# SII 3.33: original edition by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: IV.—INSCRIPTIONS AT MANIMANGALAM. No. 33.—ON THE WEST
WALL OF THE MANDAPA IN THE RAJAGOPALA-PERUMAL TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0033

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0033.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This inscription is dated in the 4th year of the reign of
Parakēsarivarman, alias Vikrama-Chōḷadēva (1. 17), and opens with an
introduction which resembles that of the Tañjāvūr inscription of this
king, but is only partially preserved. It records that certain land was
purchased from the villagers and granted to the temple. The land was
situated in Pulvāyppāppāṉ-Kuḷattūr—evidently a portion of the village of
Kuḷattūr which is referred to in No. 27 above.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti (śrī) [∥] (pū)mālai mi(ṭ)ain=tu po(n)m(ā)lai tikaḻtara
p(ā)mālai mali(n=ta) parumaṇitti(ra)ḷ puyattiru
n¿ā?⟨i⟩⟨2⟩la(maṭan=tai)yoṭu jayamakaḷiruppa ta(n
varai)mārvan=taṉateṉappeṟṟuttirumakaḷorutaṉi ⟨3⟩ Irup(pa)kkalaimaka(ḷ)
coṟṟiṟam pu(ṇa)rn=ta kaṟpiṉa(ḷ)āki (vi)ruppoṭu
nāvakattiruppatti(cai)t(o)ṟun=ti(ki)ri⟨4⟩yoṭu ceṅkol naṭappa
A(ki)la(pu)vaṉamuḻutuṅkavippatorputuma(ti) pol v(e)ṇku(ṭ)ai viṇa ⟨5⟩
[10+] (kkiṭappa)k(kuḷa)ttiṭaitte(lu)ṅka(vī)maṉ ticai peṟavum ka ⟨6⟩
[10+] vem(pa)ṭai tāṅki veṅk(ai)maṇ(ṭalat) [3+] ⟨7⟩ [29+] ⟨8⟩ Ā(tiyukam)
[19+] (ṇi)makuṭa(mu) ⟨9⟩ [23+] ta(ṉ koyi)l ⟨10⟩ [10+] voṭuṅka
muracu(ka)ḷ muḻaṅka vijaiyamum pukaḻum m(e)l mel ¿yo?⟨O⟩⟨11⟩ṅka ceḻiyar
veñcuram puka cera(la)r kaṭal puka Aḻitaru ciṅkaṇarañci neñcalamara
kaṅkar ti⟨12⟩ṟai Iṭa kaṉṉaṭar veṉṉiṭakkoṅkar ¿yo?⟨O⟩tuṅka koṅkaṇar cāya
ma(ṟ)ṟaitticai maṉṉa(ru)⟨13⟩m taṉtamakkaraṇena tirumalarcceva(ṭi
U)rimaiyil (I)ṟ¿a?⟨ai⟩(ñca) t(ollai Eḻula)ku(ṉ)t(oḻa)tto(ṉ)⟨14⟩(ṟi)
mullaivāṇa(kai mukkokki)ḻāna(ṭi) Um(ai)¿O?⟨yo⟩ṭu caṅkaraṉ
Imai⟨ya⟩ci(mai)¿A?⟨ya⟩ttiru¿(ṉ)?⟨n⟩t¿(e)?⟨ā⟩⟨ṉe⟩¿n?⟨ṉ⟩a po(ru)ṉti
Uṭaṉniruppa Āṅkavaṉ ma⟨15⟩kuḻum ka⟨⟨ṅ⟩⟩kaiyoppā(ki) te(rivai)tilatam
tiyākapatākai purikuḻal maṭappiṭi puṉitakuṇavanitai
tripu⟨16⟩vanamu⟨ḻu⟩tuṭ(ai)yāḷ Avaṉ tiruvil Aruḷ mu⟨ḻu⟩tum
Uṭaiyāḷe(ṉavirup)pa (vī)rasi(ṁ)hāsaṉat(tu vīṟ)⟨17⟩ṟiruṉtaruḷiya
kopparakecaripaṟmarāṉa tribhuvanacakravattikaḷ śrīvikramacoḻadevaṟ{k}ku
yāṇṭu 4lāva(tu) [|] ⟨18⟩
jayaṅkoṇṭaco(ḻa)maṇṭala(ttu)kkulottu(ṅ)ka(c)era(ḻava)ḷanāṭṭukkuṉṟat(tū)rnāṭṭu
ma(ṇi)maṅkalamākiya
pā(ṇ)ṭiya(ṉai)yi⟨⟨ru⟩⟩maṭim(eṉ)koṇṭac(o)⟨19⟩ḻaca(tu)⟨r⟩ppetimaṅkalat(tu)
mahāsabhaiyom bhūmiṉilavilaiyāva(ṇa)kkaiyyeḻut(tu) [|] puḻaṟkoṭṭamāṉa
rāje(ntra)coḻavaḷanāṭṭu ⟨20⟩ Ampat(tū)rnāṭṭu nuḷappi(y)āṟu kiḻāṉ
kecava⟨⟨(ṉ)⟩⟩ p(e)rāyi(ra)muṭ(ai)yāṉāṉa taṇṭakaṉāṭuṭaiyāṉukku yāṅkaḷ
viṟṟukkuṭukkiṉ(ṟa) bhūmi(yāva)⟨21⟩tu [|] Ivvūr melpiṭākai
(pulvā)yppāppā(ṉkuḷa)⟨t⟩¿(tur)?⟨tūr⟩ nilam I[.](ai) [1+] ṉ(kāṭ)ṭu
(ma)ṭu(vukkut)t(eṟku mā)ka¿(ṇu)?⟨ṇū⟩rellaiyiṉ vaṭakkukkīḻ¿me?⟨
E⟩l⟨22⟩lai kaḷaruṅ⟨ka⟩ḻikku meṟ(ku) m(e)lpāṟkellai
ma(ṭuvu)kkuk(ki)ḻakkum [|] Āka Iṉṉāṟpāṟkellai na(ṭu)vupaṭṭa cey kāl
na(mpi)naṅkaip(p)e(ruñ)c(e)ṟuva⟨23⟩kappaṭa(p)paḻampaṭi 1000 5 100
Āyira(t)tai(ññū)ṟum naṭuvu(ti)rutticcey(yarai) ni⟨la⟩mu(m) Ivvūr
(vaṇ)ṭuvarāpati(t)tiruvā⟨⟨y⟩⟩kkula(tt)āḻv(ā)rkku Eṅkaḷ¿u?⟨ū⟩r
jan⟨24⟩manakṣattram Urocaṇi māsa(n)toṟum tiruvurocaṇi
puṟappaṭṭaruḷumaṉṉāḷ tiruma(ñ)ca(ṇa)māṭi Amutu ceytaruḷukaikku
viṟṟukkuṭu⟨25⟩ttom mahāsabhaiyom [|] Iv(ai) paṇiyāl maṇimaṅkalamuṭaiyāṉ
Ilakkuvaṇaṉ Irāmatevaṉ Eḻuttu ∥⁓

## Apparatus

⟨15⟩ ka⟨⟨ṅ⟩⟩kaiyoppā(ki) • The ṅ of kaṅkai is entered below the line.

⟨16⟩ tiruvil Aruḷ • Read tiruvuḷattaruḷ.

⟨21⟩ I[.](ai) [1+] ṉ • Read perhaps Iṭaiyaṉ.

## Translation by Hultzsch 1899

(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 4th year (of the reign) of king
Parakēsarivarman, alias the emperor of the three worlds,
Śrī-Vikrama-Śōḻadēva, who, etc.[1]

(L. 18.) The hand-writing, (referring to) a deed of sale (vilaiy-āvaṇam)
of land,[2] of us, the great assembly of Maṇimaṅgalam, alias
Pāṇḍiyaṉai-irumaḍi-mēṉ-koṇḍa-Śōḻachaturvēdimaṅgalam, in Kuṉṟattūr-nāḍu,
(a subdivision) of Kulōttuṅga-Śōḻavaḷanāḍu, (a district) of
Jayaṅkoṇḍa-Śōḻa-maṇḍalam.

(L. 19.) We have sold the following land to Kēśavaṉ Pērāyiram-uḍaiyāṉ,
alias Taṇḍaganāḍ-uḍaiyāṉ, the headman of Nuḷappiyāṟu[3] in
Ambattūr-nāḍu,[4] (a subdivision) of Puḻaṟ-kōṭṭam,[5] alias
Rājēndra-Śōḻa-vaḷanāḍu.

(L. 20.) Land in [Pulvā]yppāppā[ṉ-Kuḷattūr], a hamlet on the west of
this village. (The northern boundary is) to the south of the pond of
I[ḍaiyaṉkāḍu]; (the southern boundary is) to the north of the boundary
of Māgaṇūr;[6] the eastern boundary (is) to the west of Kaḷaruṅ[ga]ḻi;
and the western boundary (is) to the east of the pond.

(L. 22.) We, the great assembly, sold (1) the field of one-quarter
(vēli), enclosed within these four boundaries, (which measures) from old
times 1,500—one thousand and five hundred (kuḻi), including the large
field of Nambi-naṅgai, and (2) half (a vēli) of land (called)
Naḍuvu-[ti]ruttichchey, to (the temple of)
Vaṇḍuvarāpati-Tiruvāykkulatt-Āḻvār in this village, in order that (the
god) might receive offerings after having bathed on the day on which
(he) is carried out for the Tiruvurōśaṇi (festival), (which takes place)
every month on (the day of) Rōhiṇī, the nakshatra of the birth (of the
god) of our village.

(L. 25.) This was written under order by Maṇimaṅgalam-uḍaiyāṉ
Ilakkuvaṇaṉ (i.e. Lakshmaṇa) Rāmadēvaṉ.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.33 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 75–77,
item 33.

[1] The historical introduction of this inscription, as far as it is
preserved, agrees with the introduction of the Tañjāvūr inscription of
Vikrama-Chōḷa; above, Vol. II. No. 68.

[2] The same term occurs in No. 10 above, text line 2.

[3] The donor of an inscription of Kulōttuṅga I. (above, No. 31, text
line 9 f.) bore the same titles and may be identical with the donor of
the present inscription.

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

[5] This district is named after Puḻal or Poḻal, a village near Madras
on the road to Nellore (No. 38 on the Madras Survey Map of the Saidāpēṭ
tāluka). Compare Ep. Ind. Vol. IV. p. 8, note 2.

[6] See above, No. 27, text line 3.