SII 3.10: original edition by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch I—INSCRIPTIONS IN THE VISHNU TEMPLE AT UKKAL. No. 10.—ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE MANDAPA. author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0010.xml 2019-2026 as per external metadata

This inscription is dated in the 4th year of the reign of Parakēsarivarman, alias Rājēndra-Chōḷadēva, and records that the villagers of Ukkal sold 3000 kuḻi of land and five water-leversA gift of two water-levers (jala-yantra) is recorded in the Udayēndiram plates of Pallavamalla; see Vol II. pp. 364 and 372. to a servant of the king, who assigned this land for the maintenance of two boats plying on the village tank.One of the Nāsik inscriptions states that Ṛishabhadatta established boats, on which certain rivers could be crossed gratuitously; see Archaeological Survey of Western India, Vol. IV. p. 100.

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svasti śrī . kopparakecaripanmarāṉa śrīrājen=tiracoḻadevaṟku yāṇṭu 4 Āvatu . jayaṅkoṇṭacoḻamaṇṭalattukkāliyūrkkoṭṭattutta ṉ kūṟṟu Ukkalākiya vikkiramāparaṇaccaturvetimaṅkalattu mahāsabhaiyom nilavilaiyāvaṇakkaiyyeḻuttu . Uṭaiyār śrīrā⌈ jen=tiracoḻatevar paṇimakaṉ veṇkuṉṟakkoṭṭattukkuvaḷaikoṭunāṭṭukkuvaḷaikoṭāṉa Aṉavaratacun=taranallūrkkomuḻāṉ Arai yaṉ palatevaṉ Emmuūr Erikku vaitta Oāṭam Iraṇṭiṉuk=kum pokamāka viṟṟuk=kuṭutta nilamāvatu . paṉan=tūmpin kālvaḻi śrīyāruūr kaḻaṉiyil sa⌈ bhaippotuvāykkiṭan=ta nilamaṇalīṭṭuk=ku vaṭakkum melpāṟkellai kuṭimakkaḷ pūmikku kiḻakku vaṭapāṟkellai kuṭimakkaḷ Iṟaippūmikkum subrahmaṇya vāykkālukku teṟku naṭuvu paṭṭa nilameṟku niṉṟu Aṭaiyappatiṉaṟucāṇ kolāl muūvāyiraṅkuḻiyum melai Eri Etirvāyiṟkaḻumparuṭaiyār muṉ Oā ṭattukku koṇṭu vaitta Ettanīkki Itaṉukku kiḻakku Añcettamum viṟṟu vilaiyāvaṇañceytu kuṭuttom . Irukālāvatu mukkālāvatu m paṉan=tūmpiṉ kālvaḻi śrīyāruūrkkaḻaṉiyil maṇalīṭṭukku vaṭakku melpāṟkellai kuṭimakkaḷ Iṟaippūmikku kiḻak=ku vaṭapāṟkellai kuṭimak kaḷ pūmik=kum subriahmaṇyavāykkālukku teṟkum meṟku niṉṟu Aṭaiya patiṉaṟucāṇ kolāl muūvāyiraṅkuḻiyum melai Eri Etirvāyiṟkaḻumparuṭaiyār muṉ O ṭattukku koṇṭu vaitta Ettaniīkki Itaṉukku kiḻakku Añcettamum viṟṟu vilaiyāvaṇañceytu kuṭuttu Iṉnilattukku vīilaidravyamum Iṟaidravyamum Aṟakko ṇṭu Iṟaiyiliyāka viṟṟu vilaiyāvaṇañceytu kuṭuttom mahāsabhaiyom . kuṟiyuḷḷirun=tu paṇi keṭṭeḻutiṉeṉ Ivvūrkkaraṇattāṉ madhyastthaṉ poṟṟikkuṟi kāḷitevaṭiyāna Iraṇṭāyirattunānūṟṟuvaneṉ . Ivai En Eḻuttu .

Oāṭam The ā may have been added to mark the length of the preceding vowel O. Iraṇṭiṉuk=kum The ṇ of Iraṇ has been added subsequently.

(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 4th year (of the reign) of king Parakēsarivarman, alias Śrī-Rājēndra-Śōḻadēva. The hand-writing, (referring to) a deed of sale (vilaiyāvaṇam) of land, of us, the great assembly of Ukkal, alias Vikramābharaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, (a village) in its own subdivision of Kāliyūr-kōṭṭam, (a district) of Jayaṅkoṇḍa-Śōḻa-maṇḍalam.

(L. 2.) The following land was sold for the maintenance of two boats (ōḍam) which had been assigned to the tank in our village by Kōmuḻāṉ Arai[ya]ṉ Baladēvaṉ, a servant of the lord Śrī-Rājēndra-Śōḻadēva (and a native) of Kuvaḷaikōḍu, alias Anavara[ta]sundaranallūr, (a village) in Kuvaḷaikōḍu-nāḍu, (a subdivision) of Veṇkuṉṟakōṭṭam.

(L. 4.) We have sold, and executed a deed of sale for, (1) three thousand kuḻi,— (measured) by a rod of sixteen spans (śāṇ), beginning (to measure) from the west,—of land, which was the common property of the assembly, (which belonged) to the field (kaḻaṉi) of Śrīyārūr on the channel of the ‘Palmyra sluice’ (Paṉan-dūmbu), (and) which was situated to the north of a heap of sand, to the east of the land of the villagers, and to the south of the land (paying) taxes to the villagers and of the Subrahmaṇya channel, and (2) five levers (ēttam) to the east of this (land), excluding a lever on the open sideI.e. that side (vāy) of the tank which is at a higher level, and opposite (edir) to the artificial embankment which stops the natural flow of water and thus forms the tank. of the tank in the west, which Kaḻumbar-uḍaiyār had previously purchased and assigned for (the maintenance of) a boat.

(L. 7.) Twice as follows, and three times as follows.Apparently the description of the land sold had to be repeated in words three times. The second repetition is omitted in writing; but after the word mukkālāvatum, ‘and three times,’ the whole of the preceding description of the land (ll. 4 to 7) is repeated with slight variations in ll. 8 to 10.

(L. 10.) Having received in full the purchase-money and the revenue of this land, we, the great assembly, sold (it) free of taxes and executed a deed of sale.

(L. 11.) Having been present in the assemblyThis translation of kuṟi is based on the parallel passages in No. 2, l. 6, No. 3, l. 11, No. 6, l. 22, and No. 12, l. 11, where the corresponding word is sabhai. and having heard (their) order, I, the accountant (and) arbitrator of this village, Poṟṟikkuṟi Kāḷidēvaḍi, alias Iraṇḍāyirattunāṉūṟṟuvaṉ, wrote (this). This is my writing.

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