SII 3.52: original edition by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch

Alternative title: “No. 52.—ON THE WEST AND SOUTH WALLS OF THE BILVANATHESVARA SHRINE.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This inscription is dated in the 20th year of the reign of the Chōḷa king Rājarāja I. and records the gift of a lamp by Naṉṉamaraiyar or Naṉṉamaṉ,¹ the son of Tukkarai. The donor belonged to the Vaidumba family and ruled over Iṅgallūr-nāḍu,² a district of Mahārājapāḍi.

The seven thousand (villages) of Mārājavāḍi, the chief town of which seems to have been Vallūru, are mentioned in an inscription of Rājādhirāja at Miṇḍigal in the Kōlār district (No. 279 of 1895); Mārāyapāḍi occurs in an inscription of Pārthivēndravarman at Takkōlam in the North Arcot district (No. 14 of 1897); and a copper-plate inscription of Kṛishṇarāya of Vijayanagara mentions some villages of the Mārjavāḍa-rājya, which are in the modern Cuddapah district.³ Consequently, Vallūru has to be identified with the present village of Vallūru in the same district.⁴ The Vaidumba king was defeated by the Chōḷa kings Parāntaka I.⁵ and Vīrarājēndra I.;⁶ and Vinayamahādēvī, the mother of the Eastern Gaṅga king Vajrahasta III., belonged to the Vaidumba family.⁷

Language: Tamil (tam).

Version: 2025-09-30 18:28 (7b9d724), last modified 2025-09-21 23:36 (47c1dda).

Edition

⟨1⟩ sva(sti) śrī [||] tirumakaḷ polapperunilaccel(vi)y¿ū?ntaṉakke U(ri)mai (pū)ṇṭamai ma(ṉak)koḷkkāntaḷurccālai kalamaṟuttaru(ḷi) veṅkaināṭum kaṅkapāṭiyum nuḷampapā(ṭi)yum taṭikaipāṭiyuṅkuṭamalaināṭu(ṅ)kollamuṅka(li)ṅkamumeṇṭicai pukaḻ tara (yī)ḻamaṇṭalamuntiṇ(ṭi)ṟal veṉṟi[ttaṇṭāṟ] k(o)ṇṭa ta(ṉ)ṉe(ḻi)l vaḷar ¿vū?(ḻi)yūḷḷellāyāṇ(ṭu)[ntoḻuta](k)[ai] (vi)ḷaṅkum yāṇṭe ce(ḻi)ñraittecu ko[ḷ śrī]kovirājarājarājakesaripanmarāṉa (śrī)rājarājad(e)vaṟku (y)āṇṭu 2 10 Āvatu (pa)ṭu-

⟨2⟩ vūrkko(ṭ)ṭattu m¿i?yaṟain¿a?ṭṭu tiruvallattu tirut¿i?kkāli Āḻvā⟨rk⟩ku mahārājapāṭi Iṅkallūrnāṭu Uṭaiya vaitumpaṉ tukkarai makaṉ naṉṉamaraiyar Itt¿i?kkāli Ā⟨ḻ⟩vārkku can(ti)r¿a?tittavaṟ Erippatāka vaitta nandāviḷakku Oṉṟinukku vaitta cāvā mūvāpperāṭu 9 10 [|] I⟨v⟩v(ā)ṭu toṇ(ṇū)ṟu I⟨v⟩vāṭu to(ṇ) [*****] va tiruUṇṇāḻikai Uṭaiyār kai piṭi Ivar [*****] ṭa viḷakku nan=tāviḷakku Oṉṟu [||]

Translation by Hultzsch 1899

Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 20th year (of the reign) of the glorious king Rājarāja-Rājakēsarivarman, alias Śrī-Rājarājadēva, who, in his life of growing strength, 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, Nuḷamba-pāḍi, Taḍigai-pāḍi, Kuḍamalai-nāḍu, Kollam, Kaliṅgam, and Īḻa-maṇḍalam, (the conquest of which) made (him) famous (in) the eight directions,—deprived the Śeḻiñas of (their) splendour at the very moment when [Udagai], which is worshipped everywhere, was (most) resplendent;—Naṉṉamaraiyar, the son of Tukkarai, the Vaidumba, who possessed Iṅgallūr-nāḍu, (a district) of Mahārājapāḍi, gave one perpetual lamp, (which) was to burn as long as the moon and the sun exist, to (the temple of) Tirutīkkāli-Āḻvār at Tiruvallam in Mīyaṟai-nāḍu, (a subdivision) of Paḍuvūr-kōṭṭam. For (maintaining this lamp he) gave 90 full-grown ewes, which must neither die nor grow old.⁸ These ninety ewes⁹ . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.52 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 106–107, item 52.

Notes

1. See below, p. 107, note 5.
2. There is a village Iggalūr in the Ānekal tāluka of the Bangalore district; see Mr. Rice’s Mysore and Coorg, Vol. II. p. 39. But, as Dr. Fleet suggests to me, ‘Inganur’ near Kāḷahasti is a more probable location.
3. See my Progress Report for October 1890 to March 1891, p. 5.
4. Mr. Sewell’s Lists of Antiquities, Vol. I. p. 129.
5. Above, Vol. II. p. 379.
6. See p. 68 above.
7. Ind. Ant. Vol. XVIII. pp. 164 and 175, and Ep. Ind. Vol. IV. p. 186.
8. See above, Vol. II. p. 375, note 3.
9. The following sentence is damaged. On an adjacent portion of the same wall are three further lines of writing, which seem to be connected with this inscription, as they refer to ninety ewes given by naṉnamaṉ.

Display Options Word Wrap Line Numbers Comments Processing Instructions

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<?xml-model href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/erc-dharma/project-documentation/master/schema/latest/DHARMA_Schema.rng" type="application/xml" schematypens="http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0"?>

<?xml-model href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/erc-dharma/project-documentation/master/schema/latest/DHARMA_SQF.sch" type="application/xml" schematypens="http://purl.oclc.org/dsdl/schematron"?>

<?xml-model href="https://epidoc.stoa.org/schema/latest/tei-epidoc.rng" schematypens="http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0"?>

<?xml-model href="https://epidoc.stoa.org/schema/latest/tei-epidoc.rng" schematypens="http://purl.oclc.org/dsdl/schematron"?>

<title>SII 3.52: original edition by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch</title>

<title type="alt">No. 52.—ON THE WEST AND SOUTH WALLS OF THE BILVANATHESVARA SHRINE.</title>

<resp>author of digital edition</resp>

<forename>Emmanuel</forename>

<surname>Francis</surname>

</persName>

</respStmt>

</titleStmt>

<authority>DHARMA</authority>

<pubPlace>Paris, CEIAS</pubPlace>

<idno type="filename">DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0052</idno>

</publicationStmt>

<repository>DHARMAbase</repository>

<idno/>

</msIdentifier>

<p>This inscription is dated in the 20th year of the reign of the <hi rend="bold">Chōḷa</hi> king <hi rend="bold">Rājarāja</hi> I. and records the gift of a lamp by <hi rend="bold">Naṉṉamaraiyar</hi> or Naṉṉamaṉ,<note>See below, p. 107, note 5.</note> the son of <hi rend="bold">Tukkarai</hi>. The donor belonged to the <hi rend="bold">Vaidumba</hi> family and ruled over <hi rend="bold">Iṅgallūr-nāḍu</hi>,<note>There is a village Iggalūr in the Ānekal tāluka of the Bangalore district; see Mr. Rice's <hi rend="italic">Mysore and Coorg</hi>, Vol. II. p. 39. But, as Dr. Fleet suggests to me, ‘Inganur’ near Kāḷahasti is a more probable location.</note> a district of <hi rend="bold">Mahārājapāḍi</hi>.</p>

<p>The seven thousand (villages) of <hi rend="bold">Mārājavāḍi</hi>, the chief town of which seems to have been <hi rend="bold">Vallūru</hi>, are mentioned in an inscription of <hi rend="bold">Rājādhirāja</hi> at Miṇḍigal in the Kōlār district (No. 279 of 1895); <hi rend="bold">Mārāyapāḍi</hi> occurs in an inscription of <hi rend="bold">Pārthivēndravarman</hi> at <hi rend="bold">Takkōlam</hi> in the North Arcot district (No. 14 of 1897); and a copper-plate inscription of <hi rend="bold">Kṛishṇarāya</hi> of Vijayanagara mentions some villages of the <hi rend="bold">Mārjavāḍa-rājya</hi>, which are in the modern Cuddapah district.<note>See my <hi rend="italic">Progress Report</hi> for October 1890 to March 1891, p. 5.</note> Consequently, Vallūru has to be identified with the present village of <hi rend="bold">Vallūru</hi> in the same district.<note>Mr. Sewell's <hi rend="italic">Lists of Antiquities</hi>, Vol. I. p. 129.</note> The <hi rend="bold">Vaidumba</hi> king was defeated by the Chōḷa kings Parāntaka I.<note>Above, Vol. II. p. 379.</note> and Vīrarājēndra I.;<note>See p. 68 above.</note> and <hi rend="bold">Vinayamahādēvī</hi>, the mother of the Eastern Gaṅga king Vajrahasta III., belonged to the Vaidumba family.<note><hi rend="italic">Ind. Ant</hi>. Vol. XVIII. pp. 164 and 175, and <hi rend="italic">Ep. Ind</hi>. Vol. IV. p. 186.</note> </p>

</summary>

</msContents>

<p/>

</handDesc>

</physDesc>

</msDesc>

</sourceDesc>

</fileDesc>

<change who="part:emfr" when="2025-07-31" status="draft">Further conversion of digital encoding to DHARMA encoding scheme according to EGD (Encoding Guide for Diplomatic Editions)</change>

<change who="part:mime" when="2025-06-24" status="draft">Conversion of digital encoding to DHARMA encoding scheme according to EGD (Encoding Guide for Diplomatic Editions)</change>

</revisionDesc>

</teiHeader>

<body>

<p>

<lb n="1"/><hi rend="grantha">sva<unclear>sti</unclear> śrī</hi> <supplied reason="undefined"><g type="ddanda">.</g></supplied> tirumakaḷ polapperunilaccel<unclear>vi</unclear>y<choice><sic>ū</sic><corr>u</corr></choice>ntaṉakke U<unclear>ri</unclear>mai <unclear>pū</unclear>ṇṭamai ma<unclear>ṉak</unclear>koḷkkāntaḷurccālai kalamaṟuttaru<unclear>ḷi</unclear> veṅkaināṭum kaṅkapāṭiyum nuḷampapā<unclear>ṭi</unclear>yum taṭikaipāṭiyuṅkuṭamalaināṭu<unclear>ṅ</unclear>kollamuṅka<unclear>li</unclear>ṅkamumeṇṭicai pukaḻ tara <unclear>yī</unclear>ḻamaṇṭalamuntiṇ<unclear>ṭi</unclear>ṟal veṉṟi<supplied reason="lost">ttaṇṭāṟ</supplied> k<unclear>o</unclear>ṇṭa ta<unclear>ṉ</unclear>ṉe<unclear>ḻi</unclear>l vaḷar <choice><sic>vū</sic><corr>Ū</corr></choice><unclear>ḻi</unclear>yūḷḷellāyāṇ<unclear>ṭu</unclear><supplied reason="lost">ntoḻuta</supplied><unclear>k</unclear><supplied reason="lost">ai</supplied> <unclear>vi</unclear>ḷaṅkum yāṇṭe ce<unclear>ḻi</unclear>ñraittecu ko[ḷ <hi rend="grantha">śrī</hi>]kovi<hi rend="grantha">rājarājarāja</hi>ke<hi rend="grantha">sa</hi>ripanmarāṉa <hi rend="grantha"><unclear>śrī</unclear>rājarājad<unclear>e</unclear></hi>vaṟku <unclear>y</unclear>āṇṭu <num value="20">2 <g type="numeral">10</g></num> Āvatu <unclear>pa</unclear>ṭu

<lb n="2" break="no"/>vūrkko<unclear>ṭ</unclear>ṭattu m<choice><sic>i</sic><corr>ī</corr></choice>yaṟain<choice><sic>a</sic><corr>ā</corr></choice>ṭṭu tiruvallattu tirut<choice><sic>i</sic><corr>ī</corr></choice>kkāli Āḻvā<supplied reason="omitted">rk</supplied>ku <hi rend="grantha">mahārāja</hi>pāṭi Iṅkallūrnāṭu Uṭaiya vaitumpaṉ tukkarai makaṉ naṉṉamaraiyar Itt<choice><sic>i</sic><corr>ī</corr></choice>kkāli Ā<supplied reason="omitted">ḻ</supplied>vārkku can<unclear>ti</unclear>r<choice><sic>a</sic><corr>ā</corr></choice>tittavaṟ Erippatāka vaitta na<hi rend="grantha">ndā</hi>viḷakku Oṉṟinukku vaitta cāvā mūvāpperāṭu <num value="90">9 <g type="numeral">10</g></num> <supplied reason="undefined"><g type="danda">.</g></supplied> I<supplied reason="omitted">v</supplied>v<unclear>ā</unclear>ṭu toṇ<unclear>ṇū</unclear>ṟu I<supplied reason="omitted">v</supplied>vāṭu to<unclear>ṇ</unclear> <gap reason="lost" quantity="5" unit="character"/> va tiruUṇṇāḻikai Uṭaiyār kai piṭi Ivar <gap reason="lost" quantity="5" unit="character"/> ṭa viḷakku nan=tāviḷakku Oṉṟu <supplied reason="undefined"><g type="ddanda">.</g></supplied>

</p>

</div>

</div>

<p>Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 20th year (<hi rend="italic">of the reign</hi>) of the glorious king <hi rend="bold">Rājarāja-Rājakēsarivarman</hi>, <hi rend="italic">alias</hi> <hi rend="bold">Śrī-Rājarājadēva</hi>, who, in his life of growing strength, 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, Nuḷamba-pāḍi, Taḍigai-pāḍi, Kuḍamalai-nāḍu, Kollam, Kaliṅgam</hi>, and <hi rend="bold">Īḻa-maṇḍalam</hi>, (<hi rend="italic">the conquest of which</hi>) made (<hi rend="italic">him</hi>) famous (<hi rend="italic">in</hi>) the eight directions,—deprived the <hi rend="bold">Śeḻiñas</hi> of (<hi rend="italic">their</hi>) splendour at the very moment when <hi rend="bold">[Udagai]</hi>, which is worshipped everywhere, was (<hi rend="italic">most</hi>) resplendent;—<hi rend="bold">Naṉṉamaraiyar</hi>, the son of <hi rend="bold">Tukkarai</hi>, the <hi rend="bold">Vaidumba</hi>, who possessed <hi rend="bold">Iṅgallūr-nāḍu</hi>, (<hi rend="italic">a district</hi>) of <hi rend="bold">Mahārājapāḍi</hi>, gave one perpetual lamp, (<hi rend="italic">which</hi>) was to burn as long as the moon and the sun exist, to (<hi rend="italic">the temple of</hi>) <hi rend="bold">Tirutīkkāli-Āḻvār</hi> at <hi rend="bold">Tiruvallam</hi> in <hi rend="bold">Mīyaṟai-nāḍu</hi>, (<hi rend="italic">a subdivision</hi>) of <hi rend="bold">Paḍuvūr-kōṭṭam</hi>. For (<hi rend="italic">maintaining this lamp he</hi>) gave 90 full-grown ewes, which must neither die nor grow old.<note>See above, Vol. II. p. 375, note 3.</note> These ninety ewes<note>The following sentence is damaged. On an adjacent portion of the same wall are three further lines of writing, which seem to be connected with this inscription, as they refer to ninety ewes given by <foreign>naṉnamaṉ</foreign>.</note> . . . . . . . . . . . . .</p>

</div>

</div>

<p>Digital edition of SII 3.52 by <bibl><ptr target="bib:Hultzsch1899_01"/></bibl> converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.</p>

</bibl>

</listBibl>

<bibl/>

</listBibl>

</div>

</body>

</text>

</TEI>