# SII 3.32: original edition by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: IV.—INSCRIPTIONS AT MANIMANGALAM. No. 32.—ON THE
SOUTH WALL OF THE MANDAPA IN THE RAJAGOPALA-PERUMAL TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0032

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0032.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This inscription is mutilated at the end. It records the purchase of
some land near the village, the produce of which was assigned to the
temple for providing offerings. The name of the purchaser and donor was
Vīravali Tiruvaraṅgam-uḍaiyāṉ Sahasraṉ, and the two temple managers at
the time of the purchase were Kēśava-Bhaṭṭaṉ of Aḷḷūr and
Tiruvāykkula-Pittaṉ of Araṇaippuṟam. As the same three persons are
mentioned in the preceding inscription (No. 31), which belongs to the
reign of Kulōttuṅga I., it follows that the subjoined inscription, which
is dated in the 48th year of Tribhuvanachakravartin
Kulōttuṅga-Chōḷadēva, has to be assigned also to Kulōttuṅga I.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] tiripuvaṉaccakkaravattikaḷ
śrīkulottuṅkacoḻatevaṟ{k}ku yāṇṭu 4 10 8 Āvatu kuMbhanāyaṟṟu
pūrvva(pa)kṣattu dvāda(śi)yum veḷ⟨2⟩(ḷi)kkiḻamaiyum peṟṟa cataiya(t)tu
nāḷ jayaṅkoṇṭacoḻamaṇṭalat(tu)kkulot(tu)ṅkacoḻavaḷanāṭṭukkuṉṟattūrnāṭṭu
maṇimaṅkalamā⟨3⟩ṉa pāṇṭiyaṉai Irumaṭive(ṉ)kaṇṭacoḻaccaturvvedimaṅkalattu
mahā(sa)bhaiyom Eḻuttu [|] nam(mū)r na(ṭu)viṟkoyilāṉa
puravuvariviṇṇakarāḻ⟨4⟩vār koyil śrīkāriyañceykiṟa
(Aḷḷū)rkkecavapaṭṭaṉum Araṇaippuṟat(tut)tiruvāykku(la)ppit(ta)ṉuṅkaṇṭu
(I)¿v?⟨vv⟩Āḻvārkku śrībali E(ḻu)⟨5⟩ntaruḷa Ivvūr
Irāyūrttāmotarakkirama(vi)ttaṉuṅkuṇṭ¿u?⟨ū⟩r
can(ti)ra(t)evaAnna(t)tikkiramavi(ttaṉu)m pakkal Iv(vū)r
v¿i?⟨ī⟩ravalittiruvaraṅkamu⟨6⟩ṭaiyāṉ saha(sra)ṉ vilai koṇṭuṭaiya
viḷai(ni)lam Ivvūr Ālaimeṭu ma(ṉai)Aṟutivā(y)kkālukku(kki)ḻakku
Iraṇṭāṅkaṇṇāṟṟu (nila)ttuk⟨7⟩kuk(kī)ḻ(p)āṟke(l)lai (mū)ṉṟāṅkaṇṇāṟṟukku
(m)e(ṟ)kku(t)te(ṉ)pāṟkellai kiḻakku nokkippoṉa (k)ālu(k)ku (va)ṭakku
melpāṟkellai I¿v?⟨vv⟩I(raṇṭāṅ)⟨8⟩kaṇ(ṇā)ṟṟukku(k)kiḻakku
vaṭa(p)āṟ(kellai) perunal(va)tikkut(t)eṟku Āka Iṉṉāṟpāṟke(ellai)yuḷ
naṭu(vupa)ṭṭa kuḻi (2) 100 6 10 (6) [10+]

## Translation by Hultzsch 1899

(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 48th year (of the reign) of the
emperor of the three worlds, Śrī-Kulōttuṅga-Śōḻadēva, on the day of
Śatabhishaj, which corresponded to a Friday and to the twelfth tithi[1]
of the first fortnight of the month of Kumbha.

(L. 2.) The writing of the great assembly of Maṇimaṅgalam, alias
Pāṇḍiyaṉaiirumaḍi-veṉ-kaṇḍa-Śōḻa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, in Kuṉṟattūr-nāḍu,
(a subdivision) of Kulōttuṅga-Śōḻa-vaḷanāḍu, (a district) of
Jayaṅkoṇḍa-Śōḻa-maṇḍalam.

(L. 3.) With the knowledge of Kēśava-Bhaṭṭaṉ of [Aḷḷū]r and
Tiruvāykkula-Pittaṉ of Araṇaippuṟam, the managers of the temple of
Puravuvari-Viṇṇagar-Āḻvār, which is the temple in the middle of our
village.

(L. 4.) Vīravali Tiruvaraṅgam-uḍaiyāṉ Sahasraṉ of this village
purchased, for providing offerings to this Āḻvār, from
Dāmōdara-Kramavittaṉ of Irāyūr and Chandradēva-Anna[t]ti-Kramavittaṉ of
Kuṇḍūr, (two residents) of this village, [2]6[6] kuḻi of cultivated land
in the second Kaṇṇāṟu[2] to the east of the Maṉai-aṟudi channel[3] at
the Ālaimēḍu (hill)[4] in this village, enclosed within the following
four boundaries:—The eastern boundary of the land (is) to the west of
the third Kaṇṇāṟu; the southern boundary (is) to the north of a channel
which flows towards the east; the western boundary (is) to the east of
this second Kaṇṇāṟu; (and) the northern boundary (is) to the south of
the Perunalvadi (road)[5] . . . . . . . . . .

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.32 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 74–75,
item 32.

[1] Professor Kielhorn states that ‘the twelfth tithi’ is a mistake for
‘the second tithi’ and that, consequently, the whole date of this
inscription is identical with that of No. 31.

[2] See above, p. 73, note 6.

[3] Compare above, No. 28, text line 9.

[4] See ibid. text line 9f. and No. 31, text line 10.

[5] See above, No. 28, text line 8 f.