# SII 3.16: original edition by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: II.—INSCRIPTIONS AT MELPADI. No. 16.—ON THE BASE OF
THE CHOLESVARA SHRINE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0016

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0016.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

The date of this inscription is the same as that of No. 15. The
inscription records that the citizens of Mēṟpāḍi granted to the
Aṟiñjigai-Īśvara temple the hamlet of Pulikkuṉṟam on the west of the
river Nugā,[1] on the north of Kukkaṉūr, on the east of Teṉkoḷḷi, and on
the south of Pālainellūr. Pulikkuṉṟam itself is not found on the map;
but its southern boundary, Kukkaṉūr,[2] is situated on the road from
Tiruvallam to Mēlpāḍi, and its western and northern boundaries, Teṉkoḷḷi
and Pālainellūr, are probably the modern Tempalle and Śrīpādanellūr.[3]

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] tirumakaḷ polapperunilaccelviyuntaṉakkeyurimai
pūṇṭamai maṉakkoḷkkāntaḷ¿a?⟨ū⟩r⟨ccālai⟩ k¿ke?⟨ala⟩maṟuttaruḷi
veṅkaināṭuṅ kaṅkapāṭiyuntaṭīkapā(ṭi)yuṅ
kuṭamalaināṭuṅkollamuṅkaliṅkamumeṇṭicai pukaḻ
taravīḻamaṇṭala(mu)miraṭṭapāṭiyeḻaraiyilakkamuntiṇṭiṟal
veṉṟittaṇṭāṟkoṇṭa taṉṉeḻil vaḷar¿u?⟨ū⟩ḻi Ellāyāṇṭuntoḻutak¿a?⟨ai⟩
viḷaṅkum yāṇṭe ceḻiyaraitte(cu) koḷ śrīko(vi)rājarājakesaripa⟨r⟩mmarāṉa
śrīrājarājadevaṟku yāṇṭu 2 10 9 (Ā)vatu
jayaṅkoṇṭacoḻamaṇṭalattupperumpāṇappāṭitt¿ura?⟨ū⟩ñāṭṭu meṟpāṭiyāṉa
rājāśrayapurattu nakarattom (Ā)ṟṟ¿u?⟨ū⟩rarttu(ñ)ciṉa
tevarkkuppaḷḷipaṭaiyāka U(ṭ)aiyār śrīrājarājadevar Eṅkaḷ nakarattil
Eṭuppittaruḷiṉa AṟiñcikaiĪśvarattu mahādevarkku
veṇṭunivantaṅkaḷukkuttevatāṉamāka nāṅkaḷ kuṭutta nilamāva(tu) [|]
Eṅkaḷ¿a?⟨ū⟩rkkuppiṭākaiyākappe(ṟ)ṟuṭaiya(vūru)kaḷil maṉaivaḻi kūṟiṭātu
nakarappotuvāykkiṭanta (pu)li(k)kuṉṟattukku{kku}kk¿i?⟨ī⟩ḻ(p)āṟkellai
nu(k)āveṉṉumāṟṟukku meṟku⟨m |⟩ ⟨2⟩ te(ṉpāṟ)kellai kukkaṉ¿u?⟨ū⟩r Ellaikku
vaṭakkum [|] m(e)lpāṟkellai te(ṉ)koḷḷi Ellaikkukkiḻakkum [|]
vaṭapāṟkellai pālainell¿u?⟨ū⟩r Ellaikkutteṟkum [|]
Innāṟp(e)rellaiyuḷ(ḷu)naṭu(vu)paṭṭa pulikkuṉṟam
n¿i?⟨ī⟩rnila(mu)ṅkollaiyuṅkāṭum Uṭpaṭa(vuṇṇilamo)ḻiviṉṟi Ippulikkuṉṟattu
ni¿(y)ai?⟨lam⟩ Ep(p)erpa¿p(pa)?⟨ṭṭa⟩tum Ittevar⟨k⟩ku
veṇṭunivantaṅkaḷukkuttevatāṉa Iṟ(ai)yiliyākaccilālekai ceytu kuṭuttom
meṟpā(ṭi)yāṉa rājāśrayapurattu nakarattom [|] nakarattār colla Eḻutiṉeṉ
Innakarakkara⟨ṇa⟩tt(ā)ṉ nārāyaṇaṉa(ṭai)kkalava(ṉeṉ) [|]
(I)vaiyeṉṉe(ḻu)ttu ∥⁓ Itu paṉ¿mā?⟨mā⟩¿bh?⟨h⟩eśva⟨ra⟩rakṣai ∥⁓

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ kaṅkapāṭiyun • Here the writer has omitted nuḷampapāṭiyum by
mistake.

## Translation by Hultzsch 1899

(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 29th year (of the reign) of the
glorious king Rājarāja-Kēsarivarman, alias Śrī-Rājarājadēva, who,
etc.,[4] —we, the citizens of Mēṟpāḍi, alias Rājāśrayapuram, in Tūñāḍu,
(a subdivision) of Perumbaṇa-pāḍi in Jayaṅkoṇḍa-Śōḻa-maṇḍalam, gave the
following land as temple land for the expenses (nibandha) required by
(the god) Mahādēva of the Aṟiñjigai-Īśvara (temple), which the lord
Śrī-Rājarājadēva had been pleased to build in our city as a
resting-place for the king who fell asleep at Āṟṟūr. The eastern
boundary of Pulikkuṉṟam,—(which is one) among the villages that were
acquired and belong to our village as hamlets (piḍāgai), which is not
divided into house-sites (maṉai),[5] and which is the common property of
the city,—(is) to the west of the river called Nugā; the southern
boundary (is) to the north of the boundary of Kukkaṉūr; the western
boundary (is) to the east of the boundary of Te[ṉ]koḷḷi; and the
northern boundary (is) to the south of the boundary of Pālainellūr.

(L. 2.) (The village of) Pulikkuṉṟam, enclosed within these four great
boundaries,— the whole land of this Pulikkuṉṟam, including wet land, dry
land and jungle, (and) not excluding the cultivated land,[6] —we, the
citizens of Mēṟpāḍi, alias Rājāśrayapuram, gave for the expenses
required by this god, as tax-free temple land, having engraved (this) on
stone. At the bidding of the citizens, I, the accountant of this city,
Nārāyaṇaṉ Aḍaikkalavaṉ, wrote (this). This is my writing. This (gift is
placed under) the protection of all Māhēśvaras.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.16 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 24–26,
item 16.

[1] See above, page 23.

[2] No. 5 on the Madras Survey Map of the Guḍiyātam tāluka.

[3] Nos. 122 and 121 on the Madras Survey Map of the Chittūr tāluka.

[4] The historical introduction of this inscription is identical with
that of No. 15.

[5] See Vol. I. p. 66, note 3.

[6] The same expression uṇṇilamoḻiviṉṟi occurs in line 99 of the
Udayēndiram plates of Pṛithivīpati II.; above, Vol. II. p. 386.