# SII 3.22: original edition by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: III.—INSCRIPTIONS IN THE PASUPATISVARA TEMPLE AT
KARUVUR. No. 22.—ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE SHRINE OF THE GODDESS

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0022

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0022.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This inscription bears the same date as No. 21, but the king is here
named Rājēndra-Chōḷadēva instead of Rājēndradēva. The historical
introduction is identical with that of No. 21 and proves that
Rājēndradēva, the victor at Koppam, and not his ancestor Rājēndra-Chōḷa,
the son of the great Rājarāja, is meant here.

The inscription records that the king granted to the Tiruvānilai temple
the village of Nelvāyppaḷḷi, which belonged to Veṅgāla-nāḍu, a district
of Adhirājarāja-maṇḍalam, and was bounded in the east by the village of
Āndaṉūr. The grant is signed by the same five officers as No. 21.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] tirumakaḷ maruviya (c)eṅkol ventaṉṟaṉ ⟨mu⟩ṉṉ¿er?⟨oṉ⟩
ce(ṉai) piṉṉatuvāka muṉṉetir ceṉṟu Iraṭṭaipāṭi Eḻaraiyilakkamum ko(ṇ)ṭu
Etir (p)orppe⟨ṟā⟩(tu) Eṇṭicai ṉ¿ā?⟨a⟩kam p¿u?⟨a⟩ṟaiya¿ṅ?⟨tu⟩
kaṟaṅkap⟨2⟩(p)erāṟṟaṅkaraikkoppattu vaṉtetirtta Āhava(ma)llaṉṟaṉ
peruñceṉaiyellām pa(ṭa)pporutu pāratu nika(ḻa)ppacum piṇamāk(ki)
Āṅka(vaṉ)nañcip(puṟ)kkiṭṭoṭa Avaṉāṉaiyum kurutai⟨3⟩yum
peṇṭi⟨r⟩paṇṭāramum ¿pe?⟨O⟩ṭṭakattoṭu Aka⟨p⟩pa(ṭap)piṭittutticaiyatu
nikaḻa vīrar Abhiṣekam paṇṇi (vī)rasiṁhāsanattu vīṟṟ¿u?⟨i⟩runtaruḷiya
koppara(ke)caripatmarā(ṉa) Uṭaiyār śrīIrājentracoḻadevaṟ⟨4⟩ku yāṇṭu 9
vatu [|] A(ti)rāja(r)ājamaṇṭalattu veṅ(k)ālanāṭṭu nelvāyppaḷḷikku
(kī)ḻpāṟke(l)lai Āṉtanūr Ellaikku meṟkkum [|] teṉpāṟ(k)kel(lai
ka)ruṅkalkkaṟaṭṭukku vaṭakkum [|] melpāṟ⟨5⟩kkellai pāypaṭuttāṉ kallukku
kiḻakkum [|] vaṭapāṟkkellai Āṟṟukku teṟkkum [|]
Iṉṉāṉ{k}k(e)ellaikkuḷppaṭṭa nañcai puñcai tiruvānilai ma[hā]devark(ku)
veṇṭum nimaṉtaṅkaḷum pūcaikkum ⟨6⟩ (ti)ruppa(ṇi)k(kumel)pa(ṭi)
nimantattukkumāka (ti)runā(mat)tu(k)kāṇiyāka Uṭumpoṭi Āmai (ta)vaḻ
puṟ(ṟu Eḻuṉ)ta Iṭam meṉok(ki)ya maramu(m) kīṇok(ki)ya (ki)ṇaṟum
(ka)ṟṟu⟨7⟩ppul perakaramu(ṟ)ṟūṭṭum Iṟai vari ciṟṟāyam Elavai Ukavai
maṉṟupāṭalteṇṭakuṟ(ṟa)maṟ(ṟum) E¿ṟppaiyil?⟨pper⟩ppaṭṭanavum I(ṟu)ppatāka
nammolai kuṭuk⟨8⟩ka [|] tiruvāy moḻiṉtaruḷinār Eṉṟu tirumantraOlai
kṣa(tri)ya{ṉ}ś{r}i¿kā?⟨khā⟩¿ma?⟨ma⟩⟨ṇi⟩vaḷanāṭṭu paṉaiyūrnāṭṭu
⟨n⟩ervāyilluṭ(ai)yāṉ Arumoḻitiruppaṉaṅk(ā)ṭu Uṭaiyāṉ
vāṉavaṉppa⟨9⟩llavaraiyaṉ Eḻuttu [|] Ivai tirumantraOlaināya(ka)m
toṇṭaimāṉ Eḻuttu [|] Uḷḷ¿u?⟨ū⟩rā{ā}ṉ ⟨U⟩tta(ma)c(o)ḻaṉāṉa
kulottuṅkaco(ḻabra)hmārāyaṉ Eḻuttu [|] Irāja⟨10⟩rājaṉāṉa
vīrarājentrakulot(tu)ṅkajayamurinā(ṭ)āḻvāṉ Eḻuttu [|] Uṭaṉkūṭṭattu
Atikā(ri)⟨ka⟩(ḷil)
(kṣatri)ya{ṉ}(ś{r}i)¿(k)āma?⟨khāma⟩ṇivaḷanāṭṭu(p)paṉai(yū)rṉāṭṭu
jayaṅkoṇ⟨11⟩ṭac(oḻa)nallū(rru)ṭai(yāṉ Utai)y¿ā?⟨a⟩(tivāka)⟨ra⟩ṉ
(ku)lot(tu)ṅkamaḻa(va)rāyaṉ Eḻuttu [|] Ivai
pa¿tm(ā)?⟨ṉmā⟩(h)e(śvara)ra⟨r·⟩ rakṣai{ḥ} ⁓

## Apparatus

⟨8⟩ kṣa(tri)yaṉśrikāmavaḷanāṭṭu • Read kṣatriyaśikhāmaṇivaḷanāṭṭu.

⟨10⟩ (kṣatri)yaṉ(śrik)āmaṇi • Read kṣatriyaśikhāmaṇi.

## Translation by Hultzsch 1899

(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! While the army of his elder brother was at
(his) back, etc.[1] —In the 9th year (of the reign) of (this) king
Parakēsarivarman, alias the lord Śrī-Rājēndra-Śōḻadēva, who was
graciously seated on the throne of heroes.

(L. 4.) “The eastern boundary of Nelvāyppaḷḷi in Veṅgāla-nāḍu, (a
district) of Adhirājarāja-maṇḍalam, (is) to the west of the boundary of
Āndaṉūr; the southern boundary (is) to the north of a rough block of
black stone; the western boundary (is) to the east of the Pāypaḍuttāṉ
stone; and the northern boundary (is) to the south of the river.”

(L. 5.) “Let our written order be issued that the wet land and the dry
land enclosed within these four boundaries (shall be given) as temple
land to (the god) Mahādēva of the Tiruvānilai (temple for) necessary
expenses, for the worship, for repairs, and for the aforesaid
expenses,—(including every) place where the iguana runs, the tortoise
crawls and an ant-hill rises, the trees overground and the wells
underground, the grass for the calves, and (the land) enjoyed in full by
the great village,—(and) shall pay revenue, taxes, small tolls, ēlavai,
ugavai, (the three fines called) maṉṟupāḍal, daṇḍa and kuṟṟam,[2] and
everything else (to the temple).”

(L. 8.) (Thus) the king was pleased to order. The writing of the royal
secretary, Vāṉavaṉ-Pallavaraiyaṉ, the lord of Arumoḻi-Tiruppaṉaṅgāḍu
(and) the lord of Nērvāyil in Paṉaiyūr-nāḍu, (a district) of
Kshatriyaśikhāmaṇi-vaḷanāḍu. This (is) the writing of the chief
secretary, Toṇḍaimāṉ. The writing of the citizen Uttama-Śōḻaṉ, alias
Kulōttuṅga-Śōḻa-Brahmārāyaṉ. The writing of Rājarājaṉ, alias
Vīrarājēndra-Kulōttuṅga-Jayamurināḍāḻvāṉ. The writing of Udayadivākaraṉ
Kulōttuṅga-Maḻavarāyaṉ, (one) of the heads of the assembly (and) the
lord of Jayaṅkoṇḍa-Śōḻanallūr in Paṉaiyūr-nāḍu, (a district) of
Kshatriyaśikhāmaṇivaḷanāḍu.

(L. 11.) “This (charity is placed under) the protection of all
Māhēśvaras.”

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.22 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 41–43,
item 22.

[1] The historical introduction of this inscription is identical with
that of No. 21.

[2] See above, p. 38, note 5.