SII 1.41: original edition by Eugen Hultzsch

Alternative title: “PART II. TAMIL AND GRANTHA INSCRIPTIONS. I. INSCRIPTIONS AT MĀMALLAPURAM. No. 41. ON THE NORTH BASE OF THE SHORE TEMPLE.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: The historical-part of this inscription is identical with that of the preceding one; its date is the twenty-sixth year of Ko-Rājarāja-Rājakesarivarman, alias Rāja-Rājarāja-deva.

The inscription, which is unfortunately mutilated, mentions three temples, two of which were called after and consequently built by Pallava kings. The first of these two is Jalaśayana or Kshatriyasiṁha-Pallava-Īśvara-deva. That Jalaśayana was the name of the Shore Temple itself, appears clearly from the inscription No. 40. The second name for it, which is furnished by the present inscription, proves that the Shore Temple was a foundation of a Pallava king Kshatriyasiṁha. The second temple mentioned in the subjoined inscription is Rājasiṁha-Pallava-Īśvara-deva, which, as appears from one of the Kāñchīpuram inscriptions (No. 24, verse 10), was the original name of the Kailāsanātha Temple at Kāñchī. The name of the third temple, Paḷḷikoṇḍaruḷiya-deva, (literally: “the god who is pleased to sleep”) may perhaps refer to the Śrīraṅganāyaka Temple at Paḷḷikoṇḍa near Viriñchipuram and would then explain the origin of the name Paḷḷikoṇḍa.

Language: Tamil (tam).

Version: (3992bd7), last modified (0ec4724).

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] tirumakaḷ polapperu

⟨2⟩ nilaccelviyum taṉakke Urimai pū-

⟨3⟩ ṇṭamai maṉakkoḷakkān=taḷurccā-

⟨4⟩ lai kalamaṟuttaruḷi veṅkaiñāṭuṅka-

⟨5⟩ ṅkapāṭiyum nuḷampapāṭiyun=taṭikai-

⟨6⟩ pāṭiyuṅkuṭamalaiñāṭuṅkol(la)muṅ-

⟨7⟩ kaliṅkamum Eṇṭikai pukaḻ tara Ī(ḻa)ma-

⟨8⟩ ṇṭalamum Iraṭṭapāṭi Eḻarai Ila(k)ka-

⟨9⟩ mun=tiṇṭiṟal veṉṟittaṇṭāṟkk(o)-

⟨10⟩ ṇṭa taṉneḻil vaḷaruḻiyuḷḷel-

⟨11⟩ lāyāṇṭun=toḻutaka viḷaṅkum yā-

⟨12⟩ ṇṭe c(e)ḻiyarai tecu koḷ śrī-

⟨13⟩ korājarājarājakesarivarmmarā-

⟨14⟩ ṉa śrīrājarājarājadevaṟku yāṇ-

⟨15⟩ ṭu Irupattāṟāvatu [|] Āmurkkoṭ-

⟨16⟩ ṭattāmurnāṭṭu nakaramāmallapurat-

⟨17⟩ tu nakarattomum periḷamaiyo-

⟨18⟩ mum I{n}(nnaka)rattu jalaśayanat-

⟨19⟩ tu kṣatriyasiṁhapallavaĪśva⟨ra⟩-

⟨20⟩ ttu devarum Irājasiṁha(pa)l-

⟨21⟩ lavaĪśvarattu devarum paḷḷi-

⟨22⟩ koṇṭaruḷiya devarum Uṭai-

⟨23⟩ ya bhaṭṭārattu poṉṉil I(tta)-

⟨24⟩ ḷikaḷil pati pañcācāryyapa [**]

⟨25⟩ ṭṭai(cu) devakaṉmikaḷ pa [**]

⟨26⟩ nā(ṅ)kaḷ koṇṭu kaṭava p⟨oṉ pa⟩-

⟨27⟩ ttoṉpatiṉ kaḻaiñ⟨cu⟩ [**]

⟨28⟩ (I)tdevarkaḷukkutti [****]

⟨29⟩ (ṉa)māka Uṭaiyār śrīra [****]

⟨30⟩ (va)r tirunāmattāl śrī [*****]

⟨31⟩ devaṉ Eṉṟu Ik⟨koṭṭam vakai⟩

⟨32⟩ ceykiṉṟa putukku⟨ṭaiyaṉ⟩

⟨33⟩ Ekatiraṉ Aimpatiṉ [****]

⟨34⟩ ñcavāṉañceyvika [****]

⟨35⟩ (ni)lattukku kiḻpā⟨ṟkellai sa⟩-

⟨36⟩ mudrakarai va(ḻi) pāvi [******]

⟨37⟩ yil meṭṭukkum [****]

⟨38⟩ ṉpāṟkellai Ita [*****]

⟨39⟩ poku peru vaḻik(ku) [*****]

⟨40⟩ lpāṟkel(lai) [****]

⟨41⟩ m kuraṅkaṉ [****]

⟨42⟩ kku kiḻakku [****]

⟨43⟩ Iṉnakara [*******]

⟨44⟩ ḷḷat(tu) [******]

⟨45⟩ ḷat(tu) [*******]

⟨46⟩ t(tukku)m [******]

⟨47⟩ laiyu [********]

⟨48⟩ nālāyi [*******]

⟨49⟩ cu kuḻiyi [*******]

⟨50⟩ poṉ [*******]

⟨51⟩ E(ri)yum [******]

⟨52⟩ Akapaṭṭa [*******]

⟨53⟩ (vya)(mā) ka [******]

⟨54⟩ kavum Ipa [*****]

⟨55⟩ kaḻaiñ⟨cu⟩ [*****]

⟨56⟩ lam viṟṟu [****]

⟨57⟩ ma(mu)cce [******]

⟨58–62⟩ [********]

⟨63⟩ peri [********]

⟨64⟩ lla [********]

⟨65⟩ tta [********]

⟨66⟩ kaṟa [********]

⟨67⟩ mu [********]

⟨68⟩ [*********]

⟨69⟩ vitta [********]

⟨70⟩ m vita [*******]

⟨71⟩ ṟṟuka [********]

⟨72⟩ ye [********]

Translation by Hultzsch 1890

Hail! Prosperity! In the twenty-sixth year of (the reign of) the illustrious Ko-Rājarāja-Rājakesarivarman, alias the illustrious Rāja-Rājarāja-deva, etc.1—We, the middle-aged citizens of Māmallapuram, a town in Āmūr-nāḍu, (a division) of Āmūrkoṭṭam . . . . . . . . . . of (the temples of) Jalaśayana, (alias) Kshatriyasiṁha-Pallava-Īśvara-deva at this town, and of Rājasiṁha-Pallava-Īśvara-deva, and of Paḷḷikoṇḍaruḷiya-deva . . . . . . . . . .

(Line 31.) . . . . . of the fifty (villages called after) Pudukkuḍaiyāṉ Ekadhīra, which form part of this koṭṭam2 . . . . . . . . . .

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 1.41 by Hultzsch 1890 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1890. South-Indian inscriptions, Tamil and Sanskrit, from stone and copper-plate edicts at Mamallapuram, Kanchipuram, in the North Arcot district, and other parts of the Madras Presidency, chiefly collected in 1886-87. Volume I. South Indian Inscriptions 1. Madras: Government Press. Pages 66–68, item 41.

Notes

  1. 1. The historical portion of this inscription is identical with that of No. 40.

  2. 2. See page 64, note 2.