# SII 3.41: original edition by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: IV.—INSCRIPTIONS AT MANIMANGALAM. No. 41.—ON THE EAST
WALL OF THE DHARMESVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0041

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0041.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

Like No. 40, this inscription is dated on a week-day which will probably
admit of calculation, in the 18th year of the reign of
Tribhuvanachakravartin Rājarājadēva. It records that the same two
brothers, who are mentioned in No. 39 above, paid to the authorities of
the Dharmēśvara temple two kaḻañju of gold, from the interest of which
the cost of feeding two lamps had to be defrayed.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] tiruvāykkeḻvi muṉṉāka tribhuvaṉaccakkarava(t)tikaḷ
śrīrājarājadevarkku yāṇṭu 10 8 vatu siṁhanā⟨2⟩(ya)ṟṟu Aparapakṣattu
dvi(tī)yaiyuñcevvāykkiḻamaiyum peṟṟa revatinā(ḷ)
jayaṅkoṇṭacoḻama⟨3⟩ṇṭalattuppuliyūrkkoṭṭamāṉa
kulottuṅkacoḻava(ḷan)āṭṭukkuṉ(ṟa)ttūrnāṭṭu maṇimaṅkalamāṉa
grāma⟨4⟩cikāma(ṇi)ccaturvve(di)maṅkalattu U(ṭai)yār
(ta)ṉ(mī)śvaramu(ṭ)aiya nāyaṉār koyiṟcivabrāhmaṇakkāṇi Uṭai⟨5⟩ya
gautamaṉ Ampalakkūttabhaṭṭaṉum kāśyamaṉ gaṁgādharabhaṭṭaṉum kāśyamaṉ
tirucciṟṟampalapaṭṭa(ṉu)ḷ⟨6⟩ḷiṭṭārum (I)vva(ṉai)vom Ivvūr gaṇakaṉ
(pa)ñcanati la(kṣu)maṇaṉ malaikiṉiyaniṉṟāṉ periyapiḷḷai Āṉa
bra(hma)⟨7⟩priyaṉum Ivaṉ ta(m)pi (Āka)mallitevaṉum pakkal Iṉṉāḷ mutal
ci(ṟu)kā(lai)ccantikku vaitta tiruviḷakku Iraṇṭu⟨8⟩(m)
Erippomākappo(li)yūṭ(ṭ)ākakkaikkoṇṭa cempoṉ 2 <kaḻañcu> [|] Ippoṉ
Irukaḻa(ñcu)ṅkaikkoṇṭu ⟨9⟩ cantirātittavarai Erikka kaṭa(v)omāka
śilāle(kh)ai paṇṇikkuṭuttom (Iv)va(ṉai)vom [|] paṇiyāl Ivai
maṇimaṅkalamu(ṭ)ai(y)āṉ Ā(ḷu)m⟨10⟩pirāṉ (E)ḻuttu [∥]

## Apparatus

⟨5⟩ kāśyamaṉ • Read kāśyapaṉ.

⟨7⟩ (Āka)malli • Read Akavamalla.

⟨8⟩ cempoṉ 2 <kaḻañcu> • This symbol is used as an abbreviation for
kaḻañcu; compare Ep. Ind. Vol. V, p. 106, note 2.

## Translation by Hultzsch 1899

(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! With the approval of the god,—in the 18th
year (of the reign) of the emperor of the three worlds,
Śrī-Rājarājadēva, on the day of Rēvatī, which corresponded to a Tuesday
and to the second tithi of the second fortnight of the month of
Siṁha,—we, all the holders of the land (kāṇi) of the Śiva-Brāhmaṇas of
the temple of the lord Taṉmīśvara at Maṇimaṅgalam, alias
Grāmaśikhāmaṇi-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, in Kuṉṟattūr-nāḍu, (a subdivision) of
Puliyūr-kōṭṭam, alias Kulōttuṅga-Śōḻavaḷanāḍu, (a district) of
Jayaṅkoṇḍa-Śōḻa-maṇḍalam, (viz.) Gautamaṉ Ambalakkūtta-Bhaṭṭaṉ, Kāśyapaṉ
Gaṅgādhara-Bhaṭṭaṉ, and the partners[1] of Kāśyapaṉ
Tiruchchiṟṟambala-Bhaṭṭaṉ, received on interest from Brahmapriyaṉ, the
eldest son of Pañchanadi Lakshmaṇaṉ Malaigiṉiyaniṉṟāṉ, the accountant of
this village, and his younger brother Āhavamalladēvaṉ 2 kaḻañju of pure
gold (under the condition) that we should burn at early dawn from this
day two sacred lamps which (those two persons) had given (to the
temple).

(L. 8.) We, all these persons, caused to be engraved on stone that,
having received these two kaḻañju of gold, we shall be bound to burn
(those two lamps) as long as the moon and the sun exist.

(L. 9.) This was written under order by Maṇimaṅgalam-uḍaiyāṉ Āḷumbirāṉ.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.41 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 87–88,
item 41.

[1] See above, p. 6, note 11.