# SII 3.59: original edition by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: V.—INSCRIPTIONS AT TIRUVALLAM. No. 59.—ON THE SOUTH
WALL OF THE MAHAMANDAPA IN THE BILVANATHESVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0059

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0059.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This inscription is dated in the 23rd year of the reign of
Kulōttuṅga-Chōḷadēva and records the gift of a lamp by a Gaṅga chief
whose name is not quite distinct, for the benefit of his daughter who
was the consort of prince Vīra-Chōḷadēva. The sheep, which were, as
usual, given along with the lamp, were made over to two persons (l. 7)
whose names occur also in the preceding inscription of Kulōttuṅga I.
(No. 58, l. 4). This circumstance enables us to identify
Kulōttuṅga-Chōḷadēva (l. 1) with Kulōttuṅga I. and prince Vīra-Chōḷadēva
(l. 4) with Vīra-Chōḍa, the son of Kulōttuṅga I. and viceroy of
Vēṅgī.[1]

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] k¿o?⟨u⟩l(ot)tuṅkacoḻade(va)ṟku y(āṇ)ṭu
Irupattu(mū)ṉ⟨2⟩{ṉ}ṟāva(tu)
ja(ya)ṅkoṇṭacoḻamaṇṭalat(tu)pp(erum)pāṇappāṭikkarai⟨3⟩vaḻi
tiruva⟨l⟩lammuṭaiya mahādevarkku nīlaka(ṅka)ṉ Ac(calavīma)ṉ Araicar
(ta)lai(va)ṉ E(ṉ) ⟨4⟩ (ma)kaḷ piḷḷaiyār vīracoḻatevar nampirāṭṭiyā(r)
villavaṉmāteviyārkkā⟨5⟩ka vaitta tirunaṉtāviḷakku Oṉ(ṟuk)kum vaitta cāvā
(mū)vāpperā⟨6⟩ṭu toṇṇūṟṟāṟum [|] Ikko(yi)lil tiruvuṇṇāḻikai Uṭaiya
civabrāhmaṇa⟨7⟩r kaucikaṉ Aṅkāṭipaṭṭaṉum Ikkuṭi muppattiru(va)paṭṭanum
Uḷḷiṭṭa ⟨8⟩ civabrāhmaṇar vacam Ivvāṭu koṇṭu Ivviḷakku Oṉṟu(m
can)ti(r)ātittavarai [18+]

## Translation by Hultzsch 1899

(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! In the twenty-third year (of the reign) of
Kulōttuṅga-Śōḻadēva,—(I), Nīlaga(ṅga)ṉ Ach(chalavīma)ṉ
Araiśar-(Ta)lai(va)ṉ,[2] gave one sacred perpetual lamp and gave for
(it) ninety-six full-grown ewes, which must neither die nor grow old,[3]
to (the temple of) Mahādēva at Tiruvallam in Karaivaḻi, (a subdivision)
of Perumbāṇappāḍi, (a district) of Jayaṅkoṇḍa-Śōḻa-maṇḍalam, for (the
spiritual merit of) my daughter Villavaṉ-Mādēviyār,[4] the consort of
prince Vīra-Śōḻadēva.

(L. 6.) Having taken charge of these sheep, Kauśikaṉ Aṅgāḍi-Bhaṭṭaṉ, the
Śiva-Brāhmaṇa who is in charge of the store-room of this temple,
Muppattiruva-Bhaṭṭaṉ of this city, and the other Śiva-Brāhmaṇas [shall
have to burn] this lamp as long as the moon and the sun exist.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.59 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. Page 120, item
59.

[1] Ind. Ant. Vol. XX. p. 284.

[2] I.e. ‘the chief of kings.’

[3] See above, p. 119, note 6.

[4] This title means ‘the great queen of the Chēra king.’