# SII 3.27: original edition by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: IV.—INSCRIPTIONS AT MANIMANGALAM. No. 27.—ON THE
SOUTH WALL OF THE SHRINE IN THE RAJAGOPALA-PERUMAL TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0027

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0027.xml

Languages: Sanskrit [Grantha], Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This inscription is dated in the 6th year of the reign of the Chōḷa king
Rājakēsarivarman[1] (l. 2). It opens with two Sanskrit verses, which
state that a person whose name is not given made a grant to the Vishṇu
temple at Ratnāgrahāra or Ratnagrāma, i.e. Maṇimaṅgalam. From the
following Tamil passage it appears that the donor had purchased the land
from the inhabitants of Maṇimaṅgalam. The grant consisted of 4,000 kuḻi
of land, of which 2,000 were situated on the west of Maṇimaṅgalam and
south of Kuḷattūr, the modern Koḷattūr.[2] The remaining 2,000 kuḻi were
situated on the south of Maṇimaṅgalam and east of Amaṇpākkam—the modern
Ammaṇambākkam.[3]

In this archaic inscription the virāma is marked above several letters
by a dot (puḷḷi), just as in the modern Tamil print. The Grantha ṇā of
praṇāśa (l. 1) is expressed by a compound letter which differs from the
Tamil ṇā.[4]

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥]

1.

vidyāramāvanitayossamudāyamū⟨r⟩ttirā⟨r⟩ttipraṇāśanipuṇo
ramaṇ¿i?⟨ī⟩yak¿i?⟨ī⟩⟨r⟩¿(tti)?⟨ti⟩ḥ [|]
ratnā(gra)hāra Iti vi(śruta)nāmadheyassaṁrā⟨⟨(ja)⟩⟩te
sakalasa¿ta?⟨d⟩guṇara¿nt?⟨tn⟩asindhuḥ [∥ 1 ∥]

2.

rannagrāmāgrahāre (v)ai śrīma⟨d·⟩dv(ā)⟨2⟩rādhivāsinaḥ [|]
Ācandratāramakaro¿(t·)?⟨d⟩bhogande(va)sya śāśvataM ∥⁓ [2 ∥]

ko(vi)rājakesariva(nma)⟨r⟩kki ⟨yā⟩ṇṭu 6 vatu ceṅkāṭṭukkoṭṭattu
maṇimaṅ(ka)lamākiya Ulokamahādevi¿ś?⟨c⟩a¿d?⟨t⟩ur{v}vedimaṅka⟨la⟩ttu
mahāsabhaiyom ⟨3⟩ Em(mū)r śrī(ma)⟨d·⟩dvārāpuridevarkku (ṉā)ṅkaḷ
viṟṟukkuṭu(t)ta bhūmi [|] melpiṭā(k)ai mākaṇūr Ellaik=ku (m)eṟ(ku)m
periyaputteri karaik=ku vaṭa(k=ku)m (m)e¿l?⟨ṟ⟩pā¿l?⟨ṟ⟩kellai
kaliccaṅkāluk=ku kiḻak(ku)m (vaṭa)pāṟkel⟨4⟩(lai) kuḷattūr
Ellaik(ku)tteṟku Āka (I)⟨n⟩nā¿l?⟨ṉ⟩kellaiyuḷḷu(maka)ppaṭṭa
(Ira)ṇṭāyiraṅkuḻiyum [|] (t)e(ṉ)piṭākai peṟūr Aṭṭiṉa putteri k¿i?⟨ī⟩ḻai
bhūmi (kī)ḻpāṟkel⟨5⟩(lai) kuṭumpiṭupāṭakattukku meṟkum teṉpā(ṟ)kellai
maṇṇikkālukku vaṭakkum melpāṟk(e)llai Amaṇ⟨6⟩pā⟨kka⟩ttellaikku kiḻakku
vaṭapāṟkellai Eri karaikku{m} teṟkumāka Innāṟpālellai(yuḷ)ḷumakappaṭṭa
ni⟨7⟩lattil niṉṟa Iraṇṭāyiraṅkuḻiyum [|] Āka nālāyiraṅkuḻiyum
candrādi¿tta?⟨tya⟩vat· Iṟaiyili ceytu kuṭu⟨8⟩ttom mahāsabhaiyom [|]
Iṉni(la)⟨m⟩ cuṭṭi Iṟaiyu⟨m⟩ E⟨ṟa⟩ccoṟu veṭṭi veya(ti kā)ṇa(m)
Epp¿o?⟨e⟩r⟨9⟩(pa)ṭṭatu⟨m⟩ kāṭṭa (peṟā)tomā(ṉ)o[m |] (kā)ṭṭinā(re) pe(r)
p(e)r I(ru)pa⟨t⟩tai(ṅ)kaḻa(ñ)cu poṉ (ma)ṉṟavoṭ(ṭi) kuṭu⟨ttom⟩
mahāsabhaiyo(m) [|] ⟨10⟩ (śrī)v(ai)ṣṇa¿b?⟨v⟩arā¿ṣ?⟨kṣ⟩ai (∥⁓)

## Apparatus

⟨8⟩ E⟨ṟa⟩ccoṟu • See above, No. 24, text line 7.

## Translation by Hultzsch 1899

(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity !

(Verse 1.) Resplendent is (the village) whose famous name is
Ratnāgrahāra (and which is) an embodiment of the union of the two
goddesses of learning and prosperity, able to remove distress, of lovely
fame (and) an ocean of all gems—noble qualities.

(V. 2.) (He)[5] founded, for as long as the moon and the stars endure, a
perpetual enjoyment (bhōga) of the god who resides in (the temple of)
Śrīmad-Dvārā in the agrahāra of Ratnagrāma.

(Line 2.) In the 6th year (of the reign) of king Rājakēsarivarman, we,
the great assembly of Maṇimaṅgalam, alias
Lōkamahādēvi-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, (in the district) of Śēṅgāṭṭu-kōṭṭam,
sold (the following) land to (the temple of) Śrīmad-Dvārāpuridēva in our
village.

(L. 3.) Two thousand kuḻi, enclosed within the following four
boundaries:—(The eastern boundary is) to the west of the boundary of
Māgaṇūr, a hamlet on the west (of our village); (the southern boundary
is) to the north of the bank of the Periyaputtēri (tank); the western
boundary (is) to the east of the Kalichchaṅgāl (channel);[6] and the
northern boundary (is) to the south of the boundary of Kuḷattūr.

(L. 4.) Two thousand kuḻi of land below the Puttēri (tank) at (?) Pēṟūr,
a hamlet on the south (of our village), enclosed within the following
four boundaries:—The eastern boundary (is) to the west of
Kuḍumbiḍupāḍagam; the southern boundary (is) to the north of the
Maṇṇikkāl (channel); the western boundary (is) to the east of the
boundary of Amaṇpā[kka]m; and the northern boundary (is) to the south of
the bank of the tank.

(L. 7.) Altogether four thousand kuḻi were given, for as long as the
moon and the sun exist (and) free of taxes, by us, the great assembly.

(L. 8.) On this land we shall not be entitled to claim any taxes, . . .
. . forced labour (veṭṭi, vēdi) and kāṇam.[7]

(L. 9.) We, the great assembly, agree that each of those who claim
(them) shall pay a fine[8] of twenty-five kaḻañju of gold.

(L. 10.) (This charity is placed under) the protection of the
Śrī-Vaishṇavas).

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.27 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 50–51,
item 27.

[1] See above, p. 2, note 4.

[2] No. 289 on the Madras Survey Map of the Conjeeveram tāluka.

[3] No. 330 on the same map.

[4] Compare above, Vol. II. p. 200, note 1.

[5] The name of the donor is not stated.

[6] From this channel is probably derived the name of the modern village
of Kariśaṅgāl (No. 319 on the Madras Survey Map of the Conjeeveram
tāluka), south of Maṇimaṅgalam.

[7] Compare above, No. 12, text line 8.

[8] The verb maṉṟu, which occurs also in Vol. I. Nos. 82 and 83,
evidently means ‘to pay a fine;’ compare above, p. 38, note 5.