# SII 2.89: original edition by V. Venkayya

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 89. ON A NICHE OF THE WEST ENCLOSURE. No. 35 of
1897

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv02p0i0089

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII02/DHARMA_INSSIIv02p0i0089.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This inscription records the gift of two ornaments to the shrine of
Piḷḷaiyār Gaṇapatiyār by a merchant living in one of the suburbs of
Tanjore. The gift was made “until the 29th year (of Rājarājadēva).”

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrīḥ [∥] ⟨2⟩ tañcāvūrk⟨3⟩kūṟṟattuttañ⟨4⟩cāvūrppuṟampaṭi
maṭi(k)ai Irukkum viyāpāri ⟨5⟩ nārāyaṇaṉ kāmappaiceṭṭi
Ikkaṇa(pa)ti(yā)⟨6⟩rkku yāṇṭu Irupattoṉpatāvatu varai kuṭu⟨7⟩tta
ra(tna)ṅkaḷ dakṣiṇameruviṭaMkan Eṉṉuṅkal⟨8⟩lāl niṟai Eṭuttum poṉ
Āṭavallāṉ ⟨9⟩ Eṉṉuṅkallāl niṟai Eṭuttum kallil veṭ⟨10⟩ṭiṉa |⁓ ⟨§1⟩
caṅkiṭṭu Aṭaitta kaṟkaṇṭu Oṉṟilttaṭavikka(ṭ)ṭiṉa paḷiṅku ⟨11⟩ Iraṇṭum
poṉṉiṉ kāmpum Uṭpaṭa niṟai nāṟkaḻañcu(kku) vi(lai) kācu O⟨12⟩ṉṟey kāl
[|⁓] ⟨§2⟩ tiraḷmaṇivaṭam Oṉṟu poṉ Oṉpatiṉ kaḻañcey mūṉ⟨ṟu⟩ ⟨13⟩ mañcāṭi
∥⁓ ⟨§3⟩

## Translation by Venkayya 1913

Hail ! Prosperity ! The jewels presented until the twenty-ninth year (of
the king’s reign) to this[1] (shrine of) Gaṇapatiyār by Nārāyaṇaṉ
Kāmappai-śeṭṭi, a merchant living in the suburban maḍigai[2] of Tañjāvūr
in Tañjāvūr-kūṟṟam, were engraved (i.e. recorded) on stone after (they)
had been weighed by the stone called Dakshiṇamēru-Viṭaṅkaṉ and after the
gold had been weighed by the stone called Āḍavallāṉ.

2. One kaṟkaṇḍu[3] filled with a conch (?)—weighing, inclusive of the
two crystals fastened on (it) and of the handle made of gold, four
kaṛañju,—valued at one kāśu and a quarter.

3. One string of round beads, (consisting) of nine kaṛañju and three
mañjāḍi of gold.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 2.89 by Venkayya 1913 converted to DHARMA
conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

### Primary

[SII] Venkayya, V. 1913. South-Indian inscriptions. Volume II: Tamil
inscriptions of Rajaraja, Rajendra-chola, and others in the
Rajarajesvara temple at Tanjavur. Part IV: Other inscriptions of the
temple. South Indian Inscriptions 2.4. Madras: Government Press. Pages
412–413, item 89.

[1] The shrine mentioned in the preceding inscription is evidently
meant.

[2] The exact significance of this word is not clear to me. The word
does not occur either in Winslow’s Tamil Dictionary or in Gundert’s
Malayāḷam Dictionary. Perhaps it is connected with the Tamil maḷigai, ‘a
grocery shop,’ and denotes a street or quarter of the town where
grocers’ shops were located.

[3] Kaṟkaṇḍu means ‘sugar-candy,’ which does not suit here. I do not
understand the term caṅkiṭṭu aṭaitta kaṟkaṇṭu. The word kaṇṭu occurs in
paragraph 9 on p. 432, below.