# SII 3.54: original edition by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: V.—INSCRIPTIONS AT TIRUVALLAM. No. 54.—ON THE NORTH
WALL OF THE NAKULESVARA SHRINE IN THE BILVANATHESVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0054

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

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Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This inscription is dated in the 4th year of the reign of Rājēndra-Chōḷa
I. Īrāyiravaṉ Pallavayaṉ (l. 4 f.), an officer of his who is known from
several other inscriptions,[1] had built a shrine which he called
Rājarājēśvara[2] (l. 11 f. and l. 16 f.), and which is apparently
identical with the shrine on which the inscription is engraved. For
maintaining two lamps in this shrine, he purchased for 50 kāśu from the
inhabitants of Tiruvallam a piece of land which measured 2,000 kuḻi, and
which received the name Araiśūr-vāḍagai (l. 15 f.) with an allusion to
his native village of Araiśūr (l. 3 f.).

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] kopparakecari¿(pa)tmarāna?⟨varmarāṉa⟩
śrīrā(j)entracoḻade(va)rkku yāṇṭu 4 Āvatu
jayaṅkoṇṭacoḻamaṇṭalattuppaṭuvūrk=k⟨o⟩⟨2⟩ṭṭattu
(mī)yāṟunāṭṭuttīkkālivallat=tu sabhaiyonk(ai)yyeḻuttu [|] Uṭai{ṭa}yār
¿śi?⟨śrī⟩rājendraco⟦ḻa⟧⟨⟨ḷa⟩⟩devar perun=tarat=tu
ni⟦tya⟧⟨⟨t=ta⟩⟩(vi)nodavaḷanāṭṭu⟨3⟩(p)pāmpu(ṇi)kkūṟṟattu
A⟨4⟩r¿a?⟨ai⟩cūruṭaiyāṉ Īrāyira⟨5⟩van pallavayaṉāna
U⟨6⟩(tta)macoḻappalla(va)⟨7⟩r¿a?⟨ai⟩yaṉ kaiyyāl yāṅka⟨8⟩ḷ ko(ṇ)ṭu kaṭava
Aṉ⟨ṟā⟩ṭu naṟk=k(ā)⟨9⟩(cu) 5 10 [|] Ikkāc¿ū?⟨u⟩ Aiympatum ko⟨10⟩ṇṭu
Eṅkaḷūr tiruvallamuṭaiyā⟨r⟩ ⟨11⟩ koyilil Ivareṭuppitta
rājarā⟨12⟩j¿i?⟨ī⟩śvara(mu)ṭaiyār caṇḍeśva⟨13⟩radevarkku viṟṟukkuṭutta
nilavi⟨⟨lai⟩⟩⟨14⟩yāvaṇamāvatu [|] I⟨v⟩vūreṅkaḷ ⌈⟨15⟩melpiṭākai
Araicūrvāṭa⟨16⟩kaiyil nāṅkaḷ rājarājaĪśva⟨17⟩(ra)muṭaiyārkku
tirunandāviḷakki⟨18⟩raṇṭinukku vaitta
nilattukku⟨19⟩kk¿i?⟨ī⟩ḻpā¿r?⟨ṟ⟩kkellai jananā⟨20⟩tapperuvatikku
meṟkku(m) [|] ⟨21⟩ teṉpārkkellai Aṅkārai ⟨22⟩
kuṭṭeṟabhaṭṭasomayājiyā⟨23⟩r nilattukku vaṭakkum [|] mel(pā)⟨24⟩rkkellai
te(ṅ)kantoṭṭa⟨25⟩muṭpaṭa Aṅkāraikkuṭṭeṟa⟨26⟩bhaṭṭaso(ma)⟨27⟩yājiyārum
kuṇ⟨28⟩ṭ¿u?⟨ū⟩r caṅkarakkiramavi⟨29⟩ttaṉumuṭai⟨30⟩(ya) ni{ra}lattukku
⟨31⟩ kiḻakkum [|] vaṭapārkke⟨32⟩llai Ālikkoṉ⟨33⟩ṟai Ātittape(ru)māṉ ⟨34⟩
comāci nilattuk(ku)m ⟨35⟩ kayakkā(l)āṉa
pallavai⟨36⟩(ya)pperuv(ā)ykkālukku⟨m⟩ ⟨37⟩ (t)eṟkkum [|]
Iṉṉā(ṟ)ppāṟ⟨38⟩kkellai Uḷ(ḷu)m teṅkan⟨39⟩(to)ṭṭamakappaṭa ni(laṉ
ci)ṟṟa⟨40⟩mpalattukkolāl Iraṇ⟨41⟩ṭāyiraṅkuḻiy¿ū?⟨um⟩ mikutikku⟨42⟩ṟaivu
Aḷavuḷḷaṭaṅka p(o)nta⟨43⟩tu (ni)lamuṟṟum viṟṟu vilai⟨44⟩Āvaṇañceytu
kuṭu(t)to⟨45⟩(mi)taṉu(k)ku vilai¿triviya?⟨dravya⟩mum ⟨46⟩
Iṟai¿(t=t)(ri)(vi)ya?⟨dravya⟩mumituve Āvat(ā)⟨47⟩ka Ippari(cu) viṟ(ṟu
Iṟ)ai Iḻiccik(ku)⟨48⟩ṭuttom [|] Iṉnilattu(k)ku muṉnuṭaiya
(m)e¿ni?⟨ṉi⟩(rum) ki(ṇaru)m nirkk¿iya?⟨īy⟩⟨49⟩vilaiyum Ukappār
poṉṉ⟦u⟧⟨⟨a⟩⟩maṟṟum¿u?⟨ū⟩r paṭu kuṭi⟨⟨mai⟩⟩
Etoṉṟuṅkāṭṭikkoḷḷapp¿i?⟨e⟩⟨50⟩(ṟā)tomākavum [|] Ipparic¿ū?⟨u⟩ (i)ṟai
Iḻicci viṟṟu vilaiĀvaṇa[ñceytu kuṭuttom] tīyakkālivalla(t)tu sabhaiyom
[|] I¿t?⟨d⟩dha¿n?⟨r⟩mattukku vigh¿gh?⟨n⟩a(ñ)ceytār
g¿e?⟨a⟩ṁgākanyāntarattu ceytār ceyta pāvaṅkoḷvār [|] (I)tu
panmāhēśvararak⟨ṣ⟩ai{y} ∥௳

## Apparatus

⟨8⟩ Aṉ⟨ṟā⟩ṭu • See below, No. 56, text line 2.

⟨50⟩ vilaiĀvaṇa[ñceytu kuṭuttom] • [[A]]s in text line 44 f.

## Translation by Hultzsch 1899

(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 4th year (of the reign) of king
Parakēsarivarman, alias Śrī-Rājēndra-Śōḻadēva. The hand-writing of us,
the assembly of Tīkkāli-Vallam in Mīyāṟu-nāḍu, (a subdivision) of
Paḍuvūr-kōṭṭam, (a district) of Jayaṅkoṇḍa-Śōḻa-maṇḍalam.

(L.2.) We have received 50 kāśu, (which were) good (i.e. of full weight)
(and) current at the time, from the hand of Īrāyiravaṉ Pallavayaṉ, alias
Uttama-Śōḻa-Pallavar(ai)yaṉ,[3] a Perundaram[4] of the lord
Śrī-Rājēndra-Chōḷadēva (and) the lord of Ar[ai]śūr in Pāmbuṇi-kūṟṟam, (a
district) of Nittavinōda-vaḷanāḍu.

(L. 9.) For these fifty kāśu we sold the following land by a deed of
sale to (the god) Chaṇḍēśvaradēva (of the shrine) of
Rājarājēśvaram-uḍaiyār, which he had caused to be built in the temple of
Tiruvallam-uḍaiyār in our city. (L. 14.) The eastern boundary of the
land, which we assigned for two sacred perpetual lamps to (the shrine
of) Rājarājēśvaram-uḍaiyār in Araiśūr-vāḍagai, a hamlet (belonging) to
us in the west of this city, (is) to the west of the high-road of
Jananātha; the southern boundary (is) to the north of the land of
Kuṭṭēṟa-Bhaṭṭa-Sōmayājiyār of Aṅgārai; the western boundary (is) to the
east of the land of Kuṭṭēṟa-Bhaṭṭa-Sōmayājiyār of Aṅgārai and of
Śaṁkara-Kramavittaṉ of Kuṇḍūr, including a cocoanut garden; and the
northern boundary (is) to the south of the land of Āditta-Perumāṉ Śōmāśi
(i.e. Sōmayājin) of Ālikkoṉṟai and of (the channel called) Kayakkāl,
alias Pallavaiya-peruvāykkāl.[5]

(L. 37.) We sold and gave by a deed of sale—including (eventual) excess
or deficiency in measurement—the whole land within these four
boundaries, (which measures), together with the cocoanut garden, two
thousand kuḻi by the rod of Śiṟṟambalam.[6]

(L. 45.) This very (sum)[7] being the purchase-money and the tax-money
(due) for this (land), we thus sold (it) and gave (it) free of taxes.

(L. 48.) We shall not be entitled to claim the high-level water, the
wells, the price paid for water, the gold of ugappār,[8] and any other
tax paid by the city (and) previously (due) from this land.

(L. 50.) Thus we, the assembly of Tīkkāli-Vallam, sold (it) free of
taxes and gave (it) by a deed of sale. Those who obstruct this charity,
shall incur (all) the sins committed between the Gaṅgā and Kanyā. This
(charity is placed under) the protection of all Māhēśvaras.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.54 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 109–111,
item 54.

[1] See above, p. 29 and note 3.

[2] The same was the name of the great temple at Tañjāvūr, which had
been built by Rājarāja I.; see above, Vol. II. p. 1.

[3] Compare above, Vol. II. p. 222, note 4.

[4] See above, Vol. II. p. 141, note 1.

[5] The second name of this channel is derived from Pallavayaṉ, the name
of the donor.

[6] See above, p. 30, note 3.

[7] This refers to the sum of 50 kāśu in text line 8 f.

[8] Compare the obscure term ugavai, above, p. 48, note 9.