# SII 3.46: original edition by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: V.—INSCRIPTIONS AT TIRUVALLAM. No. 46.—ON A STONE
BUILT INTO THE FLOOR OF THE BILVANATHESVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0046

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0046.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

The alphabet of this inscription is Tamil and Grantha of an archaic type
and resembles that of the rock inscription No. 42. It records a gift of
gold for maintaining a lamp by the queen of Vāṇavidyādhara-Vāṇarāya. As
will be shown below (p. 99), this king may be identified with
Vikramāditya I., the sixth of the Bāṇa chiefs whose names are given in
the Udayēndiram plates.[1] Nos. 47 and 48, which record grants by a
queen of the same king, as well as Nos. 43 and 44, are copies of lost
originals[2] and hence exhibit comparatively modern characters. The
archaic alphabet of the subjoined inscription and the fact that it is
engraved on a single stone, which does not form part of the temple
itself, prove that it is an original record of the time of
Vāṇavidyādhara. Evidently it owes its preservation to the accident that,
when the central shrine and the maṇḍapa were rebuilt, the stone which
bears it was utilised for the new pavement of the temple.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥]
sakalajaga⟨t⟩trayā¿p?⟨bh⟩i¿(bha)n?⟨v⟩a¿n=t?⟨nd⟩itasurāsurā⟨2⟩dh¿i?⟨ī⟩śaparameśvarapratihār¿i?⟨ī⟩kṛtam¿ā?⟨a⟩hābalikulo⟨3⟩¿t?⟨d⟩bhavavāṇavi¿j?⟨dy⟩ādharavāṇarāyar
māteviyār teṉ(ṟa)ḷi ⟨4⟩ t¿i?⟨ī⟩kkāliperu(m)āṉaṭikaḷu⟨k⟩ku
nantāviḷa⟨k⟩kukku (ti)ruva⟨l⟩lattu ⟨5⟩ sa(bhai)yār⟨k⟩kukkuṭutt¿u?⟨a⟩
cempoṉ Irupatiṉ kaḻa⟨ñ⟩cu [|] (I)ta⟨ṉ⟩ poli⟨6⟩yū⟨ṭ⟩ṭu nicati Uriy ney
A⟨ṭ⟩ṭuvomāṉom sabh(ai)yom [|] ⟨7⟩ (I)nney mu⟨ṭ⟩(ṭiṉa) potu(m)
Ai(ṅ)kaḻañcu (po)ṉ ta(ṇ)ṭa⟨p⟩paṭuvomā⟨8⟩ṉom [|] I⟨t⟩taṇṭa⟨p⟩pa⟨ṭ⟩ṭum ney
mu⟨ṭ⟩ṭāte A⟨ṭ⟩ṭuvomāṉom sabhaiy(o)m [∥]

## Translation by Hultzsch 1899

(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! The great queen of
Vāṇavidyādhara-Vāṇarāya,—born from the family of Mahābali, who had been
made door-keeper by the lord of gods and demons, Paramēśvara (Śiva), who
is worshipped in all the three worlds,—gave to the members of the
assembly of Tiruvallam twenty kaḻañju of pure gold for (maintaining) a
perpetual lamp before Tīkkāli-Perumāṉaḍigaḷ, (the god of) the southern
temple (Teṉṟaḷi).

(L. 5.) (As) interest on this, we, the assembly, shall have to supply
(one) uri of ghee per day. Whenever (we) fail (to supply) this ghee, we
shall have to pay a fine of five kaḻañju of gold. Though fined thus, we,
the assembly, shall (continue) to supply the ghee without fail.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.46 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 97–98,
item 46.

[1] Ep. Ind. Vol. III. p. 75.

[2] See the introductory remarks to Nos. 43 and 47.