# SII 3.26: original edition by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: III.—INSCRIPTIONS IN THE PASUPATISVARA TEMPLE AT
KARUVUR. No. 26.—ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE SECOND PRAKARA, LEFT OF ENTRANCE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0026

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0026.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This inscription contains an order of a king who bore the title
Kōṉērimēlkoṇḍāṉ. The date of the order was the 438th (!) day of the 23rd
year of his reign (l. 4). The king granted the village of Āndaṉūr,
surnamed Vīra-Śōḻa-nallūr, for the maintenance of the temple servants,
whom he had settled in a quarter which was called
Vīra-Śōḻaṉ-Tirumaḍaiviḷāgam after his own name. From this designation
and from the surname of the village granted, it follows that his actual
name was Vīra-Chōḷa.

The village of Āndaṉūr was bounded in the west by Nelluvāyppaḷḷi, which
is the object of the grant recorded in No. 22 above.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] koṉerimelkoṇ¿p?⟨ṭ⟩āṉ karuvūr tiruvāṉilai Āḷuṭaiyār
koyil tevar ka(ṉ)mikaḷuk(ku) [∥] I(ṉ)ṉāya(ṉā)r koyilukku nam perāl
y(e)ṟṟiṉa vīracoḻaṉ (ti)rumaṭaiviḷākattil kuṭi(yiru)nta
tavaci(ya)rk(ku)m civappir(ā)⟨2⟩maṇarkkum tevaraṭiy(ā)¿ka?⟨r⟩kkum
(Uva)ccaṟku(m) pa(la)paṇi nimantakkāṟa⟨r⟩kkum cī(vaṉac)e(ṣa)māka
teṉkarai Ānta(ṉū)rāṉa (vī)racoḻanallūr kuṭut(tu) Ivvūrāl vanta yiṟaiyum
(y)elav(ai)yum Ukavaiy¿ū?⟨u⟩m ko(ḷḷ)ā(to)māka (vi)ṭṭu ⟨3⟩ maṟṟuḷḷa
kuṭimaippāṭum E¿ṟ?⟨p⟩pe¿ṟ?⟨r⟩ppaṭṭ¿i?⟨a⟩tum I(ṉ)ṉāya(ṉā)r koyi(luk)ku
ceytu Ivvūr Ippaṭi cantirātittavarai Aṉu(pa)vippārka(ḷ)āka (na)mmolai
kuṭuttom [|] Ippaṭi (c)empilum cilaiyilum v(eṭ)ṭi(k)ko⟨4⟩(ḷ)ka [|] Ivai
vilāṭattaraiyaṉ yeḻuttu [|] Iyāṇṭu Iru(pa)ttum¿u?⟨ū⟩ṉṟāvatu nāḷ
(n)āṉūṟṟu muppatteṭṭu [|] Ivvūrkku p(e)runā(ṉ)ku Ellai
(k)āraittu(ṟ)aipperuva¿m?⟨ḻ⟩ikku meṟkkum [|] t(e)ṉ{m}pā(ṟk)⟨5⟩kellai
Āticcamaṅkala(ttu) Ellaikku vaṭakkum [|] melpāṟkkellai
ne[l](luv)āyppaḷḷi Ellaikku ki(ḻa)kkum [|] vaṭapāṟkke(llai) Āṟṟukku
t(e)kkum [|] Āka (I)cain(ta) peru(n)ā(ṉ)kel(lai)⟨6⟩(k)ku Uḷpaṭṭa nilam
Imma(ṭavi)ḷākattu Iru(k)kiṟa kuṭikaḷu(kku) c¿i?⟨ī⟩vaṉa(c)e(ṣa)māka
(ku)ṭuttom [|] Itu pa(ṉmm)āheśva(rara)(kṣ)ai [∥]

## Apparatus

⟨2⟩ ko(ḷḷ)ā(to)māka • Compare koḷḷappeṟātomāka in No. 12, l. 8.

## Translation by Hultzsch 1899

(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! Kōṉērimēlkoṇḍāṉ (addresses the following
order) to the Pūjāris of the temple of the god of Tiruvāṉilai at
Karuvūr.

“(We) have given (the village of) Āndaṉūr, alias Vīra-Śōḻa-nallūr, on
the southern bank (of the river) for the maintenance[1] of the ascetics
(tapasvin), Śiva-Brāhmaṇas, dancing-girls (dēvar-aḍiyār), drummers
(uvachchar) and servants (nimandakkāṟar)[2] (performing) various duties,
who reside in the Vīra-Śōḻaṉ-Tirumaḍaiviḷāgam[3] which (we) have founded
in our name for the temple of this god. (We) have granted that we shall
not levy the taxes, ēlavai and ugavai,[4] due from this village. We have
given our written order to the effect that (the donees) shall thus enjoy
this village as long as the moon and the sun endure, doing all kinds of
service to the temple of this god. Let this be engraved on copper and on
stone.”

(L. 4.) This (is) the writing of Vilāḍattaraiyaṉ. On the
four-hundred-and-thirtyeighth day of the twenty-third year (of the
reign).

“The four great boundaries of this village (are), to the west of the
high-road of [K]āraittu[ṟ]ai; the southern boundary (is) to the north of
the boundary of Ādichchamaṅgalam; the western boundary (is) to the east
of the boundary of Ne[lluv]āyppaḷḷi; and the northern boundary (is) to
the south of the river. The land enclosed within the proper four great
boundaries we have given for the maintenance of the residents of this
Maḍaviḷāgam.

(L. 6.) “This (charity is placed under) the protection of all
Māhēśvaras.”

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.26 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 47–48,
item 26.

[1] This seems to be the technical meaning of jīvana-śēsha, which means
literally ‘the remainder of life.’

[2] See Vol. II. p. 278, note 2.

[3] The term maḍaiviḷāgam or maḍaviḷāgam is applied to the quarter in
the environs of a temple; see above, p. 24, note 3.

[4] These two obscure terms occur also in No. 12, 1. 13, and No. 22, l.
7.