# SII 1.47: original edition by Eugen Hultzsch

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: PART II. TAMIL AND GRANTHA INSCRIPTIONS. II.
INSCRIPTIONS IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF VELŪR. No. 47. ON A STONE AT
ŚATTUVĀCHCHERI NEAR VELŪR

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0047

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII01/DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0047.xml

Languages: Sanskrit [Grantha], Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This and the next-following two inscriptions are dated on the same day
of the yuva year, which was current after the expiration of the Śaka
year 1497, and during the reign of the mahāmaṇḍaleśvara
Śrīraṅga-deva-mahārāyar. They record grants to the Vellore Temple, which
were made at the request of Śiṉṉa-Bommu-nāyaka of Velūr by
Kṛishṇappa-nāyaka Ayyaṉ, with the consent of Śrīraṅga-deva-mahārāyar.

The Śrīraṅga-deva mentioned in Nos. 47 to 49 is Śrīraṅgarāya I. of
Karṇāṭa, of whom we have copper-plate grants of Śaka 1497 and 1506[1].
An inscription of his tributary Kṛishṇappa-nāyaka dated Śaka 1500 has
been translated by Mr. Rice.[2] On Śiṉṉa-Bommu-nāyaka of Velūr, see the
introduction of No. 43.

The inscription No. 47 records the gift of the village of
Śattuvāchcheri, where it is still found.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ ௳ śubham astu ௳ ⟨2⟩ ṭha ¿ś?⟨s⟩vasti [∥]

śrīmaNmahāma⟨3⟩ṇḍaleśvaraśrīraṁgadeva⟨4⟩mahārāyar
pṛ¿dh?⟨th⟩iv¿i?⟨ī⟩rā⟨5⟩jyaM paṇṇi Aruḷāniṉṟa ⟨6⟩ ¿s?⟨ś⟩akā¿p?⟨b⟩tam 1000
4 100 9 10 7 N ⟨7⟩ mel cellāniṉṟa yuva⟨8⟩¿ca?⟨sa⟩ṁva¿ṟsa?⟨tsa⟩rattu
makaranā⟨9⟩yaṟṟu k¿i?⟨ṛ⟩ṣṇapakṣat=tu tr¿i?⟨a⟩⌈y⟨10⟩yo¿teci?⟨daśī⟩
putavārat=tu nāḷ kiṣṇa⟨11⟩ppanāyakkar Ayyaṉ pāta⟨12⟩t=tile velūr
ciṉṉapo⟨13⟩mmunāyakkar viṇṇappa⟨14⟩ñceykaiyil kiṣṇappa⟨15⟩nāyakkar Ayyaṉ
śrīraṁga⟨16⟩t(e)vamahārāyar pātat=ti⟨17⟩l(e) viṇṇappañcey⟨18⟩tu velūr
jvarakaṇḍe⟨19⟩śvarasvāmikku Aṅka(ra)⟨20⟩(ṁ)gavaibhogattukku ⟨21⟩
(viṭu)vitta grāmaM cat⟨22⟩(tu)vācceri |௳

1. Anuṣṭubh

dāna⟨23⟩pālanayormmaddhye
⟨24⟩ dānācśreyonu⟨25⟩pālanaM [|]
dānāT ⟨26⟩ svargamavāpnoti
⟨27⟩ pālanādacyutaM ⟨28⟩ padaM |௳

śubhamastu

## Apparatus

⟨24⟩ dānācśreyonu⟨25⟩pālanaM • Read cśre or cchre.

## Translation by Hultzsch 1890

Let there be prosperity! Hail ! After Śiṉṉa-Bommu-nāyaka (of) Velūr had
made a petition at the feet of Kṛishṇappa-nāyaka
Ayyaṉ,—Kṛishṇappa-nāyaka Ayyaṉ, having made a petition at the feet of
Śrīraṅga-deva-mahārāyar, gave the village of Śattuvāchcheri to (the
temple of) Jvarakaṇḍheśvara-svāmin (at) Velūr for (providing) all kinds
of enjoyments, on Wednesday the thirteenth lunar day of the dark half of
the month of Makara of the Yuva-saṁvatsara, which was current after the
Śaka year 1497 (had passed), while the illustrious mahāmaṇḍaleśvara
Śrīraṅga-deva-mahārāyar was pleased to rule the earth.

(Line 22.) “Of a gift and protection,” etc.[3] Let there be prosperity !

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 1.47 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 73–74, item 47.

[1] Ind. Ant., Vol. XIII, p. 155.

[2] Mysore Inscriptions, p. 220.

[3] See the translation of No. 43.