# SII 2.97: original edition by V. Venkayya

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 97.—IN THE SECOND GOPURA OF THE TEMPLE, RIGHT OF
ENTRANCE. No. 22 of 1897

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv02p0i0097

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII02/DHARMA_INSSIIv02p0i0097.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

The subjoined inscription records that the goldsmiths of Tanjore were
exempted from taxes by the Nāyaka chief Achyutappa-Nāyaka, son of
Śevvappa-Nāyaka of Tanjore. It is dated in Śaka-Saṁvat 1499 expired, the
cyclic year Bahudhānya corresponding apparently to A.D. 1578-79.
Achyutappa-Nāyaka was a feudatory of the Vijayanagara king Veṅkaṭa I.
The influence of the Tanjore Nāyakas extended at one time as far as
Tiruvaṇṇāmalai in the South Arcot District.[1]

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ śu⟨bha⟩mastu [∥] svasti śrī [∥] cakāsta(m) 1000 4 100 9 10 ṉmel
cellāniṉṟa ⟨2⟩ vekutāṉiya varuṣam Āṉi ௴ 10 (8) ௳ comavāramum
piṟatamatuvāte⟨3⟩ciyum peṟṟa puṇṇiyakālattu cevvappanāyakkar Ayyaṉ
Accutap⟨4⟩panāyakkar Ayyaṉ tañcāvūr taṭṭāṟku kuṭutta
taṉmacātaṉappaṭ⟨5⟩ṭaiyam kantanolu nā(ra)yakkurunātaṉ ciṅkappaḷḷi
nākapattaceṣāsti⟨6⟩riyum colla taṅkaḷiṟai kaḻippittapaṭiyāle
cantir=ātittavaraiyum ⟨7⟩ caṟuvamāṉiyamāka naṭakkavum Inta taṉmattukku
Akitam paṇṇiṉava⟨8⟩n keṅkaikkaraiyile kār=āmpacuvai koṉṟa pāvattale
pokakkaṭavar=ākavu=M ⟨9⟩ {var=ākavum} Inta taṉmattai Akutam paṇṇiṉavaṉ
Āyira⟨10⟩m liñkattai piṭuṅkiṉa toṣattile pokakkaṭavar=ākavu=M [∥]

## Apparatus

⟨2⟩ varuṣam • The letters varu are written together in a group.

⟨6⟩ cantirātittavaraiyum • The syllable rā of cantirā is written
together in a group.

⟨8⟩ kārāmpacuvai • The syllable rā of kārā is written together in a
group. — ⟨8⟩ pokakkaṭavarākavum • The syllables rā and vum of
pokakkaṭavarākavum are written together in two groups.

⟨9⟩ varākavum • The syllable rā of varākavum is written together in a
group. The syllables varākavum are repeated unnecessarily.

⟨10⟩ pokakkaṭavarākavuM • The syllables rā and vum of pokakkaṭavarākavum
are written together in two groups.

## Translation by Venkayya 1913

Let there be prosperity ! Hail ! Prosperity !

On the auspicious occasion of the prathamadvādaśī[2] , a Monday
(corresponding to) the 1[8]th solar day of the month of Āṉi in the year
Bahudhānya, which was current after (the expiry of) the Śaka year
1499—(the following is) the charter (conveying) a lawful edict given by
Achyutappa-Nāyakkar Ayyaṉ, (son of) Śevvappa-Nāyakkar Ayyaṉ to the
goldsmiths of Tañjāvūr. At the request of Kandanōlu Nāraya Kurunādaṉ
(and) Śiṅgappaḷḷi Nāgabatta Śēshāstiri (i.e. perhaps Śēshādri), your
taxes (iṟai) have been caused to be remitted, and (this) shall continue
as long as the moon and the sun (endure) as a remission of all taxes
(sarvamānya). One who obstructs this charity shall incur the sin of
having killed tawny cows on the bank of the Ganges. One who obstructs
this charity shall incur the sin of having pulled out a thousand liṅgas.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 2.97 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
498–499, item 97.

[1] See my Annual Report on Epigraphy for 1904-05, Part II, paragraphs
37 and 38.

[2] Prathamadvādaśī is perhaps meant to denote the twelfth of the bright
half of the month Āshāḍha, on which day the Chāturmāsyavrata commences;
see Ind. Ant. Vol. XXVI. p. 181.