SII 1.42: original edition by Eugen Hultzsch – PART II. TAMIL AND GRANTHA INSCRIPTIONS. I. INSCRIPTIONS AT MĀMALLAPURAM. No. 42. INSIDE THE SHORE TEMPLE.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0042.

Summary: This inscription is dated in the ninth year of Vīra-Rājendra-Choḷa-deva. It records the gift of a piece of land from the great assembly (mahāsabhā) of Śi[ṟi]davūr, alias Narasiṁha-maṅgalam to “our lord of Tirukkaḍalmallai.” By this the Shore Temple at Māmallapuram seems to be meant.

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).

Version: 2025-06-01 11:15 (3cdd373), last modified 2025-05-30 18:16 (829da8c).

⟨1⟩ svasti [||] śrīvi⟨ra⟩rājendra⟨2⟩coḻadevarku yāṇ⟨3⟩ṭu Onpatāvatu tiru⟨4⟩kkaṭalmallai Em ⌈⟨5⟩perumānukku ci(ṟi)tavūrā⟨6⟩na narasi⟨ṁ⟩hamaṅkala⟨7⟩ttu mahāsabhai⟨8⟩yom tiruviṭaiyā⟨9⟩ṭṭamāha viṭṭa Eṅkaḷ ⟨10⟩ Ūr Ukkāvirivāk⟨11⟩kālukkuttekku maṅ⟨12⟩kalacceṟum yin=ta ku⟨13⟩ṟiyān niṉṟa nārāyaṇaṉ⟨14⟩māṅkaḷurāṉa kūttāṭi⟨15⟩(pa)ṭṭi Āka taṭi 5 ṉā(l) ku⟨16⟩ḻi (2 1000) Iṉṉāyaṉārku ⟨17⟩ tiruviṭaiyāṭṭamāha ⟨18⟩ Iṟai Iḻicci(kkuṭu)⟨19⟩⟨tt⟩om Ivūr mah¿a?⟨ā⟩⟨20⟩⟨sa⟩bhaiyom

Translation by Hultzsch 1890

Hail! In the ninth year of (the reign of) the illustrious Vī[ra]-Rājendra-Śoṛadeva, we, the great assembly (mahāsabhā) of Śi[ṟi]davūr, alias Narasiṁha-maṅgalam, gave to our lord (of) Tirukkaḍalmallai as exclusive property,¹ with exemption from taxes, 5 rice-fields (taḍi), consisting of 2,000 kuṛis (of land; 1. at) Maṅgalachcheṟu to the south of the Ukkāviri channel (at) our village; and (2. at) Nārāyaṇaṉ-māṅgalūr, alias Kūttāḍi-paṭṭi, where (the temple of) this god (? kuṟiyāṉ) stands.

Commentary

(20) The remaining ten lines of the inscription are mutilated at the beginning and much obliterated; the only two intelligible words are Eḻuttu in line 26 and nārāyaṇaṉ in line 28.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 1.42 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 68–69, item 42.

Notes

1. This seems to be the meaning of the technical term tiruviṭaiyāṭṭam which occurs also in the Poygai inscriptions.

Display Options Word Wrap Line Numbers Comments Processing Instructions

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<?xml-model href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/erc-dharma/project-documentation/master/schema/latest/DHARMA_Schema.rng" type="application/xml" schematypens="http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0"?>

<?xml-model href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/erc-dharma/project-documentation/master/schema/latest/DHARMA_SQF.sch" type="application/xml" schematypens="http://purl.oclc.org/dsdl/schematron"?>

<?xml-model href="https://epidoc.stoa.org/schema/latest/tei-epidoc.rng" schematypens="http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0"?>

<?xml-model href="https://epidoc.stoa.org/schema/latest/tei-epidoc.rng" schematypens="http://purl.oclc.org/dsdl/schematron"?>

<title>SII 1.42: original edition by Eugen Hultzsch</title>

<title type="alt">PART II. TAMIL AND GRANTHA INSCRIPTIONS. I. INSCRIPTIONS AT MĀMALLAPURAM. No. 42. INSIDE THE SHORE TEMPLE.</title>

<resp>author of digital edition</resp>

<forename>Emmanuel</forename>

<surname>Francis</surname>

</persName>

</respStmt>

</titleStmt>

<authority>DHARMA</authority>

<pubPlace>Paris, CEIAS</pubPlace>

<idno type="filename">DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0042</idno>

</publicationStmt>

<repository>DHARMAbase</repository>

<idno/>

</msIdentifier>

<p>This inscription is dated in the ninth year of <hi rend="bold">Vīra-Rājendra-Choḷa-deva</hi>. It records the gift of a piece of land from the great assembly (<hi rend="italic">mahāsabhā</hi>) of <hi rend="bold">Śi[ṟi]davūr</hi>, <hi rend="italic">alias</hi> <hi rend="bold">Narasiṁha-maṅgalam</hi> to “our lord of <hi rend="bold">Tirukkaḍalmallai</hi>.” By this the Shore Temple at <hi rend="bold">Māmallapuram</hi> seems to be meant.</p>

</summary>

</msContents>

<p/>

</handDesc>

</physDesc>

</msDesc>

</sourceDesc>

</fileDesc>

<change who="part:emfr" when="2025-05-24" status="draft">Further conversion of digital encoding to DHARMA encoding scheme according to EGD (Encoding Guide for Diplomatic Editions)</change>

<change who="part:mime" when="2025-05-06" status="draft">Conversion of digital encoding to DHARMA encoding scheme according to EGD (Encoding Guide for Diplomatic Editions)</change>

</revisionDesc>

</teiHeader>

<body>

<p>

<lb n="1"/><hi rend="grantha">svasti</hi> <supplied reason="undefined"><g type="ddanda">.</g></supplied> <hi rend="grantha">śrī</hi>vi<hi rend="grantha"><supplied reason="omitted">ra</supplied>rājendra</hi>

<lb n="2" break="no"/>coḻa<hi rend="grantha">de</hi>varku yāṇ

<lb n="3" break="no"/>ṭu O<hi rend="grantha">n</hi>patāvatu tiru

<lb n="4" break="no"/>kkaṭalmallai Em ⌈

<lb n="5" break="no"/>perumānu<hi rend="grantha">kku</hi> ci<unclear>ṟi</unclear>tavūrā

<lb n="6" break="no"/>na nara<hi rend="grantha">si<supplied reason="omitted">ṁ</supplied>ha</hi>maṅkala

<lb n="7" break="no"/>ttu <hi rend="grantha">mahāsabhai</hi>

<lb n="8" break="no"/>yom tiruviṭaiyā

<lb n="9" break="no"/>ṭṭa<hi rend="grantha">māha</hi> viṭṭa Eṅkaḷ

<lb n="10"/>Ūr Ukkāvirivāk

<lb n="11" break="no"/>kālu<hi rend="grantha">kku</hi>tte<hi rend="grantha">kku</hi> maṅ

<lb n="12" break="no"/>kalacceṟum yin=ta ku

<lb n="13" break="no"/>ṟiyā<hi rend="grantha">n</hi> niṉṟa nārāyaṇaṉ

<lb n="14" break="no"/>māṅkaḷurāṉa kūttāṭi

<lb n="15" break="no"/><unclear>pa</unclear>ṭṭi Āka taṭi 5 ṉā<unclear>l</unclear> ku

<lb n="16" break="no"/>ḻi <num value="2000"><unclear>2 <g type="numeral">1000</g></unclear></num> Iṉṉāyaṉārku

<lb n="17"/>tiruviṭaiyāṭṭamā<hi rend="grantha">ha</hi>

<lb n="18"/>Iṟai Iḻicci<unclear>kkuṭu</unclear>

<lb n="20" break="no"/><hi rend="grantha"><supplied reason="omitted">sa</supplied>bhai</hi>yom

</p>

</div>

<p>Hail! In the ninth year of (<hi rend="italic">the reign of</hi>) the illustrious <hi rend="bold">Vī[ra]-Rājendra-Śoṛadeva</hi>, we, the great assembly (<hi rend="italic">mahāsabhā</hi>) of <hi rend="bold">Śi[ṟi]davūr</hi>, <hi rend="italic">alias</hi> <hi rend="bold">Narasiṁha-maṅgalam</hi>, gave to our lord (<hi rend="italic">of</hi>) <hi rend="bold">Tirukkaḍalmallai</hi> as exclusive property,<note>This seems to be the meaning of the technical term <foreign>tiruviṭaiyāṭṭam</foreign> which occurs also in the Poygai inscriptions.</note> with exemption from taxes, 5 rice-fields (<hi rend="italic">taḍi</hi>), consisting of 2,000 <hi rend="italic">kuṛis</hi> (<hi rend="italic">of land</hi>; 1. <hi rend="italic">at</hi>) <hi rend="bold">Maṅgalachcheṟu</hi> to the south of the <hi rend="bold">Ukkāviri</hi> channel (<hi rend="italic">at</hi>) our village; and (2. <hi rend="italic">at</hi>) <hi rend="bold">Nārāyaṇaṉ-māṅgalūr</hi>, <hi rend="italic">alias</hi> <hi rend="bold">Kūttāḍi-paṭṭi</hi>, where (<hi rend="italic">the temple of</hi>) this god (<hi rend="italic">? kuṟiyāṉ</hi>) stands.</p>

</div>

<p n="20">The remaining ten lines of the inscription are mutilated at the beginning and much obliterated; the only two intelligible words are <foreign>Eḻuttu</foreign> in line 26 and <foreign>nārāyaṇaṉ</foreign> in line 28.</p>

</div>

<p>Digital edition of SII 1.42 by <bibl><ptr target="bib:Hultzsch1890_01"/></bibl> converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.</p>

</bibl>

</listBibl>

<bibl/>

</listBibl>

</div>

</body>

</text>

</TEI>