# SII 3.60: original edition by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: V.—INSCRIPTIONS AT TIRUVALLAM. No. 60.—ON THE WALL TO
THE NORTH OF THE TANK IN THE BILVANATHESVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0060

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0060.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This inscription records that certain income was assigned to the temple
by Śeṅgēṇi Miṇḍaṉ Attimallaṉ Śambuvarāyaṉ in the 8th year of the reign
of Kulōttuṅga-Chōḷadēva. As another member of the Śeṅgēṇi family is
mentioned in inscriptions of Rājarāja III.,[1] it may be assumed that
the king referred to in Vol. I. No. 132, and Vol. III. Nos. 60 and 61,
is Kulōttuṅga-Chōḷa III., the predecessor of Rājarāja III.[2]

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ (sva)sti śrī [∥] kulottuṅkacoḻatevar⟨k⟩ku y(ā)ṇṭu 8 Āvatu ⟨2⟩
mācimāsamutal ceṅkeṇi miṇṭaṉ Attima⟨3⟩llaṉ campuvarā(ya)ṉ Uṭaiyār
tiruvallamuṭaiyār ⟨4⟩ koyil Antarāya(t)tāl vanta kācum (ti)ruccūlakkācum
⟨5⟩ kuṟṟatteṇṭamum tiru(ppa)ṇikku viṭṭe(ṉ) [|] ceṅk(e)ṇika(ḷ) ⟨6⟩
(va)ṅcamuḷḷataṉai(yu)m Iṟakku(vā)r gaṁkaiIṭai kumariI(ṭ)ai ⟨7⟩ (kurā)l
(pacu)vai koṉ(ṟā)ṉ pāvattai paṭuvār ∥⁓ tiruvallaṉāyaka(v)ai⟨8⟩rāki
(Ittaṉ)mam ce⟨y⟩(vit)tāṉ veḷaivāṅki [∥]

## Translation by Hultzsch 1899

(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 8th year (of the reign) of
Kulōttuṅga-Śōḻadēva, from the month of Māśi,—I, Śeṅgēṇi Miṇḍaṉ
Attimallaṉ Śambuvarāyaṉ, gave for the repairs of the temple the money
accruing from the internal revenue[3] of the temple of the lord
Tiruvallam-uḍaiyār, the triśūla-kāśu and (the fines called) kuṟṟam and
daṇḍa.[4]

(L. 5.) As long as the family of the Śeṅgēṇis exists, those who obstruct
(this charity) shall incur the sin of one who kills a tawny cow between
the Gaṅgā and Kumari.

(L. 7.) Vēḷaivāṅgi, a Vairāgin (who was) the chief of Tiruvallam, caused
this charitable gift to be made.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.60 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 120–121,
item 60.

[1] Above, Vol. I. Nos. 61 and 64.

[2] See above, pp. 43 and 79.

[3] Antarāya occurs also in Vol. I. pp. 89 and 136.

[4] See above, p. 38, note 5.