SII 3.27: original edition by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch IV.—INSCRIPTIONS AT MANIMANGALAM. No. 27.—ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE SHRINE IN THE RAJAGOPALA-PERUMAL TEMPLE. author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0027.xml 2019-2026 as per external metadata

This inscription is dated in the 6th year of the reign of the Chōḷa king RājakēsarivarmanSee above, p. 2, note 4. (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.No. 289 on the Madras Survey Map of the Conjeeveram tāluka. The remaining 2,000 kuḻi were situated on the south of Maṇimaṅgalam and east of Amaṇpākkam—the modern Ammaṇambākkam.No. 330 on the same map.

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.Compare above, Vol. II. p. 200, note 1.

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svasti śrī .

vidyāramāvanitayossamudāyamūrttirārttipraṇāśanipuṇo ramaṇiīyakiīrttitiḥ . ratnāgrahāra Iti viśrutanāmadheyassaṁrājate sakalasatadguṇaranttnasindhuḥ . 1 . rannagrāmāgrahāre vai śrīmad·dvā rādhivāsinaḥ . Ācandratāramakarot·dbhogandevasya śāśvataM .. 2 .

kovirājakesarivanmarkki yāṇṭu 6 vatu ceṅkāṭṭukkoṭṭattu maṇimaṅkalamākiya Ulokamahādeviścadturvvedimaṅkalattu mahāsabhaiyom Emmūr śrīmad·dvārāpuridevarkku ṉāṅkaḷ viṟṟukkuṭutta bhūmi . melpiṭākai mākaṇūr Ellaik=ku meṟkum periyaputteri karaik=ku vaṭak=kum melṟpālṟkellai kaliccaṅkāluk=ku kiḻakkum vaṭapāṟkel lai kuḷattūr Ellaikkutteṟku Āka Innālṉkellaiyuḷḷumakappaṭṭa Iraṇṭāyiraṅkuḻiyum . teṉpiṭākai peṟūr Aṭṭiṉa putteri kiīḻai bhūmi kīḻpāṟkel lai kuṭumpiṭupāṭakattukku meṟkum teṉpāṟkellai maṇṇikkālukku vaṭakkum melpāṟkellai Amaṇ pākkattellaikku kiḻakku vaṭapāṟkellai Eri karaikkum teṟkumāka Innāṟpālellaiyuḷḷumakappaṭṭa ni lattil niṉṟa Iraṇṭāyiraṅkuḻiyum . Āka nālāyiraṅkuḻiyum candrādittatyavat· Iṟaiyili ceytu kuṭu ttom mahāsabhaiyom . Iṉnilam cuṭṭi Iṟaiyum Eṟaccoṟu veṭṭi veyati kāṇam Eppoer paṭṭatum kāṭṭa peṟātomāṉom . kāṭṭināre per per Irupattaiṅkaḻañcu poṉ maṉṟavoṭṭi kuṭuttom mahāsabhaiyom . śrīvaiṣṇabvarāṣkṣai ..

Eṟaccoṟu See above, No. 24, text line 7.

(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)The name of the donor is not stated. 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);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. 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.Compare above, No. 12, text line 8.

(L. 9.) We, the great assembly, agree that each of those who claim (them) shall pay a fineThe verb maṉṟu, which occurs also in Vol. I. Nos. 82 and 83, evidently means ‘to pay a fine;’ compare above, p. 38, note 5. of twenty-five kaḻañju of gold.

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

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