# SII 3.38: original edition by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: IV.—INSCRIPTIONS AT MANIMANGALAM. No. 38.—ON THE
OUTSIDE OF THE EAST WALL OF THE INNER PRAKARA OF THE RAJAGOPALA-PERUMAL
TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0038

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0038.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This inscription is dated in the 13th year of the reign of Rājarājadēva
(III. ?). It registers several payments of money into the temple
treasury for feeding lamps in the temple.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] rājarājatevaṟ{k}ku yāṇṭu (pa)tiṉm¿u?⟨ū⟩ṉṟāvatu
jayaṅkoṇṭaco(ḻa)maṇṭalattu kulo⟨t⟩tuṅkacoḻa⟨2⟩vaḷanāṭṭukkunṟattū⟨r⟩nāṭṭu
maṇi(ma)ṅkalamāna
pāṇṭiyaṉaiyirumaṭiveṉkoṇ(ṭa)coḻacca(tu)⟦(ṟ)⟧⟨⟨(r)⟩⟩ppe(ti)maṅkalattu ⟨3⟩
vaṇṭuvarā(pa)ti Emperumān koyilil śrīkāriya{m}ñce⟨y⟩kiṟa Irāyūr
Aruḷāḷabhaṭṭaṉum Ikkoyili(l) [śrīvaiṣṇavak]ka¿ṅ?⟨ṇ⟩kāṇi ceykiṟa
vaṇ⟨4⟩ṭuvarāpati [4+] Ivviruvaruṅka(ṇ){ṅ}kāṇiyāka I⟨v⟩v(e)mperumāṉukku
Iravusan=tiviḷakku Erikka mutal¿(nik)?⟨āka⟩kappolicaiyāle
vaṇ⟨5⟩ṭuvarāpati Emperumān śrīpaṇṭārattile Irāyūr A(ru)ḷāḷabhaṭṭaṉ
Oṭukkiṉa kācu O(ṉ)ṟum mattu(va)licc¿i?⟨ī⟩riḷaṅkobhaṭṭa(ṉ) O(ṭu)⟨6⟩kkiṉa
kācu Oṉṟum miñ(cū)r Emperu(m)āṉ A(ṭi)yāḷ (vi)ḷaṅkavan=t¿a?⟨ā⟩r Oṭukkina
kācu Oṉṟu(m) poruṅkuṉṟat(tu) kaṇṇantai kuppaṉ ⟨7⟩ Iravucantiviḷakkerikka
Oṭukkina kācu Oṉṟarai [∥]

## Apparatus

⟨2⟩ ca(tur)ppe(ti)maṅkalattu • The r of catur is corrected by the
engraver from ṟ.

⟨3⟩ [5+] kaṅkāṇi • Read śrīvaiṣṇavakkaṇkāṇi.

## Translation by Hultzsch 1899

Hail ! Prosperity ! In the thirteenth year (of the reign) of
Rājarājadēva,—under the supervision of both Aruḷāḷa-Bhaṭṭaṉ of Irāyūr,
the manager of the temple of Vaṇḍuvarāpati-Emberumāṉ at Maṇimaṅgalam,
alias Pāṇḍiyaṉai-irumaḍiveṉ-koṇḍa-Śōḻa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, in
Kuṉṟattūr-nāḍu, (a subdivision) of Kulōttuṅga-Śōḻa-vaḷanāḍu, (a
district) of Jayaṅkoṇḍa-Śōḻa-maṇḍalam, and of Vaṇḍuvarāpati . . . . . ,
the overseer of the Śrī-Vaishṇavas in this temple,—(the following sums)
were paid on interest into the treasury of the temple of
Vaṇḍuvarāpati-Emberumāṉ, as a fund for burning lamps at evening dawn
before this Emberumāṉ:—one kāśu by Aruḷāḷa-Bhaṭṭaṉ of Irāyūr; one kāśu
by Mattu[va]li Śīriḷaṅgō-Bhaṭṭaṉ; one kāśu by Emberumāṉ-Aḍiyāḷ
[Vi]ḷaṅgavand[ā]r of Miñjūr; and one and a half kāśu, for burning a lamp
at evening dawn, by Kaṇṇandai Kuppaṉ of Poruṅguṉṟam.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.38 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. Page 85, item
38.