# SII 1.42: original edition by Eugen Hultzsch

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: PART II. TAMIL AND GRANTHA INSCRIPTIONS. I.
INSCRIPTIONS AT MĀMALLAPURAM. No. 42. INSIDE THE SHORE TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0042

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII01/DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0042.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## 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.

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## Edition

⟨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.

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