SII 3.51: original edition by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch

Alternative title: “No. 51.—ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE BILVANATHESVARA SHRINE.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This inscription is dated in the 16th year of the reign of the Chōḷa king Rājarāja I. (l. 2) and records that the citizens of Vāṇapuram (ll. 2 and 6), i.e. Tiruvallam,¹ sold 700 kuḻi of land to Śaṁkaradēva, the son of Tiruvaiyaṉ (ll. 5 and 6), who granted it to the temple of Tiruvaiya-Īśvara (l. 6). This temple was situated on the south of the Bilvanāthēśvara temple and was evidently named after Tiruvaiyaṉ, the father of the donor. Tiruvaiyaṉ seems to have claimed descent from the Western Gaṅga kings. For, to his name are prefixed the name and the epithets of Śivamahārāja (l. 4 f.), as we have found them in Nos. 47 and 48. As these epithets are spelt with almost exactly the same mistakes as in No. 48,² I believe that the donor copied them from that very inscription, which he found engraved on the temple.

Language: Tamil (tam).

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] tirumakaḷ polapperunilaccelviyum taṉa⟨k⟩ke Urimai p¿u?ṇṭamai maṉa⟨k⟩koḷ kāntaḷ¿u?rcālai kalamaṟut(ta)ruḷi veṅkaināṭuṅkaṅ⟨ka⟩pāṭi(yu)m taṭivaḻi⟨yum⟩ (nuḷa)⟨mpa⟩p(ā)ṭiyum ku(ṭama)laināṭuṅkollamuṅkaliṅkamu⟨m⟩ tiṇṭiṟal veṉṟi taṇ-
⟨2⟩ ṭāl koṇṭa taṇeḻil vaḷaroḷi ceḻiyarai tecu koṇṭa ko r¿a?jar¿a?jarājakecaripaṉma⟨r⟩k=kiyāṇṭu 10 6 Āvatu paṭuv¿u?rkoṭṭattu karaivaḻi taṉ kūṟṟu vāṇapuratturomeṅkaḷ ¿U?r mañ(cik)kamā⟨ṉa⟩ pūmi po(ḷi)kkāvati melaicceṟuvumita(ṉ) melai kuṇṭiliraṇṭumitan k¿i?ḻ-
⟨3⟩ ¿(p)ā(ṭ)?kellai poḷik=kāvati paḷḷaceṟuviṟkuntirut¿i?kkāli perumā(ṉ) (śr)¿(a)?pal¿a?pokam Araik=kālmukkāluk=ku (m)e¿k?ku [|] tenpāṟkellai Araik=kālmukkāl kuṇṭukaḷuk=ku karu(m)¿a?n ku(ṇ)ṭukaḷu⟨k⟩ku vaṭa⟨k⟩kumitaṉ melpāṟkellai meṟpaṭṭiyāṉa cīpalipa⟨ṭ⟩ṭi⟨k⟩ku kiḻa⟨k⟩kum [|] vaṭapā⟨ṟ⟩kellai I⟨v⟩vū-
⟨4⟩ r mātevapokamuk=kālceṟu(vi)ṟkum ku⟨ṭ⟩ṭai k¿i?ḻ (c)eṟuviṟku teṟkum [|] Āka (ṉā)ṟpālellaiyuḷ naṭuvupa⟨ṭ⟩ṭa nilam pa(tiṉa)ṟucā(ṇ) kolāl puḷḷi Eḻunūṟu kuḻi nilamum goguṇi(dha)nmaparamadhanmamāharājanipuṇilapuraparameśvaraśrīnāradhaśrīmataśi-
⟨5⟩ vamāharā(ja)tiruvaiyan caṅkaratevaṟku (I)n(ni)lam viṟṟu vilai(śr)¿a?vaṇai ceytu kuṭutto[m] ⟨|⟩ ¿ne?nilatt¿a?l vaṉta krayattirappiyamu⟨m⟩ Iṟaitirappiya{m}(mu)mivar pak=kalaṟakkoṇṭu (I)ṟaiyiḻi⟨t⟩ti (vi)ṟṟu vilaiśrā- vaṇai ceyt¿a? kuṭuttomap-
⟨6⟩ pū(mi ti)ru(va)llattu (ti)rut¿(ti)?kkā(li) ¿poḷ? koyilin te¿k?kil (tiru)vaiyyaīcura(ttu)kku Aṟcanāpokamāka (ti)ruvaiyanār maka¿ḷ? caṅkara(te)vanu⟨k⟩ku viṟṟu vilai(śr)āva(ṇai) ceytu kuṭuttomuṟco⟨l⟩lappaṭṭa vā(ṇa)puratt¿u?rom [||]

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] tirumakaḷ polapperunilaccelviyum taṉa⟨k⟩ke Urimai p⟨ū⟩ṇṭamai maṉa⟨k⟩koḷ kāntaḷ⟨ū⟩rcālai kalamaṟut(ta)ruḷi veṅkaināṭuṅkaṅ⟨ka⟩pāṭi(yu)m taṭivaḻi⟨yum⟩ (nuḷa)⟨mpa⟩p(ā)ṭiyum ku(ṭama)laināṭuṅkollamuṅkaliṅkamu⟨m⟩ tiṇṭiṟal veṉṟi taṇ⟨2⟩ṭāl koṇṭa taṇeḻil vaḷaroḷi ceḻiyarai tecu koṇṭa ko r⟨ā⟩jar⟨ā⟩jarājakecaripaṉma⟨r⟩k=kiyāṇṭu 10 6 Āvatu paṭuv⟨ū⟩rkoṭṭattu karaivaḻi taṉ kūṟṟu vāṇapuratturomeṅkaḷ ⟨Ū⟩r mañ(cik)kamā⟨ṉa⟩ pūmi po(ḷi)kkāvati melaicceṟuvumita(ṉ) melai kuṇṭiliraṇṭumitan k⟨ī⟩ḻ⟨3⟩⟨pāṟ⟩kellai poḷik=kāvati paḷḷaceṟuviṟkuntirut⟨ī⟩kkāli perumā(ṉ) (śr)⟨ī⟩pal⟨i⟩pokam Araik=kālmukkāluk=ku (m)e⟨ṟ⟩ku [|] tenpāṟkellai Araik=kālmukkāl kuṇṭukaḷuk=ku karu(m)⟨ā⟩n ku(ṇ)ṭukaḷu⟨k⟩ku vaṭa⟨k⟩kumitaṉ melpāṟkellai meṟpaṭṭiyāṉa cīpalipa⟨ṭ⟩ṭi⟨k⟩ku kiḻa⟨k⟩kum [|] vaṭapā⟨ṟ⟩kellai I⟨v⟩vū⟨4⟩r mātevapokamuk=kālceṟu(vi)ṟkum ku⟨ṭ⟩ṭai k⟨ī⟩ḻ (c)eṟuviṟku teṟkum [|] Āka (ṉā)ṟpālellaiyuḷ naṭuvupa⟨ṭ⟩ṭa nilam pa(tiṉa)ṟucā(ṇ) kolāl puḷḷi Eḻunūṟu kuḻi nilamum goguṇi(dha)nmaparamadhanmamāharājanipuṇilapuraparameśvaraśrīnāradhaśrīmataśi⟨5⟩vamāharā(ja)tiruvaiyan caṅkaratevaṟku (I)n(ni)lam viṟṟu vilai(śr)⟨ā⟩vaṇai ceytu kuṭutto[m] ⟨|⟩ ⟨i⟩nilatt⟨ā⟩l vaṉta krayattirappiyamu⟨m⟩ Iṟaitirappiya{m}(mu)mivar pak=kalaṟakkoṇṭu (I)ṟaiyiḻi⟨t⟩ti (vi)ṟṟu vilaiśrā- vaṇai ceyt⟨u⟩ kuṭuttomap⟨6⟩pū(mi ti)ru(va)llattu (ti)rut⟨tī⟩kkā(li) ⟨perumāṉ⟩ koyilin te⟨ṟ⟩kil (tiru)vaiyyaīcura(ttu)kku Aṟcanāpokamāka (ti)ruvaiyanār maka⟨ṉ⟩ caṅkara(te)vanu⟨k⟩ku viṟṟu vilai(śr)āva(ṇai) ceytu kuṭuttomuṟco⟨l⟩lappaṭṭa vā(ṇa)puratt⟨ū⟩rom [||]

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] tirumakaḷ polapperunilaccelviyum taṉa⟨k⟩ke Urimai p¿u?⟨ū⟩ṇṭamai maṉa⟨k⟩koḷ kāntaḷ¿u?⟨ū⟩rcālai kalamaṟut(ta)ruḷi veṅkaināṭuṅkaṅ⟨ka⟩pāṭi(yu)m taṭivaḻi⟨yum⟩ (nuḷa)⟨mpa⟩p(ā)ṭiyum ku(ṭama)laināṭuṅkollamuṅkaliṅkamu⟨m⟩ tiṇṭiṟal veṉṟi taṇ⟨2⟩ṭāl koṇṭa taṇeḻil vaḷaroḷi ceḻiyarai tecu koṇṭa ko r¿a?⟨ā⟩jar¿a?⟨ā⟩jarājakecaripaṉma⟨r⟩k=kiyāṇṭu 10 6 Āvatu paṭuv¿u?⟨ū⟩rkoṭṭattu karaivaḻi taṉ kūṟṟu vāṇapuratturomeṅkaḷ ¿U?⟨Ū⟩r mañ(cik)kamā⟨ṉa⟩ pūmi po(ḷi)kkāvati melaicceṟuvumita(ṉ) melai kuṇṭiliraṇṭumitan k¿i?⟨ī⟩ḻ⟨3⟩¿(p)ā(ṭ)?⟨pāṟ⟩kellai poḷik=kāvati paḷḷaceṟuviṟkuntirut¿i?⟨ī⟩kkāli perumā(ṉ) (śr)¿(a)?⟨ī⟩pal¿a?⟨i⟩pokam Araik=kālmukkāluk=ku (m)e¿k?⟨ṟ⟩ku [|] tenpāṟkellai Araik=kālmukkāl kuṇṭukaḷuk=ku karu(m)¿a?⟨ā⟩n ku(ṇ)ṭukaḷu⟨k⟩ku vaṭa⟨k⟩kumitaṉ melpāṟkellai meṟpaṭṭiyāṉa cīpalipa⟨ṭ⟩ṭi⟨k⟩ku kiḻa⟨k⟩kum [|] vaṭapā⟨ṟ⟩kellai I⟨v⟩vū⟨4⟩r mātevapokamuk=kālceṟu(vi)ṟkum ku⟨ṭ⟩ṭai k¿i?⟨ī⟩ḻ (c)eṟuviṟku teṟkum [|] Āka (ṉā)ṟpālellaiyuḷ naṭuvupa⟨ṭ⟩ṭa nilam pa(tiṉa)ṟucā(ṇ) kolāl puḷḷi Eḻunūṟu kuḻi nilamum goguṇi(dha)nmaparamadhanmamāharājanipuṇilapuraparameśvaraśrīnāradhaśrīmataśi⟨5⟩vamāharā(ja)tiruvaiyan caṅkaratevaṟku (I)n(ni)lam viṟṟu vilai(śr)¿a?⟨ā⟩vaṇai ceytu kuṭutto[m] ⟨|⟩ ¿ne?⟨i⟩nilatt¿a?⟨ā⟩l vaṉta krayattirappiyamu⟨m⟩ Iṟaitirappiya{m}(mu)mivar pak=kalaṟakkoṇṭu (I)ṟaiyiḻi⟨t⟩ti (vi)ṟṟu vilaiśrā- vaṇai ceyt¿a?⟨u⟩ kuṭuttomap⟨6⟩pū(mi ti)ru(va)llattu (ti)rut¿(ti)?⟨tī⟩kkā(li) ¿poḷ?⟨perumāṉ⟩ koyilin te¿k?⟨ṟ⟩kil (tiru)vaiyyaīcura(ttu)kku Aṟcanāpokamāka (ti)ruvaiyanār maka¿ḷ?⟨ṉ⟩ caṅkara(te)vanu⟨k⟩ku viṟṟu vilai(śr)āva(ṇai) ceytu kuṭuttomuṟco⟨l⟩lappaṭṭa vā(ṇa)puratt¿u?⟨ū⟩rom [||]

Apparatus

⟨4⟩ goguṇi(dha)nmaparamadhanmamāharāja° • Read koṃguṇivarmaparamadharmamahārāja°. — ⟨4⟩ °śrīnāradhaśrīmataśi⟨5⟩vamāharā(ja)° • Read śrīnāthaśrīmacchivamahārāja.

⟨6⟩ poḷ • Read perumāṉ, as in text line 3 above.

Translation by Hultzsch 1899

(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 16th year (of the reign) of king Rājarāja-Rājakēsarivarman, who, (in his) tender youth, during which,—(in) the belief that, as well as the goddess of fortune, the goddess of the great earth had become his wife,—(he) was pleased to destroy the ships (at) Kāndaḷūr-Śālai and conquered by (his) army, which was victorious in great battles, Vēṅgai-nāḍu, Gaṅga-pāḍi, Taḍi-vaḻi, Nuḷambapāḍi, Kuḍamalai-nāḍu, Kollam and Kaliṅgam,—deprived the Śeḻiyas, whose lustre had been growing, of (their) splendour,—we, the citizens of Vāṇapuram, (a city) in its own subdivision³ of Karaivaḻi, (a division) of Paḍuvūr-kōṭṭam, sold and gave by a deed of sale⁴ the following land in the environs⁵ of our city to Śaṁkaradēva, (the son of) [K]o[ṅ]guṇi[va]rman, the very righteous Mahārāja, the supreme lord of Nipuṇilapura,⁹ Śrīnātha, the glorious Śivamahārāja-Tiruvaiyaṉ:—The upper field of Poḷikkāvadi and two pieces above this. The eastern boundary of this (land is) to the west of the lower field of Poḷikkāvadi and of (the field called) Araikkālmukkāl,⁶ (the produce of) which is used for the offerings of (the god) Tirutīkkāli-Perumāṉ. The southern boundary (is) to the north of pieces of the Araikkālmukkāl (field) and of pieces (of the field) of the blacksmith (Karumāṉ). Its western boundary (is) to the east of the Śrībali-paṭṭi⁷ in the west. The northern boundary (is) to the south of the Mukkāl field enjoyed by (the temple of) Mahādēva in this city, and of the field below the pond. The land enclosed within these four boundaries is estimated at seven hundred kuḻi by the rod of sixteen spans.⁸

(L. 5.) Having received from him the whole of the purchase-money and tax-money due for this land, we sold (it) free of taxes and gave a deed of sale. We, the above-mentioned citizens of Vāṇapuram, sold and gave by a deed of sale that land to Śaṁkaradēva, the son of Tiruvaiyaṉ, for (providing) the expenses of the worship to (the temple of) Tiruvaiya-Īśvara on the south of the temple of Tiruttīkkāli-Perumāṉ at Tiruvallam.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.51 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 104–106, item 51.

Notes

1. See p. 91 above.
2. Viz. goguṉidhamma and goguṇidhanma for koṅguṇivarma, nipuṇilapura for kuvaḷālapura, and śrīnāradha for śrīnātha.
3. See above, p. 3, note 7.
4. Vilai-śrāvaṇai is the same as vilaiy-āvaṇam in No. 10, text line 2, and No. 33, text line 19.
5. See above, p. 101, note 5.
6. This is a mistake for Kuvaḷālapura; see p. 99 above.
7. I.e. ‘the land (the produce of) which is used for the offerings of the god.’
8. Compare p. 17 above.

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<lem><hi rend="grantha">gogu</hi>ṇi<hi rend="grantha"><unclear>dha</unclear>nmaparamadhanmamāharāja</hi>°</lem>

<note>Read <foreign><hi rend="grantha">koṃgu</hi>ṇiva<hi rend="grantha">rmaparamadharmamahārāja</hi>°</foreign>.</note>

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<note>Read <hi rend="grantha">śrī</hi>nā<hi rend="grantha">thaśrīmacchi</hi>va<hi rend="grantha">mahārāja</hi>.</note>

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<p>(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 16th year (<hi rend="italic">of the reign</hi>) of king <hi rend="bold">Rājarāja-Rājakēsarivarman</hi>, who, (<hi rend="italic">in his</hi>) tender youth, during which,—(<hi rend="italic">in</hi>) the belief that, as well as the goddess of fortune, the goddess of the great earth had become his wife,—(<hi rend="italic">he</hi>) was pleased to destroy the ships (<hi rend="italic">at</hi>) <hi rend="bold">Kāndaḷūr-Śālai</hi> and conquered by (<hi rend="italic">his</hi>) army, which was victorious in great battles, <hi rend="bold">Vēṅgai-nāḍu, Gaṅga-pāḍi, Taḍi-vaḻi, Nuḷambapāḍi, Kuḍamalai-nāḍu, Kollam</hi> and <hi rend="bold">Kaliṅgam</hi>,—deprived the <hi rend="bold">Śeḻiyas</hi>, whose lustre had been growing, of (<hi rend="italic">their</hi>) splendour,—we, the citizens of <hi rend="bold">Vāṇapuram</hi>, (<hi rend="italic">a city</hi>) in its own subdivision<note>See above, p. 3, note 7.</note> of <hi rend="bold">Karaivaḻi</hi>, (<hi rend="italic">a division</hi>) of <hi rend="bold">Paḍuvūr-kōṭṭam</hi>, sold and gave by a deed of sale<note><hi rend="italic">Vilai-śrāvaṇai</hi> is the same as <hi rend="italic">vilaiy-āvaṇam</hi> in No. 10, text line 2, and No. 33, text line 19.</note> the following land in the environs<note>See above, p. 101, note 5.</note> of our city to <hi rend="bold">Śaṁkaradēva</hi>, (<hi rend="italic">the son of</hi>) <hi rend="bold">[K]o[ṅ]guṇi[va]rman</hi>, the very righteous <hi rend="italic">Mahārāja</hi>, the supreme lord of <hi rend="bold">Nipuṇilapura,<note>This is a mistake for Kuvaḷālapura; see p. 99 above.</note> Śrīnātha</hi>, the glorious <hi rend="bold">Śivamahārāja-Tiruvaiyaṉ:</hi>—The upper field of <hi rend="bold">Poḷikkāvadi</hi> and two pieces above this. The eastern boundary of this (<hi rend="italic">land is</hi>) to the west of the lower field of <hi rend="bold">Poḷikkāvadi</hi> and of (the field called) <hi rend="italic">Araikkālmukkāl,</hi><note><hi rend="italic">I.e.</hi> ‘three quarters of one eighth (of a measure of land).’</note> (the produce of) which is used for the offerings of (<hi rend="italic">the god</hi>) <hi rend="bold">Tirutīkkāli-Perumāṉ</hi>. The southern boundary (<hi rend="italic">is</hi>) to the north of pieces of the <hi rend="italic">Araikkālmukkāl</hi> (field) and of pieces (<hi rend="italic">of the field</hi>) of the blacksmith (<hi rend="italic">Karumāṉ</hi>). Its western boundary (<hi rend="italic">is</hi>) to the east of the <hi rend="italic">Śrībali-paṭṭi</hi><note><hi rend="italic">I.e.</hi> ‘the land (the produce of) which is used for the offerings of the god.’</note> in the west. The northern boundary (<hi rend="italic">is</hi>) to the south of the <hi rend="italic">Mukkāl</hi> field enjoyed by (<hi rend="italic">the temple of</hi>) <hi rend="bold">Mahādēva</hi> in this city, and of the field below the pond. The land enclosed within these four boundaries is estimated at seven hundred <hi rend="italic">kuḻi</hi> by the rod of sixteen spans.<note>Compare p. 17 above.</note></p>

<p>(L. 5.) Having received from him the whole of the purchase-money and tax-money due for this land, we sold (<hi rend="italic">it</hi>) free of taxes and gave a deed of sale. We, the above-mentioned citizens of <hi rend="bold">Vāṇapuram</hi>, sold and gave by a deed of sale that land to <hi rend="bold">Śaṁkaradēva</hi>, the son of <hi rend="bold">Tiruvaiyaṉ</hi>, for (<hi rend="italic">providing</hi>) the expenses of the worship to (<hi rend="italic">the temple of</hi>) <hi rend="bold">Tiruvaiya-Īśvara</hi> on the south of the temple of <hi rend="bold">Tiruttīkkāli-Perumāṉ</hi> at <hi rend="bold">Tiruvallam</hi>.</p>

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