# SII 3.8: original edition by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch

Emmanuel Francis

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

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0008

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0008.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This archaic inscription belongs to the 10th year of the same
Kampavarman whose name occurred in No. 5 above, and records that
Śaḍaiyaṉ, who was also mentioned in No. 5, made over 400 kāḍi of paddy
to the villagers of Uṭakal, who pledged themselves to feed two Brāhmaṇas
daily from the interest, which amounted to 100 kāḍi of paddy per year.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] kampava(r)mmaṟku yāṇṭu pattā(va)tu
Uṭka⟨⟨ṟ⟩⟩(sa)bhaiyār⟨k⟩ku caṭaiya⟨2⟩ṉ kuṭutta nel nā(ṉū)ṟṟukkāṭi [|] ¿
ne(Il)lāl?⟨Innellāl⟩ppoliŪṭṭu Ā(ṇ)⟨3⟩ṭu var(ai) nūṟṟukkāṭi ¿ko?⟨ne⟩l
palicaiy(ā)l nicati Iruvar pirāma⟨4⟩ṇarai nilamum nāyaṟum Uḷḷa (A)ḷavum
Ūṭṭuv(o)māṉo⟨m⟩ Uṭ(ka)l sabhaiyom [|] Iv⟨5⟩viru⟦ṉ⟧⟨⟨(n)⟩⟩tūṭṭu mu(ṭṭi)l
kaṅk¿e?⟨ai⟩ Iṭaikkumari⟨yi⟩ṭai Eḻunūṟṟukkātatt¿ū?⟨u⟩ḷḷu(m) ceytār
ce⟨y⟩ta (p)āvam (pa)ṭuvo⟨mā⟩ṉom sabhaiyom [∥]

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ Uṭka⟨⟨ṟ⟩⟩ • The ṟ of Uṭkaṟ has been added subsequently.

⟨5⟩ viru(n) • The n of virun appears to be corrected from ṉ.

## Translation by Hultzsch 1899

(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! In the tenth year (of the reign) of
Kampavarman,— Śaḍaiyaṉ gave four hundred kāḍi of paddy to the assembly
of Uṭkal.

(L. 2.) From the interest[1] on this paddy, which amounts to one hundred
kāḍi of paddy per year, we, the assembly of Uṭkal, shall feed two
Brāhmaṇas daily, as long as the earth and the sun exist.

(L. 4.) If we fail in this feeding of guests, we, the assembly, shall
incur (all) the sins committed within the seven hundred kādam[2] between
the Gaṅgā and Kumari.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.8 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. Page 13, item
8.

[1] poliūṭṭu is apparently the same as policaiyūṭṭu in Vol. II. Nos. 27,
28, 35 and 37.

[2] Compare Ep. Ind. Vol. III. p. 284 ff., where a similar imprecation
occurs. According to the Tamil dictionaries, a kādam corresponds to
about 10 miles. Hence the expression ‘700 kādam’ appears to refer to the
circumference of the whole of India between the Gangaes and Cape
Comorin. The Chinese traveller Hiuen Tsiang also fixes the extent of the
countries which he describes, by stating their circumference.