SII 3.40: original edition by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch

Alternative title: “IV.—INSCRIPTIONS AT MANIMANGALAM. No. 40.—ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE EAST WALL OF THE INNER PRAKARA OF THE RAJAGOPALA-PERUMAL TEMPLE.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This inscription consists of a single Sanskrit verse in the Indravajrā metre and of a passage in Tamil prose. It is dated on a week-day (l. 3) which will probably admit of calculation, in the 18th year of the reign of Tribhuvanachakravartin Rājarājadēva, and records the gift of two lamps to the image of Vishṇu, and to an image of Narasiṁha which was set up in the same temple.

Languages: Sanskrit (san) [Grantha (grantha)], Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0040.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrīḥ ⁓ vādhūlago(tr)ār(ṇṇa)vapūrṇṇacandra⟨ḥ⟩ śrīkṛṣṇasūri(r)nnidhirāgamānāM [|] ratnāgrahārasthitaye
⟨2⟩ parasmai prādāt· pradīpa(dva)yamādipuṃse ⁓ [1 ∥] tribhuvanaccakrava(r)ttika(ḷ) śrīrājarājadevaṟku yāṇṭu 10 8 Āva(tu)
⟨3⟩ makaranāyaṟṟu pūrvvapakṣattu prathamaiyum tiṅkaṭkiḻamaiyum peṟṟa tiruvo(ṇat)tu nāḷ ma(ṇi)maṅkalamā(ṉa)
⟨4⟩ grāmaśikhāmaṇiccaturvvedimaṅkalattu ma⟨⟨ṉ⟩⟩ṉaṉār koyililttiruvārā(dha)nam paṇ(ṇu)m {śrī}
⟨5⟩ śrīrāmabhaṭṭa(ṉu)m Ivaṉ tampi vīṟṟiruntāṉ bhaṭṭa(ṉum I)vviruvom Ivvūrkkuṇṭ¿u?r śrīkṛṣṇabhaṭṭa [****]
⟨6⟩ yar pakkal nāṅkaḷ kaikkoṇṭa cempoṉ Irukaḻañcu [|] Iccempo(ṉ I)ruka(ḻa)ñcukkum prātassandhi(yile) ⟨maṉ⟩-
⟨7⟩ (ṉa)ṉār tirumuṉpe Orutiru(vi)ḷakkum sāyaṁsandhi(yi)le Ikko(yi)lileḻuntaruḷi Irukkum ciṅkapperumā(ḷ)
⟨8⟩ tirumu(ṉ)pe O(ru)tiruviḷakku(m) candrādityavarai celu(t)takkaṭavomāka śilālekhai pa(ṇṇi)kkuṭuttom Ivviruvo(m) (௳)

Apparatus

⟨2⟩ {śrī} • After śrī some letters have been erased.

Translation by Hultzsch 1899

Hail ! Prosperity ! (Verse 1.) Śrīkṛishṇa-Sūri, a treasury of the scriptures (Āgama), the full-moon of the ocean (which is) the Vādhūla-gōtra, gave a pair of lamps to the highest primal being (Vishṇu) who resides at Ratnāgrahāra.¹

(Line 2.) In the 18th year (of the reign) of the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Rājarājadēva, on the day of Śravaṇa, which corresponded to a Monday and to the first tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Makara,—we two, Śrīrāma-Bhaṭṭaṉ, who performs the worship in the temple of Maṉṉaṉār (Vishṇu) at Maṇimaṅgalam, alias Grāmaśikhāmaṇi-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, and his younger brother Vīṟṟirundāṉ Bhaṭṭaṉ, received two kaḻañju of pure gold from Śrīkṛishṇa-Bhaṭṭa² . . . . . of Kuṇḍūr, (a resident) of this village.

(L. 6.) We two have caused to be engraved on stone that, (in return) for these two kaḻañju of pure gold, we shall have to burn, as long as the moon and the sun exist, one sacred lamp in the morning before the god Maṉṉaṉār, and one sacred lamp in the evening before the god Śiṅga-Perumāḷ who is pleased to reside in the same temple.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.40 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 86–87, item 40.

Notes

1. I.e. Manimaṅgalam; compare No. 27, verse 1.
2. The same person was called Śrīkṛishṇa-Sūri in verse 1.

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<p>Hail ! Prosperity ! (Verse 1.) <hi rend="bold">Śrīkṛishṇa-Sūri</hi>, a treasury of the scriptures (<hi rend="italic">Āgama</hi>), the full-moon of the ocean (<hi rend="italic">which is</hi>) the <hi rend="italic">Vādhūla-gōtra</hi>, gave a pair of lamps to the highest primal being <hi rend="bold">(Vishṇu)</hi> who resides at <hi rend="bold">Ratnāgrahāra</hi>.<note><hi rend="italic">I.e.</hi> Manimaṅgalam; compare No. <ref target="DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0027">27</ref>, verse 1.</note></p>

<p>(Line 2.) In the 18th year (<hi rend="italic">of the reign</hi>) of the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious <hi rend="bold">Rājarājadēva</hi>, on the day of <hi rend="italic">Śravaṇa</hi>, which corresponded to a Monday and to the first <hi rend="italic">tithi</hi> of the first fortnight of the month of <hi rend="italic">Makara</hi>,—we two, <hi rend="bold">Śrīrāma-Bhaṭṭaṉ</hi>, who performs the worship in the temple of <hi rend="bold">Maṉṉaṉār</hi> (Vishṇu) at <hi rend="bold">Maṇimaṅgalam</hi>, <hi rend="italic">alias</hi> <hi rend="bold">Grāmaśikhāmaṇi-chaturvēdimaṅgalam</hi>, and his younger brother <hi rend="bold">Vīṟṟirundāṉ Bhaṭṭaṉ</hi>, received two <hi rend="italic">kaḻañju</hi> of pure gold from <hi rend="bold">Śrīkṛishṇa-Bhaṭṭa</hi><note>The same person was called Śrīkṛishṇa-Sūri in verse 1.</note> . . . . . of <hi rend="bold">Kuṇḍūr</hi>, (<hi rend="italic">a resident</hi>) of this village.</p>

<p>(L. 6.) We two have caused to be engraved on stone that, (<hi rend="italic">in return</hi>) for these two <hi rend="italic">kaḻañju</hi> of pure gold, we shall have to burn, as long as the moon and the sun exist, one sacred lamp in the morning before the god <hi rend="bold">Maṉṉaṉār</hi>, and one sacred lamp in the evening before the god <hi rend="bold">Śiṅga-Perumāḷ</hi> who is pleased to reside in the same temple.</p>

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