95. Ten sacred gold flowers, consisting of ninety-nine kaṛañju and a half of gold,— each sacred gold flower (consisting of) nine kaṛañju and three quarters and four mañjāḍi of gold.

96. One sacred gold flower, (consisting of) nine kaṛañju and three quarters, three mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

97. One sacred gold flower, (consisting of) (one) kaṛañju and three quarters and (one) mañjāḍi of gold.

98. One sacred gold flower, shaped like a lotus (tāmarai), (consisting of) thirteen kaṛañju and six mañjāḍi of gold.

99. To Dakshiṇa-Mēru-Viṭaṅkar (he) gave (the following ornaments), to be worn (by this god):—

100. One string of round beads (tiraḷ-maṇi-vaḍam), (consisting of) five (strings) soldered together, (and containing) forty-nine kaṛañju seven mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

101. One polished 1 ring for the arm of the god (tirukkaikkāṟai), (consisting of) fiftyone kaṛañju and a half of gold. ⟨Page 14⟩

102. One polished ring for the arm of the god, (consisting of) forty-five kaṛañju and a half and two mañjāḍi of gold.

103. One polished ring for the arm of the god, (consisting of) forty-nine kaṛañju and three quarters, two mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

104. One polished ring for the arm of the god, (consisting of) forty-five kaṛañju and three quarters of gold.

105. One pair of polished rings for the feet of the god (tiruvaḍikkāṟai), (consisting of) ninety-six kaṛañju and a half of gold.

106. One sacred girdle (tiruppaṭṭigai), (consisting of) one hundred and forty-nine kaṛañju and a quarter of gold.

107. (Finally, he) gave one sacred diadem (tiruppaṭṭam), (consisting of) nine hundred and eighty-one kaṛañju and a quarter of gold, which was made of gold taken from the treasures, which he seized after having defeated the Chēra king and the Pāṇḍyas in Malaināḍu.

⟨SIIv02p0i0002⟩ No. 2. ON THE WEST WALL.

This inscription is engraved in five sections, each of which occupies a separate face of the west wall. It consists of two distinct parts.

The first part extends to about two thirds of line 7 of the first section and describes eleven gold vessels, which were presented on the 310th day of the 25th year of the reign of Kō-Rājakēsarivarman, alias Rājarājadēva, ‘to (the goddess) Umāparamēśvarī, who is the consort of our lord Āḍavallār,’ by the king's elder sister, 1 who was the queen of Vallavaraiyar 2 Vandyadēvar.

The second part enumerates other gifts of gold vessels and ornaments, which were made by the same royal lady between the 25th and 29th year of the king's reign. The items detailed in paragraphs 14 to 42 were given ‘to (the goddess) Umāparamēśvarī, who is the consort of our lord Āḍavallār Dakshiṇa-Mēru-Viṭaṅkar.’ Paragraphs 44 to 59 describe gifts ‘to (the goddess) Umāparamēśvarī, who is the consort of our lord Tañjai-Viṭaṅkar.’

TEXT.

First section.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrīḥ [||*] tirumakaḷ polapperunilaccelviyuntanakkeyurimai pūṇṭamai manakkoḷakkāntaḷūrccālai kalamaṟuttaruḷi veṅkaināṭuṅkaṅkapāṭiyuntaṭik[ aipā] ṭiyum nuḷampapāṭiyuṅkuṭamalaināṭuṅkollamuṅkaliṅkamum eṇṭicai pukaḻ tara īḻamaṇṭalamum iraṭṭapāṭi eḻarai ilakkamuntiṇṭiṟal

⟨2⟩ veṉṟittaṇṭāṟkoṇṭa taṉṉeḻil vaḷarūḻiyuḷellāyāṇṭuntoḻutaka viḷaṅkum yāṇṭey ceḻiyaraittecu koḷ korājakesarivarmmarāna śrī[r]ājarājadevarkku yāṇṭu irupattaiñcāvatu nāḷ muṉṉūṟṟorupatiṉāl āṭavallār nampirāṭṭiyār umāparameśvariyārkku śrīrājarājadevar tirutta-

⟨3⟩ makkaiyār vallavaraiyar vandyadevar mahādeviyār kuṭutta poṉṉiṉ taḷikai oṉṟu āṭavallāṉeṉṉuṅkallāl niṟai muṉṉūṟṟuttoṇṇūṟṟeṇkaḻañcarai—[1*] nāḷatiṉāley kuṭutta poṉṉiṉ taḷikai oṉṟu meṟpaṭi kallāl niṟai nāṉūṟṟuttoṇṇūṟṟu aṟukaḻañcu— [2*] nāḷatiṉāle- ⟨Page 15⟩

⟨4⟩ y kuṭutta poṉṉiṉ maṇṭai oṉṟu meṟpaṭi kallāl niṟai nūṟṟuttoṇṇūṟṟo[ṉpa]tiṉ kaḻañcu— [3*] nāḷatiṉāley kuṭutta poṉṉiṉ maṇṭai oṉṟu meṟpaṭi kallāl niṟai muṉṉūṟṟuttoṇṇūṟṟoṉpatiṉ kaḻañce mukkāl— [4*] nāḷatiṉāley kuṭutta poṉṉiṉ kuṭam oṉṟu meṟpaṭi kallā-

⟨5⟩ l niṟai nūṟṟuttoṇṇūṟṟeṇkaḻañcarai—[5*] nāḷatiṉāley kuṭutta poṉṉiṉ kuṭam [oṉ]ṟu meṟpaṭi kallāl niṟai nūṟṟuttoṇṇūṟṟoṉpatiṉ kaḻañce mukkāl— [6*] nāḷatiṉāley kuṭutta poṉṉiṉ kuṭam oṉṟu meṟpaṭi kallāl niṟai nūṟṟuttoṇṇūṟṟu aṟukaḻañcey eḻumañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟi— [7*]

⟨6⟩ nāḷatiṉāley kuṭutta poṉṉi[ṉ] kuṭam oṉṟu meṟpaṭi kallāl niṟai nūṟ[ṟu]ttoṇ[ṇūṟṟ]eṇkaḻañcu— [8*] nāḷatiṉāley kuṭutta poṉṉiṉ vaṭṭil oṉṟu meṟpaṭi kallāl niṟai toṇṇūṟṟeḻukaḻañcarai—[9*] nāḷatiṉāley kuṭut[ta] poṉṉiṉ puṣkarapattimaṭal aṭiyoṭum oṉṟu meṟpaṭi kallāl niṟai e-

⟨7⟩ ṇpatiṉ kaḻañcu— [10*] nāḷatiṉāley kuṭutta poṉṉiṉ kaṟaṇṭikaic[c]oppu p[o] • • • lum oṭāṇiyum nilaiyāṇiyum uḷppaṭa oṉṟu meṟpaṭi kallāl niṟai nūṟṟuttoṇṇūṟṟoṉpatiṉ kaḻañ[cu—] [11*] yāṇṭu irupattaiñc[āva]tu mutal yāṇṭu irupattoṉ[pat]āvatu varai āṭavallār dakṣaṇa1meruviṭaṅkar nampirāṭṭiyār

Second section.

⟨1⟩ umāparameśvariyārkkuntañcaiviṭaṅkar nampirāṭṭiyār umāparameśvariyārkkum śrīrājarājadevar tirutta-

⟨2⟩ makkaiyār vallavaraiyar vandyadevar mahādeviyār kuṭutta poṉṉiṉ tiru- ābharaṇaṅkaḷum ciṉṉaṅkaḷum

⟨3⟩ uḷḷiṭṭaṉa yāṇṭu irupattaiñcāvatu inta jagatippaṭaiyil itaṉukku muṉ vaṭakkaṭaiya kallil veṭṭiṉa nī-

⟨4⟩ kki niṉṟaṉa āṭavallāṉeṉṉuṅkallāl niṟai eṭuttukkallil veṭṭiṉapaṭi— [12*] āṭavallār dakṣaṇa2meruvi-

⟨5⟩ ṭaṅkar nampirāṭṭiyār umāparameśvari[yā]rkkukkuṭuttaṉa [13*] oṭṭuvaṭṭil oṉṟu poṉ nūṟṟuttoṇṇūṟṟu eṇka-

⟨6⟩ ḻañcaraiye iraṇṭu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟi [—] [14*] oṭṭuvaṭṭil oṉṟu poṉ nūṟṟuttoṇ[ṇū]ṟṟu eḻukaḻañ[ca*]rai— [15*]

⟨7⟩ tavukkaiy oṉṟu poṉ nūṟṟu nāṟpattu [e]ḻukaḻañcey āṟu mañcāṭi— [16*] tavukkaiy oṉṟu poṉ nūṟṟu

⟨8⟩ nāṟpattu aṟukaḻañcey mukkāle mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟi— [17*] kalacappāṉai oṉṟu poṉ irunūṟṟu-

⟨9⟩ ttoṇṇūṟṟu aiṅkaḻañcey kāl [—] [18*] aṉṉam oṉṟu poṉ toṇṇūṟ[ṟu] eṇkaḻañce kāl [—] [19*]

Third section.

⟨1⟩ kiḷi oṉṟil kaṇṇil [taṭavik]kaṭṭiṉa kallu iraṇṭuṭpaṭa niṟai poṉ muppattu nāṟkaḻañcey oṉpatu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟi— [20*] veṇcāmaraikkaiy o- ⟨Page 16⟩

⟨2⟩ ṉṟu poṉ pattoṉ[pati]ṉ kaḻañcey mukkāl— [21*] veṇcāmaraikkaiy oṉṟu poṉ pattoṉpatiṉ kaḻañcaraiye iraṇṭu mañcāṭi— [22*] īccoppikkaiy oṉṟu

⟨3⟩ poṉ irupatiṉ kaḻañ[cu—] [23*] īccoppikkaiy oṉṟu poṉ pattoṉpatiṉ kaḻañcarai— [24*] tirumakuṭam oṉṟu poṉ irunūṟṟu eḻupattu aiṅkaḻañcarai— [25*] tiruppoṟ-

⟨4⟩ pū oṉṟu poṉ ai[ṅkaḻañ]cākattiruppoṟpū nūṟṟu aṟupattaiñcināl poṉ eṇṇūṟṟu irupattu aiṅkaḻañcu— [26*] tiruppoṟpū oṉṟu poṉ nāṟkaḻañcey mu-

⟨5⟩ kkāle nālu ma[ñcāṭiyu]ṅkuṉṟiyākattiruppoṟpū muppattu aiñcināl poṉ nūṟṟu eḻupattu nāṟkaḻañcey iraṇṭu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟi— [27*] tūkkam oṉṟu poṉ

⟨6⟩ irupattu oṉpati[ṉ kaḻañ]carai— [28*] tiruvāḷi oraṇaiyiṉāl poṉ aṟukaḻañcey eṭṭu ma[ñ]cāṭiyuṅkuṉṟi— [29*] iraṭṭaittiruvuḻuttu oraṇaiyiṉāl poṉ patiṉ kaḻañce-

⟨7⟩ y mañcāṭi— [30*] tiruk[kampi o]raṇaiyiṉāl poṉ patināṟkaḻañcey mukkāle mañcā[ṭiyu]ṅkuṉṟi— [31*] vayiracceyal tālimaṇi vaṭam oṉṟil tālimaṇi nūṟṟu aim-

⟨8⟩ patteḻum tiru o • • paṭukaṇ nālum kaḷḷippū nālum kokkuvāy oṉṟu[m ca]vakkam iraṇṭum uṭpaṭa poṉ patiṉorukaḻañcey mañcāṭi— [32*] mūṉṟoṉṟāka

⟨9⟩ aṭuttu viḷakki[ṉa kaṇṭat]tuṭar oṉṟu poṉ aṟupattu irukaḻañcu— [33*] puṟattuṭar paṭu[kaṇ]ṇuṅkaḷḷip[pūvu]ṅ[k]ok[ku]v[ā]yum uṭpaṭa oṉṟu poṉ irupattu nāṟkaḻañcarai-

Fourth section.

⟨1⟩ ye iraṇṭu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟi— [34*] vayiracāyalam oṉṟu poṉ nūṟṟu irupattu irukaḻañcey

⟨2⟩ mukkāl— [35*] tirukkaiyppoṭṭu oraṇai poṉ toṇṇūṟṟukkaḻañcarai— [36*] tirukkaiykaṭaka-

⟨3⟩ m oraṇai poṉ aimpattu aṟukaḻañcey iraṇṭu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟi— [37*] tirukkaiykkā-

⟨4⟩ ṟai ukirppuṟavaṉ oraṇai poṉ nūṟṟu aimpatiṉ kaḻañcarai— [38*] toḻiṟpaṭṭikai

⟨5⟩ oṉṟu poṉ muṉ[ṉū]ṟṟu nāṟpattu nāṟkaḻañcu— [39*] tiruvaṭikkāṟai ukirppuṟavaṉ oraṇai

⟨6⟩ poṉ nūṟṟu aimpatiṉ kaḻañce kāl— [40*] pādaśāyalam ora[ṇai] poṉ nūṟṟu oṉpa-

⟨7⟩ tiṉ kaḻañcarai— [41*] tirukkālmotiram pattināl poṉ patiṉāṟkaḻañcey mukkāle

⟨8⟩ iraṇṭu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟi— [42*] (t)aiñcaiviṭaṅkar nampirāṭṭiyār umāparameśvariyār-

⟨9⟩ kkukkuṭuttaṉa [—] [43*] taḷikai oṉṟu poṉ nāṉūṟṟu nāṟpattu eṇkaḻañcey nā-

Fifth section.

⟨1⟩ lu mañcāṭi— [44*] maṇṭai oṉṟu poṉ irunūṟṟuttoṇṇūṟṟu aṟukaḻañcarai— [45*] oṭṭuvaṭṭil oṉṟu poṉ nūṟṟuttoṇṇūṟṟu eḻukaḻañcey mukkāl— [46*] tavukkaiy oṉṟu po- ⟨Page 17⟩

⟨2⟩ ṉ nūṟṟu nāṟpattu eṇkaḻañcey oṉpatu mañcāṭi— [47*] kalacappāṉai oṉṟu poṉ irunūṟṟuttoṇṇūṟṟu aiṅkaḻañcey eḻumañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟi— [48*] kalacam oṉṟu poṉ nūṟṟu-

⟨3⟩ ttoṇṇūṟṟu aṟukaḻañcarai— [49*] kala[ca]m oṉṟu poṉ nūṟṟuttoṇṇūṟṟu eḻukaḻañcey kāl— [50*] kalacam oṉṟu poṉ nūṟṟuttoṇṇūṟṟu eḻukaḻañcey eṭṭu mañcāṭi— [51*]

⟨4⟩ kaṟaṇṭikaicceppu oṉṟu p[o]ṉ nū[ṟ]ṟuttoṇṇūṟṟu eṇkaḻañcey kāl— [52*] veṇcāmaraikkaiy oṉṟu poṉ pattoṉpatiṉ kaḻañcaraiye nālu mañcāṭi— [53*] īccoppikkai-

⟨5⟩ y oṉṟu poṉ pattoṉpatiṉ kaḻañcaraiye mañcāṭi— [54*] tiruppoṟpū oṉṟu poṉ aiṅkaḻañcākattiruppoṟpū nāṟpattu eṭṭināl poṉ irunūṟṟu nāṟpatiṉ kaḻañcu— [55*] tiruppoṟ-

⟨6⟩ pū oṉṟu poṉ nāṟkaḻañcey mukkāle nālu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟiyākattiruppoṟpū eḻupattu iraṇṭināl poṉ muṉṉūṟṟu aimpattu eṇkaḻañcey nālu mañcāṭi— [56*] tirup-

⟨7⟩ poṟpū oṉṟu poṉ nāṟkaḻañce mukkāle nālu mañcāṭiyākattiruppoṟpū āṟināl poṉ irupattu oṉpatiṉ kaḻañcaraiye nālu mañcāṭi— [57*] tiruppoṟpū oṉṟu po-

⟨8⟩ ṉ nāṟkaḻañcey mukkāle mūṉ[ṟu] mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟiyākattiruppoṟpū mūṉṟināl poṉ patināṟkaḻañcey mu[k]kāle kuṉṟi— [58*] tiruppoṟpū oṉṟu poṉ nāṟkaḻañcey mukkāl [59*]

TRANSLATION.

First part.

1. Hail ! Prosperity ! On the three-hundred-and-tenth day of the twenty-fifth year (of the reign) of Kō-Rājakēsarivarman, alias Śrī-Rājarājadēva, who,—while (his) heart rejoieed, that, like the goddess of fortune, the goddess of the great earth had become his wife,—in his life of growing strength, during which, having been pleased to cut the vessel (in) the hall (at) Kāndaḷūr, he conquered by his army, which was victorious in great battles, Vēṅgai-nāḍu, Gaṅga-pāḍi, Taḍigai-pāḍi, Nuḷamba-pāḍi, Kuḍamalaināḍu, Kollam, Kaliṅgam, Īṛa-maṇḍalam, (the conquest of which) made (him) famous (in) the eight directions, and the seven and a half lakshas) of Iraṭṭa-pāḍi,—deprived the Seriyas of their splendour, while (he) was resplendent (to such a degree) that (he) was worthy to be worshipped everywhere;—the venerable elder sister of Śrī-Rājarājadēva, (who was) the great queen (mahādēvī) of Vallavaraiyar Vandyadēvar, gave to (the goddess) Umāparamēśvarī, who is the consort of our lord Āḍavallār, one gold plate (taḷigai), weighing three hundred and ninety-eight kaṛañju and a half by the stone called (after) Āḍavallāṉ.

2. On the same day (she) gave one gold plate, weighing four hundred and ninety-six kaṛañju by the same stone.

3. On the same day (she) gave one gold bowl (maṇḍai), weighing one hundred and ninety-nine kaṛañju by the same stone.

4. On the same day (she) gave one gold bowl, weighing three hundred and ninety-nine kaṛañju and three quarters by the same stone.

5. On the same day (she) gave one gold water-pot (kuṭa), weighing one hundred and ninety-eight kaṛañju and a half by the same stone. ⟨Page 18⟩

6. On the same day (she) gave one gold water-pot, weighing one hundred and ninetynine kaṛañju and three quarters by the same stone.

7. On the same day (she) gave one gold water-pot, weighing one hundred and ninetysix kaṛañju, seven mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi by the same stone.

8. On the same day (she) gave one gold water-pot, weighing one hundred and ninetyeight kaṛañju by the same stone.

9. On the same day (she) gave one gold cup (vaṭṭil), weighing ninety-seven kaṛañju and a half by the same stone.

10. On the same day (she) gave one golden receptacle for sacred ashes with lotusornaments (pushkara-patti-maḍal), together with a stand (aḍi),—weighing eighty kaṛañju by the same stone.

11. On the same day (she) gave one golden chunnam box (kaṟaṇḍigaichchoppu), 1 including • • • • a bolt (ōḍāṇi) and a pin (nilaiyāṇi),—weighing one hundred and ninetynine kaṛañju by the same stone.

Second part.

12. From the twenty-fifth year to the twenty-ninth year (of the king's reign), the venerable elder sister of Śrī-Rājarājadēva, (who was) the great queen of Vallavaraiyar Vandyadēvar, gave to (the goddess) Umāparamēśvarī, who is the consort of our lord Āḍavallār Dakshiṇa-Mēru-Viṭaṅkar, and to (the goddess) Umāparamēśvarī, who is the consort of our lord Tañjai-Viṭaṅkar, the following sacred ornaments (ābharaṇa), emblems (chihna), etc., of gold, which were weighed by the stone called (after) Āḍavallāṉ and engraved on stone,—excluding those (gifts of) the twenty-fifth year, which had been engraved on the adjacent stones before this (part of the inscription) on the north of this upper tier (jagatippaḍai):— 2

13. To (the goddess) Umāparamēśvarī, who is the consort of our lord Āḍavallār Dakshiṇa-Mēru-Viṭaṅkar, (she) gave:—

14. One ōṭṭu-vaṭṭil, (consisting of) one hundred and ninety-eight kaṛañju and a half, two mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

15. One ōṭṭu-vaṭṭil, (consisting of) one hundred and ninety-seven kaṛañju and a half of gold.

16. One tavukkai, 3 (consisting of) one hundred and forty-seven kaṛañju and six mañjāḍi of gold.

17. One tavukkai, (consisting of) one hundred and forty-six kaṛañju and three quarters, (one) mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

18. One censer (kalaśappāṉai), (consisting of) two hundred and ninety-five kaṛañju and a quarter of gold.

19. One swan (aṉṉam), (consisting of) ninety-eight kaṛañju and a quarter of gold.

20. One parrot (kiḷi), the gold of which weighed thirty-four kaṛañju, nine mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi,—including two precious stones set into the eyes.

21. One handle for a white chāmara (veṇ-śāmarai), (consisting of) nineteen kaṛañju and three quarters of gold. ⟨Page 19⟩

22. One handle for a white chāmara, (consisting of) nineteen kaṛañju and a half and two mañjāḍi of gold.

23. One handle for a fly-whisk (īchchōppi), (consisting of) twenty kaṛañju of gold.

24. One handle for a fly-whisk, (consisting of) nineteen kaṛañju and a half of gold.

25. One sacred crown (makuṭa), (consisting of) two hundred and seventy-five kaṛañju and a half of gold.

26. One hundred and sixty-five sacred gold flowers (tiruppoṟpū), consisting of eight hundred and twenty-five kaṛañju of gold,—each sacred gold flower (consisting of) five kaṛañju of gold.

27. Thirty-five sacred gold flowers, consisting of one hundred and seventy-four kaṛañju, two mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold,—each sacred gold flower (consisting of) four kaṛañju and three quarters, four mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

28. One pendant (tūkkam), (consisting of) twenty-nine kaṛañju and a half of gold.

29. One pair of sacred ear-rings (tiru-vāḷi), consisting of six kaṛañju, eight mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

30. One pair of double sacred uṛuttu, 1 consisting of ten kaṛañju and (one) mañjāḍi of gold.

31. One pair of sacred ear-rings (tirukkambi), consisting of fourteen kaṛañju and three quarters, (one) mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

32. One string (vaḍam) of beads for the marriage-badge (tāli-maṇi), set with diamonds (vayiram), consisting of eleven kaṛañju and (one) mañjāḍi of gold,—including one hundred and fifty-seven beads for the marriage-badge, • • • • four paḍugaṇ, four kaḷḷippū, one kokkuvāy and two square diamonds (śavakkam). 2

33. One necklace (kaṇṭha-tuḍar) of three (chains) soldered into one, (consisting of) sixtytwo kaṛañju of gold.

34. One outer chain (? puṟattuḍar), including (one) paḍugaṇ, (one) kaḷḷippū and (one) kokkuvāy,—(consisting of) twenty-four kaṛañju and a half, two mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

35. One śāyalam of diamonds (vayiram), (containing) one hundred and twenty-two kaṛañju and three quarters of gold.

36. One pair of poṭṭu 3) for the arms of the goddess, (consisting of) ninety kaṛañju and a half of gold.

37. One pair of bracelets (kaṭaka) for the arms of the goddess, (consisting of) fifty-six kaṛañju, two mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

38. One pair of rings for the arms of the goddess (tirukkaikkāṟai), 4 with claws 5 (engraved) on the outside (? ugirppuṟavaṉ), (consisting of) one hundred and fifty kaṛañju and a half of gold. ⟨Page 20⟩

39. One wrought girdle (toṛil-paṭṭigai), (consisting of) three hundred and forty-four kaṛañju of gold.

40. One pair of rings for the feet of the goddess (tiruvaḍikkāṟai), with claws (engraved) on the outside, (consisting of) one hundred and fifty kaṛañju and a quarter of gold.

41. One pair of śāyalam for the feet (pāda-śāyalam), 1 (consisting of) one hundred and nine kaṛañju and a half of gold.

42. Ten rings for the toes of the goddess (tirukkāl-mōdiram), consisting of fourteen kaṛañju and three quarters, two mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

43. To (the goddess) Umāparamēśvarī, who is the consort of our lord Tañjai-Viṭaṅkar, (she) gave:—

44. One plate (taḷigai), (consisting of) four hundred and forty-eight kaṛañju and four mañjāḍi of gold.

45. One bowl (maṇḍai), (consisting of) two hundred and ninety-six kaṛañju and a half of gold.

46. One ōṭṭu-vaṭṭil, (consisting of) one hundred and ninety-seven kaṛañju and three quarters of gold.

47. One tavukkai, (consisting of) one hundred and forty-eight kaṛañju and nine mañjāḍi of gold.

48. One censer (kalaśappāṉai), (consisting of) two hundred and ninety-five kaṛañju, seven mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

49. One pot (kalaśa), (consisting of) one hundred and ninety-six kaṛañju and a half of gold.

50. One pot, (consisting of) one hundred and ninety-seven kaṛañju and a quarter of gold.

51. One pot, (consisting of) one hundred and ninety-seven kaṛañju and eight mañjāḍi of gold.

52. One chunnam box (kaṟaṇḍigaichcheppu), (consisting of) one hundred and ninety-eight kaṛañju and a quarter of gold.

53. One handle for a white chāmara (veṇ-śāmarai), (consisting of) nineteen kaṛañju and a half and four mañjāḍi of gold.

54. One handle for a fly-whisk (īchchōppi), (consisting of) nineteen kaṛañju and a half and (one) mañjāḍi of gold.

55. Forty-eight sacred gold flowers (tiruppoṟpū), consisting of two hundred and forty kaṛañju of gold,—each sacred gold flower (consisting of) five kaṛañju of gold.

56. Seventy-two sacred gold flowers, consisting of three hundred and fifty-eight kaṛañju and four mañjāḍi of gold,—each sacred gold flower (consisting of) four kaṛañju and three quarters, four mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

57. Six sacred gold flowers, consisting of twenty-nine kaṛañju and a half and four mañjāḍi of gold,—each sacred gold flower (consisting of) four kaṛañju and three quarters and four mañjāḍi of gold.

58. Three sacred gold flowers, consisting of fourteen kaṛañju and three quarters and (one) kuṉṟi of gold,—each sacred gold flower (consisting of) four kaṛañju and three quarters, three mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

59. One sacred gold flower, (consisting of) four kaṛañju and three quarters of gold. ⟨Page 21⟩

⟨SIIv02p0i0003⟩ No. 3. INSCRIPTION OF RAJARAJA.

No. 3. ON THE NORTH WALL, LOWER TIER.

This inscription is engraved in 38 sections of 15 lines each and contains a description of thirty sacred ornaments. These were made partly of gold and jewels from the temple treasury, and partly of pearls, which Kō-Rājakēsarivarman, alias Rājarājadēva, had given to the temple up to the 29th year of his reign. Paragraphs 5 and 6 allude to gold, which the king had seized after conquering the Chēra king and the Pāṇḍyas, and which he had presented to the temple.

TEXT.

First section.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] tirumakaḷ polapperunilacce-

⟨2⟩ lviyuntaṉakkeyurimai pūṇṭamai maṉa-

⟨3⟩ kkoḷakkāntaḷūrccālai kalamaṟuttaruḷi ve-

⟨4⟩ ṅkaināṭuṅkaṅkapāṭiyuntaṭikaipāṭiyu-

⟨5⟩ m nuḷampapāṭiyuṅkuṭamalaināṭuṅkolla-

⟨6⟩ muṅkaliṅkamum eṇṭicai pukaḻ tara īḻama-

⟨7⟩ ṇṭalamum iraṭṭapāṭi eḻarai ilakkamu-

⟨8⟩ ntiṇṭiṟal veṉṟittaṇṭāṟkoṇṭa

⟨9⟩ taṉṉeḻil vaḷarūḻiyuḷellāyāṇṭun-

⟨10⟩ toḻutaka viḷaṅkum yāṇṭey ceḻiyarai-

⟨11⟩ ttecu koḷ korājakesariva[r*]mmarā-

⟨12⟩ ṉa śrīrājarājadevarkku yāṇṭu irupatto-

⟨13⟩ ṉpatāvatu varai uṭaiyār śrīrāja-

⟨14⟩ rājīśvaram uṭaiyār paṇṭārattukkā-

⟨15⟩ ṭci kāṭṭiṉa nīkki uṭaiyār śrīrā-

Second section.

⟨1⟩ jarā[jī]śvaram uṭaiyār paṇṭārattu-

⟨2⟩ kkūṭi mutal[ā]ṉa poṉṉum ratnaṅkaḷu-

⟨3⟩ m uṭaiyā[r] śrīrāja[r]ājadevar kuṭu-

⟨4⟩ ttaruḷiṉa ratnaṅkaḷuṅkoṇṭu cey-

⟨5⟩ tu mutalāṉa [ra]tnattiṉ tiruvābharaṇa-

⟨6⟩ ṅkaḷ caraṭu[ñ]caṭṭamum nīkki arakkum

⟨7⟩ piñcum uṭpaṭa dakṣiṇameruviṭaṅ-

⟨8⟩ kan eṉṉuṅkācukallāl niṟai eṭu-

⟨9⟩ ttaṉa caṇḍeśvarar koyilil ja-

⟨10⟩ gatippaṭaiyilum upapīṭhattukka-

⟨11⟩ ṇṭappa[ṭai]yilum kallil veṭṭi-

⟨12⟩ ṉa nīk[ki] uṭaiyār śrīvimāṉattukka-

⟨13⟩ llil ve[ṭ]ṭiṉa ||— [1*] uṭaiyār paṇṭā-

⟨14⟩ rattupp[o]ṉ koṭu 1 ceyta tiruppa-

⟨15⟩ ṭṭikai oṉṟu taṇṭavāṇikkukkā-

Third section.

⟨1⟩ l māṟṟuttaṇ[ṇi]ya po-

⟨2⟩ ṉ patiṉ kaḻañce muk- ⟨Page 22⟩

⟨3⟩ kāle mūṉ[ṟu] mañcāṭiyu-

⟨4⟩ ṅkuṉṟiyum arakku niṟai

⟨5⟩ eṇkaḻañce eḻumañcā-

⟨6⟩ ṭiyum piñ[cu] niṟai mukkā-

⟨7⟩ luntaṭavikkaṭṭiṉa paḷi-

⟨8⟩ ṅku pa[ti]ṉaiñciṉāl ni-

⟨9⟩ ṟai kaḻañ[cu]m potti mu-

⟨10⟩ ṉṟiṉāl niṟai mūṉṟu

⟨11⟩ mañcāṭiyum uṭaiyār śrī-

⟨12⟩ rājarājadevar [śrī]pāda-

⟨13⟩ puṣpamā[ka] aṭṭittiru-

⟨14⟩ vaṭittoḻuta iraṇṭā-

⟨15⟩ ntarattil muttil ko-

Fourth section.

⟨1⟩ tta muttu vaṭṭamum aṉuvaṭṭamum oppumuttuṅkuṟumuttu-

⟨2⟩ m nimpo[ḷa]mum payiṭṭamum ampumutuṅkaṟaṭum iraṭṭaiyu-

⟨3⟩ ñcappatti[yu]ñcakkattuṅkuḷurnta [nī]ruñcivanta nīrum uṭaiya mu-

⟨4⟩ ttu ā[yi]rattaiññūṟṟorupattiraṇṭiṉāl niṟai nāṟpatto-

⟨5⟩ rukaḻañce eḻumañcāṭiyum paṇṭārattil pavaḻattil

⟨6⟩ kotta pavaḻam irupattu nāliṉāl niṟai mukkāle mūṉṟu

⟨7⟩ mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟiyum āka niṟai aṟupattu mukkaḻañce

⟨8⟩ oṉpatu mañcāṭikku vilai kācu toṇṇūṟu ||— [2*] paṇṭārattup-

⟨9⟩ poṉ k[o]ṭu ceyta tiruppaṭṭikai oṉṟu taṇṭavāṇikkuk-

⟨10⟩ kāl m[ā]ṟṟu[t]taṇṇiya poṉ patiṉ kaḻañce mukkāle nālu

⟨11⟩ mañcāṭi[yu]m arakku niṟai eṇkaḻañce eḻumañcāṭiyum piñ-

⟨12⟩ cu niṟai mukkāluntaṭa[vi]kkaṭ[ṭi]ṉa pa[ḷi]ṅku patiṉaiñciṉāl ni-

⟨13⟩ ṟai mukkāle nālu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟiyum potti mūṉṟiṉā-

⟨14⟩ l niṟai mūṉṟu mañcāṭiyum uṭaiyār śrīrājarājadevar śrī-

⟨15⟩ pādapuṣpamāka aṭṭitti[ru]vaṭittoḻuta iraṇṭāntarat-

Fifth section.

⟨1⟩ til muttil kotta mut-

⟨2⟩ tu vaṭṭamum aṉuvaṭṭa-

⟨3⟩ mum oppumuttuṅkuṟu-

⟨4⟩ muttum nimpoḷamu-

⟨5⟩ m payiṭṭamum ampu-

⟨6⟩ mutuṅkaṟaṭum iraṭṭai-

⟨7⟩ yuñcappattiyuñcak-

⟨8⟩ kattuṅkuḷurnta nīru-

⟨9⟩ ñcivanta [nī]rum uṭaiya

⟨10⟩ muttu āyirattaiññū-

⟨11⟩ ṟṟu iraṇṭiṉāl niṟai

⟨12⟩ nāṟpatt[o]rukaḻañce

⟨13⟩ oṉpatu mañcāṭiyu-

⟨14⟩ m paṇṭ[ā]rattuppava-

⟨15⟩ ḻattil k[o]tta pavaḻam ⟨Page 23⟩

Sixth section.

⟨1⟩ irupattu nāliṉāl niṟai mukkāle

⟨2⟩ mūṉṟu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟiyum āka ni-

⟨3⟩ ṟai aṟupattu mukkaḻañcaraiye

⟨4⟩ mañcāṭikku vilai kācu toṇṇūṟu |— [3*]

⟨5⟩ paṇṭārattuppoṉ koṭu ceyta

⟨6⟩ tiruppaṭṭikai oṉṟu taṇṭavāṇi-

⟨7⟩ kkukkāl māṟṟuttaṇṇiya poṉ pa-

⟨8⟩ tiṉ kaḻañce mukkāl[e] nālu mañ-

⟨9⟩ cāṭiyum arakku niṟai oṉpatiṉ

⟨10⟩ kaḻañce mūṉṟu mañc[ā]ṭiyuṅkuṉ-

⟨11⟩ ṟiyum piñcu niṟai araikkaḻañ-

⟨12⟩ ce mūṉṟu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟiyum

⟨13⟩ potti mūṉṟiṉāl niṟai mūṉṟu

⟨14⟩ mañcāṭiyuntaṭavikkaṭṭiṉa paḷi-

⟨15⟩ ṅku patiṉaiñciṉāl niṟai kaḻañ-

Seventh section.

⟨1⟩ ce mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟiyum uṭaiyār śrī-

⟨2⟩ rājarājadevar śrīpādapuṣpamāka aṭṭi-

⟨3⟩ ttiruvaṭittoḻuta iraṇṭāntarattu

⟨4⟩ muttil kotta muttu vaṭṭamum aṉu-

⟨5⟩ vaṭṭamum oppumuttuṅkuṟumuttum

⟨6⟩ nimpoḷamum payiṭṭamum ampumutu-

⟨7⟩ ṅkaṟaṭum iraṭṭaiyuñcappattiyu-

⟨8⟩ ñcakkattuṅkuḷurnta nīruñcivanta nīru-

⟨9⟩ m uṭaiya muttu āyirattaṟunūṟ-

⟨10⟩ ṟu aimpattu mūṉṟiṉāl niṟai nāṟpa-

⟨11⟩ ttirukaḻañcaraiye mañcāṭiyum o-

⟨12⟩ ṉpatu māvum paṇṭārattil pavaḻattil

⟨13⟩ kotta pavaḻam irupattu nāliṉāl niṟai

⟨14⟩ mukkāle mūṉṟu mañcāṭiyum āṟu mā-

⟨15⟩ vum āka niṟai aṟupattaiṅkaḻañca-

Eighth section.

⟨1⟩ raiye mañcāṭikku vilai kācu toṇ-

⟨2⟩ ṇūṟṟaiñcu [||—] [4*] uṭaiyār paṇṭāra-

⟨3⟩ ttuppoṉ koṭu ceyta tiruppaṭṭi-

⟨4⟩ kai oṉṟu taṇṭavāṇikkukkāl māṟ-

⟨5⟩ ṟuttaṇṇiya poṉ patiṉ kaḻañce

⟨6⟩ mukkāle mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟiyum a-

⟨7⟩ rakku niṟai eṇkaḻañcaraiye mūṉ-

⟨8⟩ ṟu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟiyum piñcu ni-

⟨9⟩ ṟai mukkāle iraṇṭu mañcāṭiyun-

⟨10⟩ taṭavikkaṭṭiṉa paḷiṅku patiṉaiñci-

⟨11⟩ ṉāl niṟai kaḻañce mūṉṟu mañcā-

⟨12⟩ ṭiyuṅkuṉ[ṟi]yum potti mūṉṟiṉāl ⟨Page 24⟩

⟨13⟩ niṟai mūṉṟu mañcāṭiyum uṭaiyā-

⟨14⟩ r śrīrājarājadevar śrīpādapuṣpamāka

⟨15⟩ aṭṭitti[ru]vaṭittoḻuta iraṇṭānta-

Ninth section.

⟨1⟩ rattu mutti[l] kotta muttu

⟨2⟩ vaṭṭamum aṉuvaṭṭamum

⟨3⟩ oppumuttuṅkuṟumuttu-

⟨4⟩ m nimpoḷamum payiṭṭamum

⟨5⟩ ampumutuṅkaṟaṭum iraṭ-

⟨6⟩ ṭaiyuñcappattiyuñcak-

⟨7⟩ kattuṅkuḷurnta nīruñciva-

⟨8⟩ nta [nī]rum uṭaiya muttu

⟨9⟩ āyirattaṟunūṟṟu oru-

⟨10⟩ pattaiñciṉāl niṟai

⟨11⟩ nāṟpattiruka[ḻa]ñcaraiye

⟨12⟩ nālu mañc[ā]ṭiyum cera-

⟨13⟩ māṉaiyum pāṇḍyarkaḷai-

⟨14⟩ yum eṟiñcu koṇṭa māṭ-

⟨15⟩ ṭil mūlaratna[pa]ṇṭārattār

Tenth section.

⟨1⟩ mutaṟtanta [pa]vaḻattil kotta pavaḻam irupattu nāliṉāl

⟨2⟩ niṟai muk[k]āle iraṇṭu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟiyum āka niṟai

⟨3⟩ aṟupattaiṅkaḻañce kālukku vilai kācu toṇ[ṇūṟu] ||— [5*] uṭaiyā-

⟨4⟩ r paṇṭārattupp[oṉ] koṭu ceyta tiruppa[ṭ]ṭikai oṉṟu taṇ-

⟨5⟩ ṭavāṇikkukkāl [m]āṟṟuttaṇṇiya poṉ pati[ṉ] kaḻañce mu-

⟨6⟩ kkāle mūṉṟu mañcāṭiyum arakku niṟai eṇkaḻañce ā-

⟨7⟩ ṟu mañcāṭi[yu]m piñcu niṟai mukkāle mañcāṭiyuntaṭavikkaṭ-

⟨8⟩ ṭiṉa paḷiṅku patiṉaiñciṉāl niṟai kaḻañce kāl[e] kuṉ[ṟi]yum

⟨9⟩ potti mūṉṟiṉāl niṟai iraṇṭu mañcāṭiyum uṭaiyār

⟨10⟩ śrīrājarājadevar śrīpādapuṣpamāka aṭṭittiruvaṭittoḻu-

⟨11⟩ ta iraṇṭā[n]tarattu muttil kotta muttu vaṭṭamum aṉuva-

⟨12⟩ ṭṭamum oppumuttuṅkuṟumuttum nimpoḷamum payiṭṭamu-

⟨13⟩ m ampumutuṅkaṟaṭum iraṭṭaiyuñcappattiyuñcakkat-

⟨14⟩ tuṅkuḷurn[ta] nīruñcivanta nīrum uṭaiya muttu āyirattaiññūṟṟu-

⟨15⟩ ttoṇ[ṇū]ṟṟu oṉpatiṉāl niṟai nāṟpatiṉ kaḻañcarai-

Eleventh section.

⟨1⟩ ye iraṇṭu mañcāṭiyu-

⟨2⟩ m ceramāṉaiyum pāṇḍya-

⟨3⟩ rkaḷaiyum e[ṟi]ñcu ko-

⟨4⟩ ṇṭa māṭṭi[l] mūlaratnapaṇ-

⟨5⟩ ṭārattār mutaṟtanta pa-

⟨6⟩ vaḻattil kotta pavaḻa-

⟨7⟩ m irupattu nāliṉāl ni-

⟨8⟩ ṟai kaḻañce āṟu ma- ⟨Page 25⟩

⟨9⟩ ñcāṭiyum āka niṟai

⟨10⟩ aṟupattu mukkaḻañce

⟨11⟩ kāle kuṉṟikku vilai kā-

⟨12⟩ cu toṇṇūṟu ||— [6*]

⟨13⟩ uṭaiyār paṇṭārattu-

⟨14⟩ ppoṉ k[o]ṭu ceyta mu-

⟨15⟩ ttuvaḷaiyil oṉṟu

Twelfth section.

⟨1⟩ poṉ aiṅkaḻañce[y] oṉpatu ma-

⟨2⟩ ñcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟiyum itiṟkotta mu-

⟨3⟩ ttu uṭaiyār śrīrājarājadevar

⟨4⟩ śrīpādapuṣpamāka aṭṭittiruva-

⟨5⟩ ṭittoḻuta iraṇṭāntarattu muttu

⟨6⟩ vaṭṭamum aṉuvaṭṭamum oppumut-

⟨7⟩ tuṅkuṟumuttum nimpoḷamum payiṭṭa-

⟨8⟩ mum ampumutuṅkaṟaṭum iraṭṭaiyu-

⟨9⟩ ñcappattiyuñcakkattuṅkuḷirn-

⟨10⟩ ta nīruñcivanta nīrum uṭaiya muttu muṉ-

⟨11⟩ ṉūṟṟaimpattoṉpatiṉāl ni-

⟨12⟩ ṟai patiṉ kaḻa[ñc]e ma[ñ]cāṭiyuṅkuṉ-

⟨13⟩ ṟiyum āka niṟai patiṉaiṅkaḻañcarai-

⟨14⟩ ye mañcāṭikku vilai k[ā]cu irupattai-

⟨15⟩ ñcu ||— [7*] paṇṭārattuppoṉ koṭu

Thirteenth section.

⟨1⟩ ceyta muttuvaḷaiyil oṉṟu poṉ a-

⟨2⟩ ṟukaḻañce mañcāṭiyum uṭaiyār śrīrā-

⟨3⟩ jarājadevar śrīpādapuṣpamāka a-

⟨4⟩ ṭṭittiruvaṭittoḻuta iraṇṭāntarat-

⟨5⟩ tu muttiṟkotta muttu vaṭṭamum aṉu-

⟨6⟩ vaṭṭamum oppumuttuṅkuṟumuttum ni-

⟨7⟩ mpoḷamum payiṭṭamum ampumutuṅka-

⟨8⟩ ṟaṭum iraṭṭaiyuñcappattiyuñcakka-

⟨9⟩ ttuṅkuḷirnta nīruñcivanta nīrum uṭai-

⟨10⟩ ya muttu muṉṉūṟṟu aṟupatteṭṭi-

⟨11⟩ ṉāl niṟai patiṉ kaḻañcum āka niṟai

⟨12⟩ patiṉaṟukaḻañc[e] mañcāṭikku vilai

⟨13⟩ kācu irupatteḻu ||— [8*] paṇṭārattup-

⟨14⟩ poṉ koṭu ceyta muttuvaḷaiyi-

⟨15⟩ l oṉṟu poṉ aṟukaḻañce mañc[ā]-

Fourteenth section.

⟨1⟩ ṭiyum uṭaiyār śrīrāja-

⟨2⟩ rājadevar śrīpādapu-

⟨3⟩ ṣpamāka aṭṭittiruva-

⟨4⟩ ṭittoḻu[ta] iraṇṭān- ⟨Page 26⟩

⟨5⟩ tarattu muttil kotta mu-

⟨6⟩ ttu vaṭṭamum aṉuvaṭṭa-

⟨7⟩ mu[m] oppumuttuṅkuṟu-

⟨8⟩ muttum nimpoḷamum

⟨9⟩ payiṭṭamum ampumu-

⟨10⟩ tuṅkaṟaṭum iraṭṭaiyu-

⟨11⟩ ñcappattiyuñcakkat-

⟨12⟩ tuṅkuḷirnta nīruñciva-

⟨13⟩ nta nīrum uṭaiya mut-

⟨14⟩ tu nāṉūṟ[ṟu] oṉṟiṉāl

⟨15⟩ niṟai patiṉ [ka]ḻañcey

Fifteenth section.

⟨1⟩ āṟu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟiyum āka niṟai patiṉaṟukaḻañcey e-

⟨2⟩ ḻumañcāṭi[yu]ṅkuṉṟikku vilai kācu muppatu ||— [9*] paṇ[ṭā]rattup-

⟨3⟩ [poṉ ko]ṭu ceyta muttuvaḷaiyil oṉṟu poṉ aiñ 1kaḻa-

⟨4⟩ ñcey iraṇṭu mañcāṭiyum uṭaiyār śrīrājarājade-

⟨5⟩ var śrīpādapuṣpamāka aṭṭittiruvaṭittoḻuta iraṇṭā-

⟨6⟩ ntarattu muttiṟkotta muttu vaṭṭamum aṉuvaṭṭamum o-

⟨7⟩ ppumuttuṅkuṟumuttum nimpoḷamum payiṭṭamum ampumu-

⟨8⟩ tuṅkaṟaṭum iraṭṭaiyuñcappattiyuñcakkattuṅkuḷirn-

⟨9⟩ ta nīruñciva[n]ta nīrum uṭaiya muttu muṉṉūṟṟu muppatte-

⟨10⟩ ḻiṉāl niṟ[ai] oṉpatiṉ kaḻañce kālum āka niṟai patināṟka-

⟨11⟩ ḻañcey [e]ḻumañcāṭikku vilai kācu irupattu nālu ||— [10*] paṇṭā-

⟨12⟩ rattuppoṉ koṭu ceyta muttuvaḷaiyil oṉṟu poṉ

⟨13⟩ aiṅkaḻañ[c]e eṭṭu mañcāṭiyum uṭaiyār śrīrājarājadevar

⟨14⟩ śrīpādapuṣpamāka aṭṭittiruvaṭittoḻuta iraṇṭānta-

⟨15⟩ rattu mutti[ṟ]kotta mut[tu] vaṭṭamum aṉuvaṭṭamum o-

Sixteenth section.

⟨1⟩ ppumuttuṅkuṟumut-

⟨2⟩ tum nimpoḷamum payi-

⟨3⟩ ṭṭamum [a]mpumutuṅ-

⟨4⟩ kaṟaṭum iraṭṭaiyu-

⟨5⟩ ñcappattiyuñcakka-

⟨6⟩ ttuṅkuḷirnta nīruñci-

⟨7⟩ vanta nīrum uṭaiya

⟨8⟩ (muttiṟkotta) muttu

⟨9⟩ muṉṉūṟṟu aimpa-

⟨10⟩ ttiraṇṭiṉāl niṟai o-

⟨11⟩ ṉpatiṉ kaḻañcarai-

⟨12⟩ ye mūṉṟu [ma]ñcāṭiyu-

⟨13⟩ ṅkuṉṟi[yu]m āka niṟai

⟨14⟩ patiṉaiṅkaḻañce mañ-

⟨15⟩ cāṭiyuṅkuṉṟikku vilai ⟨Page 27⟩

Seventeenth section.

⟨1⟩ kācu irupattaiñcu ||— [11*] paṇṭārattu-

⟨2⟩ ppoṉ koṭu ceyta muttuvaḷai-

⟨3⟩ yil oṉṟu poṉ aiṅ[ka]ḻañce e-

⟨4⟩ ṭṭu mañcāṭiyum uṭaiyār śrīrāja-

⟨5⟩ rājadevar śrīpādapuṣpamāka aṭṭi-

⟨6⟩ ttiruvaṭittoḻuta iraṇṭāntarattu mu-

⟨7⟩ ttiṟkotta muttu vaṭṭamum aṉu-

⟨8⟩ vaṭṭamum oppumuttuṅkuṟumuttu-

⟨9⟩ m nimpoḷamum payiṭṭamum ampumutu-

⟨10⟩ ṅkaṟaṭum iraṭṭaiyuñcappatti-

⟨11⟩ yuñcakkattuṅkuḷirnta nīruñcivan-

⟨12⟩ ta nīrum uṭaiya muttu muṉṉūṟ-

⟨13⟩ ṟu aimpattoṉṟiṉāl niṟai e-

⟨14⟩ ṇkaḻañce mukkāle mañcāṭiyu-

⟨15⟩ ṅkuṉṟiyum āka niṟai patiṉāṟkaḻa-

Eighteenth section.

⟨1⟩ ñce nālu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟikku vilai kācu irupattu nālu ||— [12*] paṇṭārattu-

⟨2⟩ ppoṉ koṭu ceyta muttuvaḷaiyil oṉṟu poṉ aiṅkaḻañce e-

⟨3⟩ ṭṭu mañcāṭiyum uṭaiyār śrīrājarājadevar śrīpādapuṣpamāka aṭṭitti-

⟨4⟩ ruvaṭittoḻuta iraṇṭāntarattu muttiṟkotta muttu vaṭṭamum aṉuvaṭ-

⟨5⟩ ṭamum oppumuttuṅkuṟumuttum nimpoḷamum payiṭṭamum ampumutu-

⟨6⟩ ṅkaṟaṭum iraṭṭaiyuñcappattiyuñcakkattuṅkuḷirnta nīruñcivan-

⟨7⟩ ta nīrum uṭaiya muttu muṉṉūṟṟu aṟupattoṉpatiṉāl niṟai patiṉ kaḻañ-

⟨8⟩ ce eṭṭu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟiyum āka niṟai patiṉaiṅkaḻañce mukkāle

⟨9⟩ mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟikku vilai kācu irupattaiñcu ||— [13*] paṇṭārattuppoṉ

⟨10⟩ koṭu ceyta muttuvaḷaiyil oṉṟu poṉ aiṅkaḻañcaraiye n[ālu] ma-

⟨11⟩ ñcāṭiyum uṭaiyār śrīrājarājadevar śrīpādapuṣpamā[ka] a[ṭṭi]-

⟨12⟩ ttiruvaṭittoḻuta iraṇṭāntarattu muttiṟkotta muttu vaṭṭamum a-

⟨13⟩ ṉuvaṭṭamum oppumuttuṅkuṟumuttum nimpoḷamum payiṭṭamum ampumu-

⟨14⟩ tuṅkaṟaṭum iraṭṭaiyuñcappattiyuñcak[ka]ttuṅkuḷirnta nīruñcivanta

⟨15⟩ nīrum uṭaiya muttu muṉṉūṟṟu eṇpattoṉpatiṉāl niṟai patiṉ kaḻa-

Nineteenth section.

⟨1⟩ ñcaraiy[e] iraṇṭu mañcāṭiyuṅku-

⟨2⟩ ṉṟiyum āka niṟai patiṉaṟukaḻañce

⟨3⟩ āṟu mañcā[ṭi]yuṅkuṉṟikku vilai kācu

⟨4⟩ irupattāṟu ||— [14*] paṇṭārattuppoṉ ko-

⟨5⟩ ṭu ceyta muttuvaḷaiyil oṉṟu po-

⟨6⟩ ṉ aiṅkaḻañce eḻumañcāṭiyuṅkuṉ-

⟨7⟩ ṟiyum uṭaiyār śrīrājarājadevar śrīpā-

⟨8⟩ dapuṣpamāka aṭṭittiruvaṭittoḻu-

⟨9⟩ ta iraṇṭāntarattu [muttiṟkotta*] muttu vaṭṭamum

⟨10⟩ aṉuvaṭṭamum oppumuttuṅkuṟu- ⟨Page 28⟩

⟨11⟩ muttum nimpoḷamum payiṭṭamum

⟨12⟩ ampumutu[ṅ]kaṟaṭum iraṭṭaiyuñca-

⟨13⟩ ppattiyuñcakkattuṅkuḷirnta nīru-

⟨14⟩ ñcivanta nī[ru]m uṭaiya muttu muṉ-

⟨15⟩ ṉūṟṟeḻupattaiñciṉāl niṟai

Twentieth section.

⟨1⟩ patiṉ kaḻañce eṭṭu mañ-

⟨2⟩ cāṭiyum [āka] niṟai pati-

⟨3⟩ ṉaiṅkaḻañce mukkāle

⟨4⟩ kuṉṟikku vilai kācu irupa-

⟨5⟩ ttāṟu ||— [15*] paṇṭārattup-

⟨6⟩ poṉ koṭu ceyta mu-

⟨7⟩ ttuvaḷaiyil oṉṟu po-

⟨8⟩ ṉ aiṅkaḻañce iraṇ-

⟨9⟩ ṭu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟiyu-

⟨10⟩ m uṭaiyā[r] śrīrājarāja-

⟨11⟩ devar śrīp[ā]dapuṣpamā-

⟨12⟩ ka aṭṭittiruvaṭittoḻu-

⟨13⟩ ta iraṇṭāntarattu mutti-

⟨14⟩ ṟkotta muttu vaṭṭamum

⟨15⟩ aṉuvaṭṭamum oppu-

Twenty-first section.

⟨1⟩ muttuṅkuṟumuttum nimpoḷamum payiṭṭamum ampu-

⟨2⟩ mutuṅkaṟaṭum iraṭṭaiyuñcappattiyuñcakkattuṅkuḷi-

⟨3⟩ rnta nīruñ[ci]vanta nīrum uṭaiya muttu muṉṉūṟṟu nāṟpatto-

⟨4⟩ ṉpatiṉāl niṟai oṉpatiṉ kaḻañce āṟu mañcāṭiyum ā-

⟨5⟩ ka niṟai patiṉāṟkaḻañce eṭṭu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟikku vilai

⟨6⟩ kācu irupattu nālu ||— [16*] paṇṭārattuppoṉ koṭu ceyta mu-

⟨7⟩ ttuvaḷaiyil oṉṟu poṉ aiṅkaḻañce iraṇṭu mañcāṭi-

⟨8⟩ yuṅkuṉṟiyum uṭaiyār śrīrājarājadevar śrīpādapu-

⟨9⟩ ṣpamāka aṭṭittiruvaṭittoḻuta iraṇṭāntarattu mut-

⟨10⟩ tiṟkotta muttu vaṭṭamum aṉuvaṭṭamum oppumuttuṅku-

⟨11⟩ ṟumuttum nimpoḷamum payiṭṭamum ampumutuṅkaṟaṭum

⟨12⟩ iraṭṭaiyuñcappattiyuñcakkattuṅkuḷirnta nīruñciva-

⟨13⟩ nta nīrum uṭaiya muttu muṉṉūṟṟu aimpatiṉāl niṟai

⟨14⟩ oṉpatiṉ kaḻañce eḻumañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟiyum āka niṟai

⟨15⟩ patiṉāṟkaḻañcaraikku vilai kācu irupattu nālu [||—] [17*] paṇṭā-

Twenty-second section.

⟨1⟩ rattuppoṉ koṭu ce-

⟨2⟩ yta muttuvaḷaiyil oṉ-

⟨3⟩ ṟu poṉ aiṅkaḻañce

⟨4⟩ iraṇṭu mañcāṭiyuṅ-

⟨5⟩ kuṉṟiyum uṭaiyār

⟨6⟩ śrīrājarājadevar śrīpā- ⟨Page 29⟩

⟨7⟩ dapuṣpam[ā]ka aṭṭitti-

⟨8⟩ ruvaṭittoḻuta iraṇṭā-

⟨9⟩ ntarattu muttiṟkot-

⟨10⟩ ta muttu vaṭṭamum a-

⟨11⟩ ṉuvaṭṭamum oppumut-

⟨12⟩ tuṅkuṟumuttum nim-

⟨13⟩ poḷamum payiṭṭamu-

⟨14⟩ m ampumutuṅkaṟaṭu-

⟨15⟩ m iraṭṭaiyuñcappat-

Twenty-third section.

⟨1⟩ [ti]yuñcakkattuṅkuḷirnta [nī]ruñ[ci]va-

⟨2⟩ nta nīrum uṭaiya muttu muṉṉūṟṟu

⟨3⟩ muppatteṭṭiṉāl niṟai oṉpa-

⟨4⟩ tiṉ kaḻañce mūṉṟu mañcāṭiyum āka

⟨5⟩ niṟai patiṉāṟka[ḻa]ñce kāle kuṉṟikku

⟨6⟩ vilai kācu irupattu nālu ||— [18*] paṇṭārat-

⟨7⟩ tuppoṉ koṭu ceyta muttuvaḷaiyi-

⟨8⟩ l oṉṟu poṉ aiṅkaḻañce ā-

⟨9⟩ ṟu mañcāṭiyum uṭaiy[ā]r śrīrājarāja

⟨10⟩ devar śrīpādapuṣpamāka aṭṭit-

⟨11⟩ tiruvaṭittoḻuta iraṇṭāntarattu

⟨12⟩ muttiṟkotta muttu vaṭṭamum a-

⟨13⟩ ṉuvaṭṭamum oppumuttuṅkuṟumu-

⟨14⟩ ttum nimpoḷamum payiṭṭamum

⟨15⟩ ampumutuṅkaṟaṭum iraṭṭaiyuñ-

Twenty-fourth section.

⟨1⟩ cappattiyuñcakkattuṅkuḷirnta nīruñci-

⟨2⟩ vanta nīrum uṭaiya muttu muṉṉūṟṟu

⟨3⟩ aṟupattoṉṟiṉāl niṟai oṉpati-

⟨4⟩ ṉ kaḻañce mukkāle mañcāṭiyum ā-

⟨5⟩ ka niṟai patiṉaiṅkaḻañce iraṇṭu

⟨6⟩ mañcāṭikku vilai kācu irupattaiñcu |— [19*]

⟨7⟩ paṇṭārattuppoṉ koṭu ceyta mu-

⟨8⟩ ttuvaḷaiyil oṉṟu poṉ aiṅkaḻa-

⟨9⟩ ñce mukkāle kuṉṟiyum uṭaiyār

⟨10⟩ śrīrājarājadevar śrīpādapuṣpa-

⟨11⟩ māka aṭṭittiruvaṭitoḻuta iraṇṭā-

⟨12⟩ ntarattu muttiṟkotta muttu vaṭṭamu-

⟨13⟩ m aṉuvaṭṭamum oppumuttuṅkuṟu-

⟨14⟩ muttum nimpoḷamum payiṭṭamum a-

⟨15⟩ mpamutuṅkaṟaṭum iraṭṭaiyuñcappa-

Twenty-fifth section.

⟨1⟩ ttiyuñcak[ka]ttuṅku[ḷi]rnta [nī]ruñ[ci]-

⟨2⟩ vanta nīrum uṭaiya mut[tu muṉṉū]- ⟨Page 30⟩

⟨3⟩ ṟṟu aṟupat[tu] nāliṉāl niṟai oṉ-

⟨4⟩ patiṉ kaḻañcaraiye mañcāṭiyum

⟨5⟩ āka niṟai patiṉaiṅkaḻañce āṟu

⟨6⟩ mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟikku vilai kācu iru-

⟨7⟩ pattāṟu ||— [20*] paṇṭārattuppoṉ

⟨8⟩ koṭu ceyta muttuvaḷaiyil oṉṟu

⟨9⟩ poṉ aiṅkaḻañcaraiye iraṇṭu

⟨10⟩ mañcāṭiyum uṭaiyār śrīrājarā-

⟨11⟩ jadevar śrīpādapuṣpamāka aṭ-

⟨12⟩ ṭittiruvaṭittoḻuta iraṇṭān-

⟨13⟩ tarattu muttiṟkotta muttu vaṭṭa-

⟨14⟩ mum aṉuvaṭṭamum oppumuttuṅ-

⟨15⟩ kuṟumuttum nimpoḷamum payiṭ-

Twenty-sixth section.

⟨1⟩ ṭamum ampumutuṅkaṟaṭu-

⟨2⟩ [m iraṭ]ṭaiyuñcappat-

⟨3⟩ tiyuñcakkattuṅku[ḷi]rn-

⟨4⟩ ta nīruñcivan[ta] nīrum uṭai-

⟨5⟩ ya muttu muṉṉūṟṟu aim-

⟨6⟩ pattu mūṉṟiṉāl niṟai

⟨7⟩ oṉpatiṉ kaḻañcaraiye

⟨8⟩ iraṇṭu mañcāṭiyum āka

⟨9⟩ niṟai patiṉaiṅkaḻañcey

⟨10⟩ nālu mañcāṭikku vilai kācu

⟨11⟩ irupattaiñcu ||— [21*] paṇṭāra-

⟨12⟩ ttuppoṉ koṭu ceyta

⟨13⟩ muttuvaḷaiyil oṉṟu po-

⟨14⟩ ṉ aiṅkaḻañce kālum u-

⟨15⟩ ṭaiyār śrīrājarājade-

Twenty-seventh section.

⟨1⟩ var śrīpādapuṣpamāka aṭ[ṭi]ttiruvaṭitt[o]ḻuta iraṇṭā-

⟨2⟩ ntarattu muttiṟkotta muttu vaṭṭamum aṉuvaṭṭamum op-

⟨3⟩ pumuttuṅkuṟumuttum nimpoḷamum payiṭṭamum ampumutu-

⟨4⟩ ṅkaṟaṭum iraṭṭaiyuñcappattiyuñcakkattuṅkuḷi[r]nta nīru-

⟨5⟩ ñcivanta nīrum uṭaiya muttu muṉṉūṟṟu aimpattu nāliṉāl

⟨6⟩ niṟai oṉpatiṉ kaḻañcaraiye mañcāṭiyum āka niṟai pati-

⟨7⟩ ṉāṟkaḻañc[e] mukkāle mañcāṭikku vilai kācu irupattu nālu ||— [22*]

⟨8⟩ uṭaiyār paṇṭārattuppoṉ koṭu ceyta śrīmuṭi [o]ṉṟu po-

⟨9⟩ ṉ muppatteṇkaḻañce mukkāle nālu mañcāṭi[yuṅ]kuṉṟiyunta-

⟨10⟩ ṭavikkaṭṭiṉa [pa]ḷiṅku nūṟṟirupattu nāli[ṉāl ni]ṟai kaḻa[ñc]ey oṉpatu

⟨11⟩ mañcāṭiyuṅ[ku]ṉṟiyum paḷikkuva[yi]ram eḻupattoṉṟiṉā[l] niṟai mūṉṟu

⟨12⟩ mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟiyum potti muppattiraṇṭiṉāl niṟai eḻuma-

⟨13⟩ ñcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟiyum piñcu niṟai kaḻañcaraiyum uṭaiyār

⟨14⟩ śrīrājarāja[d]evar śrīpādapuṣpa[mā]ka aṭṭittiruvaṭitto-

⟨15⟩ ḻuta muttiṟkotta muttu vaṭṭamum aṉuvaṭṭamum o- ⟨Page 31⟩

Twenty-eighth section.

⟨1⟩ ppumuttuṅkuṟumuttum

⟨2⟩ payiṭṭamum nimpoḷa-

⟨3⟩ mum ampumutuṅkaṟaṭum

⟨4⟩ iraṭṭaiyuñcappattiyu-

⟨5⟩ ñcakkattuṅkuḷirnta nīru-

⟨6⟩ ñcivanta nīrum uṭaiya

⟨7⟩ muttu muṉ[ṉū]ṟṟu muppattu

⟨8⟩ nāliṉāl niṟai eḻukaḻañcu-

⟨9⟩ m āka niṟai nāṟpatto-

⟨10⟩ ṉpatiṉ kaḻañcaraikku vi-

⟨11⟩ lai kācu eṇpattāṟu ||— [23*]

⟨12⟩ ṭaiyār paṇṭārattuppo-

⟨13⟩ ṉ koṭu ceyta tirumālai

⟨14⟩ oṉṟu poṉ eḻukaḻañ-

⟨15⟩ caraiye mañcāṭiyum i-

Twenty-ninth section.

⟨1⟩ raṇṭu māvum piñcu niṟai āṟu mañcāṭi-

⟨2⟩ yuṅkuṉṟiyum paḷikku[va]yiram aṟupat-

⟨3⟩ tiraṇṭiṉāl niṟai mañc[āṭi]yum paḷiṅ-

⟨4⟩ ku eḻupattoṉṟiṉāl niṟai arai-

⟨5⟩ kkaḻañce mañcāṭiyum pot-

⟨6⟩ ti mūṉṟiṉāl niṟai mūṉṟu māvum u-

⟨7⟩ ṭaiyār śrīrājarājadevar śrīpāda-

⟨8⟩ puṣpamāka aṭṭittiruvaṭittoḻu-

⟨9⟩ ta muttiṟkotta muttu vaṭṭamum a-

⟨10⟩ ṉuvaṭṭamum oppumuttuṅkuṟumuttu-

⟨11⟩ m payiṭṭamum nimpoḷamum ampumu-

⟨12⟩ tuṅkaṟaṭum iraṭṭ[ai]yuñcappatti-

⟨13⟩ yuñcakkattuṅkuḷirnta nīruñcivanta

⟨14⟩ nīrum uṭaiya (muttiṟk[o]tta) muttu nā-

⟨15⟩ ṟpattaiñciṉāl niṟai mukkāle ma-

Thirtieth section.

⟨1⟩ ñcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟiyum āka niṟai oṉpatiṉ

⟨2⟩ kaḻañce āṟu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟikku vilai

⟨3⟩ kācu patiṉeṭṭu ||— [24*] uṭaiyār paṇṭārat-

⟨4⟩ tuppoṉ koṭu ceyta śrīccha[ndam] o-

⟨5⟩ ṉṟu poṉ aiṅkaḻañce mukkāle mū-

⟨6⟩ ṉṟu mañcāṭiyum orumāvum uḷḷarakku

⟨7⟩ niṟai araikkaḻañce mūṉṟu mañcā-

⟨8⟩ ṭiyuṅkuṉṟiyum piñcu niṟai kālunta-

⟨9⟩ ṭavikkaṭṭiṉa paḷiṅku patiṉeṭṭiṉāl

⟨10⟩ niṟai nālu mañcāṭiyunāṉku māvum paḷi-

⟨11⟩ kkuvayiram āṟiṉāl niṟai kuṉṟiyum po-

⟨12⟩ tti patiṉ mūṉṟiṉāl niṟai iraṇṭu ⟨Page 32⟩

⟨13⟩ mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟiyum uṭaiyār śrī-

⟨14⟩ rājarājadevar śrīpādapuṣpamāka a-

⟨15⟩ ṭṭittiruvaṭittoḻuta muttiṟkotta

Thirty-first section.

⟨1⟩ muttu vaṭṭamu[m] aṉuvaṭṭamum oppumuttu-

⟨2⟩ ṅkuṟumuttum ni[m]poḷamum payiṭṭamum a-

⟨3⟩ mpumutuṅkaṟa[ṭu]m iraṭṭaiyuñcappa-

⟨4⟩ ttiyuñcakkattuṅkuḷirnta nīruñcivan-

⟨5⟩ ta nīrum uṭaiya muttuttoḷāyira-

⟨6⟩ tteṇpattoṉṟiṉāl ni-

⟨7⟩ ṟai muppattu mukkaḻañce

⟨8⟩ mukkāle nālu mañcāṭiyu-

⟨9⟩ ṅkuṉṟiyum āka niṟai nāṟpatto-

⟨10⟩ rukaḻañce mūṉṟu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟik-

⟨11⟩ ku vilai kācu aimpattaiñcu ||— [25*] uṭai-

⟨12⟩ yār paṇṭāra[t]tuppoṉ koṭu cey-

⟨13⟩ ta śrīcchanda[m] oṉṟu poṉ aṟukaḻa-

⟨14⟩ ñce oṉpatu māvum uḷḷarakku ni-

⟨15⟩ ṟai mukkāle mañcāṭiyum o-

Thirty-second section.

⟨1⟩ rumāvum piñcu [ni]ṟai kāle

⟨2⟩ iraṇṭu māvum taṭavikkaṭṭi-

⟨3⟩ ṉa paḷiṅku pa[ti]ṉeṭṭiṉāl

⟨4⟩ niṟai nālu mañcāṭiyuṅ-

⟨5⟩ kuṉṟiyum paḷikkuvayira-

⟨6⟩ m āṟiṉāl niṟai kuṉ-

⟨7⟩ ṟiyum potti patiṉ mūṉ-

⟨8⟩ ṟiṉāl niṟai iraṇṭu 1 mañ-

⟨9⟩ cāṭiyum eṭṭu māvum u-

⟨10⟩ ṭaiyār śrīrājarājade-

⟨11⟩ var śrīpādapuṣpamā-

⟨12⟩ ka aṭṭittiruvaṭitto-

⟨13⟩ ḻuta muttiṟkotta muttu

⟨14⟩ vaṭṭamum aṉuvaṭṭamum

⟨15⟩ oppumuttuṅkuṟumuttu-

Thirty-third section.

⟨1⟩ m nimpoḷamum payiṭṭamum ampumutuṅkaṟaṭum iraṭṭaiyu-

⟨2⟩ ñcappattiyuñcakkattuṅkuḷirnta nīruñcivanta nīrum uṭai-

⟨3⟩ ya muttu [eḻunū]ṟṟaimpattu oṉpatiṉāl [ni]ṟai irupattaṟukaḻa-

⟨4⟩ ñcaraiye nālu mañcāṭiyum āka niṟai muppattu nāṟkaḻa-

⟨5⟩ ñce nālu [ma]ñcāṭikku vilai kācu nāṟpattaiñcu [||—] [26*] uṭaiyār pa-

⟨6⟩ ṇṭārattuppoṉ koṭu ceyta śrīcchandam oṉṟu poṉ

⟨7⟩ aṟukaḻañc[e] eḻumañcāṭiyum uḷḷarakku niṟai mukkāle i- ⟨Page 33⟩

⟨8⟩ raṇṭu mañcāṭiyum piñcu niṟai kāluntaṭavikkaṭṭiṉa paḷiṅku

⟨9⟩ patiṉeṭṭiṉāl niṟai nālu mañcāṭiyunāṉku m[ā]vum paḷikkuva-

⟨10⟩ yiram āṟiṉāl niṟai āṟu māvum potti patiṉ mūṉṟiṉāl niṟai

⟨11⟩ iraṇṭu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟiyum uṭaiyār śrīrājarājadevar śrīpāda-

⟨12⟩ puṣpamāka aṭṭittiruvaṭittoḻuta muttiṟk[o]tta muttu vaṭṭa-

⟨13⟩ mum aṉuvaṭṭamum oppumuttuṅkuṟumuttum nimpoḷamum pa-

⟨14⟩ yiṭṭamum ampumutuṅkaṟaṭum iraṭṭaiyuñcappattiyuñ-

⟨15⟩ cakkattuṅkuḷirnta nīruñcivanta nīrum uṭaiya muttut-

Thirty-fourth section.

⟨1⟩ toḷāyirattuttoṇ-

⟨2⟩ ṇūṟṟeṭṭiṉāl niṟai

⟨3⟩ muppattaiṅkaḻañce

⟨4⟩ kuṉṟiyum āka niṟai

⟨5⟩ nāṟpattirukaḻañce muk-

⟨6⟩ kāle iraṇṭu mañcāṭi-

⟨7⟩ kku vilai kācu aimpattā-

⟨8⟩ ṟu ||— [27*] uṭaiyār paṇṭā-

⟨9⟩ rattuppoṉ koṭu ce-

⟨10⟩ yta śrīcchandam oṉṟu

⟨11⟩ poṉ aṟukaḻañce o-

⟨12⟩ ṉpatu mañc[ā]ṭiyuṅkuṉṟiyum

⟨13⟩ uḷḷarakku niṟ[ai] mukkāle ma-

⟨14⟩ ñcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟiyum pi-

⟨15⟩ ñcu niṟai [k]āluntaṭa-

Thirty-fifth section.

⟨1⟩ vikkaṭṭiṉa paḷiṅku pati[ṉ]eṭṭiṉā-

⟨2⟩ l niṟai nālu mañcāṭiyum orumāvu-

⟨3⟩ m paḷikkuvayiram āṟiṉāl niṟai kuṉ-

⟨4⟩ ṟiyum potti patiṉ muṉṟiṉāl niṟai

⟨5⟩ mūṉṟu mañcāṭiyum orumāvum uṭaiyā-

⟨6⟩ r śrīrājarājadevar śrīpādapuṣpamāka a-

⟨7⟩ ṭṭittiruvaṭittoḻuta muttiṟkotta muttu

⟨8⟩ vaṭṭamum aṉuvaṭṭamum oppumuttu-

⟨9⟩ ṅkuṟumuttum nimpoḷamum payiṭṭamu-

⟨10⟩ m ampumutuṅkaṟaṭum iraṭṭaiyu-

⟨11⟩ ñcappattiyuñcakkattuṅkuḷirnta nīruñ-

⟨12⟩ civanta nīrum uṭaiya muttu eṇṇūṟ-

⟨13⟩ ṟu nāṟpattāṟiṉāl niṟai muppatiṉ kaḻa-

⟨14⟩ ñcum āka niṟai muppatteḻukaḻañce

⟨15⟩ mukkāle mūṉṟu mañcāṭiyum eḻumā-

Thirty-sixth section.

⟨1⟩ vukku vilai kācu aimpatu ||— [28*] uṭaiyār paṇ[ṭāra*]-

⟨2⟩ ttuppoṉ koṭu ceyta śrīcchandam oṉṟu [po*]-

⟨3⟩ ṉ kaḻañce iraṇṭu mañcāṭiyum aṟumāvarai- ⟨Page 34⟩

⟨4⟩ yum piñcu niṟai orumāvum taṭavikkaṭṭiṉa

⟨5⟩ paḷiṅku iraṇṭiṉāl niṟai iraṇṭu māvu-

⟨6⟩ m uṭaiyār śrīrājarājadevar kuṭutta mu-

⟨7⟩ ttiṟkotta muttu vaṭṭamum aṉuvaṭ-

⟨8⟩ ṭamum oppumuttuṅkuṟumuttum āka

⟨9⟩ muttu irunūṟṟaṟupatiṉāl niṟai irukaḻa-

⟨10⟩ ñce aimmāvaraiyum āka niṟai mukkaḻañ-

⟨11⟩ ce mūṉṟu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟikku vilai

⟨12⟩ kācu mūṉṟu ||— [29*] uṭaiyār paṇṭārattuppo-

⟨13⟩ ṉ koṭu ceyta tiruppaṭṭikai oṉṟu po-

⟨14⟩ ṉ irukaḻañce mūṉṟu mañcāṭiyumuṉṟu mā-

⟨15⟩ vum piñcu niṟai mūṉṟu māvum paḷiṅku ā-

Thirty-seventh section.

⟨1⟩ [ṟi*]ṉāl niṟai [e]ḻumāvum uṭaiyār śrīrāja-

⟨2⟩ [rā*]jadevar kuṭutta muttiṟkotta muttu-

⟨3⟩ ntaippumuttum vaṭṭamum aṉuvaṭṭamu-

⟨4⟩ m oppumut[tu]ṅkuṟumuttum puñcamut-

⟨5⟩ tum āka mut[tu] irunūṟṟeḻupatteḻiṉā

⟨6⟩ l niṟai irukaḻañce oṉpatu mañcāṭi-

⟨7⟩ yum iraṇṭu māvum āka niṟai nāṟkaḻañ-

⟨8⟩ caraiye mūṉṟu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟikku

⟨9⟩ vilai kācu aiñcu ||— [30*] uṭaiyār paṇṭārattu-

⟨10⟩ ppoṉ koṭu ceyta tiruppuṟakkuṭai

⟨11⟩ oṉṟu poṉ eḻupattorukaḻañce kā-

⟨12⟩ le orumāvum taṭavikkaṭṭiṉa paḷiṅku e-

⟨13⟩ ṇpattoṉṟi(ṉṟi)ṉā[l*] niṟai irukaḻañ-

⟨14⟩ cum paḷikkuvayiram patiṉāṟiṉāl niṟai

⟨15⟩ oṉpatu māvum piñcu niṟai irukaḻañ-

Thirty-eighth section.

⟨1⟩ ce eṭṭu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉ-

⟨2⟩ ṟiyum uṭaiyār śrīrājarā-

⟨3⟩ jadevar kuṭutta muttiṟ-

⟨4⟩ kotta mut[tu] vaṭṭamum

⟨5⟩ aṉuvaṭṭamum oppu-

⟨6⟩ muttuṅkuṟumuttum to-

⟨7⟩ l teyntaṉavum paḻamut-

⟨8⟩ tum āka mut[tu] āyirattu

⟨9⟩ muṉṉūṟṟ[e]ḻupattiraṇ-

⟨10⟩ ṭiṉāl niṟ[ai] irupattu mu-

⟨11⟩ kkaḻañcaraiye nālu mañ-

⟨12⟩ cāṭiyuṅkuṉṟiyum āka ni-

⟨13⟩ ṟai toṇ[ṇū]ṟṟoṉpati-

⟨14⟩ ṉ kaḻañce oṉpatu mañ-

⟨15⟩ cāṭikku vilai k[ācu] nūṟṟaṟupatu [||— 31*] ⟨Page 35⟩

TRANSLATION.

1. Hail ! Prosperity ! The sacred ornaments (ābharaṇa) of jewels (raṭna) of the first quality, made (partly) of gold and jewels of the first quality, which had accumulated in the treasury (bhaṇḍāra) of the lord of the Śrī-Rājarājēśvara (temple),—excluding those which were exhibited (to the public ?) at the treasury of the lord of the Śrī-Rājarājēśvara (temple),—and (partly) of jewels, which the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva had been pleased to give (to the temple) until the twenty-ninth year (of the reign) of Kō-Rājakēsarivarman, alias Śrī-Rājarājadēva, who,—while (his) heart rejoiced, that, like the goddess of fortune, the goddess of the great earth had become his wife,—in his life of growing strength, during which, having been pleased to cut the vessel (in) the hall (at) Kāndaḷūr, he conquered by his army, which was victorious in great battles, Vēṅgai-nāḍu, Gaṅgapāḍi, Taḍigai-pāḍi, Nuḷamba-pāḍi, Kuḍamalai-nāḍu, Kollam, Kaliṅgam, Īṛamaṇḍalam, (the conquest of which) made (him) famous (in) the eight directions, and the seven and a half lakshas of Iraṭṭa-pāḍi,—deprived the Śeṛiyas of their splendour, while (he) was resplendent (to such a degree) that (he) was worthy to be worshipped everywhere,—were weighed by the jewel weight (kāśu-kal) called (after) Dakshiṇa-Mēru-Viṭaṅkaṉ, 1 excluding the threads (śaraḍu) and the frames (śaṭṭam), (but) including the lac (arakku) and the piñju, (and) were engraved on stone on the sacred shrine (śrī-vimāna) of the lord,—excluding those which had been engraved on stone on the jagatippaḍai and on the upapīṭhattu-kaṇḍappaḍai 2 of the temple (kōyil) of Chaṇḍēśvara,—(as follows):—

2. One sacred girdle (tiruppaṭṭigai), made of gold taken from the treasury of the lord, (and containing) ten kaṛañju and three quarters, three mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold, which was a quarter inferior in fineness to (the gold standard called) daṇḍavāṇi. The lac weighed eight kaṛañju and seven mañjāḍi. The piñju weighed three quarters (of a kaṛañju). Fifteen crystals (paḷiṅgu), set into (it), weighed (one) kaṛañju. Three potti weighed three mañjāḍi. One thousand five hundred and twelve strung pearls (muttu) of brilliant water and of red water, (taken) from the pearls of the second quality, which the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva had poured out as flowers at the sacred feet (śrīpādapushpa) and with which he had worshipped the feet of the god, (viz.) round pearls (vaṭṭam), roundish pearls (aṉuvaṭṭam), polished pearls (oppu-muttu), small pearls (kuṟu-muttu), nimboḷam, payiṭṭam, ambumudu, crude pearls (kaṟaḍu), twin pearls (iraṭṭai), śappatti and śakkattu, weighed forty-one kaṛañju and seven mañjāḍi. Twenty-four strung corals (pavaṛam), (taken) from the corals in the treasury, weighed three quarters (of a kaṛañju), three mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi. Altogether, (the girdle) weighed sixtythree kaṛañju and nine mañjāḍi, corresponding to a value of ninety kāśu.

3. One sacred girdle, made of gold taken from the treasury, (and containing) ten kaṛañju and three quarters and four mañjāḍi of gold, which was a quarter inferior in fineness to the daṇḍavāṇi. The lac weighed eight kaṛañju and seven mañjāḍi. The piñju weighed three quarters (of a kaṛañju). Fifteen crystals, set into (it), weighed three quarters (of a kaṛañju), four mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi. Three potti weighed three mañjāḍi. One thousand five hundred and two strung pearls of brilliant water and of red water, (taken) from the pearls of the second quality, which the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva had poured out as flowers at the ⟨Page 36⟩ sacred feet and with which he had worshipped the feet of the god, (viz.) round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls, small pearls, nimboḷam, payiṭṭam, ambumudu, crude pearls, twin pearls, śappatti and śakkattu, weighed forty-one kaṛañju and nine mañjāḍi. Twenty-four strung corals, (taken) from the corals in the treasury, weighed three quarters (of a kaṛañju), three mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi. Altogether, (the girdle) weighed sixty-three kaṛañju and a half and (one) mañjāḍi, corresponding to a value of ninety kāśu.

4. One sacred girdle, made of gold taken from the treasury, (and containing) ten kaṛañju and three quarters and four mañjāḍi of gold, which was a quarter inferior in fineness to the daṇḍavāṇi. The lac weighed nine kaṛañju, three mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi. The piñju weighed half a kaṛañju, three mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi. Three potti weighed three mañjāḍi. Fifteen crystals, set into (it), weighed (one) kaṛañju, (one) mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi. One thousand six hundred and fifty-three strung pearls of brilliant water and of red water, (taken) from the pearls of the second quality, which the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva had poured out as flowers at the sacred feet and with which he had worshipped the feet of the god, (viz.) round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls, small pearls, nimboḷam, payiṭṭam, ambumudu, crude pearls, twin pearls, śappatti and śakkattu, weighed forty-two kaṛañju and a half, (one) mañjāḍi and nine tenths. 1 Twenty-four strung corals, (taken) from the corals in the treasury, weighed three quarters (of a kaṛañju) and three mañjāḍi and six tenths. Altogether, (the girdle) weighed sixty-five kaṛañju and a half and (one) mañjāḍi, corresponding to a value of ninety-five kāśu.

5. One sacred girdle, made of gold taken from the treasury of the lord, (and containing) ten kaṛañju and three quarters, (one) mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold, which was a quarter inferior in fineness to the daṇḍavāṇi. The lac weighed eight kaṛañju and a half, three mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi. The piñju weighed three quarters (of a kaṛañju) and two mañjāḍi. Fifteen crystals, set into (it), weighed (one) kaṛañju, three mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi. Three potti weighed three mañjāḍi. One thousand six hundred and fifteen strung pearls of brilliant water and of red water; (taken) from the pearls of the second quality, which the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva had poured out as flowers at the sacred feet and with which he had worshipped the feet of the god, (viz.) round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls, small pearls, nimboḷam, payiṭṭam, ambumudu, crude pearls, twin pearls, śappatti and śakkattu, weighed forty-two kaṛañju and a half and four mañjāḍi. Twenty-four strung corals, (taken) from the corals, for which the treasurers of the chief jewels (mūla-ratna-bhaṇḍārattār) supplied the funds (mudal) from the gold (māḍu), which (the king) had seized after conquering the Chēra king and the Pāṇḍyas, weighed three quarters (of a kaṛañju), two mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi. Altogether, (the girdle) weighed sixty-five kaṛañju and a quarter, corresponding to a value of ninety kāśu.

6. One sacred girdle, made of gold taken from the treasury of the lord, (and containing) ten kaṛañju and three quarters and three mañjāḍi of gold, which was a quarter inferior in fineness to the daṇḍavāṇi. The lac weighed eight kaṛañju and six mañjāḍi. The piñju weighed three quarters (of a kaṛañju) and (one) mañjāḍi. Fifteen crystals, set into (it), weighed (one) kaṛañju and a quarter and (one) kuṉṟi. Three potti weighed two mañjāḍi. One thousand five hundred and ninety-nine strung pearls of brilliant water and of red water, (taken) from the pearls of the second quality, which the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva had poured ⟨Page 37⟩ out as flowers at the sacred feet and with which he had worshipped the feet of the god, (viz.) round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls, small pearls, nimboḷam, payiṭṭam, ambumudu, crude pearls, twin pearls, śappatti and śakkattu, weighed forty kaṛañju and a half and two mañjāḍi. Twenty-four strung corals, (taken) from the corals, for which the treasurers of the chief jewels supplied the funds from the gold, which (the king) had seized after conquering the Chēra king and the Pāṇḍyas, weighed (one) kaṛañju and six mañjāḍi. Altogether, (the girdle) weighed sixty-three kaṛañju and a quarter and (one) kuṉṟi, corresponding to a value of ninety kāśu.

7. One pearl bracelet (muttu-vaḷaiyil), made of gold taken from the treasury of the lord, (and containing) five kaṛañju, nine mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold. In this, three hundred and fifty-nine strung pearls of brilliant water and of red water, (taken from) the pearls of the second quality, which the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva had poured out as flowers at the sacred feet and with which he had worshipped the feet of the god, (viz.) round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls, small pearls, nimboḷam, payiṭṭam, ambumudu, crude pearls, twin pearls, śappatti and śakkattu, weighed ten kaṛañju, (one) mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi. Altogether, (the bracelet) weighed fifteen kaṛañju and a half and (one) mañjāḍi, corresponding to a value of twenty-five kāśu.

8. One pearl bracelet, made of gold taken from the treasury, (and containing) six kaṛañju and (one) mañjāḍi of gold. Three hundred and sixty-eight strung pearls of brilliant water and of red water, (taken) from the pearls of the second quality, which the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva had poured out as flowers at the sacred feet and with which he had worshipped the feet of the god, (viz.) round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls, small pearls, nimboḷam, payiṭṭam, ambumudu, crude pearls, twin pearls, śappatti and śakkattu, weighed ten kaṛañju. Altogether, (the bracelet) weighed sixteen kaṛañju and (one) mañjāḍi, corresponding to a value of twenty-seven kāśu.

9. One pearl bracelet, made of gold taken from the treasury, (and containing) six kaṛañju and (one) mañjāḍi of gold. Four hundred and one strung pearls of brilliant water and of red water, (taken) from the pearls of the second quality, which the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva had poured out as flowers at the sacred feet and with which he had worshipped the feet of the god, (viz.) round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls, small pearls, nimboḷam, payiṭṭam, ambumudu, crude pearls, twin pearls, śappatti and śakkattu, weighed ten kaṛañju, six mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi. Altogether, (the bracelet) weighed sixteen kaṛañju, seven mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi, corresponding to a value of thirty kāśu.

10. One pearl bracelet, made of gold taken from the treasury, (and containing) five kaṛañju and two mañjāḍi of gold. Three hundred and thirty-seven strung pearls of brilliant water and of red water, (taken) from the pearls of the second quality, which the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva had poured out as flowers at the sacred feet and with which he had worshipped the feet of the god, (viz.) round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls, small pearls, nimboḷam, payiṭṭam, ambumudu, crude pearls, twin pearls, śappatti and śakkattu, weighed nine kaṛañju and a quarter. Altogether, (the bracelet) weighed fourteen kaṛañju and seven mañjāḍi, corresponding to a value of twenty-four kāśu.

11. One pearl bracelet, made of gold taken from the treasury, (and containing) five kaṛañju and eight mañjāḍi of gold. Three hundred and fifty-two strung pearls of brilliant water and of red water, (taken) from the pearls of the second quality, which the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva had poured out as flowers at the sacred feet and with which he had worshipped the feet of the god, (viz.) round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls, small ⟨Page 38⟩ pearls, nimboḷam, payiṭṭam, ambumudu, crude pearls, twin pearls, śappatti and śakkattu, weighed nine kaṛañju and a half, three mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi. Altogether, (the bracelet) weighed fifteen kaṛañju, (one) mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi, corresponding to a value of twentyfive kāśu.

12. One pearl bracelet, made of gold taken from the treasury, (and containing) five kaṛañju and eight mañjāḍi of gold. Three hundred and fifty-one strung pearls of brilliant water and of red water, (taken) from the pearls of the second quality, which the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva had poured out as flowers at the sacred feet and with which he had worshipped the feet of the god, (viz.) round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls, small pearls, nimboḷam, payiṭṭam, ambumudu, crude pearls, twin pearls, śappatti and śakkattu, weighed eight kaṛañju and three quarters, (one) mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi. Altogether, (the bracelet) weighed fourteen kaṛañju, four mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi, corresponding to a value of twenty-four kāśu.

13. One pearl bracelet, made of gold taken from the treasury, (and containing) five kaṛañju and eight mañjāḍi of gold. Three hundred and sixty-nine strung pearls of brilliant water and of red water, (taken) from the pearls of the second quality, which the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva had poured out as flowers at the sacred feet and with which he had worshipped the feet of the god, (viz.) round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls, small pearls, (nimboḷam, payiṭṭam, ambumudu, crude pearls, twin pearls, śappatti and śakkattu, weighed ten kaṛañju, eight mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi. Altogether, (the bracelet) weighed fifteen kaṛañju and three quarters, (one) mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi, corresponding to a value of twenty-five kāśu.

14. One pearl bracelet, made of gold taken from the treasury, (and containing) five kaṛañju and a half and four mañjāḍi of gold. Three hundred and eighty-nine strung pearls of brilliant water and of red water, (taken) from the pearls of the second quality, which the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva had poured out as flowers at the sacred feet and with which he had worshipped the feet of the god, (viz.) round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls, small pearls, nimboḷam, payiṭṭam, ambumudu, crude pearls, twin pearls, śappatti and śakkattu, weighed ten kaṛañju and a half, two mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi. Altogether, (the bracelet) weighed sixteen kaṛañju, six mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi, corresponding to a value of twenty-six kāśu.

15. One pearl bracelet, made of gold taken from the treasury, (and containing) five kaṛañju, seven mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold. Three hundred and seventy-five [strung] pearls of brilliant water and of red water, (taken) [from the pearls] of the second quality, which the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva had poured out as flowers at the sacred feet and with which he had worshipped the feet of the god, (viz.) round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls, small pearls, nimboḷam, payiṭṭam, ambumudu, crude pearls, twin pearls, śappatti and śakkattu, weighed ten kaṛañju and eight mañjāḍi. Altogether, (the bracelet) weighed fifteen kaṛañju and three quarters and (one) kuṉṟi, corresponding to a value of twenty-six kāśu.

16. One pearl bracelet, made of gold taken from the treasury, (and containing) five kaṛañju, two mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold. Three hundred and forty-nine strung pearls of brilliant water and of red water, (taken) from the pearls of the second quality, which the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva had poured out as flowers at the sacred feet and with which he had worshipped the feet of the god, (viz.) round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls, small pearls, nimboḷam, payiṭṭam, ambumudu, crude pearls, twin pearls, śappatti and śakkattu, weighed nine kaṛañju and six mañjāḍi. Altogether, (the bracelet) weighed fourteen kaṛañju, eight mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi, corresponding to a value of twenty-four kāśu. ⟨Page 39⟩

17. One pearl bracelet, made of gold taken from the treasury, (and containing) five kaṛañju, two mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold. Three hundred and fifty strung pearls of brilliant water and of red water, (taken) from the pearls of the second quality, which the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva had poured out as flowers at the sacred feet and with which he had worshipped the feet of the god, (viz.) round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls, small pearls, nimboḷam, payiṭṭam, ambumudu, crude pearls, twin pearls, śappatti and śakkattu, weighed nine kaṛañju, seven mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi. Altogether, (the bracelet) weighed fourteen kaṛañju and a half, corresponding to a value of twenty-four kāśu.

18. One pearl bracelet, made of gold taken from the treasury, (and containing) five kaṛañju, two mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold. Three hundred and thirty-eight strung pearls of brilliant water and of red water, (taken) from the pearls of the second quality, which the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva had poured out as flowers at the sacred feet and with which he had worshipped the feet of the god, (viz.) round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls, small pearls, nimboḷam, payiṭṭam, ambumudu, crude pearls, twin pearls, śappatti and śakkattu, weighed nine kaṛañju and three mañjāḍi. Altogether, (the bracelet) weighed fourteen kaṛañju and a quarter and (one) kuṉṟi, corresponding to a value of twenty-four kāśu.

19. One pearl bracelet, made of gold taken from the treasury, (and containing) five kaṛañju and six mañjāḍi of gold. Three hundred and sixty-one strung pearls of brilliant water and of red water, (taken) from the pearls of the second quality, which the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva had poured out as flowers at the sacred feet and with which he had worshipped the feet of the god, (viz.) round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls, small pearls, nimboḷam, payiṭṭam, ambumudu, crude pearls, twin pearls, śappatti and śakkattu, weighed nine kaṛañju and three quarters and (one) mañjāḍi. Altogether, (the bracelet) weighed fifteen kaṛañju and two mañjāḍi, corresponding to a value of twenty-five kāśu.

20. One pearl bracelet, made of gold taken from the treasury, (and containing) five kaṛañju and three quarters and (one) kuṉṟi of gold. [Three] hundred and sixty-four strung pearls of brilliant water and of red water, (taken) from the pearls of the second quality, which the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva had poured out as flowers at the sacred feet and with which he had worshipped the feet of the god, (viz.) round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls, small pearls, nimboḷam, payiṭṭam, ambumudu, crude pearls, twin pearls, śappatti and śakkattu, weighed nine kaṛañju and a half and (one) mañjāḍi. Altogether, (the bracelet) weighed fifteen kaṛañju, six mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi, corresponding to a value of twenty-six kāśu.

21. One pearl bracelet, made of gold taken from the treasury, (and containing) five kaṛañju and a half and two mañjāḍi of gold. Three hundred and fifty-three strung pearls of brilliant water and of red water, (taken) from the pearls of the second quality, which the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva had poured out as flowers at the sacred feet and with which he had worshipped the feet of the god, (viz.) round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls, small pearls, nimboḷam, payiṭṭam, ambumudu, crude pearls, twin pearls, śappatti and śakkattu, weighed nine kaṛañju and a half and two mañjāḍi. Altogether, (the bracelet) weighed fifteen kaṛañju and four mañjāḍi, corresponding to a value of twenty-five kāśu.

22. One pearl bracelet, made of gold taken from the treasury, (and containing) five kaṛañju and a quarter of gold. Three hundred and fifty-four strung pearls of brilliant water and of red water, (taken) from the pearls of the second quality, which the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva had poured out as flowers at the sacred feet and with which he had worshipped the feet of the god, (viz.) round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls, small pearls, nimbolam, payiṭṭam, ambumudu, crude pearls, twin pearls, śappatti and śakkattu, ⟨Page 40⟩ weighed nine kaṛañju and a half and (one) mañjāḍi. Altogether, (the bracelet) weighed fourteen kaṛañju and three quarters and (one) mañjāḍi, corresponding to a value of twentyfour kāśu.

23. One sacred crown (śrī-muḍi), made of gold taken from the treasury of the lord, (and containing) thirty-eight kaṛañju and three quarters, four mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold. One hundred and twenty-four crystals (paḷiṅgu), set into (it), weighed (one) kaṛañju, nine mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi. Seventy-one diamond crystals (paḷikku-vayiram) weighed three mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi. Thirty-two potti weighed seven mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi. The piñju weighed (one) kaṛañju and a half. Three hundred and thirty-four strung pearls of brilliant water and of red water, (taken) from the pearls, which the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva had poured out as flowers at the sacred feet and with which he had worshipped the feet of the god, (viz.) round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls, small pearls, payiṭṭam, nimboḷam, ambumudu, crude pearls, twin pearls, śappatti and śakkattu, weighed seven kaṛañju. Altogether, (the crown) weighed forty-nine kaṛañju and a half, corresponding to a value of eighty-six kāśu.

24. One sacred garland (tiru-mālai), made of gold taken from the treasury of the lord, (and containing) seven kaṛañju and a half, (one) mañjāḍi and two tenths of gold. The piñju weighed six mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi. Sixty-two diamond crystals weighed (one) mañjāḍi. Seventyone crystals weighed half a kaṛañju and (one) mañjāḍi. Three potti weighed three tenths (of a mañjāḍi). Forty-five strung pearls of brilliant water and of red water, (taken) from the pearls, which the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva had poured out as flowers at the sacred feet and with which he had worshipped the feet of the god, (viz.) round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls, small pearls, payiṭṭam, nimboḷam, ambumudu, crude pearls, twin pearls, śappatti and śakkattu, weighed three quarters (of a kaṛañju), (one) mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi. Altogether, (the garland) weighed nine kaṛañju, six mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi, corresponding to a value of eighteen kāśu.

25. One sacred pearl ornament (śrī-chhanda), 1 made of gold taken from the treasury of the lord, (and containing) five kaṛañju and three quarters, three mañjāḍi and one tenth of gold. The lac in (it) weighed half a kaṛañju, three mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi. The piñju weighed a quarter (kaṛañju). Eighteen crystals, set into (it), weighed four mañjāḍi and four tenths. Six diamond crystals weighed (one) kuṉṟi. Thirteen potti weighed two mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi. Nine hundred and eighty-one strung pearls of brilliant water and of red water, (taken) from the pearls, which the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva had poured out as flowers at the sacred feet and with which he had worshipped the feet of the god, (viz.) round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls, small pearls, nimboḷam, payiṭṭam, ambumudu, crude pearls, twin pearls, śappatti and śakkattu, weighed thirty-three kaṛañju and three quarters, four mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi. Altogether, (the pearl ornament) weighed forty-one kaṛañju, three mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi, corresponding to a value of fifty-five kāśu.

26. One sacred pearl ornament, made of gold taken from the treasury of the lord, (and containing) six kaṛañju and nine tenths (of a mañjāḍi) of gold. The lac in (it) weighed three quarters (of a kaṛañju) and (one) mañjāḍi and one tenth. The piñju weighed a quarter (kaṛañju) and two tenths (of a mañjāḍi). Eighteen crystals, set into (it), weighed four mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi. Six diamond crystals weighed (one) kuṉṟi. Thirteen potti weighed two mañjāḍi ⟨Page 41⟩ and eight tenths. [Seven] hundred and fifty-nine strung pearls of brilliant water and of red water, (taken) from the pearls, which the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva had poured out as flowers at the sacred feet and with which he had worshipped the feet of the god, (viz.) round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls, small pearls, nimboḷam, payiṭṭam, ambumudu, crude pearls, twin pearls, śappatti and śakkattu, weighed twenty-six kaṛañju and a half and four mañjāḍi. Altogether, (the pearl ornament) weighed thirty-four kaṛañju and four mañjāḍi, corresponding to a value of forty-five kāśu.

27. One sacred pearl ornament, made of gold taken from the treasury of the lord, (and containing) six kaṛañju and seven mañjāḍi of gold. The lac in (it) weighed three quarters (of a kaṛañju) and two mañjāḍi. The piñju weighed a quarter (kaṛañju). Eighteen crystals, set into (it), weighed four mañjāḍi and four tenths. Six diamond crystals weighed six tenths (of a mañjāḍi). Thirteen potti weighed two mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi. Nine hundred and ninetyeight strung pearls of brilliant water and of red water, (taken) from the pearls, which the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva had poured out as flowers at the sacred feet and with which he had worshipped the feet of the god, (viz.) round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls, small pearls, nimboḷam, payiṭṭam, ambumudu, crude pearls, twin pearls, śappatti and śakkattu, weighed thirty-five kaṛañju and (one) kuṉṟi. Altogether, (the pearl ornament) weighed fortytwo kaṛañju and three quarters and two mañjāḍi, corresponding to a value of fifty-six kāśu.

28. One sacred pearl ornament, made of gold taken from the treasury of the lord, (and containing) six kaṛañju, nine mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold. The lac in (it) weighed three quarters (of a kaṛañju), (one) mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi. The piñju weighed a quarter (kaṛañju). Eighteen crystals, set into (it), weighed four mañjāḍi and one tenth. Six diamond crystals weighed (one) kuṉṟi. Thirteen potti weighed three mañjāḍi and one tenth. Eight hundred and forty-six strung pearls of brilliant water and of red water, (taken) from the pearls, which the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva had poured out as flowers at the sacred feet and with which he had worshipped the feet of the god, (viz.) round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls, small pearls, nimboḷam, payiṭṭam, ambumudu, crude pearls, twin pearls, śappatti and śakkattu, weighed thirty kaṛañju. Altogether, (the pearl ornament) weighed thirty-seven kaṛañju and three quarters, three mañjāḍi and seven tenths, corresponding to a value of fifty kāśu.

29. One sacred pearl ornament, made of gold taken from the treasury of the lord, (and containing) (one) kaṛañju and two mañjāḍi, six tenths and one twentieth of gold. The piñju weighed one tenth (of a mañjāḍi). Two crystals, set into (it), weighed two tenths (of a mañjāḍi). Two hundred and sixty strung pearls, (taken) from the pearls, which the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva had given (to the temple), (viz.) round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls and small pearls, weighed two kaṛañju and five tenths (of a mañjāḍi) and one twentieth. Altogether, (the pearl ornament) weighed three kaṛañju, three mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi, corresponding to a value of three kāśu.

30. One sacred girdle (tiruppaṭṭigai), made of gold taken from the treasury of the lord, (and containing) two kaṛañju and three mañjāḍi and three tenths of gold. The piñju weighed three tenths (of a mañjāḍi). Six crystals weighed seven tenths (of a mañjāḍi). Two hundred and seventy-seven strung pearls and pearls sewn on (taippu-muttu), (taken) from the pearls, which the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva had given (to the temple), (viz.) round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls, small pearls and pearls in clusters (puñja-muttu), weighed two kaṛañju and nine mañjāḍi and two tenths. Altogether, (the girdle) weighed four kaṛañju and a half, three mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi, corresponding to a value of five kāśu.

31. One sacred outer (i.e., upper ?) parasol (tiruppuṟakkuḍai), made of gold taken from the treasury of the lord, (and containing) seventy-one kaṛañju and a quarter and one tenth ⟨Page 42⟩ (of a mañjāḍi) of gold. Eighty-one crystals, set into (it), weighed two kaṛañju. Sixteen diamond crystals weighed nine tenths (of a mañjāḍi). The piñju weighed two kaṛañju, eight mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi. One thousand three hundred and seventy-two strung pearls, (taken) from the pearls, which the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva had given (to the temple), (viz.) round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls, small pearls, (pearls) with rubbed surface (tōl) and old pearls, weighed twenty-three kaṛañju and a half, four mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi. Altogether, (the parasol) weighed ninety-nine kaṛañju and nine mañjāḍi, corresponding to a value of one hundred and sixty kāśu.

⟨SIIv02p0i0004⟩ No. 4. ON THE SOUTH WALL, SECOND TIER.

The preserved part of this inscription comprises eight sections of nine lines each. The end of each line of the third section, the commencement of each line of the fourth section, and the whole of any other section, which may have intervened between the third and fourth, are covered by a flight of steps, which was constructed at a period subsequent to that, during which the inscription had been incised.

The inscription specifies the revenue in paddy and the revenue in gold and in money (kāśu), which a number of villages had to pay to the stone-temple, called Rājarājēśvara, which Rājarājadēva had caused to be built at Tañjāvūr. 1 The villages were situated both in the Chōḷa country and in other countries and had been assigned to the temple by Rājarājadēva until the 29th year of his reign. The extent of the land, which the king had given to the temple in each of the villages, is recorded in great detail by a land measure, the name of which is not stated, and by fractions of it. The paddy due to the temple had to be measured by ‘the marakkāl 2 called (after) Āḍavallāṉ,’ i.e., by a corn measure which was preserved at the shrine of the god Āḍavallāṉ; 3 and this marakkāl was ‘equal to a rājakēsari.’ This term was evidently derived from Rājakēsarin, the surname of the reigning king Rājarāja and of other Chōḷa kings, 4 and must be taken as the real name of the royal standard measure, 5 a copy of which was preserved at the temple. The only case, in which the revenue had to be paid in gold, occurs in paragraph 13. No instance of payment in money (kāśu) occurs in the preserved part of the inscription.

TEXT.

First section.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrīḥ [||*] tirumakaḷ polapperunilaccelviyuntaṉakkey urimai pūṇṭamai manakkoḷakkāntaḷurccālai kalamaṟuttaruḷi veṅkaināṭuṅkaṅkapāṭiyunataṭikaipāṭiyum nuḷampa-

⟨2⟩ pāṭiyuṅkuṭamalaināṭuṅkollamuṅkaliṅkamum muraṭṭeḻil ciṅkaḷar īḻamaṇṭalamum iraṭṭapāṭi eḻaraiyilakkamum muṉṉīrppaḻantīvu paṉṉīrāyiramuntiṇṭiṟal veṉ

⟨3⟩ ṟittaṇṭāṟkoṇṭa taṉṉeḻil vaḷarūḻiyuḷellāyāṇṭuntoḻutaka viḷaṅkum yāṇṭey ceḻiyaraittecu koḷ korājakesarivarmmarāna śrīrājarājadevarkku yāṇṭu irupatto- ⟨Page 43⟩

⟨4⟩ ṉpatāvatu varai uṭaiyār śrīrājarājadevar tañcāvūr eṭuppitta tirukkaṟṟaḷi śrīrājarājīśvaram uṭaiya paramasvāmikku veṇṭunivantaṅkaḷukkuttevatāṉamākaccoḻamaṇṭalattum puṟamaṇṭalaṅ-

⟨5⟩ kaḷilum uṭaiyār śrīrājarājadevar kuṭutta ūrkaḷil ūrnattamum śrīkoyilkaḷuṅkuḷaṅkaḷum ūṭaṟuttuppoṉa vāykkālkaḷum paṟaicceriyuṅkammāṇaceriyuñcuṭukāṭum uḷḷiṭṭu iṟaiili nilaṅkaḷum

⟨6⟩ iṟai kaṭṭiṉa nilattāṟkāṇikkaṭaṉ rājakesariyoṭokkum āṭavallāṉeṉṉum marakkālāl aḷakkakkaṭava nellum iṭakkaṭava poṉṉuṅkācum pecikkallil veṭṭiṉa ||— [1*] teṉkaṭuvāyāṉ

⟨7⟩ arumoḻitevavaḷanāṭṭu iṅkaṇāṭṭuppālaiyūr paḷḷiyuṅkaṇimuṟṟūṭṭum uṭpaṭa aḷantapaṭi nilam nūṟṟu muppattu nāṉkey eṭṭu māviṉ kīḻ mukkāle mummāvaraiyaraikkā-

⟨8⟩ ṇi muntirikaikkīḻ nāṉku māvilum ū[r]nattamuṅkuḷamuṅkammāṇaceriyum paṟaicceriyuñcuṭukāṭum ivvūr nilattai ūṭaṟuttuppoṉa vāykkālkaḷālum iṟaiili nilam oṉpatey kāṇi

⟨9⟩ araikkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻarai nīk[ki] iṟai kaṭṭiṉa nilam nūṟṟu irupattu aiñcey eḻumāvarai muntirikaikkīḻ eṇmāvarai araikkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ nāṉku māviṉāl iṟai kaṭṭiṉa kāṇi-

Second section.

⟨1⟩ kkaṭaṉ rājakesariyoṭokkum āṭavallāṉeṉṉum marakkālāl aḷakkakkaṭava nelluppaṉṉī-

⟨2⟩ rāyirattu aiññūṟṟu muppatiṉ kalaṉe irutūṇikkuṟuṇi orunāḻi ||— [2*] iṉṉāṭṭu ārappāḻ nā-

⟨3⟩ yvālamum maruttuvappeṟum paḷḷiyum uṭpaṭa aḷantapaṭi nilam nūṟṟu orupattu oṉ-

⟨4⟩ ṟey aṟumāvarai araikkāṇikkīḻ mukkāle araikkāliṉ kīḻ araiye iraṇṭu mā-

⟨5⟩ vilum ūrnattamuṅkuḷaṅkaḷum śrīkoyilum aiyyaṉ koyilum piṭāri koyiluṅ-

⟨6⟩ kaḻaṉikkuḷaṅkaḷum paṟaicceri nattamum iṟaiili nilam mūṉṟaraiye nāṉku mā-

⟨7⟩ kkāṇi araikkāṇi nīkki iṟai kaṭṭiṉa nilam nūṟṟu eḻaraiye iraṇṭu mākkā-

⟨8⟩ ṇikkīḻ mukkāle araikkāliṉ kīḻ araiye iraṇṭu māviṉāl iṟai kaṭṭiṉa

⟨9⟩ kāṇikkaṭaṉ rājakesariyoṭokkum āṭavallāṉ eṉṉum marakkālāl aḷa-

Third section.

⟨1⟩ kkakkaṭava nelluppatiṉāyirattu eḻunūṟṟu nāṟppattu aiṅkalaṉe irutūṇippatakku muṉṉāḻi ||— [3*] iṉṉāṭṭukkīraṉatevaṉkuṭi • • • •

⟨2⟩ iraṇṭe mukkāle nāṉku mākkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ araiye mūṉṟu mā mukkāṇi araikkāṇikkīḻ eṭṭu māvilum ūrnttamum • • •

⟨3⟩ śrīkoyilum nantavaṉamuṅkuḷaṅkaḷum iṟaiili nilam iraṇṭe orumāvarai araikkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ nāṉku mā muntiri• • • •

⟨4⟩ ṉa nilam nāṟpatey mukkāle irumāvarai araikkāṇikkīḻ oṉpatu mā mukkāṇikkīḻ mukkāle orumāviṉāl iṟai kaṭṭiṉa • • • • ⟨Page 44⟩

⟨5⟩ llāṉ eṉṉum marakkālāl aḷakkakkaṭava nellu nālāyirattu eḻupatiṉ kalaṉe aiṅkuṟuṇi aiññāḻi ||— [4*] iṉṉāṭṭu nākaṉka • • •

⟨6⟩ yey iraṇṭu mā mukkāṇi araikkāṇikkīḻ irumāvarai araikkāṇikkīḻ eṭṭu māvilum ūrirukkaiyuṅkuḷaṅkaḷum aiyyaṉ • • • • •

⟨7⟩ yum ivvūr nilattaiyūṭaṟuttuppoṉa vāykkālkaḷālum cuṭukāṭṭālum iraiili nilam mukkāle orumā araikkā[ṇi] • • • • •

⟨8⟩ nilam irupattu oṉṟey mukkāle orumāvarai araikkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ araikkāṇikkīḻ eṭṭu māviṉāl iṟ[ai] kaṭṭi • • • • •

⟨9⟩ lāṉ eṉṉum marakkālāl aḷakkakkaṭava nellu iraṇṭāyirattu orunūṟṟu eṇpattu mukkalaṉe aiṅkuṟuṇi n[āṉāḻi ||—] [5*]• • •

Fourth section.

⟨1⟩ • • • • • • [paṟai]cceriyu[m] kuḷa[ṅka]ḷum oṭaikaḷum iṟaiyali nīṅkunilam aiñciṉ kīḻ araiye mūṉṟu mā mukkāṇikkīḻ mukkāle orumā nīkki iṟai kaṭṭiṉa nilam nūṟṟu orupattu aiñce kāle araikkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ araiye mūṉṟu mā muntirikaikkīḻ araiye iraṇṭu māviṉāl iṟai kaṭṭiṉa kāṇikkaṭaṉ rājakesariyoṭokkum

⟨2⟩ • • • • • • [ṭa]va nelluppatiṉorāyirattu aiññūṟṟu irupattu aṟukalaṉe kuṟuṇi eḻunāḻi ||— [6*] innāṭṭuttaṇṇīrkkuṉṟamāṉa rājarājanallūr aḷantapaṭi nilam muppattu āṟaraiye orumā araikkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ mukkāle mā kāṇikkīḻ mukkāle orumāvilum ūrirukkaiyum kuḷamum śrīkoyilkaḷum cuṭukāṭum paṟaicceriyum nāṭṭā-

⟨3⟩ • • • • • • nilamum ivvūr nilattai ūṭaṟuttuppuṟavūrkkuppoṉa vāykkālālum iṟaiili nilam iraṇṭe eḻumā araikkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ mukkāle orumāvarai muntirikaikkīḻ araiye iraṇṭu mā nīkki nilam muppattu nāṉke mūṉṟu mā mukkāṇi araikkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ mukkāle nāṉmāvarai araikkāṇi muntirikaik-

⟨4⟩ • • • • • • jakesariyoṭokkum āṭavallāṉ eṉṉum marakkālāl aḷakkakkaṭava nellu mūvāyirattu munnūṟṟu eḻupattu eṇkalaṉe patakku nāṉāḻi ||— [7*] innāṭṭu uccipāṭi aḷantapaṭi nilam aimpattu eḻaraiye orumā mukkāṇi araikkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ araiye nāṉku mā mukkāṇiyilum ūrirukkaiyuṅkuḷaṅkaḷum śrīkoyilkaḷum īḻacceriyum ka-

⟨5⟩ • • • • • • ka iraiyili [nila]m oṉṟe mukkāle mūṉṟu mā mukkāṇi araikkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ irumāvarai muntirikaikkīḻ araiye iraṇṭu mā nīkki iṟai kaṭṭiṉa nilam aiympattaiñcaraiye mūṉṟu māviṉ kīḻ araiye iraṇṭu māvaraikkāṇikkīḻ eṭṭu māviṉāl iṟai kaṭṭiṉa kāṇikkaṭaṉ rājakesariyoṭokkum āṭavallāṉ eṉṉum marakkālā-

⟨6⟩ • • • • • • ṟṟu irupa[t]tu [aṟu]kalaṉey tūṇi nāṉāḻi ||— [8*] innāṭṭukkīḻvaṭukakkuṭi aḷantapaṭi nilam irupatteḻaraiye orumāvarai araikkāṇikkīḻ nāṉku mā araikkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ nāṉku māvilum ūrirukkaiyum kuḷamum śrīkoyilkaḷum cuṭukāṭum īḻacceriyuṅkammāṇaceriyum paṟaicceriyum vaṇṇāracceriyum paṟaikkuḷakkuḻiyum

⟨7⟩ • • • • • • [r]aikkāṇi mu[ntirikai]kkīḻ mūṉṟu mākkāṇi araikkāṇikkīḻ eṭṭu mā nīkki iṟai kaṭṭiṉa nilam irupattāṟey ⟨Page 45⟩ oṉpatu mākkāṇi araikkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ mukkāṇikkīḻ mukkāle orumāviṉāl iṟai kaṭṭiṉa kāṇikkaṭaṉ rājakesariyoṭokkum āṭavallāṉ eṉṉum marakkālāl aḷakkakkaṭava nellu iraṇṭāyirattu aṟunūṟṟu nāṟ-

⟨8⟩ • • • • • • āṭṭukkañcāṟa[ṉa]kar • aḷantapaṭi nilam āṟe mukkāle iraṇṭu mā mukkāṇi araikkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ mukkāle orumā mukkāṇikkīḻ mukkāle orumāvilum ivvūrkkuḷaṅkaḷāl iṟaiyili nilam orumā mukkāṇi araikkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ aṟumākkāṇi araikkāṇikkīḻ eṭṭu mā nīkkī 1 iṟai kaṭṭiṉa nilam āṟe mukkāle orumāviṉ kīḻ araiye kāṇi

⟨9⟩ • • • • • • [ṉa] kā[ṇikkaṭa]ṉ rāja[k]esariyoṭokkum [ā]ṭavallāṉ eṉṉum marakkālāl aḷakkakkaṭava nellu aṟunūṟṟu eḻupattu nāṟkalaṉe irutūṇikkuṟuṇi nāṉāḻi |— [10*] innāṭṭu ūcakkaṇṇaṅkuṭikkaḷ 2 tevatāṉamāy varukiṉṟa nilam aḷantapaṭi nilam aiñcaraiye irumāvarai araikkāṇikkīḻ mukkāle mukkāṇi araikkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ nāṉku māvilum

Fifth section.

⟨1⟩ ūrirukkaiyuṅkuḷamuñcuṭukāṭum pāṇṭavāykkaraikkulaiyumāka iṟaiyili nilam mummāvarai araikkāṇikkīḻ mukkā-

⟨2⟩ le mūṉṟu mā mukkāṇikkīḻ mukkāle orumā nīkki iṟai kaṭṭiṉa nilam aiñce eṭṭu mā mukkāṇi araikkāṇi muntirikaik-

⟨3⟩ kīḻ mukkāleyiraṇṭu mā araikkāṇikkīḻ eṭṭu māviṉāl iṟai kaṭṭiṉa kāṇikkaṭaṉ rājakesariyoṭokkum āṭava-

⟨4⟩ llāṉ eṉṉum marakkālāl aḷakkakkaṭava nellu aiññūṟṟu orupattu eṇkalaṉe irutūṇi irunāḻi ||— [11*] innāṭṭu ārva-

⟨5⟩ lakkūṟṟattu vaṭaviṟaiyāṉpaḷḷam aḷantapaṭi nilam irupattu nāle kāle araikkāṇikkīḻ oṉpatu mākkāṇi a-

⟨6⟩ raikkāṇikkīḻ eṭṭu māvilum ivvūr ūrnattamuṅkuḷaṅkaḷuñcuṭukāṭum ivvūr nilattai ūṭaṟuttuppuṟavūrkaḷu-

⟨7⟩ kku nīr pāyappoṉa vāykkālum āka iṟaiyili nilam āṟu mākkāṇi araikkāṇikkīḻ āṟu mākkāṇi araikkāṇikkīḻ

⟨8⟩ eṭṭu mā nīkki nilam irupattu mūṉṟe mukkāle mūṉṟu mā mukkāṇikkīḻ mūṉṟu māviṉāl iṟai kaṭṭiṉa kāṇikkaṭaṉ rājake-

⟨9⟩ sariyoṭokkum āṭavallāṉ eṉṉum ma[ra]kkālāl aḷakkakkaṭava nellu iraṇṭāyirattu muṉṉūṟṟuttoṇ-

Sixth section.

⟨1⟩ ṇūṟṟu mukkalaṉe irutūṇikkuṟuṇi aiññāḻi ||— [12*] innāṭṭu nakaram tirutteṅkūr aḷantapaṭi nilam muppattu nāle kāle mukkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ mukkāle orumā mukkāṇi muntiri-

⟨2⟩ kaikkīḻ iraṇṭu māvilum ivvūr ūrnattamuṅkuḷaṅkaḷum pulattil kuḷaṅkaḷum tīṇṭācceriyum paṟaicceriyuñcuṭukāṭum āka iṟaiyili nilam nāṉkaraiye mukkāṇi a- ⟨Page 46⟩

⟨3⟩ raikkāṇikkīḻ mukkāle arai mā araikkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ nāṉku mā nīkki nilam irupattoṉpataraiye nāṉku mā mukkāṇi araikkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ orumā muntirikaikkīḻ muk-

⟨4⟩ kāle mūṉṟu māviṉāl iṟai kaṭṭiṉa poṉ irunūṟṟuttoṇṇūṟṟu eḻukaḻañcey nālu mañcāṭiyum mūṉṟu mā mukkāṇi ||— [13*] vaṭakaṭuvāyāṉa kṣatriyaśikhāmaṇivaḷa-

⟨5⟩ nāṭṭuttirunaṟaiyūrnāṭṭu arakkaṉkuṭi aḷantapaṭi nilam eḻe āṟu mākkāṇi araikkāṇikkīḻ [k]āṇi muntirikaikkīḻ eṭṭu mā mukkāṇikkīḻ mukkāle orumāvilum ivvūr ūr-

⟨6⟩ nattamuṅkuḷaṅkaḷālum iṟaiyili nilam eṭṭu mākkāṇikkīḻ oṉpatu mā nīkki nilam āṟe muk[kā]le mūṉṟu mā muntirikaikkīḻ araiye mā kāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ eṭṭu mā

⟨7⟩ mukkāṇikkīḻ mukkāle orumāviṉāl iṟai kaṭṭiṉa kāṇikkaṭaṉ rājakesariyoṭo[kku]m āṭavallāṉ eṉṉum marakkālāl aḷakkakkaṭava nellu aṟunūṟṟu

⟨8⟩ aiympattu aṟukalaṉe eḻukuṟuṇi muṉṉāḻi ||— [14*] innāṭṭuppiṭāraceri aḷantapaṭi nilam [ai]ñcaraiye iraṇṭu mā mukkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ araiye muntirikaikkīḻ

⟨9⟩ araiye iraṇṭu māvilum ivvūr ūrnattamuṅkuḷaṅkaḷum āka iṟaiyili nilam nāṉku mākkā[ṇi ar]aikkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ mā kāṇi araikkāṇikkīḻ eṭṭu mā nīkki nilam aiñce

Seventh section.

⟨1⟩ eṭṭu marakkāṇi araikkāṇikkīḻ eṇmāvarai araikkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ nāṉku māviṉāl iṟai ka-

⟨2⟩ ṭṭiṉa kāṇikkaṭaṉ rājakesariyoṭokkum āṭavallāṉ eṉṉum ma[ra]kkālāl aḷakkakka-

⟨3⟩ ṭava nellu aiññū[ṟ]ṟu muppattaiṅkalane irutūṇippatakku nāṉāḻi [||—] [15*] innāṭṭu veḷānāṭṭu

⟨4⟩ maṇaṟkālappaḷḷiyuntiṟappāṉ mahādevar devatāṉaṅkaḷum tiruvaṭikaḷ deva- tāṉaṅkaḷum

⟨5⟩ ivvūroṭum eṟiṉa peṇpaḷḷiyum āka aḷantapaṭi nilam aiympattoṉṟe mukkā-

⟨6⟩ le orumākkāṇi muntarikai 1kkīḻ mukkāle mummāvaraiyar[ai]kk[ā]ṇikkīḻ araiyi-

⟨7⟩ lum ūrnattaṅkaḷuṅkuḷaṅkaḷum piṭāri koyilum peruvaḻi[yu]m āka iṟaiyili nīṅkuni-

⟨8⟩ lam oṉṟe mukk[ā]le iraṇṭu mākkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ araiye iraṇṭu mā-

⟨9⟩ kkāṇikkīḻ mukkāl[e o]rumā nīkki nilam nāṟpattonpate mukkāle nāṉku māvi-

Eighth section.

⟨1⟩ ṉ kīḻ āṟu mākkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ araiye nāṉku māviṉāl iṟai kaṭṭiṉa kāṇikkaṭaṉ rājakesariyoṭokkum āṭavallāṉ eṉṉum marakkālāl aḷakkakkaṭava n[ellu*] • • ⟨Page 47⟩

⟨2⟩ rattuttoḷāyirattorupatteṇkalane irutūṇi mukkuṟuṇi orunāḻi ||— [16*] aricilukkuṅkāvīrikkunaṭuvāṉa uyyakkoṇṭārvaḷanāṭṭuttiraimūrnāṭṭuppaḷḷiccantam iṟaṅkiṉa neṟkuppai a[ḷantapaṭi ni*]-

⟨3⟩ lam muppattoṉpate mukkāṇi araikkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ arai[ye] araikkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ nāṉku māvilum ūrnattattāluṅkuḷaṅkaḷāluñcuṭukāṭṭālum i[vvūr nilattai*]

⟨4⟩ ūṭaṟuttukkīḻnāṭṭukku nīr pāyappoṉa āṟukaḷālum vāykkālkaḷālum āka iṟaiyili nīṅkunilam oṉṟaraiye mummāvarai araikkāṇikkīḻ araiye orumā a[raikkāṇi*]

⟨5⟩ muntirikaikkīḻ nāṉku mā nīkki nilam muppatteḻe eḻumākkāṇik[kīḻ] mukkāle nāṉku māviṉāl iṟai kaṭṭiṉa kāṇikkaṭaṉ rājakesariyoṭokkum āṭavallāṉ eṉ[ṉum ma*]-

⟨6⟩ rakkālāl aḷakkakkaṭava nellu mūvāyiratteḻunūṟṟu irupattirukala[n]e aiññāḻi ||— [17*] vaṭakarairājendraciṅkavaḷanāṭṭu iṉṉamparnāṭṭu maruttuvakkuṭi aḷantapaṭi nilam [muppa*]-

⟨7⟩ taraiye nāṉku mā mukkāṇi araikkāṇikkīḻ araiye mūṉṟu mā[vilu]m ūrirukkaiyum śrīkoyilkaḷāluntirumuṟṟaṅkaḷāluntirunantavaṉaṅkaḷālum paṟaicceri[yālum*]

⟨8⟩ cuṭukāṭum āka iṟaiyili nīṅkunilam mukkāle iraṇṭu mā araikkāṇikkīḻ o[ru]māvarai muntirikai nīkki nilam irupattoṉpate mukkāle iraṇṭu mā mukkāṇikkīḻ arai[ye oru*]-

⟨9⟩ mā kāṇi araikkāṇi muntirikaiyiṉāl iṟai kaṭṭiṉa kāṇikkaṭaṉ rājakesariyoṭokku[m āṭavallā]ṉ eṉṉum marak[kāl]āl aḷakkakkaṭava nellu iraṇṭāyirattuttoḷāyirattu aṟupatteḻukalane irutūṇippatakku irunāḻi [18*]

TRANSLATION.

1. Hail ! Prosperity ! There was engraved on stone, as orally settled, the revenue (kāṇikkaḍaṉ) in paddy,—which has to be measured by the marakkāl called (after) Āḍavallāṉ, which is equal to a rājakēsari,—and the gold and the money (kāśu), which have to be paid from the land paying taxes; and (there was also engraved on stone) the land free from taxes,—including the village-site (ūr-nattam), the sacred temples (śrī-kōyil), the ponds (kuḷam), the channels (vāykkāl) passing through (the villages), the Paṟaichchēri, 1 the Kammāṇaśēri 2 and the burning-ground (śuḍukāḍu),—in the villages, which the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva had given in the Chōḷa country (Śōṛa-maṇḍalam) and in other countries as divine gifts (dēvadāna) for the expenses (nibandha) 3 required by the supreme lord (paramasvāmin) of the sacred stone-temple (tirukkaṟṟaḷi), (called) Śrī-Rājarājēśvara,—which the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva had caused to be built (at) Tañjāvūr,—until the twenty-ninth year (of the reign) of Kō-Rājakēsarivarman, alias) Śrī-Rājarājadēva, who,—while (his) heart rejoiced, that, like the goddess of fortune, the goddess of the great earth had become his wife,—in his life of growing strength, during which, having been pleased to cut the vessel (in) the hall (at) Kāndaḷūr, he conquered by his army, which was victorious in ⟨Page 48⟩ great battles, Vēṅgai-nāḍu, Gaṅga-pāḍi, Taḍigai-pāḍi, Nuḷamba-pāḍi, Kuḍamalai-nāḍu, Kollam, Kaliṅgam, Īṛa-maṇḍalam, (which was the country) of the Śiṅgaḷas who possessed rough strength, the seven and a half lakshas of Iraṭṭa-pāḍi, and twelve thousand ancient islands of the sea,—deprived the Śeṛiyas of their splendour, while (he) was resplendent (to such a degree) that (he) was worthy to be worshipped everywhere:—

2. (The village of) Pālaiyūr in Iṅgaṇāḍu, (a subdivision) of Teṉ-Kaḍuvāy, 1 alias Arumoṛidēva-vaḷanāḍu, (contains), according to measurement, one hundred and thirtyfour (measures of) land and eight twentieths; (1/320) of 2 three quarters, three twentieths, one fortieth, one hundred-and-sixtieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; and (1/320) of 3 four twentieths,—including the Jaina temple (paḷḷi) and (the land) enjoyed by the community of Jaina teachers (gaṇimuṟṟūṭṭu). There have to be deducted nine (measures of) land free from taxes, one eightieth, one hundred-and-sixtieth and one three-hundred-andtwentieth; and (1/320) of one half,—consisting of the village-site, the ponds, the Kammāṇaśēri, the Paṟaichchēri, the burning-ground, and the channels which pass through the land of this village. (There remain) one hundred and twenty-five (measures of) land paying taxes, seven twentieths, one fortieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; (1/320) of eight twentieths, one fortieth, one hundred-and-sixtieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; and (1/320) of four twentieths. 4 The revenue paid as tax is twelve thousand five hundred and thirty kalam, 5 two tūṇi, (one) kuṟuṇi and one nāṛi of paddy, which has to be measured by the marakkāl called (after) Āḍavallāṉ, which is equal to a rājakēsari.

3. (The village of) Ārappāṛ in the same nāḍu (contains), according to measurement, one hundred and eleven (measures of) land, six twentieths, one fortieth and one hundred-andsixtieth; (1/320) of three quarters and one eighth; and (1/320) of one half and two twentieths, —including the nāyvālam, 6 (the land) enjoyed by the physician (maruttuvappēṟu), 7 and the Jaina temple. There have to be deducted three (measures of) land free from taxes, one half, four twentieths, one eightieth and one hundred-and-sixtieth,—(consisting of) the villagesite, the ponds, the sacred temple, 8 the temple of Aiyaṉ, 9 the temple of Pidāri, 10 the ponds in paddy-fields (kaṛaṉi), and the site of the Paṟaichchēri. (There remain) one hundred and seven (measures of) land paying taxes, one half, two twentieths and one eightieth; (1/320) of three quarters and one eighth; and (1/320) of one half and two twentieths. The revenue paid as tax is ten thousand seven hundred and forty-five kalam, two tūṇi, (one) padakku and ⟨Page 49⟩ three nāṛi of paddy, which has to be measured by the marakkāl called (after) Āḍavallāṉ, which is equal to a rājakēsari.

4. (The village of) Kīraṉdēvaṉkuḍi in the same nāḍu (contains) [forty-]two [measures of land], three quarters, four twentieths, one eightieth and one three-hundred-andtwentieth; (1/320) of one half, three twentieths, three eightieths and one hundred-and-sixtieth; and (1/320) of eight twentieths. [There have to be deducted] two (measures of) land free from taxes, one twentieth, one fortieth, one hundred-and-sixtieth and one three-hundredand-twentieth; (1/320) of four twentieths and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; [and (1/320) of one half and two twentieths],—(consisting of) the village-site, • • • • • the sacred temple and (its) flower-garden (nandavaṉam), and the ponds. (There remain) forty (measures of) land [paying taxes], three quarters, two twentieths, one fortieth and one hundredand-sixtieth; (1/320) of nine twentieths and three eightieths; and (1/320) of three quarters and one twentieth. [The revenue] paid as tax is four thousand and seventy kalam, five kuṟuṇi and five nāṛi of paddy, which has to be measured by the marakkāl called (after) [Āḍava]llāṉ, • • • • • • •

5. (The village of) Nāgaṉk• • • in the same nāḍu (contains) [twenty-two measures of land, one half, ] two twentieths, three eightieths and one hundred-and-sixtieth; (1/320) of two twentieths, one fortieth and one hundred-and-sixtieth; and (1/320) of eight twentieths. [There have to be deducted] three quarters (of a measure) of land free from taxes, one twentieth, one hundred-and-sixtieth [and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; and (1/320) of two twentieths and one fortieth],—consisting of the village-site (ūr-irukkai), the ponds, [the temple of] Aiyaṉ, • • • • • the channels which pass through the land of this village, and the burning-ground. (There remain) twenty-one (measures of) land [paying taxes], three quarters, one twentieth, one fortieth, one hundred-and-sixtieth and one three-hundredand-twentieth; (1/320) of one hundred-and-sixtieth; and (1/320) of eight twentieths. [The revenue] paid as tax is two thousand one hundred and eighty-three kalam, five kuṟuṇi and four nāṛi) of paddy, which has to be measured by the marakkāl) called (after) [Āḍaval]lāṉ, • • • • • • •

6. • • • • • There have to be deducted five (measures of) land free from taxes; (1/320) of one half, three twentieths and three eightieths; and (1/320) of three quarters and one twentieth,—(consisting of) • • • • • the Paṟaichchēri, the ponds and the water-courses (ōḍai). (There remain) one hundred and fifteen (measures of) land paying taxes, one quarter, one hundred-and-sixtieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; (1/320) of one half, three twentieths and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; and (1/320) of one half and two twentieths. The revenue paid as tax is eleven thousand five hundred and twenty-six kalam, (one) kuṟuṇi and seven nāṛi of paddy, • • • • • which is equal to a rājakēsari.

7. (The village of) Taṇṇīrkkuṉṟam, alias Rājarāja-nallūr, in the same nāḍu (contains), according to measurement, thirty-six (measures of) land, one half, one twentieth, one hundred-and-sixtieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; (1/320) of three quarters, one twentieth and one eightieth; and (1/320) of three quarters and one twentieth. There have to be deducted who (measures of) land free from taxes, seven twentieths, one hundred-andsixtieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; (1/320) of three quarters, one twentieth, one fortieth and one three-hundred-and twentieth; and (1/320) of one half and two twentieths,— consisting of the village-site, the ponds, the sacred temples, the burning-ground, the Paṟaichchēri, • • • • • and the channels which pass through the land of this village to other villages. (There remain) thirty-four (measures of) land, three twentieths, three eightieths, one hundred-and-sixtieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; (1/320) of three ⟨Page 50⟩ quarters, four twentieths, one fortieth, one hundred-and-sixtieth and one three-hundred-andtwentieth; [and (1/320) of four twentieths. The revenue paid as tax is] three thousand three hundred and seventy-eight kalam, (one) padakku and four nāṛi of paddy, which has to be measured by the marakkāl called (after) Āḍavallāṉ, which is equal to a [rā]jakēsari.

8. (The village of) Uchchipāḍi in the same nāḍu (contains), according to measurement, fifty-seven (measures of) land, one half, one twentieth, three eightieths, one hundred-andsixtieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; and (1/320) of one half, four twentieths and three eightieths. There have to be deducted one (measure of) land free from taxes, three quarters, three twentieths, three eightieths, one hundred-and-sixtieth and one three-hundredand-twentieth; (1/320) of two twentieths, one fortieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; and (1/320) of one half and two twentieths,—[consisting of] the village-site, the ponds, the sacred temples, the Īṛachchēri, 1• • • • • (There remain) fifty-five (measures of) land paying taxes, one half and three twentieths; (1/320) of one half, two twentieths and one hundredand-sixtieth; and (1/320) of eight twentieths. The revenue paid as tax is • • • • • [hundred] and twenty-six kalam, (one) tūṇi and four nāṛi [of paddy, which has to be measured] by the marakkāl) called (after) Āḍavallāṉ, which is equal to a rājakēsari.

9. (The village of) Kīṛ-Vaḍugakkuḍi in the same nāḍu (contains), according to measurement, twenty-seven (measures of) land, one half, one twentieth, one fortieth and one hundred-and-sixtieth; (1/320) of four twentieths, one hundred-and-sixtieth and one threehundred-and-twentieth; and (1/320) of four twentieths. There have to be deducted [one measure of land free from taxes, two twentieths, ] one hundred-and-sixtieth and one threehundred-and-twentieth; (1/320) of three twentieths, one eightieth and one hundred-and-sixtieth; and (1/320) of eight twentieths,—[consisting of] the village-site, the ponds, the sacred temples, the burning-ground, the Īṛachchēri, the Kammāṇaśēri, the Paṟaichchēri, the Vaṇṇārachchēri, 2 the ponds and wells of the Paṟaiyas (paṟaikkuḷakkuṛi), 3• • • • • (There remain) twenty-six (measures of) land paying taxes, nine twentieths, one eightieth, one hundred-and-sixtieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; (1/320) of three eightieths; and (1/320) of three quarters and one twentieth. The revenue paid as tax is two thousand six hundred and • • • • • of paddy, which has to be measured by the marakkāl called (after) Āḍavallāṉ, which is equal to a rājakēsari.

10. (The village of) Kañjāṟa[ṉa]gar 4 in • • • • • (contains), according to measurement, six (measures of) land, three quarters, two twentieths, three eightieths, one hundredand-sixtieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; (1/320) of three quarters, one twentieth and three eightieths; and (1/320) of three quarters and one twentieth. There have to be deducted one twentieth (of a measure) of land free from taxes, three eightieths, one hundred-andsixtieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; (1/320) of six twentieths, one eightieth and one hundred-and-sixtieth; and (1/320) of eight twentieths,—consisting of the ponds of this village. (There remain) six (measures of) land paying taxes, three quarters and one twentieth; (1/320) of one half, one eightieth [and one hundred-and-sixtieth; and (1/320) of eight twentieths]. The revenue [paid as tax] is six hundred and seventy-four kalam, two tūṇi, (one) kuṟuṇi and four nāṛi) of paddy, which has to be measured by the marakkāl) called (after) Āḍavallāṉ, which is equal to a rājakēsari. ⟨Page 51⟩

11. The land, which is a divine gift, in (the village of) Ūśikkaṇṇaṅguḍi in the same nāḍu (contains), according to measurement, five (measures of) land, one half, two twentieths, one fortieth and one hundred-and-sixtieth; (1/320) of three quarters, three eightieths, one hundred-and-sixtieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; and (1/320) of four twentieths. There have to be deducted three twentieths (of a measure) of land free from taxes, one fortieth and one hundred-and-sixtieth; (1/320) of three quarters, three twentieths and three eightieths; and (1/320) of three quarters and one twentieth,—consisting of the village-site, the ponds, the burning-ground, and the causeway (kulai) on the bank of the Pāṇḍavāy (river). 1 (There remain) five (measures of) land paying taxes, eight twentieths, three eightieths, one hundred-and-sixtieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; (1/320) of three quarters, two twentieths and one hundred-and-sixtieth; and (1/320) of eight twentieths. The revenue paid as tax is five hundred and eighteen kalam, two tūṇi and two nāṛi of paddy, which has to be measured by the marakkāl called (after) Āḍavallāṉ, which is equal to a rājakēsari.

12. (The village of) Vaḍaviṟaiyāṉpaḷḷam in Ārvalakkūṟṟam, (a subdivision) of the same nāḍu, (contains), according to measurement, twenty-four (measures of) land, one quarter and one hundred-and-sixtieth; (1/320) of nine twentieths, one eightieth and one hundredand-sixtieth; and (1/320) of eight twentieths. There have to be deducted six twentieths (of a measure) of land free from taxes, one eightieth and one hundred-and-sixtieth; (1/320) of six twentieths, one eightieth and one hundred-and-sixtieth; and (1/320) of eight twentieths,— consisting of the village-site, the ponds of this village, the burning-ground, and the channels which pass through the land of this village and supply water to other villages. (There remain) twenty-three (measures of) land, three quarters, three twentieths and three eightieths; and (1/320) of three twentieths. The revenue paid as tax is two thousand three hundred and ninety-three kalam, two tūṇi, (one) kuṟuṇi and five nāṛi of paddy, which has to be measured by the marakkāl) called (after) Āḍavallāṉ, which is equal to a rājakēsari.

13. Tirutteṅgūr, a town (nagara) in the same nāḍu, (contains), according to measurement, thirty-four (measures of) land, one quarter, three eightieths and one three-hundred-andtwentieth; (1/320) of three quarters, one twentieth, three eightieths and one three-hundred-andtwentieth; and (1/320) of two twentieths. There have to be deducted four (measures of) land free from taxes, one half, three eightieths and one hundred-and-sixtieth; (1/320) of three quarters, one fortieth, one hundred-and-sixtieth and one three-hundred-and twentieth; and (1/320) of four twentieths,—consisting of the village-site, the ponds of this village, the ponds in the fields (pulam), the Tiṇḍāchchēri, 2 the Paṟaichchēri and the burning-ground. (There remain) twenty-nine (measures of) land, one half, four twentieths, three eightieths, one hundred-and-sixtieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; (1/320) of one twentieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; and (1/320) of three quarters and three twentieths. The gold paid as tax is two hundred and ninety-seven kaṛañju, four mañjāḍi, three tenths 3 and three fortieths. 4

14. (The village of) Arakkaṉkuḍi in Tirunaṟaiyūr-nāḍu, (a subdivision) of Vaḍa-Kaḍuvāy, 5 alias Kshatriyaśikhāmaṇi-vaḷanāḍu, (contians), according to measurement, seven (measures of) land, six twentieths, one eightieth and one hundred-and-sixtieth; (1/320) of one eightieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; (1/320) of eight twentieths and three ⟨Page 52⟩ eightieths; and (1/320)^3^ of three quarters and one twentieth. There have to be deducted eight twentieths (of a measure) of land free from taxes and one eightieth; and (1/320) of nine twentieths,—consisting of the village-site and the ponds of this village. (There remain) six (measures of) land, three quarters, three twentieths and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; (1/320) of one half, one twentieth, one eightieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; (1/320) of eight twentieths and three eightieths; and (1/320)^3^ of three quarters and one twentieth. The revenue paid as tax is six hundred and fifty-six kalam, seven kuṟuṇi and three nāṛi of paddy, which has to be measured by the marakkāl called (after) Āḍavallāṉ, which is equal to a rājakēsari.

15. (The village of) Piḍāraśēri in the same nāḍu (contains), according to measurement, five (measures of) land, one half, two twentieths, three eightieths and one three-hundred-andtwentieth; (1/320) of one half and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; and (1/320) of one half and two twentieths. There have to be deducted four twentieths (of a measure) of land free from taxes, one eightieth, one hundred-and-sixtieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; (1/320) of one twentieth, one eightieth and one hundred-and-sixtieth; and (1/320) of eight twentieths,—consisting of the village-site and the ponds of this village. (There remain) five (measures of) land, eight twentieths, one eightieth and one hundred-and-sixtieth; (1/320) of eight twentieths, one fortieth, one hundred-and-sixtieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; and (1/320) of four twentieths. The revenue paid as tax is five hundred and thirty-five kalam, two tūṇi, (one) padakku and four nāṛi of paddy, which has to be measured by the marakkāl called (after) Āḍavallāṉ, which is equal to a rājakēsari.

16. (The village of) Maṇaṟkālappaḷḷi, the divine gifts to Tiṟappāṉ Mahādēvar, the divine gifts to Tiruvaḍigaḷ, 1 and (the village of) Peṇpaḷḷi, which adjoins this village (of Maṇaṟkālappaḷḷi), in Vēḷānāḍu, (a subdivision) of the same nāḍu, contain, according to measurement, fifty-one (measures of) land, three quarters, one twentieth, one eightieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; (1/320) of three quarters, three twentieths, one fortieth and one hundred-and-sixtieth; and (1/320) of one half. There have to be deducted one (measure of) land free from taxes, three quarters, two twentieths, one eightieth and one three-hundredand-twentieth; (1/320) of one half, two twentieths and one eightieth; and (1/320) of three quarters and one twentieth,—consisting of the village-sites, the ponds, the temple of Piḍāri, and the high-road (peru-vaṛi). (There remain) forty-nine (measures of) land, three quarters and four twentieths; (1/320) of six twentieths, one eightieth and one three-hundred-andtwentieth; and (1/320) of one half and four twentieths. The revenue paid as tax is • • • [thousand] nine hundred and eighteen kalam, two tūṇi, three kuṟuṇi and one nāṛi [of paddy], which has to be measured by the marakkāl called (after) Āḍavallāṉ, which is equal to a rājakēsari.

17. (The village of) Neṟkuppai, in which a paḷḷichchandam 2 is established(?). in Tiraimūr-nāḍu, (a subdivision) of Uyyakkoṇḍār-vaḷanāḍu, which is situated between the Ariśil 3 and Kāvīri (rivers), (contains), [according to measurement], thirty-nine (measures ⟨Page 53⟩ of) land, three eightieths, one hundred-and-sixtieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; (1/320) of one half, one hundred-and-sixtieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; and (1/320) of four twentieths. There have to be deducted one (measure of) land free from taxes, one half, three twentieths, one fortieth and one hundred-and-sixtieth; (1/320) of one half, one twentieth, [one hundred-and-sixtieth] and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; and (1/320) of four twentieths,—consisting of the village-site, the ponds, the burning-ground, and the rivers and channels which pass through [the land of this village] and supply water to the eastern country. (There remain) thirty-seven (measures of) land, seven twentieths and one eightieth; and (1/320) of three quarters and four twentieths. The revenue paid as tax is three thousand seven hundred and twenty-two kalam and five nāṛi of paddy, which has to be measured by the marakkāl called (after) Āḍavallāṉ, which is equal to a rājakēsari.

18. (The village of) Maruttuvakkuḍi in Iṉṉambar-nāḍu, (a subdivision) of Vaḍakarai-Rājēndrasiṁha-vaḷanāḍu, 1 (contains), according to measurement, [thirty] (measures of) land, one half, four twentieths, three eightieths and one hundred-and-sixtieth; and (1/320) of one half and three twentieths. There have to be deducted three quarters (of a measure) of land free from taxes, two twentieths and one hundred-and-sixtieth; and (1/320) of one twentieth, one fortieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth,—consisting of the villagesite, the sacred temples and (their) sacred courts (tiru-muṟṟam) and sacred flower-gardens, the Paṟaichchēri) and the burning-ground. (There remain) twenty-nine (measures of) land, three quarters, two twentieths and three eightieths; and (1/320) of one half, [one] twentieth, one eightieth, one hundred-and-sixtieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth. The revenue paid as tax is two thousand nine hundred and sixty-seven kalam, two tūṇi, (one) padakku and two nāṛi) of paddy, which has to be measured by the marakkāl) called (after) Āḍavallāṉ, which is equal to a rājakēsari.

⟨SIIv02p0i0005⟩ No. 5. ON THE NORTH WALL, UPPER TIER.

The original of this inscription is divided into two sections of nine lines each. At the commencement of each line of the first section, a few syllables are lost, and the first five lines of the same section are considerably damaged about the middle. In the first line the date is lost. As, however, the preserved part of the historical passage, with which the line opens, agrees literally with the corresponding passage of No. 4, the inscription cannot have been engraved before the 29th year of the reign of Rājarājadēva. Like No. 4, this inscription specifies the revenue in paddy and the revenue in gold, to be paid by a number of villages which Rājarājadēva had given to the temple.

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First section.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrīḥ || tirumakaḷ*] polapperunilaccelviyuntaṉakke urimai pūṇṭamai maṉakkoḷakkāntaḷūrccālai kalamaṟuttaruḷi veṅkaināṭuṅkaṅkapāṭiyuntaṭikaipāṭiyunnuḷampapāṭiyuṅkuṭamalaināṭuṅk[o]llamuṅkaliṅkamum muraṭṭeḻil ciṅkaḷar īḻamaṇṭalamum iraṭṭapāṭi eḻarai i[lakkamum] muṉṉīrppaḻantīvu paṉṉīrāyiramuntiṇṭiṟal veṉṟittaṇṭāṟkoṇṭa taṉṉeḻil vaḷarūḻiyuḷela• • • • • • [y]ār śrīrājarājadevar kuṭutta ūrkaḷil ūrnat • • • • • [v]āykkālkaḷum paṟaicceriyuṅkammāṇaceri- ⟨Page 54⟩ yuñcuṭukāṭum uḷḷiṭṭu iṟaiyi[li] nilaṅkaḷum iṟai kaṭṭiṉa nilattāl kāṇikkaṭaṉ rājakesa[ri]yoṭokkum āṭavallāṉ eṉṉum marakkālāl aḷakkakkaṭava nellum iṭakkaṭava poṉṉuṅkācum pecikkallil veṭṭiṉa [1*]

⟨2⟩ vaṭakarairāje*] ndraciṅkavaḷanāṭṭu 1 iṉṉamparnāṭṭukkaruppūrttevatāṉamuñcālāpokamum nī[k]ki veḷḷāṉ vakaiyāy varukiṉṟa nilam aiñcaraiye nāṉku mākkāṇi araikkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ araiye arai mā araikkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ araiye orumāvilum ūrnattamuṅku[ḷamuṅkarai]yum śrīkoyiluntirumuṟṟamum piṭāri koyiluñce[ṅ]kaḻunīr naṭṭa kuḷattil mūṉṟe[ru*]pātiyuñcuṭukāṭum āka • • • • • [va] nellu aiñ[ñū]ṟṟu [n]āṟ[pattoṉ]patiṉ kalane eḻukuṟuṇi nāṉāḻi ||— [2*] innāṭṭu • • [li]nāṭṭu 2t[ti]ruttevaṉkuṭi uḷḷurkkaṭa devarkku nīkki eṟa apaharittu uṇṭu [varu]kiṉṟa nilameṉṟu veṟu mutalākki veḷḷāṉ vakaiyākki veḷḷāṉ vakaiyāl varukiṉṟa nilam veḷḷāṉ vakaiyil mutal tavirntu ivvūr ūrnattamuñcuṭukāṭumuḷḷiṭṭu iṟaiyiliyāka nīkkiṉa nilaṉ potuve aṉubhavikka-

⟨3⟩ [kkaṭava*]tāka niṅkal nīkki aḷantapaṭi nilam irupattoṉpate kāle mukkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ nāṉku mākkāṇi araikkāṇikkīḻ kāle arai māviṉāl iṟai kaṭṭiṉa kāṇikkaṭaṉ rājakesariyoṭokkum āṭavallāṉeṉṉumarakkālāl aḷakkakkaṭava nel iraṇṭāyirattuttoḷāyirattu • • • [ṅ]kalaṉe irutūṇi orunāḻi ||— [3*] inṉāṭṭuttiruvālināṭṭukku[ṟuv]āṇiyakkuṭi paḷḷiyuṭpaṭa aḷantapaṭi nilam nāṟpa[t]tāṟe arai māvaraikkāṇikkīḻ muṉṟu mā mukkāṇikkī[ḻ muk]kāle orumāvilum ū[ri]rukkaiyum [śrī]ko[yilu]n[tirumuṟṟamu] • • • • • [i]nnilatt[āṟe] • • • • • [nī]k[ki] iṟai kaṭṭiṉa nilam muppattoṉpatarai[ye muṉ]ṟu mākk[ā]ṇi araikkāṇikkīḻ mukkā[l]e nāṉku mā mukkāṇikkiḻ mukkāle orumāviṉāl iṟai kaṭṭiṉa poṉ muṉṉūṟṟu nāṟkaḻañce mūṉṟu mañcāṭiyum oṉpatu māvarai ||— [4*] maḻanāṭāṉa rājāśraiyavaḷanāṭṭuppācciṟkūṟṟattu mīypalāṟṟu āṉpaṉūr aḷantapaṭi nilam eṇpatey mukkāliṉ kīḻ araiye nāṉku mā araikkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ nāṉku mā-

⟨4⟩ [vilum ū*]rirukkaiyum ivvūrkkaḷamuṅkuḷamuṅkaraiyum ivvūraiyūṭaṟuttuppoy nāṭṭukku pāyum peruvaḷavāyum peruvaḷavāy niṉṟum ivvūraiyūṭaṟuttuppoycceṭṭimaṅkalattukkuppāyum vāykkālālum ivvūr mahādevar tiruvaṉṉibhagavar śrīkoyiluntirumuṟṟamum piṭā[ri koyi]luntirumuṟṟamuñceṭṭaiyār koyiluntirumuṟṟamum tiruppaiññīlimātevar kuḷamuṅkaraiyum ivvūr īḻa[c]ceriyum paṟaicceriyum veḷḷāṉ cuṭukāṭum paṟ[aic]cuṭukāṭum kaṟkiṭaiyum āka iṟaiyili nīṅkunilam nāṉk[e mu]kkāle muṉṟu mā mukkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻkkāle • • • • • [kīḻ araiyeyiraṇṭu mā nī]kki ni[lam e]ḻu[pattaiñce muk]kāle [o] • • • • • • [mā]varai mu[nti]rikaikkīḻ araiye iraṇṭu māviṉāl iṟai ka[ṭṭi]ṉa [kā]ṇikkaṭaṉ rājakesariyoṭokkum āṭavallāṉeṉṉum marakkālāl aḷakkakkaṭava nellu aiyāyiratteṇ[ṇūṟ]ṟu aimpatiṉ kalaṉe irutūṇikkuṟuṇi orunāḻi ||— [5*] iṉṉāṭṭuppācciṟkūṟṟat- ⟨Page 55⟩ tukkīḻpalāṟṟu īṅkaiyūr aḷantapaṭi nilam nāṟpattaiñcaraiye arai mā araikkāṇikkīḻ araiyilum ū[r]nattamum ivvū[r]ppiṭāri koyiluntirumuṟṟamum

⟨5⟩ • • koyiluntirumuṟṟamum ivvūr mahādevar śrīkoyilu[n]tirumuṟṟamum ittevar tirumañcaṉakkuḷattālum paṟaicceriyālum veḷḷāṉ cuṭukāṭṭālum paṟaiccuṭukāṭṭālum āka iṟaiili nīṅkunilam iraṇṭe mukkāl nīkki nilam nāṟpattiraṇṭe mukkāle [arai] m[ā] araikkāṇikkīḻ araiyiṉāl iṟai kaṭṭiṉa kāṇikka[ṭa]ṉ rājakesariyoṭokkum āṭavallāṉeṉṉum marakkālāl aḷakkakkaṭava nellu nālāyirattiru[nūṟ]ṟu eḻupatteṇkalaṉe mukkuṟuṇi nāṉāḻi ||— [6*] iṉṉāṭṭupp[āc]ciṟkūṟṟattukkīḻpalāṟṟuppaṇamaṅkalavaṉakarai[ppa]ṟ[ṟu] • • ṉūrāṉa paṇamaṅkalam aḷantapaṭi nilam nāṟpattiraṇṭe eṇ[mā] • • • • • [kkī]ḻ eṭṭu [mā] mukkāṇikkīḻ mukkāle orumāvilum ūriruk[k]ainattamum ivvūr mahādevar śrīkoyiluntirumuṟṟamum ivvūrai ūṭaṟuttuppuṟavūrkaḷukku nīr pāyum vāykkālum [pi]ṭāri koyiluntirumuṟṟamum ūruṇikuḷamuṅkaraiyum aiyaṉ koyiluntirumuṟṟamum koṭṭakāramum veḷḷāṉ cuṭukāṭum paṟaiccuṭukāṭum paṟaicceriyum īḻacceriyum āka iṟaiili nīṅkunilam oṉṟaraiye iraṇṭu mā

⟨6⟩ • • muntirikaikkīḻ araiye orumā araikkāṇi muntirikaikkiḻ nāṉku mā nīkki nilam nāṟpate mukkāle mukkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ mukkāle irumāvarai muntirikaikkīḻ araiye iraṇṭu māvi[ṉā]l iṟai kaṭṭiṉa kāṇikkaṭaṉ rājakesariyoṭokkum āṭavallāṉeṉṉumarakkālā[l] aḷakkakkaṭava nellu nālāyiratteḻupattirukalaṉe kuṟuṇi eḻunāḻi ||— [7*] iṉṉāṭṭuppācciṟkūṟṟattu[kkī]ḻ[pa*]lāṟṟuppaṇamaṅkalavaṉakaraippaṟṟuccātta[np]āṭi aḷantapaṭi nilam pattoṉpate orumā araikkāṇi [munti]rikaikkīḻ nāṉku mā mukkāṇi araikk[ā*]ṇikkīḻ eṭṭu [m]āvilum ūrna[tta]mum paṟaicceriyum ivvūr nilattaiyūṭaṟuttuppoyppuṟavūrkaḷukku nīr [pā]yum p[ai]ṅke[ṇi] vāykkā[lālu]m āka iṟai[yili] nīṅ[ku]nilam nāṉku mākkāṇi araikkāṇikkīḻ mukkāle orumā nīkki nilam patiṉeṭṭe mukkāley orumā mukkāṇikkīḻ eṭṭu mā mukkāṇi araikkāṇikkīḻ eṭṭu mā[vi]ṉāl iṟai kaṭṭiṉa kāṇikkaṭaṉ rājakesariyoṭokkum āṭavallāṉeṉṉumara[k]kālāl aḷakkakkaṭava nellu āyiratteṇṇūṟṟu eṇpattu mukkalaṉe irutūṇi mukkuṟuṇi ||— [8*] innāṭṭuppācciṟkūṟṟattu kīḻpalāṟṟu cem-

⟨7⟩ • • ppaṟṟu • kkaṉkuṭi aḷantapaṭi nilam nāṉke mukkāle iraṇṭu mā mukkāṇikkīḻ āṟu mā mukkāṇikkīḻ mūṉṟu mā araikkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ nāṉku māvilum ūrnattamum īḻacceri[yu]ṅkoṭṭakāramum paṟaicceriyumāka iṟaiyili nīṅkunnilam mummāvarai muntiri[kai]kkīḻ nāṉku māvaraikkāṇikkīḻ mukkāle irumāvarai [mu]ntirikaikkīḻ araiye iraṇṭu mā nīkki nilam n[ā]ṉkaraiye nāṉku mā araikkāṇi muntirikaik[kīḻ] irumāvarai muntirikaikkīḻ kāle arai mā muntirikaik[kīḻ] araiye iraṇṭu māviṉāl iṟai kaṭṭiṉa kāṇikkaṭaṉ r[āja]kesari[yo]ṭokkum āṭava[l*]lāṉeṉṉumarakkālāl aḷakkakkaṭava [ne]l nāṉūṟṟu aṟupattu oṉpatiṉ kalaṉe [tū]ṇi [o]runāḻi [||—] [9*] innāṭṭukkalārakkūṟṟattu māntoṭṭam aḷantapaṭi nilam patiṉaiñcaraiye kāṇi araikkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ araiye mummāvarai muntirikaikkīḻ araiye iraṇṭu māvilum ⟨Page 56⟩ ūrirukkaiyum ivvūrkkaḷamum kammāṇaceriyum ivvūrppaṟaicceriyum ivvū[r] akaiyāṟum āka iṟaiyili nīṅkunnilam mukkāle nāṉku mā araikkāṇikkīḻ eḻumā araikkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ

⟨8⟩ [nāṉku*] mā [nī]kki [nilam pati]ṉāṉkaraiye mā kāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ āṟu mākkāṇi araikkāṇikkīḻ eṭṭu māviṉāl iṟai kaṭṭiṉa kāṇikkaṭaṉ rājakesariyoṭokkum āṭava[l*]lāṉeṉnumarakkālāl aḷakkakkaṭava nel āyirattu nānūṟṟu aimpattu [aṟuka]laṉe aiṅkuṟuṇi eḻunāḻi ||— [10*] innāṭṭu kalārakkūṟṟa[t]tu iṟaiyāṉceri aḷantapaṭi nilam paṉṉiraṇṭaraiye irumāvarai muntirikaikkīḻ kāle mu[kk]āṇikkīḻ mukkāle orumāvilum ūrnattamum kuṭiyirukkai[yum] paṟaicceriyum ivvūrai ūṭaṟuttuppoy puṟavūrk[ku pā]yum vāykkāl kaṇṇaṉ vāykkāl nīroṭukālālum ivvūr ūrkkaḷatt[ā]lum ivvūrkkuḷamuṅkaraiyum ivvūr mā[tevar śrī]koyiluntirumuṟṟamum ittevar tirumañcaṉakkuḷamum āka iṟaiyili nīṅkunilam mukkāle iraṇṭu mākkāṇi araikkāṇikkīḻ araiye mūṉṟu māviṉ kīḻ mūṉṟu mā araikkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ mukkāṇikkīḻ mukkāle orumā nīkki nilam patiṉoṉṟe mukkāle araikkāṇikkīḻ ar[ai]ye iraṇṭu mā mukkāṇikkīḻ araiye iraṇṭu mā mukkāṇikkīḻ mukkāle nāṉku mā araikkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ nā-

⟨9⟩ [ṉku māvi*]ṉāl [iṟai] kaṭ[ṭi]ṉa kāṇikkaṭaṉ [rā]jakesariyoṭokkum āṭavallāṉeṉṉum marakkālāl aḷakkakkaṭava nel āyirattorunūṟṟu aṟupattoṉpatiṉ kalaṉe irutūṇi i[runā]ḻi uri ||— [11*] innāṭṭu veṇkoṉkuṭikkaṇṭattu veṇkoṉkuṭi aḷantapaṭi nilam [ai]mpate eḻumākkāṇikkīḻ mukkāle orumāvilum ūrnttamuṅkuṭiyirukkaiyum ūruṇikuḷamuṅ[ka]ṉṟu meya pāḻāka kiṭanta nilamuṅkaṇmāṇaceri kuṭiyirukkaiyum piṭāri koyiluntirumuṟṟamum veḷḷ[āṉ cuṭu]kāṭṭukku pom vaḻiyum veḷḷāṉ cuṭukāṭum paṟaic[cuṭuk]āṭum ka[ḷa]māykkiṭanta nilamum aiyyaṉ koyiluntirumuṟṟamum uḻa[ppa]ṟaiyarirukkum kīḻaicceriyum peru[va]....[ka]r[ai]yum uḻappaṟ[ai]yar irukkum melaippaṟaicceriyum ivvūr nilattāṟeyūṭaṟuttu[p]poṉa nāṭṭār vāykkālum āka iṟaiyili nīṅkunilam iraṇṭe kāle kāṇikkīḻ orumāvarai araikkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ araiye iraṇṭu mā nīkki nilam nāṟpatteṭṭe iraṇṭu māviṉ kīḻ araiye nāṉku mākkāṇikkīḻ eṭṭu māviṉāl iṟai kaṭṭiṉa kāṇikkaṭaṉ rājakesa-

Second section.

⟨1⟩ riyoṭokkum āṭavallāṉeṉṉum marakkālāl aḷakkakkaṭava nel nālāyirattu eḻunūṟṟu eṇpattu nāṟkalaṉe irutūṇi aṟunāḻi ||— [12*] innāṭṭu veṇkoṉkuṭikkaṇṭattu mākāṇikuṭi aḷantapaṭi nilam irupattu mūṉṟaraiye [mū]ṉṟu mā araikkāṇikkīḻ kāṇi araikkāṇikkīḻ eṭṭu māvilum ūrirukkaiyum ūrkkaḷamum ivvūrkkā[ḷar] piṭāriyār śrīkoyilum tirumuṟṟamum piṭāriyāritu teṅku[maram] niṉṟa nantavāṉamum ivvūrai ūṭaṟuttuppuṟavūrkaḷukku nīr pāyum vāykkālālum īḻacceriyum veḷḷāṉ cuṭukāṭum paṟaiccuṭukāṭum paṟaicceriyum āka iṟaiyili nīṅkunilam oṉpatu mā mukkāṇi araikkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ oṉpatu mā araikkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ nāṉku mā nīkki nilam irupattu mūṉṟe mūṉṟu mā araikkāṇikkīḻ araiye orumā araikkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ nāṉku māviṉāl iṟai kaṭṭiṉa kāṇikkaṭaṉ rājakesariyoṭokkum ⟨Page 57⟩ āṭaval[lāṉe]ṉṉum marakkālāl aḷakkakkaṭava nel iraṇṭāyirattu munnūṟṟu orupattu aiṅkalaṉe kuṟuṇi ||— [13*] innāṭṭu cempuṟaikkaṇṭa-

⟨2⟩ ttu ciṟucempuṟai aḷantapaṭi nilam āṟaraiye mummāvarai muntiri[k]aikkīḻ araiye nāṉku mā mukkāṇi araikkāṇi muntirikaiyilum ūrirukkaiyuṅkoṭṭakāramum mātevar irunta tiṭaluṅkaṇṇaṉ vāy niṉṟum ivvūr nilattāṟe kuṟaṅkaṟuttuppuṟavūrkku nīr pāyum vāyk[kā]lum veḷḷāṉ cuṭukāṭuṅkaṇmāṇaceriyum paṟaicceriyum paṟaiccuṭukāṭum āka iṟaiyili nīṅkunilam eḻumā[k]kāṇikkīḻ eḻumāvaraikkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ nāṉku mā [nī]kki nilam āṟe aṟumākkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ eḻumāvarai araikkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ mukkāle orumāviṉāl iṟai kaṭṭiṉa kāṇikkaṭaṉ rājakesariyoṭokkum āṭavallāṉeṉṉum marakkālāl aḷakkakkaṭava nel aṟunūṟṟorupattirukalaṉe patakku ||— [14*] innāṭṭuppāccilkūṟṟattukkīḻpalāṟṟuttuṟaiyūr nilaṉ nūṟṟaimpattiraṇṭe mukkāle araikkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ araiye mūṉṟu mākkāṇikkīḻ mukkāle mūṉṟu mā mukkāṇiyilum ivvūr nattam kuṭiyirukkaiyum kiṇaṟum toṭṭiyum veḷḷā-

⟨3⟩ ṉ cuṭukāṭum koṭṭakāraṅkaḷum talaivāycceriyum īḻacceriyum kammāṇaceriyum paṟaicceriyum paṟaiccuṭukāṭum ivvūr nilattai ūṭaṟuttuppoyppuṟavūrkaḷukku nīr pāyum vāykkālum piṭāri puṉṉaittuṟainaṅkai koyiluntirumuṟṟamum piṭāri potuvak[ai]ūruṭaiyā[ḷ] śrīkoyilum tirumuṟṟamum ivvūrkkā[ṭu]kāḷ koyiluntirumuṟṟamum ivvūr durggaiyār koyiluntiru[mu]ṟṟamum ivvūr eṟāṭu kaṭakkum ivvūrkkāḷar piṭāriyār śrīkoyiluntirumuṟṟamum aiyaṉ koyiluntirumuṟṟamum ivvūrppiṭāri kuturaivaṭṭamuṭaiyāḷ śrīkoyiluntirumuṟṟamum ivvūrkkuḷamuṅkaraiyum āka iṟaiyili nīṅkunilaṉ mūṉṟe kāṇi araikkāṇikkīḻ mukkāle iraṇṭu mā mukkāṇi araikkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ eḻumā araikkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ nāṉku mā nīkki nilaṉ nūṟṟu nāṟpattoṉpataraiye nāṉku mā mukkāṇikkīḻ mukkāle kāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ araiye orumāvaraikkīḻ mukkāle orumāviṉāl iṟai kaṭṭiṉa kāṇikkaṭaṉ rājakesariyoṭokkum āṭavallāṉe-

⟨4⟩ ṉṉum marakkālāl aḷakkakkaṭava nelluppatinālāyiratteṇṇūṟṟu eṇpatteṇkalane tūṇippatakkorunāḻi ||— [15*] innāṭṭukkārimaṅkalam nilaṉ patiṉoṉṟe oṉpatu mākkāṇikkīḻ mukkāle mukkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ araiye iraṇṭu māvilum ivvūr nattamum kaḷamum veḷḷāṉ cuṭuk[ā]ṭum [pi]ṭāri tiruvāluṭaiyāḷ śrīkoyiluntirumuṟṟa[mu]ṅkāṭukāḷ koyiluntirumuṟṟamum īḻacceriyum kammāṇaceriyum paṟaicceriyum paṟaiyar cuṭukāṭum āka iṟaiyili nīṅkunilaṉ eḻumāvarai araikkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ mukkāle arai māvin kīḻ āṟu mākkāṇi araikkāṇikkīḻ eṭṭu mā nikki nilaṉ patiṉoṉṟe orumāvarai muntirikaikkīḻkkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ kāle arai mā muntirikaikkīḻ araiye iraṇṭu māviṉāl iṟai kaṭṭiṉa kāṇikkaṭaṉ rājakesariyoṭokkum āṭavallāṉeṉṉum marakkālāl aḷakkakkaṭava nellu āyiratteṇpattu mukkalaṉe aiññāḻi ||— [16*] nittaviṉotavaḷanāṭṭu veṇṇikkūṟṟattu nakaram veṇṇi nilaṉ irupattoṉṟaraiye araikkāṇi-

⟨5⟩ kkīḻ eṭṭu mā mukkāṇikkīḻ mukkāle orumāvilum ivvūr irukkaiyum kuḷaṅkaḷum karaikaḷum tirukkoyilum aiyaṉ koyilum paṟaicceriyum cuṭukāṭum ciṟumuṉṉiyūreriyil [nī]r kottuppaḷḷavāyāka kiṭanta nilamum āka iṟaiyili nīṅkunilaṉ nāle araikkāṇikkīḻ irumāva[rai] nīk[ki ⟨Page 58⟩ ni]laṉ patineḻaraiyiṉ kīḻ āṟu mākkāṇikkīḻ mukkāle orumāviṉāl poṉ toṇṇūṟṟu mukkaḻañce [mū]ṉṟu mañcāṭiyunālu mākkāṇiyum [17*] ivvūroṭum eṟiṉa innāṭṭuppūtamaṅkalam nilaṉ irupattaiñce mukkāle irumāvarai araikkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ mukkāle mūṉṟu mā mukkāṇi araikkāṇikkīḻ araiyilum kuḷamuṅkaraiyum cuṭukāṭum paṟaicceri nattamum ūrnattamum āy iṟaiyili nīṅkunilaṉ araiye nālu mā mukkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ oṉpatu mā mukkāṇi muntirikai nīkki nilaṉ irupattaiñce iraṇṭu mā mukkāṇi araikkāṇik[kī]ḻ oṉpatu mā muntirikaikkīḻ araiyiṉāl poṉ irunūṟṟu nāṟpattaṟukaḻañcaraiy[e] muṉṟu mā mukkāṇiyum [18*] iv-

⟨6⟩ vūroṭum eṟiṉa innāṭṭuppūtamaṅkalattuppāl mītuveli nilaṉ mūṉṟe kāliṉ kīḻ eṭṭu māvilum ūrnattattāl iṟaiyili nīṅkunilaṉ nālu mākkāṇi araikkāṇi mun[tiri]kaikkīḻ mukkāle irumāvarai muntirikaikkīḻ araiye iraṇṭu mā nīkki nilaṉ mūṉṟe arai m[ā]viṉ kīḻ araiye kāṇi araikkāṇikkīḻ eṭṭu mā[vi]ṉāl poṉ muppatiṉ kaḻañce kāle mūṉṟu mā mukkāṇi[yum] [19*] ivvūroṭum eṟiṉa innāṭṭu nakarakkārikuṟicci nilaṉ iraṇṭe mukkāle orumā mukkāṇi araikkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ āṟu mā araikkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ nāṉku māviṉāl poṉ irupatteṇkaḻañce oṉpatu mañcāṭiyum eḻumāvaraiyum [20*] ivvūroṭum eṟiṉa innāṭṭu vaṭatāmarai nilaṉ āṟe mukkāle iraṇṭu mākkāṇikkīḻ araiye arai mā muntirikaikkīḻ araiye iraṇṭu māvilum ūrnattamāy iṟaiyili nīṅkunilaṉ iraṇṭu mā araikkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ eṭṭu mā nīkki nilaṉ āṟe mukkāle muntirikaikkīḻ irumāvarai muntirikaikkīḻ araiye iraṇṭu māviṉāl

⟨7⟩ poṉ aṟupattu nāṟkaḻañce mukkāle mañcāṭiyum eṭṭu mā mukkāṇiyum [21*] ivvūroṭum eṟiṉa innāṭṭu veṇṇittiṟappāṉpaḷḷi 1 nilaṉ pattaraiye iraṇṭu mākkāṇi araikk[ā]ṇikkīḻ araiye iraṇṭu mākkāṇikkīḻ mukkāle orumāvilum kuḷamuṅkaraiyum ceṭṭai koyilum ūrnattamum ā[y] iṟaiyili-nīṅkunilaṉ iraṇṭar[ai]ye nālu mā mukkāṇi araikkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ mukkāl[e] mūṉṟu mākkāṇi araikkāṇikkīḻ eṭṭu mā nīkki nilaṉ e[ḻ]e mukkā[l]e iraṇṭu mākkāṇi araikkāṇikkīḻ araiye mūṉṟu mā mūkkāṇi 2 araikkāṇikkīḻ eṭṭu māviṉāl poṉ eḻupatteḻukaḻañce mukkāle mañcāṭiyum [22*] āka veṇṇiyum pūtamaṅkalamum pūtamaṅkalattuppāl mītuveliyum nakarakkārikuṟicciyum vaṭatāmaraiyum veṇṇitiṟappāṉpaḷḷiyum uṭpaṭa nilaṉ eḻupate mukkāle nāṉmāvarai muntirikaikkīḻ nāṉku mā mukkāṇikkīḻ mukkāle mūṉṟu māvilum iṟaiyili nīṅkunilaṉ eḻe mukkāle orumāvarai araikkāṇikkīḻ mukkāle mā kāṇi muntirikai[kkīḻ] nilaṉ arupattu mūṉ-

⟨8⟩ ṟe iraṇṭu mā mukkāṇi araikkāṇikkīḻ eṭṭu mākkāṇi araikkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ mukkāle [mū]ṉṟu māviṉāl iṟai kaṭṭiṉa poṉ aiññūṟṟu nāṟpattorukaḻañce mañcāṭiyum eṭṭu mā ||— [23*] arum[o]ḻitevavaḷanāṭṭuttakkaḷurnāṭṭuccālāpokaṅkoṭimaṅkalam nilaṉ aimpattu mūṉṟe kāle arai mā muntirikaikkīḻ [a]raiye mūṉṟu mā araikkāṇiyilum ūrnattamuṅ[ku]ḷamum śrīkoyilum tīṇṭācce[ri*]yum āka iṟaiyili nīṅkunilaṉ iraṇṭaraiye orumāvarai araikkāṇikkīḻ mukkāle o[ru]m[ā]varai muntirikaikkīḻ araiye iraṇṭu ⟨Page 59⟩ māvum ivvūr nilattai ūṭaṟuttuppoy tirumiṉkuṉṟattukkuppāyaypoṉ 1 vāykkālāl iṟaiyili niṅkunilaṉ irumāvarai araikkāṇiyum ivvūr nilattai ūṭaṟuttuppoypparuttiyūrkkuppāyum vāykkālkaḷāl iṟaiyili nīṅkunilaṉ mukkāṇi araikkāṇikkīḻ araiye iraṇṭu mā mukkāṇīkkīḻ 2 mukkāle orumāvum āka iṟaiyili nīṅkunilaṉ iraṇṭe mukkāle araikkāṇi muntirikaikkiḻ oṉpatu [māk]kāṇi araikkāṇikkīḻ eṭṭu mā nīkki nilaṉ aimpataraiye kāṇi araikkāṇikkiḻ mu-

⟨9⟩ mmāvarai araikkāṇi muntirikaikkīḻ araiye iraṇṭu māviṉāl iṟai kaṭṭiṉa kāṇikkaṭaṉ [rā]jakesariyoṭokkum āṭavallāṉeṉṉum marakkālāl aḷakkakkaṭava nellu aiy[yā]yirattaimpattorukalaṉe irutūṇi mukkuṟuṇi nāṉāḻi ||— [24*] arumoḻitevavaḷanāṭṭuttakkaḷurnāṭṭu nakaram ven[e]lviṭukupallavapuram aḷantapaṭi nilaṉ irupatteḻe [mu]kkāle mummāvaraikkīḻ araiye arai māviṉ kīḻ eṭṭu m[ā]vilum ivvūr ūrirukkaiyum paṟaicceriyuṅkammāṇaceri[yum ū]riṉ naṭuvu paṭṭa kuḷamum pulattiṟkuḷamuṅkaraiyum ivvūrttiruvaṭikaḷ śrīkoyilum nantavāṉamum pāṇṭavā[y]kkulaiyum ivvūrp[pu]kaḻīśvara[gṛi]ha[ttu] de[var] śrīkoyiluntirumuṟṟamuntaḷicceriyuñcuṭukāṭum āka iṟaiili nīṅkunilaṉ eḻaraiye irumāvarai muntirikaikkīḻ araiye nāṉku mā mukkāṇi araikkāṇik[kī]ḻ eṭṭu mā nīkki nilaṉ irupate kāle mukkāṇi araikkāṇikkīḻ mukkāle arai mā araikkāṇiyiṉāl iṟai kaṭṭiṉa poṉ nūṟṟaṟupatteḻukaḻañcaraiye [mū]ṉṟu mañcāṭiyum irumāvarai ||— [25*]

TRANSLATION.

1. [Hail ! Prosperity !] There was engraved on stone, as orally settled, the revenue in paddy,—which has to be measured by the marakkāl called (after) Āḍavallāṉ, which is equal to a rājakēsari,—and the gold and the money (kāśu), which have to be paid from the land paying taxes; and (there was also engraved on stone) the land free from taxes,—including the village-[site], • • • • • the channels, the Paṟaichchēri, the Kammāṇaśēri and the burning-ground,—in the villages, which [the lord] Śrī-Rājarājadēva had given • • ....... 3

2. The land which forms the portion (vagai) of the cultivators (Veḷḷāṉ),—excluding that which is given to the temple (dēvadāna) and that which is enjoyed by the (royal) palace (? śālābhōga),—(in the village of) Karuppūr in Iṉṉambar-nāḍu, (a subdivision) of [Vaḍakarai-Rājē]ndrasiṁha-vaḷanāḍu, (contains) five (measures), one half, four twentieths, one eightieth, one hundred-and-sixtieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; (1/320) of one half, one fortieth, one hundred-and-sixtieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; and (1/320) of one half and one twentieth. [There have to be deducted] • • • • • consisting of the village-site, the ponds and (their) banks, the sacred temple and (its) sacred court, the temple of Piḍāri, one third of the pond in which red water-lilies are planted, and the burning-ground • • • • • [The revenue is] five hundred and forty-nine kalam, seven kuṟuṇi and four nāṛi of paddy, • • • • •

3. (In the village of) T[i]ruttēvaṉkuḍi in [Tiruvāli]-nāḍu, (a subdivision) of the same nāḍu, (some) land had been set aside for (the temple of) Kaḍadēvar 4 in the village, (but) had been entirely taken away and enjoyed (by others). Therefore another estate ⟨Page 60⟩ (? mudal) was formed and made over to the cultivators. The land which forms the portion of the cultivators,—excluding the estate 1 which belongs to the portion of the cultivators, and excluding the land free from taxes, which includes the village-site and the burningground of this village, (and which) has to be enjoyed in common (by all the cultivators),— (contains), according to measurement, twenty-nine (measures of) land, one quarter, three eightieths and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; (1/320) of four twentieths, one eightieth and one hundred-and-sixtieth; and (1/320) of one quarter and one fortieth. The revenue paid as tax is two thousand nine hundred • • • kalam, two tūṇi and one nāṛi of paddy, which has to be measured by the marakkāl) called (after) Āḍavallāṉ, which is equal to a rājakēsari.

4. (The village of) Ku[ṟuv]āṇiyakkuḍi in Tiruvāli-nāḍu, (a subdivision) of the same nāḍu, (contains), according to measurement, forty-six (measures of) land, one fortieth and one hundred-and-sixtieth; (1/320) of three twentieths and three eightieths; and (1/320) of three quarters and one twentieth,—including the Jaina temple. There have to be deducted • • • • • • the village-site, the sacred temple and (its) sacred court • • • • • (There remain) thirty-nine (measures of) land paying taxes, one half, three twentieths, one eightieth and one hundred-and-sixtieth; (1/320) of three quarters, four twentieths and three eightieths; and (1/320) of three quarters and one twentieth. The gold paid as tax is three hundred and four kaṛañju and three mañjāḍi, nine tenths 2 and one twentieth.

5. (The village of) Āṉpaṉūr in Mī-Palāṟu, 3 (a subdivision) of Pāchchiṟkūṟṟam in Maṛa-nāḍu, alias Rājāśraya-vaḷanāḍu, (contains), according to measurement, eighty (measures of) land and three quarters; (1/320) of one half, four twentieths, one hundred-andsixtieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; and (1/320) of four twentieths. There have to be deducted four (measures of) land free from taxes, three quarters, three twentieths, three eightieths and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; (1/320) of one quarter, • • • • • [and (1/320) of one half and two twentieths],—consisting of the village-site, the thrashing-floor 4 of this village, the ponds and (their) banks, the Peruvaḷavāy (channel), 5 which passes through this village and irrigates the country, the channel which branches off from the Peruvaḷavāy, passes through this village and irrigates (the village of) Śeṭṭimangalam, 6 the sacred temple of Mahādēva, (called) Tiru-Vaṉṉi-bhagavar (i.e., Śrī-Vahni-bhagavat), in this village and (its) sacred court, the temple of Piḍāri and (its) sacred court, the temple of Śēṭṭaiyār 7 and (its) sacred court, the pond of Tiruppaiññīli-Mādēvar (Mahādēva) 8 and (its) banks, the Īṛachchēri of this village, the Paṟaichchēri, the burning-ground of the cultivators, the burning-ground of the Paṟaiyas, and the stone fold (kaṟkiḍai) (for cattle). (There remain) seventy-five (measures of) land, three quarters, • • • • • one fortieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; and (1/320) of one half and two twentieths. The revenue paid as tax is five thousand eight hundred and fifty kalam, two tūṇi, (one) kuṟuṇi and one nāṛi of ⟨Page 61⟩ paddy, which has to be measured by the marakkāl) called (after) Āḍavallāṉ, which is equal to a rājakēsari.

6. (The village of) Īṅgaiyūr in Kīṛ-Palāṟu, 1 (a subdivision) of Pāchchiṟkūṟṟam in the same nāḍu, (contains), according to measurement, forty-five (measures of) land, one half, one fortieth and one hundred-and-sixtieth; and (1/320) of one half. There have to be deducted two (measures of) land free from taxes and three quarters,—consisting of the village-site, the temple of Piḍāri in this village and (its) sacred court, the temple of ..... and (its) sacred court, the sacred temple of Mahādēva in this village and (its) sacred court, the sacred bathing-pond (tirumañjaṉakkuḷam) of this god, the Paṟaichchēri, the burning-ground of the cultivators, and the burning-ground of the Paṟaiyas. (There remain) forty-two (measures of) land, three quarters, one fortieth and one hundred-and-sixtieth; and (1/320) of one half. The revenue paid as tax is four thousand two hundred and seventy-eight kalam, three kuṟuṇi) and four nāṛi) of paddy, which has to be measured by the marakkāl) called (after) Āḍavallāṉ, which is equal to a rājakēsari.

7. (The village of) • • • ṉūr, alias Paṇamaṅgalam, (in) Paṇamaṅgala-Vaṉakarai-paṟṟu, (a subdivision) of Kīṛ-Palāṟu in Pāchchiṟkūṟṟam in the same nāḍu, (contains), according to measurement, forty-two (measures of) land, eight twentieths, • • • • • (1/320) of eight twentieths and three eightieths; and (1/320) of three quarters and one twentieth. There have to be deducted one (measure of) land free from taxes, one half, two twentieths, ..... and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; (1/320) of one half, one twentieth, one hundred-and-sixtieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; and (1/320) of four twentieths,—consisting of the village-site (ūr-irukkai-nattam), the sacred temple of Mahādēva in this village and (its) sacred court, the channels which pass through this village and supply water to other villages, the temple of Piḍāri and (its) sacred court, the public pond (ūruṇi-kuḷam) and (its) banks, the temple of Aiyaṉ and (its) sacred court, the stables, 2 the burning-ground of the cultivators, the burning-ground of the Paṟaiyas, the Paṟaichchēri and the Īṛachchēri. (There remain) forty (measures of) land, three quarters, three eightieths and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; (1/320) of three quarters, two twentieths, one fortieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; and (1/320) of one half and two twentieths. The revenue paid as tax is four thousand and seventy-two kalam, (one) kuṟuṇi and seven nāṛi of paddy, which has to be measured by the marakkāl called (after) Āḍavallāṉ, which is equal to a rājakēsari.

8. (The village of) Śātta[np]āḍi (in) Paṇamaṅgala-Vaṉakarai-paṟṟu, (a subdivision) of Kīṛ-[Pa]lāṟu in Pāchchiṟkūṟṟam in the same nāḍu, (contains), according to measurement, nineteen (measures of) land, one twentieth, one hundred-and-sixtieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; (1/320) of four twentieths, three eightieths and one hundred-and-sixtieth; and (1/320) of eight twentieths. There have to be deducted four twentieths (of a measure) of land free from taxes, one eightieth and one hundredand-sixtieth; and (1/320) of three quarters and one twentieth,—consisting of the villagesite, the Paṟaichchēri, and the [P]aiṅgē[ṇi] channel, which passes through the land of this village and supplies water to other villages. (There remain) eighteen (measures of) land, three quarters, one twentieth and three eightieths; (1/320) of eight twentieths, three eightieths and one hundred-and-sixtieth; and (1/320) of eight twentieths. The revenue paid as tax is one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three kalam, two tūṇi and three kuṟuṇi of ⟨Page 62⟩ paddy, which has to be measured by the marakkāl) called (after) Āḍavallāṉ, which is equal to a rājakēsari.

9. (The village of) • • kkaṉkuḍi (in) Śem • • ppaṟṟu, (a subdivision) of Kīṛ-Palāṟu in Pāchchiṟkūṟṟam in the same nāḍu, (contains), according to measurement, four (measures of) land, three quarters, two twentieths and three eightieths; (1/320) of six twentieths and three eightieths; (1/320) of three twentieths, one hundred-and-sixtieth and one threehundred-and-twentieth; and (1/320)^3^ of four twentieths. There have to be deducted three twentieths (of a measure) of land free from taxes, one fortieth and one three-hundredand-twentieth; (1/320) of four twentieths and one hundred-and-sixtieth; (1/320) of three quarters, two twentieths, one fortieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; and (1/320)^3^ of one half and two twentieths,—consisting of the village-site, the Īṛachchēri, the stables and the (Paṟaichchēri. (There remain) four (measures of) land, one half, four twentieths, one hundred-and-sixtieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; (1/320) of two twentieths, one fortieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; (1/320) of one quarter, one fortieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; and (1/320)^3^ of one half and two twentieths. The revenue paid as tax is four hundred and sixty-nine kalam, (one) tūṇi and one nāṛi of paddy, which has to be measured by the marakkāl) called (after) Āḍavallāṉ, which is equal to a rājakēsari.

10. (The village of) Māndōṭṭam in Kalārakkūṟṟam, (a subdivision) of the same nāḍu, (contains), according to measurement, fifteen (measures of) land, one half, one eightieth, one hundred-and-sixtieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; (1/320) of one half, three twentieths, one fortieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; and (1/320) of one half and two twentieths. There have to be deducted three quarters (of a measure) of land free from taxes, four twentieths and one hundred-and-sixtieths (1/320) of seven twentieths, one hundred-and-sixtieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; and (1/320) of [four] twentieths, —consisting of the village-site, the thrashing-floor of this village, the Kammāṇaśēri, the Paṟaichchēri of this village, and the Agaiyāṟu (river) at this village. (There remain) fourteen (measures of) land, one half, one twentieth, one eightieth and one three-hundredand-twentieth; (1/320) of six twentieths, one eightieth and one hundred-and-sixtieth; and (1/320) of eight twentieths. The revenue paid as tax is one thousand four hundred and fifty-six kalam, five kuṟuṇi and seven nāṛi of paddy, which has to be measured by the marakkāl) called (after) Āḍavallāṉ, which is equal to a rājakēsari.

11. (The village of) Iṟaiyāṉśēri in Kalārakkūṟṟam, (a subdivision) of the same nāḍu, (contains), according to measurement, twelve (measures of) land, one half, two twentieths, one fortieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; (1/320) of one quarter and three eightieths; and (1/320) of three quarters and one twentieth. There have to be deducted three quarters (of a measure) of land free from taxes, two twentieths, one eightieth and one hundred-andsixtieth; (1/320) of one half and three twentieths; (1/320) of three twentieths, one hundredand-sixtieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; (1/320)^3^ of three eightieths; and (1/320)4 of three quarters and one twentieth,—consisting of the village-site, the site of the houses (kuḍi-irukkai), the Paṟaichchēri, the water-course (nīr-ōḍu-kāl), (called) the Kaṇṇaṉ channel, (and the other) channels which pass through this village and irrigate other villages, the village thrashing-floor of this village, the ponds of this village and (their) banks, the sacred temple of Mādēvar (Mahādēva) in this village and (its) sacred court, and the sacred bathing-pond of this god. (There remain) eleven (measures of) land, three quarters and one hundred-andsixtieth; (1/320) of one half, two twentieths and three eightieths; (1/320) of one half, two twentieths and three eightieths; (1/320)^3^ of three quarters, four twentieths, one hundredand-sixtieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; and (1/320)4 of [four twentieths]. The ⟨Page 63⟩ revenue paid as tax is one thousand one hundred and sixty-nine kalam, two tūṇi, two nāṛi and (one) uri of paddy, which has to be measured by the marakkāl called (after) Āḍavallāṉ, which is equal to a rājakēsari.

12. (The village of) Veṇkōṉkuḍi in Veṇkōṉkuḍi-kaṇḍam, 1 (a subdivision) of the same nāḍu, (contains), according to measurement, fifty (measures of) land, seven twentieths and one eightieth; and (1/320) of three quarters and one twentieth. There have to be deducted two (measures of) land free from taxes, one quarter and one eightieth; (1/320) of one twentieth, one fortieth, one hundred-and-sixtieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; and (1/320) of one half and two twentieths,—consisting of the village-site, the site of the houses, the public pond, the land lying waste as pasture for the calves, the site of the houses of the Kaṇmāṇaśēri, 2 the temple of Piḍāri and (its) sacred court, the road (vaṛi) which leads to the burning-ground of the cultivators, the burning-ground of the cultivators (itself), the burningground of the Paṟaiyas, the land used as thrashing-floor, the temple of Aiyaṉ and (its) sacred court, the eastern quarter in which Paṟaiya) cultivators (Uṛappaṟaiyar) live, • • • • • • the western Paṟaichchēri in which Paṟaiya cultivators live, and the Nāṭṭār channel, 3 which passes through the land of this village. (There remain) forty-eight (measures of) land and two twentieths; (1/320) of one half, four twentieths and one eightieth; and (1/320) of eight twentieths. The revenue paid as tax is four thousand seven hundred and eighty-four kalam, two tūṇi) and six nāṛi) of paddy, which has to be measured by the marakkāl) called (after) Āḍavallāṉ, which is equal to a rājakēsari.

13. (The village of) Māgāṇikuḍi in Veṇkōṉkuḍi-kaṇḍam, (a subdivision) of the same nāḍu, (contains), according to measurement, twenty-three (measures of) land, one half, three twentieths and one hundred-and-sixtieth; (1/320) of one eightieth and one hundred-andsixtieth; and (1/320) of eight twentieths. There have to be deducted nine twentieths (of a measure) of land free from taxes, three eightieths, one hundred-and-sixtieth and one threehundred-and-twentieth; (1/320) of nine twentieths, one hundred-and-sixtieth and one threehundred-and-twentieth; and (1/320) of four twentieths,—consisting of the village-site, the thrashing-floor of the village, the sacred temple of Kāḷar 4 (and) Piḍāriyār in this village and (its) sacred court, the flower-garden (nandavāṉam) of Piḍāriyār, in which cocoanut-trees grow, the channels which pass through this village and supply water to other villages, the Īṛachchēri, the burning-ground of the cultivators, the burning-ground of the Paṟaiyas, and the Paṟaichchēri. (There remain) twenty-three (measures of) land, three twentieths and one hundred-and-sixtieth; (1/320) of one half, one twentieth, one hundred-and-sixtieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; and (1/320) of four twentieths. The revenue paid as tax is two thousand three hundred and fifteen kalam and (one) kuṟuṇi of paddy, which has to be measured by the marakkāl) called (after) Āḍavallāṉ, which is equal to a rājakēsari.

14. (The village of) Śiṟu-Śembuṟai in Śembuṟai-kaṇḍam, (a subdivision) of the same nāḍu, (contains), according to measurement, six (measures of) land, one half, three twentieths, one fortieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; and (1/320) of one half, four twentieths, three eightieths, one hundred-and-sixtieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth. There have to be deducted seven twentieths (of a measure) of land free from taxes and ⟨Page 64⟩ one eightieth; (1/320) of seven twentieths, one hundred-and-sixtieth and one three-hundred-andtwentieth; and (1/320) of four twentieths,—consisting of the village-site, the stables, the hill (tiḍal) on which (the temple of) Mādēvar (Mahādēva) stands, the channel which branches off from the Kaṇṇaṉ channel, passes • • • the land of this village and supplies water to other villages, the burning-ground of the cultivators, the Kaṇmāṇaśēri, the Paṟaichchēri, and the burning-ground of the Paṟaiyas. (There remain) six (measures of) land, six twentieths, one eightieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; (1/320) of seven twentieths, one fortieth, one hundred-and-sixtieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; and (1/320) of three quarters and one twentieth. The revenue paid as tax is six hundred and twelve kalam) and (one) padakku of paddy, which has to be measured by the marakkāl called (after) Āḍavallāṉ, which is equal to a rājakēsari.

15. (The village of) Tuṟaiyūr in Kīṛ-Palāṟu, (a subdivision) of Pāchchil-kūṟṟam in the same nāḍu, (contains) one hundred and fifty-two (measures of) land, three quarters, one hundred-and-sixtieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; (1/320) of one half, three twentieths and one eightieth; and (1/320) of three quarters, three twentieths and three eightieths. There have to be deducted three (measures of) land free from taxes, one eightieth and one hundredand-sixtieth; (1/320) of three quarters, two twentieths, three eightieths, one hundred-andsixtieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; (1/320) of seven twentieths, one hundred-andsixtieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; and (1/320)^3^ of four twentieths,—consisting of the site of this village, the site of the houses, the wells (kiṇaṟu) and cisterns (toṭṭi), the burning-ground of the cultivators, the stables, the quarter near the gate (Talaivāychchēri), the Īṛachchēri, the Kammāṇaśēri, the Paṟaichchēri, the burning-ground of the Paṟaiyas, the channels which pass through the land of this village and supply water to other villages, the temple of Piḍāri, (called) Puṉṉaittuṟai-naṅgai, and (its) sacred court, the sacred temple of Piḍāri, (called) Poduva[g]ai-ūr-uḍaiyāḷ, and (its) sacred court, the temple of Kāḍugāḷ 1 in this village and (its) sacred court, the temple of Durgaiyār (Durgā) in this village and (its) sacred court, the fold 2 for the male sheep of this village, the sacred temple of Kāḷar (and) Piḍāriyār in this village and (its) sacred court, the temple of Aiyaṉ and (its) sacred court, the sacred temple of Piḍāri, (called) Kuduraivaṭṭam-uḍaiyāḷ, in this village and (its) sacred court, the ponds of this village and (their) banks. (There remain) one hundred and forty-nine (measures of) land, one half, four twentieths and three eightieths; (1/320) of three quarters, one eightieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; (1/320) of one half, one twentieth and one fortieth; and (1/320)^3^ of three quarters and one twentieth. The revenue paid as tax is fourteen thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight kalam, (one) tūṇi, (one) padakku and one nāṛi of paddy, which has to be measured by the marakkāl called (after) Āḍavallāṉ, which is equal to a rājakēsari.

16. (The village of) Kārimaṅgalam in the same nāḍu (contains) eleven (measures of) land, nine twentieths and one eightieth; (1/320) of three quarters, three eightieths and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; and (1/320) of one half and two twentieths. There have to be deducted seven twentieths (of a measure) of land free from taxes, one fortieth, one hundredand-sixtieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; (1/320) of three quarters and one fortieth; (1/320) of six twentieths, one eightieth and one hundred-and-sixtieth; and (1/320)^3^ of eight twentieths,—consisting of the site of this village, the thrashing-floor, the burning-ground of the cultivators, the sacred temple of Piḍāri, (called) Tiruvāl-uḍaiyāḷ, and (its) sacred court, the temple of Kāḍugāḷ and (its) sacred court, the Īṛachchēri, the Kammāṇaśēri, the ⟨Page 65⟩ Paṟaichchēri, and the burning-ground of the Paṟaiyas. (There remain) eleven (measures of) land, one twentieth, one fortieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; (1/320) of one eightieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; (1/320) of one quarter, one fortieth and one threehundred-and-twentieth; and (1/320) of one half and two twentieths. The revenue paid as tax is one thousand and eighty-three kalam and five nāṛi of paddy, which has to be measured by the marakkāl) called (after) Āḍavallāṉ, which is equal to a rājakēsari.)

17. Veṇṇi, a town (nagara) in Veṇṇi-kūṟṟam, (a subdivision) of Nittaviṉōdavaḷanāḍu, (contains) twenty-one (measures of) land, one half and one hundred-and-sixtieth; (1/320) of eight twentieths and three eightieths; and (1/320) of three quarters and one twentieth. There have to be deducted four (measures of) land free from taxes and one hundred-andsixtieth; and (1/320) of two twentieths and one fortieth,—consisting of the site of this village, the ponds and (their) banks, the sacred temple, the temple of Aiyaṉ, the Paṟaichchēri), the burning-ground, and the land used as a pit (paḷḷavāy) which is dug (for) the water from the tank (ēri) (of the village) of Śiṟu-Muṉṉiyūr. (There remain) seventeen (measures of) land and a half; (1/320) of six twentieths and one eightieth; and (1/320) of three quarters and one twentieth. The gold (to be paid) is ninety-three kaṛañju, three mañjāḍi, four tenths and one fortieth. 1

18. (The village of) Pūdamaṅgalam (i.e., Bhūtamaṅgalam) in the same nāḍu, which adjoins this village (of Veṇṇi), (contains) twenty-five (measures of) land, three quarters, two twentieths, one fortieth, one hundred-and-sixtieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; (1/320) of three quarters, three twentieths, three eightieths and one hundred-and-sixtieth; and (1/320) of one half. There have to be deducted one half (of a measure) of land free from taxes, four twentieths, three eightieths and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; and (1/320) of nine twentieths, three eightieths and one three-hundred-and-twentieth,—consisting of the ponds and (their) banks, the burning-ground, the site of the Paṟaichchēri, and the site of the village. (There remain) twenty-five (measures of) land, two twentieths, three eightieths and one hundred-and-sixtieth; (1/320) of nine twentieths and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; and (1/320) of one half. The gold (to be paid) is two hundred and forty-six kaṛañju and a half, three tenths (of a mañjāḍi) and three fortieths.

19. (The village of) Mīduvēli in the same nāḍu, which is a part (pāl) of Pūdamaṅgalam, and which adjoins this village, (contains) three (measures of) land and a quarter; and (1/320) of eight twentieths. There have to be deducted four twentieths (of a measure) of land free from taxes, one eightieth, one hundred-and-sixtieth and one three-hundred-andtwentieth; (1/320) of three quarters, two twentieths, one fortieth and one three-hundred-andtwentieth; and (1/320) of one half and two twentieths,—consisting of the village-site. (There remain) three (measures of) land and one fortieth; (1/320) of one half, one eightieth and one hundred-and-sixtieth; and (1/320) of eight twentieths. The gold (to be paid) is thirty kaṛañju and a quarter, three tenths (of a mañjāḍi) and three fortieths.

20. (The village of) Nagarakkārikuṟichchi in the same nāḍu, which adjoins this village, (contains) two (measures of) land, three quarters, one twentieth, three eightieths, one hundred-and-sixtieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; (1/320) of six twentieths, one hundred-and-sixtieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; and (1/320) of four twentieths. The gold (to be paid) is twenty-eight kaṛañju, nine mañjāḍi, seven tenths and one twentieth. ⟨Page 66⟩

21. (The village of) Vaḍatāmarai in the same nāḍu, which adjoins this village, (contains) six (measures of) land, three quarters, two twentieths and one eightieth; (1/320) of one half, one fortieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; and (1/320) of one half and two twentieths. There have to be deducted two twentieths (of a measure) of land free from taxes, one hundred-and-sixtieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; and (1/320) of eight twentieths,—consisting of the village-site. (There remain) six (measures of) land, three quarters and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; (1/320) of two twentieths, one fortieth and one threehundred-and-twentieth; and (1/320) of one half and two twentieths. The gold (to be paid) is sixty-four kaṛañju and three quarters, (one) mañjāḍi, eight tenths and three fortieths.

22. (The village of) Veṇṇi-Tiṟappāṉpaḷḷi in the same nāḍu, which adjoins this village, (contains) ten (measures of) land, one half, two twentieths, one eightieth and one hundred-and-sixtieth; (1/320) of one half, two twentieths and one eightieth; and (1/320) of three quarters and one twentieth. There have to be deducted two (measures of) land free from taxes, one half, four twentieths, three eightieths, one hundred-and-sixtieth and one threehundred-and-twentieth; (1/320) of three quarters, three twentieths, one eightieth and one hundred-and-sixtieth; and (1/320) of eight twentieths,—consisting of the ponds and (their) banks, the temple of Śēṭṭai, and the village-site. (There remain) seven (measures of) land, three quarters, two twentieths, one eightieth and one hundred-and-sixtieth; (1/320) of one half, three twentieths, three eightieths and one hundred-and-sixtieth; and (1/320) of eight twentieths. The gold (to be paid) is seventy-seven kaṛañju and three quarters and (one) mañjāḍi.

23. Altogether, 1 (the villages of) Veṇṇi, Pūdamaṅgalam, Mīduvēli, which is a part of Pūdamaṅgalam, Nagarakkārikuṟichchi, Vaḍatāmarai and Veṇṇi-Tiṟappāṉ- ⟨Page 67⟩ paḷḷi contain seventy (measures of) land, three quarters, four twentieths, one fortieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; (1/320) of four twentieths and three eightieths; and (1/320) of three quarters and three twentieths. The land free from taxes, which has to be deducted, (contains) seven (measures), three quarters, one twentieth, one fortieth and one hundred-andsixtieth; and (1/320) of three quarters, one twentieth, one eightieth and one three-hundredand-twentieth. (The remaining) land (contains) sixty-three (measures), two twentieths, three eightieths and one hundred-and-sixtieth; (1/320) of eight twentieths, one eightieth, one hundred-and-sixtieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; and (1/320) of three quarters and three twentieths. The gold paid as tax is five hundred and forty-one kaṛañju, (one) mañjāḍi and eight tenths.

24. (The village of) Koḍimaṅgalam, which is enjoyed by the (royal) palace (? śālābhōga), in Takkaḷūr-nāḍu, (a subdivision) of Arumoṛidēva-vaḷanāḍu, (contains) fifty-three (measures of) land, one quarter, one fortieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; and (1/320) of one half, three twentieths and one hundred-and-sixtieth. There have to be deducted two (measures of) land free from taxes, one half, one twentieth, one fortieth and one hundred-and-sixtieth; (1/320) of three quarters, one twentieth, one fortieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; and (1/320) of one half and two twentieths,—consisting of the village-site, the ponds, the sacred temple, and the Tiṇḍāchchē[ri]. There have (further) to be deducted two twentieths (of a measure) of land free from taxes, one fortieth and one hundred-and-sixtieth,—consisting of the channel which passes through the land of this village and irrigates (the village of) Tirumiṉkuṉṟam. There have (further) to be deducted three eightieths (of a measure) of land free from taxes and one-hundred-and-sixtieth; (1/320) of one half, two twentieths and three eightieths; and (1/320) of three quarters and one twentieth,—consisting of the channels which pass through the land of this village and irrigate (the village of) Paruttiyūr. Altogether, there have to be deducted two (measures of) land free from taxes, three quarters, one hundred-and-sixtieth and one three-hundred-andtwentieth; (1/320) of nine twentieths, one eightieth and one hundred-and-sixtieth; and (1/320) of eight twentieths. (There remain) fifty (measures of) land, one half, one eightieth and one hundred-and-sixtieth; (1/320) of three twentieths, one fortieth, one hundred-and-sixtieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; and (1/320) of one half and two twentieths. The revenue paid as tax is five thousand and fifty-one kalam, two tūṇi, three kuṟuṇi and four ṇāṛi of paddy, which has to be measured by the marakkāl called (after) Āḍavallāṉ, which is equal to a rājakēsari.

25. Vē[n]elviḍugu-Pallavapuram, a town in Takkaḷūr-nāḍu, (a subdivision) of Arumoṛidēva-vaḷanāḍu, (contains), according to measurement, twenty-seven (measures of) land, three quarters, three twentieths and one fortieth; (1/320) of one half and one fortieth; and (1/320) of eight twentieths. There have to be deducted seven (measures of) land free from taxes, one half, two twentieths, one fortieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; (1/320) of one half, four twentieths, three eightieths and one hundred-and-sixtieth; and (1/320) of eight twentieths,—consisting of the village-site, the Paṟaichchēri of this village, the Kammāṇaśēri, the ponds included in the village, the ponds in the fields (pulam) and (their) banks, the sacred temple of Tiruvaḍigaḷ 1 in this village and (its) flower-garden, the embankment (kulai) of the Pāṇḍavāy (river), 2 the sacred temple of the god of P[u]gaṛ-Īśvara-[gṛi]ham in this village and (its) sacred court, the quarter near the temple (Taḷichchēri), and the burning-ground. (There remain) twenty (measures of) land, one ⟨Page 68⟩ quarter, three eightieths and one hundred-and-sixtieth; and (1/320) of three quarters, one fortieth and one hundred-and-sixtieth. The gold paid as tax is one hundred and sixtyseven kaṛañju and a half, three mañjāḍi, two tenths and one twentieth.

⟨SIIv02p0i0006⟩ No. 6. ON THE SOUTH WALL, SECOND TIER.

This and the next inscription, though of different date, are engraved continuously in two sections. No. 6 fills the whole of the first section and part of the first line of the second section.

The inscription describes a number of gifts, which were made until the 29th year of the reign of Kō-Rājakēsarivarman, alias Rājarājadēva, by Āṛvār Parāntakaṉ Kundavaiyār, who was the elder sister of Rājarājadēva and the queen of Vallavaraiyar Vandyadēvar. As, according to the large Leyden grant, 1 Rājarāja was the son of Parāntaka II., it is evident that the name of his sister, Parāntakaṉ Kundavaiyār, is an abbreviation for Parāntakaṉ magaḷ Kundavaiyār, i.e., Kundavaiyār, the daughter of Parāntaka (II.).

Paragraph 2 records a gift of gold to the same two goddesses, who are mentioned in the inscription No. 2. 2 According to paragraph 1, these two images had been set up in the temple of Rājarājēśvara by Kundavaiyār herself. The same princess had set up an image of her mother, to which she presented certain ornaments (paragraphs 3 to 5). Other ornaments were given to the image of the god Dakshiṇa-Mēru-Viṭaṅkar (paragraphs 6 and 7), which had been set up by king Rājarājadēva (paragraph 1), and to his consort (paragraphs 8 and 9), who was one of the two goddesses referred to in paragraph 2. The remainder of the inscription treats of endowments to these two goddesses (paragraph 10), to the image of Poṉmāḷigaittuñjiṉa-dēvar (paragraph 14), and to the image of the mother of Kundavaiyār (paragraph 19). These endowments were made in the following manner. Kundavaiyār deposited certain sums of money (kāśu), which were subsequently borrowed on interest by the inhabitants of certain villages from the shrine of Chaṇḍēśvara (paragraph 1), the saint in whose name the money affairs of temples are generally transacted. 3 The interest had to be paid yearly into the treasury of the Rājarājēśvara temple at Tañjāvūr either in paddy or in money. In the former case, the interest was three kuṟuṇi of paddy 4 for each kāśu, and in the latter 12(1/2) per cent. If it is assumed that the rate of interest was the same in both cases, one kāśu would correspond to the value of 24 kuṟuṇi or 2 kalam of paddy. In two instances (paragraphs 18 and 21), money was deposited for purchasing a number of sheep, from the milk of which two private individuals had to supply daily a certain amount of ghee for lamps. 5 The value of one sheep was reckoned as (1/8) kāśu. In paragraphs 14 and 19, the value of various daily requirements is given in measures of paddy; the whole list probably represents the daily wants of a single pujārī.

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First section.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrīḥ [||*] tirumakaḷ polapperunilaccelviyuntaṉakkey urimai pūṇṭamai maṉakkoḷakkāntaḷūrccālai kalamaṟuttaruḷi veṅkaināṭuṅkaṅkapāṭiyuntaṭikaipāṭiyum nuḷampapāṭiyuṅkuṭamalaināṭuṅkollamuṅkaliṅkamum muraṭṭeḻil ⟨Page 69⟩ ciṅkaḷar īḻa[ma]ṇṭalamum iraṭṭapāṭi eḻarai ilak[ka]mum muṉ[ṉī]rppaḻantīvu paṉṉīrāyiramuntiṇṭiṟal veṉṟittaṇṭāṟkoṇṭa taṉṉeḻil vaḷa[rūḻi]yuḷellāyāṇṭuntoḻutaka viḷaṅkum yāṇṭey ceḻi[ya]raittecu koḷ korājakesariva[r*]mmarāṉa śrīrājarājadevarkku yāṇṭu irupattoṉpatāvatu varai uṭaiyār śrīrājarājīśvaram uṭaiyār ko[yi]lil uṭaiyār śrīrājarā[jad]evar tiruttamakkaiyār vallavaraiyar vandyadevar mahādeviyār āḻvār parāntakaṉ kuntavaiyār eḻuntaruḷuvitta tirumeṉikaḷ dakṣiṇameruviṭaṅkar nampirāṭṭiyār umāparameśva[ri]yārkkum tañcaiviṭaṅkar nampirāṭṭiyār umāparameśvariyārkkum poṉmā[ḷi]kaittuñciṉadevarāka eḻuntaruḷuvitta tirumeṉikkum āḻvār parāntakaṉ kuntavaiyār tammaiyāka eḻuntaruḷuvitta tirumeṉikkum uṭaiyār śrīrājarājadevar eḻuntaruḷuvitta tirumeṉi dakṣiṇameruviṭaṅkarkkum āḻvār parāntakaṉ kuntavaiyār kuṭutta poṉ āṭavallāṉ eṉṉuṅkuṭiñaikkallāl niṟai eṭuttum ratnaṅkaḷ caraṭu-

⟨2⟩ ñcaṭṭamuñceppāṇikaḷum arakkum piñcum nīkki dakṣiṇameruviṭaṅkan eṉṉuṅkācukallāl niṟai eṭuttum ivarkaḷukku veṇṭum nivantaṅkaḷukku āḻvār parāntakaṉ kuntavaiyār policaiyūṭṭukku vaitta kācu śrīrājarājīśvarattiṉiteḻuntaruḷi iru[n]ta [para]masvāmikku mūlabhratyanākiya caṇḍeśvarar pa[k]kal policaikku ūrkaḷilār koṇṭa kācum kallil veṭṭiṉa ||— [1*] dakṣiṇameruvi[ṭa]ṅkar nampirāṭṭiyār umāparameśvariyārum tañcaiviṭaṅkar nampirāṭṭiyār umāparameśvariyāruntiruviḻā eḻu[n]taruḷum potu eṟiyaruḷuntiruvaraṅkaṇiyakkuṭutta poṉ taṇṭavāṇikku kāl māṟṟu nalla poṉ mūvāyirattu aiññūṟṟukkaḻañcum taṇṭavāṇikku orumāṟṟuttaṇṇiya poṉ āyirattu aiññūṟṟukkaḻañcum ākappoṉ aiyyāyirakkaḻañcu ||— [2*] āḻvār parāntakaṉ kuntavaiyār tammaiyāka eḻuntaruḷuvitta tirumeṉikkukkuṭuttaṉa [3*] kampi irupatiṉāl poṉ aṟukaḻañcey kuṉṟi ||— [4*] tālimaṇivaṭam oṉṟu tāli uṭpaṭappoṉ nāṟkkaḻañcey āṟu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟi ||— [5*] dakṣiṇameruviṭaṅkarkkukkuṭuttaṉa ||— [6*] ekāvalli oṉṟikkotta 1 paḻa[mu]ttu aṉuvaṭṭamum oppumuttum kuṟumuttum āka muppattaiñcum pavaḻam iraṇṭum rājāvarttam iraṇṭum tāḷimpamum paṭukaṇṇuṅkokkuvāyum uṭaiyatu niṟai nāṟkkaḻañcey eṭṭu mañcāṭiyum nāṉku māvukku vilai kācu patiṉoṉṟu ||— [7*] dakṣiṇameruviṭaṅkar nampirāṭṭiyār umāparameśvari- yārkkukkuṭuttaṉa [||—] [8*] ekā-

⟨3⟩ valli oṉṟiṟkotta paḻamuttu aṉuvaṭṭamum oppumuttuṅkuṟumuttum āka muttu muppattaiñcum pavaḻam iraṇṭum rājāvarttam iraṇṭum tāḷimpamum paṭukaṇṇuṅkokkuvāyum uṭai[ya]tu niṟai nāṟkaḻañcey oṉpatu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟikku [vi]lai kācu paṉṉiraṇṭu ||— [9*] dakṣiṇameruviṭaṅkar nampirāṭṭiyār umāparameśvariyāruntañcaiviṭaṅkar nampirāṭṭiyār umāparameśvariyāruntiruviḻā eḻuntaruḷum potu tiruamirtukkuntiruppaḷḷittāmattukkuntiruviḷakkeṇṇaikkum uḷḷiṭṭu veṇṭum aḻivukkuppolicaiyūṭṭukku vaitta kācil nittaviṉotavaḷanāṭṭu muṭiccoḻanāṭṭu brahmadeyam jananāthaccaturvvedimaṅgalattu sabhaiyār yāṇṭu irupatteṭṭāvatu pacāṉ mutal kācu oṉṟukku āṭṭai vaṭṭaṉ mukkuṟuṇi neṟpolicaiyākattañcāvūr śrīrājarājīśvaram uṭaiyār perum paṇṭārattey āṭavallāṉ ⟨Page 70⟩ eṉṉum marakkāl[ā*]l candrādityaval aḷakkakkaṭavarkaḷākakkoṇṭa kācu irunūṟiṉāl āṭṭāṇṭu toṟum aḷakkakkaṭava nellu aiympatiṉ kalam ||— [10*] nittaviṉotavaḷanāṭṭu āvūrkkūṟṟattu brahmadeyam irumputalākiya manukulacūḷāmaṇiccaturvvedimaṅgalattu sabhaiyār yāṇṭu irupatteṭṭāvatu pacāṉ mutal kācu oṉṟukku āṭṭai vaṭṭaṉ mukkuṟuṇi nelluppolicaiyākattañcāvūr śrīrājarājīśvaram uṭaiyār

⟨4⟩ perum paṇṭārattey āṭavallāṉ eṉṉum marakkālāl candrādityaval aḷakkakkaṭavarkaḷākakkoṇṭa kācu nūṟiṉāl āṭṭāṇṭu toṟum aḷakkak[ka]ṭava nellu irupattaiṅkalam ||— [11*] keraḷāntakavaḷanāṭṭu uṟaiyūrkkūṟṟattu brahmadeyam rājāśrayacca[tu]rvvedimaṅgalattu sabhaiyār yāṇṭu irupattoṉpatāvatu mutal kācu oṉṟukku āṭṭai vaṭṭaṉ mukkuṟuṇi nelluppolicaiyākattañcāvūr śrīrājarājīśvaram uṭaiyār perum paṇṭārattey āṭavallāṉ eṉṉum marakkālāl candrādityaval aḷakkakkaṭavarkaḷākakkoṇṭa kācu aiññūṟiṉāl āṭṭāṇṭu toṟum aḷakkakkaṭava nellu nūṟṟirupattaiṅkalam ||— [12*] nittaviṉotavaḷanāṭṭukkiḻārkkūṟṟattupperumilaṭṭur ūrār yāṇṭu irupattoṉpatāvatu mutal kācu oṉṟukku āṭṭai vaṭṭaṉ mukkuṟuṇi nelluppolicaiyākattañcāvūr śrīrājarājī[śva]ram uṭaiyār perum paṇṭārattey āṭavallāṉ eṉṉum marakkālāl aḷakkakkaṭavarkaḷākakkoṇṭa kācu irunūṟiṉāl āṭṭāṇṭu toṟum aḷakkakkaṭava nellu aiympatiṉ kalam ||— [13*] poṉmāḷikaittuñciṉadeva- rāka eḻuntaruḷuvitta tirumeṉikkuttiruvamutukkuppotu paḻaarici i[ru]nāḻi āka iraṇṭu potaikkuppaḻaarici nāṉāḻikku nellukkuṟuṇi irunāḻiyum neyyamutu potu iruceviṭaraiy[ā]ka āḻakkukku nellu nāṉāḻiyum kaṟia-

⟨5⟩ mutu potu mūṉṟākakkaṟiamutu āṟukku nellu aṟunāḻiyum paruppuamutu potu uḻakku āka urikku nellu nāḻi uriyum caṟkkaraiamutu potu kaiycāka araippalattukku nellu nāḻi uriyum porikkaṟiamutukku ney potu oṉṟe kāṟceviṭāka ney iru[ce]viṭaraikku nellu irunāḻiyum vāḻaippaḻaamutu potu oṉṟāka iraṇṭukku nellu nāḻiyum tayiramutu potu uri āka nāḻikku ne[l]lu muṉṉāḻiyum kaṭukukkum miḷakukkum uppukkum nellu uri āḻakkum viṟakakku 1 nellu nāṉāḻiyum aṭaikkāyamutu pākkuppotu nālākappākku eṭṭum veḷḷilaiamutu muppattiraṇṭukkum nellu nāḻiyum ākappoṉakappaḻanellu uṭpaṭa nicatam nelluttūṇi irunāḻi uri āḻakku āka orāṭṭaikku nellu nūṟṟu irupattu oṉpatiṉ kalaṉey irutūṇippatakku orunāḻiyum eṟṟam nellukkuṟuṇi eḻunāḻiyum āka nellu nūṟṟu muppatiṉ kalattukku āṭṭai vaṭṭaṉ tañcāvūr śrīrājarājīśvaram uṭaiyār perum paṇṭārattey āṭava[l]lāṉ eṉṉum marakkālāl kācu oṉṟukku mukkuṟuṇi nelluppolicaiyāka candrādityaval celuttuvataṟkku vaitta kācil vaṭakarairājendra- ciṅkavaḷanāṭṭu poykaināṭṭukkaṇṭarādityaccaturvvedimaṅgalattu sabhaiyār yāṇṭu irupattoṉpatāva[tu] mutal kācu o-

⟨6⟩ ṉṟukku āṭṭai vaṭṭaṉ mukkuṟuṇi nelluppolicai ākattañcāvūr śrīrājarājīśvaram uṭaiyār perum paṇṭārattey āṭavallāṉ eṉṉum marakkālāl candrādityaval aḷakkakkaṭavarkaḷākakkoṇṭa kācu aiññūṟṟu irupatiṉāl āṭṭāṇṭu toṟum aḷakkakka[ṭava] nellu nūṟṟu muppatiṉ ⟨Page 71⟩ kalam ||— [14*] ivarkke cārttum tirupparicaṭṭattukkukkācu irupattāṟuntirunamaṉikai nālukkukkācu iraṇṭun[tiru]voṟṟāṭai nālukkukkācu iraṇṭuntirumeṟkkaṭṭi nālukkukkācu iraṇṭuntiruppāvāṭai patiṉāṟukkukkācu nāluntiruppaḷḷittāmattukku nicatam akkam araiyāka orāṭṭaikku akkam nūṟṟu eṇpatu ivai kācu oṉṟukku akkam paṉṉiraṇṭākakkācu patiṉaiñcum ākakkācu aiympattoṉṟukkukkācu oṉṟukkuttiṅkaḷ araikkāl akkappalicai āka candrādityaval celuttuvataṟkku vaitta kācil rājendra- ciṅkavaḷanāṭṭuttaṉiyūr śrīvīranārāyaṇaccaturvvedimaṅgalattu sabhaiyār yāṇṭu irupattoṉpatāvatu mutal kāciṉ vāyttiṅkaḷ araikkāl akkappolicaiyāka āṭṭāṇṭu toṟuntañcāvūr śrīrājarājīśvaram uṭaiyār paṇṭāratitu1 candrādityaval policai iṭakkaṭavarkaḷākakkoṇṭa kācu nūṟṟuttoṇṇūṟṟu āṟiṉāl āṭṭāṇṭu toṟum iṭakkaṭava kācu irupattu nālarai ||— [15*] rājendraciṅkavaḷanāṭṭuttaṉiyūr śrīparāntakaccaturvvedi-

⟨7⟩ maṅgalattu sabhaiyār yāṇṭu irupattoṉpatāvatu mutal kāciṉ vāyttiṅkaḷ [araikk]āl akkappolicai āka āṭṭāṇṭu toṟuntañcāvūr śrīrājarājīśvaram uṭaiyār paṇṭārattu candrādityaval policai iṭak[ka]ṭavarkaḷākakkoṇṭa kācu nūṟṟu orupattiraṇṭiṉāl [ā]ṭṭāṇṭu toṟum iṭakkaṭava kācu patiṉālu ||— [16*] nittaviṉotavaḷanāṭṭukkiḻārkkūṟṟattu brahmadeyam cū[la]maṅkalattu sabhaiyār yāṇ[ṭu] irupattoṉpatāvatu mutal kāciṉ vāyttiṅkaḷ araikkāl akka[p]policaiyā[ka] āṭṭāṇṭu toṟuntañcāvūr śrīrājarājīśvaram uṭaiyār paṇṭārattu candrādityaval policai iṭakkaṭavarkaḷākakkoṇṭa kācu nūṟiṉāl āṭṭāṇṭu toṟum [iṭa]kkaṭava kācu paṉṉiraṇṭarai ||— [17*] ivarkkey sandhiviḷakkuppattukku nicatam ney uḻakk[ā]ka candrādityaval erippatarkku veṇṭum āṭu toṇṇūṟṟu āṟukkukkācu oṉṟukku āṭu muṉṟāka vaitta kācil pāṭṭattāḷaṉ āccaṉ aṭikaḷ koṇṭa kācu muppattiraṇṭiṉāl nicatam aṭṭakkaṭava ney uḻakku [18*] uṭaiyār śrīrājarājadevar tiruttamakkaiyār vallavaraiyar vandyadevar mahādeviyār āḻvār parāntakaṉ kuntavaiyār tammai āka ḻuntaruḷuvitta tirumeṉikkuttiruamurtukkuppotu paḻaarici irunāḻi āka iraṇṭu potaikku paḻaarici nānāḻikku nellukkuṟuṇi irunāḻiyum neyamutu potu iruceviṭarai āka āḻak[ku]-

⟨8⟩ kku nellu nāṉāḻiyuṅkaṟiamutu potu mūṉṟākakkaṟiamutu āṟukku nellu [aṟunāḻiyu]m paruppuamutu potu uḻakku āka urikku nellu nāḻi uriyum caṟkkaraiamutu potu kaiycāka araippalattukku nellu nāḻi uriyum porikkaṟiamutukku ney po[tu o]ṉṟey kāl ceviṭāka iruceviṭaraikku nellu irunāḻiyum vāḻaippaḻaamutu potu oṉṟāka iraṇṭukku nellu nāḻiyum ta[yira]mutu potu uri āka nāḻikku nellu muṉṉāḻiyum kaṭukukkum miḷakukkum uppukkum nellu uri āḻakkum viṟakukku nellu nāṉāḻiyum aṭaik[k]āyamutu pākkuppotu nālāka eṭṭum veḷḷilaiamutu muppattiraṇṭukkum nellu nāḻiyum ākappoṉakappaḻanellu uṭpaṭa nicatam ne[l]luttūṇi irunāḻi uri āḻakku āka orāṭṭaikku nellu nūṟṟu irupattu oṉpatiṉ kalaṉey irutūṇippatakku orunāḻiyum eṟṟam nellukkuṟuṇi eḻunāḻiyum āka nellu nūṟṟu muppatiṉ kalattukku āṭṭai vaṭṭaṉ tañcāvūr śrīrājarājīśvaram uṭaiyār ⟨Page 72⟩ perum paṇṭārattey āṭavallāṉ eṉṉum marakkālāl kācu oṉṟukku mukkuṟuṇi nelluppolicai āka candrādityaval celuttuvataṟkku vaitta kācil nittaviṉotavaḷanāṭṭukkarampaināṭṭukkuntavainallūr ūrā[r*] yāṇṭu irupattoṉ(pata)patāvatu mutal kācu oṉṟukku ā-

⟨9⟩ ṭṭai vaṭṭaṉ mukkuṟuṇi nelluppolicaiyākattañcāvūr śrīrāja[rā]jīśvaram uṭaiyār perum paṇ[ṭ]ārattey āṭavallāṉ eṉṉum marakkālāl candrādityaval aḷakkakkaṭavarkaḷākakkoṇṭa kācu aiññūṟṟu irupatiṉāl āṭṭāṇṭu toṟum aḷakkakka[ṭa]va nellu nūṟṟu muppatiṉ kalam ||— [19*] i[var]kkey cārttuntirup[pa]ricaṭṭattukku āṭṭ[ai va]ṭṭaṉ kācu muppattāṟuntirunamaṉikai nālukkukkācu iraṇ[ṭun]tiruvoṟṟāṭai [nā]lukkukkācu iraṇṭuntiruppāvāṭai patiṉāṟukkukkācu nāluntirumeṟkkaṭṭi [nā]lukkukkācu iraṇṭuntiruppaḷḷittāmattu[k]ku nicatam akkam arai āka orāṭṭaikku akkam nūṟ[ṟu] eṇpatu ivai kācu oṉṟukku a[k]kam paṉṉira[ṇ]ṭāka va[nta] kācu patiṉaiñcum āka orāṭṭaikkukkācu aṟupattoṉṟukkukkācu oṉṟukkuttiṅkaḷ araikkāl akkappalicaiyāka candrādityaval celuttuvataṟkku vait[ta] kācil rājendraciṅkavaḷanāṭṭuttaṉiyūr śrīparāntakaccaturvvedimaṅgalattu sabhaiyār yāṇṭu irupattoṉpatāvatu mutal kāciṉ vāyttiṅkaḷ araikkāl akka[p]policaiyāka āṭṭāṇṭu toṟuntañ[cā]vūr śrīrājarājīśvaram uṭaiyār perum paṇṭārattey candrāditya- val policai iṭakkaṭavarkaḷākakkoṇṭa kācu nāṉūṟṟu eṇpatteṭṭiṉāl āṭṭāṇṭu toṟum iṭuṅkācu aṟupattoṉṟu [20*] ivarkke[y] sandhi- viḷakkuppattukku nicatam ney

Second section.

⟨1⟩ uḻakku āka candrādityaval erippatarkku veṇṭum āṭu toṇṇūṟṟāṟukkukkācu oṉṟukku āṭu [mū]ṉṟāka vaitta kācil pāṭṭattāḷaṉ kaliyaṉ [pa]rataṉ koṇṭa kācu muppattiraṇṭiṉāl nicatam aṭṭakkaṭava ney uḻakku ||— [21*]

TRANSLATION.

1. Hail ! Prosperity ! Until the twenty-ninth year (of the reign) of Kō-Rājakēsarivarman, alias Śrī-Rājarājadēva, who,—while (his) heart rejoiced, that, like the goddess of fortune, the goddess of the great earth had become his wife,—in his life of growing strength, during which, having been pleased to cut the vessel (in) the hall (at) Kāndaḷūr, he conquered by his army, which was victorious in great battles, Vēṅgai-nāḍu, Gaṅga-pāḍi, Taḍigai-pāḍi, Nuḷamba-pāḍi, Kuḍamalai-nāḍu, Kollam, Kaliṅgam, Īṛa-maṇḍalam, (which was the country) of the Śiṅgaḷas who possessed rough strength, the seven and a half lakshas of Iraṭṭa-pāḍi, and twelve thousand ancient islands of the sea,—deprived the Śeṛiyas of their splendour, while (he) was resplendent (to such a degree) that (he) was worthy to be worshipped everywhere;—Āṛvār Parāntakaṉ Kundavaiyār gave to the images (tiru-mēṉi) (of the goddess) Umāparamēśvarī, who is the consort of our lord Dakshiṇa-Mēru-Viṭaṅkar, and (of the goddess) Umāparamēśvarī, who is the consort of our lord Tañjai-Viṭaṅkar,—which (two images) had been set up in the temple, (called) the lord Śrī-Rājarājēśvara, by Āṛvār Parāntakaṉ Kundavaiyār, (who was) the venerable elder sister of the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva (and) the great queen of Vallavaraiyar Vandyadēvar,—to the image which had been set up to Poṉmāḷigaittuñjiṉa-dēvar, 1 to ⟨Page 73⟩ the image which Āṛvār Parāntakaṉ Kundavaiyār had set up to her mother, and to the image (of the god) Dakshiṇa-Mēru-Viṭaṅkar, which had been set up by the lord. Śrī-Rājarājadēva,—gold which was weighed by the stone (used in) the city (kuḍiñai-kal) and called (after) Āḍavallāṉ, and jewels (ratna) which were weighed by the jewel weight (kāśu-kal) called (after) Dakshiṇa-Mēru-Viṭaṅkaṉ,—excluding the threads (śaraḍu); the frames (śaṭṭam), the copper nails (śeppāṇi), the lac (arakku) and the piñju. For the expenses (nibandha), 1 which are required by these (gods), Āṛvār Parāntakaṉ Kundavaiyār deposited money (kāśu), to be put out to interest (poliśai). (The amount of this gold, these jewels, these deposits) and the money, which the inhabitants of (certain) villages had received on interest from Chaṇḍēśvara, who is the first servant 2 of the supreme lord (paramasvāmin), who has been pleased to take up gladly his abode in (the temple called) Śrī-Rājarājēśvara,—was engraved on stone (as follows):—

2. For decorating the sacred hall (tiruvaraṅgu), 3 which (the goddess) Umāparamēśvarī, who is the consort of our lord Dakshiṇa-Mēru-Viṭaṅkar, and (the goddess) Umāparamēśvarī, who is the consort of our lord Tañjai-Viṭaṅkar, are pleased to enter, when they are carried in procession (at) the sacred festival (tiru-viṛā),—(she) gave three thousand five hundred kaṛañju of gold, which was a quarter superior in fineness to the (gold standard called) daṇḍavāṇi, and one thousand five hundred kaṛañju of gold, which was one (degree) inferior in fineness to the daṇḍavāṇi,—altogether, five thousand kaṛañju of gold.

3. To the image, which Āṛvār Parāntakaṉ Kundavaiyār had set up to her mother, (she) gave:—

4. Twenty ear-rings (kambi), consisting of six kaṛañju and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

5. One string of beads for the marriage-badge (tāli-maṇi-vaḍum), (consisting of) four kaṛañju, six mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold,—including the marriage-badge (itself).

6. To (the god) Dakshiṇa-Mēru-Viṭaṅkar (she) gave:—

7. One ornament consisting of a single string, 4 on which were strung thirty-five old pearls,—viz., roundish pearls (aṉuvaṭṭam), polished pearls (oppu-muttu) and small pearls (kuṟu-mūttu),—two corals (pavaṛam), two lapis lazuli (rājāvarta), (one) tāḷimbam, 5 (one) paḍugaṇ and (one) kokkuvāy, and which weighed four kaṛañju, eight mañjāḍi and four tenths, corresponding to a value of eleven kāśu.

8. To (the goddess) Umāparamēśvarī, who is the consort of our lord Dakshiṇa-Mēru-Viṭaṅkar, (she) gave:—

9. One ornament consisting of a single string, on which were strung thirty-five old pearls,—viz., roundish pearls, polished pearls and small pearls,—two corals, two lapis lazuli, (one) tāḷimbam, (one) paḍugaṇ and (one) kokkuvāy, and which weighed four kaṛañju, nine mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi, corresponding to a value of twelve kāśu.

10. For the sacred food (tiru-amirdu), temple-garlands (tiruppaḷḷittāmam), oil for the sacred lamps, and other expenses (aṛivu), which are required, when (the goddess) Umāparamēśvarī, who is the consort of our lord Dakshiṇa-Mēru-Viṭaṅkar, and (the goddess) ⟨Page 74⟩ Umāparamēśvarī, who is the consort of our lord Tañjai-Viṭaṅkar, are carried in procession (at) the sacred festival, (she) deposited money, to be put out to interest. Having agreed to measure from (the harvest of) the paśāṉ 1 in the twenty-eighth year (of the king's reign), as long as the moon and the sun endure, three kuṟuṇi of paddy per year as interest for each kāśu into the large treasury (bhaṇḍāra) of the lord Śrī-Rājarājēśvara (at) Tañjāvūr with the marakkāl) called (after) Āḍavallāṉ,—the members of the assembly (sabhā) of Jananāthachaturvēdimaṅgalam, a brahmadēya in Muḍichchōṛa-nāḍu, (a subdivision) of Nittaviṉōda-vaḷanāḍu, have to measure every year fifty kalam of paddy for the two hundred kāśu), which they have received out of (that money).

11. Having agreed to measure from (the harvest of) the paśāṉ in the twenty-eighth year (of the king's reign), as long as the moon and the sun endure, three kuṟuṇi) of paddy per year as interest for each kāśu into the large treasury of the lord Śrī-Rājarājēśvara (at) Tañjāvūr with the marakkāl called (after) Āḍavallāṉ,—the members of the assembly of Irumbudal, alias Manukulachūḷāmaṇi-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a brahmadēya in Āvūr-kūṟṟam, (a subdivision) of Nittaviṉōda-vaḷanāḍu, have to measure every year twenty-five kalam of paddy for the one hundred kāśu, which they have received.

12. Having agreed to measure from the twenty-ninth year (of the king's reign), as long as the moon and the sun endure, three kuṟuṇi of paddy per year as interest for each kāśu into the large treasury of the lord Śrī-Rājarājēśvara (at) Tañjāvūr with the marakkāl called (after) Āḍavallāṉ,—the members of the assembly of Rājāśraya-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a brahmadēya in Uṟaiyūr-kūṟṟam, (a subdivision) of Kēraḷāntakavaḷanāḍu, have to measure every year one hundred and twenty-five kalam of paddy for the five hundred kāśu, which they have received.

13. Having agreed to measure from the twenty-ninth year (of the king's reign) three kuṟuṇi of paddy per year as interest for each kāśu into the large treasury of the lord Śrī-Rājarājēśvara (at) Tañjāvūr with the marakkāl called (after) Āḍavallāṉ,—the villagers of Perumilaṭṭūr in Kiṛār-kūṟṟam, (a subdivision) of Nittaviṉōda-vaḷanāḍu, have to measure every year fifty kalam of paddy for the two hundred kāśu, which they have received.

14. Having agreed to measure from the twenty-ninth year (of the king's reign), as long as the moon and the sun endure, three kuṟuṇi of paddy per year as interest for each kāśu into the large treasury of the lord Śrī-Rājarājēśvara (at) Tañjāvūr with the marakkāl) called (after) Āḍavallāṉ,—the members of the assembly of Gaṇḍarādityachaturvēdimaṅgalam in Poygai-nāḍu, (a subdivision) of Vaḍakarai-Rājēndrasiṁha-vaḷanāḍu, have to measure every year one hundred and thirty kalam of paddy for the five hundred and twenty kāśu, which they have received out of the money, which (she) had deposited (under the condition), that every year, as long as the moon and the sun endure, three kuṟuṇi of paddy should be measured as interest for each kāśu into the large treasury of the lord Śrī-Rājarājēśvara (at) Tañjāvūr with the marakkāl called (after) Āḍavallāṉ for (the requirements of) the image, which had been set up to Poṉmāḷigaittuñjiṉa-dēvar. (One) kuṟuṇi) and two nāṛi) of paddy (are required) for (conversion into) four nāṛi of old rice (to be used) for the sacred food (tiruvamudu) at both times (of the day),—two nāṛi) of old rice (being used) each time; four nāṛi of paddy for (one) āṛakku 2 of ghee (ney-amudu),—two śeviḍu ⟨Page 75⟩ and a half (being used) each time; 1 six nāṛi of paddy for six dishes of curry (kaṟi-amudu),— three dishes of curry (being used) each time; (one) nāṛi and (one) uri of paddy for (one) uri of pulse (paruppu-amudu),—(one) uṛakku (being used) each time; (one) nāṛi and (one) uri of paddy for half a palam) of sugar (śaṟkarai-amudu),—(one) kaiśu (being used) each time; 2 two nāṛi of paddy for two śeviḍu and a half of ghee, to prepare fried curry (porikkaṟi-amudu),— one and a quarter śeviḍu) of ghee (being used) each time; (one) nāṛi) of paddy for two plantains (vāṛaippaṛa-amudu),—one (being used) each time; three nāṛi of paddy for (one) nāṛi of curds (tayir-amudu),—(one) uri (being used) each time; (one) uri and (one) āṛakku of paddy for mustard (kaḍugu), pepper (miḷagu) and salt (uppu); four nāṛi of paddy for fire-wood (viṟagu); and (one) nāṛi of paddy for eight areca-nuts (aḍaikkāy-amudu),—four nuts (pākku) (being used) each time,—and for thirty-two betel-leaves (veḷḷilai-amudu);—altogether,—including the old paddy for the boiled rice (pōṉagam),— 3(one) tūṇi, two nāṛi, (one) uri and (one) āṛakku of paddy every day, 4 one hundred and twenty-nine kalam, two tūṇi, (one) padakku and one nāṛi of paddy every year, or,—(including) the excess (ēṟṟam) of (one) kuṟuṇi and seven nāṛi of paddy,—one hundred and thirty kalam of paddy. 5

15. For realizing fifty-one kāśu,— 6 viz., twenty-six kāśu for the sacred cloth 7 to be worn by this (god), 8 two kāśu for four sacred curtains, 9 two kāśu for four sacred towels ⟨Page 76⟩ (tiruvoṟṟāḍai), two kāśu) for four sacred canopies (tiru-mēṟkaṭṭi), four kāśu for sixteen sacred cloths on which rice is offered (tiruppāvāḍai), and fifteen kāśu) for temple-garlands (tiruppaḷḷittāmam), at the rate of half an akkam per day or one hundred and eighty akkam per year,— 1 twelve akkam being reckoned as one kāśu,—(she) deposited money (under the condition) that, as long as the moon and the sun endure, one eighth akkam per month should be paid as interest for each kāśu. 2 Having agreed to pay every year from the twenty-ninth year (of the king's reign), as long as the moon and the sun endure, one eighth akkam per month as interest for each kāśu into the treasury of the lord Śrī-Rājarājēśvara (at) Tañjāvūr,—the members of the assembly of Śrī-Vīranārāyaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a free village (? taṉiyūr) in Rājēndrasiṁha-vaḷanāḍu, have to pay every year twentyfour and a half kāśu for the one hundred and ninety-six kāśu, which they have received out of (that money).

16. Having agreed to pay every year from the twenty-ninth year (of the king's reign), as long as the moon and the sun endure, one eighth akkam per month as interest for each kāśu into the treasury of the lord Śrī-Rājarājēśvara (at) Tañjāvūr,—the members of the assembly of Śrī-Parāntaka-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a free village in Rājēndrasiṁhavaḷanāḍu, have to pay every year fourteen kāśu for the one hundred and twelve kāśu, which they have received.

17. Having agreed to pay every year from the twenty-ninth year (of the king's reign), as long as the moon and the sun endure, one eighth akkam per month as interest for each kāśu into the treasury of the lord Śrī-Rājarājēśvara (at) Tañjāvūr,—the members of the assembly of Śū[la]maṅgalam, a brahmadēya in Kiṟār-kūṟṟam, (a subdivision) of Nittaviṉōda-vaḷanāḍu, have to pay every year twelve and a half kāśu for the one hundred kāśu, which they have received.

18. Pāṭṭattāḷaṉ Āchchaṉ Aḍigaḷ has to pour out daily (one) uṛakku of ghee for the thirty-two kāśu, which he has received out of the money, which (she) had deposited for (purchasing),—at the rate of three sheep for each kāśu,—ninety-six sheep, (the milk of) which is required (for preparing ghee), in order to keep ten twilight lamps (saṁdhi-viḷakku) burning for this (god), 3 as long as the moon and the sun endure, at the rate of (one) uṛakku of ghee per day.

19. Having agreed to measure from the twenty-ninth year (of the king's reign), as long as the moon and the sun endure, three kuṟuṇi of paddy per year as interest for each kāśu into the large treasury of the lord Śrī-Rājarājēśvara (at) Tañjāvūr with the marakkāl called (after) Āḍavallāṉ,—the villagers of Kundavai-nallūr in Karambai-nāḍu, (a subdivision) of Nittaviṉōda-vaḷanāḍu, have to measure every year one hundred and thirty kalam of paddy for the five hundred and twenty kāśu, which they have received out of the money, which (she) had deposited (under the condition), that every year, as long as the moon and the sun endure, three kuṟuṇi of paddy should be measured as interest for each kāśu into the large treasury of the lord Śrī-Rājarājēśvara (at) Tañjāvūr with the marakkāl called (after) Āḍavallāṉ for (the requirements of) the image, which Āṛvār Parāntakaṉ Kundavaiyār,—(who was) the venerable elder sister of the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva (and) the great queen of Vallavaraiyar Vandyadēvar,—had set up to her mother. (One) kuṟuṇi and two nāṛi of paddy (are required) for (conversion into) four nāṛi of old rice (to be used) ⟨Page 77⟩ for the sacred food (tiru-amurdu) at both times (of the day),—two nāṛi of old rice (being used) each time; four nāṛi of paddy for (one) āṛakku of ghee,—two śeviḍu and a half (being used) each time; six nāṛi) of paddy for six dishes of curry,—three dishes of curry (being used) each time; (one) nāṛi and (one) uri of paddy for (one) uri of pulse,—(one) uṛakku (being used) each time; (one) nāṛi and (one) uri of paddy for half a palam of sugar,—(one) kaiśu (being used) each time; two nāṛi of paddy for two śeviḍu and a half of ghee, to prepare fried curry,—one and a quarter śeviḍu (being used) each time; (one) nāṛi of paddy for two plantains,—one (being used) each time; three nāṛi) of paddy for (one) nāṛi of curds,—(one) uri (being used) each time; (one) uri) and (one) āṛakku) of paddy for mustard, pepper and salt; four nāṛi) of paddy for fire-wood; and (one) nāṛi) of paddy for eight areca-nuts,—four (nuts being used) each time,—and for thirty-two betel-leaves;—altogether,—including the old paddy for the boiled rice,—(one) tūṇi, two nāṛi, (one) uri and (one) āṛakku of paddy every day, one hundred and twenty-nine kalam, two tūṇi, (one) padakku and one nāṛi of paddy every year, or,—(including) the excess of (one) kuṟuṇi and seven nāṛi of paddy,—one hundred and thirty kalam of paddy.

20. For realizing sixty-one kāśu every year,—viz., thirty-six kāśu every year for the sacred cloth to be worn by this (goddess), 1 two kāśu for four sacred curtains, two kāśu for four sacred towels, four kāśu for sixteen sacred cloths on which rice is offered, two kāśu for four sacred canopies, and fifteen kāśu for temple-garlands, at the rate of half an akkam per day or one hundred and eighty akkam per year,—twelve akkam being reckoned as one kāśu,—(she) deposited money (under the condition) that, as long as the moon and the sun endure, one eighth akkam per month should be paid as interest for each kāśu. Having agreed to pay every year from the twenty-ninth year (of the king's reign), as long as the moon and the sun endure; one eighth akkam per month as interest for each kāśu into the large treasury of the lord Śrī-Rājarājēśvara (at) Tañjāvūr,—the members of the assembly of Śrī-Parāntaka-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a free village in Rājēndrasiṁha-vaḷanāḍu, have to pay every year sixty-one kāśu for the four hundred and eighty-eight kāśu, which they have received out of (that money).

21. Pāṭṭattāḷaṉ Kaliyaṉ [Pa]radaṉ (i.e., Bharata) has to pour out daily (one) uṛakku of ghee for the thirty-two kāśu), which he has received out of the money, which (she) had deposited for (purchasing),—at the rate of three sheep for each kāśu,—ninety-six sheep, (the milk of) which is required (for preparing ghee), in order to keep ten twilight lamps burning for this (goddess), as long as the moon and the sun endure, at the rate of (one) urakku) of ghee per day.

⟨SIIv02p0i0007⟩ No. 7. ON THE SOUTH WALL, SECOND TIER.

As remarked on page 68, the following inscription is engraved in continuation of the preceding No. 6. It describes thirteen ornaments of gold and jewels, which Āṛvār Parāntakaṉ Kundavaiyār gave ‘to (the goddess). Umāparamēśvarī, who is the consort of our lord Dakshiṇa-Mēru-Viṭaṅkar,’ until the 3rd year of the reign of Kō-Parakēsarivarman, alias Rājēndra-Chōḷadēva.

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⟨1⟩ 2 svasti śrīḥ [||*] kopparakesarivarmmarāṉa uṭaiyār śrīrājendracoḻadeva- rkku yāṇṭu mūṉṟāvatu varai uṭaiyār śrīrājarājadevar tiruttamakkaiyār vallavaraiyar vandyadevar mahādeviyār āḻvār parāntakaṉ kuntavai- ⟨Page 78⟩ yār tām eḻuntaruḷu[vi]tta tirumeṉikaḷukkukkuṭutta poṉ āṭavallāṉ eṉṉuṅkuṭiñaikkallāl niṟai eṭuttum ratnaṅkaḷ caraṭuñcaṭṭamuñceppāṇikaḷum arakkum piñcum nīkki niṟaiyuḷḷaṉa niṟai eṭuttum arakkum piñcuṅkūṭa ratnaṅkaṭṭi veṟu niṟaiya aṟiya uṇṇātaṉa arakkum piñcum uṭpaṭadakṣiṇameruviṭaṅkaṉ eṉṉuṅkācukallāl niṟai eṭuttuṅkallil veṭṭiṉa. ||— [1*] dakṣiṇameruviṭaṅkar nampirāṭṭiyār umāparameśvariyārkkukkuṭuttaṉa ||— [2*] tirumakuṭam oṉṟu poṉ muṉṉūṟṟu nāṟppattu eṇkaḻañcaraiye mūṉṟu māvum kaṭṭiṉa vayiram maṭṭatārai aṟunūṟṟu muppattāṟum maṭṭatāraiccavakkam nūṟṟu aṟupattoṉpatum maṭṭatāraiccappaṭi muppattira • • • • •

⟨2⟩ āka vayiram poṟivum muṟivum raktabinduvum kākabinduvum ventaṉavum uṭaiyaṉa uṭpaṭa eṇṇūṟṟaimpattoṉpatiṉāl niṟai eḻukaḻañcey mukkāle nālu mañcāṭiyum nālu māvum māṇikkam haḷahaḷam kuṇaviyaṉ nūṟṟirupattaiñcum haḷahaḷam nūṟṟirupattiraṇṭum komaḷam nāṟppattoṉṟum nīlakanti patinoṉṟum taḷam pattum āka māṇikkam kuḻivum praharamum vejjamum laśuniyum trāsamum kaṟpaṟṟum uṭaiyaṉa uṭpaṭappariyaṉavum neriyaṉa[vu]m āka muṉṉūṟṟoṉpatiṉāl niṟai patināṟkkaḻañce mukkāle iraṇṭu mañcāṭiyum eṭṭu māvum kaṭṭiṉavum kottaṉavum āka muttu vaṭṭamum aṉuvaṭṭamum oppumuttuṅkuṟumuttum nimpoḷamum payiṭṭamum paḻamuttum ippipaṟṟu arāviṉavum civanta nīrum kuḷirnta nīrum varaiyuṅkaṟaiyuṅkuruvum cuppiramum uṭaiyaṉa uṭpaṭappariyaṉavum neriyaṉavum āka muttu aṟunūṟṟu aṟupattoṉpatiṉāl niṟai muppattaṟukaḻañce mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟiyum āka niṟai nāṉūṟṟeḻukaḻañce oṉpatu mañcāṭikku vilai kācu aiyyāyiram [||—] [3*] [v]āḷi oṉṟu poṉ kaḻañce eṭṭu mañcāṭiyum eṭṭu māvum taitta muttu vaṭṭamum oppumuttum nimpoḷamum kuḷirnta nīrum varaiyuṅka • • • • •

⟨3⟩ lum uṭaiyaṉa uṭpaṭa muttu oṉpatiṉāl niṟai kaḻañcey oṉpatu māvum āka niṟai irukaḻañcey oṉpatu mañcāṭiyum eḻumāvukku vilai kācu patiṉaiñcu ||— [4*] vāḷi oṉṟu poṉ kaḻañcey eṭṭu mañcāṭiyum eṭṭu māvum taitta muttu vaṭṭamum oppumuttum nimpoḷamum kuḷirnta nīrum varaiyum kaṟaiyum kuruvum cuppiramum tiraṅkalum uṭaiyaṉa uṭpaṭa muttu oṉpatiṉāl niṟai kaḻañce oṉpatu māvum āka niṟai irukaḻañcey oṉpatu mañcāṭiyum eḻumāvukku vilai kācu patiṉaiñcu ||— [5*] uḻuttu oṉṟu poṉ irukaḻañcey kuṉṟiyum paḷikkuvayiram āṟiṉāl niṟai oṉpatu māvum māṇikkam komaḷam iraṇṭiṉāl niṟai āṟu māvum taiytta muttu ampumutum varai[yum] ampumutu pāṭaṉum āka iraṇṭiṉāl niṟai oṉpatu mañcāṭiyum eḻumāvum āka niṟai irukaḻañcaraiye mañcāṭiyum eḻumāvukku vilai kācu patiṉaiñcu [||—] [6*] uḻuttu oṉṟu poṉ irukaḻañcey kuṉṟiyum kaṭṭiṉa paḷikkuvayiram āṟiṉāl niṟai oṉpatu māvum māṇikkam komaḷam iraṇṭiṉāl niṟai kuṉṟiyum taiytta muttu ampumutu pāṭaṉum kuruvum uṭaiyaṉa iraṇṭiṉāl niṟai oṉpatu mañcāṭiyum oṉpatu māvum āka niṟai irukaḻañcaraiye mañcāṭiyum eṭṭu māvukku. [vi] • • • • [7*]

⟨4⟩ tirumālai oṉṟu poṉ eṇpattaṟukaḻañcaraiye nālu mañcāṭiyum araimāvum kaṭṭiṉa vayirantūyaṉa eṇpatum maṭṭatārai irunūṟṟuttoṇṇūṟum maṭṭatāraiccappaṭi aiympattu mūṉṟum pantasāram nālum cappaṭi aiñcum cavakkam patiṉaiñcum uruḷai aiympatteṭṭum āka vayiram poṟi- ⟨Page 79⟩ vum muṟivum rakṣabinduvum kākabinduvum ventaṉavum uṭaiyaṉa uṭpaṭa aiññūṟṟaiñcināl niṟai irukaḻañce mūṉṟu mañcāṭiyum oṉpatu māvaraiyum māṇikkam haḷahaḷam kuṇaviyaṉ irupatum haḷahaḷam muppatum nīlakanti āṟum komaḷam muppattu mūṉṟum taḷam irupatum caṭṭam oṉṟum āka māṇikkam kuḻivum praharamum vejjamum laśuniyum trāsamum kaṟpaṟṟum uṭaiyaṉavum uṭpaṭappariyaṉavum neriyaṉavum āka nūṟṟorupatiṉāl niṟai aiṅkaḻañcaraiyey araikkālum kotta muttu oppumuttuṅkuṟumuttum nimpoḷamum payiṭṭamum ampumutum kuḷirnta nīrum civanta nīrum ippipaṟṟu arāviṉavum varaiyum kaṟaiyum kuruvum cuppiramum uṭpaṭa muttuttoṇṇūṟṟu nāliṉāl niṟai oṉpatiṉ kaḻañcey kuṉṟiyum āka niṟai nūṟṟu mukkaḻañcaraiye mañcāṭikku vilai kācu āyiram ||— [8*] śrībāhuvalayam oṉṟu poṉ e[ṇ]pat[toṉpatiṉ*]

⟨5⟩ kaḻañcey mañcāṭiyum mā kāṇiyum kaṭṭiṉa vayirantūyaṉa irupatum maṭṭatārai nāṉūṟṟu āṟum maṭṭatāraiccappaṭi aiñcum maṭṭatāraiccavakkam pattum āka vayiram poṟivum muṟivum rakṣabinduvum kākabinduvum ventaṉavum uṭaiyaṉa uṭpaṭa nāṉūṟṟu nāṟppattoṉṟiṉāl niṟai mukkaḻañcey iraṇṭu mañcāṭiyum mukkāṇiyum māṇikkam haḷahaḷam kuṇaviyaṉ eṭṭum haḷahaḷam patiṉeḻum komaḷam pattoṉpatum nīlakanti iraṇṭum taḷam eṭṭum āka māṇikkam kuḻivum praharamum vejjamum laśuniyum trāsamum kaṟpaṟṟum uṭaiyaṉa uṭpaṭappariyaṉavum neriyaṉavum āka aiympattu nāliṉāl niṟai aṟukaḻañcaraiye iraṇṭu mañcāṭiyum mūṉṟu māvum kotta muttu vaṭṭamum aṉuvaṭṭamum oppumuttuṅkuṟumuttum payiṭṭamum kuḷirnta nīrum civanta nīrum ippipaṟṟum arāviṉavum varaiyuṅkaṟaiyum kuruvum cuppiramum uṭpaṭa muttu aṟupatteṭṭiṉāl niṟai aiṅkaḻañce mukkāle mūṉṟu mañcāṭiyum kuṉṟiyum āka niṟai nūṟṟu nāṟkkaḻañcaraiye nālu mañcāṭikku vilai kācu āyirattirunūṟṟaimpatu ||— [9*] śrībāhuvalayam oṉṟu poṉ eṇpattoṉpatiṉ kaḻañcey eṭṭu mañcāṭiyum nāṉmāva[r][aiyum*]

⟨6⟩ kaṭṭiṉa vayirantūyaṉ irupatum maṭṭatārai nāṉūṟṟu orupattu mūṉṟum maṭṭatāraiccappaṭi aiñcum maṭṭatāraiccavakkam pattum āka vayiram poṟivum muṟivum rakṣabinduvum kākabinduvum ventaṉavum uṭpaṭa nāṉūṟṟu nāṟppatteṭṭiṉāl niṟai mukkaḻañceyiraṇṭu mañcāṭiyum mummāvaraiyum māṇikkam haḷahaḷam kuṇaviyaṉ eṭṭum haḷahaḷam pa[ti]ṉaiñcum komaḷam irupatum nīlakanti iraṇṭum taḷam [e]ṭṭum āka māṇikkam kuḻivum praharamum vejjamum laśuniyum trāsamum kaṟpaṟṟum uṭaiyaṉavum uṭpaṭappariyaṉavum neriyaṉavum āka aiympattu mūṉṟiṉāl niṟai aṟukaḻañcaraiye iraṇṭu mañcāṭiyum [n]āṉku māvum kotta muttu vaṭṭamum aṉuvaṭṭamum oppumuttuṅkuṟumuttum payiṭṭamum kuḷirnta nīrum civanta nīrum ippipaṟṟu arāviṉavum varaiyum kaṟaiyum kuruvum cuppiramum uṭpaṭa aṟupattiraṇṭiṉāl niṟai aiṅkaḻañcaraiye kuṉṟiyum āka niṟai nūṟṟu nāṟkkaḻañcaraiye mūṉṟu mañcāṭi[yu]m [e]ḻumāvukku vilai kācu āyirattu irunūṟṟaimpatu ||— [10*] śrīcchandam oṉṟu poṉ aṟupattoṉpatiṉ kaḻañce mukkāle iraṇṭu mañcāṭiyum aiñcu mākkāṇiyum kaṭṭiṉa vayiram maṭṭatārai muṉṉūṟṟaimpatum maṭṭatāraicca[va][kkam*]

⟨7⟩ nāṟppatum āka vayiram poṟivum muṟivum rakṣabinduvum kāka[ binduvu] m ventaṉavum uṭaiyaṉa uṭpaṭa muṉṉūṟṟuttoṇṇūṟiṉāl niṟai kaḻañcaraiye nālu mañcāṭiyum āṟu māvum māṇikkam haḷahaḷam kuṇaviyaṉ ⟨Page 80⟩ aiñcum haḷahaḷam irupatum komaḷam muppatum [nī]lakanti nālum caṭṭam iraṇṭum taḷam pattoṉpatum āka māṇikkam kuḻivum praharamum vejjamum laśuniyum trāsamum kaṟppaṟṟum uṭaiyaṉavum pariyaṉavum neriyaṉavum āka eṇpatiṉāl niṟai aṟukaḻañce eḻumañcāṭiyum eṭṭu mā mukkāṇiyum kottaṉavum taiyttaṉavum āka muttu vaṭṭamum aṉuvaṭṭamum oppumuttuṅkuṟumuttum payiṭṭamum nimpoḷamum kuḷirnta nīrum civanta nīrum ippipaṟṟu arāviṉavum varaiyum kaṟaiyum kuruvum cuppiramum uṭpaṭa muttu āyirattu nāṉūṟṟu aṟupattiraṇṭiṉāl niṟai toṇṇūṟṟu [a]ṟukaḻañcey kālum āka niṟai nūṟṟu eḻupattu nāṟkkaḻañcey kālukku vilai kācu āyirattaiññūṟu ||— [11*] tirukkaippoṭṭu oṉṟu poṉ patine[ṇka]ḻañcey mukkāle mūṉṟu mañcāṭiyum eṭṭu māvum māṇikkam komaḷam oṉṟu niṟai mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟiyum kotta muttu vaṭṭamum aṉuvaṭṭamum oppumuttuṅkuṟumuttum nimpoḷamum payiṭṭamum kuḷirnta [nī][rum*]

⟨8⟩ civanta nīrum varaiyum kaṟaiyum kuruvum cuppiramum uṭpaṭa muttu nūṟṟu muppatteḻiṉāl niṟai eḻukaḻañcey mukkāle nālu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟiyum āka niṟai irupattaṟukaḻañce[y] mukkāle nālu mañcāṭiyum eṭṭu māvukku vilai kācu eṇpatu ||— [12*] tirukkaippoṭṭu oṉṟu poṉ patineṇkaḻañcey āṟu mañcāṭiyum māṇikkam komaḷam oṉṟu niṟai mañcāṭiyum mūṉṟu māvum kotta muttu vaṭṭamum aṉuvaṭṭamum oppumuttuṅkuṟumuttum nimpoḷamum payiṭṭamum kuḷirnta [nīru]m civanta nīrum varaiyuṅkaṟaiyum kuruvum cuppiramum uṭpaṭa muttu nūṟṟu nāṟppattu mūṉṟiṉāl niṟai eṇkaḻañcey āṟu mañcāṭiyum āka niṟai irupattaṟu[kaḻañ]caraiye mūṉṟu mañcāṭiyum mūṉṟu māvukku vilai kācu eṇpatu ||— [13*] cūṭakam oṉṟu poṉ eṇpatiṉ kaḻañcey nālu mañcāṭiyum aṟumāvaraiyum kaṭṭiṉa vayiran[tūya]ṉa muppatum maṭṭatārai nāṉūṟṟu mūṉṟum maṭṭatāraiccavakkam eḻupatum maṭṭatāraiccappaṭi muppattaiñcum uruḷai eṇpattiraṇṭum ā[ka] vayiram poṟivum muṟivum raktabinduvum kākabinduvum ventaṉavum uṭpaṭa aṟunūṟṟu irupatiṉāl niṟai nāṟkkaḻañcey eḻumāvum māṇikkam haḷahaḷam kuṇaviya[ṉ] pattum haḷahaḷam irupattu nālum komaḷam patineḻum [nī][lakanti*]

⟨9⟩ nālum āka māṇikkam kuḻivum praharamum vejjamum laśuniyum trāsamum kaṟpaṟṟum uṭaiyaṉavum uṭpaṭappariyaṉavum neriyaṉavum āka aiympattaiñciṉāl niṟai kaḻañcaraiye ma[ñc]āṭiyum orumāvaraiyum āka niṟai eṇpattaiṅkaḻañcey mukkāle mañcāṭiyum kuṉṟikku vilai kācu eṇṇūṟu ||— [14*] cūṭakam oṉṟu poṉ e[ṇ]pattu nāṟkkaḻañcey mukkāle mūṉṟu mañcāṭiyum kaṭṭiṉa vayirantūyaṉa muppatum maṭṭatārai nāṉūṟṟaimpattāṟum maṭṭatāraiccavakkam eḻupatum maṭṭatāraiccappaṭi muppattāṟum uruḷai eṇpattu mūṉṟum āka vayiram poṟivum muṟivum raktabinduvum kākabinduvum ventaṉavum uṭpaṭa aṟunūṟṟu eḻupattaiñ[ciṉāl ni]ṟai nāṟkkaḻañcey nālu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟiyum māṇikkam haḷahaḷam kuṇaviyaṉ pattum haḷahaḷam muppa[tt]oṉṟum komaḷam patinā[ṟu]m [nī]lakanti mūṉṟum āka māṇikkam kuḻivum praharamum vejjamum laśuniyum trāsamum kaṟpaṟṟum uṭaiyaṉavum uṭpaṭappa[ri]yaṉa[vu]m neriyaṉavum āka aṟupatiṉāl niṟai kaḻañcaraiye mūṉṟu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟiyum āka niṟai toṇṇūṟṟukkaḻañcey [mukkāle] mañcāṭikku vilai k[ā]cu eṇṇūṟu ||— [15*] ⟨Page 81⟩

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1. Hail ! Prosperity ! Until the third year (of the reign) of Kō-Parakēsarivarman, alias) the lord (uḍaiyār) Śrī-Rājēndra-Śōṛadēva,—Āṛvār Parāntakaṉ Kundavaiyār, (who was) the venerable elder sister of the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva (and) the great queen of Vallavaraiyar Vandyadēvar, gave to the images (tiru-mēṉi) which she had set up herself,—gold which was weighed by the stone (used in) the city (kuḍiñai-kal) and called (after) Āḍavallāṉ, and jewels (ratna) which were weighed by the jewel weight (kāśu-kal) called (after) Dakshiṇa-Mēru-Viṭaṅkaṉ. Those (jewels), which could be weighed (separately), were weighed without the threads (śaraḍu), the frames (śaṭṭam), the copper nails (śeppāṇi), the lac (arakku) and the piñju. Those jewels, the net weight of which could not 1 be ascertained, as they were united with the lac and the piñju, (were weighed) together with the lac and the piñju. (The amount of this gold and these jewels) was engraved on stone (as follows):—

2. To (the goddess) Umāparamēśvarī, who is the consort of our lord Dakshiṇa-Mēru-Viṭaṅkar, (she) gave:—

3. One sacred crown (makuṭa), (containing) three hundred and forty-eight kaṛañju and a half and three tenths (of a mañjāḍi) of gold. Eight hundred and fifty-nine diamonds (vayiram), set (into it), viz., six hundred and thirty-six diamonds with smooth edges (? maṭṭadārai), one hundred and sixty-nine square diamonds with smooth edges (maṭṭadārai-śavakkam), thirty-[two] flat diamonds with smooth edges (maṭṭadārai-śappaḍi), 2• • • • • including such as had spots, 3 cracks (muṟivu), red dots (rakta-bindu), black dots (kāka-bindu), and marks as of burning (vendaṉa),—weighed seven kaṛañju and three quarters, four mañjāḍi and four tenths. Three hundred and nine large (pariya) and small (nēriya) rubies (māṇikkam), viz., one hundred and twenty-five haḷahaḷam of superior quality (guṇaviyaṉ), 4 one hundred and twentytwo haḷahaḷam, forty-one smooth rubies (kōmaḷam), 5 eleven bluish rubies (nīlagandhi) 6 and ten unpolished rubies (taḷam),—including such as had cavities (kuṛivu), cuts, 7 holes, 8 white specks (laśuni), 9 flaws (trāsa), and such as still adhered to the ore (kal),—weighed fourteen kaṛañju and three quarters, two mañjāḍi and eight tenths. Six hundred and sixty-nine large and small pearls, set (into it) or strung,—including round pearls (vaṭṭam), roundish pearls (aṉuvaṭṭam), polished pearls (oppu-muttu), small pearls (kuṟu-muttu), nimboḷam, payiṭṭam, old pearls (paṛa-muttu), such as had been polished while still adhering to the shell (ippi), (pearls) of red water and of brilliant water, (and pearls) with lines (varai), stains (kaṟai), red dots 10 and white specks (śubhra),—weighed thirty-six kaṛañju, (one) mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi. Altogether, (the crown) weighed four hundred and seven kaṛañju and nine mañjāḍi, corresponding to a value of five thousand kāśu.

4. One ear-ring (vāḷi), (containing) (one) kaṛañju, eight mañjāḍi and eight tenths of gold. Nine pearls sewn on,—including round pearls, polished pearls, nimboḷam, (pearls) of ⟨Page 82⟩ brilliant water; (and pearls) with lines • • • • • weighed (one) kaṛañju and nine tenths (of a mañjāḍi), Altogether, (the ear-ring) weighed two kaṛañju, nine mañjāḍi and seven tenths, corresponding to a value of fifteen kāśu.

5. One ear-ring, (containing) (one) kaṛañju, eight mañjāḍi and eight tenths of gold. Nine pearls sewn on,—including round pearls, polished pearls, nimboḷam, (pearls) of brilliant water, (and pearls) with lines, stains, red dots, white specks and wrinkles (tiraṅgal),— weighed (one) kaṛañju and nine tenths (of a mañjāḍi). Altogether, (the ear-ring) weighed two kaṛañju, nine mañjāḍi and seven tenths, corresponding to a value of fifteen kāśu.

6. One uṛuttu, (containing) two kaṛañju and (one) kuṉṟi of gold. Six diamond crystals (paḷikku-vayiram) weighed nine tenths (of a mañjāḍi). Two smooth rubies weighed six tenths (of a mañjāḍi). Two pearls sewn on, viz., (one) ambumudu (with) lines and (one) ambumudu (with) pāḍaṉ, 1 weighed nine mañjāḍi and seven tenths. Altogether, (the uṛuttu) weighed two kaṛañju and a half, (one) mañjāḍi and seven tenths, corresponding to a value of fifteen kāśu.

7. One uṛuttu, (containing) two kaṛañju and (one) kuṉṟi of gold. Six diamond crystals, set (into it), weighed nine tenths (of a mañjāḍi). Two smooth rubies weighed (one) kuṉṟi. Two pearls sewn on (of the kind called) ambumudu, which had pāḍaṉ and red dots, weighed nine mañjāḍi and nine tenths. Altogether, (the uṛuttu) weighed two kaṛañju and a half, (one) mañjāḍi and eight tenths, corresponding to • • • • •

8. One sacred garland (tiru-mālai), (containing) eighty-six kaṛañju and a half, four mañjāḍi and one twentieth of gold. Five hundred and five diamonds, set (into it), viz., eighty pure diamonds (tūyaṉa), two hundred and ninety diamonds with smooth edges, fiftythree flat diamonds with smooth edges, four pandasāram), five flat diamonds (śappaḍi), fifteen square diamonds (śavakkam) and fifty-eight round diamonds (uruḷai),—including such as had spots, cracks, red dots, black dots, and marks as of burning,—weighed two kaṛañju and three mañjāḍi, nine tenths and one twentieth. One hundred and ten large and small rubies, viz., twenty haḷahaḷam of superior quality, thirty haḷahaḷam, six bluish rubies, thirty-three smooth rubies, twenty unpolished rubies and one śaṭṭam,—including such as had cavities, cuts, holes, white specks, flaws, and such as still adhered to the ore,—weighed five kaṛañju, one half and one eighth. Ninety-four strung pearls,—including polished pearls, small pearls, nimboḷam, payiṭṭam, ambumudu, (pearls) of brilliant water and of red water, such as had been polished while still adhering to the shell, (and pearls with) lines, stains, red dots and white specks,—weighed nine kaṛañju and (one) kuṉṟi. Altogether, (the garland) weighed one hundred and three kaṛañju and a half and (one) mañjāḍi, corresponding to a value of one thousand kāśu.

9. One sacred armlet (śrī-bāhu-valaya), (containing) eighty-[nine] kaṛañju and (one) mañjāḍi, one tenth and one fortieth of gold. Four hundred and forty-one diamonds, set (into it), viz., twenty pure diamonds, four hundred and six diamonds with smooth edges, five flat diamonds with smooth edges, and ten square diamonds with smooth edges,—including such as had spots, cracks, red dots, black dots, and marks as of burning,—weighed three kaṛañju, two mañjāḍi and three fortieths. Fifty-four large and small rubies, viz., eight haḷahaḷam of superior quality, seventeen haḷahaḷam, nineteen smooth rubies, two bluish rubies and eight unpolished rubies,—including such as had cavities, cuts, holes, white specks, flaws, and such as still adhered to the ore,—weighed six kaṛañju and a half, two mañjāḍi and three tenths. Sixty-eight strung pearls,—including round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls, small ⟨Page 83⟩ pearls, payiṭṭam, (pearls) of brilliant water and of red water, such as had been polished while still adhering to the shell, (and pearls with) lines, stains, red dots and white specks,— weighed five kaṛañju and three quarters, three mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi. Altogether, (the armlet) weighed one hundred and four kaṛañju and a half and four mañjāḍi, corresponding to a value of one thousand two hundred and fifty kāśu.

10. One sacred armlet, (containing) eighty-nine kaṛañju, eight mañjāḍi, four tenths and [one twentieth] of gold. Four hundred and forty-eight diamonds, set (into it), viz., twenty pure diamonds, four hundred and thirteen diamonds with smooth edges, five flat diamonds with smooth edges, and ten square diamonds with smooth edges,—including (such as had) spots, cracks, red dots, black dots, and marks as of burning,—weighed three kaṛañju and two mañjāḍi, three tenths and one twentieth. Fifty-three large and small rubies, viz., eight haḷahaḷam of superior quality, fifteen haḷahaḷam, twenty smooth rubies, two bluish rubies and eight unpolished rubies,—including such as had cavities, cuts, holes, white specks, flaws, and such as still adhered to the ore,—weighed six kaṛañju and a half, two mañjāḍi and four tenths. Sixty-two strung pearls,—including round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls, small pearls, payiṭṭam, (pearls) of brilliant water and of red water, such as had been polished while still adhering to the shell, (and pearls with) lines, stains, red dots and white specks,— weighed five kaṛañju and a half and (one) kuṉṟi. Altogether, (the armlet) weighed one hundred and four kaṛañju and a half, three mañjāḍi and seven tenths, corresponding to a value of one thousand two hundred and fifty kāśu.

11. One sacred pearl ornament (śrī-chhanda), (containing) sixty-nine kaṛañju and three quarters, two mañjāḍi, five tenths and one fortieth of gold. Three hundred and ninety diamonds, set (into it), viz., three hundred and fifty diamonds with smooth edges, and forty [square] diamonds with smooth edges,—including such as had spots, cracks, red dots, black dots, and marks as of burning,—weighed. (one) kaṛañju and a half, four mañjāḍi and six tenths. Eighty large and small rubies, viz., five haḷahaḷam of superior quality, twenty haḷahaḷam, thirty smooth rubies, four bluish rubies, two śaṭṭam and nineteen unpolished rubies,—(including) such as had cavities, cuts, holes, white specks, flaws, and such as still adhered to the ore,—weighed six kaṛañju and seven mañjāḍi, eight tenths and three fortieths. One thousand four hundred and sixty-two pearls, strung or sewn on,—including round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls, small pearls, payiṭṭam, nimboḷam, (pearls) of brilliant water and of red water, such as had been polished while still adhering to the shell, (and pearls with) lines, stains, red dots and white specks,—weighed ninety-six kaṛañju and a quarter. Altogether, (the pearl ornament) weighed one hundred and seventy-four kaṛañju and a quarter, corresponding to a value of one thousand and five hundred kāśu.

12. One poṭṭu for the arm of the goddess, (containing) eighteen kaṛañju and three quarters, three mañjāḍi and eight tenths of gold. One smooth ruby weighed (one) mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi. One hundred and thirty-seven strung pearls,—including round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls, small pearls, nimboḷam, payiṭṭam, (pearls) of brilliant [water] and of red water, (and pearls with) lines, stains, red dots and white specks,—weighed seven kaṛañju and three quarters, four mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi. Altogether, (the poṭṭu) weighed twentysix kaṛañju and three quarters, four mañjāḍi and eight tenths, corresponding to a value of eighty kāśu.

13. One poṭṭu for the arm of the goddess, (containing) eighteen kaṛañju and six mañjāḍi of gold. One smooth ruby weighed (one) mañjāḍi and three tenths. One hundred and fortythree strung pearls,—including round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls, small pearls, nimboḷam, payiṭṭam, (pearls) of brilliant water and of red water, (and pearls with) lines, ⟨Page 84⟩ stains, red dots and white specks,—weighed eight kaṛañju and six mañjāḍi. Altogether, (the poṭṭu) weighed twenty-six kaṛañju and a half, three mañjāḍi and three tenths, corresponding to a value of eighty kāśu.

14. One bracelet (śūḍagam), 1 (containing) eighty kaṛañju and four mañjāḍi, six tenths and one twentieth of gold. Six hundred and twenty diamonds, set (into it), viz., thirty pure diamonds, four hundred and three diamonds with smooth edges, seventy square diamonds with smooth edges, thirty-five flat diamonds with smooth edges, and eighty-two round diamonds,—including (such as had) spots, cracks, red dots, black dots, and marks as of burning,—weighed four kaṛañju and seven tenths (of a mañjāḍi). Fifty-five large and small rubies, viz., ten haḷahaḷam of superior quality, twenty-four haḷahaḷam, seventeen smooth rubies and four [bluish rubies],—including such as had cavities, cuts, holes, white specks, flaws, and such as still adhered to the ore,—weighed (one) kaṛañju and a half, (one) mañjāḍi, one tenth and one twentieth. Altogether, (the bracelet) weighed eighty-five kaṛañju and three quarters, (one) mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi, corresponding to a value of eight hundred kāśu.

15. One bracelet, (containing) eighty-four kaṛañju and three quarters and three mañjāḍi of gold. Six hundred and seventy-five diamonds, set (into it), viz., thirty pure diamonds, four hundred and fifty-six diamonds with smooth edges, seventy square diamonds with smooth edges, thirty-six flat diamonds with smooth edges, and eighty-three round diamonds,—including (such as had) spots, cracks, red dots, black dots, and marks as of burning,—weighed four kaṛañju, four mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi. Sixty large and small rubies, viz., ten haḷahaḷam of superior quality, thirty-one haḷahaḷam, sixteen smooth rubies and three bluish rubies,— including such as had cavities, cuts, holes, white specks, flaws, and such as still adhered to the ore,—weighed (one) kaṛañju and a half, three mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi. Altogether, (the bracelet). weighed ninety kaṛañju and [three quarters] and (one) mañjāḍi, corresponding to a value of eight hundred kāśu.

⟨SIIv02p0i0008⟩ No. 8. ON THE WALLS OF THE PORTICO, SECOND TIER.

This inscription engraved on the south, east and north walls of a portico, which forms the main entrance on the east of the central shrine. The published text, which consists of three sections of nine lines each, ends in the middle of paragraph 26 with the statement, that the inscription is continued at the bottom of the south wall of the portico. Of this portion no copy could be taken, as the present pavement of the temple court rises to its level.

Like the preceding inscription, this one describes a number of ornaments of gold and jewels, which were presented by Āṛvār Parāntakaṉ Kundavaiyār until the 3rd year of the reign of Kō-Parakēsarivarman, alias Rājēndra-Chōḷadēva. The donees were the images which she had set up herself. Among these, the published part of the inscription mentions the consort of Dakshiṇa-Mēru-Viṭaṅkar (paragraph 2) and the consort of Tañjai-Viṭaṅkar (paragraphs 8 and 24).

TEXT.

A. South wall.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrīḥ [||*] kopparakesarivarmmarāṉa uṭaiyār [śrī]rājendracoḻade- varkku yāṇṭu mūṉṟāvatu varai uṭaiyār [śrī]rājarājadevar [ti]ruttamakkaiyār vallavaraiyar vandyadevar mahāde[vi]yār āḻvār parāntakaṉ kuntavaiyār taram eḻunta- ⟨Page 85⟩

⟨2⟩ ruḷuvitta tirumenikaḷukkukkuṭutta poṉ āṭavallāṉ eṉṉuṅkuṭiñaikkallāl niṟai eṭuttum ratnaṅkaḷ caraṭuñcaṭṭamuñceppāṇikaḷum arakkum piñcum nīkki niṟaiyuḷḷaṉa niṟai eṭuttum arakkum piñcuṅkūṭa ratnaṅkaṭṭi ve-

⟨3⟩ ṟu niṟaiyaṟiya uṇṇātaṉa arakkum piñcum uṭpaṭa dakṣiṇameruviṭaṅkan eṉṉuṅkācukallāl niṟai eṭuttuṅkallil veṭṭiṉa ||— [1*] dakṣiṇameruviṭaṅkar nampirāṭṭiyār umāparameśvariyārkkukkuṭuttaṉa |— [2*] tiruppaṭṭikai [o]ṉ-

⟨4⟩ ṟu poṉ toṇṇūṟṟeḻukaḻañcaraiye nālu mañcāṭiyum oṉpatu māvuṅkaṭṭiṉa vayiram maṭṭatārai poṟivum muṟivum raktabinduvum kākabinduvum ventaṉavum uṭaiyaṉa uṭpaṭappariyaṉavum neriyaṉavum āka a-

⟨5⟩ ṟunūṟṟu aṟupatteḻiṉāl niṟai irukaḻañce kāle āṟu māvum māṇikkam haḷahaḷaṅkuṇaviyaṉ irupattiraṇṭum haḷahaḷam irupatuṅkomaḷam irupatum nīlakanti oṉpatuñcaṭṭam iraṇṭuntaḷam pattum ā-

⟨6⟩ ka māṇikkaṅkuḻivum praharamum vejjamum laśuniyuntrāsamuṅkaṟpaṟṟum uṭaiyaṉa uṭpaṭappariyaṉavum neriyaṉavum āka eṇpattu mūṉṟiṉāl niṟai patiṉ kaḻañce mukkāle mūṉṟu mañcāṭiyum iraṇṭu māvum

⟨7⟩ kottaṉavuntaiyttaṉavum āka muttu vaṭṭamum aṉuvaṭṭamum oppumuttuṅkuṟumuttum nimpoḷamum ampumutuṅkuḷirnta nīruñcivanta nīrum ippippaṟṟu arāviṉavum varaiyuṅkaṟaiyuṅkuruvuñcuppiramuntiraṅkalum

⟨8⟩ uṭpaṭa irunūṟṟorupattiraṇṭiṉāl niṟai patiṉ eṇkaḻañce iraṇṭu mañcāṭiyum āka niṟai nūṟṟu irupattoṉpatiṉ kaḻañce eḻumāvukku vilai kācu nālāyirattu aiññūṟu ||— [3*] tiruvaṭikkāṟai oṉṟu poṉ eḻu-

⟨9⟩ pattu mukkaḻañce mūṉṟu mañcāṭiyum aṟumāvaraiyuṅkaṭṭiṉa vayiram maṭṭatārai nāṉūṟṟu nāṟpat[t]oṉpatum maṭṭatāraiccappaṭi āṟum āka vayiram poṟivum muṟivum raktabindu[vu]ṅkākabinduvum ventaṉavum

B. East wall.

⟨1⟩ uṭaiyaṉa uṭpaṭa āka nāṉūṟṟu aimpattaiñciṉāl niṟai kaḻañcaraiye iraṇṭu mañcāṭiyum aimmāvaraiyum māṇikkam haḷahaḷaṅkuṇaviyaṉ pattum haḷahaḷam pattuṅkomaḷam eṭṭum nīlakanti mūṉṟuntaḷam eṭṭum āka māṇikkaṅkuḻivum praharamum vejjamum laśuniyuntrāsamuṅkaṟpaṟṟum uṭaiyaṉa uṭpaṭappariyaṉavum neriyaṉavum āka muppattoṉpatiṉāl niṟai nāṟkaḻañce āṟu māvum āka niṟai

⟨2⟩ eḻupatteṇkaḻañce mukkāle mañcāṭiyum eṭṭu māvukku vilai kācu aiññūṟu ||— [4*] tiruvaṭikkāṟai oṉṟu poṉ eḻupattorukaḻañcaraiye iraṇṭu mañcāṭiyum kaṭṭiṉa vayiram maṭṭatārai nāṉūṟṟu aimpatum maṭṭatāraiccavakkam neriyaṉa oṉpatum āka vayiram poṟivum muṟivum raktabinduvuṅkākabinduvum ventaṉavum uṭaiyaṉa uṭpaṭa āka nāṉūṟṟu aimpattoṉpatiṉāl niṟai kaḻañcaraiye mūṉṟu mañcāṭiyum

⟨3⟩ oṉpatu māvum māṇikkam haḷahaḷaṅkuṇaviyaṉ pattum haḷahaḷam eṭṭuṅkomaḷam oṉpatum nīlakanti mūṉṟuntaḷam oṉpatum āka māṇikkaṅkuḻivum praharamum vejjamum laśuniyuntrāsamuṅkaṟpaṟṟum uṭaiyaṉa uṭpaṭappariyaṉavum neriyaṉavum āka muppattoṉpatiṉāl niṟai mukkaḻañce mukkāle [mū]ṉṟu mañcāṭiyum aṟumāvum āka niṟai eḻupatteḻukaḻañce nālu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟi- ⟨Page 86⟩

⟨4⟩ kku vilai kācu aiññūṟu ||— [5*] śrīpādaś[āya]lam oṉṟu poṉ muppatteḻukaḻañce mukkāle mūṉṟu mañcāṭiyum nāṉku māvuṅkaṭṭiṉa vayiram poṟivum muṟivum raktabinduvuṅkākabinduvum ventaṉavum uṭaiyaṉa uṭpaṭa muṉṉūṟṟu aṟupatiṉāl niṟai mukkāle nālu mañcāṭiyum māṇikkam haḷahaḷaṅkuṇaviyaṉ patiṉaiñcum haḷahaḷam irupatuṅkomaḷam irupattiraṇṭum nilakanti [mū]ṉṟuntaḷam paṉṉiraṇṭum āka māṇikkaṅkuḻi-

⟨5⟩ vum praharamum vejjamum laśuniyuntrāsamuṅkaṟpaṟṟum uṭaiyaṉa uṭpaṭappariyaṉavum neriyaṉavum āka eḻupattiraṇṭiṉāl niṟai irukaḻañcaraiye iraṇṭu mañcāṭiyum āṟu māvuṅkottaṉavuntaiyttaṉavum āka muttu vaṭṭamum aṉuvaṭṭamum oppumuttuṅkuṟumuttum nimpoḷamum payiṭṭamuṅkuḷirnta nīruñcivanta nīrum varaiyuṅkaṟaiyuṅ[ku]ruvum uṭaiyaṉa uṭpaṭa muttu nāṟpattiraṇṭiṉāl

⟨6⟩ niṟai irukaḻañce eṭṭu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟiyum āka niṟai nāṟpattu mukkaḻañce mukkāle [mū]ṉṟu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟikku vilai kācu muṉ[ṉū]ṟṟaimpatu ||— [6*] śrīpādaśāyalam oṉṟu poṉ muppa[t]teḻukaḻañce iraṇṭu mañcāṭiyum nāṉku māvuṅkaṭṭiṉa vayiram maṭṭatārai poṟivum muṟivuṅkākabinduvum raktabinduvum ventaṉa[vu]m uṭaiyaṉa uṭpaṭa muṉṉūṟṟu [a]ṟupatiṉāl niṟai mukkāle nālu mañcāṭiyum māṇikkam

⟨7⟩ haḷahaḷaṅkuṇavi[ya]ṉ patiṉaiñcum haḷahaḷam irupatuṅ[k]omaḷam patiṉaiñcum nilakanti pattuntaḷam paṉṉiraṇṭum āka māṇikkaṅ[ku]ḻivum praharamum vejjamum laśuniyuntrāsamuṅkaṟpaṟṟum uṭaiyaṉa uṭpaṭappariyaṉavum neriyaṉavum āka eḻupattiraṇṭiṉāl niṟai irukaḻañcaraiye nālu mañcāṭiyum orumāvuṅkottaṉavuntaiyttaṉavum āka muttu vaṭṭamum aṉuvaṭṭamum oppumuttuṅkuṟu-

⟨8⟩ muttum nimpoḷamum payiṭṭamuṅkuḷirnta nīruñcivanta nīrum varai[yu]ṅkaṟai[yuṅ]kuruvum uṭaiyaṉavum uṭpaṭa muttu nāṟpattu iraṇṭiṉāl niṟai irukaḻañce kāle kuṉṟiyum āka niṟai nāṟpattu mukkaḻañce mañcāṭikku vilai kācu muṉṉūṟṟu aimpatu ||— [7*] ivare tañcaiviṭaṅkar nampirāṭṭiyār umāparameśvariyārkku āṭavallāṉ eṉṉuṅkuṭiñaik[ka]llāl niṟai eṭuttukkuṭutta poṉṉiṉ tiruvābharaṇaṅkaḷ ||— [8*] tiru[ma]kuṭam oṉṟu [poṉ nū]ṟṟuttoṇṇūṟṟu e-

⟨9⟩ ḻukaḻañcarai [||—] [9*] tūkkam oṉṟu poṉ i[ru]patteḻukaḻañce mukkāl [||—] [10*] [v]āḷi oraṇaiyāṟp[o]ṉ irukaḻañcaraiye mūṉṟu mañcāṭi ||— [11*] iraṭṭaiuḻuttu oraṇaiyāṟpoṉ mukkaḻañcarai ||— [12*] tirukkampi oraṇaiyāṟpoṉ aiṅkaḻañcaraiye kuṉṟi ||— [13*] tālimaṇivaṭam oṉṟu tāli uṭpaṭappoṉ irukaḻañce mukkāle kuṉṟi ||— [14*] vayiraśāyalam oṉṟu poṉ i[ru]pa[t]teḻukaḻañcarai ||— [15*] mūṉṟ[oṉṟā]ka viḷakkiṉa kaṇṭattuṭar oṉṟu poṉ irupattorukaḻañcu ||— [16*] [pu]ṟattuṭar

C. North wall.

⟨1⟩ oṉṟu poṉ patiṉ kaḻañce mukkāle nālu mañcāṭi ||— [17*] tirukkaippoṭṭu oraṇaiyāṟkotta nāṇ nālu uṭpaṭappoṉ aimpattoṉpatiṉ kaḻañce eḻumañcā[ṭi]yuṅkuṉṟi ||— [18*] tirukkaikkaṭakam oraṇai[y]āṟ[p]oṉ [mu]ppattoṉpati[ṉ]

⟨2⟩ kaḻañce eḻumañcāṭi ||— [19*] tirukkaikkāṟai oraṇaiyāṟpoṉ aṟupattu nāṟkaḻañce mukkāl ||— [20*] tiruvaṭikkāṟai oraṇaiyāṟpoṉ ⟨Page 87⟩ eḻupattu nāṟka[ḻa]ñce mukkāl[e] kuṉṟi ||— [21*] śrīpādaśāyalam oraṇaiyāṟpoṉ aṟupatteḻukaḻañce oṉpatu

⟨3⟩ mañcāṭi ||— [22*] tiruvaṭikkālmotiram pattiṉāl poṉ patiṉorukaḻañce kāl ||— [23*] tañcaiviṭaṅkar nampirāṭṭiyār umāparameśvari- yārkku ivare kuṭutta ratnattiṉ tiruv[ā]bharaṇaṅkaḷ caraṭuñcaṭṭamum arakkum piñcum nīkki dakṣiṇameruviṭaṅkaṉ eṉ[ṉu]ṅk[ā]cu[ka]llāl niṟai

⟨4⟩ eṭuttukkallil veṭṭiṉa ||— [24*] tirumakuṭam oṉṟu poṉ irunūṟṟu eḻukaḻañce eṭṭu mañcāṭiyum iraṇṭu māvum kaṭṭiṉa paḷikkuvayiram aiññūṟṟu irupattañciṉāl niṟai irukaḻañce mūṉṟu mañcāṭiyum aimmāvaraiyum

⟨5⟩ paḷiṅku iru[nū]ṟṟu irupatteḻiṉāl niṟai aiṅkaḻañce nālu mañcāṭiyum arai māvum kaṭṭiṉa muttu vaṭṭamum aṉuvaṭṭamum oppumuttuṅkuṟumuttum nimpoḷamum payiṭṭamuṅkuḷirnta nīruñcivanta nīruñcup[pi]ramum varai-

⟨6⟩ yum uṭaiyaṉa patiṉāṟiṉāl niṟai kaḻañcaraiye nālu mañcāṭiyum oṉpatu māvaraiyum vīrapaṭṭattu iraṇṭarukiluṅkotta vaṭam ira[ṇ]ṭum itaṉ mel vāyvaṭam oṉṟuntaṉivaṭam cavi nāluntaṉittūkkam iraṇṭu-

⟨7⟩ ṅkoṭaṅkaḷiluṅkaṟaṇṭikaiyiṟkotta [va]ṭam mūṉṟilum[ā]kakkotta muttu vaṭṭamum aṉuvaṭṭamum oppumuttuṅkuṟumuttum nimpoḷamum ippippaṟṟu arāviṉavuṅkuḷirnta niruñcivanta nīrum varai-

⟨8⟩ yuṅkaṟaiyuñcuppiramuntiraṅkalum uṭaiyaṉa uṭpaṭa muṉṉūṟṟe[ṇ]pattaiñciṉāl niṟai patiṉ mukkaḻañce eḻumañcāṭiyum āka niṟai [i]runūṟṟu irupattu oṉpatiṉ kaḻañce mukkāle iraṇṭu mañc[ā]ṭiyum eḻumāvarai-

⟨9⟩ kku vilai kācu eḻunūṟu ||— [25*] mālai oṉṟu poṉ nāṟpattu [a]ṟukaḻañce [e]ṭṭu mañcāṭiyum [mukkā]ṇiyum kaṭṭiṉa paḷikku[vayi]ram irunūṟṟeṇpatteṭṭiṉāl niṟai araikkaḻañce [mū]ṉṟu mañcāṭiyu[m] eḻumāvum paḷiṅku

⟨10⟩ itiṟkuṟai ca[tuṣki]kai[yil] teṉ[ca]turattu [u]ttirat[ti]ṉ kīḻkkaṇṭappaṭaiyil veṭṭiccu ||— [26*]

TRANSLATION.

1. Hail ! Prosperity ! Until the third year (of the reign) of Kō-Parakēsarivarman, alias the lord Śrī-Rājēndra-Śōṛadēva,—Āṛvār Parāntakaṉ Kundavaiyār, (who was) the venerable elder sister of the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva (and) the great queen of Vallavaraiyar Vandyadēvar, gave to the images which she had set up herself,—gold which was weighed by the stone (used in) the city and called (after) Āḍavallāṉ, and jewels which were weighed by the jewel weight called (after) Dakshiṇa-Mēru-Viṭaṅkaṉ. Those (jewels), which could be weighed (separately), were weighed without the threads, the frames, the copper nails, the lac and the piñju. Those jewels, the net weight of which could not be ascertained, as they were united with the lac and the piñju, (were weighed) together with the lac and the piñju. (The amount of this gold and these jewels) was engraved on stone (as follows):—

2. To (the goddess) Umāparamēśvarī, who is the consort of our lord Dakshiṇa-Mēru-Viṭaṅkar, (she) gave:—

3. One sacred girdle (tiruppaṭṭigai), (containing) ninety-seven kaṛañju and a half, four mañjāḍi and nine tenths of gold. Six hundred and sixty-seven large and small diamonds with smooth edges, set (into it),—including such as had spots, cracks, red dots, black dots, and ⟨Page 88⟩ marks as of burning,—weighed two kaṛañju and a quarter and six tenths (of a mañjāḍi). Eighty-three large and small rubies, viz., twenty-two haḷahaḷam of superior quality, twenty haḷahaḷam, twenty smooth rubies, nine bluish rubies, two śaṭṭam and ten unpolished rubies,— including such as had cavities, cuts, holes, white specks, flaws, and such as still adhered to the ore,—weighed ten kaṛañju and three quarters, three mañjāḍi and two tenths. Two hundred and twelve pearls, strung or sewn on,—including round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls, small pearls, nimboḷam, ambumudu, (pearls) of brilliant water and of red water, such as had been polished while still adhering to the shell, (and pearls with) lines, stains, red dots, white specks and wrinkles,—weighed eighteen kaṛañju and two mañjāḍi. Altogether, (the girdle) weighed one hundred and twenty-nine kaṛañju and seven tenths (of a mañjāḍi), corresponding to a value of four thousand and five hundred kāśu.

4. One ring for the foot of the goddess (tiruvaḍikkāṟai), (containing) seventy-three kaṛañju and three mañjāḍi, six tenths and one twentieth of gold. Four hundred and fifty-five diamonds, set (into it), viz., four hundred and forty-nine diamonds with smooth edges, and six flat diamonds with smooth edges,—including such as had spots, cracks, red dots, black dots, and marks as of burning,—weighed (one) kaṛañju and a half, two mañjāḍi, five tenths and one twentieth. Thirty-nine large and small rubies, viz., ten haḷahaḷam of superior quality, ten haḷahaḷam, eight smooth rubies, three bluish rubies and eight unpolished rubies,— including such as had cavities, cuts, holes, white specks, flaws, and such as still adhered to the ore,—weighed four kaṛañju and six tenths (of a mañjāḍi). Altogether, (the ring) weighed seventy-eight kaṛañju and three quarters, (one) mañjāḍi and eight tenths, corresponding to a value of five hundred kāśu.

5. One ring for the foot of the goddess, (containing) seventy-one kaṛañju and a half and two mañjāḍi of gold. Four hundred and fifty-nine diamonds, set (into it), viz., four hundred and fifty diamonds with smooth edges, and nine small square diamonds with smooth edges,— including such as had spots, cracks, red dots, black dots, and marks as of burning,—weighed (one) kaṛañju and a half, three mañjāḍi and nine tenths. Thirty-nine large and small rubies, viz., ten haḷahaḷam of superior quality, eight haḷahaḷam, nine smooth rubies, three bluish rubies and nine unpolished rubies,—including such as had cavities, cuts, holes, white speeks, flaws, and such as still adhered to the ore,—weighed three kaṛañju and three quarters, three mañjāḍi and six tenths. Altogether, (the ring) weighed seventy-seven kaṛañju, four mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi, corresponding to a value of five hundred kāśu.

6. One śāyalam for the foot of the goddess (śrī-pāda-śāyalam), (containing) thirty-seven kaṛañju and three quarters, three mañjāḍi and four tenths of gold. Three hundred and sixty diamonds, set (into it),—including such as had spots, cracks, red dots, black dots, and marks as of burning,—weighed three quarters (of a kaṛañju) and four mañjāḍi. Seventy-two large and small rubies, viz., fifteen haḷahaḷam of superior quality, twenty haḷahaḷam, twenty-two smooth rubies, three bluish rubies and twelve unpolished rubies,—including such as had cavities, cuts, holes, white specks, flaws, and such as still adhered to the ore,—weighed two kaṛañju and a half, two mañjāḍi and six tenths. Forty-two pearls, strung or sewn on,— including round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls, small pearls, nimboḷam, payiṭṭam, (pearls) of brilliant water and of red water, (and pearls) with lines, stains and red dots,— weighed two kaṛañju, eight mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi. Altogether, (the śāyalam) weighed forty-three kaṛañju and three quarters, three mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi, corresponding to a value of three hundred and fifty kāśu.

7. One śāyalam for the foot of the goddess, (containing) thirty-seven kaṛañju, two mañjāḍi and four tenths of gold. Three hundred and sixty diamonds with smooth edges, set ⟨Page 89⟩ (into it),—including such as had spots, cracks, black dots, red dots, and marks as of burning,—weighed three quarters (of a kaṛañju) and four mañjāḍi. Seventy-two large and small rubies, viz., fifteen haḷahaḷam of superior quality, twenty haḷahaḷam, fifteen smooth rubies, ten bluish rubies and twelve unpolished rubies,—including such as had cavities, cuts, holes, white specks, flaws, and such as still adhered to the ore,—weighed two kaṛañju and a half, four mañjāḍi and one tenth. Forty-two pearls, strung or sewn on,—including round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls, small pearls, nimboḷam, payiṭṭam, (pearls) of brilliant water and of red water, (and pearls) with lines, stains and red dots,—weighed two kaṛañju and a quarter and (one) kuṉṟi. Altogether, (the śāyalam) weighed forty-three kaṛañju and (one) mañjāḍi, corresponding to a value of three hundred and fifty kāśu.

8. The same (princess) gave to (the goddess) Umāparamēśvarī, who is the consort of our lord Tañjai-Viṭaṅkar, (the following) sacred ornaments (ābharaṇa) of gold, which were weighed by the stone (used in) the city and called (after) Āḍavallāṉ:—

9. One sacred crown (makuṭa), (consisting of) one hundred and ninety-seven kaṛañju and a half of gold.

10. One pendant (tūkkam), (consisting of) twenty-seven kaṛañju and three quarters of gold.

11. One pair of ear-rings (vāḷi), consisting of two kaṛañju and a half and three mañjāḍi of gold.

12. One pair of double uṛuttu, consisting of three kaṛañju and a half of gold.

13. One pair of sacred ear-rings (tirukkambi), consisting of five kaṛañju and a half and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

14. One string of beads for the marriage-badge (tāli-maṇi-vaḍam), (consisting of) two kaṛañju and three quarters and (one) kuṉṟi of gold,—including the marriage-badge (itself).

15. One śāyalam of diamonds (vayira-śāyalam), (containing) twenty-seven kaṛañju and a half of gold.

16. One necklace (kaṇṭha-tuḍar) of three (chains) soldered into one, (consisting of) twenty-one kaṛañju of gold.

17. One outer chain (? puṟattuḍar), (consisting of) ten kaṛañju and three quarters and four mañjāḍi of gold.

18. One pair of poṭṭu for the arms of the goddess, consisting of fifty-nine kaṛañju, seven mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold,—including four strings (nāṇ) on which (it) was strung.

19. One pair of bracelets (kaṭaka) for the arms of the goddess, consisting of thirty-nine kaṛañju and seven mañjāḍi of gold.

20. One pair of rings for the arms of the goddess (tirukkaikkāṟai), consisting of sixtyfour kaṛañju and three quarters of gold.

21. One pair of rings for the feet of the goddess (tiruvaḍikkāṟai), consisting of seventyfour kaṛañju and three quarters and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

22. One pair of śāyaḻam for the feet of the goddess (śrī-pāda-śāyalam), consisting of sixty-seven kaṛañju and nine mañjāḍi of gold.

23. Ten rings for the toes of the goddess (tiruvaḍikkāl-mōdiram), consisting of eleven kaṛañju and a quarter of gold.

24. To (the goddess) Umāparamēśvarī, who is the consort of our lord Tañjai-Viṭaṅkar, the same (princess) gave (the following) sacred ornaments of jewels, which were weighed by the jewel weight called (after) Dakshiṇa-Mēru-Viṭaṅkaṉ without the threads, the frames, the lac and the piñju, and engraved on stone:— ⟨Page 90⟩

25. One sacred crown (makuṭa), (containing) two hundred and seven kaṛañju, eight mañjāḍi and two tenths of gold. Five hundred and twenty-five diamond crystals, set (into it), weighed two kaṛañju and three mañjāḍi, five tenths and one twentieth. Two hundred and twenty-seven crystals (paḷiṅgu) weighed five kaṛañju, four mañjāḍi and one twentieth. Sixteen pearls, set (into it), (viz.) round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls, small pearls, nimboḷam, payiṭṭam, (pearls) of brilliant water and of red water, (and pearls) with white specks and lines, weighed (one) kaṛañju and a half, four mañjāḍi, nine tenths and one twentieth. Three hundred and eighty-five strung pearls,—including round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls, small pearls, nimboḷam, such as had been polished while still adhering to the shell, (pearls) of brilliant water and of red water, (and pearls) with lines, stains, white specks and wrinkles,—weighed thirteen kaṛañju and seven mañjāḍi; (these pearls) were strung on two strings (vaḍam) on both sides of the front-plate (vīra-paṭṭa), 1 one vāy-vaḍam over it, four bundles (śavi) of single strings, two single pendants (tūkkam), and three strings on the ornamental curves (kōḍam) 2 (and) on the kaṟaṇḍigai. Altogether, (the crown) weighed two hundred and twenty-nine kaṛañju and three quarters, two mañjāḍi, seven tenths and one twentieth, corresponding to a value of seven hundred kāśu.

26. One garland (mālai), (containing) forty-six kaṛañju, eight mañjāḍi and three fortieths of gold. Two hundred and eighty-eight diamond crystals, set (into it), weighed half a kaṛañju, three mañjāḍi and seven tenths. Crystals,—The continuation of this (inscription) is engraved on the panel (kaṇḍappaḍai) 3 underneath the projecting stone (? uttiram) 4 on the southern side (? śaduram) of the portieo (chatushkikā).

⟨SIIv02p0i0009⟩ No. 9. ON THE SOUTH WALL, FIRST TIER.

The following eleven inscriptions (Nos. 9 to 19) are engraved continuously in two large sections, the first of which consists of seven, and the second of ten lines.

No. 9 is dated in the 6th year of the reign of Kō-Parakēsarivarman, alias Rājēndra-Chōḷadēva, and fixes the interest to be paid to the temple by certain villagers for a sum of money, which had been contributed by several donors and by the temple treasury. The interest was to be used for the chief idol of the temple (paragraph 2) and for the images of Krātārju[nī]yadēvar 5 and of Pichchadēvar 6 (paragraphs 3 and 4). The first of the two latter had been set up by a minister, who is also mentioned in the large Leyden grant, and the second by Lōkamahādēvī, a queen of Rājarājadēva.

TEXT.

First section.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrīḥ [||*] tiru manni vaḷaravirunilamaṭantaiyum porccayappāvaiyuñcīrttaniccel[vi*]yuntan perun[teviya]rākiyiṉpuṟa neṭutiyalūḻiyuḷiṭaitu[ṟai]nāṭuntoṭarvaṉavelippaṭar vaṉa[vā]ciyuñcuḷḷiccūḻmatiṭkoḷḷippākk[aiyum na]- ⟨Page 91⟩ ṇṇaṟkarumuraṇ maṇṇaikkaṭakamu[m po]rutaṭa[rī]ḻattaraicar tamuṭiyu[mā]ṅ[ka]va[r] teviyaroṅkeḻil muṭiyumunnavar pakkal tennavar 1 vaitta cuntaramuṭiyum intiraṉāramum teṇṭirai īḻamaṇṭalamuḻuvatum eṟipaṭaikkeraḷar 2 muṟaimaiyiṟcūṭuṅkulatanamākiya palar pukaḻ [muṭiyu]ñceṅkatir mālaiyuñcaṅkatirvelaitt[olperuṅkā]val palapaḻantīvumāpporutaṇṭāṟk[oṇ]ṭa kopparakesarivarmmarāṉa uṭaiyār śrīrāj[endrac]oḷadevarkku yāṇṭu āṟāva[tu] kurukkaḷ īśāna[śi]vapaṇḍitar policaiyūṭṭukku yāṇṭu āṟāvatu varai vaitta kācum atikārikaḷ kāñcivāyiluṭaiyār utaiyativāka[ra]ṉ tillai[yāḷi]yārāṉa [rā]jarājamūventaveḷār policaiyūṭṭukku yāṇṭu ā[ṟāva]tu [varai vait]ta kācum va[laṅ]k[aippaḻampa]-

⟨2⟩ ṭaikaḷilār policaiyūṭṭukku yāṇṭu āṟāvatu varai vait[ta] kācum paṇṭārattuppolic[aiyūṭṭukku y]āṇṭu āṟāvatu varai kuṭutta kācum ikkācu policaiyūṭṭukku koṇṭa ūruṅ[ka]llil veṭṭiṉa ||— [1*] kuru[kka]ḷ īśānaśivapaṇḍita[ r uṭ] aiyārkku mūṉṟu sandhiyum amutu cey[yu]m potu amutu ceyvikka orusandhikku kaṟpūramañcāṭiyāka orunāḷaikku kaṟpūra[mū]ṉṟu mañcāṭiyāka orāṭṭaikku kaṟpūram aimpattu nāṟkaḻañcum periyatiruutsavattirunāḷ oṉpatinukkuppaṭi mel eṟṟam nicatam kaṟpūram kālāka kaṟpūram i[rukaḻañc]e[y k]ālum āka kaṟpūram aimpattaṟukaḻa[ñc]e [kālukkuk]kācu oṉṟukku kaṟpūram irukaḻañcaraiyāka [kā]cu [irupa]ttiraṇṭaraikkukkācu oṉṟukku āṭṭai vaṭ[ṭaṉ a]raikkāṟkācu policaiyāka vai[tta] kācu nūṟṟeṇpa[tu]m [2*] atikārikaḷ kāñcivāyiluṭaiyār utaiyativākaraṉ tillaiyāḷiyārāṉa rājarājamūventaveḷār tām eḻuntaruḷuvit[ ta kr] ātārjju • [ya]3 d[e]varkkuttiruamutu uḷḷiṭṭu veṇṭuvaṉavaṟṟu[k]ku vaitta kācu pa[tin] mūṉṟu [||—] [3*] [uṭai]yār śrīrājar[āja]devar na[mpirāṭṭi]-

⟨3⟩ yār olokamahādeviy[ā]r eḻuntaruḷuvitta piccadevarkku uṭaiyār śrīrājarājadevar tiruvāy mo[ḻintaruḷi] aṭaitta valaṅkaippaḻampaṭaikaḷil[ār] ivarkkutti[ru]amutu uḷḷiṭṭu veṇṭuva[ṉa]vaṟṟukku vaitta kācil kācu irunūṟṟaimpattu [iraṇ]ṭum uṭaiyār śrībhaṇḍārattukkācu eṇṇū[ṟṟai]ñcum ākakkācu āyirattirunūṟ[ṟ]aimpatu [4*] ikkācil śrīrājarājīśvarattiniteḻuntaruḷi irunta paramasvāmikku mūlabhṛityanākiya caṇḍeśvaradevar pakkal arumoḻidevavaḷanāṭṭu neṉmalināṭṭu neṭumaṇalākiya matanamañcariccaturvvedimaṅgala[ttu sabhai]y[ā]r yāṇṭu āṟāvatu pacān mutal koṇ[ṭa] kā[cu āyiratt]eḻupatināl kācu oṉṟukku āṭṭai vaṭṭa[ṉ] muk[ku]ṟuṇi neṟpolicaiyāka [ca]ndrādityaval āṭṭā[ṇṭu to]ṟuntañcāvūr uṭaiyār peru[m pa]ṇṭāratte[y] rājakesariyoṭokkum āṭavallāṉeṉṉum marakkālāl aḷakkakkaṭava nellu irunūṟṟaṟupa(pa)tteḻukalaṉe tūṇippatakku ||— [5*] ivarkaḷe kācu oṉṟukku āṭṭai vaṭṭaṉ araikkāṟkācu palicaiyāka yāṇṭu āṟāvatu pacāṉ mutal ko[ṇ]ṭa

⟨4⟩ kācu nūṟṟeṇpatiṉāl candrādityaval āṭṭāṇṭu toṟunta[ñc]āvūr uṭaiyār paṇṭārattu vaikkak[kaṭava] kācu irupattu iraṇṭarai ||— [6*] ⟨Page 92⟩

TRANSLATION.

1. Hail ! Prosperity ! In the sixth year (of the reign) of Kō-Parakēsarivarman, alias the lord Śrī-Rājēndra-Chōḷadēva, who,—in (his) life of high prosperity, 1 (during which he) rejoiced that, while Fortune, having become constant, was increasing, the goddess of the great earth, the goddess of victory in battle, and the matchless goddess of fame had become his great queens,— 2 conquered with (his) great and warlike army Iḍaituṟai-nāḍu; Vaṉavāśi, whose warriors (were protected by) walls of continuous forests; Kollippākkai, whose walls were surrounded by śuḷḷi (trees); Maṇṇaikkaḍagam 3 of unapproachable strength; the crown of the king of Īṛam, who came to close quarters in fighting; 4 the exceedingly beautiful crown of the queen of the king of that (country); the crown of Sundara and the pearl-necklace of Indra, which the king of the South (i.e., the Pāṇḍya) had previously given up to that (king of Īṛam); the whole Īṛa-maṇḍalam on the transparent sea; the crown praised by many and the garland of the sun, family-treasures, which the arrow-shooting 5 (king of) Kēraḷa rightfully wore; and many ancient islands, whose old and great guard was the sea, which resounds with conches;—there was engraved on stone the money (kāśu), which the guru Īśānaśiva-paṇḍita had deposited until the sixth year (of the king's reign), to be put out to interest; the money, which the minister (adhikārin) Udayadivākaraṉ Tillaiyāḷiyār, alias Rājarāja-Mūvēnda-Vēḷār, a native of Kāñchivāyil, 6 had deposited until the sixth year, to be put out to interest; the money, which the Valaṅgai-paṛambaḍaigaḷilār 7 had deposited until the sixth year, to be put out to interest; the money, which had been given out of the (temple) treasury until the sixth year, to be put out to interest; and the village, which had received this money on interest.

2. The guru Īśānaśiva-paṇḍita deposited one hundred and eighty kāśu, (to be put out) at an interest of one eighth kāśu per year for each kāśu, so as to realize twenty-two and a half kāśu) for (purchasing),—at the rate of two kaṛañju and a half of camphor (karpūra) for each kāśu,—fifty-six kaṛañju and [a quarter] of camphor, viz., (1) (one) mañjāḍi of camphor for feeding the god, when he takes his food (amudu), at each of the three times (of the day), altogether three mañjāḍi of camphor per day, or fifty-four kaṛañju of camphor per year, and (2) a quarter (kaṛañju) of camphor in excess (ēṟṟam) of the daily rate (paḍi) on each of the nine sacred days of the great sacred festival (utsava), altogether two kaṛañju and a quarter of camphor.

3. The minister Udayadivākaraṉ Tillaiyāḷiyār, alias Rājarāja-Mūvēnda-Vēḷār, a native of Kāñchivāyil, deposited thirteen kāśu for the sacred food and other requirements (of the image) of Krātārju[nī]yadēvar, which he had set up himself. ⟨Page 93⟩

4. (Adding to these amounts 1) eight hundred and five kāśu out of the sacred treasury (śrī-bhaṇḍāra) of the lord, and two hundred and fifty-two kāśu out of the money, which the Valaṅgai-paṛambaḍaigaḷilār,—who had been attached by order of the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva to (the image of) Pichchadēvar, which had been set up by Lōkamahādēvī, the consort of our lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva,—had deposited for the sacred food and other requirements of this (image),—the total is one thousand two hundred and fifty kāśu.

5. Out of this money, the members of the assembly of Neḍumaṇal, alias Madanamañjari-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, in Neṉmali-nāḍu, (a subdivision) of Arumoṛidēvavaḷanāḍu, have received after (the harvest of) the paśāṉ 2 in the sixth year (of the king's reign) from Chaṇḍēśvaradēva,—who is the first servant of the supreme lord, who has been pleased to take up gladly his abode in (the temple called) Śrī-Rājarājēśvara,—one thousand and seventy kāśu. For (these) they have to measure every year, as long as the moon and the sun endure, two hundred and sixty-seven kalam, (one) tūṇi and (one) padakku of paddy into the large treasury of the lord (at) Tañjāvūr with the marakkāl called (after) Āḍavallāṉ, which is equal to a rājakēsari,—the rate of interest being three kuṟuni of paddy per year for each kāśu.

6. The same (villagers) have to pay every year, as long as the moon and the sun endure, into the treasury of the lord (at) Tañjāvūr twenty-two and a half kāśu) for (the remaining) one hundred and eighty kāśu, which they have received after (the harvest of) the paśāṉ in the sixth year (of the king's reign),—the rate of interest being one eighth kāśu) per year for each kāśu.

⟨SIIv02p0i0010⟩ No. 10. ON THE SOUTH WALL, FIRST TIER.

This inscription is dated in the 10th year of the reign of Kō-Parakēsarivarman, alias Rājēndra-Chōḷadēva, and fixes the interest, which the inhabitants of a certain village had to pay for the benefit of the image of Krātārjunadēvar 3 and of the images of Mahā-Mēru-Viṭaṅkar and his consort. The first of these three images had been set up by the minister, who is mentioned in the preceding inscription, and the second by king Rājarājadēva.

TEXT.

⟨4⟩ 4 svasti śrīḥ [||*] tiru maṉṉi vaḷara iruni[lamaṭan]taiyum poṟcayappā[v]aiyuñcīrttaṉiccelviyuntaṉ perunteviyarākiyiṉpu[ṟa ne]ṭutiyalūḻiyuḷ iṭaituṟaināṭuntoṭarvaṉavelippaṭar vaṉavāciyuñcuḷḷiccūḻmatiḷ koḷḷippākkaiyum naṇṇaṟkarumuraṇ maṇṇaikkaṭakkamum porutaṭarīḻattaraicar tamuṭiyum āṅkavar teviyaroṅkeḻil muṭiyum muṉṉavar pakkal teṉṉavar vaitta cuntaramuṭiyum intiraṉāramunteṇṭirai īḻamaṇṭalamuḻuvatum eṟipaṭaikkeraḷar muṟ[aimaiyi]ṟcūṭuṅkulataṉamākiya palar pukaḻ muṭiyuñceṅkatir mālai[yu]ñ[caṅka]ti[r]velaittolperuṅkāval palapaḻantīvuñceruviṟ[ci]ṉavi[yi]rupattorukālaraicukaḷai kaṭṭa paracurāmaṉ mevaruñcāntima[ttīvara]ṇ karutiyiruttiya cempoṟṟiruttaku [muṭi]yum [payaṅk]oṭu paḻi [mi]ka muyaṅkiyi[l] mutukiṭṭoḷitta cayaciṅ[ka]ṉ aḷapperum 5 pukaḻoṭu pīṭiyal iraṭṭapāṭi eḻarai ilakkamum navanetikkulapperumalaikaḷum māpporutaṇṭāṟkoṇṭa kopparakesarivarmmarāṉa śrīrājendracoḷadevarkku yāṇṭu pattāvatu atikārikaḷ kāñcivāyiluṭaiyār utai[ya]tivākaraṉ tillai- ⟨Page 94⟩

⟨5⟩ yāḷiyārāṉa rājarājamūventaveḷār eḻuntaruḷuvitta krātārjjunadevar[k]kuttiruvamutu uḷḷiṭṭu veṇṭunnivantaṅkaḷu[k]kuñciṟutaṉattuppaṇimakkaḷ uṭaiyār śrīrājarājadevar eḻunta[ruḷuvi]tta mahāmeruviṭaṅkar[k]kum nampirāṭṭiyārkkuntiruvamu[tu] uḷḷiṭṭu veṇṭunni[va]ntaṅkaḷukkum uṭaiyār śrīrājendracoḷadevarkku yāṇṭu pattāvatu varai ivarkaḷ vaiytta kācil śrīrājarājīśvarattiṉiteḻuntaruḷi irunta paramasvāmikku mulabhṛityanākiya caṇḍeśvaradevar pakkal policaiūṭṭukkukkoṇṭa ūruṅkallil veṭṭiṉa [1*] nittaviṉotavaḷanāṭṭu āvūrkkūṟṟattu brahmadeyam irumputalākiya manukulacūḷāmaṇiccaturvedimaṅgalattu sa[bh]aiyār atikārikaḷ kāñcivāyiluṭaiyār utai[ya]tivākaraṉ tillaiyāḷiyār[āṉa] rājarāja[mū]ventaveḷār eḻuntaruḷuvitta krātārjjunadevarkkuttiruvamutu uḷḷiṭṭu veṇṭunnivantaṅkaḷukku vaiytta k[ācil ko]ṇṭa kācu toṇṇūṟṟu nālum uṭaiyā[r] śrī[r]ājarā[jadevar eḻu]ntaruḷuvitta mahāmeruviṭaṅkarkkum nampirāṭṭiyārkkuntiruvamutu uḷḷiṭṭu veṇṭunnivantaṅkaḷukkucciṟutaṉattuppaṇimakkaḷ vaiytta kācil koṇṭa kācu aiññūṟṟāṟum āka yāṇṭu pattāvatu pacāṉ mutal koṇṭa kācu aṟunūṟiṉāl kācu oṉṟukku āṭṭai vaṭṭaṉ palicai nellu mukkuṟuṇiyāka candrādityava-

⟨6⟩ l āṭṭāṇṭu toṟum rājakesariyoṭokkum āṭavallāṉeṉṉum marakkālāl tañcāvūr uṭaiyār perum paṇṭārattey aḷakkakkaṭava nellu nūṟṟaimpatiṉ kalam ||— [2*]

TRANSLATION.

1. Hail ! Prosperity ! In the tenth year (of the reign) of Kō-Parakēsarivarman, alias Śrī-Rājēndra-Chōḷadēva, who,—in (his) life of high prosperity, (during which he) rejoiced that, while Fortune, having become constant, was increasing, the goddess of the great earth, the goddess of victory in battle, and the matchless goddess of fame had become his great queens,—conquered with (his) great and warlike army Iḍaituṟai-nāḍu; 1 Vaṉavāśi, whose warriors (were protected by) walls of continuous forests; Koḷḷippākkai, whose walls were surrounded by śuḷḷi (trees); Maṇṇaikkaḍakkam of unapproachable strength; 2 the crown of the king of Īram, who came to close quarters in fighting; the exceedingly beautiful crown of the queen of the king of that (country); the crown of Sundara and the pearl-necklace of Indra, which the king of the South had previously given up to that (king of Īṛam); the whole Īṛa-maṇḍalam on the transparent sea; the crown praised by many and the garland of the sun, family-treasures, which the arrow-shooting (king of) Kēraḷa rightfully wore; many ancient islands, whose old and great guard was the sea, which resounds with conches; the crown of pure gold, worthy of Lakshmī, which Paraśurāma, having considered the fortifications of Śāndimattīvu 3 impregnable, had deposited (there), when, raging with anger, (he) bound the kings twenty-one times; the seven and a half lakshas of Iraṭṭa-pāḍi, (which was) strong by nature, (the conquest of which was accompanied) with immeasurable fame, (and which he took from) Jayasiṁha, who, out of fear (and) full of vengeance, turned his back at Muyaṅgi 4 and ⟨Page 95⟩ hid himself; and the principal great mountains, (which contained) the nine treasures;— 1 there was engraved on stone (the name of) the village, which had received on interest from Chaṇḍēśvaradēva,—who is the first servant of the supreme lord, who has been pleased to take up gladly his abode in (the temple called) Śrī-Rājarājēśvara,—(part) of the money, (which had been deposited) until the tenth year (of the reign) of the lord Śrī-Rājēndra-Chōḷadēva for the sacred food and other expenses required by (the image of) Krātārjunadēvar,—which had been set up by the minister Udayadivākaraṉ Tillaiyāḷiyār, alias Rājarāja-Mūvēnda-Vēḷār, a native of Kāñchivāyil,—and (of the money), which the Śiṟudaṉattu Paṇimakkaḷ 2 had deposited for the sacred food and other expenses required by (the image of) Mahā-Mēru-Viṭaṅkar,—which had been set up by the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva,—and by (the image of) his consort.

2. The members of the assembly of Irumbudal, alias Manukulachūḷāmaṇichaturvēdimaṅgalam, a brahmadēya in Āvūr-kūṟṟam, (a subdivision) of Nittaviṉōda-vaḷanāḍu, have received after (the harvest of) the paśāṉ in the tenth year (of the king's reign) six hundred kāśu, viz., (1) ninety-four kāśu taken out of the money, which had been deposited for the sacred food and other expenses required by (the image of) Krātārjunadēvar, which had been set up by the minister Udayadivākaraṉ Tillaiyāḷiyār, alias Rājarāja-Mūvēnda-Vēḷār, a native of Kāñchivāyil, and (2) five hundred and six kāśu taken out of the money, which the Śiṟudaṉattu Paṇimakkaḷ had deposited for the sacred food and other expenses required by (the image of) Mahā-Mēru-Viṭaṅkar,—which had been set up by the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva,—and by (the image of) his consort. For (these six hundred kāśu), they have to measure every year, as long as the moon and the sun endure, one hundred and fifty kalam of paddy into the large treasury of the lord (at) Tañjāvūr with the marakkāl) called (after) Āḍavallāṉ, which is equal to a rājakēsari,—the rate of interest being three kuṟuṇi of paddy per year for each kāśu.

⟨SIIv02p0i0011⟩ No. 11. ON THE SOUTH WALL, FIRST TIER.

The date of this inscription is the same as that of No. 10. It records endowments to the two last of the images, which were mentioned in No. 10, and to the images of Kalyāṇasundarar and his consort, the first of which had been set up by Trailōkyamahādēvī, a queen of Rājarājadēva.

TEXT.

⟨6⟩ 3 tiru manni vaḷara irunilamaṭantaiyum poṟcayappāvai[yuñ]cīrttaṉiccelviyuntaṉ perunteviyarākiyiṉpuṟa neṭutiyalūḻiyuḷ i[ṭ]aituṟaināṭuntuṭarvaṉavelippaṭar vaṉavāciyuñcuḷḷiccūḻmatiḷ koḷḷippākkaiyum naṇṇaṟkarumuraṇ maṇṇaikkaṭakkamum porutaṭarīḻattaraicar tamuṭiyum āṅkavar teviyaroṅkeḻil muṭiyum muṉṉavar pakkal teṉṉavar vaitta cuntaramuṭiyum intiraṉāramunteṇṭirai īḻamaṇṭalamuḻuvatum eṟipaṭaikkeraḷar muṟaimaiyiṟcūṭuṅkulataṉamākiya palar pukaḻ muṭi[yu]ñceṅkatir mālaiyuñcaṅkatirvelaittolperuṅkāval palapaḻantīvuñceruviṟciṉaviyirupattorukālaraicukaḷai kaṭṭa ⟨Page 96⟩ paracurāmaṉ mevaru[ñ]cāntimattīvaraṇ karutiyiruttiya cempoṟṟiruttaku muṭiyum payaṅkoṭu paḻi mika muyaṅkiyil mutukiṭṭoḷitta cayaciṅka[ṉ aḷa]pperum pukaḻoṭu pīṭiyaliraṭṭapāṭi eḻarai ilakkamum navanetikkulapperumalaika[ḷum māppo]rutaṇṭāṟkoṇṭa kopparakesarivarmmarāṉa uṭaiyār śrīrājendracoḷad[ evarkku yāṇṭu pa] ttā[va]tu arumoḻidevavaḷanāṭṭuppuṟaṅkarampaināṭṭu arumoḻidevaccaturvvedimaṅgalattu sabhaiyār tañcāvūr śrīrājarājīśvarattiṉiteḻuntaruḷiyirunta paramasvāmikku mūlabhṛityaṉākiya caṇḍeśvaradevar pakkal uṭaiyār śrīrājarājadevar eḻuntaruḷuvitta mahāmeru- viṭaṅkarkku[m] nampirāṭṭiyārkkum aṭaitta niyāyam ciṟutaṉattuppaṇimakkaḷ [i]varkaḷukku veṇṭum nivantaṅkaḷukku vaitta kācil kācu irunūṟṟutto-

⟨7⟩ ṇṇūṟṟu nālum uṭaiyār śrīrājarājadevar [na]mpirāṭṭiyār trailokhya1 mahādeviyār eḻuntaruḷu[vi]tta kalyāṇasundararkkum nampirāṭṭiyārkkum aṭaitta niyāya[ṅkaḷi]lār ivarkaḷukku veṇṭu[m] nivantaṅkaḷukku vaitta kācil keraḷāntakavācaṟtirumeykāppar kācu nūṟṟorupatteṭṭum aṇukkavācaṟtirum[e]ykāppar kācu eṭṭum keraḷāntakatterintaparivārattār kācu muppattaiñcu[m] jananātatterintaparivārattār kācu aiñcum ciṅkaḷāntakatterintapa[ri]vārattār kācu oṉṟum teṉkaraināṭṭupparivārameykāpparkaḷ kācu munnūṟṟu muppattoṉpatum āka yāṇṭu pat[tā]vatu pacāṉ mutal koṇṭa kācu eṇṇūṟu [1*] ikkācu eṇṇūṟiṉālum kācu oṉṟukku āṭṭai vīṭṭaṉ policai kācu araik[k]ālāka yāṇṭu pattāvatu pacāṉ mutal candrādityavat āṭṭāṇṭu toṟum uṭaiyār śrīrājarājīśvaram uṭaiyār bhaṇḍārattu iṭakkaṭa[va] policai kācu nūṟu ||— [2*]

TRANSLATION.

1. [In the tenth year (of the reign) of] Kō-Parakēsarivarman, alias the lord Śrī-Rājēndra-Chōḷa[dēva], who, etc., 2 the members of the assembly of Arumoṛidēvachaturvēdimaṅgalam in Puṟaṅgarambai-nāḍu, (a subdivision) of Arumoṛidēvavaḷanāḍu, (have received) from Chaṇḍēśvaradēva,—who is the first servant of the supreme lord, who has been pleased to take up gladly his abode in (the temple called) Śrī-Rājarājēśvara (at) Tañjāvūr,—two hundred and ninety-four kāśu out of the money, which the Niyāyam 3 Śiṟudaṉattu Paṇimakkaḷ,— 4 who were attached to (the image of) Mahā-Mēru-Viṭaṅkar, which had been set up by the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva, and to (the image of) his consort,—had deposited for the expenses required by these (images). And, out of the money, which the Niyāya[ṅgaḷi]lār,—who were attached to (the image of) Kalyāṇasundarar, which had been set up by Trailōkyamahādēvī, the consort of our lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva, and to (the image of) his consort,—had deposited for the expenses required by these (images), the Kēraḷāntaka-vāśal-tirumeykāppar 5 (have received) one hundred and eighteen kāśu; the Aṇukka-vāśal-tirumeykāppar eight kāśu; the Kēraḷāntakaterinda-parivārattār 6 thirty-five kāśu; the Jananātha-terinda-parivārattār five kāśu; the Śiṅgaḷāntaka-terinda-parivārattār one kāśu; and the Parivāra-mey- ⟨Page 97⟩ kāppargaḷ of Teṉkarai-nāḍu three hundred and thirty-nine kāśu. Altogether, eight hundred kāśu) were received after (the harvest of) the paśāṉ) in the tenth year (of the king's reign).

2. For these eight hundred kāśu, (they) have to pay every year from (the harvest of) the paśāṉ in the tenth year (of the king's reign), as long as the moon and the sun endure, an interest of one hundred kāśu into the treasury of the lord of the Śrī-Rājarājēśvara (temple),—the rate of interest being one eighth kāśu per year for each kāśu.

⟨SIIv02p0i0012⟩ No. 12. ON THE SOUTH WALL, FIRST TIER.

This inscription, which is dated in the same year as No. 10, records endowments to an image, the name of which is lost, but can be supplied with certainty from No. 13, and to the image of Chaṇḍēśvaradēva, which had been set up by a person, that is also mentioned in the large Leyden grant.

TEXT.

⟨7⟩ 1 tiru maṉṉi vaḷara irunilamaṭantaiyum poṟcayappāvaiyuñcīrttaṉiccelviyuntaṉ perunteviyarākiyiṉpuṟa neṭutiyalūḻiyuḷiṭaituṟaināṭuntuṭarvaṉavelippaṭar vaṉavāciyuñcuḷḷiccūḻ[ma]tiḷ k[o]ḷḷippākkaiyunaṇṇaṟkarumaraṇ maṇṇaikkaṭakkamum porutaṭarīḻa[ttaraicar ta]muṭiyumāṅkavar teviyaroṅkeḻil muṭiyumuṉṉavar pakkal teṉṉavar [v]aitta cuntaramuṭi[yu]m intiraṉāramunteṇṭirai īḻamaṇṭalamuḻuvatum eṟipaṭaikk[e]raḷar muṟaimaiyiṟcūṭuṅkulataṉamākiya palar pukaḻ muṭiyuñceṅkatir mālaiyuñcaṅkatirvelaittolperuṅkāval palapaḻantīvuñceruviṟciṉaviyirupattorukāl araicukaḷai kaṭ[ṭa pa]racurāmaṉ m[e]varuñcāntimattīvaraṇ karutiyiruttiya cempoṟṟiruttaku muṭiyum payaṅkoṭu paḻi mika muyaṅkiyil mutukiṭṭoḷi-

Second section.

⟨1⟩ [tta cayaciṅkaṉ a]ḷa[pparum pu]kaḻoṭu pīṭiyaliraṭṭapāṭiyeḻarai ilakkamum na[vanetik]kulapperumalaikaḷumāpporutaṇṭāṟ[k]o[ṇ]ṭa k[o]p[parak]esariva- rmmarāṉa uṭaiyār śrīrājendracoḷade[va]rkku yāṇṭu pattāvatu aruḷmoḻidevavaḷa[n]āṭṭu n[e]ṉmalināṭṭuppaḷḷiyiṟsabhaiyār tañcāvūr śrīrājarājī[ śvarattiṉi] teḻu[n]taruḷiyirunta paramasvāmikku mūlabhṛityaṉākiya caṇḍeśvaradevar pakkal uṭai[ yār śrīrājarājīśvaramuṭaiy] ārk[ku aṭ]ait[ta niyāyam] p[eruntaṉat]tu [vala]ṅ[kaive]ḷaikkāṟappaṭaikaḷil paṇṭitacoḻatterintavillikaḷ ivarkku v[eṇṭum nivantaṅka]ḷukku vaitta kācil kācu muppattoṉṟu[m] ivarkke nittaviṉotatterintavalaṅkaiveḷaikkāṟar meṟpaṭikku vaitta kācu patiṉ mūṉṟum peruntaṉam īrāyiravaṉ pa[llavayaṉā]ṉa mummaṭicoḻapocaṉāṉa uttamacoḻappallavaraiyaṉ eḻuntaruḷuvitta caṇḍeśvaradevarkku aṭaitta niyāyam uttamacoḻatterinta antaḷakattāḷār ivarkku ve[ṇṭum niva]ntaṅkaḷukku [v]aitta kācu aṟupatum āka yāṇṭu pattāvatu pacāṉ mutal koṇṭa kācu nūṟṟu nālu [1*] ikkācu nūṟṟu nāliṉāluṅkācu oṉṟukku āṭṭai vīṭṭaṉ policai kācu araikkālāka [yāṇ]ṭu pattāvatu pacāṉ mutal candrādityavat āṭṭāṇṭu toṟum uṭaiyār śrīrājarājīśvaramuṭaiyār paṇṭārattu iṭakkaṭava policai kācu patiṉ mūṉṟu ||— [2*] ⟨Page 98⟩

TRANSLATION.

1. After (the harvest of) the paśāṉ in the tenth year (of the reign) of Kō-Parakēsarivarman, alias the lord Śrī-Rājēndra-Chōḷadēva, who, etc., 1 the members of the assembly of Paḷḷiyil in Neṉmali-nāḍu, (a subdivision) of Aruḷmoṛidēva-vaḷanāḍu, have received from Chaṇḍēśvaradēva,—who is the first servant of the supreme lord, who has been pleased to take up gladly his abode in (the temple called) Śrī-Rājarājēśvara (at) Tañjāvūr,—one hundred and four kāśu, viz., thirty-one kāśu out of the money, which the Paṇḍita-Śōṛa-terinda-villigaḷ, 2 (a subdivision) of the [Niyāyam P]e[rundaṉat]tu [Vala]ṅ[gai-vē]ḷaikkāṟa-paḍaigaḷ, 3 who were attached to the lord [of the Śrī-Rājarājēśvara (temple)], had deposited for the expenses required by this (image); thirteen kāśu, which the Nittaviṉōda-terinda-valaṅgai-vēḷaikkāṟar had deposited for the above (requirements) of this (image); and sixty kāśu, which the Niyāyam Uttama-Śōṛa-terindaandaḷagattāḷār,— 4 who were attached to (the image of) Chaṇḍēśvaradēva, which had been set up by Perundaṉam Īrāyiravaṉ Pa[llavayaṉ], alias Mummaḍi-Śōṛa-Pōśaṉ, alias Uttama-Śōṛa-Pallavaraiyaṉ,— 5 had deposited for the expenses required by this (image).

2. For these one hundred and four kāśu, (they) have to pay every year from (the harvest of) the paśāṉ in the tenth year (of the king's reign), as long as the moon and the sun endure, an interest of thirteen kāśu into the treasury of the lord of the Śrī-Rājarājēśvara (temple),—the rate of interest being one eighth kāśu per year for each kāśu.