# SII 3.65: original edition by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: VI.—INSCRIPTIONS OF KULOTTUNGA-CHOLA I. No.
65.—INSCRIPTION AT TIRUVALANGADU

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0065

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0065.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This inscription (No. 14 of 1896) is engraved on the east wall of the
second prākāra of the Vaṭāraṇyēśvara temple at Tiruvālaṅgāḍu, a village
in the Kārvēṭnagar Zamīndārī, 3 miles north-north-east of the
Chinnamapēṭ Railway Station. The present name of the temple is derived
from Vaṭ-āraṇya, ‘the banyan forest,’ which is the Sanskrit equivalent
of Ālaṅ-gāḍu. In Tiruñāṉasambandar’s Dēvāram the place is mentioned by
the name Paḻaiyaṉūr-Ālaṅgāḍu, i.e. ‘Ālaṅgāḍu (near) Paḻaiyaṉūr.’ And the
subjoined inscription speaks of it as “Tiruvālaṅgāḍu (near) Paḻaiyaṉūr
in Paḻaiyaṉūr-nāḍu, (a subdivision) of Mēṉmalai.”[1] Paḻaiyaṉūr is found
on the Madras Survey Map of the Kārvēṭnagar Zamīndārī; it is close to
Tiruvālaṅgāḍu and 3 miles north-east of the Chinnamapēṭ Railway Station.
According to another inscription at Tiruvālaṅgāḍu (No. 16 of 1896),
Mēlmalai, the district to which Paḻaiyaṉūr-nāḍu belonged, was included
in Jayaṅgoṇda Śōlamaṇḍalam.

The historical introduction and the date of this inscription are
identical with those of No. 64. The inscription records that
Rājēndra-Chōḷa II. issued an order to the effect that twenty-five
families of Śaṅkarappāḍi should be settled on the land of Tiruvālaṅgāḍu,
that the new settlement should be called Rājēndra-Śōḻappāḍi (after the
name of the king), and that the settlers should have the duty of looking
after fifteen lamps of the temple.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] tiru maṉṉi viḷaṅkum Irukuvaṭaṉaiya tan=toḷum
vāḷun=tuṇaiyenak=keḻalar varucaṉai kaṭan=tu vayirākāttu kuñcarak=kuḻām
pala vāri Añcaliccak=karakoṭṭa(t)tu tā(r)āvaraicaṉaittik=ku nikaḻattiṟai
koṇṭaruḷi Aruk=kanutaiyattācaiyi(li)ruk=kum kamalamaṉaiya
nilama⟨⟨ka⟩⟩ḷtanṉai (mu)¿nni?⟨ṉṉī⟩rk=ku(ḷi)t(ta)vaṉ(ṉāḷ
ti)rumālā(ti)⟨2⟩k=keḻalāki Eṭuttanna yātum caliyā vakai Initeṭuttu tan
kuṭai niḻal Inpuṟa I(ru)tti kirtiyum puli(yu)n=ticaitoṟum celutti
pukaḻun=tarumamum puvitoṟuniṟutti vīramum tiy(ā)ka(mu)māna(mum)
karuṇaiyum (U)rimaiccuṟṟa(m)āk=kippiyāttalanikaḻa cayamum tānum
vīṟṟi⟨ru⟩n=tu kulamaṇi(ma)kuṭamuṟaimaiyilccūṭi taṉ kaḻal tarā⟨3⟩tilar
cū(ṭa)cce(ṅ)kol nāvalampuvitoṟunaṭāttiya kovirājakecarivanmarāna Uṭaiyār
śrīrājendracoḻadevaṟku yāṇṭu Iraṇṭāvatu jayaṅkoṇṭacoḻamaṇṭala(t)tu
maṇaiyi(ṟ)koṭ=ṭattu
puricaināṭṭu(c)civapurattu⟨⟨p⟩⟩pakalirukkaiyi(l)ttiruvamu(tu)
ceytaruḷ(āyi)ru(n)tu
meṉmalaippa(ḻ)ai(ya)⟨4⟩(ṉ)¿(u)?⟨ū⟩rnāṭṭup(pa)ḻaiyaṉ¿u?⟨ū⟩r
tiruv(ā)laṅkāṭuṭaiya mahāde(va)rkku Ivvūr nilattile
(r)ājentracoḻapp(ā)ṭi¿(p)?⟨y⟩eṉṉum piyarāl Irupattai(ñ)cu
caṅkarappāṭikku(ṭi E)ṟṟippatinañcu tiru(na)n=tāviḷakkukku veṇṭum
Eṇṇaiyaṭṭi Erikkappaṇṇa veṇṭume(ṉ)ṟu naṅ⟨5⟩kaṉmikaḷil
vīracoḻappallavaraiyaṉ namakkuccoṉṉa(m)aiyil Irupattai(ñ)cu
caṅkarappāṭikkuṭiyum Ittevarkkuttiruviḷakkeṇṇaiyaṭṭakkaṭavarkaḷāka nāme
kuṭuttome(ṉ)ṟu tirumantiravo⟨6⟩lai Arumoḻiviḻupparayar Eḻuttiṉāṟpukun=ta
tiruvāykkeḻvi(p)paṭi Ittanmattukku Aḻivu ceyvār tiruvāṇai
ma(ṟu)ttāreṉ(ṟu) kal ve(ṭ)ṭuka(ve)nṟu Atikārikaḷ nāṅkoṟṟa(k)kaṭampaṉ
E(va) I(ra)ṅka(n)ārāṉa vīracoḻap⟨7⟩pallavaraiyar(kku) kuṭika(ḷukku ku)ṭi
I(ru)kkai(yu)m kanṟu mey pā(ḻum) ta(ṇṇī)ṟku(ḷam taṭāka)mu(m cuṭu)kā(ṭu)m
[10+]

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ keḻalar varucaṉai • No. 64 reads kkeḷalar vañcaṉai. — ⟨1⟩ Añcalic •
No. 64 reads yeñcalil. Probably the reading intended in the present
inscription is the same as in No. 67: Añcalil cakkarakoṭṭattu, ‘at
Śakkarakōṭṭam (whose inhabitants were) fearless.’

⟨2⟩ kirtiyum • No. 66 reads tikiriyum. — ⟨2⟩ (m)āk=kippiyāttalanikaḻa •
No. 64 reads māka(p)piri(y)āttala.

## Translation by Hultzsch 1903

(Line 3.) Hail! Prosperity ! In the second year (of the reign) of king
Rājakēsarivarman, alias the lord Śrī-Rājēndra-Śōḻadēva, who etc.[2] —the
following royal order was received with the signature of the royal
secretary (tiru-mandirav-ōlai) Arumoḻi-Viḻupparayar:—“While (we) were
dining in the day-residence (pagal-irukkai) at Śivapuram in
Puriśai-nāḍu, (a subdivision) of Maṇaiyiṟkōṭṭam,[3] (a district) of
Jayaṅgoṇḍa-Śōḻa-maṇḍalam, (and) when Vīra-Śōḻa-Pallavaraiyaṉ, (one)
among our officials (kaṉmi), submitted to us that twenty-five families
of Śaṅkarappāḍi should be settled on the land of this village, (that
this settlement should be called) by the name of Rājēndra-Śōḻappāḍi, and
that (they) should supply the oil required for, and keep burning,
fifteen perpetual lamps (in the temple) of Mahādēva at Tiruvālaṅgāḍu
(near) Paḻaiyaṉūr in Paḻaiyaṉūr-nāḍu, (a subdivision) of Mēṉmalai,—we
granted that the twenty-five families of Śaṅkarappāḍi should supply
lamp-oil to this god.”

(L. 6.) Accordingly, the magistrate (adhikārin) Nāṅgoṟṟa-Kaḍambaṉ
ordered:— “Let it be engraved on stone that those who shall cause injury
to this charity will have disobeyed the royal order.” . . . . . . . . .
.

## Commentary

⟨7⟩ (cuṭu)kā(ṭu)m [10+]. This line and the remaining two lines which are
preserved are much damaged.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.65 by Hultzsch 1903 converted to DHARMA
conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

### Primary

[SII] Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1903. South-Indian inscriptions.
Volume III: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil country. Part II:
Inscriptions of Virarajendra I., Kulottunga-chola I., Vikrama-chola and
Kulottunga III. South Indian Inscriptions 3.2. Madras: Government Press.
Pages 134–136, item 65.

[1] Mēlmalai or (with sandhi) Mēṉmalai means ‘the Western hills.’

[2] The historical introduction of this inscription is the same as in
No. 64.

[3] This district is the same as Maṇayiṟkōṭṭam or Maṇaviṟkōṭṭam in Vol.
I. p. 147.