SII 1.147: original edition by Eugen Hultzsch – PART III. NOTES AND FRAGMENTS. No. 144-150. INSCRIPTIONS OF THE KAILĀSANĀTHA TEMPLE AT KĀÑCHĪPURAM. No. 147. ON THE FLOOR OF THE RĀJASIṀHAVARMEŚVARA SHRINE.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0147.

Summary: These two fragments belong to the time of Ko-Rājakesarivarman. The second is dated in his 3rd year. Each of them records an agreement made by the inhabitants of some village, who pledged themselves to furnish daily one uṛakku of oil for a nondā¹ or nandā lamp in exchange for a loan of 15 kaṛañjus of gold, and is signed by Māṉatoṅgaḷ Maḷḷerumāṉ, a member of the village-assembly (kūṭṭam). First inscription.

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).

First inscription.

⟨A1⟩ kovirājakecaripa(nma)(r)kku yā(ṇ)ṭu [10+] ⟨A2⟩ tūro(m) kai Eḻuttu [10+] ⟨A3⟩ ṭu kaṭava poṉ tu(ḷai) niṟai(yiṉ) pati(ṉai)ṅka(ḻa)ñcukkum k(ā) [10+] ⟨A4⟩ hādevaṟkku cantrarātitta(varai) nicatam Uḻakkeṇ(ṇai) [10+] ⟨A5⟩ yo(ru) n(o)ntāviḷakki(nu)kku Eṇṇai Aṭṭuvo(m) [10+] ⟨A6⟩ (Iv)vūr kūṭṭat(tāṉ) māṉatoṅkaṉmalleru[māṉeṉ] ⟨||⟩

Second inscription.

⟨B7⟩ k(o)virācakecaripanma(ṟ)kku yāṇṭu 3 Āvatu kā[liyūrkkoṭṭattu] [10+] ⟨B8⟩ (ma)ṅkalattu Ūrom kaiy Eḻuttu kāñcipurat(tu) [10+] ⟨B9⟩ yāṅkaḷ koṇṭu kaṭava{va}poṉ (10 5) patiṉai[ntu] [10+] ⟨B10⟩ ñcuṉukku Idevarkku cantrātittaAḷavum nicatam U(ḻa) [10+] ⟨B11⟩ Ūrakamuṭaiyār kālloṭokkum Uḻakkāley Oru nan=t[āviḷakku] [10+] ⟨B12⟩ ṉ Ivvūr kūṭṭattāṉ māṉatoṅkal mallerumāṉeṉ [||]

Apparatus

⟨B9⟩ […] ⟨10⟩ ñcuṉukku • Read kaḻañciṉukku or Añciṉukku.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 1.147 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 140–141, item 147.

Notes

1. See page 114, note 2.

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<lb n="B8"/><unclear>ma</unclear>ṅkalattu Ūrom kaiy Eḻuttu kāñcipurat<unclear>tu</unclear> <gap reason="lost" quantity="10" unit="character"/>

<lb n="B9"/>yāṅkaḷ koṇṭu kaṭava<surplus>va</surplus>poṉ <num value="15"><unclear><g type="numeral">10</g> 5</unclear></num> patiṉai<supplied reason="undefined">ntu</supplied> <gap reason="lost" quantity="10" unit="character"/>

<lb n="B10"/>ñcuṉukku I<hi rend="grantha">de</hi>varkku can<hi rend="grantha">trā</hi>tittaAḷavum nicatam U<unclear>ḻa</unclear> <gap reason="lost" quantity="10" unit="character"/>

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