SII 3.17: original edition by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch

Alternative title: “II.—INSCRIPTIONS AT MELPADI. No. 17.—ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CHOLESVARA SHRINE.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This inscription is written in beautiful florid characters, resembling those of the large Leyden grant, but mixed with letters of the usual type, especially after line 12. It is dated in the same year as Nos. 15 and 16, and records the grant of a lamp to the Aṟiñjīśvara temple at Mēṟpāḍi.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0017.

File path: SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0017.xml.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] tirumakaḷ polapperunilaccelviyun=ta-
⟨2⟩ ṉa(k=k)eyu(ri)mai pūṇṭamai maṉak=koḷk=kān=ta(ḷū)rccā-
⟨3⟩ (lai) kalamaṟuttaruḷi veṅkaināṭuṅkaṅkapāṭiyum nuḷam(pa)-
⟨4⟩ (p)āṭiyun=taṭikaipāṭiyuṅkuṭamalaināṭuṅkollamuṅkaliṅkamum
⟨5⟩ Eṇṭicai pukaḻ taravīḻamaṇṭalamumiraṭṭapāṭiyeḻaraiyilakkamun=tiṇ(ṭi)-
⟨6⟩ ṟal veṉṟittaṇṭāṟkoṇṭa taṉṉeḻil vaḷar¿avu?ḻiyellā-
⟨7⟩ yāṇṭun=toḻutakai viḷaṅkum yāṇṭe ceḻiyaraittecu ko-
⟨8⟩ ḷ śrīko rājarājarājakesarivarmmarāṉa śrīrājarājadevaṟku yāṇ(ṭu)
⟨9⟩ (2 10) 9 Āvatu jayaṅkoṇṭacoḻamaṇṭalattupperumpāṇap(p)āṭittūñāṭ(ṭu)
⟨10⟩ meṟpāṭiyāṉa rājāśrayapurattu Āṟṟūrttuñciṉa devaṟkuppaḷḷipaṭai-
⟨11⟩ (y)āka Uṭaiyār śrīrājarājadevar Eṭuppittaruḷiṉa tiruvaṟiñc¿i?śvarattu
⟨12⟩ mahādevaṟku veṇkuṉṟakkoṭṭattu maruta⟨n⟩āṭṭu veḷḷāḷaṉ Aruvāk-
⟨13⟩ (kīḻāḷ) muttikaṇṭaṉeṉ vaitta tiruna⟨n⟩tāviḷak=ku Oṉṟiṉuk=ku
⟨14⟩ (v)ai(t)ta cāvā m¿u?vāpperāṭu toṇṇūṟṟāṟuṅkaikkoṇṭu
⟨15⟩ ni(catam) Uḻakku ney rājakecariyāl can=tirātittavaṟ Aṭ(ṭu)⟨va⟩tāneṉ Irā(jā)śrayapurattu
⟨16⟩ (Iṭ)ai(ya)n Eṇi keṅkātiraneṉ [∥]

Translation by Hultzsch 1899

(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 29th year (of the reign) of the glorious king Rājarāja-Rājakēsarivarman, alias Śrī-Rājarājadēva, who, etc.,¹ —I, the cultivator (Veḷḷāḷaṉ) Aruvā-[Kīḻāḷ] Muttigaṇḍaṉ of Marud[a-n]āḍu in Veṇkuṉṟa-kōṭṭam, gave one perpetual lamp to (the god) Mahādēva of the holy Aṟiñjīśvara (temple),—which the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva had been pleased to build as a resting-place for the king who fell asleep at Āṟṟūr, in Mēṟpāḍi, alias Rājāśrayapuram, (a city) in Tūñāḍu, (a subdivision) of Perumbāṇa-pāḍi in Jayaṅkoṇḍa-Śōḻa-maṇḍalam,—(and) assigned to (this lamp) ninety-six full-grown ewes, which must neither die nor grow old.²

(L. 14.) Having received (these ewes), I, the shepherd Ēṇi Gaṅgādharaṉ of Rājāśrayapuram, shall pour out daily, as long as the moon and the sun endure, (one) uḻakku of ghee, (measured) by the Rājakēsari).

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.17 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 26–27, item 17, plate IV.

Notes

1. The historical introduction of this inscription is identical with that of No. 15; it reads, however, taṭikaipāṭi (l. 4), while Nos. 15 and 16 have taṭīkapāṭi.
2. Compare Vol. II. p. 375, note 3.

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<p>(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 29th year (<hi rend="italic">of the reign</hi>) of the glorious king <hi rend="bold">Rājarāja-Rājakēsarivarman</hi>, <hi rend="italic">alias</hi> <hi rend="bold">Śrī-Rājarājadēva</hi>, who, <hi rend="italic">etc.,</hi><note>The historical introduction of this inscription is identical with that of No. <ref target="DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0015">15</ref>; it reads, however, <foreign>taṭikaipāṭi</foreign> (l. 4), while Nos. <ref target="DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0015">15</ref> and <ref target="DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0016">16</ref> have <foreign>taṭīkapāṭi</foreign>.</note> —I, the cultivator (<hi rend="italic">Veḷḷāḷaṉ</hi>) <hi rend="bold">Aruvā-[Kīḻāḷ] Muttigaṇḍaṉ</hi> of <hi rend="bold">Marud[a-n]āḍu</hi> in <hi rend="bold">Veṇkuṉṟa-kōṭṭam</hi>, gave one perpetual lamp to (<hi rend="italic">the god</hi>) <hi rend="bold">Mahādēva</hi> of the holy <hi rend="bold">Aṟiñjīśvara</hi> (<hi rend="italic">temple</hi>),—which the lord <hi rend="bold">Śrī-Rājarājadēva</hi> had been pleased to build as a resting-place for the king who fell asleep at <hi rend="bold">Āṟṟūr</hi>, in <hi rend="bold">Mēṟpāḍi</hi>, <hi rend="italic">alias</hi> <hi rend="bold">Rājāśrayapuram</hi>, (<hi rend="italic">a city</hi>) in <hi rend="bold">Tūñāḍu</hi>, (<hi rend="italic">a subdivision</hi>) of <hi rend="bold">Perumbāṇa-pāḍi</hi> in <hi rend="bold">Jayaṅkoṇḍa-Śōḻa-maṇḍalam</hi>,—(<hi rend="italic">and</hi>) assigned to (<hi rend="italic">this lamp</hi>) ninety-six full-grown ewes, which must neither die nor grow old.<note>Compare Vol. II. p. 375, note 3.</note> </p>

<p>(L. 14.) Having received (<hi rend="italic">these ewes</hi>), I, the shepherd <hi rend="bold">Ēṇi Gaṅgādharaṉ</hi> of <hi rend="bold">Rājāśrayapuram</hi>, shall pour out daily, as long as the moon and the sun endure, (one) <hi rend="italic">uḻakku</hi> of ghee, (<hi rend="italic">measured</hi>) by the <hi rend="italic">Rājakēsari</hi>).</p>

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