# SII 3.7: original edition by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch

Emmanuel Francis

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

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0007

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0007.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This inscription is dated in the 16th year of the reign of “Kaṇṇaradēva,
the conqueror of Kachchi (i.e. Kāñchīpura) and Tañjai (i.e. Tañjāvūr).”
Mr. Venkayya has identified this king with Kṛishṇa III. of the
Rāshṭrakūṭa dynasty (A.D. 940 and 956).[1]

At the end of each line, about fifteen syllables are built in. Hence the
translation remains fragmentary. As far as it can be made out, the
inscription appears to record that the village assembly ordered the land
which had lapsed to it, to be sold, and imposed certain conditions and
fines in connection with this arrangement.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] kacciyunta(ñ)caiyuṅkoṇṭa śrīkaṇ=ṇaradevaṟku yāṇṭu
patiṉā(ṟā)vatu kāliyūrkkoṭṭattuttaṉ kūṟṟucci(va)cū[ḷāmaṇimaṅkalamākiya
śrīvikramā] ⟨2⟩ bharaṇac¿cutu?⟨catu⟩(r){(v)}(ve)¿ti?⟨di⟩maṅkalattu
sabhaiyom Emmūrppuvaṉimāṇikkaviṣṇugṛhattu mukamaṇṭakattey
kū(ṭi)yirun(tu) [10+] ⟨3⟩ yāvatu [|] Em(mū)rkkuṭikaḷ
Emm¿u?⟨ū⟩rppaṭākaivaṭṭattu ku(ṭu)ppolai m¿o?⟨e⟩ṟpaṭṭa
nilaṅkaḷumaṟṟumepperppaṭṭa⟨⟨ṉa⟩⟩vum ⟨⟨kuḻi . . . taṉ⟩⟩ sabhai madhya(ma)
[7+] ⟨Ippari⟩⟨4⟩cu madhyammāyk=kiṭa⟨⟨n⟩⟩ta nilaṅkaḷ kuḻiva(ri)yeṟṟi
(I)ṟai (I)ṟuppomeṉṟa ku(ṭi)kaḷukku viṟṟukkuṭuppomākavum [|]
Ivviṟṟukkuṭutta bhūmikaḷ Emmuteṉṟu Epperppaṭṭāruṅkuṭuppolaiyum
Āvaṇamuṅkāṭṭa(p)peṟā(t)ārākavum [|] Ipparicu kāṭṭiṉa kuṭima(kkaḷai) ta
[8+] [kaḻañ]⟨5⟩(cu) poṉ sabhaiyome daṇḍippomākavum [|] Ittaṭu(t)ta
kuṭimakkaḷ¿ai?⟨e⟩ dha(r)mmāsaṉattu nicati mey ve(ṟu nū)ṟṟeṭṭukkāṇam
daṇḍamiṭappe(ṟu)vārākavum [|] I⟨d⟩daṇḍamiṭap(p)oṅkuṭimakkaḷukku
A¿vap?⟨vv⟩avvāṇṭu vāriyañceyyum perumakkaḷey perāl nicataṅkuṉṟippo(ṉ)
[10+] ⟨6⟩ (I)pparicu śraddhā¿ma(n)tar?⟨mandar·⟩ daṇḍamiṭṭārkku vārppal
kuṭuttum tāṅkaḷey daṇḍittum Āṭciyiṭaiyūṟu (tī)rttukkuṭārākila⟨v⟩(vā)ṇṭu
vāriyañ(ce)yyum peruma⟨⟨kkaḷ{aiy}u⟩⟩me{y} veṟṟu vakai Irupattunālu kāṇam
daṇḍamiṭappeṟuvārākavu(m) [|] Ittaṇḍappaṭṭum Avv¿a Ā?⟨avvā⟩ṇṭu
vāri(ya)ñce(y) [10+]

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī • These two words are engraved to the left of lines 2 and
3. — ⟨1⟩ kūṟṟucci(va)cū [10+] • Here the following syllables are built
in: ḷāmaṇimaṅkalamākiya śrīvikramā-

⟨3⟩ epperppaṭṭaṉavum • The ṉa of ṉavum has been added subsequently;
behind ṉavum, a cross above the line marks an omission, and the words
kuḻi . . . taṉ are entered below m sabhai.

## Translation by Hultzsch 1899

(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! In the sixteenth year (of the reign) of
the glorious Kaṇṇaradēva who conquered Kachchi and Tañjai,—we, the
assembly of Śivachū-[ḷāmaṇimaṅgalam, alias
Śrī-Vikramā]bharaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, (a village) in its own
subdivision of Kāliyūr-kōṭṭam, being assembled in the front hall[2] of
the Puvaṉimāṇikka-Vishṇugṛiham in our village, [ordered] as follows:—

(L. 3.) The inhabitants of our village . . . . . . . . . . the land and
everything else that is not the object of deeds of gift,[3] in the
environs[4] of our village . . . . . . . . . . the common property
(madhyama) of the assembly.

(L. 4.) We shall sell the land which has thus become the common property
(of the assembly), to those inhabitants who promise to pay taxes on each
kuḻi. No persons shall be allowed to produce deeds of gift or deeds of
sale (āvaṇam) in order to show that the land thus sold belongs to
themselves. We, the assembly, shall levy a fine of . . . . . [kaḻañju]
of gold . . . . . . . . . . from those inhabitants who produce such
(deeds).

(L. 5.) Those inhabitants who do not submit to this, shall be liable to
pay into court (dharmāsana) a fine of one hundred and eight kāṇam . . .
. .[5] per day. To each of the inhabitants who have to pay this fine,
the great men elected for that year . . . . . . . . . . (one) kuṉṟi of
gold per day.

(L. 6.) If, through indifference, though . . . . . was thus given to
those who pay the fine and though they themselves have fined (them),
they are not able to remove the obstacles to the possession (āṭchi), the
great men elected for that year shall be liable to pay an additional
fine of twenty-four kāṇam. Though they are fined thus, [the great men]
elected for that year . . . . . . . . . .

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.7 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 11–13,
item 7.

[1] See Ep. Ind. Vol. III. p. 282 ff. and Vol. IV. p. 81 f. Here the
name of the king is spelt with ṇṇ in the second syllable, while his
other inscriptions spell it with ṉṉ.

[2] mukamaṇṭakam is a Tamil form of the Sanskrit mukha-maṇḍapa.

[3] Literally, ‘that is beyond deeds of gift’ (kuḍupp-ōlai).

[4] Literally, ‘in the circle of hamlets’ (paḍāgai-vaṭṭam).

[5] The two obscure words mey veṟu occur again in No. 12, line 11.