# SII 3.3: original edition by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: I—INSCRIPTIONS IN THE VISHNU TEMPLE AT UKKAL. No.
3.—ON THE WEST WALL OF THE SHRINE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0003

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0003.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This inscription is dated in the 14th year of the reign of
Rājarāja-Kēsarivarman. Like No. 2, which is dated one year earlier, it
refers to the destruction of the ships at Śālai, and mentions in
addition the conquest of Vēṅgaiññāḍu (or Vēṅgai-nāḍu), Gaṅga-pāḍi,
Taḍiya-vaḻi (instead of which most other inscriptions of Rājarāja I.
read Taḍigai-pāḍi), and Nuḷamba-pāḍi.

The inscription records that a certain Peṟṟāṉ Adittaṉ, a native of the
Chōḷa country, purchased two pieces of land, the first piece from a
private person and the second from the assembly of the village, and that
he made over both pieces of land to the villagers for maintaining a
flower-garden for the temple.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] cālai kalamaṟuttu veṅkaiññāṭum kaṅkapāṭiy¿ū?⟨u⟩m
taṭiyavaḻiy¿ū?⟨u⟩m nuḷam⟨2⟩papāṭiyuṅkoṇṭa
kovirājarājakesariva(r)ma⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu 10 4 Āvatu [|] ⟨3⟩
kāliyūrkkoṭṭattu taṉ kūṟṟu śivacūḷāma(ṇi)maṅkalamākiya
śrīvikramābharaṇa¿ś?⟨c⟩atu(r){(v)}(v)e¿ti?⟨di⟩maṅkalattu sabhaiyom
Eḻuttu [|] ⟨4⟩ coḻaṇāṭṭu teṉka(rai) tiruvaḻuntūrnāṭṭu kaḻaṉivāyil
kaḻaṉi(vā)yiluṭaiyāṉ (p)eṟṟāṉātitta(ṉ) Emm¿u?⟨ū⟩r puvaṉimāṇikkavi
(ṣṇu)gṛhat(tu) para⟨5⟩masv(ā)mikaḷukku
(ti)runa(n)⟨⟨ta⟩⟩(vā)ṉapuṟa(t)tukku Ivaṉ vilai koṇṭu vaitta bhūmi
taṟutampavāykkālukku vaṭakku pakaṭikku teṟkum ⟨6⟩ perumāṉaṭivatikku
meṟku Otimukki(bhrāṁ)takra(mavi)ttaṉ pakkal vilai koṇṭa vi(ḷai)nila(m)
paṅkiṭṭa ko(l)āl 5 100 3 (10)⟨7⟩8 kuḻiyum Ivaṉey nan(ta)vāṉattukku
sabhaiyom pakkal vi(lai koṇṭa) nila(m) mu(ṭu)mpai canti(rā)ccakramar
ku⟨8⟩ṟṟettavāykkālukku meṟ(k)kum Āṟṟukku vaṭakkum Orukol vaḻi nīkki
(I)taṟku ku¿ri?⟨ṟai⟩vu śrī(n)ārāyaṇaA¿k(ki)?⟨gni⟩śā¿ma?⟨rma⟩kramar
pula⟨9⟩ttukku kiḻakku muṭum(p)ai cantirāccatampi(yu)muḷḷiṭṭ(ār)kku teṟku
paṅkiṭṭa kolāl (5) 100 1 kuḻiyum [2+] (ñ)ca [1+] ṭṭapaṭṭa nilat(tuk)ku
kraya(dra)vyamum ⟨10⟩ Iṟaidravyamum Aṟakkoṇṭu In(nan)ta(vā)ṉamum
(na)ntavā(ṉa)puṟamum ¿ś?⟨c⟩a(n)¿(t)?⟨d⟩(r)ādityava(l) ⟦ḻi⟧ Iṟ(aiIli)yāka
Iṟai Iḻicci ¿ślā?⟨śilā⟩le⟨11⟩k(ai) (ce)ytu kuṭuttom sabh(ai)yom [|]
sabhaiyuḷḷiruntu paṇi keṭṭe Eḻuti(ṉeṉ) madhyas¿t?⟨th⟩an· nālāyirava(ṉ)
⟨12⟩ makaṉ Āyirattirunūṟṟu⟨⟨va⟩⟩ṉā¿r?⟨k⟩iya
brahma¿k?⟨g⟩uṇā⟨13⟩karavi¿j?⟨d⟩yāsthāna¿ma(ṅ)kalā⟨ti⟩t(ta)?⟨maṅgalāditya⟩sa(ma)ñ¿c?⟨j⟩asapriyaṉ(e)ṉ
[∥] śrī [∥]

## Apparatus

⟨3⟩ śatu(rvv)etimaṅkalattu • rvve looks almost like se; read caturvedi.

⟨4⟩ coḻaṇāṭṭu • Read coḻanāṭṭu or coṇāṭṭu.

⟨8⟩ Ak(ki)śāma° • Read Agniśarma°.

⟨10⟩ śa(ntr)ādityava(l) ⟦ḻi⟧ • An erased ḻi (?) follows here.

⟨12⟩ Āyirattirunūṟṟu⟨⟨va⟩⟩ṉākiya • The va has been added subsequently;
read ṉākiya. — ⟨12⟩ brahmakuṇā • Read guṇā; the ṇā is expressed by a
compound letter, on which see Vol. II. p. 200, note 1.

⟨13⟩ vijyāsthānama(ṅ)kalā⟨ti⟩t(ta)sa(ma)ñcasa° • Read
vidyāsthānamaṅgalādityasamañjasa°.

## Translation by Hultzsch 1899

(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 14th year (of the reign) of king
Rājarāja-Kēsarivarman, who, having destroyed the ships (at) Śālai,
conquered Vēṅgaiññāḍu, Gaṅga-pāḍi, Taḍiya-vaḻi and Nuḷamba-pāḍi. The
writing of us, the assembly of Śivachūḷāmaṇimaṅgalam, alias
Śrī-Vikramābharaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, (a village) in its own
subdivision of Kāliyūr-kōṭṭam.

(L. 4.) Kaḻaṉivāyil-uḍaiyāṉ [P]eṟṟāṉ Ādittaṉ of Kaḻaṉivāyil, (a village)
in Tiruvaḻundūr-nāḍu, (a district) on the southern bank (of the Kāvērī)
in Śōḻa-nāḍu, had purchased from Odimukki[bhrān]ta-Kramavittaṉ 538 kuḻi
of cultivated land, (measured) by a graduated rod, to the north of the
Taṟudamba channel,[1] to the south of Pagaḍi, (and) to the west of the
road to (the temple of) the god (perumāṉ-aḍi), and had assigned (this)
land for the maintenance[2] of a flower-garden (nandavāṉam) to the god
(paramasvāmin) of the Puvaṉimāṇikka-Vishṇugṛiham in our village.

(L. 7.) The same person had purchased from us, the assembly, for a
flower-garden, 501 kuḻi of land, (measured) by a graduated rod, to the
west of the irrigation channel[3] of Muḍumbai Śandirāchcha-Kramar, to
the north of the river, to the east of the field of
Śrīnārāyaṇa-Agniśarma-Kramar with the exception of a road (of the
breadth) of one rod, (and) to the south (of the field) of Muḍumbai
Śandirāchcha-Tambiyum-Uḷḷiṭṭār.[4]

(L. 9.) Having received in full the purchase-money and the revenue of
the land . . . . . . . and having exempted this flower-garden and (the
land assigned for) the maintenance of the flower-garden from taxes for
as long as the moon and the sun exist, we, the assembly, engraved (this)
on stone.

(L. 11.) Having been present in the assembly and having heard (their)
order, I, the arbitrator Āyirattirunūṟṟuvaṉ, alias
Brahmaguṇākaravidyāsthāna-Maṅgalāditya-Samañjasapriyaṉ, the son of
Nālāyiravaṉ, wrote (this).[5] Prosperity !

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.3 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 5–6, item
3.

[1] The same channel was mentioned in No. 2, line 4.

[2] The term puṟam occurs again in No. 2, line 8, and in No. 12, line 6.

[3] Literally, ‘the channel (from which water is drawn by) small
levers;’ on kuṟṟ-ēttam see Vol. II. p. 360, note 4.

[4] The expression uḷḷiṭṭār, ‘partners,’ occurs in Vol. I. Nos. 54 and
71, and in Vol. II. p. 115.

[5] The inscription No. 2 was written by the same person.