SII 1.150: original edition by Eugen Hultzsch – PART III. NOTES AND FRAGMENTS. No. 144-150. INSCRIPTIONS OF THE KAILĀSANĀTHA TEMPLE AT KĀÑCHĪPURAM. No. 150. ON A PILLAR IN THE MAṆḌAPA IN FRONT OF THE RĀJASIṀHAVARMEŚVARA SHRINE.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0150.

Summary: This inscription is dated in the 26th year of Tribhuvanachakravartin Rājarāja-deva. According to the Poygai inscriptions (Nos. 59 to 64) this year would correspond to Śaka 1163-64. By the subjoined document, some person pledged himself, to supply daily one āṛākku1 of ghee for five lamps (saṁdhi-viḷakku) “to the lord of the holy stone-temple, alias Rājasiṁhavarmeśvara, at Kachchippeḍu,” i.e., Kāñchīpuram. The ghee had to be made over daily to those, who were in charge of the nāṛigai (measure) within the temple.

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

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

Version: (3cdd373), last modified (829da8c).

Edition

North face.

⟨A1⟩ svasti śrī [||] tiripuvaṉac⟨A2⟩(ca)kkaravatikaḷ śrī⟨A3⟩jajatevarkku yā⟨A4⟩ṇṭu 2 10 6 vatu A⟨A5⟩(ya)ppaci māsattu ⟨A6⟩ (kac)cippeṭṭu tiruk⟨A7⟩(ka)ṟṟaḷi Āṉa rājasi⟨ṁ⟩ha⟨A8⟩panmiśvaramuṭaiya nāyan⟨A9⟩ārkku nāḷoṉṟukku ⟨A10⟩ san=tiviḷakku 5 kkum ⟨A11⟩ piḷḷaiyār kāmā⟨A12⟩(śa)r mutallikaḷḷi⟨A13⟩(l) kāl (rā)(ja)ke

West face.

⟨B1⟩ kkoṇṭu A⟨ḷap⟩⟨B2⟩pen(āṉe)ṉ Ūrk⟨kā⟩⟨B3⟩lāl ney Ā⟨ḻā⟩⟨B4⟩kkum tiruUṇ⟨ṇ⟩⟨B5⟩āḻik(ai) Uṭai⟨yā⟩⟨B6⟩r vacame (n)ā(ḷ) t⟨oṟu⟩⟨B7⟩m Aḷakka kaṭave⟨n⟩⟨B8⟩ānen [|] (U)viḷakku ca⟨ntir⟩⟨B9⟩ātit=tavarai celu

Apparatus

North face.

⟨A13⟩ (rā)(ja)ke • Traces of six more lines are visible.

West face.

⟨B9⟩ celu • Traces of two more lines are visible.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 1.150 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. Page 143, item 150.

Notes

  1. 1. āṛākku is one eighth of a paḍi or nāṛi.