# SII 2.62: original edition by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 62. ON THE WEST WALL OF THE BRIHANNAYAKI SHRINE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv02p0i0062

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII02/DHARMA_INSSIIv02p0i0062.xml

Language: Tamil [Tamil]

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## Summary

This modern inscription appears to record, that a certain
Mallappa-Nāyakkar ordered the inhabitants of the village of Puliyūr to
build the maṇḍapa which adjoins the Bṛihan-nāyakī shrine, and which was
called “the maṇḍapa of Mūrti-Ammaṉ,” and that he rewarded their services
by assigning to them the remnants of the offerings to the goddess for
“as long as the moon and the sun endure.” The name which is applied to
the god of the Tanjore temple in this inscription,
Periya-Uḍaiya-nāyaṉār, “the great lord” is evidently the Tamil prototype
of the present designation Bṛihad-Īśvara.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ tañcāvur periyaUṭaiyanāyaṉār koyil mallappanāyakkar maṇṭapam ⟨2⟩
mūṟttiAmmaṉ maṇṭapam puliyūrār ta(ṉ)mmāka (ka)llu varukai(yi)⟨3⟩ṉālum
Avarka(ḷ) paṇṇi¿ṟ?⟨ṉ⟩a Ūḻiyattiṉālum caṉ(ṉa)tiyil Oṭukku(m)
piṟa⟨4⟩(c)ātam kaṭṭaḷaiyiṭṭapaṭiyāle cantirā(ti)ttava(r)aiyum naṭakkavum
⟨∥⟩

## Translation by Hultzsch 1892

As the stones (for) the maṇḍapa) of Mūrti-Ammaṉ, —a maṇḍapa (which)
Mallappa-Nāyakkar (had built in) the temple (of) Periya-Uḍaiya-nāyaṉār
(at) Tañjāvūr,—were supplied gratis (by) the inhabitants of Puliyūr, and
as these people did work (gratis), it was ordered that the remnants of
the offerings (prasāda) before the shrine should be given (to them).
Accordingly, let (these gifts) continue as long as the moon and the sun
endure !

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 2.62 by Hultzsch 1892 converted to DHARMA
conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

### Primary

[SII] Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1892. South-Indian inscriptions:
Tamil inscriptions of Rajaraja, Rajendra-chola, and others in the
Rajarajesvara temple at Tanjavur. Volume II, Part II: Inscriptions on
the walls of the enclosure. South Indian Inscriptions 2.2. Madras:
Government Press. Pages 247–248, item 62.