# SII 1.84: original edition by Eugen Hultzsch

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: PART II. TAMIL AND GRANTHA INSCRIPTIONS. VI.
INSCRIPTIONS OF THE KAILĀSANĀTHA AT KĀÑCĪPURAM. No. 84. ON THE FLOOR OF
THE MAHĀMAṆḌAPA OF THE RĀJASIṀHAVARMEŚVARA SHRINE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0084

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII01/DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0084.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This inscription is dated in the 3rd year of Ko-Rājakesarivarman. By it,
the villagers of Meṉalūr pledged themselves, to furnish oil for a lamp
from the interest of a sum of money, which they had received from the
temple-treasury. The inscription mentions Kāñchīpuram.
Tirukkaṟṟaḷippuṟam, “the town of the holy stone-temple,” which occurs in
lines 1 f., is evidently derived from Tirukkaṟṟaḷi, one of the names of
the Rājasiṁhavarmeśvara Temple,[1] and is probably a synonym of
Kāñchīpuram. The town belonged to Kāliyūr-koṭṭam, a district, which is
also mentioned in Nos. 85, 147 and 148.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ (kovi)rājakecaripanmaṟku yāṇṭu 3 (Āvatu) kāliyūrkoṭṭat(tokaḻa)nāṭṭu
tiru(kka)⟨2⟩ṟṟaḷippuṟattu meṉalūr Ūrom kaiyyeḻuttu [∥] kāñcīypurattu
tirukkaṟṟaḷi (Ā)⟨3⟩didāsacaṇḍeśva(ra) pakkal yāṅkaḷ koṇṭu kaṭava poṉ
patiṉeṇ(kaḻañcey) ⟨4⟩ munṟu mañcāṭiyum kuṉṟiy [|] Ippon patiṉneṇkaḻañcey
mu(nṟu mañcā)⟨5⟩(ṭi) kuṉṟikkum palicaiyāṟcantrātit(ta)va¿ṟa?⟨rai⟩
nicatam Uḻakkeṇṇai Ūraka[muṭaiyār kā]⟨6⟩loṭokkum Uḻakkāle Aṭṭuvomānom
Oru nan=tāviḷakku Aṭṭuvom¿a?⟨ā⟩no(m) [5+] ⟨7⟩ (Ū)rār colla Eḻutineṉ
Ivvūr vica(van) Alappaṭiyeṉ Ivai En Eḻut(tu) [∥]

## Apparatus

⟨5⟩ Ūraka[muṭaiyār kā] • These letters are supplied from line 11 of the
inscription No. 147.

## Translation by Hultzsch 1890

In the 3rd year of Ko-Rājakesarivarman, we, the villagers of Meṉalūr, (a
quarter) of Tirukkaṟṟaḷippuṟam in Ogaṛa-nāḍu (?), (a division) of
Kāliyūr-koṭṭam, (made the following) written agreement. We have received
from Ādidāsa Chaṇḍeśvara[2] (in) the holy stone-temple at Kāñchīpuram
eighteen kaṛañjus, three mañjāḍis and one kuṉṟi[3] of gold. From the
interest[4] of these eighteen kaṛañjus, three mañjāḍis and one kuṉṟi of
gold, we shall pour out daily,[5] as long as the moon and the sun exist,
(for) one nandā lamp, one uṛakku of oil with an uṛakku (measure), which
is equal to a quarter (according to the standard) of the authorities in
the village. As the villagers . . . . . told (me), I, Alappaḍi, the
headman[6] of this village, wrote (this document). This is my signature.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 1.84 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 115–116, item 84.

[1] See page 118, below.

[2] On Ādidāsa Chaṇḍeśvara see page 92, note 6. According to the Tamil
Periya-purāṇam, Śiva made the pious Vichāraśarman the chief (talaivaṉ)
of his devotees (toṇṭar), and bestowed on him the title Chaṇḍeśvara.
This legend perhaps explains the designation Ādidāsa, “the first
devotee.”

[3] 1 kaṛañju contains 20 mañjāḍi contains 2 kuṉṟis, and 1 kuṉṟi is
equal to about 2 grains.

[4] palicai seems to be the same as policai.

[5] nicatam seems to be another form of nicati (see page 114, note 3).

[6] vicavaṉ, which occurs also in No. 148, is probably identical with
viyavaṉ.