SOUTH-INDIAN INSCRIPTIONS [2-2]

⟨SIIv02p0i0024⟩ No. 24. IN THE INNER GOPURA, ON THE LEFT OF THE ENTRANCE.

This inscription is dated in the 29th year of the reign of Kō-Rājakēsarivarman, alias Rājarājadēva, and opens with the same historical passage as Nos. 1 to 3. 1 It records two deposits of money, which were made by an officer of king Rājarājadēva in favour of the chief idol of the Rājarājēśvara temple, and of the image of Dakshiṇa-Mēru-Viṭaṅkar. The first deposit was lent to the inhabitants of a bāzār at Tañjāvūr, who had in exchange to supply cardamom seeds and champaka buds, and the second deposit to certain villagers, who had to supply khaskhas roots. These three kinds of drugs were used for scenting the bathing-water of the two gods.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī ||— tirumakaḷ polapperunilaccelvi[yunta]ṉakk[e] urimai [pū]ṇṭamai maṉakkoḷakkāntaḷūrccālai kalama[ṟu]ttaruḷi veṅkaināṭuṅkaṅ-

⟨2⟩ kapāṭiyuntaṭiyapāṭiyunnuḷam[pa]pā[ṭi]yuṅkuṭamalaināṭuṅkollamu[ṅ]kaliṅkamu[m eṇ]ṭi[c]ai [puka]ḻ [tara ī]ḻamaṇṭalamum raṭṭapāṭi eḻaraiyilakkamuntiṇṭiṟal veṉṟi-

⟨3⟩ ttaṇṭāṟkoṇṭa taṉṉe[ḻi]l vaḷaruḻiyuḷellāyāṇṭuntoḻutaka [viḷa]ṅkum yāṇṭe ce[ḻi]yarai[t]tecu koḷ śrīkorājakesa[rivarmma]rāṉa śrī[rājarājadeva]-

⟨4⟩ ṟ[ku yā]ṇṭu irupattoṉ[pa]tāvatu uṭaiyār śrīrājarājadevar ciṟutaṉattuppaṇimakaṉ arumoḻitevavaḷanāṭṭuppuliyūrnāṭṭu murukanallūruṭaiyā-

⟨5⟩ [ṉ kā]ṭaṉ kaṇavati uṭaiyār śrīrājarājīśvaramuṭaiyār ā[ṭi]yaruḷuntirumañcaṉaniriluntaṇṇīr mitilumiṭa peruñceṇpakamoṭṭukkum e[la]varicikku-

⟨6⟩ m ilāmaccattukkum dakṣiṇameruviṭaṅkar āṭiyaruḷu[nti]rumañcaṉanīriluntaṇṇīr mitilum iṭa ilāmacca[t]tukkum veṇṭunnivantattukku[p]-

⟨7⟩ policaiyūṭṭukku yāṇṭu irupattoṉpatāva[tu] va[rai] vaitta kācum ikkācu uṭaiyār [śrīr]ājarājīśvarattu iṉi[t]eḻuntaruḷi irunta paramasvā-

⟨8⟩ mikku mulabhṛityaṉākiya caṇḍeśvaradevar pakkal kācu koṇṭu policai cekuttu i[va]ṉ vaitta nivantañceluttu[vat]ākakko[ṇ]ṭa ūrum a[ṅ]-

⟨9⟩ kāṭiyuṅkallil veṭṭiṉa [1*] uṭaiyār śrī[r]ā[ja]rā[jīśva]ramuṭaiyār āṭiyaruḷuntiru[ma]ñcaṉanīriluntaṇṇīr miti[lum] mūṉṟu sa[ ndhikkumiṭa] nica[ta]-

⟨10⟩ m elavari[ci] āḻā[k]kāka orāṭṭaikku elava[ri]ci aiṅkuṟuṇi aiññāḻiyum [|*] saṅkiramam oṉṟukku āṭiyaruḷuntirumañcaṉa[nī]riluntaṇṇīr mitilu[m]

⟨11⟩ iṭa elavarici āḻākkāka saṅkiramam paṉṉiraṇṭu[k]ku elavarici [nā]ḻi[yu]riyum [|*] tiruccataiyattirunāḷ oṉṟukku āṭiyaruḷuntirumañcaṉanīriluntaṇṇīr miti- ⟨Page 122⟩

⟨12⟩ lum iṭa elavarici āḻākkākattiruccataiyattirunāḷ paṉṉi[ra]ṇṭukku [elava]rici nā[ḻiyuri]yum [|*] āka orāṭṭaikku rājakesariyoṭokku[m] āṭavallāṉeṉṉum

⟨13⟩ marakkālāl elavarici tūṇippatakku [|*] ivai kācu oṉṟukku kuṟuṇi [nāṉā]ḻiy[āka va]nta kācu nālum [|*] uṭaiyār śrīrājarājīśvaramuṭaiyār āṭiya[ru]ḷuntirumañcaṉanīriluntaṇ-

⟨14⟩ [ṇī]r mitilum mūṉṟu sandhikkum iṭa nicatam peruñceṇpa[ka]m[o]ṭṭu āḻā[kk]ā[ka] orāṭṭaikkupperu[ñ]ceṇpakamoṭṭu aiṅkuṟuṇi aiññ[ā]ḻiyum [|*] sa[ṅ]kiramam oṉṟu-

⟨15⟩ kku āṭiyaruḷuntirumañcaṉanīriluntaṇṇīr mitilum i[ṭa peruñce]ṇ[pakam]oṭṭu ā[ḻ]ākkāka sa[ṅ]kiramam paṉṉi[ra]ṇṭu[k]ku peruñce[ṇpa]kam[o]ṭṭu nāḻi uriyuntirucca-

⟨16⟩ taiyattirunāḷ oṉṟukku ā[ṭiya]ruḷuntirumañcaṉanīri[lun]taṇ[ṇī]r [miti]lum iṭapperuñceṇpakamoṭṭu āḻākkāka tiruccataiyattirunāḷ paṉṉiraṇṭukku pe-

⟨17⟩ ruñceṇpakamoṭṭu nāḻiyuriyu[m] [|*] ā[ka] rājakesa[riy]oṭok[kum ā]ṭava[l]lāṉeṉṉum marakkālā[l] peruñceṇpa[ka]moṭṭuttūṇippa[ta]kku [|*] ivai kācu oṉṟukkup-

⟨18⟩ patakkāka vanta kācu mūṉṟum [|*] āka orāṭṭaikku policaikk[ācu e]ḻukku āṭṭai vaṭṭaṅ[k]āciṉ vāy araikk[ā]ṟkācu policai k[o]ṇṭu āṭṭā[ṇ]ṭu toṟu[m] elavariciyum pe-

⟨19⟩ ruñceṇpakamoṭṭuñcantirā[tit]tavaṟ[po]licaikkācu ko[ṇṭu c]elu[t]tuvataṟku vaitta kācu aimpattāṟu [|*] [ikk]ācu tañcāvūrkkūṟṟattut[ta]ñcāvūrppuṟampaṭittiripuvaṉa-

⟨20⟩ mātevipperaṅkāṭipperunakarat[t]ār uṭ[ai]yār śrīrājarājad[ evarkku] y[āṇ]ṭu irupattoṉpatāvatu mu[ta]l p[o]licaikkācu eḻukkum elavariciyu[m] peruñceṇ[paka]moṭṭum āṭ-

⟨21⟩ ṭāṇṭu toṟuñcantirātitta[vat] ivaṉ vaitta nivantañcelut[tuva]tā[kak]koṉṭa 1 kācu aimpa[t]tāṟu | [2*] uṭaiyār śrīrājarājīśvaramuṭaiyār āṭiyaruḷuntirumañcaṉanīriluntaṇ-

⟨22⟩ ṇīr mitilum mūṉṟu canti[kkumi]ṭa [ni]catam ilāmaccam a[ṟu]pala[m]āka orā[ṭṭai]kku va[n]ta i[lāmaccam] iraṇṭāyirattu orunūṟ[ṟu] a[ṟu]patiṉ palamum [|*] dakṣi-

⟨23⟩ ṇameruviṭaṅkar āṭiyaruḷuntirumañcaṉanīrilunta[ṇ]ṇīr mitilum iṭa [ni]catam ilā[ma]ccaṅkaicāka orāṭṭaikku vanta [i]lāmaccantoṇṇūṟṟup-

⟨24⟩ palamum [|*] uṭaiyār śrīrājarājīśvaramuṭaiyārundakṣiṇameruviṭaṅkarum saṁkrā[nti]nāṉṟu [ā]ṭiyaruḷuntirumañcaṉanīriluntaṇṇīr mitilum iṭa sa-

⟨25⟩ ṅkiramam oṉṟukku [i]lāmaccam orupalavarai[yā]ka saṅ[ki]rama[m] paṉṉiraṇṭukku ilāmaccam patiṉeṇpalamum [|*] āka orāṭṭaikku ilāmaccam ira-

⟨26⟩ ṇṭāyirattu irunūṟṟu aṟupattu eṇpalattukkukkā[cu] oṉṟukku ilāmaccam aṟunūṟṟu ai[m]palamākakkācu muṉṟe mukkālukku vanta

⟨27⟩ ilāmaccam iraṇṭāyirattu irunūṟṟu aṟupattu eṇpa[laṉe] mukkaicukku āṭṭai vaṭṭaṅkācu oṉṟukku tiṅkaḷ araikkālakkappalicaiyākakkācu muppatu- ⟨Page 123⟩

⟨28⟩ kku vanta akkam nāṟpattu aiñcu [|*] ivai kācu oṉṟukku [a]kkam paṉṉiraṇṭākki vanta policaikkācu muṉṟe muk[k]ālukku vaitta kā[cu] muppatu [|*] ikkācu vaṭakarai-

⟨29⟩ rājendraciṅkavaḷanā[ṭ]ṭu miṟ[ai]kkūṟṟa[t]tu [bra]hmade[ yam irā] ma[ ṉūr sabhaiy] ār u[ṭ]aiyār śrīrājarāja[de]varkku yāṇṭu irupattoṉpa[tāvatu muta]l

⟨30⟩ policaikkācu mūṉṟe mukk[ā]lukku ilāmaccam āṭṭāṇṭu t[o]ṟuñcantīrātittavat1 ivaṉ vaitta nivantañceluttuvatākakkoṇṭa kācu muppatu [3*]

TRANSLATION.

1. Hail ! Prosperity ! In the twenty-ninth year (of the reign) of Śrī-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, Taḍiya-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 Raṭṭa-pāḍi,—deprived the Śeṛiyas of their splendour, while (he) was resplendent (to such a degree) that (he) was worthy to be worshipped everywhere;— there was engraved on stone (1) the money, which [Kā]ḍaṉ Kaṇavadi (i.e., Gaṇapati), a native of Muruganallūr in Puliyūr-nāḍu, (a subdivision) of Arumoṛidēva-vaḷanāḍu, (and) a servant (paṇimagaṉ) of the minor treasure (śiṟudaṉam) 2 of the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva, had deposited until the twenty-ninth year (of the king's reign), to be put out to interest for (defraying) the expense required for big champaka buds (peruñ-śeṇpaga-moṭṭu), cardamom seeds (ēlavariśi) and khaskhas (roots), 3 to be thrown into the bathing-water and on the surface of the fresh water of the lord of the Śrī-Rājarājēśvara (temple), and for khaskhas (roots), to be thrown into the bathing-water and on the surface of the fresh water (of the image) of Dakshiṇa-Mēru-Viṭaṅkar, and (2) the village and the market, which had received this money from Chaṇḍēśvaradēva,—who is the first servant of the supreme lord, who has been pleased to take up gladly his abode in (the temple of) the lord Śrī-Rājarājēśvara,—in order to defray the expense, for which he had made the deposits, by using 4 the interest.

2. Five kuṟuṇi and five nāṛi of cardamom seeds (are required) per year, viz., (one) āṛākku of cardamom seeds per day, to be thrown into the bathing-water and on the surface of the fresh water of the lord of the Śrī-Rājarājēśvara (temple) at the three times (of the day); (one) nāṛi and (one) uri of cardamom seeds at the twelve saṁkramas, 5 viz., (one) āṛākku of cardamom seeds, to be thrown into the bathing-water and on the surface of the fresh water at each saṁkrama; and (one) nāṛi and (one) uri of cardamom seeds on the twelve sacred days of Tiru-Śadaiyam, 6 viz., (one) āṛākku of cardamom seeds, to be thrown into the bathing-water and on the surface of the fresh water on each of the sacred days of Tiru-Śadaiyam, —altogether, (one) ⟨Page 124⟩ tūṇi and (one) padakku of cardamom seeds per year, (measured) by the marakkāl called (after) Āḍavallāṉ, which is equal to a rajakēsari. At the rate of (one) kuṟuṇi and four nāṛi for each kāśu, this comes to four kāśu. Five kuṟuṇi and five nāṛi of big champaka buds (are required) per year, viz., (one) āṛākku of big champaka buds per day, to be thrown into the bathing-water and on the surface of the fresh water of the lord of the Śrī-Rājarājēśvara (temple) at the three times (of the day); (one) nāṛi and (one) uri of big champaka buds at the twelve saṁkramas, viz., (one) āṛākku of big champaka buds, to be thrown into the bathingwater and on the surface of the fresh water at each saṁkrama; and (one) nāṛi and (one) uri of big champaka buds on the twelve sacred days of Tiru-Śadaiyam, viz., (one) āṛākku of big champaka buds, to be thrown into the bathing-water and on the surface of the fresh water on each of the sacred days of Tiru-Śadaiyam, —altogether, (one) tūṇi and (one) padakku of big champaka buds, (measured) by the marakkāl called (after) Āḍavallāṉ, which is equal to a rājakēsari. At the rate of (one) padakku for each kāśu, this comes to three kāśu. Altogether, an interest of seven kāśu (is required) per year. 1 In order to realize (these), fifty-six kāśu were deposited (under the condition) that, from the interest (which amounts to) one eighth kāśu per year for each kāśu, cardamom seeds and big champaka buds should be supplied every year, as long as the moon and the sun endure. The great citizens of the great market (pēraṅgāḍi) (called after) Tribhuvanamahādēvī within the limits 2 of Tañjāvūr, (a city) in Tañjāvūr-kūṟṟam, have received these fifty-six kāśu, in order to defray every year from the twenty-ninth year (of the reign) of the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva, as long as the moon and the sun endure, the expense (for) cardamom seeds and big champaka buds, for which he had made the deposit, from the interest (which amounts to) seven kāśu.

3. Two thousand one hundred and sixty palam of khaskhas (roots) are required per year, viz., six palam of khaskhas (roots) per day, to be thrown into the bathing-water and on the surface of the fresh water of the lord of the Śrī-Rājarājēśvara (temple) at the three times (of the day). Ninety palam of khaskhas (roots) are required per year, viz., (one) kaiśu 3 of khaskhas (roots) per day, to be thrown into the bathing-water and on the surface of the fresh water (of the image) of Dakshiṇa-Mēru-Viṭaṅkar. Eighteen palam of khaskhas (roots are required) at the twelve saṁkramas, viz., one palam and a half of khaskhas (roots) at each saṁkrama, to be thrown into the bathing-water and on the surface of the fresh water of the lord of the Śrī-Rājarājēśvara (temple) and (of the image) of Dakshiṇa-Mēru-Viṭaṅkar on the day of the saṁkrānti. Altogether, two thousand two hundred and sixty-eight palaṁ of khaskhas (roots are required) per year. At the rate of six hundred and five palam of khaskhas roots for each kāśu, three and three quarters of a kāśu will pay for two thousand two hundred and sixty-eight palam and three kaiśu of khaskhas (roots). At an interest of one eighth akkam per month for each kāśu, thirty kāśu yield forty-five akkam per year. As twelve akkam are equal to one kāśu, this comes to an interest of three and three quarters of a kāśu. In order to realize (these), thirty kāśu) were deposited. The members of the assembly of [Irā]ma[ṉūr], a brahmadēya in Mi[ṟ]ai-kūṟṟam, (a subdivision) of Vaḍakarai-Rājēndrasiṁha-vaḷanāḍu, have received these thirty kāśu, in order to defray every year from the twenty-ninth year (of the reign) of the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva, as long as the moon and the sun endure, the expense (for) khaskhas (roots), for which he had made the deposit, from the interest (which amounts to) three and three quarters of a kāśu. ⟨Page 125⟩

⟨SIIv02p0i0025⟩ No. 25. IN THE INNER GOPURA, ON THE LEFT OF THE ENTRANCE.

This inscription is engraved underneath No. 24 and is dated in the same year. It records that a musician of the Rājarājēśvara temple deposited a capital, the interest of which was to be paid to the musicians who beat the drum at the festivals of the two gods Rājarājēśvara and Āḍavallār.

TEXT.

⟨31⟩ 1 svasti ||—rājendraciṅka[va]ḷan[ā]ṭṭu maṇṇināṭṭu nāṭṭārmaṅkalattuk[kaṭikai]yāṉ uṭaiyār śrīrājarājīśvaram uṭ[ai]yārkkuttiruvāykke-

⟨32⟩ [ḻ]vi ceyyum rājakesa[ rik] otaṇṭarāmaṉāṉa jayaṅ[k]oṇ[ṭac]o[ḻakaṭi]kaimārāyaṉ uṭaiyār śrīrājarā[ja]devarkku yāṇṭu iru-

⟨33⟩ [pat]toṉpatāvatu [varai u]ṭaiyāṟkkuppolicaiyūṭṭuk[ku vai]t[ta kācu]m ikkācu policaiyūṭṭukkukkoṇṭa ū[ru]ṅkallil veṭṭiyatu [1*]

⟨34⟩ u[ṭ]aiyā[ r śrī] rāja[rājīśva]ram uṭaiyār āṭṭaipperiyati[ruviḻā]vukkuttirukkoṭiyeṟṟunāṉṟu tiruppaṟ[ai]yaṟaivu keṭppikkuṅ-

⟨35⟩ kaṭik[ai]yār aivaṟku p[erā]l kācu araiyākakkācu iraṇṭaraiyu[m] [|*] āṭavallār eḻuntaruḷunāḷi[ṉ]ṟuḷḷiṭṭu mūṉṟu nāḷeṉṟu tiruppaṟaiyaṟai-

⟨36⟩ [yuṉāṉṟu tiru]ppaṟaiyaṟai[vu keṭ]ppi[k]kuṅka[ṭi]k[aiyār] ai[va]ṟku p[e]r[āl kācu a]raiyā[kakkā]cu iraṇṭaraiyum [|*] itti[ruppa]ṟaiyaṟaivu [a]pū[r]vvikaḷai-

⟨37⟩ [p]pe[ṟā]vi[ṭi]l iraṇṭum oruvaṉ[e k]eṭppikki[lu]m perāla kācu oṉṟu iṭavum [|*] āka ikkācu aiñcum iṭuvataṟku k[ā]cu oṉṟukku āṭṭai va-

⟨38⟩ [ṭṭam araikkāṟk]ācu p[o]licaiyūṭṭākaccantirā[tittava]ṟceluttuvataṟku vaitta kācu nāṟpatu [2*] ikkācu rājendraciṅka[va]ḷan[ā]ṭṭuttaṉiyūr śrīvīranār[ā*]-

⟨39⟩ [yaṇacca]tu[rvv]edimaṅkalat[tu] sabhaiyār śrī[rājarā]jadevaṟku yāṇṭu irupattoṉpatāva[tu] mutal koṇṭa kācu nāṟpatiṉā[l ā]ṭṭai vaṭṭam kācu oṉṟuk[ku]

⟨40⟩ [araikk]āṟkācu policaiyū[ṭṭā]kaccantirātitta[ vat āṭṭāṇṭu] t[o]ṟum uṭaiyār [paṇṭā]rattu vaikkakkaṭava kācu aiñcu [3*]

TRANSLATION.

1. Hail ! There was engraved on stone (1) the money, which had been deposited until the twenty-ninth year (of the reign) of the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva, to be put out to interest for the benefit of the god, by Rājakēsa[ri-Kō]daṇḍarāma, alias Jayaṅkoṇḍa-Ś[ōṛakaḍi]gai-mārāyaṉ, a musician 2 from Nāṭṭārmaṅgalam in Maṇṇi-nāḍu, (a subdivision) of Rājēndrasiṁha-vaḷanāḍu, who proclaimed the sacred commands of the lord of the Śrī-Rājarājēśvara (temple), and (2) the village, which had received this money on interest.

2. Forty kāśu were deposited (under the condition) that, as long as the moon and the sun endure, an interest of one eighth kāśu per year should be paid for each kāśu, so as to ⟨Page 126⟩ realize five kāśu. Of these, two and a half kāśu,—at the rate of half a kāśu each,—shall be paid to the five musicians, who beat the sacred drum (tiruppaṟai) on the day, on which the sacred banner (tirukkoḍi) is hoisted for the annual great festival (tiruviṛā) of the lord of the Śrī-Rājarājēśvara (temple); and two and a half kāśu,—at the rate of half a kāśu each,—to the five musicians, who beat the sacred drum on the day, on which it has to be beaten (in order to announce):—“(The image of) Āḍavallār will be carried in procession on three days, including to-day.” If persons, who have not previously performed this beating of the sacred drum, cannot be obtained, and one and the same person performs the beating twice, one kāśu shall be paid to each.

3. The members of the assembly of Śrī-Vīranār[āyaṇa-cha]turvēdimaṅgalam, a free village in Rājēndrasiṁha-vaḷanāḍu, have to deposit every year, as long as the moon and the sun endure, five kāśu into the treasury of the lord for the above-mentioned forty kāśu), which they have received in the twenty-ninth year (of the reign) of Śrī-Rājarājadēva,—the rate of interest being one eighth kāśu per year for each kāśu.

⟨SIIv02p0i0026⟩ No. 26. IN THE INNER GOPURA, ON THE RIGHT OF THE ENTRANCE.

The date and the historical introduction of this inscription are identical with those of No. 24. It records two deposits of money, which were made by a manager of the Rājarājēśvara temple and lent out to the inhabitants of a certain village. The interest of the first deposit was to be paid in paddy and to be used for procuring various articles of consumption on thirteen yearly procession days. Paragraph 2 contains a list of these articles, which is as detailed as, and still more extensive than, the one given in the inscription No. 6, paragraphs 14 and 19. The interest of the second deposit was to be paid in money and to be used for purchasing camphor, which had to be burnt before the images of Rājarājēśvara and Dakshiṇa-Mēru-Viṭaṅkar.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī || tirumakaḷ polapperunila*] cce[lvi]yunta[ṉakkeyuri]m[ai] pūṇṭamai manakkoḷakkān[ta]ḷū[r]ccālai [ka]lamaṟutta[ruḷi] veṅ[k]aināṭuṅkaṅkapāṭiyuntaṭiyapāṭi-

⟨2⟩ [yunnuḷampapāṭiyuṅkuṭama*]lainā[ṭu]ṅkollamuṅkaliṅkamum eṇṭi[c]ai pukaḻ tara īḻamaṇṭala[mum] raṭṭapāṭi eḻaraiyilakkamunti[ṇṭi]ṟal veṉṟittaṇṭāṟkoṇṭa

⟨3⟩ [taṉṉeḻil vaḷarūḻiyu*]ḷellāy[āṇ]ṭuntoḻutaka viḷaṅku[m]miyāṇṭe ceḻi[ya]r[ait]t[ecu] koḷ korājak[e]sarivarmmarā[ ṉa śrī] rā[ja]rājadevaṟku yāṇṭu iru-

⟨4⟩ [pa]ttoṉpatāvatu u[ṭai]yār śrīrājarājīśvaram uṭaiyārkku śrīkāryya- ñcey[ki]ṉṟa poyk[ai]nāṭu kiḻavaṉ [āti]ttaṉ sū[r]yyaṉā[ṉa] teṉ[ṉava]ṉ muventa-

⟨5⟩ veḷā[ṉ yāṇ]ṭu iru[pa]t[t]oṉpatāvatu varai uṭaiyār śrīrājarājīśvaram uṭaiyārkku[m] dakṣiṇameruviṭaṅkarkkuntūpattoṭu kāṭṭuntī[pattu]kku[kka]ṟpūrattiriyiṭṭu

⟨6⟩ eriya vaitta policai[k]kācuntiṅkaṭ[o]ṟuntiruviḻā eḻuntaruḷuntirum[eṉi]kkum nampirā[ṭ]ṭiyārkkuntiruvamituḷḷiṭṭu veṇṭuva[ṉa]vaṟṟukku policaiyūṭṭu-

⟨7⟩ kku vaitta kācum ikkācu policaiyūṭṭukkukko[ṇ]ṭa ūruṅkallil veṭṭiṉa ||— [1*] uṭaiyā[r] śrīrājarājīśvaram uṭaiyār koyi[li]l eḻuntaruḷuntirucca- ⟨Page 127⟩

⟨8⟩ taiyattiruvi[ḻāppa]ṉṉiraṇṭuṅkārtti[k]aikkārttikaināḷ e[ḻu]nta[ru]ḷuntiru[vi]ḻā oṉṟum ā[ka]ttiruviḻā eḻuntaruḷunāḷ pa[ti]ṉ [mūṉ]ṟiṉukku tiruviḻā eḻuntaru-

⟨9⟩ [ḷu]ntirumeṉi [tiruviḻā eḻu]nta[ruḷip]pukunta[vāṟ]e tiru[viḻā e]ḻu[n]taruḷi[ ṉa deva] ṟkuttiru[vamitu ceyya] āṭa[va]lāṉāl poṉakappa[ḻavarici] patakkun[tiruvi]ḻā [eḻu]n[taruḷu]-

⟨10⟩ [nampi]rāṭ[ṭi]yārkkuppoṉakappaḻavarici kuṟuṇiyum appak[k]āykkaṟiyamitukku paḻavarici uḻakku [ā]ḻākku[m] ākappoṉakappaḻavarici mukkuṟu[ṇi] uḻakku āḻākkukku aiñci-

⟨11⟩ [ra]ṇṭāk[ki van]ta poṉakappaḻanellu eḻukuṟuṇi nāṉāḻi muḻakke āḻakkeyiruceviṭarai[yu]m ivai [pū]ri āka vāci eṟṟippūrinellu irutū[ṇi] nāṉāḻi uriyāḻākkum [|*]

⟨12⟩ poṉakappa[ru]ppu [n]āḻi uriyum appakkāykkaṟiyamitukku paruppu uḻakkāḻākkum āka parup[pu] nāḻi muḻa(ka)k[k]e[y]āḻāk[ku]kku [ne]llu aiññāḻi uri[y]āḻākkum [|*] kāykkaṟiya[mi]tukku miḷaku

⟨13⟩ oruceviṭaraiyum [a]ppakkāykkaṟiyamitukku miḷaku mukkāṟceviṭum pu[ḷi]ṅkaṟiyamitukku miḷaku mukkā[ṟ]ceviṭum pu[ḷi]yiṭṭaṭuṅka[ṟi]yamitukku miḷaku [mu]kkāṟceviṭum miḷakumo-1

⟨14⟩ ṭikku miḷaku mucceviṭum āka miḷaku [ā]ḻākkey oruceviṭe mukkāṟceviṭṭukku nellu aiññā[ḻi u]ri[yuṅ]kāykkaṟiyamitukkukka[ṭu]ku mucce[vi]ṭum appakkāykkaṟiyamitu-

⟨15⟩ kkukkaṭuku [o]ru[c]eviṭar[aiyu]m puḷiṅ[kaṟi]yamitukkukkaṭuku oru[ce]viṭaraiyu[m] ā[kakka]ṭu[ku ā]ḻākke oru[cevi]ṭṭu[kku] nellu irunāḻiyu[ḻakkā]ḻ[ā]kk[ey] oruceviṭum [|*] appakkāy-

⟨16⟩ kkaṟiyamitukku cīrakam mūṉṟu [m]ā mukkāṇicceviṭum puḷiyiṭṭaṭu[ṅ]kaṟiyamitukku cirakam muṉṟu mā [mu]k[kāṇi]cceviṭu[m] miḷaku[p]oṭi[kku] cīrakam eḻumāvaraicce-

⟨17⟩ viṭum [pu]ḷiṅkaṟiyamitukkuccīrakam muṉṟu [mā] mukkāṇicceviṭum ākaccirakam mukkāle muṉṟu mā mu[k]kāṇicceviṭṭu[k]ku nellu nāḻiyum [|*] appakkāykkaṟiyami-

⟨18⟩ tukkuccaṟkarai kacaraiyum pu[ḷi]ṅkaṟiyamitukkuccaṟkarai irupalane [ka]cum amitu ceyya caṟka[r]ai mukka[cu]m ākaccaṟkarai muppa[la]ṉe kacaraikku nellu irunāṭuri-

⟨19⟩ yāḻākke nāṟceviṭum [|*] appakkāykkaṟiyamitukku neyamitu [muk]kāṟceviṭum porikkaṟiyamitukku ne[ya]mitu mucceviṭum amitu c[e]ya neyamitu uḻak[k]āḻā-

⟨20⟩ kkum āka neyamitu uḻakkāḻākke mucceviṭe mukkāṟc[e]viṭṭukku nellukkuṟuṇi eḻunāḻi[yu]m [|*] puḷiyiṭṭaṭuṅ[ka]ṟiyamitukku puḷi orupalavaraiyum [pu]ḷi[ṅ]-

⟨21⟩ kaṟiyamitukku puḷi mukkacun[ti]rumañcaṉattukku puḷi aimpalane mukkacum ākappuḷi eṇpalattukku nellu nāḻiyum [|*] puḷiṅka[ṟi]yamitukkuttayir nāḻiyuri[yum]

⟨22⟩ amitu ceyyattayir nāḻiyu[riyu]m ākattayir muṉ[ṉā]ḻikku nellukkuṟuṇi orunāḻiyum [|*] puḷiṅ[ka]ṟiyamitu[k]kukkoḷ[ḷu muc]ceviṭṭukku [nellu] uḻakkum [|*] puḷiṅkaṟiyamitukku

⟨23⟩ vāḻaippaḻam mūṉṟu[m amitu] ceyya vāḻaippaḻam patiṉaiñcu[m ā]ka vāḻaippaḻam patiṉeṭṭukku ne[l]lu aiññā[ḻi]yuṅkaṟi[ya]mitukku nellu aṟunāḻiyuṅka[ṟi]- ⟨Page 128⟩

⟨24⟩ yamitukkuntayiramitukkum uppu uḻakkāḻākkukku nellu uḻakkāḻ[ā]kkum [|*] poṉakakkuruttu paṉ[ṉiraṇ]ṭukku nellu irunāḻiyum [|*] a[ṭ]aikkāyami[tu] pā[kku mu]ppatum veḷ-

⟨25⟩ ḷilaiyamitu aṟupatukkum [n]ellu nāṉāḻi uriyuñcitāri [ka]cukku n[e]llu nāḻiyum [|*] viṟakukku nellukkuṟuṇi aṟunāḻiyum [|*] [ā]ka oru[tiru]nāḷaik[ku]ppūrinellukkalaṉe

⟨26⟩ tūṇippatakkāka āṭ[ṭai] vaṭṭam eḻunta[ru*]ḷuntiṅkaṭtiruviḻāppatiṉ [mūṉ]ṟukku āṭavalāṉāl [pū]rinellu pattoṉpa[ti]ṉ kalaṉe tū[ṇi]ppatakkuk[ku]m uṭaiyār tañcāvūrpp[e]-

⟨27⟩ rum paṇṭāratte āṭṭai va[ṭ]ṭam kācu oṉṟukku mukkuṟuṇi n[e]llupp[o]licai nellukkoṇṭu ca[n]ti[rāti]ttava[ṟ]cella vaitta [k]ācu eḻupatt[e]ṭṭum [2*] uṭaiyār śrīrājarā-

⟨28⟩ jīśvaram uṭaiyārkkum dakṣi[ṇa]meruviṭaṅkarkkum tūpattoṭu kāṭṭuntīpattukku kaṟpūrattiriyiṭṭeriya nicataṅkaṟ[pū]ramūṉṟu māvāka [ā]ṭṭai vaṭ[ṭa]ṅkaṟpūram aiṅkaḻañ-

⟨29⟩ ce [eṭṭu] mañcāṭiyuntirucca[t]aiyattiruviḻāppaṉṉiraṇṭukkuṅkārttikaikkārttikaināḷ oṉ[ṟuk]kum saṁkrā[n]ti paṉṉiraṇṭu[kku]m periyatiruutsavam

⟨30⟩ nā[ḷ] oṉpatukkum [āka] nāḷ mu[ppat]tu nāliṉukku kaṟpūrat[ti]riyiṭṭe[rintu varu]kiṉṟa paṭi mel eṟṟam orunāḷaikku [mū]ṉṟu māv[āka] kaṟpūram [a]raikkaḻañceyira-

⟨31⟩ ṇṭu māvum āka kaṟpūram aiṅkaḻañce mukkāle muṉṟu mañcāṭiyum iraṇṭu māvukku āṭṭai vaṭṭa[m] kāciṉ vāy arai(ka)kkāṟk[ācu p]o[li]caikkāka kācu ko-

⟨32⟩ ṇṭu cantirātittavaṟcella vaitta kā[cu] patiṉāṟu āka kācu toṇṇūṟṟu nālu [3*] ikkācu nittavi[ṉ]otavaḷanāṭṭu veṇ[ṇi]kkūṟṟattu brahmadeyam

⟨33⟩ p[eruna] • • • kalattu1 sabhaiyār yāṇṭu irupatteṭṭāvatu pacāṉ mutal koṇṭa kācu eḻupatte[ṭṭi]nāl kācu o[ṉṟukku āṭ]ṭai vaṭṭam mukkuṟu[ṇi ne]-

⟨34⟩ l[lu poli]cai[yū]ṭṭākaccan[ti]rātittava[t] āṭṭāṇṭu toṟum uṭaiyār perum paṇṭārattey rājakesariyoṭ[okkum āṭavallā]ṉ eṉṉumarakkā[lāl aḷa]-

⟨35⟩ kka[kkaṭava nellu pat]toṉpatiṉ [ka]laṉe tū[ṇi]ppatakku ||— [4*] ivar[ka]ḷ[e] āṭṭai vaṭṭaṅkā[ci]ṉ v[āy] araikkāṟkācu policai[yāka yāṇ]ṭu iru[pa]tteṭṭāvatu picāṉ [muta]-

⟨36⟩ ṟ[koṇṭa kācu pa]ti[ṉā]ṟiṉāl cantirātittavat āṭṭāṇṭu toṟum uṭ[ai]yār paṇṭāratte[yiṭa]kka[ṭa]va k[ā]cu [i]raṇṭu ||— [5*]

TRANSLATION.

1. Hail ! Prosperity ! In 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, Taḍiya-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 Raṭṭa-pāḍi,—deprived the Śeṛiyas of their splendour, while ⟨Page 129⟩ (he) was resplendent (to such a degree) that (he) was worthy to be worshipped everywhere;— there was engraved on stone (1) the money, which Ādittaṉ (i.e., Āditya) Sūryaṉ, alias Teṉṉavaṉ Mūvēnda-Vēḷāṉ, a headman (kiṛavaṉ) (of) Poygai-nāḍu, who carried on the management of the temple (śrīkārya) of the lord Śrī-Rājarājēśvara, had deposited until the twenty-ninth year (of the king's reign), (to be put out) to interest (for purchasing) camphor (karpūra), to be burnt instead of the wick (tiri) in the lamp (dīpa), which is offered along with the incense (dhūpa) to the lord of the Śrī-Rājarājēśvara (temple) and to (the image of) Dakshiṇa-Mēru-Viṭaṅkar; (2) the money, which (he) had deposited, to be put out to interest for (providing) the offerings (tiruvamidu) and other requirements of the image (tiru-mēṉi) which is carried in procession (at) the monthly festival, and of (its) consort; and (3) the village, which had received this money on interest.

2. (One) padakku by the Āḍavalāṉ 1 (measure) of old rice for boiling (pōṉaga-paṛaariśi) (is required) for the offerings to the god who is carried in procession (at) the festival, and (one) kuṟuṇi of old rice for boiling (is required) by his consort, after (both) images have entered (the sacred hall) 2 at the procession on (each of) thirteen festival days, viz., (at) the twelve festivals of Tiru-Śadaiyam, 3 which are celebrated in the temple of the lord Śrī-Rājarājēśvara, and (at) the festival, which is celebrated on the single day of (the nakshatra) Kārttigai in (the month of) Kārttigai; 4 and (one) uṛakku and (one) āṛākku of old rice (are required) for appakkāy 5 curry,—altogether, three kuṟuṇi, (one) uṛakku and (one) āṛākku of old rice for boiling, or,—as five (measures of paddy) yield two (measures of rice),—seven kuṟuṇi, four nāṛi, three uṛakku, (one) āṛakku, 6 and two śeviḍu 7 and a half of old paddy for boiling, or,—having added an increment (vāśi),—two tūṇi, four nāṛi, (one) uri and (one) āṛākku 8 of mixed paddy (pūri-nellu). Five nāṛi, (one) uri and (one) āṛākku of paddy (are required) for (one) nāṛi, three uṛakku and (one) āṛākku of pulse (paruppu), viz., (one) nāṛi and (one) uri of pulse (to be offered) with the boiled rice, and (one) uṛakku) and (one) āṛākku of pulse for appakkāy curry. Five nāṛi and (one) uri of paddy (are required) for (one) āṛākku, one śeviḍu, and three quarters of a śeviḍu of pepper (miḷagu), viz., one śeviḍu and a half of pepper for fruit curry (kāykkaṟi), three quarters of a śeviḍu of pepper for appakkāy curry, three quarters of a śeviḍu) of pepper for tamarind curry (puḷiṅgaṟi), three quarters of a śeviḍu of pepper for curry cooked with tamarinds, and three śeviḍu of pepper for pepper powder (miḷagu-poḍi). Two nāṛi, (one) uṛakku, (one) āṛākku and one śeviḍu of paddy (are required) for (one) āṛākku and one śeviḍu of mustard (kaḍugu), viz., three śeviḍu of mustard for fruit curry, one śeviḍu and a half of mustard for appakkāy curry, and one śeviḍu and a half of mustard for tamarind curry. (One) nāṛi of paddy (is required) for three quarters, three twentieths and three eightieths of a śeviḍu) of cumin (jīraka), viz., three twentieths and three eightieths of a śeviḍu of cumin for appakkāy curry, three twentieths and three eightieths of a śeviḍu of cumin for curry cooked with tamarinds, seven twentieths and one fortieth of a śeviḍu of cumin for pepper powder, and three twentieths and three eightieths of a seviḍu of cumin for tamarind curry. Two nāṛi, (one) uri, (one) āṛākku and four śeviḍu of ⟨Page 130⟩ paddy (are required) for three palam and (one) kaśu 1 and a half of sugar (śaṟkarai), viz., (one) kaśu and a half of sugar for appakkāy curry, two palam and (one) kaśu of sugar for tamarind curry, and three kaśu of sugar for the offerings. (One) kuṟuṇi and seven nāṛi of paddy (are required) for (one) uṛakku, (one) āṛākku, three śeviḍu, and three quarters of a śeviḍu of ghee (ney), viz., three quarters of a śeviḍu of ghee for appakkāy curry, three śeviḍu of ghee for fried curry (porikkaṟi), and (one) uṛakku and (one) āṛākku of ghee for the offerings. (One) nāṛi of paddy (is required) for eight palam of tamarinds, viz., one palam and a half of tamarinds for curry cooked with tamarinds, three kaśu of tamarinds for tamarind curry, and five palam and three kaśu of tamarinds for the sacred bath. (One) kuṟuṇi and one nāṛi of paddy (are required) for three nāṛi) of curds (tayir), viz., (one) nāṛi and (one) uri of curds for tamarind curry, and (one) nāṛi and (one) uri of curds for the offerings. (One) uṛakku of paddy (is required) for three śeviḍu of gram (koḷḷu) for tamarind curry. Five nāṛi of paddy (are required) for eighteen plantains (vāṛaippaṛam), viz., three plantains for tamarind curry, and fifteen plantains for the offerings. Six nāṛi) of paddy (are required) for curry. (One) uṛakku and (one) āṛākku of paddy (are required) for (one) uṛakku and (one) āṛākku of salt (uppu) for curry and curds. Two nāṛi) of paddy (are required) for twelve young leaves (kuruttu) on which the boiled rice (is offered). Four nāṛi and (one) uri of paddy (are required) for thirty areca-nuts (aḍaikkāy) and sixty betel-leaves (veḷḷilai). (One) nāṛi of paddy (is required) for (one) kaśu of bark. 2 (One) kuṟuṇi and six nāṛi of paddy (are required) for fire-wood (viṟagu). Altogether, (one) kalam, (one) tūṇi and (one) padakku of mixed paddy (are required) on each sacred day, 3 or nineteen kalam, (one) tūṇi and (one) padakku by the Āḍavalāṉ (measure) of mixed paddy for the thirteen monthly festivals, which are celebrated every year. Inorder to realize (these), seventy-eight kāśu) were deposited (under the condition) that, as long as the moon and the sun endure, an interest of three kuṟuṇi of paddy per year for each kāśu) should be delivered into the large treasury of the lord (at) Tañjāvūr. ⟨Page 131⟩

3. There were (further) deposited sixteen kāśu (under the condition) that, as long as the moon and the sun endure, an interest of one eighth kāśu per year for each kāśu should be paid for (purchasing) five kaṛañju and three quarters, three mañjāḍi and two tenths of camphor, 1 viz., (1) three tenths (of a mañjāḍi) of camphor per day, to be burnt instead of the wick in the lamp, which is offered along with the incense to the lord of the Śrī-Rājarājēśvara (temple) and to (the image of) Dakshiṇa-Mēru-Viṭaṅkar, or five kaṛañju and eight mañjāḍi of camphor per year, and (2) three tenths (of a mañjāḍi) of camphor in excess of the daily rate, which is used for burning instead of the wick, on each of thirty-four days, viz., at the twelve festivals of Tiru-Śadaiyam, on the single day of (the nakshatra) Kārttigai in (the month of) Kārttigai, at the twelve saṁkrāntis, 2 and on the nine days of the great sacred festival (utsava),—altogether, half a kaṛañju and two tenths (of a mañjāḍi) of camphor. Altogether, ninety-four kāśu (were deposited). 3

4. The members of the assembly of [Perunaṅgaimaṅ]galam, a brahmadēya in Veṇṇi-kūṟṟam, (a subdivision) of Nittaviṉōda-vaḷanāḍu, have to measure every year, as long as the moon and the sun endure, nineteen kalam, (one) tūṇi and (one) padakku of paddy into the large treasury of the lord with the marakkāl) called (after) Āḍavallāṉ, which is equal to a rājakēsari, for the seventy-eight kāśu, which they have received (out of) this money after (the harvest of) the paśāṉ) in the twenty-eighth year (of the king's reign),—the rate of interest being three kuṟuṇi of paddy per year for each kāśu.

5. The same (villagers) have to pay every year, as long as the moon and the sun endure, two kāśu into the treasury of the lord for (the remaining) sixteen kāśu, which they have received after (the harvest of) the piśāṉ 4 in the twenty-eighth year (of the king's reign),—the rate of interest being one eighth kāśu per year for each kāśu.

⟨SIIv02p0i0027⟩ No. 27. IN THE INNER GOPURA, ON THE RIGHT OF THE ENTRANCE.

This inscription records, that a minister of Rājarājadēva deposited a sum of money, the interest of which was to be spent for purchasing camphor. The deposit was made in the 28th, and the inscription itself engraved in the 29th year of the reign of Rājarājadēva.

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⟨1⟩ uṭaiyār śrīrājarājadeva[rk]ku tirumantiravolai 6y[e]-

⟨2⟩ ḻutum arumoḻitevavaḷanāṭṭu [i]ṅka[ṇ]āṭṭu rājak[esari]- ⟨Page 132⟩

⟨3⟩ [na]llūr rājakesarinallūr [kiḻava]ṉ [kāṟāyi]leṭutta [pā]-

⟨4⟩ tam uṭaiyār [śrī]rājarā[jade]vaṟku [yā]ṇṭu irupattoṉpatā-

⟨5⟩ vatu varai uṭaiyā[r*]kku po[lic]aiyūṭṭukku vaitta kācum vaitta [k]ā-

⟨6⟩ cu policaikkukkoṇṭa ūruṅkallil veṭṭiccu ||— [1*] uṭaiyā-

⟨7⟩ rkku tirunontāviḷakku [o]ṉṟil kaṟpūrattiriyiṭṭu eriya nica-

⟨8⟩ tam mañcāṭi kaṟ[pūram]āka āṭṭai [va]ṭṭam kaṟpūram patiṉe-

⟨9⟩ ṇ[kaḻa]ñcukku kācu o[ṉṟukkukka]ṟpūram [mu]kkaḻañcākak[k]ācu

⟨10⟩ āṟiṉukku kaṟpūram pa[tiṉeṇka]ḻañcukku āṭṭāṇṭu to-

⟨11⟩ ṟuṅkācu oṉṟiṉukku arai[kkāṟ]kā[cu] policaiyūṭṭāka van-

⟨12⟩ ta policaikkācu koṇṭu ca[nti]rā[tit]tavaṟcella vaitta kā-

⟨13⟩ cu aimpatu [2*] ikkācu nittaviṉota[va]ḷa[nā]ṭṭu ve[ṇ]ṇikkūṟṟattu

⟨14⟩ brahmadeyam perunaṅkai[maṅkalattu]cca[vaiyār uṭai]yār

⟨15⟩ [śrīrājarājadevarkku yāṇṭu irupatteṭ*] ṭāvatu pacāṉ mutal

⟨16⟩ [koṇṭa kācu aimpatiṉāl āṭṭai va*]ṭṭam kācu oṉṟukku a-

⟨17⟩ [raikkāl kācu policaiyāka candrā*] dityavat āṭṭāṇṭu to-

⟨18⟩ [ṟum uṭaiyār paṇṭārattu iṭakkaṭa*]va kācu āṟe kāl ||— [3*]

TRANSLATION.

1. There was engraved on stone (1) the money, which had been deposited until the twenty-ninth year (of the reign) of the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva, to be put out to interest for the benefit of the god, by Kāṟāyil-eḍutta-Pādam, (who was a native of) Rājakēsari-nallūr in Iṅgaṇāḍu, (a subdivision) of Arumoṛidēva-vaḷanāḍu, the headman (kiṛavaṉ) of Rājakēsari-nallūr, and the royal minister who wrote the orders 1 of the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva, and (2) the village, which had received the deposited money on interest.

2. Fifty kāśu were deposited (under the condition) that, as long as the moon and the sun endure, an interest of one eighth kāśu per year should be paid for each kāśu, so as to realize six kāśu 2 for (purchasing),—at the rate of three kaṛañju of camphor for each kāśu,—eighteen kaṛañju of camphor per year, viz., (one) mañjāḍi of camphor per day, to be burnt instead of the wick in one perpetual sacred lamp 3 for the benefit of the god.

3. The members of the assembly of Perunaṅgai[maṅgalam], a brahmadēya in Veṇṇi-kūṟṟam, (a subdivision) of Nittaviṉōda-vaḷanāḍu, have to pay every year, as long as the moon and the sun endure, six and a quarter kāśu into the treasury of the lord for these fifty kāśu, which they have received after (the harvest of) the paśāṉ in the twenty-eighth year (of the reign) of the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva,—the rate of interest being one eighth kāśu per year for each kāśu.

⟨SIIv02p0i0028⟩ No. 28. IN THE INNER GOPURA, ON THE RIGHT OF THE ENTRANCE.

This inscription is engraved underneath the preceding No. 27. It is considerably injured, especially in the first ten lines. The date is only partially preserved, but, to judge from paragraph 6, was the same as that of No. 27. The inscription records a deposit of money, the interest of which was to be used for feeding ten Śiva-yōgins on each of twenty-four festival days. The name of the donor is lost. ⟨Page 133⟩

TEXT.

⟨19⟩ 1 • • • • • • nāyakañceyuntañcā-

⟨20⟩ • • • • • • [i]rukkuñ[coṉakaṉacā]-

⟨21⟩ • • • • • • [śrīr]ājarājadevaṟku yāṇ[ṭu] irupat-

⟨22⟩ • • • • • • [uṭ]aiyār paṇṭ[ā]rattuppo[li]caiyūṭṭu-

⟨23⟩ [kku vaitta kācum ikkācu*] [p]olicaikkukkoṇṭa [ū]ruṅkalli-

⟨24⟩ [l veṭṭiṉa ||ka|| uṭaiyā*]r śrīrājarājadevar ti[ru]ccataiyatti-

⟨25⟩ 2 • • • • • • [ti]ṅkaḷ tiruviḻ[ā]ppatiṉ mūṉṟum

⟨26⟩ • • • • • • [nāḷ e]ḻuntaru[ḷu]ntiruviḻā oṉṟum āṭ-

⟨27⟩ 3 • • • • • • [k]koṭiye[ṟ]ṟa valañceyyunāḷ

⟨28⟩ [eḻuntaruḷuntiruviḻā]voṉṟu[m āṭṭ]ai[ttiruviḻā] eḻu[nta]-

⟨29⟩ ruḷunāḷ oṉpatu[m] ākattiruviḻā eḻuntaruḷunāḷ irupat[tu]

⟨30⟩ nālu [2*] ittiruviḻānāṭkaḷil orutiruviḻāvil uṭaiyārai

⟨31⟩ patiṉmar [ci]vayokikaḷ cevittu va[ntā]l cevittu vanta [ci]-

⟨32⟩ vayokikaḷ patiṉmarum uṭaiyār cālaiyile uṇṇakkaṭa[var] [3*] [i]-

⟨33⟩ [tti]ru[vi]ḻānāḷ irupattu nālukkum uṇṇakkaṭava [civayo]-

⟨34⟩ kikaḷ irunūṟṟu nāṟpatiṉmarkku oru[va]ṉukku orunāḷ oru[po]-

⟨35⟩ taikku āṭavallāṉāl kuṟuṇi irun[ā]ḻi nel nerntu ūṭṭu-

⟨36⟩ vataṟku orāṭṭaikku vanta nellu i[ru]pattaiṅkalam [4*] ivaṟ-

⟨37⟩ ṟukku uṭaiyār tañcāvūr perum paṇ[ṭā]ratte āṭṭai vaṭṭam k[ācu]

⟨38⟩ oṉṟukku muk[ku]ṟuṇi nellu po[licaiyūṭṭāka] candrāditya[ vat ce]-

⟨39⟩ lla vaitta kācu [nūṟu] [5*] [ikkācu nitta]vi[ṉo]ta[vaḷanāṭṭu veṇṇi]-

⟨40⟩ kkūṟṟattu brahmadeyam [peru]naṅ[kaimaṅkala]ttu sabhaiyār [uṭai]-

⟨41⟩ yār śrīrājarājadevaṟku yāṇṭu i[rupatt]eṭṭāvatu pacā[ṉ muta]-

⟨42⟩ l koṇṭa kācu nūṟiṉāl kācu o[ṉṟuk]ku āṭṭai vaṭṭam [mukkuṟu]-

⟨43⟩ ṇi nel policaiyūṭṭā[ ka ca] ndrāditya[vat] āṭṭāṇṭu toṟu[m uṭai]-

⟨44⟩ yār tañcāvūrpperum pa[ṇṭā]ratte [rājake]sariyoṭo[kkum āṭa]-

⟨45⟩ vallāṉeṉumarakkālā[ l aḷakkakkaṭava nellu irupattaiṅkalam ||— 6*]

TRANSLATION.

1. • • • • • • • • • • • • •

2. The twenty-four days on which festivals are celebrated, are:—Thirteen monthly festivals, [including the twelve festivals] of Tiru-Śadaiyam, (which have been instituted by) [the lord] Śrī-Rājarājadēva; one festival, celebrated on the day • • • • • ; one festival, celebrated on the day on which (the temple) is circumambulated from left to right 4 at the hoisting of the sacred banner [for the annual great festival]; and nine days on which the annual festival is celebrated. 5

3. On each of these festival days, ten Śiva-yōgins who worship the lord, have to be fed in the hall (śālai) of the temple.

4. Of twenty-five kalam of paddy per year, (one) kuṟuṇi and two nāṛi by the Āḍavallāṉ (measure) of paddy have to be given for one meal to each of the two hundred and forty Śiva-yōgins, who have to be fed on these twenty-four festival days. ⟨Page 134⟩

5. For this purpose, one hundred kāśu were deposited (under the condition) that, as long as the moon and the sun endure, an interest of three kuṟuṇi of paddy per year for each kāśu should be delivered into the large treasury of the lord (at) Tañjāvūr.

6. The members of the assembly of [Peru]naṅ[gaimaṅgal]am, a brahmadēya in [Veṇṇi]-kūṟṟam, [(a subdivision) of Nittaviṉōda-vaḷanāḍu, have to measure] every year, as long as the moon and the sun endure, [twenty-five kalam of paddy] into the large treasury of the lord (at) Tañjāvūr with the marakkāl called (after) Āḍavallāṉ, which is equal to a rājakēsari), for these one hundred kāśu), which they have received after (the harvest of) the paśāṉ in the twenty-eighth year (of the reign) of the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva,—the rate of interest being three kuṟuṇi of paddy per year for each kāśu.

⟨SIIv02p0i0029⟩ No. 29. ON A PILLAR OF THE EAST ENCLOSURE, TO THE RIGHT OF THE GOPURA. 1

This inscription describes a number of copper images, which king Rājarājadēva had set up in the Rājarājēśvara temple before the 29th year of his reign. These images were probably arranged in two groups, which represented two successive scenes from the life of the Śaiva saint Chaṇḍēśvara, as described in the Periyapurāṇam. 2 The first group may have consisted of a liṅga (Mahādēva, paragraph 8), of a statue of Chaṇḍēśvara who worshipped it (paragraph 10), and of one of his father, 3 who was killed by his own son, because he obstructed the worship of Śiva (paragraph 11). The second group was probably composed of Śiva and his consort (paragraphs 2 and 5), and of Chaṇḍēśvara (paragraph 12), who received a flower-garland from Śiva as a reward for his devotion (paragraph 13).

TEXT.

West face.

⟨1⟩ [sva]sti śrīḥ [||*] uṭaiyā-

⟨2⟩ r śrī] rājarājadevar

⟨3⟩ [śrīrā]jarājīśvaram u-

⟨4⟩ [ṭaiy]ār ko[yi]lil

⟨5⟩ [yāṇ]ṭu irupatto-

⟨6⟩ [ṉ]patāvatu varai e-

⟨7⟩ [ḻu]nta[ru]ḷuvi[t]ta cep-

⟨8⟩ [pu]ttirume[ṉi]kaḷ u-

⟨9⟩ [ṭ]aiyār koyilil mu-

⟨10⟩ [ḻat]tāl aḷantu kal-

⟨11⟩ [vil] veṭṭiṉa ||— [1*] pā-

⟨12⟩ [dā]dikeśāntam irupa-

⟨13⟩ [ti]ṟṟu virale nālu

⟨14⟩ [t]orai ucarattu nā-

⟨15⟩ [lu] śrīhastam uṭai-

⟨16⟩ [yarākak]kaṉa[m]āka eḻu-

⟨17⟩ [nta]ruḷuvitta caṇḍe- ⟨Page 135⟩

⟨18⟩ [śva]raprasādadeva-

⟨19⟩ [r ti]rumeṉi oruvar [||—] [2*]

⟨20⟩ [ra]tnanyāsañceytu

⟨21⟩ [i]var eḻuntaruḷi niṉ[ṟa]

⟨22⟩ [oru*]virale iraṇṭu t[o]-

⟨23⟩ [r]ai ucarattu śrīpāda[t]-

⟨24⟩ [to]ṭuṅkūṭaccey[ta]

⟨25⟩ [pa]tmam oṉṟu ||— [3*] ce-

⟨26⟩ [vi*]kku mel keśāntat-

⟨27⟩ [ta]ḷavuñcella mūvi-

⟨28⟩ [ra]l ucarattu iraṇṭu kaiy

South face.

⟨29⟩ uṭaiyarākakka[ṉa*]māka-

⟨30⟩ cceyta muca[la]ka-

⟨31⟩ ṉ oṉṟu ||— [4*] pā-

⟨32⟩ dādikeśāntam pa-

⟨33⟩ tiṉ aiyvirale

⟨34⟩ mūṉṟu torai uca-

⟨35⟩ rattukkaṉamākacce-

⟨36⟩ yta ivar nampirāṭṭiyār umā-

⟨37⟩ parameśvariyār tirumeṉi

⟨38⟩ oruvar ||— [5*] rātnanyāsañcey-

⟨39⟩ tu ivar eḻuntaruḷi niṉṟa o-

⟨40⟩ ruvirale orutorai

⟨41⟩ ucarattu patmam oṉ-

⟨42⟩ ṟu ||— [6*] devarum nampi-

⟨43⟩ rāṭṭiyārum eḻunta-

⟨44⟩ ruḷi niṉṟa orumuḻame

⟨45⟩ iruviral nīḷattup-

⟨46⟩ patiṉ aṟuviral

⟨47⟩ akalattu aṟuvira-

⟨48⟩ l ucarattu pīṭham o-

⟨49⟩ ṉṟu ||— [7*] śrīpādapī-

⟨50⟩ ṭhattukku mel śi-

⟨51⟩ rovarttaṉaiyaḷavu-

⟨52⟩ ñcella oruvira-

⟨53⟩ le iraṇṭu torai

⟨54⟩ ucarattu mūviralarai-

⟨55⟩ ccuṟṟiṟpuṟappaṭṭa

⟨56⟩ oruśrīhasam1uṭai-

East face.

⟨57⟩ yarākakkaṉamākacce-

⟨58⟩ yta mahādevar oru- ⟨Page 136⟩

⟨59⟩ var |— [8*] ivaroṭuṅkū-

⟨60⟩ ṭacceyta iruviral

⟨61⟩ ucarattukkaṉamāka-

⟨62⟩ cceyta pīṭham o-

⟨63⟩ ṉṟu |— [9*] pād[ā]dike-

⟨64⟩ śāntam aiyvirale

⟨65⟩ aiñcu torai u-

⟨66⟩ carattu iraṇṭu kai-

⟨67⟩ yyuṭaiyarākakka-

⟨68⟩ ṉamākacceyta ca-

⟨69⟩ ṇḍeśvarar o[ru]va-

⟨70⟩ [r ||—] [10*] pādādikeśāntam

⟨71⟩ aṟuviraley eḻu-

⟨72⟩ torai nīḷattu i-

⟨73⟩ raṇṭu kaiyyuṭai-

⟨74⟩ yarāy viḻuntu kiṭa-

⟨75⟩ ntārākakkaṉamāka-

⟨76⟩ cceyta ivar pitā

⟨77⟩ oruvaṉ ||— [11*] pādā[di]-

⟨78⟩ keśāntam [o]ṉpa[ti]-

⟨79⟩ ṟṟu viral nīḷattu [i]-

⟨80⟩ raṇṭu kaiyyu[ṭai]-

⟨81⟩ yarāka prasā[dam]

⟨82⟩ peṟukiṉṟārākak[ka]-

⟨83⟩ ṉamākacce[yta] ca-

⟨84⟩ ṇḍeśvarar oruvar [||— 12*]

North face.

⟨85⟩ ivaṉukku pras[ā]-

⟨86⟩ dam kuṭutta pati[ṉ]

⟨87⟩ aṟuvirale [n]ā[lu]

⟨88⟩ torai nīḷattu [a]-

⟨89⟩ rai viralaka[lat]tu [ira]-

⟨90⟩ ṇṭu t[oraik]ka[ṉa]-

⟨91⟩ ttu pu[ṣpa]mā[lai]

⟨92⟩ oṉṟu [||—] [13*] [iva]r[kaḷai]-

⟨93⟩ kkavitta irumuḻa[me]-

⟨94⟩ y irupattu [mūvira*]-

⟨95⟩ ṟcuṟṟiṟ[kaṉamākac]-

⟨96⟩ cey[tu kavi]tta prabhai

⟨97⟩ oṉṟu [||—] [14*]

TRANSLATION.

1. Hail ! Prosperity ! (The following) copper images (tiru-mēṉi), which the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva had set up until the twenty-ninth year (of his reign) in the temple of the lord Śrī-Rājarājēśvara, were measured by the cubit measure (muṛam) (preserved) in the temple of the lord, and engraved on stone:— ⟨Page 137⟩

2. One solid image of Chaṇḍēśvara-Prasādadēva, 1 having four divine arms (and measuring) twenty viral and four tōrai in height from the feet to the hair.

3. One lotus (padma) on which this (image) stood, set with jewels, joined to the feet of the god, (and measuring) [one] viral and two tōrai in height.

4. One solid (image of) Muśalagaṉ, 2 having two arms (and measuring) three viral in height from the ear to the hair.

5. One solid image of his 3 consort Umāparamēśvarī, (measuring) fifteen viral and three tōrai in height from the feet to the hair.

6. One lotus on which this (image) stood, set with jewels (and measuring) one viral and one tōrai in height.

7. One pedestal (pīṭha) on which the god and the goddess stood, (measuring) one muṛam and two viral in length, sixteen viral in breadth, and six viral in height.

8. One solid (image of) Mahādēva, from which one divine arm was projecting (and which measured) one viral and two tōrai in height from the sacred pedestal (śrī-pāda-pīṭha) to the top (śirōvarttaṉai), and three viral and a half in circumference.

9. One solid pedestal, joined to this (image and measuring) two viral in height.

10. One solid (image of) Chaṇḍēśvara, having two arms (and measuring) five viral and five tōrai in height from the feet to the hair.

11. One solid (image of) his father, having two arms, represented as having fallen down and lying on the ground, (and measuring) six viral and seven tōrai in length from the feet to the hair.

12. One solid (image of) Chaṇḍēśvara, having two arms, represented as receiving a boon (from the god, and measuring) nine viral in length from the feet to the hair.

13. One flower-garland (pushpa-mālai), given to him as a boon (and measuring) sixteen viral and four tōrai in length, half a viral in breadth, and two tōrai in thickness.

14. One solid aureola (prabhā), covering these (images and measuring) two muṛam and twenty-[three] viral in circumference.

⟨SIIv02p0i0030⟩ No. 30. ON A PILLAR OF THE SOUTH ENCLOSURE.

This inscription gives the dimensions of a copper image of Pañchadēha, i.e., Śiva with five bodies, which king Rājarājadēva had set up in the Rājarājēśvara temple before the 29th year of his reign. One of the five bodies was larger than the others and had ten arms, while the four smaller bodies had four arms each.

TEXT.

North face.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrīḥ [||*] uṭaiyā-

⟨2⟩ [r] śrīrājarājadevar

⟨3⟩ [uṭ]aiyār śrīrājarā-

⟨4⟩ [jī]śvaram uṭaiyār ⟨Page 138⟩

⟨5⟩ [k]oyilil yāṇṭu

⟨6⟩ [i]rupattoṉpatāva-

⟨7⟩ [tu] varai eḻuntaruḷu-

⟨8⟩ [vi]tta cepputtiru-

⟨9⟩ [m]eṉi uṭaiyār ko-

⟨10⟩ [yi]lil muḻattāl

⟨11⟩ aḷantu kallil

⟨12⟩ [v]eṭṭiṉa ||— [1*] pañcade-

⟨13⟩ [ha]mū[r]ttikaḷil pā-

⟨14⟩ [d]ādike[ś]āntam irupa-

⟨15⟩ [t]tiruvirale nāṉku

⟨16⟩ [t]orai ucarattuppa-

⟨17⟩ [t]tu śrīhastam u-

⟨18⟩ ṭaiyarākakkaṉamā-

⟨19⟩ ka eḻuntaruḷuvitta ti-

⟨20⟩ rumeṉi oruvar |— [2*] iva-

⟨21⟩ roṭuṅkūṭa nālu mu-

⟨22⟩ khattilum pādādi-

⟨23⟩ keśāntam patiṉā[l]-

⟨24⟩ viral ucarattu nannālu

⟨25⟩ śrīhaśtaṅkaḷ u-

⟨26⟩ ṭaiyarkaḷākakkaṉamā-

⟨27⟩ ka eḻuntaruḷuvitta tiru-

⟨28⟩ meṉi nālu [3*] ivar eḻuntaru-

West face.

⟨29⟩ ḷi niṉṟa mūvirale-

⟨30⟩ y nāṉku torai

⟨31⟩ ucarattuppatiṉ ai-

⟨32⟩ yviraley nāṉku

⟨33⟩ toraiccamacatura-

⟨34⟩ ttu patmapīṭham o-

⟨35⟩ ṉṟu ||— [4*]

TRANSLATION.

1. Hail ! Prosperity ! (The following) copper image, which the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva had set up until the twenty-ninth year (of his reign) in the temple of the lord Śrī-Rājarājēśvara, was measured by the cubit measure (preserved) in the temple of the lord, and engraved on stone:—

2. One solid image, (forming one) of the (five) bodies (mūrti) of Pañchadēha, having ten divine arms, (and measuring) twenty-two viral and four tōrai in height from the feet to the hair.

3. Four solid images, (joined) to this (image), having four divine arms (corresponding) to each of the four faces, (and measuring) fourteen viral) in height from the feet to the hair.

4. One pedestal (surmounted by) a lotus (padma-pīṭha) on which this (image) stood, (measuring) three viral) and four tōrai) in height, and fifteen viral) and four tōrai) square. ⟨Page 139⟩

⟨SIIv02p0i0031⟩ No. 31. ON THE NORTH FACE OF A PILLAR OF THE SOUTH ENCLOSURE.

This inscription opens with the same Sanskrit ślōka as No. 1. The remaining portion, which is in Tamil, records that the enclosure of the temple was built by order of king Rājarājadēva, and under the superintendence of the commander of his army, Kṛishṇa-Rāma. The same person is mentioned three times in the large Leyden grant.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrīḥ [||*] etat

⟨2⟩ viśva[nṛipa]śreṇi-

⟨3⟩ m[au]limālopa-

⟨4⟩ [l]ā[ḷi]tam [|*] śāsanaṁ

⟨5⟩ [r]ājarājasya rāja-

⟨6⟩ [k]esarivarmmaṇaḥ || [u] [1*]

⟨7⟩ [u]ṭaiyār śrīrāja-

⟨8⟩ [r]ājadevar tiruvāy

⟨9⟩ [mo]ḻintaruḷa ittu-

⟨10⟩ [ru]ccuṟṟumāḷi[k]ai

⟨11⟩ eṭuppittāṉ

⟨12⟩ senāpati co-

⟨13⟩ ḻamaṇṭalattu u-

⟨14⟩ yyakkoṇṭā-

⟨15⟩ ṉvaḷanāṭṭu v[e]-

⟨16⟩ ṇṇāṭṭu amaṇ[ku]-

⟨17⟩ ṭiyāṉa keraḷān[ta]-

⟨18⟩ kaccatu[r]vvedima[ṅ]-

⟨19⟩ kalattu śrīkṛiṣṇa[n]

⟨20⟩ irāmaṉāṉa mum[ma]-

⟨21⟩ ṭicoḻabrahmamā[rā]-

⟨22⟩ yaṉ || u u [2*]

TRANSLATION.

1. Hail ! Prosperity ! This (is) an edict 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. By order of the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva, this hall which surrounds the temple (tiru-śuṟṟu-māḷigai) was caused to be built by the general (sēnāpati) Śrī-Kṛishṇa Rāma, alias Mummaḍi-Śōṛa-brahma-mārāyaṉ, 1 (a native) of Amaṇkuḍi, alias Kēraḷāntakachaturvēdimaṅgalam, in Veṇṇāḍu, (a subdivision) of Uyyakkoṇḍāṉ-vaḷanāḍu in Śōṛa-maṇḍalam. ⟨Page 140⟩

⟨SIIv02p0i0032⟩ No. 32. ON A PILLAR OF THE SOUTH ENCLOSURE.

This inscription describes a group of copper images of Śiva, his wife, and their two sons, which had been set up by an officer of Rājarājadēva before the 29th year of the king's reign.

TEXT.

North face.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrīḥ. [|*] uṭ[ai]-

⟨2⟩ yār śrīrājarāja[de]-

⟨3⟩ var peruntaram na •

⟨4⟩ r kiḻāṉ veḷāṉā[ti*]-

⟨5⟩ ttaṉāṉa pi 1rāntaka[p*]-

⟨6⟩ pallavaraiyaṉ [śrī]-

⟨7⟩ rājarājīśvaram u[ṭai]-

⟨8⟩ yār koyilil [yā]-

⟨9⟩ ṇṭu irupatto[ṉ]-

⟨10⟩ patāvatu varai e[ḻun]-

⟨11⟩ taruḷuvitta cepput[tiru]-

⟨12⟩ meṉikaḷ uṭai[yā]-

⟨13⟩ r koyilil muḻa[t]-

⟨14⟩ tāl aḷantum ratna[ṅ]-

⟨15⟩ kaḷ caraṭu nīkki dakṣi-

⟨16⟩ ṇameruviṭaṅkan eṉ-

⟨17⟩ ṉuṅkallāl niṟai

⟨18⟩ eṭuttuṅkallil

⟨19⟩ veṭṭiṉapaṭi ||— [1*] āsa-

⟨20⟩ ṉattiniṉṟuṅkeśā-

⟨21⟩ ntattaḷavuñcella

⟨22⟩ patinālviralarai ucara-

⟨23⟩ mum nālu śrīhasta-

⟨24⟩ mum uṭaiyarāy sukhā-

⟨25⟩ saṉam eḻuntaruḷi i-

⟨26⟩ runtārākakkaṉamāka e-

⟨27⟩ ḻuntaruḷuvitta umāsa-

West face.

⟨28⟩ [hi*]tar tirumeṉi o-

⟨29⟩ [ruva]r [||—] [2*] āsaṉatti-

⟨30⟩ [ni]ṉṟuṅkeśāntat-

⟨31⟩ [ta]ḷavuñcella pa-

⟨32⟩ [ti]ṉoruviralarai [u]-

⟨33⟩ [cara]ttu eḻuntaruḷi i-

⟨34⟩ [run]tārākakkaṉamāka

⟨35⟩ [e]ḻuntaruḷuvitta i- ⟨Page 141⟩

⟨36⟩ [var] na[m]pirāṭṭiyār

⟨37⟩ [um]āparameśvariy[ā]-

⟨38⟩ [r ti]rumeṉi oruvar || [3*]

⟨39⟩ [p]ādādikeśāntam

⟨40⟩ [ai]viralarai ucaramu-

⟨41⟩ [m] iraṇṭu śrīhasta-

⟨42⟩ ttoṭum eḻunta-

⟨43⟩ ruḷi niṉṟārākakkaṉa-

⟨44⟩ māka eḻuntaruḷuvit-

⟨45⟩ ta subrahmaṇyade-

⟨46⟩ var tirumeṉi oruvar [4*]

⟨47⟩ pādādikeśāntam

⟨48⟩ aiviral ucaramum nā-

⟨49⟩ lu śrīhastatto-

⟨50⟩ ṭuṅkaṉamāka eḻu[n]-

⟨51⟩ taruḷuvitta gaṇapa-

⟨52⟩ tiyār tirumeṉi oru-

⟨53⟩ var |— [5*] orumuḻavarai nī-

⟨54⟩ ḷattu patiṉaiyvira- • • • • • •

TRANSLATION.

1. Hail ! Prosperity ! The following copper images,—which had been set up in the temple of the lord Śrī-Rājarājēśvara until the twenty-ninth year (of the king's reign) by Vēḷāṉ Ā[di]ttaṉ (i.e., Āditya), alias Parāntaka-Pallavaraiyaṉ, a headman (kiṛāṉ) of • • • (and) a Perundaram 1 of the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva,—were engraved on stone, after they had been measured by the cubit measure (preserved) in the temple of the lord, and after the jewels (given to them) had been weighed without the threads by the stone called (after) Dakshiṇa-Mēru-Viṭaṅkaṉ:—

2. One solid image of (Śiva) the husband of Umā, having four divine arms, comfortably seated and (measuring) fourteen viral) and a half in height from the seat to the hair.

3. One solid image of his consort Umāparamēśvarī, seated and (measuring) eleven viral and a half in height from the seat to the hair.

4. One solid image of the god Subrahmaṇya, having two divine arms, standing and (measuring) five viral) and a half in height from the feet to the hair.

5. One solid image of Gaṇapati, having four divine arms and (measuring) five viral in height from the feet to the hair.

6. • • • • • one muṛam and a half in length, fifteen viral • • • • • 2

⟨SIIv02p0i0033⟩ No. 33. ON A NICHE OF THE SOUTH ENCLOSURE.

This is another copy of the inscription No. 31. ⟨Page 142⟩

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrīḥ [||*] etat viśva[nṛi]-

⟨2⟩ paśreṇimaulimālo-

⟨3⟩ palāḷitam [|*] śāsanaṁ rājarājasya r[ā]-

⟨4⟩ jakesarivarmmaṇaḥ ||—[1*] uṭaiyār śrīrā-

⟨5⟩ jarājadevar tiruvāy moḻinta[ru]ḷa i[t]tiruc[cu]-

⟨6⟩ ṟṟumāḷikaiy eṭuppittāṉ senāpati coḻa-

⟨7⟩ maṇṭalattu uyyakkoṇṭār 1 vaḷanāṭṭu veṇṇāṭṭu

⟨8⟩ amaṇkuṭiyāṉa keraḷānta[ka]ccaturvvedimaṅkalat-

⟨9⟩ tu śrīkṛiṣṇan irāmaṉāṉa mummaṭicoḻabrahmamārāya[ṉ] [2*]

⟨SIIv02p0i0034⟩ No. 34. ON A NICHE AND A PILLAR OF THE SOUTH ENCLOSURE.

This inscription records that Lōkamahādēvī, a queen of Rājarājadēva, set up a copper image of Pichchadēvar, to which she presented a number of ornaments (paragraphs 9 to 19) and two vessels of gold and silver (paragraphs 20 and 21). The image was set up before the 29th year [of the reign of Rājarājadēva] and is referred to as having been set up by the queen in the inscription No. 9, which belongs to the 6th year of the reign of Rājēndra-Chōḷadēva. From its attendants and attributes which are mentioned in the present inscription,—a goblin (Bhūta), an antelope and a skull (paragraphs 3, 5 and 21),—it may be concluded that the image was one of Śiva. 2

TEXT.

A. ON THE NICHE.

First section.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] uṭaiyār śrīrājarājadevar nampi-

⟨2⟩ rāṭṭiyār olokamahādeviyār

⟨3⟩ śrīrājarājīśvaram uṭaiyār k[o]yili-

⟨4⟩ l yāṇṭu iru[pa]ttoṉpatāvatu varai eḻuntaru[ḷu]-

⟨5⟩ vitta cepputtirumeṉikaḷ uṭaiyār koyilil

⟨6⟩ muḻattāl aḷantum ratnaṅkaḷ caraṭu nīkki dakṣi[ṇa]-

⟨7⟩ meruviṭaṅkan eṉṉuṅkallāl niṟai eṭuttum po-

⟨8⟩ ṉṉum veḷḷi[yu]m [ā]ṭavallāṉ eṉṉuṅkallāl ni[ṟai]

⟨9⟩ eṭuttuṅkal[li]l veṭṭiṉa-

⟨10⟩ paṭi ||— [1*] pādādikeśāntam oṉ-

⟨11⟩ ṟe mukkāle iruviralarai uca-

⟨12⟩ ramum śrīhastam nālum u-

⟨13⟩ ṭaiya iruvirale orutorai

⟨14⟩ [u]caram uṭaiya tiruvaṭinilaiyi-

⟨15⟩ l eḻuntaruḷi balikku eḻu-

⟨16⟩ ntaruḷukiṉṟārākakkaṉamāka eḻu-

⟨17⟩ ntaruḷuvitta piccadevar tirume- ⟨Page 143⟩

⟨18⟩ ṉi oṉṟu ||— [2*] ivararuku balipā-

⟨19⟩ tram cumantu niṉṟa patiṉ ai-

Second section.

⟨20⟩ viralarai ucaram uṭaiya kaṉamākacce-

⟨21⟩ yta bhūtam oṉṟu ||— [3*] bhūtañcumanta pati-

⟨22⟩ ṟṟu viralakalattu balipātram oṉṟu [4*]

⟨23⟩ [ivara]ruku ni[ṉ]ṟa pattoṉ[pa]tiṟṟu viral [u]carattukka[ṉa]-

⟨24⟩ [m]ākacceyta mān o[ṉ]ṟu [||—] [5*] orumuḻam[e pati]ṉoru-

⟨25⟩ viral nīḷattu mukkāle aiviral akalattu eḻu-

⟨26⟩ [vi]ral ucarattu ratnanyāsam ceytu ivar eḻuntaruḷi niṉṟa

⟨27⟩ [u]papīṭham oṉṟu |— [6*] devaraikkavitta tora[ṇakkā]l i[raṇṭum]

⟨28⟩ arddhacandram oṉṟumāy aṟumuḻamey iruviraṟcuṟ[ṟuṭai]-

⟨29⟩ ya kaṉamākacceyta prabhai oṉṟu 1 [7*] ivarkkukkuṭuttaṉa [8*]

⟨30⟩ saptaśari oṉṟiṟkotta muttu vaṭṭamum aṉuvaṭṭamum

⟨31⟩ oppumuttuṅkuṟumuttuñcappattiyuñcakkattuṅkaṟaṭu-

⟨32⟩ m nimpoḷamum payiṭṭamum pāṇiccāyuntol teyn[ta]-

⟨33⟩ ṉavuntoliṭantaṉavuñcivanta [nī]rum paḻamuttum āka mu-

⟨34⟩ [t]tu muṉṉūṟṟu eḻupattiraṇṭum pavaḻam patinālum

⟨35⟩ rājāva[r]ttam patinālum iṭai[kka]ṭṭu iraṇṭiluntaṭavikkaṭṭiṉa

⟨36⟩ paḷiṅku eṭṭum [po]tti e[ṭṭum] eḻoṉṟāka aṭuttu viḷa-

⟨37⟩ kkiṉa tāḷimpam iraṇṭum paṭu[ka]ṇ oṉṟuṅkokkuvāy oṉ-

Third section.

⟨38⟩ ṟum arakkum uṭpaṭa niṟai mu[p]pattaṟukaḻañ-

⟨39⟩ cey mukkāle mūṉṟu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉ

⟨40⟩ ṟikku vilai kācu nūṟu [9*] tiricaram oṉṟiṟkotta mu-

⟨41⟩ ttu vaṭṭamum aṉuvaṭṭamum o[p]pumuttuṅku-

⟨42⟩ ṟumuttum nimpoḷamum payiṭṭamum ampumu-

⟨43⟩ tuñcakkattum āka muttu toṇṇūṟṟu oṉ-

⟨44⟩ patum pavaḻam āṟum rājāvarttam āṟum iṭaik-

⟨45⟩ [kaṭṭu iraṇṭi]luṅkaṭṭiṉa potti iraṇṭum taṭavikkaṭṭiṉa paḷiṅku nā-

⟨46⟩ [lum mūṉ]ṟ[o]ṉṟāka aṭuttu viḷakkiṉa tāḷimpam iraṇṭuṅkokkuvā-

⟨47⟩ [y oṉṟum pa]ṭukaṇ oṉṟum arakkum uṭpaṭa niṟai oṉpatiṉ ka-

⟨48⟩ ḻañcey mukkāley kuṉṟikku vilai kācu irupatey kāl ||— [10*] tirup-

⟨49⟩ poṟpū oṉṟu poṉ kaḻañcey kāl ||— [11*] tirukkutampai oṉṟu

⟨50⟩ poṉ irukaḻañcey eṭṭu mañcāṭi ||— [12*] to[ṭu] oṉṟu poṉ iruka-

⟨51⟩ [ḻa]ñcey [muk]kāle nālu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟi [||—] [13*] tiraḷmaṇivaṭam

⟨52⟩ oṉṟu poṉ nāṟkaḻañcey nālu [ma]ñcāṭiyāka mūṉṟiṉāl po-

⟨53⟩ ṉ paṉṉirukaḻañcaraiye iraṇṭu mañcāṭi ||— [14*] tiruk[kai]kkāṟai o- ⟨Page 144⟩

⟨54⟩ ṉṟu po[ṉ] oṉ[pa]tiṉ kaḻañcey mukkāle iraṇṭu mañcā-

⟨55⟩ ṭiyuṅkuṉṟiyāka ira[ṇṭin]āṟpoṉ pattoṉpatiṉ kaḻañ-

⟨56⟩ cey mukkā[l] [15*] tirukk[aikk]āṟai oṉṟu poṉ paṉṉirukaḻañcāka

⟨57⟩ iraṇṭināl [p]oṉ [iru]pattu [n]āṟkaḻañcu [16*] tiruppaṭṭikaiy catavi-

⟨58⟩ kaiy na[ṅ]ka[ṉai] oṉ[ṟu p]o[ṉ] nā[ṟ]pattu oṉpatiṉ kaḻañcey mukkāl [17*]

⟨59⟩ tiruvaṭi[kkāṟ]ai oṉṟu poṉ patiṉo-

⟨60⟩ [ru]kaḻañcey muk[kā]le ira[ṇ]-

⟨61⟩ [ṭu] mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟi ||— [18*] tiruva[ṭi]-

⟨62⟩ kkāṟai oṉṟu poṉ paṉṉiru-

⟨63⟩ kaḻañcu [19*] kuṟumaṭal oṉṟu p[o]-

B. ON THE PILLAR.

East face.

⟨64⟩ ṉ irupatiṉ kaḻañ-

⟨65⟩ caraiye iraṇṭu [ma]-

⟨66⟩ ñcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟi [||—] [20*]

⟨67⟩ kapālam oṉṟu v[e]-

⟨68⟩ ḷḷi muppattu n[ā]-

⟨69⟩ ṟkaḻañcey [eḻu]-

⟨70⟩ mañcāṭiyuṅ[kuṉ]-

⟨71⟩ ṟi ||— [21*]

TRANSLATION.

1. Hail ! Prosperity ! The following copper images,—which had been set up in the temple of the lord Śrī-Rājarājēśvara until the twenty-ninth year (of the king's reign) by Lōkamahādēvī, the consort of our lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva,—were engraved on stone, after they had been measured by the cubit measure (preserved) in the temple of the lord, after the jewels (given to them) had been weighed without the threads by the stone called (after) Dakshiṇa-Mēru-Viṭaṅkaṉ, and after the gold and silver had been weighed by the stone called (after) Āḍavallāṉ:—

2. One solid image of Pichchadēvar, which was to be present at the offerings (bali), 1 having four divine arms, (measuring) one (muṛam) and three quarters, two viral and a half in height from the feet to the hair, and standing on a sacred pedestal (tiruvaḍinilai), which measured two viral and one tōrai in height.

3. One solid goblin (Bhūta), standing near this (image), holding the vessel for the offerings (bali-pātra), and measuring fifteen viral) and a half in height.

4. One vessel for the offerings, held by the goblin (and measuring) ten viral in breadth.

5. One solid antelope (māṉ), standing near this (image and measuring) nineteen viral in height.

6. One lower pedestal (upapīṭha) 2 on which this (image) stood, set with jewels (and measuring) one muṛam and eleven viral in length, three quarters (of a muṛam) and five viral in breadth, and seven viral in height. ⟨Page 145⟩

7. One solid aurcola, covering the god, consisting of two pillars (tōraṇakkāl) and one half-moon (ardhachandra), and measuring six muṛam and two viral in circumference.

8. To this (image) were given:—

9. One ornament of seven strings (saptaśari), weighing, with the lac, thirty-six kaṛañju and three quarters, three mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi, and worth one hundred kāśu. On (it) were strung three hundred and seventy-two pearls,—viz., round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls, small pearls, śappatti, śakkattu, crude pearls, nimboḷam, payiṭṭam, (pearls) resembling toddy in colour (pāṇichchāy), (pearls) with rubbed surface and with cracked surface, (pearls) of red water and old pearls,—fourteen corals and fourteen lapis lazuli. On the two frontplates 1 were fastened 2 eight crystals, eight potti, two tāḷimbam (each of) which consisted of seven (pieces) 3 soldered together, one eye (paḍugaṇ) and one hook (kōkkuvāy). 4

10. One ornament of three strings (triśaram), weighing, with the lac, nine kaṛañju and three quarters and (one) kuṉṟi, and worth twenty and a quarter kāśu. On (it) were strung ninety-nine pearls,—viz., round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls, small pearls, nimboḷam, payiṭṭam, ambumuḍu and śakkaltu,—six corals and six lapis lazuli. Into the two front-plates were set two potti; and (on them) were fastened four crystals, two tāḷimbam (each of) which consisted of three (pieces) soldered together, one hook and one eye.

11. One sacred gold flower (tiruppoṟpū), (consisting of one) kaṛañju and a quarter of gold.

12. One sacred ear-ring (tirukkudambai), (consisting of) two kaṛañju and eight mañjāḍi of gold.

13. One ear-ring (tōḍu), (consisting of) two kaṛañju and three quarters, four mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

14. Three strings of round beads (tiraḷ-maṇi-vaḍam), containing twelve karañju and a half and two mañjāḍi of gold,—each (containing) four kaṛañju and four mañjāḍi of gold.

15. Two sacred arm-rings (tirukkaikkāṟai), consisting of nineteen kaṛañju and three quarters of gold,—each (consisting of) nine kaṛañju and three quarters, two mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

16. Two sacred arm-rings, consisting of twenty-four kaṛañju of gold,—each (consisting of) twelve kaṛañju of gold.

17. One sacred girdle (tiruppaṭṭigai). • • • • • , 5 (consisting of) forty-nine kaṛañju and three quarters of gold.

18. One sacred foot-ring (tiruvaḍikkāṟai), (consisting of) eleven kaṛañju and three quarters, two mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

19. One sacred foot-ring, (consisting of) twelve kaṛañju of gold.

20. One small receptacle for sacred ashes (kuṟu-maḍal), (consisting of) twenty kaṛañju and a half, two mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

21. One skull (kapāla), (consisting of) thirty-four kaṛañju, seven mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of silver. ⟨Page 146⟩

⟨SIIv02p0i0035⟩ No. 35. ON A PILLAR OF THE SOUTH ENCLOSURE.

This inscription is engraved in continuation of the preceding one and records a deposit of money in favour of the image of Pichchadēvar, the setting-up of which is recorded in No. 34. The deposit was made by certain officers of king Rājarājadēva before the 29th year of his reign.

TEXT.

⟨71⟩ 1 svasti śrī [||*] [u]-

⟨72⟩ ṭaiyār śrīrā[jarā]-

⟨73⟩ jadevar vala[ṅ]-

⟨74⟩ kaippaḻampa[ṭai]-

⟨75⟩ kaḷilār taṅka[ḷuk]-

⟨76⟩ ku aṭaitta śrīr[ā]-

⟨77⟩ jarājīśvaram u-

⟨78⟩ ṭaiyār koyi[li]-

⟨79⟩ l nampirāṭṭiyār

⟨80⟩ olokamahā-

⟨81⟩ deviyār eḻun-

⟨82⟩ taruḷuvitta picca-

⟨83⟩ devarkkuttiruva-

⟨84⟩ mutuḷḷiṭṭu veṇ-

⟨85⟩ ṭunivantaṅkaḷuk-

⟨86⟩ ku uṭaiyār śrīrāja-

⟨87⟩ rājadevarkku yā-

⟨88⟩ ṇṭu irupattoṉ-

⟨89⟩ patāvatu varai vai-

⟨90⟩ tta kācu ikkācu

North face.

⟨91⟩ policaikkuk-

⟨92⟩ [k]oṇṭa ūruṅ-

⟨93⟩ [ka]llil [ve]ṭṭi-

⟨94⟩ [ya]tu ||— [1*] pi[ ccadeva]-

⟨95⟩ [r]k[ku]cciṟukā[lai][k*]-

⟨96⟩ [ku*][p]p[o]ṉakap[paḻa]-

⟨97⟩ [vari]ci [irunāḻiyum]

⟨98⟩ [u*][ccipp]o[t][aik*]-

⟨99⟩ [kup*]poṉakappa[ḻa]-

⟨100⟩ [vari]ci nāṉāḻi[yu]m

⟨101⟩ [irā*]v[ai]kkupp[oṉa]-

⟨102⟩ [kap]pa[ḻa]varici [irunā]-

⟨103⟩ [ḻiyum ā]kapp[o]-

⟨104⟩ [ṉa]ka[p]paḻavari[ci]

⟨105⟩ ku[ṟuṇikku] ai[ñci]-

⟨106⟩ ra[ṇṭāk]kip[po]-

⟨107⟩ [ṉa]kap[paḻa]ne[llu] ⟨Page 147⟩

⟨108⟩ patakku [nā]ṉāḻi[yum] [|*]

⟨109⟩ poṉakappaḻan[e]-

⟨110⟩ llukku araikkā[l]

⟨111⟩ vāci nellu irun[ā]-

⟨112⟩ ḻi uriyum [|*] neya[mu]-

⟨113⟩ tu uḻakkukku nel-

⟨114⟩ lukkuṟuṇiyum [|*] pa-

⟨115⟩ ruppamutu nāḻikku

⟨116⟩ nellu muṉṉāḻi-

⟨117⟩ yum [|*] kaṟiyamutukku

West face.

⟨118⟩ nellu muṉṉā-

⟨119⟩ ḻiyuriyum [|*] tayira-

⟨120⟩ mutu irunāḻikku

⟨121⟩ [ne]llu aṟu-

⟨122⟩ [nā]ḻiyum [|*] miḷakuk-

⟨123⟩ [kum] kaṭukukkum cīra-

⟨124⟩ [kat]tukkum puḷik-

⟨125⟩ [ku]m nellu nāḻi-

⟨126⟩ [yu]m [|*] aṭaikkāya-

⟨127⟩ [mu]tu pākku paṉṉi-

⟨128⟩ [raṇ]ṭukkum veḷ-

⟨129⟩ [ḷi]laiyamutu 1 irupa-

⟨130⟩ [t]tu nālukkum ne-

⟨131⟩ [l]lu nāḻi uriyum [|*]

⟨132⟩ [vi]ṟakukku nellu

⟨133⟩ [n]āṉāḻiyum [|*] āka o-

⟨134⟩ [ru]nāḷaikku āṭavallā-

⟨135⟩ [ṉ]eṉum marakkālāl

⟨136⟩ [ni]catam nellu

⟨137⟩ [tū]ṉi 2ppatakku orunāḻiyuri-

⟨138⟩ [y]āka orāṭṭaikku nellu

⟨139⟩ [nū]ṟṟeṇpattai-

⟨140⟩ ṅkalaṉe eḻuku-

⟨141⟩ ṟuṇi nāṉāḻikkutka-

⟨142⟩ ñcāvūr uṭaiyā-

⟨143⟩ r perum paṇṭāra-

⟨144⟩ tte āṭṭai vaṭṭa-

South face.

⟨145⟩ m kācu oṉṟukku

⟨146⟩ mukkuṟuṇi nel-

⟨147⟩ luppolicai-

⟨148⟩ yūṭṭāka aṭṭa ca- ⟨Page 148⟩

⟨149⟩ ndrādityavaṟcel-

⟨150⟩ la vaitta kācu eḻu-

⟨151⟩ nūṟṟu nāṟpattu

⟨152⟩ mūṉṟu ||— [2*] ikkācu

⟨153⟩ rājendraciṅkava-

⟨154⟩ ḷanāṭṭu taṉiyū-

⟨155⟩ r śrīvīranārāyaṇa-

⟨156⟩ ccaturvvedimaṅka-

⟨157⟩ lattu sabhaiyār

⟨158⟩ uṭaiyārśrīrāja-

⟨159⟩ rājadevarkku yā-

⟨160⟩ ṇṭu irupatto-

⟨161⟩ ṉpatāvatu mutal

⟨162⟩ koṇṭa kācu eḻu

⟨163⟩ nūṟṟu nāṟpattu

⟨164⟩ mūṉṟināl kācu o-

⟨165⟩ ṉṟukku āṭṭai va-

⟨166⟩ ṭṭam mukkuṟuṇi ne-

⟨167⟩ lluppolicaiyū-

⟨168⟩ ṭṭāka candrādityava-

⟨169⟩ ṟ1āṭṭāṇṭu toṟu-

⟨170⟩ m uṭaiyār tañcāvūr

⟨171⟩ perum paṇṭ[ā]ratte rā-

⟨172⟩ jakesariyoṭok[ku]m ā-

⟨173⟩ ṭavallāṉeṉṉum marakkā-

⟨174⟩ lāl aḷakkakkaṭava nellu

⟨175⟩ nūṟṟeṇpattaiṅkala-

⟨176⟩ ṉe irutūṇikkuṟuṇi [3*]

TRANSLATION.

1. Hail ! Prosperity ! There was engraved on stone (1) the money, which the Vala[ṅ]gai-paṛamba[ḍai]gaḷilār 2 of the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva had deposited until the twenty-ninth year (of the reign) of the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva for the offerings and other expenses required by (the image of) Pichchadēvar, which was attached to them (and) which had been set up in the temple of the lord Śrī-Rājarājēśvara by Lōkamahādēvi, the consort of our lord, and (2) the village, which had received this money on interest.

2. Seven hundred and forty-three kāśu were deposited (under the condition) that, as long as the moon and the sun endure, an interest of three kuṟuṇi of paddy per year for each kāśu) should be delivered into the large treasury of the lord (at) Tañjāvūr, so as to realize one hundred and eighty-five kalam, seven kuṟuṇi and four nāṛi of paddy per year, 3 or (one) tūṇi, (one) padakku, one nāṛi and (one) uri per day of paddy (measured) by the marakkāl called (after) Āḍavallāṉ. (Of this daily rate) two nāṛi of old rice for boiling (are required) by (the image of) Pichchadēvar at sunrise, four nāṛi of old rice for boiling at noon, and two ⟨Page 149⟩ nāṛi of old rice for boiling at night; altogether, (one) kuṟuṇi of old rice for boiling, or,—as five (measures of paddy) yield two (measures of rice),—(one) padakku and four nāṛi of old paddy for boiling. The increment vāśi of one eighth 1 (which has to be added) to the old paddy for boiling, (comes to) two nāṛi and (one) uri of paddy. (One) kuṟuṇi of paddy (is required) for (one) uṛakku of ghee; three nāṛi of paddy (are required) for (one) nāṛi of pulse; three nāṛi and (one) uri of paddy for curry; six nāṛi of paddy for two nāṛi of curds; (one) nāṛi of paddy for pepper, mustard, cumin and tamarinds; (one) nāṛi and (one) uri of paddy for twelve areca-nuts and twenty-four betel-leaves; and four nāṛi of paddy for fire-wood.

3. The members of the assembly of Śrī-Vīranārāyaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a free village in Rājēndrasiṁha-vaḷanāḍu, have to measure every year, as long as the moon and the sun endure, one hundred and eighty-five kalam, two tūṇi and (one) kuṟuṇi of paddy into the large treasury of the lord (at) Tañjāvūr with the marakkāl called (after) Āḍavallāṉ, which is equal to a rājakēsari, for these seven hundred and forty-three kāśu, which they have received in the twenty-ninth year (of the reign) of the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva,—the rate of interest being three kuṟuṇi of paddy per year for each kāśu.

⟨SIIv02p0i0036⟩ No. 36. ON THE FIRST NICHE OF THE WEST ENCLOSURE, FIRST INSCRIPTION.

This inscription records, that the chief manager of the Rājarājēśvara temple dedicated a brass spittoon to an image of Piḷḷaiyār 2 Gaṇapati. From an inscription on the first pillar of the west enclosure, which is partially covered by a mud wall, it appears that this image had been set up by king Rājarājadēva before the 29th year of his reign. It was made of copper and measured 14 viral in height.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ 3 svasti śrīḥ [||*] uṭaiyār śrīrājarājīśvaram uṭaiyār koyilil4 paripārālayattuppiḷḷaiyār gaṇapatiyārkku uṭaiyār śrīrājarājīśvaram uṭaiyārkku śrīkā[r]yyakkaṇkāṇināyakañ-

⟨2⟩ [c*]e[y]kiṉṟa pāṇṭi[nā]ṭāṉa rā[jarā]jamaṇ[ṭala]ttuttirukk[āṉap]perkkūṟṟattuppāḷūrppāḷūr kiḻavaṉ aravaṇaiyāṉa [mā]larikecavaṉ pittaḷai [k]oṇṭu īḻapparicu eṇcaturamākacceyvi-

⟨3⟩ ttukkuṭutta paṭi[kka]m [oṉṟu ni]ṟ[ai a]ṟu[pat]toṉpa[ti]ṉ palam [|*] itukku vilai kācu mūṉṟu ||—

TRANSLATION.

Hail ! Prosperity ! Aravaṇai, 5 alias [Mā]l-Ari-Kēśavaṉ, the headman of Pāḷūr (and a native of) Pāḷūr in Tirukk[āṉap]pēr-kūṟṟam, 6 (a subdivision) of Pāṇḍi-nāḍu, alias Rājarāja-maṇḍalam, 7 who held the office of head-overseer (kaṇkāṇi-nāyagam) of the management of the temple (śrīrya) of the lord Śrī-Rājarājēśvara, gave to (the image of) Piḷḷaiyār Gaṇapati in the surrounding hall (parivārālaya) of the temple of the lord ⟨Page 150⟩ Śrī-Rājarājēśvara one brass spittoon (paḍikkam), which he had caused to be made of octagonal shape in the Ceylon fashion (Īṛa-pariśu) (and) which weighed sixty-nine palam. It was worth three kāśu.

⟨SIIv02p0i0037⟩ No. 37. ON THE FIRST NICHE OF THE WEST ENCLOSURE, SECOND INSCRIPTION.

This inscription records, that king Rājarājadēva deposited a sum of money, which was lent to the inhabitants of four bāzārs at Tañjāvūr in the 29th year of his reign. Instead of the interest, these people had to supply daily a fixed number of plantains to the image of Piḷḷaiyār Gaṇapati, which is mentioned in the preceding inscription.

TEXT.

First section.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] uṭaiyār śrī-

⟨2⟩ rājarājadevar ālai-

⟨3⟩ [ya]ttuppiḷḷaiyār

⟨4⟩ gaṇapatiyārkku vāḻaip[pa]ḻa-

⟨5⟩ [m] amutu ceytaruḷa uṭaiyār paṇ-

⟨6⟩ ṭāra[t]tu polic[ai]yūṭṭukku vait-

⟨7⟩ taru[ḷiṉa] kācum ikkācu [poli]caiyūṭṭukku

⟨8⟩ koṇ[ṭa aṅ]kāṭikaḷuṅkal[lil ve]ṭṭiyatu ||— [1*] [ā]lai-

⟨9⟩ yattuppiḷ[ḷai]yār ga[ṇa]pa[tiyār]kku amutu cey-

⟨10⟩ taruḷa nicatam vāḻaippaḻam [nū]ṟṟaimpatāka orā[ṭ]-

⟨11⟩ [ṭ]aikku vanta vāḻaip[paḻa]m aimpattu [nā]l[āyi]rattu-

⟨12⟩ kku kācu oṉṟukku [vā]ḻaippaḻam āyirat[ti]runūṟāka

⟨13⟩ vanta kā[cu] nāṟ[pa]ttu aiñcukku kācu oṉṟukku

⟨14⟩ āṭṭai vaṭṭam araikkāṟkācu p[o]licai[yū]-

⟨15⟩ ṭṭā[ka] ca[ndr]ādityavat cella vaitta kācu

⟨16⟩ muṉṉūṟṟu [aṟupa]tu [2*] [ikk]āci[l] tañc[ā]-

⟨17⟩ vūrk[kū]ṟṟattu tañcāvūrppuṟampaṭi nit-

⟨18⟩ tavi[ṉo]tapperunteruvil [na]karattār u-

⟨19⟩ ṭaiyār śrīrājarājadevarkku yāṇṭu iru-

⟨20⟩ patto[ṉ]patāvatu pacāṉ mutal koṇṭa kā-

⟨21⟩ [cu] aṟupatiṉāṟkācu oṉṟukku āṭṭai vaṭṭam

Second section.

⟨22⟩ araikkāṟkācu [p]o[li]caiyāka[k]-

⟨23⟩ kaṭa[va] policaikkācu eḻaraikku

⟨24⟩ candrāditya[vat] uṭaiyār paṇṭārat-

⟨25⟩ te nicatam iṭakkaṭava vā[ḻai]ppaḻa-

⟨26⟩ [m] irupattaiñcu ||— [3*] tañcāvū[r]-

⟨27⟩ kkūṟṟattu tañcāvūrppuṟampaṭi mum-

⟨28⟩ muṭicoḻapperunteruvil nakarattār uṭaiyār

⟨29⟩ śrīrājarājadevarkku yāṇṭu irupattoṉpatāva-

⟨30⟩ tu pacāṉ mutal koṇṭa kācu nūṟṟirupatiṉāl kācu o-

⟨31⟩ [ṉ]ṟukku āṭṭai vaṭṭam araikkāṟkācu policaiyākakka-

⟨32⟩ ṭava p[o]licaikkācu patiṉaiñcukku candrādityavat uṭaiyār paṇ[ṭā]-

⟨33⟩ ratte nicatam iṭakkaṭava vāḻaippaḻam aimpatu ||— [4*] tañcāvūr[k]- ⟨Page 151⟩

⟨34⟩ kūṟṟattu tañcāvūrppuṟampaṭi vīracikāmaṇipperunteruvil

⟨35⟩ [na]karattār uṭaiyār śrīrājarājadevarkku yāṇṭu irupattoṉpatāva-

⟨36⟩ [tu pacāṉ] mutal koṇṭa k[ā]cu nūṟṟirupatiṉāṟkācu oṉṟukku āṭṭ[ai]

⟨37⟩ vaṭṭam araikkāṟkācu poli[c]aiyūṭṭākakkaṭava policaikkācu [pa]-

⟨38⟩ tiṉaiñcukku candrādityavat [u]ṭaiyār paṇṭāratte nicatam iṭakkaṭava [vā]-

⟨39⟩ ḻaippaḻam aimpatu ||— [5*] tañcāvūrkkūṟṟattu tañc[ā]-

⟨40⟩ vūrppuṟampaṭi tiripu[vana]mātevipperaṅkāṭi nakara[t]-

⟨41⟩ tār uṭaiyār śrīrājarājadevaṟku yāṇṭu irupatt[o]-

⟨42⟩ ṉpatāvatu pacān mutal koṇṭa kācu aṟupatiṉāṟ-

⟨43⟩ [k]ācu oṉṟukku āṭṭai vaṭṭam araikkāṟkācu p[o]-

⟨44⟩ vicaiyūṭṭākakkaṭava policaikkācu eḻaraikku [ca]-

⟨45⟩ ndrādityavat uṭaiyār paṇṭāratte nicatam iṭakkaṭa-

⟨46⟩ va vāḻaippaḻam irupattaiñcu [6*]

TRANSLATION.

1. Hail ! Prosperity ! There was engraved on stone (1) the money, which the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva had been pleased to deposit in the treasury of the lord, to be put out to interest (for supplying) plantains, to be offered to (the image of) Piḷḷaiyār Gaṇapati in the (surrounding) hall (ālaya), 1 and (2) the markets, which had received this money on interest.

2. Three hundred and sixty kāśu) were deposited (under the condition) that, as long as the moon and the sun endure, an interest of one eighth kāśu per year should be paid for each kāśu), in order to realize forty-five kāśu) for (purchasing),—at the rate of one thousand and two hundred plantains for each kāśu, —fifty-four thousand plantains per year, viz., one hundred and fifty plantains per day, to be offered to (the image of) Piḷḷaiyār Gaṇapati in the (surrounding) hall.

3. The citizens of the high-street (perunderu) (called after) Nittaviṉōda within the limits 2 of Tañjāvūr, (a city) in Tañjāvūr-kūṟṟam, have to supply every day, as long as the moon and the sun endure, twenty-five plantains to the treasury of the lord in payment of the interest,—which amounts to seven and a half kāśu (per year),—on the sixty kāśu, which they have received out of this money after (the harvest of) the paśāṉ in the twenty-ninth year (of the reign) of the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva,—the rate of interest being one eighth kāśu per year for each kāśu.

4. The citizens of the high-street (called after) Mummuḍi-Śōṛa within the limits of Tañjāvūr, (a city) in Tañjāvūr-kūṟṟam, have to supply every day, as long as the moon and the sun endure, fifty plantains to the treasury of the lord in payment of the interest,— which amounts to fifteen kāśu (per year),—on the one hundred and twenty kāśu, which they have received after (the harvest of) the paśāṉ in the twenty-ninth year (of the reign) of the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva,—the rate of interest being one eighth kāśu per year for each kāśu.

5. The citizens of the high-street (called after) Vīraśikhāmaṇi within the limits of Tañjāvūr, (a city) in Tañjāvūr-kūṟṟam, have to supply every day, as long as the moon ⟨Page 152⟩ and the sun endure, fifty plantains to the treasury of the lord in payment of the interest,— which amounts to fifteen kāśu (per year),—on the one hundred and twenty kāśu, which they have received after (the harvest of) the paśāṉ in the twenty-ninth year (of the reign) of the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva,—the rate of interest being one eighth kāśu per year for each kāśu.

6. The citizens of the great market (pēr-aṅgāḍi) (called after) Tribhuvanamahādēvī 1 within the limits of Tañjāvūr, (a city) in Tañjāvūr-kūṟṟam, have to supply every day, as long as the moon and the sun endure, twenty-five plantains to the treasury of the lord in payment of the interest,—which amounts to seven and a half kāśu (per year),—on the sixty kāśu, which they have received after (the harvest of) the paśāṉ in the twenty-ninth year (of the reign) of the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva,—the rate of interest being one eighth kāśu per year for each kāśu.

⟨SIIv02p0i0038⟩ No. 38. ON THE FIRST NICHE OF THE WEST ENCLOSURE, THIRD INSCRIPTION.

This inscription describes seven images, which had been set up before the 29th year [of the reign of Rājarājadēva] by the same manager of the Rājarājēśvara temple, who is mentioned in the inscription No. 26, and a number of ornaments, which had been given to these images by the same person (paragraphs 23 to 50) and by the inhabitants of two towns (paragraphs 51 and 59). The images represented Nambi-Ārūraṉār (paragraphs 2, 23, 55, 59), Naṅgai-Paravaiyār (5, 25, 57, 66), Tirunāvukkaraiyar (8, 29, 53), Tiruñāṉaśambandaḍigaḷ (11, 36, 51), Periya-Perumāḷ (14, 44), his consort Lōkamahādēvī (17, 47), and the god Chandraśēkhara 2 (20). Of these, Periya-Perumāḷ, ‘the great king,’ and his consort Lōkamahādēvī are perhaps identical with king Rājarājadēva and his queen Lōkamahādēvī, 3 both of whom may have been represented as worshipping the god Chandraśēkhara, i.e., Śiva, in whose honour the king had built the temple.

The inscription is of great importance for the history of Tamil literature, as it forms a terminus ad quem for the time of the reputed authors of the Dēvāram or Mūvar-pāḍal, a collection of hymns in honour of Śiva. Dr.Caldwell 4 was inclined to assign this poem to the end of the thirteenth century. But the present inscription shows, that it must have been written before the time of Rājarājadēva. For the inscription mentions each of the three authors of the Dēvāram, viz., Tiruñāṉaśambandar, Tirunāvukkaraiyar (alias Appar) and Nambi-Ārūraṉār (alias Sundaramūrti), also the latter's wife Naṅgai-Paravaiyār.

It is not improbable, that the sixty-three Tiruttoṇḍar or Śaiva devotees, among whom the three authors of the Dēvāram are reckoned, belong to a much earlier period than that of Rājarājadēva. For one of them, who is mentioned along with the rest in Sundaramūrti's hymns, 5 was Kōchcheṅgaṇṇāṉ, 6 the son of the Chōḷa king Śubhadēva and of his queen Kamalavatī. 7 This Kōchcheṅgaṇṇāṉ appears to be identical with the Chōḷa king Śeṅgaṇ, the hero of Poygaiyār's contemporaneous Tamil poem Kaḷavaṛi, which was recently translated by Mr. V.Kanakasabhai Pillai. 8 The same scholar ⟨Page 153⟩ has published extracts from a later Tamil poem, the Kaliṅgattu-Paraṇi, which alludes successively, without mentioning the names themselves, to the three Chōḷa kings Kōkkiḷḷi Kōchcheṅgaṇṇāṉ and Karikāla. 1 In the two only copper-plate grants, which contain a genealogical account of the Chōḷa dynasty, the same three kings are mentioned, though in different order, as ancestors of Vijayālaya, the grandfather of Parāntaka I. The grant of the Bāṇa king Hastimalla 2 enumerates them thus;—Kōkkiḷḷi, Karikāla and Kōchchaṁkaṇ; and in the large Leyden grant, they are arranged as follows:—Karikāla, Kōchchaṁkaṇṇān and Kōkkiḷḷi. To the time of Karikāla or, as he is also called in Tamil, Karikāl belongs the Tamil poem Paṭṭiṉappālai by Rudraṅgaṇṇaṉār, 3 and to that of Śeṅgaṇ the above-mentioned Kaḷavaṛi. 4 As poems in the Tamil language are thus proved to have been composed in the time of the early Chōḷas, there is no objection to assigning the authors of the Dēvāram to the same period.

The legendary history of the sixty-three Tiruttoṇḍar,—and, among these, of the three authors of the Dēvāram,—is narrated in the Periyapurāṇam by Śēkkiṛār, who is said to have composed it during the reign of the Chōḷa king Anapāya. The Tyāgarājasvāmin temple at Tiruvārūr 5 contains an inscription of this king. The name Anapāya occurs in each of two Sanskrit verses at the end of the inscription, while in the introductory passage the king is called Kō-Rājakēsarivarman, alias Tribhuvanachakravartin Śrī-Kulōttuṅga-Chōḷadēva. In the 7th year of his reign, he made gifts to four images, which had been set up in the Tiruvārūr temple. As in the Tañjāvūr inscription, these were images of Āḷuḍaiya-Nambi (i.e., Sundaramūrti), Paravai-Nāchchiyār (the latter's wife), 6 Āḷuḍaiya-Piḷḷaiyār (i.e., Tiruñāṉaśambandar) and Tirunāvukkaraśudēvar. The concluding portion of the inscription runs thus:—

⟨0⟩ śrīmatbrahmapurīśavāgadhipatissvasvāmimitraśca7ye

⟨0⟩ tebhyo hematabhādhināthacaraṇannyāsollasanmastakaḥ [|*]

⟨0⟩ prādāt bhūmihiraṇyakaṁsarajatānanyāndhanān8sottamān 9

⟨0⟩ śrīyārūradhipasya mū[la]vasatau devonapāyo nṛipaḥ ||

⟨0⟩ lakṣmyālaye racitadharmmaparānupāla-

⟨0⟩ śīlānnṛipāṁgghrika[mal]āñchirasā10namāmi [|*]

⟨0⟩ vyāgghrāgrahāravarahemasabhānaṭeśa-

⟨0⟩ pādāravindamadhupo [hya]na[p]āyanāmā ||

⟨0⟩ āḷuṭaiyanampi mātākkaḷ icaiñāniyār ||

⟨0⟩ jananī bhavato11ñānaśivācāryyakulebhavat [|*]

⟨0⟩ śaive gau[ta]magotresmin ñānyākhyā kamalāpure || ⟨Page 154⟩

“King Anapāya, whose head glitters when placed at the feet of the lord of the Golden Hall, gave land, gold, brass, silver (and) other excellent treasures to the blessed Brahmapurīśa, Vāgadhipati and Svasvāmimitra at the shrine of the blessed lord of Ārūr.”

“I, called Anapāya, the bee at the lotus feet of Naṭēśa (i.e., Śiva) at the Golden Hall in the excellent Vyāghrāgrahāra, 1 bow my head at the lotus feet of (future) princes, who are disposed to protect the charitable gifts made at Lakshmyālaya 2 by other (kings). 3”

“The mother of Āḷuḍaiya-Nambi (was) Iśaiñāṉiyār.”

“The mother of the saint (viz., Sundaramūrti), called Ñānī, was born at this (town of) Kamalāpura, in the family of Ñānaśivāchārya, in the Śaiva (doctrine and) in the Gautama-gōtra.”

The above passage shows, that king Anapāya was a worshipper of the Śiva temple at Chidambaram, and adds the name of Iśaiñāṉiyār, 4 the mother of Sundaramūrti, to those of Brahmapurīśa (i.e., Tiruñāṉaśambandar), Vāgadhipati (i.e., Tirunāvukkaraiyar) and Svasvāmimitra (i.e., Sundaramūrti.) 5

Another inscription of the Tiruvārūr temple, which is dated in the 5th year of Kō-Parakēsarivarman, alias Tribhuvanachakravartin Śrī-Vikrama-Chōḷadēva, contains a second reference to the subject of the Periyapurāṇam. From a written copy, which my assistant prepared during the few hours we could devote to the temple, it appears that the inscription relates to the legend of the calf, which was accidentally run over by the chariot of the son of the Chōḷa king Manu. The same legend is located at Tiruvārūr and told in other words in the introduction of the Periyapurāṇam (pages 10 to 12).

TEXT.

First section.

⟨1⟩ sva[sti] śrīḥ [||*] uṭaiyār śrīr[ā]jarājīśvaram u-

⟨2⟩ ṭaiyārkku śrīkā[r]yyañceykiṉṟa poykai-

⟨3⟩ nāṭu kiḻavaṉ ātittaṉ sū[r]yyaṉāṉa teṉṉava-

⟨4⟩ ṉ mūventaveḷāṉ śrīrājarājīśvaram u-

⟨5⟩ [ṭ]aiyār koyilil yāṇṭu irupattoṉpatāvatu

⟨6⟩ varai eḻuntaruḷuvitta ceppu pratimaṅkaḷ

⟨7⟩ [u]ṭaiyār koyilil muḻattāl aḷantum ratnaṅkaḷ caraṭu nī-

⟨8⟩ kki dakṣiṇameruviṭaṅkan eṉṉuṅkallāl niṟai eṭu-

⟨9⟩ ttum poṉ āṭavallāṉ eṉṉuṅkallāl niṟai eṭut-

⟨10⟩ tuṅkalilal 6 veṭṭiṉapaṭi ||— [1*] pādādikeśāntam patiṉeḻuvi- ⟨Page 155⟩

⟨11⟩ rale iraṇṭu torai ucaramum iraṇṭu tirukkaiyyum uṭaiyarākakkaṉa-

⟨12⟩ māka eḻuntaruḷuvitta nampiārūraṉār pratimam oṉṟu || [2*] [i]var niṉṟa iruvi-

⟨13⟩ ralarai ucarattu patmam oṉṟu ||— [3*] itaṉoṭuṅkūṭacceyta eṇviral ca-

⟨14⟩ macaturattu mūvirale iraṇṭu torai ucarattu ivar eḻuntaruḷi niṉṟa

⟨15⟩ pīṭham oṉṟu [||—] [4*] patiṉaṟuviral niḷattu iraṇṭu tirukkaiyuṭaiyarākakkaṉa-

⟨16⟩ māka eḻuntaruḷu[vi]tta naṅkaiparavaiyār pratimam oṉṟu ||— [5*] ivar eḻunta-

⟨17⟩ ruḷi niṉṟa i[ru]vi[rale] iraṇṭu torai ucarattu patmam oṉṟu [||—] [6*] [i]taṉo-

⟨18⟩ ṭuṅkūṭac[ce]yta aṟuvirale iraṇṭu torai camacaturattu [mū]viral uca-

⟨19⟩ rattu pīṭha[ m o] ṉṟu ||— [7*] pādādikeśāntam irupattu iruvirale iraṇṭu to-

⟨20⟩ rai ucarattu iraṇṭu tirukkaiyyuṭaiyarākakkaṉamāka eḻuntaruḷuvitta tiru-

⟨21⟩ nāvukkaraiyar pratimam oṉṟu ||— [8*] ivar eḻuntaruḷi niṉṟa iruvirale āṟu

⟨22⟩ torai ucarattu patmam oṉṟu ||— [9*] itaṉoṭuṅkūṭacceyta eṇvirale

⟨23⟩ āṟu torai[c]camacaturattu nālviral ucarattu piṭham oṉṟu ||— [10*] pādādike-

⟨24⟩ śāntam irupattiruvirale iraṇṭu torai ucarattu iraṇṭu tirukkaiyuṭai-

⟨25⟩ yarākakkaṉamāka eḻuntaruḷuvitta tiruñāṉacampantaṭikaḷ pratimam oṉṟu [11*]

⟨26⟩ ivar eḻun[taru]ḷi niṉṟa iruvirale iraṇṭu torai ucarattu patmam oṉṟu [12*]

⟨27⟩ [itaṉ]oṭuṅkūṭacceyta oṉpa[ti]ṟṟu

⟨28⟩ virale iraṇṭu toraiccamacaturat-

⟨29⟩ tu nālviral ucarattu [pīṭha]m [o]ṉṟu [13*]

⟨30⟩ pādādikeśāntam orumuḻame nā[l]vira-

⟨31⟩ larai ucarattu iraṇṭu tirukkaiyuṭai[ya]rā-

Second section.

⟨32⟩ kakkaṉamāka eḻuntaruḷuvitta periyape[ru]māḷ pratimam oṉṟu ||— [14*] ivar eḻuntaru[ḷi] niṉṟa aiyvirale iraṇṭu torai ucarat[tu] patmam oṉ-

⟨33⟩ ṟu ||— [15*] itaṉoṭuṅkūṭacceyta patiṉoru[vi]raṟcama rat[tu aiy]virale āṟu tor[ai ucara]ttu [pī]ṭham oṉṟu [16*] irupattu iruvirale iraṇṭu t[o]-

⟨34⟩ rai ucarattu iraṇṭu tirukkaiyuṭaiyarākakkaṉamāka eḻuntaruḷuvitta ivar nampirā[ṭṭi]yār [ol]okamāteviyār pratimam [oṉ]ṟu ||— [17*] ivar eḻuntaru-

⟨35⟩ ḷi niṉṟa aiy[vi]rala ucarattu patmam oṉṟu ||— [18*] itaṉoṭuṅkūṭacceyta oṉpatiṟṟu [vi]raṟca[ma]caturattu aiyvirale iraṇṭu torai ucarattu pīṭham oṉ-

⟨36⟩ ṟu ||— [19*] periyap[e]rumāḷukku devāradevarāka eḻuntaruḷuvitta devar pādādikeśāntam aivirale iraṇṭu torai uca[ra]ttu nālu śrīhastamum uṭaiyarāka[kka]- ⟨Page 156⟩

⟨37⟩ ṉamākappitta[ḷai]yāl eḻuntaruḷuvitta cantiracekaradevar tirumeṉi oṉṟu ||— [20*] ivaroṭuṅkūṭacceyta oruviralar[ai] ucarattu patmamum iruvirale nālu

⟨38⟩ toraiccamaca[tu]rattu[m] oruviral ucarattum pittaḷaiyāl ceyta pīṭham oṉṟu ||— [21*] ivaraikkavitta irupattu oruviraṟccuṟṟi[ṟ]kaṉamākaccempāl ceyta prabhai

⟨39⟩ oṉṟu ||— [22*] iva[ṉ]e nampiārūraṉārkkukkuṭuttaṉa ||— [23*] urudrākṣattāḻvaṭam oṉṟiṟpoṉṉiṉ curi aiympattāṟum urudrākṣam aiym[pa]ttāṟum uṭpaṭa niṟai

⟨40⟩ eṇkaḻañcey oṉpatu mañcāṭikku vilai kācu irupattaiñcu ||— [24*] ivaṉe naṅkaiparavaiyārkkukkuṭuttaṉa ||— [25*] [tiru]kkaiyk[kā]ṟai oṉṟu poṉ [kaḻa]-

⟨41⟩ ñcaraiyāka ira[ṇṭi]ṉāṟpoṉ mukka[ḻa]ñcu [||—] [26*] tirukkāṟkkā[ṟ]ai [o]ṉṟu poṉ kaḻañcaraiyāka iraṇ[ṭi]ṉāṟp[o]ṉ [mu]kkaḻañcu ||— [27*] motiram oṉṟu p[o]-

Third section.

⟨42⟩ ṉ araikkaḻañcey mañcāṭi[yu]ṅkuṉṟi ||— [28*] i[vaṉ]e ti[ru]nāvukkaraiyarkkukkuṭuttaṉa ||— [29*] urudrākṣaccuri p[o]ṉṉiṉ nūliṟ[k]kotta urudrākṣam oṉṟuṭpaṭa niṟai [ā]ṟu mañcāṭiyum iraṇṭu mā[vu]kku vilai kācu oṉṟu ||— [30*] urudrākṣaccuri poṉṉiṉ nūliṟ-

⟨43⟩ kotta urudrākṣam oṉṟum uṭpaṭa niṟai āṟu mañcāṭiyum iraṇṭu māvukku vilai kācu oṉṟu ||— [31*] kaṇṭikai urudr[ ākṣam o] ṉ[ṟum curi o]ṉ[ṟum uṭ]paṭa niṟai aiyṅka • • • • • [mañcāṭiyu]ṅkuṉṟikku vilai kācu eṭṭu ||— [32*] tirup[p]oṟpū oṉṟu poṉ mukkāle nālu mañ-

⟨44⟩ cāṭiyuṅkuṉṟi ||— [33*] tirukkaiykkāṟai oṉṟu poṉ irukaḻañcu ||— [34*] tirukk[aiy]kkāṟai oṉṟu poṉ kaḻa[ñce mukkā]l[e] nā[lu mañ]cāṭi ||— [35*] ivaṉ[e ti]ruñā[ṉacampantaṭikaḷukkukkuṭut]taṉa ||— [36*] urudrākṣaccuri poṉṉiṉ nūliṟkkotta urudrākṣam oṉṟuṭpaṭa niṟai

⟨45⟩ araikkaḻañce iraṇṭu mañcāṭikku vilai kācu oṉṟarai ||— [37*] urudrākṣaccuri po[ṉ]ṉiṉ nūliṟkkotta urudrākṣa[m] oṉṟuṭ[paṭa niṟ]ai a[r]aikka[ḻa]ñ[c]e mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟikku vilai kācu oṉṟarai [||—] [38*] [tāḻ]vaṭa[m oṉṟi]ṟ[po]ṉṉiṉ curi aimpattāṟum urudrākṣam aimpattāṟum uṭpaṭa niṟai eṇkaḻañce-

⟨46⟩ y nālu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟikku vilai kācu irupattaiñcu ||— [39*] tiruppoṟpū oṉṟu poṉ kaḻañcey kuṉṟi ||— [40*] tirukkaiykkāṟai oṉṟu poṉ irukaḻañcey kuṉṟi ||— [41*] tirukkaiykkāṟai oṉṟu poṉ kaḻañce mukkāle nālu mañcāṭi ||— [42*] tiruppaṭṭikai oṉṟu poṉ irukaḻañcu ||— [43*] iva[ṉ]e

⟨47⟩ periyaperumāḷukkukkuṭuttaṉa ||— [44*] tirukkaiykkāṟai oṉṟu poṉ kaḻañcey āṟu mañcāṭiyum mūṉṟu māvāka iraṇṭiṉāṟpoṉ irukaḻañcaraiye iraṇṭu mañcāṭiyum āṟu mā ||— [45*] tirukkutampai oṉṟu poṉ eṭṭu mañcāṭiyum eḻumāvāka iraṇ[ṭi]ṉāṟpoṉ mukkāle iraṇṭu mañcā- ⟨Page 157⟩

⟨48⟩ ṭiyum nāṉku mā ||— [46*] ivaṉe ivar nampirāṭṭiyār olokamāteviyārkkukkuṭuttaṉa ||— [47*] tirukkutampai oṉṟu poṉ eḻumañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟiyāka iraṇṭiṉāṟpoṉ mukkāl ||— [48*] tirukkaiykkāṟai oṉṟu poṉ kaḻañcey iraṇṭu mañcāṭiyum mūṉṟu mā [49*] tirukkaiykkāṟai oṉṟu poṉ kaḻañ-

⟨49⟩ ce eṭṭu mā ||— [50*] ivaṉ eḻuntaruḷuvitta tiruñāṉacampantaṭikaḷukku irājentiraciṅkavaḷanāṭṭuttiruvālināṭṭu uṭaiyār śrīrājarājīśvaram uṭ[ai]yār tevatā[ṉa]ṅkuṟuvāṇiyakkuṭi[y]ākiya parake[sari]purattu nakarattār yāṇṭu irupattoṉpatāvatu varai kuṭutta ratnaṅkaḷ dakṣiṇameruviṭaṅkan eṉṉuṅkallāl niṟai eṭuttum po-

⟨50⟩ ṉ āṭavallāṉ eṉṉuṅkallāl niṟai eṭuttuṅkallil veṭṭiṉa ||— [51*] urudrākṣam poṉṉi[ṉ cu]ri kaṭṭiṟ[ṟu] oṉṟum n[āṇ pa]ṭukaṇṇuṅkokkuvāyum uṭpaṭa niṟai kaḻañcey eḻumañcāṭikku vilai kācu mūṉṟe kāl ||— [52*] ivaṉ eḻunta-

⟨51⟩ [ruḷu]vi[tta] ti[runāvukka]r[aiyarkkukkuṭu]tta[ṉa ||—] [53*] [uru]drākṣam poṉṉiṉ curi kaṭṭiṟṟu [o]ṉṟu[m n]ā[ṇ paṭukaṇṇu]ṅkokkuv[ā]yum uṭpa[ṭa] niṟai kaḻañce eḻu[mañc]āṭik[ku] vilai [kā]cu mūṉṟu ||— [54*] ivaṉ eḻuntaruḷuvitta nampiā[rūra]ṉārkkukkuṭuttaṉa ||— [55*] urudrākṣam poṉṉiṉ curi kaṭṭiṟṟu oṉṟum nā[ṇ] paṭukaṇṇuṅk[o]-

Fourth section.

⟨52⟩ kkuvāyum uṭpaṭa niṟai kaḻañce eḻumañcāṭikku vilai kācu mūṉṟu ||— [56*] [i]vaṉ eḻuntaruḷuvi[t]ta naṅkaiparavaiyārkkukkuṭuttaṉa ||— [57*] tiru-

⟨53⟩ voṉṟuṭpaṭappaṭṭaikkāṟai oṉṟu poṉ mukkāle kuṉṟi ||— [58*] ivaṉ eḻuntaruḷuvitta nampiārūraṉārkku nittaviṉotavaḷanāṭṭu

⟨54⟩ veṇṇikkūṟṟattu uṭaiyār śrīrājarājīśvaram uṭaiyār tevatāṉam veṇṇi nakarat[t]ār yāṇṭu irupattoṉpatāvatu varai kuṭutta

⟨55⟩ poṉ āṭavallāṉ eṉṉuṅkallāl niṟai eṭuttukkallil veṭṭiṉa ||— [59*] tirukkampi o[ṉ]ṟu poṉ kaḻañce mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟi ||— [60*] tirukka[m]-

⟨56⟩ pi oṉṟu poṉ [kaḻa]ñce mañcāṭi ||— [61*] tiraḷmaṇivaṭam oṉṟu poṉ irukaḻañce mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉ[ṟi] ||— [62*] tirukkaiykkāṟai oṉṟu poṉ [ka]-

⟨57⟩ ḻañce [mu]kkāle nālu mañcā[ṭi] ||— [63*] [ti]rukkai[yk]kāṟai oṉṟu po[ṉ] kaḻañce mukkā[l]e mūṉṟu mañcā[ṭi]yuṅkuṉṟi ||— [64*] tirukkāṟkāṟai

⟨58⟩ oṉṟu poṉ kaḻañce mukkāle nālu mañcāṭiy[ā]ka iraṇṭināṟpoṉ mukkaḻañce mukkāle mūṉṟu [ma]ñcāṭi ||— [65*] [i]vaṉ eḻuntaruḷu-

⟨59⟩ vitta naṅkaiparavaiyārkkukkuṭuttaṉa ||— [66*] tirukkam[pi] oṉṟu poṉ mukkāle iraṇṭu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟi [||—] [67*] tirukkampi oṉṟu poṉ muk-

⟨60⟩ kāle iraṇṭu mañcāṭi ||— [68*]

TRANSLATION.

1. Hail ! Prosperity ! The following copper images,— 1 which had been set up in the temple of the lord Śrī-Rājarājēśvara until the twenty-ninth year (of the king's reign) by ⟨Page 158⟩ Ādittaṉ Sūryaṉ, alias Teṉṉavaṉ Mūvēnda-Vēḷāṉ, a headman (of) Poygai-nāḍu, who carried on the management of the temple of the lord Śrī-Rājarājēśvara,—were engraved on stone, after they had been measured by the cubit measure (preserved) in the temple of the lord, after the jewels (given to them) had been weighed without the threads by the stone called (after) Dakshiṇa-Mēru-Viṭaṅkaṉ, and after the gold had been weighed by the stone called (after) Āḍavallāṉ:—

2. One solid image of Nambi-Ārūraṉār, having two sacred arms and (measuring) seventeen viral and two tōrai in height from the feet to the hair.

3. One lotus on which this (image) stood, (measuring) two viral and a half in height.

4. One pedestal on which this (image) stood, joined to this (lotus and measuring) eight viral square, and three viral and two tōrai in height.

5. One solid image of Naṅgai-Paravaiyār, having two sacred arms (and measuring) sixteen viral in length.

6. One lotus on which this image stood, (measuring) two viral and two tōrai in height.

7. One pedestal, joined to this (lotus and measuring) six viral and two tōrai square, and three viral in height.

8. One solid image of Tirunāvukkaraiyar, having two sacred arms (and measuring) twenty-two viral and two tōrai in height from the feet to the hair.

9. One lotus on which this (image) stood, (measuring) two viral and six tōrai in height.

10. One pedestal, joined to this (lotus and measuring) eight viral and six tōrai square, and four viral in height.

11. One solid image of Tiruñāṉaśambandaḍigaḷ, having two sacred arms (and measuring) twenty-two viral and two tōrai in height from the feet to the hair.

12. One lotus on which this (image) stood, (measuring) two viral and two tōrai in height.

13. One pedestal, joined to this (lotus and measuring) nine viral and two tōrai square, and four viral in height.

14. One solid image of Periya-Perumāḷ, having two sacred arms (and measuring) one muṛam, four viral and a half in height from the feet to the hair.

15. One lotus on which this (image) stood, (measuring) five viral and two tōrai in height.

16. One pedestal, joined to this (lotus and measuring) eleven viral square, and five viral and six tōrai in height.

17. One solid image of his consort Olōgamādēviyār, having two sacred arms (and measuring) twenty-two viral and two tōrai in height.

18. One lotus on which this (image) stood, (measuring) five viral in height.

19. One pedestal, joined to this (lotus and measuring) nine viral square, and five viral and two tōrai in height.

20. One solid brass image of Chandraśēkharadēva, set up as Dēvāradēvar 1 of Periya-Perumāḷ, having four divine arms (and measuring) five viral and two tōrai in height from the feet to the hair.

21. One brass pedestal, (measuring) two viral and four tōrai square, and one viral in height, and (bearing) a lotus, which was joined to this (image and measured) one viral and a half in height. ⟨Page 159⟩

22. One solid aureola of copper, covering this (image and measuring) twenty-one viral in circumference.

23. The same person gave to (the image of) Nambi-Ārūraṉār:—

24. One necklace (tāṛvaḍam) of rudrāksha (beads), weighing,—inclusive of fifty-six gold screws (śuri) and fifty-six rudrāksha (beads),—eight kaṛañju and nine mañjāḍi, and worth twenty-five kāśu.

25. The same person gave to (the image of) Naṅgai-Paravaiyār:—

26. Two sacred arm-rings (tirukkaikkāṟai), consisting of three kaṛañju of gold,—each (consisting of one) kaṛañju and a half of gold.

27. Two sacred foot-rings (tirukkāṟkāṟai), consisting of three kaṛañju of gold,—each (consisting of one) kaṛañju and a half of gold.

28. One ring (mōdiram), (consisting of) half a kaṛañju, (one) mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

29. The same person gave to (the image of) Tirunāvukkaraiyar:—

30. A screw (fixed in) a rudrāksha (bead), weighing,—inclusive of one rudrāksha (bead) which was strung on a gold thread (nūl),—six mañjāḍi and two tenths, and worth one kāśu.

31. A screw fixed in a rudrāksha (bead), weighing,—inclusive of one rudrāksha (bead) which was strung on a gold thread,—six mañjāḍi and two tenths, and worth one kāśu.

32. A necklace (kaṇṭhikā), weighing,—inclusive of one rudrāksha (bead) [and one screw],—five ka[rañju] • • • • • mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi, and worth eight kāśu.

33. One sacred gold flower (tiruppoṟpū), (consisting of) three quarters (of a kaṛañju), four mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

34. One sacred arm-ring, (consisting of) two kaṛañju of gold.

35. One sacred arm-ring, (consisting of one) kaṛañju and three quarters and four mañjāḍi of gold.

36. The same person gave to (the image of) Tiruñā[ṉaśambandaḍigaḷ]:—

37. A screw (fixed in) a rudrāksha (bead), weighing,—inclusive of one rudrāksha (bead) which was strung on a gold thread,—half a kaṛañju and two mañjāḍi, and worth one and a half kāśu.

38. A screw (fixed in) a rudrāksha (bead), weighing,—inclusive of one rudrāksha (bead) which was strung on a gold thread,—half a kaṛañju, (one) mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi, and worth one and a half kāśu.

39. One necklace, weighing,—inclusive of fifty-six gold screws and fifty-six rudrāksha (beads),—eight kaṛañju, four mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi, and worth twenty-five kāśu.

40. One sacred gold flower, (consisting of one) kaṛañju and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

41. One sacred arm-ring, (consisting of) two kaṛañju and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

42. One sacred arm-ring, (consisting of one) kaṛañju and three quarters and four mañjāḍi of gold.

43. One sacred girdle (tiruppaṭṭigai), (consisting of) two kaṛañju of gold.

44. The same person gave to (the image of) Periya-Perumāḷ:—

45. Two sacred arm-rings, consisting of two kaṛañju and a half, two mañjāḍi and six tenths of gold,—each (consisting of one) kaṛañju, six mañjāḍi and three tenths of gold.

46. Two sacred ear-rings (tirukkudambai), consisting of three quarters (of a kaṛañju), two mañjāḍi and four tenths of gold,—each (consisting of) eight mañjāḍi and seven tenths of gold.

47. The same person gave to (the image of) Olōgamādēviyār, the consort of this (image):— ⟨Page 160⟩

48. Two sacred ear-rings, consisting of three quarters (of a kaṛañju) of gold,—each (consisting of) seven mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

49. One sacred arm-ring, (consisting of one) kaṛañju, two mañjāḍi and three tenths of gold.

50. One sacred arm-ring, (consisting of one) kaṛañju and eight tenths (of a mañjāḍi) of gold.

51. There were engraved on stone the jewels,—weighed by the stone called (after) Dakshiṇa-Mēru-Viṭaṅkaṉ,—and the gold,—weighed by the stone called (after) Āḍavallāṉ,—which had been given until the twenty-ninth year (of the king's reign) to (the image of) Tiruñāṉaśambandaḍigaḷ, which the same person had set up, by the citizens of Kuṟuvāṇiyakkuḍi, 1 alias Parakēsaripuram, a dēvadāna to (the temple of) the lord Śrī-Rājarājēśvara, in Tiruvāli-nāḍu, (a subdivision) of Rājēndrasiṁha-vaḷanāḍu:—

52. One gold screw fixed (in) a rudrāksha (bead), weighing,—inclusive of a string (nāṇ) (with) an eye and a hook,—(one) kaṛañju and seven mañjāḍi, and worth three and a quarter kāśu.

53. To (the image of) Tirunāvukkaraiyar, which the same person had set up, (the same citizens) gave:—

54. One gold screw fixed (in) a rudrāksha (bead), weighing,—inclusive of a string (with) an eye and a hook,—(one) kaṛañju and seven mañjāḍi, and worth three kāśu.

55. To (the image of) Nambi-Ārūraṉār, which the same person had set up, (the same citizens) gave:—

56. One gold screw fixed (in) a rudrāksha (bead), weighing,—inclusive of a string (with) an eye and a hook,—(one) kaṛañju and seven mañjāḍi, and worth three kāśu.

57. To (the image of) Naṅgai-Paravaiyār, which the same person had set up, (the same citizens gave:—

58. One neck-ring (paṭṭaikkāṟai), (consisting of) three quarters (of a kaṛañju) and (one) kuṉṟi of gold,—including one spiral. 2

59. There was engraved on stone the gold,—weighed by the stone called (after) Āḍavallāṉ,—which had been given until the twenty-ninth year (of the king's reign) to (the image of) Nambi-Ārūraṉār, which the same person had set up, by the citizens of Veṇṇi, 3 a dēvadāna) to (the temple of) the lord Śrī-Rājarājēśvara, in Veṇṇi-kūṟṟam, (a subdivision) of Nittaviṉōda-vaḷanāḍu:—

60. One sacred ear-ring, (tirukkambi), (consisting of one) kaṛañju, (one) mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

61. One sacred ear-ring, (consisting of one) kaṛañju and (one) mañjāḍi of gold.

62. One string of round beads (tiraḷ-maṇi-vaḍam), (containing) two kaṛañju, (one) mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

63. One sacred arm-ring, (consisting of one) kaṛañju and three quarters and four mañjāḍi of gold.

64. One sacred arm-ring, (consisting of one) kaṛañju and three quarters, three mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

65. Two sacred foot-rings, consisting of three kaṛañju and three quarters and three mañjāḍi of gold, —each (consisting of one) kaṛañju and three quarters and four mañjāḍi of gold. ⟨Page 161⟩

66. To (the image of) Naṅgai-Paravaiyār, which the same person had set up, (the same citizens) gave:—

67. One sacred ear-ring, (consisting of) three quarters (of a kaṛañju), two mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

68. One sacred ear-ring, (consisting of) three quarters (of a kaṛañju) and two mañjāḍi of gold.

⟨SIIv02p0i0039⟩ No. 39. ON TWO PILLARS OF THE WEST ENCLOSURE.

This inscription records, that Rājarājadēva's sēnāpati, who had built the enclosure of the temple, 1 set up before the 29th year of the king's reign an image of Ardhanārīśvara, 2 to which he presented a number of ornaments.

TEXT.

A. ON THE FIRST PILLAR.

East face.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrīḥ [||*] uṭai-

⟨2⟩ yār śrīrājarājade-

⟨3⟩ var peruntaram uy-

⟨4⟩ yakkoṇṭārva-

⟨5⟩ ḷanāṭṭu veṇṇāṭ-

⟨6⟩ ṭukeraḷāntakaccatu-

⟨7⟩ rvvedimaṅgalattu narā-

⟨8⟩ kkaṇ śrīkṛiṣṇan irā-

⟨9⟩ maṉāṉa senāpati

⟨10⟩ mummaṭicoḷabra-

⟨11⟩ hmamārāyaṉ śrīrā-

⟨12⟩ jarājīśvaram uṭai-

⟨13⟩ yār koyilil yā-

⟨14⟩ ṇṭu irupattoṉpa-

⟨15⟩ tāvatu varai eḻunta-

⟨16⟩ ruḷuvitta cepputti-

⟨17⟩ rumeṉi uṭaiyār ko-

⟨18⟩ yilil muḻattāl aḷa-

⟨19⟩ ntum ratnaṅkaḷ caraṭu-

⟨20⟩ ñcaṭṭamum nīkki dakṣi-

⟨21⟩ ṇameruviṭaṅkan e-

⟨22⟩ ṉṉuṅkallāl niṟai

⟨23⟩ eṭuttum poṉ ā-

⟨24⟩ ṭavallāṉ eṉṉu-

⟨25⟩ ṅkallāl niṟai e-

⟨26⟩ ṭuttuṅkallil ve-

⟨27⟩ ṭṭiṉapaṭi ||— [1*] pādā-

⟨28⟩ dikeśāntam mukkāle ⟨Page 162⟩

⟨29⟩ oruviral ucarattu īśva-

⟨30⟩ rabhāgam iraṇṭu śrīha-

⟨31⟩ stamum umābhāgam o-

North face.

⟨32⟩ ruśrīhastamum u-

⟨33⟩ ṭaiyarāy umābhā-

⟨34⟩ gam cempiṉ me-

⟨35⟩ l pittaḷai koṇ-

⟨36⟩ ṭu pūcikkaṉamāka e-

⟨37⟩ ḻuntaruḷuvitta a-

⟨38⟩ rddhanārīśvarar tirume-

⟨39⟩ ṉi oṉṟu ||— [2*] ratnanyā-

⟨40⟩ sañceytu ivar

⟨41⟩ eḻuntaruḷi niṉṟa

⟨42⟩ iruviralarai ucara-

⟨43⟩ ttu patmam oṉṟu [3*]

⟨44⟩ mukkāle iruvirale

⟨45⟩ iraṇṭu torai nī-

⟨46⟩ ḷattu patiṟṟu vira-

⟨47⟩ larai akalattu ai-

⟨48⟩ viral ucarattu ivar

⟨49⟩ eḻuntaruḷi niṉṟa

⟨50⟩ pīṭham oṉṟu ||— [4*] i-

⟨51⟩ varaikkavitta irumu-

⟨52⟩ ḻavaraiye iruvira-

⟨53⟩ lccuṟṟiṟkaṉamā-

⟨54⟩ kacceyta prabhai

⟨55⟩ oṉṟu ||— [5*] ivarkku-

⟨56⟩ kkuṭuttaṉa ||— [6*] śrīmuṭi

⟨57⟩ oṉṟiṟkotta mu-

⟨58⟩ ttu vaṭṭamum aṉu-

⟨59⟩ vaṭṭamum oppumut-

⟨60⟩ tuṅkuṟumuttum a-

⟨61⟩ mpumutum āka mut-

⟨62⟩ tu nūṟṟirupatto-

West face.

⟨63⟩ ṉṟum kaṭṭiṉa ku-

⟨64⟩ ṟumuttu eḻum [pa]-

⟨65⟩ ḷikkuvayiram pati-

⟨66⟩ ṉoṉṟum taṭavi-

⟨67⟩ kkaṭṭiṉa paḷiṅku

⟨68⟩ muppattu nālum

⟨69⟩ piñcum arakkum

⟨70⟩ uṭpaṭa niṟai mu-

⟨71⟩ ppatiṉ kaḻañce- ⟨Page 163⟩

⟨72⟩ y muṉṟu mañcā-

⟨73⟩ ṭikku vilai kācu ai-

⟨74⟩ mpatu ||— [7*] tirumālai

⟨75⟩ oṉṟiṟkaṭṭiṉa ku-

⟨76⟩ ṟumuttu pattum pa-

⟨77⟩ ḷikkuvayiram irupa-

⟨78⟩ ttāṟum potti e-

⟨79⟩ ḻum taṭavikkaṭṭiṉa

⟨80⟩ paḷiṅku muppattu

⟨81⟩ iraṇṭum piñcum

⟨82⟩ arakkum uṭpaṭa niṟai

⟨83⟩ aṟukaḻañcey e-

⟨84⟩ ḻumañcāṭikku vilai

⟨85⟩ kācu paṉṉiraṇṭu ||— [8*]

⟨86⟩ vīrapaṭṭam oṉṟiṟ-

⟨87⟩ kotta muttu paḻamut-

⟨88⟩ tum vaṭṭamum aṉuva-

⟨89⟩ ṭṭamum oppumuttuṅ-

⟨90⟩ kuṟumuttum am[pu]mu-

⟨91⟩ tuṅkaṟaṭuñcappatti-

⟨92⟩ yuñcakkattum āka mu-

⟨93⟩ ttu nūṟṟērupattu

South face.

⟨94⟩ oṉṟum poṉ-

⟨95⟩ ṉiṉ neruñcip-

⟨96⟩ pūcceyal pati-

⟨97⟩ ṉāṟum uṭpaṭa ni-

⟨98⟩ ṟai nāṟkaḻañce-

⟨99⟩ y mūṉṟu mañcāṭi-

⟨100⟩ kku vilai kācu mūṉ-

⟨101⟩ ṟu ||— [9*] śrībāhuvala-

⟨102⟩ yam oṉṟilttaṭavik-

⟨103⟩ kaṭṭiṉa paḷiṅku mū-

⟨104⟩ ṉṟum uṭpaṭa niṟai

⟨105⟩ irukaḻañcey eṭṭu

⟨106⟩ mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟi-

⟨107⟩ kku vilai kācu aiñcu [10*]

⟨108⟩ śrībāhuvalayam o-

⟨109⟩ ṉṟilttaṭavikkaṭṭiṉa

⟨110⟩ paḷiṅku mūṉṟum u-

⟨111⟩ ṭpaṭa niṟai irukaḻañ-

⟨112⟩ caraiye iraṇṭu

⟨113⟩ mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉ-

⟨114⟩ ṟikku vilai kācu ai-

⟨115⟩ ñcu ||— [11*] tiruudarabandha-

⟨116⟩ nam oṉṟilttaṭavikka- ⟨Page 164⟩

⟨117⟩ ṭṭiṉa paḷiṅku oṉṟu-

⟨118⟩ m paḷikkuvayiram i-

⟨119⟩ raṇṭum uṭpaṭa niṟai

⟨120⟩ mukkaḻañcaraiye

⟨121⟩ mañcāṭikku vilai kācu e-

⟨122⟩ ḻu ||— [12*] tiruppoṟpū

⟨123⟩ oṉṟu poṉ nāṟ-

⟨124⟩ kaḻañcākattiruppo-

B. ON THE SECOND PILLAR.

East face.

⟨125⟩ ṟpūppatināṟiṉāṟ-

⟨126⟩ poṉ aṟupattu

⟨127⟩ nāṟkaḻañcu ||— [13*] tirup-

⟨128⟩ poṟpū oṉṟu po-

⟨129⟩ ṉ nāṟkaḻañcey ku-

⟨130⟩ ṉṟiyāka nāliṉāṟ-

⟨131⟩ poṉ patiṉaṟukaḻañ-

⟨132⟩ cey iraṇṭu mañcā-

⟨133⟩ ṭi ||— [14*] tiruppoṟpū oṉ-

⟨134⟩ ṟu poṉ nāṟkaḻañce-

⟨135⟩ y mañcāṭi ||— [15*] tiruppo-

⟨136⟩ ṟpū oṉṟu poṉ mu-

⟨137⟩ kkaḻañcey mukkā-

⟨138⟩ le nālu mañcāṭi-

⟨139⟩ yuṅkuṉṟiyāka aiñ-

⟨140⟩ cināṟpoṉ patto-

⟨141⟩ ṉpatiṉ kaḻañcey

⟨142⟩ mukkāle iraṇṭu ma-

⟨143⟩ ñcāṭiyuṅ[ru]ṉṟi1 ||— [16*]

⟨144⟩ tiruppoṟpū oṉṟu

⟨145⟩ poṉ mukkaḻañce-

⟨146⟩ y mukkāle nālu ma-

⟨147⟩ ñcāṭiyāka muṉṟinā-

⟨148⟩ ṟpoṉ patiṉoruka-

⟨149⟩ ḻañcey mukkāle i-

⟨150⟩ raṇṭu mañcāṭi ||— [17*] tirup-

⟨151⟩ poṟpū oṉṟu po-

⟨152⟩ ṉ mukkaḻañcey o-

⟨153⟩ ṉpatu mañcāṭi ||— [18*]

⟨154⟩ tirukkaiykkāṟai oṉ

⟨155⟩ ṟu poṉ kaḻañca-

⟨156⟩ raiye mūṉṟu [ma]ñcā- ⟨Page 165⟩

North face.

⟨157⟩ ṭiyuṅkuṉṟi ||— [19*] tiru-

⟨158⟩ kkaiykkāṟai o-

⟨159⟩ ṉṟu poṉ kaḻañ-

⟨160⟩ caraiye iraṇṭu

⟨161⟩ mañcāṭi ||— [20*] tirukkai-

⟨162⟩ ykkāṟai oṉṟu

⟨163⟩ poṉ kaḻañcarai-

⟨164⟩ ye nālu mañcāṭi-

⟨165⟩ yuṅkuṉṟi ||— [21*] tiruppa-

⟨166⟩ ṭṭikai oṉṟu po-

⟨167⟩ ṉ kaḻañcey mukkā-

⟨168⟩ le iraṇṭu mañcā-

⟨169⟩ ṭiyuṅkuṉṟi ||— [22*] tiruvaṭi-

⟨170⟩ kkāṟai oṉṟu po-

⟨171⟩ ṉ kaḻañcey mukkā-

⟨172⟩ le nālu mañcāṭiyu-

⟨173⟩ ṅkuṉṟi ||— [23*] tiruvaṭikkā-

⟨174⟩ ṟai oṉṟu poṉ

⟨175⟩ irukaḻañcey e-

⟨176⟩ ḻumañcāṭiyuṅku-

⟨177⟩ ṉṟi ||— [24*]

TRANSLATION.

1. Hail ! Prosperity ! The following copper image,—which had been set up in the temple of the lord Śrī-Rājarājēśvara until the twenty-ninth year (of the king's reign) by Narākkaṇ 1 Śrī-Kṛishṇa Rāma, alias the general (sēnāpati) Mummaḍi-Chōḷabrahma-mārāyaṉ, a Perundaram of the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva (and a native) of Kēraḷāntaka-chaturvēdimaṅgalam in Veṇṇāḍu, (a subdivision) of Uyyakkoṇḍārvaḷanāḍu,—was engraved on stone, after it had been measured by the cubit measure (preserved) in the temple of the lord, after the jewels (given to it) had been weighed without the threads and the frames by the stone called (after) Dakshiṇa-Mēru-Viṭaṅkaṉ, and after the gold had been weighed by the stone called (after) Āḍavallāṉ:—

2. One solid image of Ardhanārīśvara, (measuring) three quarters (of a muṛam) and one viral in height from the feet to the hair. The Īśvara half had two divine arms; the Umā half had one divine arm, and its copper was covered with brass.

3. One lotus on which this (image) stood, set with jewels (and measuring) two viral and a half in height.

4. One pedestal on which this (image) stood, (measuring) three quarters (of a muṛam), two viral and two tōrai in length, ten viral and a half in breadth, and five viral in height.

5. One solid aureola, covering this (image and measuring) two muṛam and a half and two viral in circumference.

6. To this (image) were given:—

7. One sacred crown (śrī-muḍi), weighing, with the piñju and the lac, thirty kaṛañju and three mañjāḍi, and worth fifty kāśu. On (it) were strung one hundred and twenty-one ⟨Page 166⟩ pearls, viz., round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls, small pearls and ambumudu; (into it) were set seven small pearls and eleven diamond crystals; and (on it) were fastened thirtyfour crystals.

8. One sacred garland (tiru-mālai), weighing, with the piñju) and the lac, six kaṛañju and seven mañjāḍi, and worth twelve kāśu. Into (it) were set ten small pearls, twenty-six diamond crystals and seven potti; and (on it) were fastened thirty-two crystals.

9. One front-plate (vīra-paṭṭa), weighing,—inclusive of sixteen neruñji 1 flowers, made of gold,—four kaṛañju and three mañjāḍi, and worth three kāśu. On (it) were strung one hundred and eleven pearls, viz., old pearls, round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls, small pearls, ambumudu, crude pearls, śappatti and śakkattu.

10. One sacred armlet (śrī-bāhu-valaya), weighing,—inclusive of three crystals, which were fastened on (it),—two kaṛañju, eight mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi, and worth five kāśu.

11. One sacred armlet, weighing,—inclusive of three crystals, which were fastened on (it),—two kaṛañju and a half, two mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi, and worth five kāśu.

12. One sacred waist-band (udara-bandhana), weighing,—inclusive of one crystal and two diamond crystals, which were fastened on (it),—three kaṛañju and a half and (one) mañjāḍi, and worth seven kāśu.

13. Sixteen sacred gold flowers (tiruppoṟpū), consisting of sixty-four kaṛañju of gold,— each sacred gold flower (consisting of) four kaṛañju of gold.

14. Four sacred gold flowers, consisting of sixteen kaṛañju and two mañjāḍi of gold,— each (consisting of) four kaṛañju and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

15. One sacred gold flower, (consisting of) four kaṛañju and (one) mañjāḍi of gold.

16. Five sacred gold flowers, consisting of nineteen kaṛañju and three quarters, two mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold,—each (consisting of) three kaṛañju and three quarters, four mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

17. Three sacred gold flowers, consisting of eleven kaṛañju and three quarters and two mañjāḍi of gold,—each (consisting of) three kaṛañju and three quarters and four mañjāḍi of gold.

18. One sacred gold flower, (consisting of) three kaṛañju and nine mañjāḍi of gold.

19. One sacred arm-ring, (tirukkaikkāṟai), (consisting of one) kaṛañju and a half, three mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

20. One sacred arm-ring, (consisting of one) kaṛañju and a half and two mañjāḍi of gold.

21. One sacred arm-ring, (consisting of one) kaṛañju and a half, four mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

22. One sacred girdle (tiruppaṭṭigai), (consisting of one) kaṛañju and three quarters, two mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

23. One sacred foot-ring (tiruvaḍikkāṟai), (consisting of one) kaṛañju and three quarters, four mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

24. One sacred foot-ring, (consisting of) two kaṛañju, seven mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

⟨SIIv02p0i0040⟩ No. 40. ON TWO PILLARS OF THE WEST ENCLOSURE.

This short inscription is dated in the 3rd year of the reign of Rājēndra-Chōḷadēva and records the setting-up of a copper image by the same manager of the Rājarājēśvara temple, whose name we have found in two inscriptions of the 29th year of the reign of ⟨Page 167⟩ Rājarājadēva. 1 It commands considerable interest, because it refers explicitly to the legend of one of the Tiruttoṇḍar, as preserved in the Periyapurāṇam. 2 In the 6th chapter of this book, we are told how Meypporuṇāyaṉār, a Chēdi (!) king residing at Tirukkōvalūr, 3 was stabbed by his enemy Muttanādaṉ, who had managed to obtain a private interview in the disguise of a Śaiva devotee. The door-keeper Tattaṉ, who intended to kill the murderer, was prevented by the dying king, who exclaimed:—“Oh Tattaṉ ! he is a devotee of Śiva; therefore do not harm him !”—or, as expressed in the verse which is prefixed to the story:—“(He is) one of us, oh Tattaṉ !” In the subjoined inscription, the corresponding words are:—“Oh Tattaṉ ! (he is) one of us; see !”— 4 and the person who utters them, is called Milāḍ-uḍaiyār, ‘the lord of Milāḍu.’ This designation of Meypporuṇāyaṉār is synonymous with Malāḍa-maṉṉar, ‘the king of the inhabitants of Malāḍu,’ 5 in the opening verse, and with Malaiya-māṉāṭṭārukku araśar, ‘the king of the inhabitants of the great country of hills,’ in the prose version.

In the introduction to No. 38, it was mentioned that Śēkkiṛār, the author of the original poetical version of the Periyapurāṇam, wrote during the reign of the Chōḷa king Anapāya, alias Kulōttuṅga-Chōḷadēva. The characters of the Tiruvārūr inscription of this prince are decidedly more modern than those of the Tañjāvūr inscriptions of Rājarāja and Rājēndra-Chōḷa. Accordingly, the Periyapurāṇam must have been composed after their time. On the other hand, the subjoined inscription proves that the legends, which Śēkkiṛār embodied in his work, were not of his own invention, but must have grown up in the time of the predecessors of Rājēndra-Chōḷa.

TEXT.

A. On the east face of the first pillar.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī ||— ko-

⟨2⟩ pparakesarivarmma-

⟨3⟩ rāṉa śrīrājendra-

⟨4⟩ coḷadevarkku

⟨5⟩ yāṇṭu muṉṟāva-

⟨6⟩ tu uṭaiyār śrīrā-

⟨7⟩ jarājīśvaram uṭai-

⟨8⟩ yārkku śrīkāryyañ-

⟨9⟩ ceykiṉṟa poy-

⟨10⟩ kaināṭu kiḻavaṉ ā-

⟨11⟩ tittaṉ sūryya(ṉ)ṉā-

⟨12⟩ ṉa teṉṉavan muve-

⟨13⟩ ntaveḷāṉ yāṇ-

⟨14⟩ ṭu muṉṟāvatu varai

⟨15⟩ ceyvitta ceppu

⟨16⟩ pratimaṅkaḷ uṭai-

⟨17⟩ yār koyilil mu- ⟨Page 168⟩

⟨18⟩ ḻattāl aḷantu-

⟨19⟩ mratnaṅkaḷ dakṣi-

⟨20⟩ ṇameruviṭaṅkane-

⟨21⟩ ṉṉuṅkallāl ni-

⟨22⟩ ṟai eṭuttuṅkal-

⟨23⟩ lil veṭṭiṉa |— [1*] pā-

⟨24⟩ dādikeśāntam i-

⟨25⟩ rupatiṟṟu viral ucara-

⟨26⟩ ttu iraṇṭu kaiyyu-

⟨27⟩ ṭaiyarākakkaṉamā-

⟨28⟩ kacceyta tattā na-

⟨29⟩ mare kāṇ eṉṟa mi-

⟨30⟩ lāṭuṭaiyār oruvar [||—] [2*]

⟨31⟩ ivar niṉṟa patiṟṟu

B. On the east face of the second pillar.

⟨32⟩ viral nīḷattu e-

⟨33⟩ ṇviral akalat-

⟨34⟩ tu eṇviralucara-

⟨35⟩ ttu 1 panmattoṭu-

⟨36⟩ ṅkūṭacceyta pī-

⟨37⟩ ṭham oṉṟu ||— [3*] iva-

⟨38⟩ ṉe ivarkkuk-

⟨39⟩ kuṭuttaṉa [||—] [4*] rudrā-

⟨40⟩ kṣam oṉṟiṟkaṭ-

⟨41⟩ ṭiṉa poṉ eḻuma-

⟨42⟩ ñcāṭi uṭpaṭa rudrā-

⟨43⟩ kṣam oṉṟu niṟai a-

⟨44⟩ raikkaḻañce nā-

⟨45⟩ lu mañcāṭiyuṅku-

⟨46⟩ ṉṟikku vilai kācu

⟨47⟩ oṉṟu [||—] [5*]

TRANSLATION.

1. Hail ! Prosperity ! In the third year (of the reign) of Kō-Parakēsarivarman, alias Śrī-Rājēndra-Chōḷadēva, (the following) copper images,— 2 which Ādittaṉ Sūryaṉ, alias Teṉṉavaṉ Mūvēnda-Vēḷāṉ, a headman (of) Poygai-nāḍu, who carried on the management of the temple of the lord Śrī-Rājarājēśvara, had caused to be made until the third year (of the king's reign),—were engraved on stone, after they had been measured by the cubit measure (preserved) in the temple of the lord, and after the jewels (given to them) had been weighed by the stone called (after) Dakshiṇa-Mēru-Viṭaṅkaṉ:—

2. One solid (image of) Milāḍuḍaiyār, who said:—“Oh Tattaṉ ! (he is) one of us; see !”—having two arms (and measuring) twenty viral in height from the feet to the hair. ⟨Page 169⟩

3. One pedestal on which this (image) stood, joined to a lotus (and measuring) ten viral in length, eight viral in breadth, and eight viral in height.

4. The same person gave to this (image):—

5. One rudrāksha (bead), weighing,—inclusive of seven mañjāḍi of gold which was set into it, —half a kaṛañju, four mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi, and worth one kāśu.

⟨SIIv02p0i0041⟩ No. 41. ON A NICHE OF THE WEST ENCLOSURE.

The date of this inscription is the same as that of the preceding No. 40. The inscription describes gifts that were made to four of the images, the setting-up of which is recorded in the inscription No. 38, by the temple manager who had set them up. The four recipients of the gifts were the images of Nambi-Ārūraṉār (alias Sundaramūrti), Tiruñāṉaśambandaḍigaḷ, Tirunāvukkaraiyadēvar and Periya-Perumāḷ. The gifts consisted of two lamps and one stand for sacred ashes.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||*] uṭaiyār śrīrājarājīśvaram

⟨2⟩ uṭaiyārkku śrīkāryyañce[yki]ṉṟa p[o]-

⟨3⟩ ykaināṭu kiḻavaṉ ātittaṉ sūryya[ṉā]-

⟨4⟩ ṉa teṉṉavaṉ mūventaveḷā[ṉ]

⟨5⟩ tāṉ eḻuntaruḷuvitta nampiyārūra-

⟨6⟩ nārkkum tirunāṉacampantaṭikaḷukkum tiru-

⟨7⟩ nāvukkaraiyatevarkkum uṭaiyā[r] śrīrā-

⟨8⟩ jendracoḻadevarkku [yā]ṇṭu mūṉṟā[va]tu va[r]ai

⟨9⟩ kuṭutta tarā nilaiviḷakku oṉṟu iru[ppu] nārācam uṭpaṭa ni-

⟨10⟩ ṟai nāṟpattorupalavarai ||— [1*] ivaṉ[e tā]ṉ eḻuntaruḷuvi-

⟨11⟩ tta periyaperumāḷukkukkuṭutta tarā [nilai]viḷakku oṉṟu

⟨12⟩ iruppu nārācam uṭpaṭa niṟai nūṟṟiru[patiṉ] pa[lam] ||— [2*] veṇka-

⟨13⟩ lamaṭal oṉṟu niṟai nāṟpalam ||— [3*]

TRANSLATION.

1. Hail ! Prosperity ! Ādittaṉ Sūryaṉ, alias Teṉṉavaṉ Mūvēnda-Vēḷāṉ, a headman (of) Poygai-nāḍu, who carried on the management of the temple of the lord Śrī-Rājarājēśvara, gave until the third year (of the reign) of the lord Śrī-Rājēndra-Śōṛadēva to (the images of) Nambi-Ārūraṉār, Tiruñāṉaśambandaḍigaḷ and Tirunāvukkaraiyadēvar, which he had set up himself, one fixed lamp (nilai-viḷakku) of zinc (tarā), which, together with an iron pin (nārāśam), weighed forty-one palam and a half.

2. The same person gave to (the image of) Periya-Perumāḷ, which he had set up himself, one fixed lamp of zine, which, together with an iron pin, weighed one hundred and twenty palam.

3. (He further gave) one stand for sacred ashes of bell-metal (veṇkala-maḍal), weighing four palam.

⟨SIIv02p0i0042⟩ No. 42. ON A NICHE AND A PILLAR OF THE WEST ENCLOSURE.

This inscription is engraved on the same niche as the preceding No. 41; the last few line are on an adjacent pillar. The inscription records that, before the 29th year of the reign of Rājarājadēva, his queen Chōḷamahādēvī set up copper images of Śiva, called Āḍavallār, and of his consort and presented a few ornaments to these two images. ⟨Page 170⟩

TEXT.

A. ON THE NICHE.

First section.

⟨1⟩ [sva]sti śrīḥ [||*] uṭaiyār śrīrājarāja-

⟨2⟩ [deva]r nampirāṭṭiyār coḻama-

⟨3⟩ [h]ādeviyār śrīrājarājī-

⟨4⟩ [śva]ram [u]ṭaiyār koyilil

⟨5⟩ [yāṇ]ṭu [iru]pattoṉpatāvatu va[rai]

⟨6⟩ [e]ḻuntaruḷuvitta cepputtirumeṉikaḷ u[ṭai]-

⟨7⟩ [y]ār koyilil mu[ḻat]tāl aḷantum ratnaṅ[ka]-

⟨8⟩ [ḷ] caraṭuñcaṭṭamuñceppāṇikaḷunīkki dakṣiṇam[e]-

⟨9⟩ [ru]viṭaṅkan eṉṉuṅkallāl niṟai eṭuttum p[o]-

⟨10⟩ ṉ āṭavallāṉ eṉṉuṅkallāl niṟai eṭut-

⟨11⟩ tu[ṅ]kallil veṭṭiṉapaṭi |— [1*] kīḻkkiṭanta mucalaka[ṉ]o-

⟨12⟩ ṭuṅkūṭa [p]ādādi[k]eśāntam mukkāle araikkāl

⟨13⟩ muḻaucaramum śrīhastam nālum jaṭai mel gaṅ-

⟨14⟩ gābhaṭṭārakiyum jaṭai oṉpatum pūmālai eḻum [u]-

⟨15⟩ [ṭa]iya kaṉamāka eḻuntaruḷuvitta āṭavallār ti-

⟨16⟩ rumeṉi oṉṟu ||— [2*] ratnanyāsam ceytu ivar eḻu[n]-

⟨17⟩ taruḷi niṉṟa mūviral ucaram uṭaiya patmam oṉṟu [3*]

⟨18⟩ aiviral ucarattu arai muḻanīḷattu patiṟṟu vi[ra]-

⟨19⟩ l akalam uṭaiya pīṭham oṉṟu ||— [4*] mummuḻam[e]

⟨20⟩ [i]ruviraṟcuṟṟilkkaṉamākacceyta prabhai oṉ-

Second section.

⟨21⟩ ṟu [5*] i[va]r nam[pi]rāṭ[ṭi]yār [pād]ādikeśāntam pa-

⟨22⟩ tiṉeḻuvirale iraṇṭu torai ucaram

⟨23⟩ uṭ[aiya] kaṉamāka eḻuntaruḷuvitta

⟨24⟩ umāparameśvariyār tirumeṉi o-

⟨25⟩ ṉṟu [6*] ratnanyāsam ceytu ivar eḻuntaruḷi ni-

⟨26⟩ ṉṟa [i]ruvirale iraṇṭu torai ucaram uṭai-

⟨27⟩ ya [pa]tma[m] oṉṟu ||— [7*] ivar eḻuntaruḷi niṉṟa

⟨28⟩ mūvirale āṟu torai ucaramum eṇvirale

⟨29⟩ āṟu tor[ai] nīḷamum eḻuviralarai akalamum uṭaiya

⟨30⟩ pīṭham oṉṟu ||— [8*] irumuḻame patiṉ [nā]lvirala[rai] cuṟṟuṭaiyu1

⟨31⟩ kaṉamākacceyta prabhai oṉṟu ||— [9*] āṭavallārkku ivare kuṭut-

⟨32⟩ ta tiraḷmaṇivaṭam oṉṟu poṉ aṟukaḻañcar[ai]ye mañcāṭi |— [10*]

⟨33⟩ i[va]r nam[pi]rāṭṭiyār umāparameśvariyārkku ivare kuṭu-

⟨34⟩ ttaṉa |— [11*] poṉṉiṉ nāṇiṟkotta māṇikkattiṉ tiru oṉṟiṟka-

⟨35⟩ ṭṭiṉa vayirañcappaṭiyum uruḷaiyum mūṉṟuntaṭavikkaṭṭiṉa māṇikka-

⟨36⟩ ṅkomaḷam oṉṟum paccai oṉṟuṅkot[ta] māṇikkam pa ⟨Page 171⟩

⟨37⟩ 1 [kuḻivum pra] haramum vejjamuṅkomaḷamum uṭ[ai]yatu oṉṟu-

⟨38⟩ ntāḷimpam iraṇṭum paṭukaṇ oṉṟuṅkokku[vā]y oṉṟum

⟨39⟩ arakkum uṭpaṭa niṟai kaḻañcaraiye iraṇṭu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉ-

⟨40⟩ ṟikku vilai kācu nālu [12*] tiricaram oṉṟiṟkotta muttu vaṭṭamum a-

⟨41⟩ ṉuvaṭṭamum oppumuttuṅkuṟumuttuṅkuḷirnta nīruñcivanta nī-

⟨42⟩ rum pāṇiccāyum uṭaiya muttu eṇpatteḻum pavaḻam āṟum

⟨43⟩ [p]oṉṉiṉ nempu iraṇṭum mū-

⟨44⟩ ṉṟoṉṟāka aṭuttu viḷakkiṉa

⟨45⟩ tāḷimpam iraṇṭum paṭukaṇ iraṇ-

⟨46⟩ ṭum arakkum uṭpaṭa niṟai mukka-

B. ON THE SOUTH FACE OF THE PILLAR.

⟨47⟩ ḻañcey mukkā-

⟨48⟩ le nā[lu] mañcā-

⟨49⟩ ṭiyum [e]ḻumāvukku

⟨50⟩ vilai kācu [e]ṭṭu ||— [13*]

⟨51⟩ tālimaṇivaṭam o-

⟨52⟩ ṉṟu poṉ kaḻa-

⟨53⟩ ñcey mukkāle

⟨54⟩ iraṇṭu mañcāṭiyu-

⟨55⟩ ṅkuṉṟi |— [14*]

TRANSLATION.

1. Hail ! Prosperity ! The following copper images, —which had been set up in the temple of the lord Śrī-Rājarājēśvara until the twenty-ninth year (of the king's reign) by Śōṛamahādēviyār, the consort of our lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva,—were engraved on stone, after they had been measured by the cubit measure (preserved) in the temple of the lord, after the jewels (given to them) had been weighed without the threads, the frames and the copper nails by the stone called (after) Dakshiṇa-Mēru-Viṭaṅkaṉ, and after the gold had been weighed by the stone called (after) Āḍavallāṉ:—

2. One solid image of Āḍavallār, having four divine arms (the goddess) Gaṅgābhaṭṭārakī on the braided hair, nine braids of hair (jaṭā) and seven flower-garlands (pūmālai), and (measuring), together with (an image of) Muśalagaṉ who was lying on the ground, three quarters and one eighth of a muṛam in height from the feet to the hair.

3. One lotus on which this (image) stood, set with jewels and measuring three viral in height.

4. One pedestal, measuring five viral in height, half a muṛam in length, and ten viral in breadth.

5. One solid aurcola (measuring), three muṛam) and two viral) in circumference.

6. One solid image of his consort Umāparamēśvarī, measuring seventeen viral and two tōrai in height from the feet to the hair.

7. One lotus on which this (image) stood, set with jewels and measuring two viral and two tōrai in height. ⟨Page 172⟩

8. One pedestal on which this (image) stood, measuring three viral) and six tōrai in height, eight viral and six tōrai in length, and seven viral and a half in breadth.

9. One solid aureola, measuring two muṛam, fourteen viral and a half in circumference.

10. To (the image of) Āḍavallār the same (queen) gave one string of round beads (tiraḷmaṇi-vaḍam), (containing) six kaṛañju and a half and (one) mañjāḍi of gold.

11. To (the image of) his consort Umāparamēśvarī the same (queen) gave:—

12. One spiral (tiru), (consisting) of a ruby which was strung on a gold string, weighing, with the lac, (one) kaṛañju and a half, two mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi, and worth four kāśu. Into (it) were set three flat and round diamonds; (on it) were fastened one smooth ruby and one emerald (pachchai); and (on it) were strung one smooth ruby with [large] cavities, cuts and holes, 1 two tāḷimbam, one eye and one hook.

13. One ornament of three strings (triśaram), weighing, with the lac, three kaṛañju and three quarters, four mañjāḍi and seven tenths, and worth eight kāśu. On (it) were strung eighty-seven pearls, —(viz.) round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls, small pearls, (pearls) of brilliant water, of red water, and resembling toddy in colour, —six corals, two gold pins (nembu), two tāḷimbam (each of) which consisted of three (pieces) soldered together, and two eyes.

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

⟨SIIv02p0i0043⟩ No. 43. ON THE BASE OF THE WEST ENCLOSURE.

The date of this inscription and the name of the donor are only partially preserved, but were doubtlessly the same as in the inscriptions Nos. 40 and 41. It records the settingup of copper images of two gods, —Kshētrapāladēva (paragraph 2) and Bhairava (7),— and of three human beings, who were arranged in a group (24). These were Śiṟuttoṇḍa-Nambi (12), (his wife) Tiruveṇkāṭṭu-Naṅgai (16) and (their son) Śīrāḷadēvar (19), who, according to the Periyapurāṇam, 2 was killed by his parents and served up as a meal to Śiva in his form of Bhairava. Thus the inscription is an additional proof of the antiquity of the legends, which are embodied in the Periyapurāṇam, and some of which are referred to in other inscriptions of Rājarāja (No. 38) and Rājēndra-Chōḷa (Nos. 40 and 41). Śiṟuttoṇḍaṉ is already mentioned in the Dēvāram of Tiruñāṉaśambandar. 3

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ 4 • • • • • • ṉ [mū]ventaveḷāṉ yāṇ[ṭu mū]ṉṟāvatu varai e[ḻu]ntaruḷu[vi]tta cepput[tiru]meṉikaḷum [prati] maṅ[kaḷu]m [u]ṭaiyār k[oyilil]

⟨2⟩ muḻattāl aḷan[tu]m poṉ [āṭava]ll[ā]ṉ eṉṉuṅkallāl ni[ṟ]ai [eṭu]ttum ra[tna]ṅ[ kaḷ caraṭu nīkki dakṣiṇameruviṭaṅ] kaṉ [eṉ]ṉuṅkallāl niṟai eṭuttuṅkallil veṭṭiṉa ||— [1*] pādādikeśānta[m] mukkāle [ar]aikkāl muḻaucarattu eṭṭu [śrī]hastam uṭaiyarākakkaṉamāka eḻuntaruḷuvitta5 kṣetrabāladevar oruvar ||— [2*] i-

⟨3⟩ var eḻuntaruḷi niṉṟa oṉpa[ti]ṟṟu viral ucara[ttu] oṉpatiṟṟu [vi]ral ca(m)aicaturattu panmat[t]oṭuṅkūṭacceyta pīṭham oṉṟu [||—] [3*] ⟨Page 173⟩ ivar[kk]e ivaṉ kuṭutta tiraḷmaṇivaṭam oṉṟu poṉ kāl ||— [4*] curukkiṉa vī[ra]paṭṭam [o]ṉṟu poṉ eḻumañcāṭi ||— [5*] tirukku[ta]mpaittakaṭu iraṇṭu poṉ muṉṟu mañcāṭi ||— [6*] p[ā]dādikeśāntam patiṉe-

⟨4⟩ ṇviral ucarattu iraṇṭu śrīhastam uṭaiyarāy āṭu[ki]ṟārākakkaṉamāka eḻuntaruḷuvitta śrībhairavamū[rtti]kaḷ oruvar ||— [7*] ivar eḻu[ntaru]ḷi [ni]ṉṟa oṉ[pati]ṟṟu [vi]ral ucarattu eṇ[vi]ral akalattu panmattoṭuṅ[kū]ṭacce[y]ta pīṭham oṉṟu [||—] [8*] [i]varkke ivaṉ kuṭutta tiraḷmaṇivaṭam oṉṟu poṉ nālu mañcā[ṭi] ||— [9*] vaṭam oṉṟiṟkotta muttukkaṟaṭum iraṭṭaiyuñcappattiyum āka muttu mup-

⟨5⟩ [pa]ttu mūṉṟināl niṟai araikkaḻañce nālu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟikkukkācu kāl ||— [10*] vaṭam oṉṟiṟkotta muttukkaṟaṭum iraṭ[ṭ]aiyuñcappattiyum āka muttu muppatteḻiṉāl niṟai eṭṭu mañcāṭikku kācu kāl ||— [11*] pādādikeśāntam patiṉ[eḻu]viral ucarattu iraṇṭu kai uṭaiyarā[ka]kkaṉamāka ceyta ciṟuttoṇṭanampi oruvar ||— [12*] ivarkke ivaṉ kuṭuttaṉa ||— [13*] tiraḷmaṇiva-

⟨6⟩ ṭam oṉṟu poṉ [mū]ṉṟu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟi ||— [14*] rudrākṣakkāṟai rudrākṣam nīkki poṉ araikkaḻañce mañcāṭi ||— [15*] pādādikeśāntam patiṉaiviral ucarattukkaṉamākacceyta tiruveṇkāṭṭunaṅkai o[ru]var ||— [16*] ivarkke ivaṉ kuṭuttana [||—] [17*] paṭṭaikkāṟaiyiṟkotta tāli uṭpaṭa poṉ oṉpatu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟi [||—] [18*] pādādikeśāntam paṉ[ṉi]ruviral ucarattu iraṇṭu kai uṭai-

⟨7⟩ yarākakkaṉamākacceyta cīrāḷatevar o[ru]var ||— [19*] ivarkke ivaṉ kuṭuttaṉa ||— [20*] curukkiṉa vīrapaṭṭam oṉṟu poṉ nālu mañcāṭi ||— [21*] tirukkutampaittakaṭu iraṇṭu poṉ mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟi ||— [22*] [pa]ṭṭaikkā[ṟ]aiyuñcūlamum poṉ araikkaḻañce nālu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟi ||— [23*] pratimaṅkaḷ mūvarum niṉṟa irupattu mūviral nīḷattu eḻuviral akalattu panmattoṭuṅkūṭa eṇviral

⟨8⟩ ucarattu panmattoṭuṅkūṭacceyta pīṭham oṉṟu ||— [24*]

TRANSLATION.

1. (The following) divine and human images 1 of copper,—which had been set up until the third year (of the king's reign) by • • • • • Mūvēnda-Vēḷāṉ,—were engraved on stone, after they had been measured by the cubit measure (preserved) in the temple of the lord, after the gold (given to them) had been weighed by the stone called (after) Āḍavallāṉ, and after the jewels had been weighed without the threads by the stone called (after) Dakshiṇa-Mēru-Viṭaṅkaṉ:—

2. One solid (image of) Kshētrapāladēva, having eight divine arms (and measuring) three quarters and one eighth of a muṛam in height from the feet to the hair.

3. One pedestal on which this (image) stood, joined to a lotus (and measuring) nine viral in height and nine viral square.

4. To this (image) he gave:—One string of round beads (tiraḷ-maṇi-vaḍam), (containing) a quarter (of a kaṛañju) of gold.

5. One front-plate (vīra-paṭṭa), laid (round the head of the image and consisting of) seven mañjāḍi of gold. ⟨Page 174⟩

6. Two plates (tagaḍu), (used as) sacred ear-rings (tirukkudambai), (and consisting of) three mañjāḍi of gold.

7. One solid (image of Siva in his) form (mūrti) of Śrī-Bhairava, represented as dancing, having two divine arms (and measuring) eighteen viral in height from the feet to the hair.

8. One pedestal on which this (image) stood, joined to a lotus (and measuring) nine viral in height and eight viral in breadth.

9. To this (image) he gave:—One string of round beads, (containing) four mañjāḍi of gold.

10. One string (vaḍam), weighing half a kaṛañju, four mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi, and (worth) a quarter kāśu. On (it) were strung thirty-three pearls, viz., erude pearls, twin pearls and śappatti.

11. One string, weighing eight mañjāḍi, and (worth) a quarter kāśu. On (it) were strung thirty-seven pearls, viz., crude pearls, twin pearls and śappatti.

12. One solid (image of) Śiṟuttoṇḍa-Nambi, having two arms (and measuring) seventeen viral in height from the feet to the hair.

13. To this (image) he gave:—

14. One string of round beads, (containing) three mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

15. A collar (kāṟai) of rudrāksha (beads), (containing),—exclusive of the rudrāksha (beads),—half a kaṛañju and (one) mañjāḍi of gold.

16. One solid (image of) Tiruveṇkāṭṭu-Naṅgai, (measuring) fifteen viral in height from the feet to the hair.

17. To this (image) he gave:—

18. A neck-ring (paṭṭaikkāṟai), (consisting of) nine mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold,— including the marriage-badge (tāli) which was strung on (it).

19. One solid (image of) Śīrāḷadēvar, having two arms (and measuring) twelve viral in height from the feet to the hair.

20. To this (image) he gave:—

21. One front-plate, laid (round the head of the image and consisting of) four mañjāḍi of gold.

22. Two plates, (used as) sacred ear-rings, (and consisting of one) mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

23. A neck-ring and a spear (śūla), (consisting of) half a kaṛañju, four mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

24. One pedestal on which the three images stood, joined to a lotus (and measuring) twenty-three viral in length, seven viral in breadth, and eight viral in height together with the lotus.

⟨SIIv02p0i0044⟩ No. 44. ON A PILLAR OF THE WEST ENCLOSURE.

This inscription records that, before the 29th year of the reign of Rājarājadēva, his queen Abhimānavalli set up a copper image, the name of which is only partially preserved. It seems however that it was a liṅga (paragraph 2) and that images of Śiva (3), Brahman (4), and Vishṇu in his boar-incarnation (5) attended it.

The whole group probably referred to the following legend, which is narrated in the Aruṇāchala-Māhātmya, a mythical account of the Śaiva temple at Tiruvaṇṇāmalai in the South Arcot district:—“Śiva appeared as a fiery liṅga to Brahman and Vishṇu, and ⟨Page 175⟩ desired them to seek his base and summit, which they attempted in vain.” 1 On this occasion, Vishṇu is said to have assumed the shape of a boar, 2 as stated in the subjoined inscription.

TEXT.

East face.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrīḥ [||*] uṭaiyār

⟨2⟩ śrīrājarājadevar

⟨3⟩ deviyār abhi[m]āna-

⟨4⟩ valliyār uṭai-

⟨5⟩ yār śrīrājarājīśva-

⟨6⟩ ram uṭaiyār k[o]yi-

⟨7⟩ lil yāṇṭu [i]rupat-

⟨8⟩ toṉ[pa]tāvatu var[ai]

⟨9⟩ eḻuntaruḷuvitta ce-

⟨10⟩ pput[tirum]e[ṉi u]ṭai-

⟨11⟩ yār [koyi]lil [mu]ḻa-

⟨12⟩ tt[āl aḷantum] ratna-

⟨13⟩ ṅka[ḷ caraṭu nīkki] dakṣi-

⟨14⟩ ṇa[meruviṭa]ṅkan e-

⟨15⟩ ṉṉu[ṅkall]āl ni-

⟨16⟩ ṟai [eṭuttuṅkal]li-

⟨17⟩ l ve[ṭṭiṉa] ||— [1*] [pī]ṭha-

⟨18⟩ ttu[kku m]e[ l śir] o-

⟨19⟩ vartta[ṉaiya]ḷa[vu]ñce-

⟨20⟩ lla iru[pa]tt[oru]vi-

⟨21⟩ rale[y āṟu] t[o]-

⟨22⟩ [r]ai uca[rattu] oru[mu]-

⟨23⟩ ḻa[mey patiṉoru]-

⟨24⟩ vira[le iraṇṭu to]-

⟨25⟩ r[aiccuṟṟil e]ḻun[ta]-

⟨26⟩ ruḷuvi[tta]• [ṅ]ka[pu]

⟨27⟩ ṇa [devar3tirumeṉi]

⟨28⟩ oruvar [2*] i[varo]ṭu[n]-

North face.

⟨29⟩ toṟṟamākaccey-

⟨30⟩ tu niṉṟa jaṅghaik-

⟨31⟩ ku meṟkeśāntatta-

⟨32⟩ [ḷa]vuñcellappa-

⟨33⟩ ṉ[ṉi]ruvirale nālu

⟨34⟩ t[o]rai ucarattu nālu

⟨35⟩ śrīhastam uṭaiya- ⟨Page 176⟩

⟨36⟩ rākakkaṉamākaccey-

⟨37⟩ ta tirumeṉi oruvar |— [3*]

⟨38⟩ liṅkattoṭuṅkūṭa-

⟨39⟩ cceyta eḻuviral u-

⟨40⟩ carattu nālu śrīhasta-

⟨41⟩ m uṭaiyarākakkaṉamā-

⟨42⟩ kacceyta brahmar o-

⟨43⟩ ruvar [4*] liṅkattoṭuṅkū-

⟨44⟩ ṭacceyt eḻuviral

⟨45⟩ ucarattu nālu śrīha-

⟨46⟩ śtam uṭaiyarākakkaṉa-

⟨47⟩ māka varāhamukhat-

⟨48⟩ toṭuñceyta

⟨49⟩ [vi]ṣṇukka[ḷ] o[ru]va[r] [5*]

⟨50⟩ [i]rumuḻam[e] patiṉālvi-

⟨51⟩ [ral]e nā[ṉku] toraiccuṟ-

⟨52⟩ [ṟil a]ṟu[vi]rale nā[ṉ]ku

⟨53⟩ [to]rai ucarattu [pa]-

⟨54⟩ [tma]pīṭham o[ṉ]ṟu ||— [6*]

⟨55⟩ [i]taṉ[oṭu]ṅkūṭacce-

⟨56⟩ [y]ta mūvirale nāṉku

West face.

⟨57⟩ torai nīḷattu oru-

⟨58⟩ viraley nāṉku to-

⟨59⟩ rai akalattu oruvi-

⟨60⟩ ral ucarattu gomu-

⟨61⟩ kham oṉṟu ||— [7*] iva-

⟨62⟩ rkkukkuṭuttaṉa ||— [8*] tā-

⟨63⟩ ḻvaṭam oṉṟiṟko-

⟨64⟩ tta puñcaimuttu

⟨65⟩ nāṉūṟṟu muppatiṉā-

⟨66⟩ l niṟai kaḻañcarai-

⟨67⟩ ye iraṇṭu mañcāṭi-

⟨68⟩ yuṅkuṉṟikku vilai

⟨69⟩ kācu kāl ||— [9*] tāḻvaṭam

⟨70⟩ oṉṟiṟkotta puñ-

⟨71⟩ caimuttu eṇṇū-

⟨72⟩ ṟṟeṇpatteḻiṉā-

⟨73⟩ l niṟai mukkaḻañca-

⟨74⟩ raikku vilai kācu a-

⟨75⟩ rai ||— [10*]

TRANSLATION.

1. Hail ! Prosperity ! (The following) copper image,—which had been set up in the temple of the lord Śrī-Rājarājēśvara until the twenty-ninth year (of the king's reign) by Abhimānavalliyār, a queen (dēvī) of the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva,—was engraved on stone, after it had been measured by the cubit measure (preserved) in the temple of the lord, and ⟨Page 177⟩ after the jewels (given to it) had been weighed without the threads by the stone called (after) Dakshiṇa-Mēru-Viṭaṅkaṉ:—

2. One [image of Liṅgapurā]ṇa[dēva], (measuring) twenty-one viral and six tōrai in height from the pedestal to the top, and one muṛam, [eleven] viral and [two] tōrai in circumference.

3. One solid image (of Śiva ?), represented as appearing with this (image), having four. divine arms (and measuring) twelve viral) and four tōrai in height from the shank to the hair.

4. One solid (image of) Brahman, joined to the liṅga, having four divine arms (and measuring) seven viral in height.

5. One solid (image of) Vishṇu with the head of a boar (varāha-mūkha), joined to the liṅga), having four divine arms (and measuring) seven viral) in height.

6. One pedestal (surmounted by) a lotus, (measuring) two muṛain, fourteen viral and four tōrai in circumference, and six viral and four tōrai in height.

7. One cow's head, 1 joined to this (pedestal and measuring) three viral and four tōrai in length, one viral and four tōrai in breadth, and one viral in height.

8. To this (image) were given:—

9. One necklace (tāṛvaḍam), weighing (one) kaṛañju and a half, two mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi, and worth a quarter kāśu. On (it) were strung four hundred and thirty pearls in clusters (puñjai-muttu).

10. One necklace, weighing three kaṛañju and a half, and worth half a kāśu. On (it) were strung eight hundred and eighty-seven pearls in clusters.

⟨SIIv02p0i0045⟩ No. 45. ON A NICHE OF THE WEST ENCLOSURE.

This inscription is another copy of Nos. 31 and 33.

TEXT.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrīḥ [||*] etat vi-

⟨2⟩ śvanṛipaśreṇimau-

⟨3⟩ limālopalāḷi-

⟨4⟩ tam [|*] śāsanaṁ rājarā-

⟨5⟩ jasya rājakesariva-

⟨6⟩ rmmaṇaḥ [1*] uṭaiyār śrīrā-

⟨7⟩ jarājadeva[r tiru]v[ā]-

⟨8⟩ y mo[ḻi]ntaruḷa i[t]tiruccu-

⟨9⟩ ṟṟumāḷikai eṭuppitt[ā]-

⟨10⟩ ṉ senāpati c[o]ḻamaṇṭala-

⟨11⟩ ttu uyyakkoṇṭāṉva-

⟨12⟩ ḷanāṭṭu veṇṇāṭṭu ama-

⟨13⟩ ṇkuṭiyāṉa keraḷāntakacca-

⟨14⟩ turvvedimaṅkalattu śrīkṛi-

⟨15⟩ ṣṇan irāmaṉāṉa mumma-

⟨16⟩ ṭicoḻabrahmamārāyaṉ [2*] ⟨Page 178⟩

⟨SIIv02p0i0046⟩ No. 46. ON TWO NICHES AND TWO PILLARS OF THE WEST ENCLOSURE.

This inscription commences on the same niche as the preceding No. 45, is continued on the four faces of each of two pillars, and ends on another niche. It records that, before the 29th year of the reign of Rājarājadēva, his queen Chōḷamahādēvī set up copper images of Ṛishabhavāhanadēva, i.e., Śiva whose vehicle is the bull, of his consort Umāparamēśvarī, and of their son Gaṇapati, and that she presented various ornaments to each of these three images.

TEXT.

A. ON THE FIRST NICHE.

First section.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrīḥ [||—] uṭaiyār śrī-

⟨2⟩ rājarājadevar nampirā-

⟨3⟩ ṭṭiyār coḻamahādevi-

⟨4⟩ yār śrīrājarājīśvaram uṭaiyār k[o]-

⟨5⟩ yilil yāṇṭu irupattoṉpat[ā]-

⟨6⟩ vatu varai eḻuntaruḷuvitta ceppu-

⟨7⟩ ttirumeṉikaḷ uṭaiyār koyilil mu-

⟨8⟩ ḻattāl aḷantum rannaṅkaḷ1caraṭuñcaṭṭamuñ-

⟨9⟩ ceppāṇikaḷunīkki dakṣiṇameruviṭaṅkaṉ e[ṉ]-

⟨10⟩ ṉuṅkallāl niṟai eṭuttum poṉṉum v[e]-

⟨11⟩ [ḷ]ḷiyum āṭavallāṉ eṉṉuṅkallāl ni-

⟨12⟩ ṟai eṭuttuṅkallil veṭṭiṉapaṭi— [1*] pādādike-

⟨13⟩ śāntam orumuḻame patiṟṟu virale iraṇṭu to-

⟨14⟩ rai ucaramum śrīhastam nālum uṭaiya kaṉamā-

⟨15⟩ ra 2 eḻuntaruḷuvitta ṛiṣabhavāhanadevar tirume-

⟨16⟩ ṉi oṉṟu [||—] [2*]3 rannanyāsañceytu ivar eḻunta[ru]-

⟨17⟩ ḷi niṉṟa mūviralarai ucaram uḷḷa patmam oṉṟu |— [3*] iva-

⟨18⟩ r nampirāṭṭiyār pādādikeśāntam orumuḻame ai-

⟨19⟩ viral ucaram uṭaiya kaṉamāka eḻuntaruḷuvitta um[ā]-

⟨20⟩ [pa]rameśvariyār tirumeṉi oṉṟu |— [4*]4 rannanyāsañc[e]-

Second section.

⟨21⟩ ytu ivar eḻuntaruḷi

⟨22⟩ niṉṟa iruviralarai uca-

⟨23⟩ [ram u]ḷḷa patmam oṉṟu |— [5*] kuḷam[pi]l

⟨24⟩ niṉṟuṅkompaḷavuñcella o[ru]mu-

⟨25⟩ [ḻa]me a[ṟu]virale aiñcu torai ucara[m]

⟨26⟩ uṭaiya kaṉapoḷḷalākacceyta ṛiṣabha[m]

⟨27⟩ oṉṟu |— [6*] devarum nampirāṭṭiyārum ṛiṣabhamum [e]-

⟨28⟩ ḻuntaruḷi niṉṟa irumuḻame oruvirale iraṇṭu t[o]-

⟨29⟩ rai nīḷamum oṉṟe kāl muḻaakalamum patiṟṟu vi[ra]-

⟨30⟩ le orutorai ucaramum itaneṟṟiyil ira-

⟨31⟩ [ṇ]ṭilum aivirale āṟu toraippuṟapp[ā]- ⟨Page 179⟩

⟨32⟩ ṭṭu nālviralarai akalattu eṇviralarai u-

⟨33⟩ carattu siṁham iraṇṭum uṭaiya pīṭham oṉ-

⟨34⟩ ṟu |— [7*] devaraiyum nampirāṭṭiyāraiyum ṛiṣabhattaiyuṅ-

⟨35⟩ kavitta toraṇakkāl iraṇṭum arddhacandram oṉṟumāy

⟨36⟩ aṟumuḻame oṉpatiṟṟu viralaraiccuṟṟu uṭaiya

⟨37⟩ kaṉamākacceyta prabhai oṉṟu ||— [8*] pādādikeś[ā]-

⟨38⟩ ntam arai muḻame aiñcu torai ucaram uṭaiya

Third section.

⟨39⟩ kaṉamāka eḻuntaruḷuvitta [gaṇa]pati[y]ār tirume-

⟨40⟩ ṉi [o]ṉṟu |— [9*] ratnanyāsañceytu eḻuntaruḷi ni-

⟨41⟩ ṉṟa iruviralarai ucaram uṭaiya patmam oṉ-

⟨42⟩ ṟu |— [10*] oṉpatiṟṟu viral nīḷamum eṇvi-

⟨43⟩ ra[l] akalamum nālvirale iraṇṭu torai

⟨44⟩ ucaramu[m u]ṭaiya pīṭham oṉṟu |— [11*] oṉṟe mukkāle

⟨45⟩ [ai]viral cuṟṟuṭaiya [ka]ṉamākacceyta prabhai oṉṟu |— [12*]

⟨46⟩ ṛiṣabhavāhanadevarkkukkuṭuttaṉa |— [13*] ciṟiya tirumālai o-

⟨47⟩ ṉṟilttaṭavikkaṭṭiṉa paḷiṅku aimpattāṟum potti irupattu nālum op-

⟨48⟩ pumuttuṅkuṟumuttum āka muttu muppattāṟum arakkum uṭpaṭa niṟai 1ṟu-

⟨49⟩ ṟukaḻañcaraiye nālu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟi[k]ku vi[lai] kācu patiṉoṉṟu [|—] [14*] tuttu-

⟨50⟩ ru oṉṟilttaṭavi[k]kaṭṭiṉa paḷiṅku oṉṟum vaṭṭamum [a]ṉuvaṭṭamum o[p]pu-

⟨51⟩ muttuṅkuṟumuttum āka muttu iru[pa]tti[raṇ]ṭum arakkum uṭpaṭa niṟai kaḻa-

⟨52⟩ ñcaraiye mūṉṟu mañcāṭi[yum] eṭṭu [m]āvukku vilai kācu mūṉṟu [15*]

⟨53⟩ vaṭam oṉṟiṟkotta muttu vaṭṭamum aṉuvaṭṭamum oppumut-

⟨54⟩ tuṅkuṟumuttum nimpoḷamuntol teyntaṉa[vu]m pāṇiccā-

⟨55⟩ yum ampumutum āka muttu mu[p]pattu mūṉṟum pavaḻam

⟨56⟩ iraṇṭum rājā[varttam] iraṇṭuntāḷimpam iraṇṭum paṭukaṇ o-

⟨57⟩ ṉṟuṅkokkuvā[y] oṉṟum arakkum uṭpaṭa niṟai mukkaḻa-

⟨58⟩ ñcey mukkāle mūṉṟu mañcāṭiyum mūṉṟu māvukku vilai

⟨59⟩ kācu patiṉāṟu [16*] vaṭam oṉṟiṟkotta muttu vaṭṭamum oppumuttu-

⟨60⟩ ṅkuṟumuttum nimpoḷamum payiṭṭa-

⟨61⟩ muntol teyntaṉavun-

⟨62⟩ toliṭantaṉavuñcivanta

⟨63⟩ [nī]rum āka muttu muppattu ai-

⟨64⟩ ñcum pavaḻam iraṇṭum rājavartta-

B. ON THE FIRST PILLAR.

South face.

⟨65⟩ m iraṇṭuntāḷim-

⟨66⟩ pam iraṇṭum paṭu- ⟨Page 180⟩

⟨67⟩ kaṇ oṉṟuṅko-

⟨68⟩ kkuvāy oṉṟum

⟨69⟩ arakkum uṭpaṭa ni-

⟨70⟩ ṟai mukkaḻañce-

⟨71⟩ y mukkāle mañ-

⟨72⟩ cāṭiyum eṭṭu mā-

⟨73⟩ vukku vilai kācu pa-

⟨74⟩ tiṉaiñcu ||— [17*] vaṭam

⟨75⟩ oṉṟiṟkotta mu-

⟨76⟩ ttu vaṭṭamum a-

⟨77⟩ ṉuvaṭṭamum op-

⟨78⟩ pumuttuṅkuṟumu-

⟨79⟩ ttum nimpoḷa-

⟨80⟩ mum payiṭṭamun-

⟨81⟩ toliṭantaṉavu-

⟨82⟩ ntol teynta-

⟨83⟩ ṉavum āka muttu

⟨84⟩ muppattoṉṟu-

⟨85⟩ m pavaḻam iraṇṭu-

⟨86⟩ m rājāvarttam iraṇ-

⟨87⟩ ṭuntāḷimpam i-

⟨88⟩ raṇṭum paṭukaṇ o-

⟨89⟩ ṉṟuṅkokkuvā-

East face.

⟨90⟩ [y] oṉṟum arak-

⟨91⟩ kum uṭpaṭa niṟai mu-

⟨92⟩ kkaḻañcey muk-

⟨93⟩ kāle mūṉṟu ma-

⟨94⟩ ñcāṭiyum orumā-

⟨95⟩ vukku vilai kācu pati-

⟨96⟩ ṉaiñcu [||—] [18*] kaḷāvam

⟨97⟩ oṉṟiṟkotta mu-

⟨98⟩ ttu vaṭṭamum aṉu-

⟨99⟩ vaṭṭamum oppumu-

⟨100⟩ ttuṅkuṟumuttum

⟨101⟩ āka muttu toṇ-

⟨102⟩ ṇūṟṟu oṉpatu-

⟨103⟩ m pavaḻam āṟum

⟨104⟩ poṉṉiṉ nem-

⟨105⟩ pu iraṇṭum mūṉ-

⟨106⟩ ṟoṉṟāka aṭut-

⟨107⟩ tu viḷakkiṉa tāḷi-

⟨108⟩ mpam iraṇṭum pa-

⟨109⟩ ṭukaṇ iraṇṭum a-

⟨110⟩ rakkum uṭpaṭa niṟai

⟨111⟩ nāṟkaḻañcey mu- ⟨Page 181⟩

⟨112⟩ kkāle mūṉṟu ma-

⟨113⟩ ñcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟik-

⟨114⟩ ku vilai kācu patiṉoṉṟu [19*]

North face.

⟨115⟩ pañcaśari oṉṟiṟ-

⟨116⟩ kotta muttu vaṭ-

⟨117⟩ ṭamum aṉuvaṭṭa-

⟨118⟩ mum oppumuttu-

⟨119⟩ ṅkuṟumuttuṅka-

⟨120⟩ ṟaṭuñcakkattuñ-

⟨121⟩ cappattiyunto-

⟨122⟩ l teyntaṉavu-

⟨123⟩ ntoliṭantaṉavu-

⟨124⟩ m āka muttu irunū-

⟨125⟩ ṟṟu nāṟpattu mū-

⟨126⟩ ṉṟum pavaḻam pa-

⟨127⟩ ttum poṉṉiṉ

⟨128⟩ nempu iraṇṭum

⟨129⟩ aiñcoṉṟāka a-

⟨130⟩ ṭuttu viḷakkiṉa tā-

⟨131⟩ ḷimpam iraṇṭum

⟨132⟩ paṭukaṇ oṉṟum

⟨133⟩ arakkum uṭpaṭa niṟai

⟨134⟩ eṇkaḻañcaraiye

⟨135⟩ mūṉṟu mañcāṭiyum

⟨136⟩ āṟu māvukku vilai kācu

⟨137⟩ eṭṭu |— [20*] śrīcchandam o-

⟨138⟩ ṉṟilttaṭavikkaṭṭiṉa

⟨139⟩ paḷiṅku irupatto-

West face.

⟨140⟩ ṉṟum potti e-

⟨141⟩ ṭṭum poṉṉiṉ

⟨142⟩ nempu patiṉ mū-

⟨143⟩ ṉṟuṅkotta mu-

⟨144⟩ ttu vaṭṭamum aṉu-

⟨145⟩ vaṭṭamum oppumut-

⟨146⟩ tuṅkuṟumuttum ni-

⟨147⟩ mpoḷamum payi-

⟨148⟩ ṭṭamum kaṟaṭuñcap-

⟨149⟩ pattiyum cakkattuṅ-

⟨150⟩ kuḷirnta nīruñcivan-

⟨151⟩ ta nīrum ampumutu-

⟨152⟩ m uṭaiyaṉa eṇ-

⟨153⟩ ṇūṟṟu aṟupat-

⟨154⟩ toṉpatum nā[ya]- ⟨Page 182⟩

⟨155⟩ kaṉiṟpiṉpu poṉ-

⟨156⟩ ṉilātatu arakkuṭ-

⟨157⟩ paṭa niṟai irupatta-

⟨158⟩ ṟukaḻañcey mañcā-

⟨159⟩ ṭikku vilai kācu muppatu [21*]

⟨160⟩ poṉṉiṉ paṭṭai

⟨161⟩ meṟkuṇṭu vaiy-

⟨162⟩ ttu viḷakkiṉa vaḷai-

⟨163⟩ yil oṉṟiṟkot-

⟨164⟩ ta muttu vaṭṭamum

C. ON THE SECOND PILLAR.

South face.

⟨165⟩ aṉuvaṭṭamum

⟨166⟩ [o]ppumuttuṅku-

⟨167⟩ ṟumuttuñcappa-

⟨168⟩ ttiyuñcakkattu-

⟨169⟩ ṅkuḷirnta nīruñci-

⟨170⟩ vanta nīrum uṭai-

⟨171⟩ ya muttu muṉṉū-

⟨172⟩ ṟṟu eḻupatteṭ-

⟨173⟩ ṭum uṭpaṭa niṟai

⟨174⟩ patiṉorukaḻañce-

⟨175⟩ y mukkāle mañ-

⟨176⟩ cāṭiyuṅkuṉṟikku vilai

⟨177⟩ kācu patiṉ mūṉ-

⟨178⟩ ṟe kāle arai-

⟨179⟩ kkāl ||— [22*] poṉṉiṉ

⟨180⟩ paṭṭai meṟkuṇṭu vai-

⟨181⟩ ttu viḷakkiṉa vaḷaiyi-

⟨182⟩ l oṉṟiṟkotta mut-

⟨183⟩ tu paṭṭamum 1 aṉu-

⟨184⟩ vaṭṭamum 2oppumu-

⟨185⟩ ttuṅkuṟumuttu-

⟨186⟩ ñcappattiyuñca-

⟨187⟩ kkattuṅkuḷirnta

⟨188⟩ niruñcivanta nirum

⟨189⟩ uṭaiya muttu mu-

⟨190⟩ ṉṉūṟṟu eḻu-

East face.

⟨191⟩ pattāṟum uṭ-

⟨192⟩ paṭa niṟai patiṉ

⟨193⟩ kaḻañcaraiye mū-

⟨194⟩ ṉṟu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟi- ⟨Page 183⟩

⟨195⟩ kku vilai kācu patiṉ mū-

⟨196⟩ ṉṟu [23*] poṉṉiṉ

⟨197⟩ paṭṭai meṟkuṇṭu

⟨198⟩ vaittu viḷakkiṉa

⟨199⟩ vaḷaiyil oṉṟiṟ-

⟨200⟩ kotta muttu oppu-

⟨201⟩ muttuṅkuṟumuttu-

⟨202⟩ ṅkaṟaṭuñcappattiyu-

⟨203⟩ ñcakkattum āka mu-

⟨204⟩ ttu irunūṟṟu e-

⟨205⟩ ḻupattoṉṟum u-

⟨206⟩ ṭpaṭa niṟai oṉpatiṉ

⟨207⟩ kaḻañcey oṉpatu

⟨208⟩ mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟik-

⟨209⟩ ku vilai kācu āṟu |— [24*]

⟨210⟩ poṉṉiṉ paṭṭai

⟨211⟩ meṟkuṇṭu vaittu

⟨212⟩ viḷakkiṉa vaḷaiyil o-

⟨213⟩ ṉṟiṟkotta muttu va-

⟨214⟩ ṭṭamum aṉuvaṭṭamu-

⟨215⟩ m oppumuttuṅkuṟu-

⟨216⟩ muttuṅkaṟaṭuñcap-

North face.

⟨217⟩ [pa]t[tiyu]ñcakkat-

⟨218⟩ tum āka muttu nū-

⟨219⟩ ṟṟu nāṟpattiraṇṭu-

⟨220⟩ m uṭpaṭa niṟai eḻu-

⟨221⟩ kaḻañcaraiye mañ-

⟨222⟩ cāṭikku vilai kācu e-

⟨223⟩ ḻu |— [25*] udarabandhanam o-

⟨224⟩ ṉṟilttaṭavikkaṭṭiṉa

⟨225⟩ paḷiṅku eṭṭum po-

⟨226⟩ tti mūṉṟuṅkotta

⟨227⟩ muttu vaṭṭamum a-

⟨228⟩ ṉuvaṭṭamum oppu-

⟨229⟩ muttuṅkuṟumut-

⟨230⟩ tuṅkaṟaṭuñca[p]pa-

⟨231⟩ ttiyuñcakkattuṅ-

⟨232⟩ kuḷirnta 1 nīruñciva-

⟨233⟩ nta nīrum uṭaiya mu-

⟨234⟩ ttu muṉṉūṟṟu

⟨235⟩ āṟum uṭpaṭa niṟai

⟨236⟩ eṇkaḻañcey e-

⟨237⟩ ḻumañcāṭiyuṅku- ⟨Page 184⟩

⟨238⟩ ṉṟikku vilai kācu e-

⟨239⟩ ṭṭu ||— [26*] tiruppaṭṭikai

⟨240⟩ oṉṟiṟkimpirimu-

⟨241⟩ kam oṉṟum maṭṭa-

⟨242⟩ ppūppattum mo-

West face.

⟨243⟩ ṭṭu oṉṟum [vi]ṭa-

⟨244⟩ ṅku nālum uṭpa-

⟨245⟩ ṭattaṭavikkaṭṭiṉa

⟨246⟩ paḷiṅku irupatum

⟨247⟩ potti paṉṉiraṇ-

⟨248⟩ ṭum kotta muttu

⟨249⟩ kaṟaṭuñcakkattuñ-

⟨250⟩ cappattiyum āka mu-

⟨251⟩ ttu eḻunūṟṟu mup-

⟨252⟩ pattu nālum ara-

⟨253⟩ kkum uṭpaṭa niṟai nā-

⟨254⟩ ṟpatiṉ kaḻañcukku

⟨255⟩ vilai kācu irupattā-

⟨256⟩ ṟu |— [27*] tiruvaṭikkāṟai

⟨257⟩ poṉṉiṉ paṭ-

⟨258⟩ ṭai meṟkuṇṭu

⟨259⟩ vaittu viḷakkiṟ-

⟨260⟩ ṟu oṉṟiṟkot-

⟨261⟩ ta muttu vaṭṭamum

⟨262⟩ aṉuvaṭṭamum o-

⟨263⟩ ppumuttuṅkuṟumu-

⟨264⟩ ttuñcappattiyu-

⟨265⟩ ñcakkattuṅkuḷir-

⟨266⟩ nta nīruñcivanta nī-

⟨267⟩ rum uṭaiya mu[t]-

D. ON THE SECOND NICHE.

First section.

⟨268⟩ tu muṉṉūṟṟu eḻupattaiñcum u-

⟨269⟩ [ṭ]paṭa niṟai paṉṉirukaḻañcaraiye

⟨270⟩ kuṉṟi[kku] vilai kācu patiṉaiñcey kā-

⟨271⟩ l ||— [28*] tiruvaṭikkāṟai poṉṉiṉ paṭ-

⟨272⟩ ṭai meṟkuṇṭu vaiyttu viḷakkiṟṟu

⟨273⟩ oṉṟiṟ[k]otta muttu vaṭṭamum aṉu-

⟨274⟩ vaṭṭamum oppumuttuṅkuṟumuttuñcakkat-

⟨275⟩ tuñcappattiyuṅkuḷirnta nīruñcivanta nīrum uṭaiya

⟨276⟩ muttu muṉṉūṟṟu eḻupattiraṇṭum uṭpaṭa niṟai paṉṉiru-

⟨277⟩ kaḻañcey kuṉṟikku vilai kācu patiṉāṟu [||—] [29*] tiraḷma[ṇi]vaṭam oṉ- ⟨Page 185⟩

⟨278⟩ ṟu poṉ [e]ḻukaḻañce[y] kāl [||—] [30*] tiraḷmaṇiva[ṭa]m oṉṟu

⟨279⟩ poṉ eḻukaḻañcey nālu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟi [||—] [31*] tirukkaiy-

⟨280⟩ kkāṟai oṉṟu poṉ oṉpatiṉ kaḻañcu |— [32*] tiruk[k]aiykkāṟ[ai]

⟨281⟩ [o]ṉ[ṟu p]oṉ eṇkaḻañcey mukkāl [||—] [33*] tirukkaiykkāṟai oṉ-

⟨282⟩ ṟu poṉ [e]ṇkaḻañcaraiye mūṉṟu mañcāṭiyaṅ 1 kuṉṟi [||—] [34*]

⟨283⟩ tirukkaiykkāṟai oṉṟu poṉ aṟukaḻañce[y] mūṉṟu ma-

⟨284⟩ ñcāṭi [||—] [35*] tiruppaṭṭikai oṉṟu poṉ muppatiṉ kaḻañ-

⟨285⟩ cu ||— [36*] tiruvaṭikkāṟai oṉṟu poṉ patiṉ kaḻañcey kāl [37*]

⟨286⟩ tiruvaṭikkāṟai oṉṟu poṉ oṉpatiṉ kaḻañcey mukkāle

⟨287⟩ iraṇṭu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟi ||— [38*] tiruvaṭinilai oraṇai poṉ nā-

⟨288⟩ ṟpattoṉpatiṉ kaḻañcey muk-

⟨289⟩ kāl [39*] kapālam oṉṟu p[o]-

⟨290⟩ ṉ aimpatiṉ kaḻañcey e-

⟨291⟩ ḻumañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟi ||— [40*] veṇcāma-

⟨292⟩ raik[kai]y oṉṟu poṉ paṉṉiruka[ḻa]-

Second section.

⟨293⟩ ñcu |— [41*] veṇcāmarai[k]-

⟨294⟩ kaiy oṉṟu poṉ o-

⟨295⟩ ṉpatiṉ kaḻañcey muk-

⟨296⟩ kāle mūṉṟu mañcāṭiyum āṟu mā [||—] [42*]

⟨297⟩ kuṟṟuṭaivāḷ ācuṅkaṇṭamum po[ṉ]

⟨298⟩ kaṭṭiṟṟu oṉṟu ||— [43*] paratal oṉṟu veḷḷi nū[ṟ]-

⟨299⟩ ṟu aiṅkaḻañcu ||— [44*] maṇṭai oṉṟu veḷḷi nūṟ-

⟨300⟩ ṟu eṇpattaiyṅkaḻañcu ||— [45*] kaccolam oṉ-

⟨301⟩ ṟu veḷḷi irupattoṉpatiṉ kaḻañcey kā[l] [46*]

⟨302⟩ [i]ṣabhavāhanadevar 2 nampirāṭṭiyār umāparameśva[ri]-

⟨303⟩ yārkku ivare kuṭuttaṉa [47*] poṉṉiṉ nāṇiṟk[o]-

⟨304⟩ tta māṇikkattiṉ tiru oṉṟiṟ[kaṭṭi]ṉa vayirañcappa[ṭi]-

⟨305⟩ yum uruḷaiyum āka mūṉṟum • • • • •

⟨306⟩ ntam oṉṟum māṇikkam [ha] • • • • ku[ḻivu]-

⟨307⟩ m vejjamum uṭ[aiya]tu oṉṟu[m paṭukaṇ oṉṟuṅko]-

⟨308⟩ kkuvāy oṉṟum arakkum uṭpaṭa niṟai irukaḻañcey ira-

⟨309⟩ ṇṭu mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟikku vilai kācu eṭṭu |— [48*] poṉṉi[ṉ]

⟨310⟩ [pa]ṭṭai meṟkuṇṭu vaittu viḷakkiṉa vaḷaiyil oṉṟiṟ-

⟨311⟩ kotta muttu oppumuttuṅkuṟumuttuṅkaṟaṭuñcap-

⟨312⟩ pattiyuñcakkattum āka muttu nūṟṟu muppattāṟu-

⟨313⟩ m uṭpaṭa niṟai eḻukaḻañcaraiye mañcāṭikku vilai [kā]- ⟨Page 186⟩

Third section.

⟨314⟩ cu eḻu ||— [49*] [p]oṉṉiṉ paṭ[ṭai]

⟨315⟩ meṟkuṇṭu vaittu viḷakki-

⟨316⟩ ṉa vaḷaiyil oṉṟiṟk[o]-

⟨317⟩ [t]ta muttu vaṭṭamum aṉuvaṭṭamum [o]-

⟨318⟩ ppumuttuṅkuṟumuttu[ñca]ppattiyuñ-

⟨319⟩ [ca]kkattuṅkuḷirnta nīruñcivanta nī[ru]m uṭ[ai]-

⟨320⟩ ya muttu muṉṉūṟṟu eḻupattā[ṟu]m uṭ-

⟨321⟩ [pa]ṭa niṟai pati[ṉ] kaḻañcey oṉpatu [mañ]cāṭik-

⟨322⟩ ku vilai kācu paṉṉiraṇṭu ||— [50*] ti[ru]ppaṭṭi[kai oṉ]ṟi[ṟki]-

⟨323⟩ mpirimukam oṉṟu[m maṭ]ṭap[pū]ppat[tu]m [moṭṭu ai]-

⟨324⟩ ñcum uṭpaṭattaṭavikkaṭṭiṉa paḷiṅku [pa]ttu[m po]t[ti]

⟨325⟩ aiñcum kotta muttu vaṭṭa[mu]m [aṉuvaṭṭa]mum

⟨326⟩ [o]ppumuttuṅ[ku]ṟumuttu[ṅka]ṟa[ṭu]m cap[pattiyu]-

⟨327⟩ [ñ]cakkat[tum] āka muttu ai[ññū]ṟṟu [n]āṟ[pattu]

⟨328⟩ [e]ṭṭum arakkum uṭpaṭa niṟai iru[pattu nāṟkaḻañca]-

⟨329⟩ [r]ai[y]e[y mū]ṉ[ṟu] mañcāṭiyu[ṅkuṉṟik]ku vi[lai kā]-

⟨330⟩ [cu] patiṉaiñcu ||— [51*] tiruvaṭikkāṟai [poṉṉiṉ paṭṭai]

⟨331⟩ [m]eṟkuṇṭu vaittu viḷakkiṟṟu o[ṉṟi]ṟ[kotta mu]-

⟨332⟩ [t]tu kaṟaṭuñcakkattuñcappat[ti]yum [āka muttu nū]-

⟨333⟩ [ṟ]ṟu aṟupatum uṭpaṭa niṟai patiṉ ka[ḻañcukku vilai]

⟨334⟩ [k]ācu pattu ||— [52*] tiruvaṭikkāṟ[ai] poṉṉiṉ paṭṭ[ai me]-

Fourth section.

⟨335⟩ ṟkuṇṭu vaittu vi[ḷa]k[ki]ṟ[ṟu] onṟiṟ-

⟨336⟩ kotta muttu kaṟaṭuñcakka[t]tuñcappatti-

⟨337⟩ yum āka muttu nūṟṟu aimpatteṭṭum

⟨338⟩ uṭpaṭa niṟai patiṉ kaḻañc[e]y iraṇṭu ma-

⟨339⟩ ñcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟikku vilai kācu patiṉaiñ-

⟨340⟩ cey kāl [||—] [53*] t[ā]limaṇivaṭam onṟu poṉ

⟨341⟩ [ka]ḻañcey mukkāle nālu mañcāṭiyuṅku-

⟨342⟩ ṉṟi ||— [54*] tiraḷmaṇivaṭam oṉṟu p[o]ṉ nāṟkaḻa-

⟨343⟩ ñcaraiy[e] iraṇṭu mañcāṭi ||— [55*] tirukkaiykkāṟ[ai] oṉṟu po-

⟨344⟩ ṉ aiṅka[ḻa]ñcey mu(k)kkāle iraṇṭu mañcāṭiyuṅ[ku]ṉṟi ||— [56*] tiruk-

⟨345⟩ kaiyk[kāṟai o]ṉṟu poṉ aṟukaḻañcu ||— [57*] tiruppaṭṭikai o-

⟨346⟩ ṉṟu poṉ [i]rupatiṉ kaḻañcey kāl ||— [58*] tiruvaṭikkāṟai oṉ-

⟨347⟩ [ṟu] poṉ [eṇ]kaḻañcey mukkāl ||— [59*] tiruvaṭikkāṟ[ai] oṉṟu po-

⟨348⟩ [ṉ] aṟukaḻañcu ||— [60*] ivare eḻuntaruḷuvitta gaṇapatiyārkku-

⟨349⟩ [k]kuṭuttaṉa [||—] [61*] tiru[p]poṟppū oṉṟu poṉ mukkaḻañcu ||— [62*] pū-

⟨350⟩ [ṇ]nūl o[ṉ]ṟu [p]oṉ aṟukaḻañcey ira[ṇ]ṭu mañcāṭi-

⟨351⟩ yuṅkuṉṟi [||—] [63*] ⟨Page 187⟩

TRANSLATION.

1. Hail ! Prosperity ! The following copper images, —which had been set up in the temple of the lord Śrī-Rājarājēśvara until the twenty-ninth year (of the king's reign) by Śōṛamahādēviyār, the consort of our lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva,—were engraved on stone, after they had been measured by the cubit measure (preserved) in the temple of the lord, after the jewels (given to them) had been weighed without the threads, the frames and the copper nails by the stone called (after) Dakshiṇa-Mēru-Viṭaṅkaṉ, and after the gold and silver had been weighed by the stone called (after) Āḍavallāṉ:—

2. One solid image of Ṛishabhavāhanadēva, having four divine arms and (measuring) one muṛam, ten viral and two tōrai in height from the feet to the hair.

3. One lotus on which this (image) stood, set with jewels and measuring three viral) and a half in height.

4. One solid image of his consort Umāparamēśvarī, measuring one muṛam and five viral in height from the feet to the hair.

5. One lotus on which this (image) stood, set with jewels and measuring two viral and a half in height.

6. One bull (ṛishabha), (partially) solid (and partially) hollow, and measuring one muṛam, six viral and five tōrai in height from the hoofs to the horns.

7. One pedestal on which the god, his consort and the bull stood, (measuring) two muṛam, one viral and two tōrai in length, one and a quarter muṛam in breadth, and ten viral and one tōrai in height, and having on its two sides (neṟṟi) two lions (siṁha), which jutted out five viral and six tōrai (and measured) four viral and a half in breadth, and eight viral and a half in height.

8. One solid aureola, covering the god, his consort and the bull, consisting of two pillars and one half-moon, 1 and measuring six muṛam, nine viral and a half in circumference.

9. One solid image of Gaṇapati, measuring half a muṛam and five tōrai in height from the feet to the hair.

10. One lotus on which (this image) stood, set with jewels and measuring two viral and a half in height.

11. One pedestal, measuring nine viral in length, eight viral in breadth, and four viral and two tōrai in height.

12. One solid aureola, measuring one (muṛam) and three quarters and five viral in circumference.

13. To (the image of) Ṛishabhavāhanadēva were given:—

14. One small sacred garland (tiru-mālai), weighing, with the lac, six kaṛañju and a half, four mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi, and worth eleven kāśu. On (it) were fastened fifty-six crystals, twenty-four potti and thirty-six pearls, viz., polished pearls and small pearls.

15. One tutturu, weighing, with the lac, (one) kaṛañju and a half, three mañjāḍi and eight tenths, and worth three kāśu. On (it) were fastened one crystal and twenty-two pearls, viz., round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls and small pearls.

16. One string (vaḍam), weighing, with the lac, three kaṛañju and three quarters, three mañjāḍi and three tenths, and worth sixteen kāśu. On (it) were strung thirty-three pearls,— viz., round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls, small pearls, nimboḷam, (pearls) with ⟨Page 188⟩ rubbed surface, (pearls) resembling toddy in colour, and ambumudu,—two corals, two lapis lazuli, two tāḷimbam, one eye and one hook.

17. One string, weighing, with the lac, three kaṛañju and three quarters, (one) mañjāḍi and eight tenths, and worth fifteen kāśu. On (it) were strung thirty-five pearls,—viz., round pearls, polished pearls, small pearls, nimboḷam, payiṭṭam, (pearls) with rubbed surface, with cracked surface and of red water, —two corals, two lapis lazuli, two tāḷimbam, one eye and one hook.

18. One string, weighing, with the lac, three kaṛañju and three quarters, three mañjāḍi and one tenth, and worth fifteen kāśu. On (it) were strung thirty-five pearls,—viz., round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls, small pearls, nimboḷam, payiṭṭam, (pearls) with cracked surface and with rubbed surface,—two corals, two lapis lazuli, two tāḷimbam, one eye and one hook.

19. One girdle, 1 weighing, with the lac, four kaṛañju and three quarters, three mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi, and worth eleven kāśu. On (it) were strung ninety-nine pearls,—viz., round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls and small pearls, —six corals, two gold pins, two tāḷimbam (each of) which consisted of three (pieces) soldered together, and two eyes.

20. One ornament of five strings (pañchaśari), weighing, with the lac, eight kaṛañju and a half, three mañjāḍi and six tenths, and worth eight kāśu. On (it) were strung two hundred and forty-three pearls,—viz., round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls, small pearls, crude pearls, śakkattu, śappatti, (pearls) with rubbed surface and with cracked surface, —ten corals, two gold pins, two tāḷimbam (each of) which consisted of five (pieces) soldered together, and one eye.

21. One sacred pearl ornament (śrī-chhanda), weighing,—with the lac (which was used) instead of the gold at the back of the chief jewel (nāyaka),—twenty-six kaṛañju and (one) mañjāḍi, and worth thirty kāśu. On (it) were fastened twenty-one crystals, eight potti and thirteen gold pins; and (on it) were strung eight hundred and sixty-nine pearls, (viz.) round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls, small pearls, nimboḷam, payiṭṭam, crude pearls, śappatti, śakkattu, (pearls) of brilliant water and of red water, and ambumudu.

22. One bracelet (vaḷaiyil) of balls (guṇḍu) soldered on a band (paṭṭai) of gold, weighing eleven kaṛañju and three quarters, (one) mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi, and worth thirteen, one quarter and one eighth kāśu. On (it) were strung three hundred and seventy-eight pearls, (viz.) round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls, small pearls, śappatti, śakkattu, (pearls) of brilliant water and of red water.

23. One bracelet of balls soldered on a band of gold, weighing ten kaṛañju and a half, three mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi, and worth thirteen kāśu. On (it) were strung three hundred and seventy-six pearls, (viz.) round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls, small pearls, śappatti, śakkattu, (pearls) of brilliant water and of red water.

24. One bracelet of balls soldered on a band of gold, weighing nine kaṛañju, nine mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi, and worth six kāśu. On (it) were strung two hundred and seventyone pearls, viz., polished pearls, small pearls, crude pearls, śappatti and śakkattu.

25. One bracelet of balls soldered on a band of gold, weighing seven kaṛañju and a half and (one) mañjāḍi, and worth seven kāśu. On (it) were strung one hundred and forty-two pearls, viz., round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls, small pearls, crude pearls, śappatti and śakkattu. ⟨Page 189⟩

26. One waist-band (udara-bandhana), weighing eight kaṛañju), seven mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi, and worth eight kāśu. On (it) were fastened eight crystals and three potti; and (on it) were strung three hundred and six pearls, (viz.) round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls, small pearls, crude pearls, śappatti, śakkattu, (pearls) of brilliant water and of red water.

27. One sacred girdle (tiruppaṭṭigai), weighing, with the lac, forty kaṛañju, and worth twenty-six kāśu. In (it) were included one kimbirimugam, 1 ten small flowers (maṭṭappū), one bud (moṭṭu) and four [vi]ḍaṅgu; 2 (on it) were fastened twenty crystals and twelve potti; and (on it) were strung seven hundred and thirty-four pearls, viz., crude pearls, śakkattu and śappatti.

28. One sacred foot-ring (tiruvaḍikkāṟai) of balls soldered on a band of gold, weighing twelve kaṛañju and a half and (one) kuṉṟi, and worth fifteen and a quarter kāśu. On (it) were strung three hundred and seventy-five pearls, (viz.) round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls, small pearls, śappatti, śakkattu, (pearls) of brilliant water and of red water.

29. One sacred foot-ring of balls soldered on a band of gold, weighing twelve kaṛañju and (one) kuṉṟi, and worth sixteen kāśu. On (it) were strung three hundred and seventy-two pearls, (viz.) round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls, small pearls, śakkattu, śappatti, (pearls) of brilliant water and of red water.

30. One string of round beads (tiraḷ-maṇi-vaḍam), (containing) seven kaṛañju and a quarter of gold.

31. One string of round beads, (containing) seven kaṛañju, four mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

32. One sacred arm-ring (tirukkaikkāṟai), (consisting of) nine kaṛañju of gold.

33. One sacred arm-ring, (consisting of) eight kaṛañju and three quarters of gold.

34. One sacred arm-ring, (consisting of) eight kaṛañju and a half, three mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

35. One sacred arm-ring, (consisting of) six kaṛañju and three mañjāḍi of gold.

36. One sacred girdle, (consisting of) thirty kaṛañju of gold.

37. One sacred foot-ring, (consisting of) ten kaṛañju and a quarter of gold.

38. One sacred foot-ring, (consisting of) nine kaṛañju and three quarters, two mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

39. One pair of sacred sandals (tiruvaḍi-nilai), (consisting of) forty-nine kaṛañju and three quarters of gold.

40. One skull (kapāla), (consisting of) fifty kaṛañju, seven mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

41. One handle (kai) for a white chāmara (veṇ-śāmarai), (consisting of) twelve kaṛañju of gold.

42. One handle for a white chāmara, (consisting of) nine kaṛañju and three quarters, three mañjāḍi and six tenths of gold.

43. One small scimitar (kuṟṟ-uḍaivāḷ), the hilt (? āśu) and blade (? kaṇḍam) of which were inlaid with gold.

44. One paradal, (consisting of) one hundred and five kaṛañju of silver.

45. One bowl (maṇḍai), (consisting of) one hundred and eighty-five kaṛañju of silver.

46. One girdle (in the shape of) a snake (kachch-ōlam), (consisting of) twenty-nine kaṛañju and a quarter of silver. ⟨Page 190⟩

47. To (the image of) Umāparamēśvarī, the consort of Ṛishabhavāhanadēva, the same (queen) gave:—

48. One spiral (tiru), (consisting) of a ruby which was strung on a gold string, weighing, with the lac, two kaṛañju, two mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi, and worth eight kāśu. Into (it) were set three flat and round diamonds, • • • • • one ruby • • • • • with cavities and holes, one eye and one hook.

49. One bracelet of balls soldered on a band of gold, weighing seven kaṛañju and a half and (one) mañjāḍi, and worth seven kāśu. On (it) were strung one hundred and thirtysix pearls, viz., polished pearls, small pearls, crude pearls, śappatti and śakkattu.

50. One bracelet of balls soldered on a band of gold, weighing ten kaṛañju and nine mañjāḍi, and worth twelve kāśu. On (it) were strung three hundred and seventy-six pearls, viz., round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls, small pearls, śappatti, śakkattu, (pearls) of brilliant water and of red water.

51. One sacred girdle, weighing, with the lac, twenty-[four] kaṛañju and a half, three mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi, and worth fifteen kāśu. In (it) were included one kimbirimugam, ten small flowers and five buds; (on it) were fastened ten crystals and five potti; and (on it) were strung five hundred and forty-eight pearls, viz., round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls, small pearls, crude pearls, śappatti and śakkattu.

52. One sacred foot-ring of balls soldered on a band of gold, weighing ten kaṛañju, and worth ten kāśu. On (it) were strung one hundred and sixty pearls, viz., crude pearls, śakkattu and śappatti.

53. One sacred foot-ring of balls soldered on a band of gold, weighing ten kaṛañju, two mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi, and worth fifteen and a quarter kāśu. On (it) were strung one hundred and fifty-eight pearls, viz., crude pearls, śakkattu and śappatti.

54. One string of beads for the marriage-badge (tāli-maṇi-vaḍam), (containing one) kaṛañju and three quarters, four mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

55. One strung of round beads, containing four kaṛañju and a half and two mañjāḍi of gold.

56. One sacred arm-ring, (consisting of) five kaṛañju and three quarters, two mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

57. One sacred arm-ring, (consisting of) six kaṛañju of gold.

58. One sacred girdle, (consisting of) twenty kaṛañju and a quarter of gold.

59. One sacred foot-ring, (consisting of) eight kaṛañju and three quarters of gold.

60. One sacred foot-ring, (consisting of) six kaṛañju of gold.

61. To (the image of) Gaṇapati, which the same (queen) had set up, were given:—

62. One sacred gold flower (tiruppoṟpū), (consisting of) three kaṛañju of gold.

63. One sacred thread (pūṇ-nūl), (consisting of) six kaṛañju, two mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

⟨SIIv02p0i0047⟩ No. 47. ON A PILLAR OF THE WEST ENCLOSURE.

This inscription records that, before the 29th year of the reign of Rājarājadēva, an officer of the king set up a copper image of Bhṛiṅgīśa, to which he presented some ornaments.

Regarding Bhṛiṅgi, I am indebted for the following information to Mr. P.Sundaram Pillai, M.A., Professor of Philosophy, Trivandrum College:—“Bhṛiṅgi is one of the attendants (gaṇa) of Śiva. Allusions to his bigoted worship of Śiva, which would not condescend even to acknowledge the godhead of Pārvatī, are frequent in Tamil literature. ⟨Page 191⟩ According to the Skāndapurāṇam, it was to annoy his exclusive spirit, that Pārvatī sought union with Śiva in the form of Ardhanārīśvara. But Bhṛiṅgi assumed the shape of a bee 1 and pierced his way through the united body of the god and the goddess, going round and worshipping the Śiva portion only of the hermaphrodite. The goddess avenged herself then by withdrawing all śakti from the zealot, and he is now generally represented as a skeleton, supporting himself with a third leg, which Śiva, out of mercy, improvised for him.” In accordance with this myth, three legs and three arms are attributed to the image of Bhṛiṅgīśa in paragraph 2 of the subjoined inscription.

TEXT.

East face.

⟨1⟩ svasti śrīḥ [||*] uṭaiyā-

⟨2⟩ r śrīrājarājadevar

⟨3⟩ ciṟutaṉattuppe-

⟨4⟩ runtaraṅkovaṉa a-

⟨5⟩ ṇṇāmalaiyāṉa ke-

⟨6⟩ raḷāntakaviḻuppa-

⟨7⟩ raiyaṉ śrīrājarā-

⟨8⟩ jīśvaram uṭaiyār

⟨9⟩ koyilil yāṇṭu

⟨10⟩ irupattoṉpatā-

⟨11⟩ vatu varai eḻuntaru-

⟨12⟩ ḷuvitta cepput-

⟨13⟩ tirumeṉi uṭaiyā-

⟨14⟩ r koyilil muḻat-

⟨15⟩ tāl aḷantum ratna-

⟨16⟩ ṅkaḷ caraṭu nīkki dakṣi-

⟨17⟩ ṇameruviṭaṅkan eṉ-

⟨18⟩ ṉuṅkallāl niṟai

⟨19⟩ eṭuttum poṉ ā-

⟨20⟩ ṭavallāṉ eṉṉu-

⟨21⟩ ṅkallāl niṟai e-

⟨22⟩ ṭuttuṅkallil ve-

⟨23⟩ ṭṭiṉapaṭi ||— [1*] pādā-

⟨24⟩ dikeśāntam orumuḻa-

⟨25⟩ me iruviralarai u-

⟨26⟩ carattum ceṭi oru-

⟨27⟩ viral ucarattum mū-

⟨28⟩ ṉṟu śrīpādamum

⟨29⟩ mūṉṟu śrīhastamu-

North face.

⟨30⟩ m uṭaiyarākakka-

⟨31⟩ ṉamāka eḻuntaruḷu-

⟨32⟩ vitta bhṛiṅkīśar tiru- ⟨Page 192⟩

⟨33⟩ meṉi oṉṟu ||— [2*] ratna-

⟨34⟩ nyāsañceytu i-

⟨35⟩ var eḻuntaruḷi niṉ-

⟨36⟩ ṟa irupatiṟṟu viral

⟨37⟩ nīḷattuppaṉṉiru-

⟨38⟩ viral akalattu a-

⟨39⟩ ṟuviral ucarattu pī-

⟨40⟩ ṭham oṉṟu ||— [3*] ivar-

⟨41⟩ kkukkuṭuttaṉa ||— [4*] ti-

⟨42⟩ ricaram oṉṟiṟko-

⟨43⟩ tta muttu cakkattuṅ-

⟨44⟩ kaṟaṭum āka muttu

⟨45⟩ nūṟṟu aimpatum

⟨46⟩ tāḷimpamum paṭuka-

⟨47⟩ ṇṇum arakkum u-

⟨48⟩ ṭpaṭa niṟai aiṅ-

⟨49⟩ kaḻañcey kāluk-

⟨50⟩ ku vilai kācu muṉṟarai [5*]

⟨51⟩ kaṇṭanāṇ oṉṟi-

⟨52⟩ l urudrākṣam oṉ-

⟨53⟩ ṟum paṭukaṇṇuṅ-

⟨54⟩ kokkuvāyum uṭpa-

⟨55⟩ ṭa niṟai kaḻañcukku

⟨56⟩ vilai kācu aiñcu [||—] [6*]

⟨57⟩ tirukkaiykkāṟai o-

⟨58⟩ ṉṟu poṉ kaḻañ-

West face.

⟨59⟩ cey iraṇṭu mañ-

⟨60⟩ cāṭi ||— [7*] tirukkaiy-

⟨61⟩ kkāṟai oṉṟu po-

⟨62⟩ ṉ kaḻañcey nā-

⟨63⟩ lu mañcāṭi ||— [8*] tiruk-

⟨64⟩ kaiykkāṟai oṉ-

⟨65⟩ ṟu poṉ mukkāle

⟨66⟩ nālu mañcāṭiyuṅ-

⟨67⟩ kuṉṟi ||— [9*] tiruvaṭikkā-

⟨68⟩ ṟai oṉṟu poṉ

⟨69⟩ kaḻañcey nālu

⟨70⟩ mañcāṭi ||— [10*] tiruva-

⟨71⟩ ṭikkāṟai oṉṟu

⟨72⟩ poṉ kaḻañcey

⟨73⟩ mañcāṭiyuṅkuṉ-

⟨74⟩ ṟi ||— [11*] tiruvaṭikkāṟai

⟨75⟩ oṉṟu poṉ kaḻa-

⟨76⟩ ñcey mūṉṟu ma-

⟨77⟩ ñcāṭiyuṅkuṉṟi ||— [12*] ⟨Page 193⟩

TRANSLATION.

1. Hail ! Prosperity ! The following copper image,—which had been set up in the temple of the lord Śrī-Rājarājēśvara until the twenty-ninth year (of the king's reign) by Kōvaṉ (i.e., Gōpa) Aṇṇāmalai, 1 alias Kēraḷāntaka-Viṛupparaiyaṉ, a Perundaram of the minor treasure (śiṟudaṉam) 2 of the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva,—was engraved on stone, after it had been measured by the cubit measure (preserved) in the temple of the lord, after the jewels (given to it) had been weighed without the threads by the stone called (after) Dakshiṇa-Mēru-Viṭaṅkaṉ, and after the gold had been weighed by the stone called (after) Āḍavallāṉ:—

2. One solid image of Bhṛiṅgīśa, (measuring) one muṛam, two viral and a half in height from the feet to the hair, and having a bush (śeḍi) 3 of the height of one viral, three divine feet 4 and three divine arms.

3. One pedestal on which this (image) stood, set with jewels (and measuring) twenty viral in length, twelve viral in breadth, and six viral in height.

4. To this (image) were given:—

5. One ornament of three strings (triśaram), weighing, with the lac, five kaṛañju and a quarter, and worth three and a half kāśu. On (it) were strung one hundred and fifty pearls, —viz., śakkattu and crude pearls,—(one) tāḷimbam and (one) eye.

6. One necklace (kaṇṭha-nāṇ), weighing, —inclusive of one rudrāksha (bead), (one) eye and (one) hook, —(one) kaṛañju, and worth five kāśu.

7. One sacred arm-ring (tirukkaikkāṟai), (consisting of one) kaṛañju and two mañjāḍi of gold.

8. One sacred arm-ring, (consisting of one) kaṛañju and four mañjāḍi of gold.

9. One sacred arm-ring, 5 (consisting of) three quarters (of a kaṛañju), four mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

10. One sacred foot-ring (tiruvaḍikkāṟai), (consisting of one) kaṛañju and four mañjāḍi of gold.

11. One sacred foot-ring, (consisting of one) kaṛañju, (one) mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.

12. One sacred foot-ring, (consisting of one) kaṛañju, three mañjāḍi and (one) kuṉṟi of gold.