Tiruvalīśvaram, Valīśvara, time of Sundara Cōḻapāṇḍya, year 17

Author of digital edition: Renato Dávalos (reda).

Summary: The inscription appears to be composed of two interconnected sections, dated one year apart. The internal coherence of this inscription and SII 14.160 suggests that they are two parts of the same register. The first section (SII 14.160) records the conversion of a brahmadeya that was endowed as a devadāna by a certain Ammaṉ. This change on the nature of the land appears to have entailed new taxes on the land that the members of the community (ūrār) were required to pay. The taxes here registered were intended to be collected in order to support the feeding of twenty-five brāhmaṇas, a reciter of the Śivadharma, and to provide the provisions (nivantakaḷ) necessary for the ritual worship of the temple deity. The taxes seem to have been collected either in the form of paddy derived from the donated land or as payments in gold coins (kācu). The second section, here presented, closely mirrors the content of the first (SII 14.160) but introduces a new set of signatories and appears to be the actual implementation of the royal order (tirumantira ōlai), likely executed one year after the initial resolution.

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

Repository: Pāṇḍya (tfa-pandya-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPandya00161.

File path: DHARMA_INSPandya00161.xml.

Version: (af8e951), last modified (af8e951).

Edition

⟨1⟩ variyil iṭu rājentra cōḻa-vaḷa-nāṭṭu-k k¿i?ḻkuṇṭāṟṟu-c cōḻa-cikāmaṇi-nallūr uṭaiyāṉ centil-cēntaṉum paṭṭōlai In-nāṭṭu mēl iraṇiya muṭṭattu-k kaṇkāṭuntai-k-kuḷam uṭaiyāṉ Ātitēvaṉum matu-

⟨2⟩ rāntaka-vaḷa-nāṭṭu māṉav¿i?ra-vaḷa-nāṭṭu (At)tikk’ uṭaiyāṉ cēntaṉ ciṅkamum Iv-eṇṇi-nāṭṭu v¿i?racōḻa-nallūr uṭaiyāṉ Araiyaṉ mātēvaṉum rājentra-cōḻa-vaḷa-nāṭṭu-k k¿i?ḻ iraṇiya muṭṭat(tu)-c

⟨3⟩ (ciṟu)tūr uṭaiyāṉ (A)r(ai)yaṉ kūttaṉum Iruntu yāṇṭu patiṉeḻ’ āvatu nāḷ patiṉeḻiṉāl rājarāja-p-pāṇṭi-nāṭṭu muṭikoṇṭacōḻa-vaḷa-nāṭṭu muḷḷi-nāṭṭu brahmatēyam rājarāja-c-

⟨4⟩ caruppēti-maṅkalattu sabhaiyārkku-k kācu kuṭuttu vilaikoṇṭa Ivv-ūr ? nilattil kākkalūr mēl ellai peruṅkāliṉ k¿i?ḻ karaikku-k kiḻakkum vaṭavellai śrīvāsutēva-vāykkālukku vaṭa-

⟨5⟩ kku mutaṟ kaṇṇāṟṟu vaṭavācaṟutikku-t teṟkum k¿i?ḻ ellai kaṭiñai y-āṟṟukku meṟkum teṉ-ṉ ellai śrīvāsudeva-vāykkālukku vaṭakkum Āka Ivv-icaitta perunāṉkellaiyuḷ Akappaṭṭa nilaṉ

⟨6⟩ Ai-vēliyum brahmadeyamāy varukiṉṟapaṭi yāṇṭu patiṉāṟāvatu mutal tavirntu veḷḷāṉ vakaiyil mutal ākki-p paḻampaṭiyārai tavirntu śiva-caraṇa śeva

⟨7⟩ ra-nallūr eṉṉun tirunāmamāy In-nilattāl In-nāṭṭu veḷḷāṉ varicai-k k¿i?ḻ Iṟai kaṭṭumpaṭi yāṇṭu patiṉāṟāvatu mutal Iṟai kaṭṭi mutal-āṉa Iṟai-k-kaṭaṉ (A)-

⟨8⟩ ñāḻi nārāyattāl Aṟunūṟṟu nāṟpattiru kalaṉē Aṟu-kuṟuṇi y-iru-nāḻi muḻakkē y-iruceviṭṭ’ araiyum Uruvukōl nilaṉ kācu muppatt-aiñcē-y kāle-y mukkāṇiyum kā(ṭa)

⟨9⟩ v¡i!ḷā⟨ka⟩ttu-k kācu Aiñcum rājarāja-(c) caruppēti-maṅkalattu-t tiruvāl¿i?śvaram uṭaiya-mahādevarkku-t tiruviḻā-p (pō)tavum It-tēvar kōyilil nittam Irupatt aivar br⟨ā⟩hmaṇar Uṇṇavu-

⟨10⟩ m śivadharmmam vācippāṉ oruvaṉukkum maṟṟum It-tēvarkku vēṇṭum nivantaṅkaḷukkum yāṇṭu patiṉāṟāvatu mutal Iṟuppat āka variyiliṭṭu-k kuṭuttu yāṇṭu patiṉeḻāvatu (nā)-

⟨11⟩ ḷ Aimpattu muṉṟiṉāl Uṭaiyār śrīcuntara-cōḻa-pāṇṭiya-tēvar maturāntaka-vaḷa-nāṭṭu māṭakkuḷa-k k¿i?ḻ maturaiyiṉ vaṭapakkattu-p pakalirukkai nantavāṉam puttaṉil cittirakū--

⟨12⟩ ṭattu-t tiruvamirtu ceytaruḷi rājendra-cōḻa Atim¿u?ṟka-c-ceṅkiraiyil Eḻuntaruḷi Iruntu muṭikoṇṭa-cōḻa-vaḷa-nāṭṭu muḷḷi-nāṭṭu brahmadēyam rājarāja-c caruppēti-maṅkalattu-t tiruvāl¿i?śva-

⟨13⟩ ram-uṭaiya-mahādevarkku-t tiruviḻā-p pōtavum It-tēvar kōyilil nittam Irupattaivar br⟨ā⟩hmaṇar Uṇṇavum śivadharmma(m) vācippāṉ Oruvaṉukkum maṟṟum It--

⟨14⟩ tēvarkku vēṇṭum nivan=taṅkaḷukku Iṟuppat’ āka rājarāja(c)-caruppēti maṅkalattu-p piṭākai kākkalūrilē-y nilaṅ kuṭukka v-eṉṟu Ammāṉ Aruḷic ceytamaiyil ivvūr sa bhaiyārk⟨kuk⟩ k-

⟨15⟩ ācu kuṭuttu vilaikku-k koṇṭu civacaraṇacekara-nallūr Eṉṉuun tirunāmattāl variyiliṭṭ’ innilam Aivēlikkum muṉpu Ellai piḻaikka-p pēci variyiliṭṭamaiyil muṉ pukka nantiṭ-

⟨16⟩ (ṭu)-p paṭiyil innilattukku muṉpu pēci variyiliṭṭa Ellaippaṭi tavirntu kākkalūr śrīvāsudeva-vāykkālukku vaṭakku mutaṟkaṇṇāṟṟum Iv-vāykkālukku-t teṟku mutaṟ kaṇṇāṟ--

⟨17⟩ ṟum Iraṇṭāṅ kaṇṇāṟṟum muṉṟāṅ kaṇṇāṟṟum (nālāṅ)-kaṇṇāṟṟum (Ai)ñcāṅ-kaṇṇāṟṟum Āṟāṅ-kaṇṇāṟṟum Eḻāṅ-kaṇṇāṟṟum ākak kaṇṇāṟu eṭṭiṉukku mēl-

⟨18⟩ E(l)lai peruṅkāliṉ k¿i?ḻkaraikku-k kiḻakkum vaṭav(ellai)(śrī-vāsudeva vā)ykkālukku vaṭakk umutaṟ-kaṇṇāṟṟu vaṭavācaṟutikku teṟkum k¿i?ḻ ellai kaṭiñai y-āṟṟukku meṟkum teṉ-ṉ-e⟨llai⟩-

⟨19⟩ śrī-vāsudeva-vāykkālukku-t teṟkku Eḻāṅ-kaṇṇāṟṟu teṉ-ṉ ācaṟutikku vaṭakkum Āka I(v)v-icaitta perunāṉkellaiyuḷ Akappaṭṭa nilaṉ Aivēliyum eṉṟē-y variyiliṭa tiruvāymoḻiṉtaruḷiṉā-

⟨20⟩ r tirumantiravōlai Ālattūr uṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttiṉālum tirumantiravōlai-nāyakam rājentira-cōḻa-Atim¿u?ṟka-ceṅkiraiyum vikkiramapāṇṭiya-pirammārāyaṉum cōḻapāṇṭiya-piramā(rā)ya--

⟨21⟩ ṉum oppiṉālum pukunta keḻvi-p paṭiyē variyiliṭṭuk kuṭukka v-eṉṟu Atikārikaḷ Uttama-cōḻa-pallavataraiyarum m¿i?ṉavaṉ m¿u?vēntavēḷārum teṉṉavaṉ-cikāmaṇi m¿u?-

⟨22⟩ vēnta-(veḷā)rum vikkiramaciṅka-muventaveḷ(ā)rum teṉṉavaṉ m¿u?vēntavēḷārum aḻakiyacōḻa-m¿u?vēntavēḷārum viṭaiyil Atikārikaḷ parakēcari-m¿u?vēntavēḷārum aḻakiyapāṇṭiya-m¿u?vēnta-

⟨23⟩ veḷārum (puravuvari)kaṇkāṇi cōḻa-cikāmaṇi-nallūr uṭaiyāṉ puravuvari-tiṇai-k-kaḷam kuṟicci Uṭaiyāṉum maṇṇaikoṇṭacōḻa-nallūr uṭaiyāṉum Uttamacōḻa-nallūr-uṭaiyāṉum p-

⟨24⟩ ālā [****]yema-nallūr uṭaiyāṉum vari-p-pottakam Uttaraṅk’ uṭaiyāṉum kaṭṭi-kuṟicci Uṭaiyāṉum mukaveṭṭi Irājakēcari-nallūr-uṭaiyāṉum c¿i?{pa}parāntaka nallūr u-

⟨25⟩ ṭaiyāṉum [********] Uṭaiyāṉum [*****] kku-p paṭṭiṉam uṭaiyāṉum variyiliṭu kuḻalūr uṭaiyāṉum paṭṭōlai koṭuntaikuḷam uṭaiyāṉum kamutakk’ uṭai-

⟨26⟩ yāṉum (rācarāca)nallūr uṭaiyāṉum ciṟutūr uṭaiyāṉum variyiliṭṭāṉ puravu-vari-tiṇai-k-kaḷam kuṟicci Uṭaiyāṉum vācittāṉ vari-p-potta(ka)m kaṭṭi-kuṟicci Uṭaiyāṉum

⟨27⟩ paṭṭōlai Eḻutiṉāṉ paṭṭōlai kamutakk’ uṭaiyāṉum Iruntu yāṇṭu patiṉeḻāvatu ¿ṉ?āḷ Aṟu⟨pa⟩tataiñciṉāl variyiliṭṭatu Ik-keḻvi variyiliṭṭapaṭi Eḻutiṉēṉ puravu-vari-tiṇai--

⟨28⟩ k-kaḷattu (kaṇa)kku rājarāja-(p)-pāṇṭi-nāṭṭu rājentira-cōḻa-vaḷa-nāṭṭu miḻalai-kūṟṟattu naṭuviṟ-kūṟṟu taccaṉ-nēṉmali Uṭaiyāṉa kaḷiyaṉ-cōlai eḻuttu ↝ Ivai puravu-vari-tiṇai-k-ka-

⟨29⟩ ḷattu-k kaṇakku cōḻa-cikāmaṇi-nallūr-uṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu ↝ Ivai puravu-vari-tiṇai-k-kaḷa nāyakam maṇṇaikoṇṭa-cōḻa-nallūr-uṭaiyāṉ eḻuttu ↝ ivai puravu-vari-tiṇai-k-kaḷa-nāyakam-kuṟicci U-

⟨30⟩ ṭaiyāṉ eḻuttu ↝ Ivai puravu-vari-tiṇai-k-kaḷattu paṭṭolai ciṟutūr Uṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu ↝ Ivai puravu-vari tiṇai-k-kaḷattu mukaveṭṭi rājakēcari-nallūr uṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu ↝ Ivai puravu-vari-tiṇai--

⟨31⟩ k-kaḷa-nāya(kam) [****] ṅka-cōḻa-nallūr-uṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu ↝ Ivai mukaveṭṭi curaikk’ uṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu ↝ Ivai vari-p-pottaka-nāyakam kaṭṭi-kuṟicci Uṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu ↝

⟨32⟩ Ivai puravu-vari-tiṇai-k-kaḷattu

⟨33⟩ mukaveṭṭi tūṟṟukk’ uṭaiyāṉ

⟨34⟩ Eḻuttu ↝ Ivai parāntaka-nallūr U-

⟨35⟩ ṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu ↝ Ivai puravu-va-

⟨36⟩ ri-tiṇai-k-kaḷa-nāyakam Uttamacō-

⟨37⟩ ḻa-nallūr-uṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu ↝

⟨38⟩ Ivai puravu-vari-tiṇai-k-kaḷattu

⟨39⟩ vari-p-pottaka-k kaṇakku rājarāja-⟨p⟩-

⟨40⟩ pāṇṭi-nāṭṭu k¿i?ḻkuṇṭāṟṟu pa-

⟨41⟩ ṭṭiṉam-uṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu ↝ I

⟨42⟩ ⌈vai variyiliṭu-cōḻa-cikāmaṇi-nal-

⟨43⟩ lūruṭaiyāṉ eḻuttu ↝ Ivai A-

⟨44⟩ rumoḻitēva-vaḷa-nāṭṭu-v variyiliṭu-cōḻa-cikāmaṇi-maṇṭa(lattu) A[****]-

⟨45⟩ peṟappu-nāṭṭu-k kuṟicci Uṭaiyā⟨ṉ⟩

⟨46⟩ nakkaṉ (E)ḻuvaṉ Eḻuttu ↝ Ivai paṭ-

⟨47⟩ ṭōlai kamutakk’ uṭaiyāṉ cēntaṉ

⟨48⟩ ciṅkattiṉ Eḻuttu ↝ Ivai koṭuntai ta-

⟨49⟩ kuḷam-uṭaiyāṉ Ālat-

⟨50⟩ tavaṉ Eḻuttu ↝ Ivai-

⟨51⟩ paṭṭōlai-maturāntaka--

⟨52⟩ vaḷa-nāṭṭu v¿i?ra-cōḻa-na-

⟨53⟩ llūr Uṭaiyāṉ Ar⟨ai⟩ya-

⟨54⟩ ṉ (mātē)vaṉ Eḻuttu ↝-

⟨55⟩ Ivai puravu-vari-tiṇai-k-kaḷat-

⟨56⟩ tu vari-p-pottaka-nāyaka-

⟨57⟩ m Uttiraṅk’ uṭaiyāṉ-

⟨58⟩ ko [****] vittaṉ Eḻuttu ↝

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1916–17 (ARIE/1916-1917/B/1916/332).

Edited in Ramanatha Ayyar 1962 (SII 14.161).

This edition by Renato Dávalos (2025), based on Ramanatha Ayyar 1962.

Primary

[SII] Ramanatha Ayyar, A. S. 1962. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XIV: The Pāṇḍyas. South Indian Inscriptions 14. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Manager of Publications). Pages 88–90, item 161.

Secondary

ARIE 1916–17. Annual report on epigraphy 1916-1917. Recording, with remarks, the progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the year 1916-1917. Edited by H. Krishna Sastri. No place, 1917. Page 15, appendix B/1916, item 332.