# SII 3.2: original edition by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: I—INSCRIPTIONS IN THE VISHNU TEMPLE AT UKKAL. No.
2.—ON THE NORTH AND WEST WALLS OF THE SHRINE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0002

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0002.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This inscription is dated in the 13th year of the reign of
Rājarāja-Kēsarivarman. The king receives the epithet “who destroyed the
ships at Śālai,” and must be identified accordingly with the great Chōḷa
king Rājarāja I., who ascended the throne in A.D. 984-85.[1]

The inscription records that a certain Nārāyaṇa Rājasiṁha, a native of
the Chōḷa country, purchased 550 kuḻi of land, and made them over to the
assembly of the village, under the condition that their produce should
be utilised for supplying the god with 4 nāḻi of rice daily.

## Palaeographic description

In this inscription the virāma[2] is expressed by a slightly curved
dash, which is placed over the letter and resembles the superscribed r
of varmaṟku (l. 1). The virāma occurs six times, viz. over ṉ of taṉ
kūṟṟu (l. 1), ṉ of kramavittaṉ and m of iṟaidravyam (l. 5), n· of
madhyasthan·, ṉ of nālāyiravaṉ, and ṉ of makaṉ (l. 6).

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ sva(sti śrī) [∥] cālai kalamaṟutta ko Irājarājakesarivarmaṟku yāṇṭu
10 3 Āvatu [|] kāliyūrkk(oṭ)ṭa(t)tuttaṉ kūṟṟu
civacūḷā(maṇimaṅ)ka(la)mākiya ⟨2⟩
śrīvikramābharaṇaccatu(r)vvetimaṅkalattu mahāsabhaiyomeḻuttu [|]
Emm¿u?⟨ū⟩r tiruvā(y)moḻidevarkku Ucciyam poḻtu nāṉāḻit⟨3⟩tiruvamutu
Amirtu ceyvataṟku coṇāṭṭu vaṭakaraittiruvintaḷ¿u?⟨ū⟩rnāṭṭukkaṭuvaṅkuṭi
kaṭuvaṅkuṭaiyāṉārāyaṇaṉirācaciṅ(ka)ṉ vaitta ni⟨4⟩lam
caṅkaranārāyaṇavatikku meṟku taṟutampavāykkālukku vaṭakku
śrīrāghavatevar bhūmiyoṭumaṭaiya vaṭakkuppaṅkiṭṭa kolāl
Ai⟨ñ⟩ñūṟ(ṟai)mpatu kuḻiyum ⟨5⟩ Uṟuppuṭṭ¿u?⟨ū⟩r caṭṭiku(m)ārakramavittaṉ
pakkal vilai koṇṭu vaittamaiyil Inni(la)ttāl vanta Iṟaidravyam
sabhaiyome koṇṭu cantrātit(tava)l Iṟaiyiliyāka ⟨6⟩ Iṟaiyiḻi(t)ti
¿ślā?⟨śilā⟩(l)ekhai ceytu kuṭutto⟨m⟩ sabhaiyom [|] sabhaiyuḷḷiruntu
pa(ṇi) keṭṭeḻutiṉeṉ madhya(stha)n· nālāyiravaṉ makaṉ
Ā(yi)rattirunūṟ(ṟu)vaṉāṉa
brahma⟨7⟩(gu)ṇāka(ra)(vi)¿(j)?⟨d⟩(yāsth)ā(na)ma¿(ṅ)kalāti?⟨ṅgaladi⟩¿(tta)?⟨tya⟩(sama)ñ¿c?⟨j⟩asapriya(ṉe)ṉ
[∥] śrī [∥]

## Apparatus

⟨7⟩ (vi)(jyāsth)ā(na)ma(ṅ)kalāti(tta)(sama)ñcasa° • Read
vidyāsthānamaṅgalādityasamañjasa°.

## Translation by Hultzsch 1899

(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 13th year (of the reign) of king
Rājarāja-Kēsarivarman, who destroyed the ships (at) Śālai.[3] The
writing of us, the great assembly of Śivachūḷāmaṇimaṅgalam, alias
Śrī-Vikramābharaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, (a village) in its own
subdivision of Kāliyūr-kōṭṭam.

(L. 2.) Kaḍuvaṅg-uḍaiyāṉ Nārāyaṇaṉ Rājasiṁhaṉ of Kaḍuvaṅguḍi, (a
village) in Tiruvindaḷūr-nāḍu, (a district) on the northern bank (of the
Kāvērī) in Śōṇāḍu,[4] had purchased from Śaṭṭikumāra-Kramavittaṉ[5] of
Uṟuppuṭṭūr five hundred and fifty kuḻi,—(measured) by a graduated rod,
beginning[6] (to measure) from the land (of the temple) of
Śrī-Rāghavadēvar in the north,—of land to the west of the road (vadi) to
(the temple of) Śaṁkaranārāyaṇa (and) to the north of the Taṟudamba)
channel, and had assigned (it) for (providing) four nāḻi (of rice) for
the oblations to be offered at noon-time to (the god) Tiruvā[y]moḻidēvar
in our village.

(L. 5.) Having received the revenue of this land, and having exempted
(it) from taxes for as long as the moon and the sun exist, we, the
assembly, engraved (this) on stone.

(L. 6.) Having been present in the assembly and having heard (their)
order, I, the arbitrator (madhyastha) Āyirattirunūṟṟuvaṉ, alias
Brahmaguṇākaravidyāsthāna-Maṅgalāditya-Samañjasapriyaṉ, the son of
Nālāyiravaṉ, wrote (this). Prosperity !

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.2 by Hultzsch 1899 converted to DHARMA
conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

### Primary

[SII] Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1899. South-Indian inscriptions.
Volume III: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil country. Part I:
Inscriptions at Ukkal, Melpadi, Karuvur, Manimangalam and Tiruvallam.
South Indian Inscriptions 3.1. Madras: Government Press. Pages 4–5, item
2, plate II.

[1] See Ind. Ant. Vol. XXIII. p. 297, and Ep. Ind. Vol. IV. p. 68.

[2] Compare Vol. I. pp. 113 and 147, and Ep. Ind. Vol. III. p. 278.

[3] See Vol. II. p. 241, note 1.

[4] This is a contraction of Śōḻa-nāḍu; see Vol. II. p. 229, note 2.

[5] See Vol. II. p. 259, note 1.

[6] This translation of aṭaiya is doubtful. The same word occurs in No.
10, line 6, and in Vol. II. No. 78, line 4, where teṟkaṭaiya must be
read instead of teṟkaṭaiy.