# SII 3.66: original edition by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: VI.—INSCRIPTIONS OF KULOTTUNGA-CHOLA I. No.
66.—INSCRIPTION AT KOLAR

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## Summary

This inscription (No. 131 of 1892) is engraved on the east wall of the
Kōlāramma temple at Kōlār in the Mysore State. In the Chōḷa inscriptions
of the temple the goddess is called Piḍāri,[1] and Kōlār itself
Kuvaḷālam. As the traditional capital of the Gaṅga family it is
mentioned under the names of Kuvaḷālapura,[2] Kōḷāḷapura and
Kōlāhalapura.[3] According to the subjoined inscription (l. 5) it
belonged to Kuvaḷāla-nāḍu, a district of Vijayarājēndra-maṇḍalam.

The historical introduction and the date of this inscription are
identical with those of Nos. 64 and 65. The inscription records that an
officer named Vīraśikhāmaṇi-Mūvēndavēḷār inspected the temple and
appointed a committee,[4] which seems to have made allotments to various
shrines included in the temple. The temple revenue had been originally
paid by the temple villages in gold coins (māḍai), but was subsequently
converted into supplies of paddy. We learn that one māḍai corresponded
to two kāśu (l. 11) and that one kāśu purchased about 2 3/4 kalam of
paddy (l. 11 f.). In the Tiruvallam inscription of Adhirājēndra one kāśu
corresponds to four kalam of paddy.[5] The Tanjore inscriptions of
Rājarāja I. and Rājēndra-Chōḷa I.[6] fix the interest per kāśu at 3
kuṟuṇi of paddy or one eighth kāśu, from which it follows that one kāśu
corresponded to 24 kuṟuṇi, i.e. 2 kalam. This shows that the prices of
grain must have varied considerably either according to the locality or
at different times.

The preserved portion of the inscription consists of 28 lines. At the
end of each of the lines 1 to 7 a few syllables are lost; at the end of
line 8 much more is lost; and from line 9 it is impossible to supply the
missing portions of each line. To give a general idea of the contents of
the inscription, I am publishing the text as far as line 13, but am
quoting also from the unpublished portion in the following list of
shrines to which allotments were made:—Vīrabhadradēva (l. 12), Brahmāṇī,
Īśvarī (l. 13), Vaishṇavī (l. 14), Indrāṇī (l. 15), Gaṇapati (l. 16),
Chāmuṇḍēśvarī of the chief shrine (mūlasthāna) (l. 17), Kshētrapāladēva,
Mahāśāstā[7] (l. 18), Sūryadēva (l. 19), Yōginī and Yōgēśvara (ll. 24
and 27). At the worship of the two last deities intoxicating drinks
(madya-pāna) were consumed.[8]

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] tiru manṉi viḷaṅkumiruku(vaṭaṉaiya) tan toḷum
vāḷun=tuṇaiyeṉakkeḻa [5+] ⟨2⟩ ṉai ka(ṭa)n=tu vayirākarattukkuñcarakkuḻām
pala vāri Añcali cakkarakoṭṭattuttārāva(ra)ca(ṉai)ttikku nikaḻattiṟai
koṇṭaruḷi A(ru)kkaṉutaiyat(tācaiyi)liruk(ku)ṅkamalamaṉaiya
nilamakaḷtaṉṉai muṉ(ṉī)[rkkuḷitta] ⟨3⟩ vannāḷ
tirumālātikkeḻalākiyeṭutta⟨ṉ⟩ṉaviyātu(ñ)caliyā (va)kaiyiṉiteṭuttuttaṉ
kuṭai niḻaliliṉpu(ṟa) Iruttittikiriyum
(pu)liyun=ticaitoṟunaṭāttippukaḻun=tarumamu(m puvitoṟu)m niṟutti
(vī)ramun=tayākamumāṉamuṅkaruṇaiyum Urimaic [8+] ⟨4⟩ yāttalanikaḻa
ja(ya)mun=tāṉum vīṟṟirun=tu kulamaṇimaku(ṭa)muṟaiyiṟcūṭittaṉ kaḻal
tarātivar cūṭacceṅk(o)l nāvalampuvitoṟum naṭāttiya ko
rājakesarivanmarāṉa (Uṭai)yā⟨r⟩ (śrī)rājentracoḻadevarkku yāṇṭu
Iraṇṭāvatu Atikāri[kaḷ jayaṅkoṇṭaco] ⟨5⟩
(ḻama)ṇṭa(la)ttukkāliyūrkk(o)ṭṭattu(pp)erumpuliyūrn(ā)ṭṭuppāṇṭiyampākkattu(p)pāṇṭiyampākkamuṭaiyā(ṉ)
Am(pa)la(va)n tirupp(o)n=taiyārāna vīracikāmaṇi(mū)v(en=ta)veḷ(ā)r
vijaiyarājentramaṇṭalattukkuvaḷālanā[ṭṭukkuvaḷāla] ⟨6⟩ ttuppiṭāriyā(r)
(k)oyiliṉuḷḷāl tiruc(cu)ṟṟumaṇṭapattukkoyiṟ(ka)ruma(m)ārāyāvirun=tu
Ittevar (t)evatānamāṉa (Ū)rkaḷāl va(n=ta) m(ā)ṭ(ai) nellākki Ittevarkkum
patipātam¿u?⟨ū⟩lappaṭṭuṭai¿y?⟨p⟩[pañcācāriya] ⟨7⟩ palapaṇi
nivan=takkāra⟨r⟩kku(m niva)n=tañ(c)eyta paṭi Uṇṭoveṉṟu Ittevarkku
māṭāpattiyañce(y)kiṟa kanṉāṭakapaṇṭitarai(yu)m
pati(p)ātam¿u?⟨ū⟩lappaṭ(ṭu)ṭaip(pa)ñ(cā)cāriyattevakanmikaḷaiyuṅkeṭka
Uṭai(y)ār (śrī)[rājendraco] ⟨8⟩ ḻadevarkku yāṇṭu Iraṇṭāvatu varai(yum)
nivan=tañce(y)tatillai(y)eṉṟu c(o)lla (m)e(ṟ)paṭiyārkaḷaiyum
puravu(va)ri(tiṇai)kaḷattu (mukav)e(ṭ)ṭi (p)ai(y)yūrkk(oṭṭa)ttu (Ā)raṇi
nilai mummuṭicoḻa(na)llūr Iḷai [10+] ⟨9⟩ veḷāṉ kaṇapuramāṉa
nirupaci(k)āmaṇiviḻu(ppar)aiyaṉai v(aiy)ttu(kko) [1+] n=tu [10+]
A(ti)kā(ri)kaḷ vīra(ci)kāma(ṇimū)ven=taveḷā [10+] ⟨10⟩ māṭai
nūṟṟeṇpatteḻe m¿u?⟨ū⟩ṉṟu mā |⁓ pākkampaḷ(ḷi) māṭai Irunūṟṟu Iraṇṭe
mākā(ṇi) ∥⁓ (A)ṟaiyūr māṭai pattaraiye Orumāva(r)ai (∥⁓ kī)[.](ai) [10+]
⟨11⟩ ṭ(ai) Aiñ(ñūṟ)ṟoru(pa)t(te)ḻe m¿u?⟨ū⟩(ṉṟu)m(ākkāṇiyiṉā)l māṭai
Oṉ(ṟu)kku kācu Iraṇṭāka kācu Ā(yi)rattu muppattu nāle mummāvaraikku
kācoṉ(ṟu)kku (r)ā(ja)[kesariyāl] ⟨12⟩ ⟨ka⟩(la)ne (tūṇi)yiṉāl kalaṅkalane
tūṇi nānāḻi vāci Eṟṟi Arum(o)ḻite(va)ṉ ma(ra)kkālāl nellu
Iraṇṭāyiratteṇṇūṟṟu nāṟpattu mukkalaney Iru(tū)ṇi mu(k)kuṟuṇikkum
niva(n=ta)ñce⟨y⟩ta paṭi |⁓ v¿i?⟨ī⟩rabha(drad)e(varkku)
¿(san=ti)?⟨sandhi⟩ [10+] ⟨13⟩ [5+] nālu(m) |⁓ brahmā(ṇi)yārkku
¿sa(n=ti)?⟨sandhi⟩ Oṉṟukku tiruvamutarici nānāḻiyum kaṟi(ya)mutu Iraṇṭum
(A)ṭaikkāyamutu Iraṇṭum Ilaiyamutu nālum |⁓ Ī(śva)riyārkku
¿(san=ti)?⟨sandhi⟩ Oṉṟu(kku) tiruvamutari(ci) [10+]

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ vāḷun=tuṇaiyeṉakkeḻa [5+] • See above, p. 135, note 1.

⟨2⟩ Añcali • See above, p. 135, note 2.

⟨3⟩ Urimaic [8+] • No. 64 reads Urimaiccuṟṟamāka(p)piri.

⟨4⟩ Atikāri [9+] • Read Atikārikaḷ jayaṅkoṇṭacoḻamaṇṭalattu and compare
above, Nos. 4 and 10, where Kāliyūrkōṭṭam is mentioned as a district of
Jayaṅgoṇḍa-Chōḷa-maṇḍalam.

⟨5⟩ vijaiyarājentramaṇṭalattukkuvaḷālanā [7+] • Read nāṭṭukkuvaḷālattu
in accordance with unpublished inscriptions of the same temple.

⟨6⟩ patipātamulappaṭṭuṭaiy [5+] • Read mūlappaṭṭuṭaippañcācāriya.

⟨8⟩ Iḷai [10+] • See below, p. 139, note 2.

⟨11⟩ m¿u?⟨ū⟩(ṉṟu)m(ākkāṇiyiṉā)l • See below, page 139, note 4.

## Translation by Hultzsch 1903

(Line 4.) Hail ! Prosperity ! In the second year (of the reign) of king
Rājakēsarivarman, alias the lord Śrī-Rājēndra-Śōḻadēva, who etc.[9]
—when the magistrate (adhikārin) Ambalavaṉ Tiruppondaiyār, alias
Vīraśikhāmaṇi-Mūvēndavēḷār, the lord of Pāṇḍiyambākkam[10] (and a
native) of Pāṇḍiyambākkam in Perumbuliyūrnāḍu, (a subdivision) of
Kāliyūr-kōṭṭam,[11] (a district) of [Jayaṅgoṇḍa-Śōḻa]-maṇḍalam, was
examining the affairs of the temple in the maṇḍapa enclosing the temple
of Piḍāriyār at [Kuvaḷālam] in Kuvaḷāla-nāḍu, (a district) of
Vijayarājēndramaṇḍalam, (he) asked the Kaṉṉāḍaga-Paṇḍita[12] who was the
superintendent of the maṭha[13] of this god,[14] the Pañchāchārya (who
wears) a silk garment (in honour) of the feet of the god,[15] and the
Pūjāris (kaṉmi) of the god:—“Have allotments been made to this god, [to
the Pañchāchārya] (who wears) a silk garment (in honour) of the feet of
the god, and to the various temple servants,[16] after the (payments in)
gold coins (māḍai) accruing from the villages which are dēvadānas) of
this god were converted into (supplies of) paddy ?”

(L. 7.) The answer was:—“No allotments have been made until the second
year (of the reign) of the lord [Śrī-Rājēndra-Śō]ḻadēva.”

(L. 8.) Thereon the magistrate Vīraśikhāmaṇi-Mūvēndavēḷā[r] appointed (a
committee consisting of) the above mentioned persons; the
Puravuvaritiṇaikaḷattu-Mugaveṭṭi[17] . . . . . . . . . .[18] of
Iḷai[yūṟu] (near) Mummuḍi-Śōḻa-nallūr (and) a resident of Āraṇi in
Paiyyūr-kōṭṭam; (and) . . . . . Vēḷāṉ Kaṇapuram, alias
Nṛipaśikhāmaṇi-Viḻupparaiyaṉ.

(L. 10.) . . . . . . . . . . māḍai one hundred and eighty-seven and
three twentieths.[19] Pākkambaḷ[ḷi] (had to pay) māḍai two hundred and
two, one twentieth and one eightieth. [A]ṟaiyūr (had to pay) māḍai ten
and a half, one twentieth and one fortieth . . . . . . . . . .

(L. 11.) [Altogether], [mā]ḍai five hundred and seventeen, three
twentieths and one eightieth, which correspond—at the rate of two kāśu
for one māḍai—to kāśu one thousand and thirty-four, three twentieths and
one fortieth,[20] which correspond,—at the rate of . . . . . . . . . .
by the Rāja[kēsari][21] (measure) for each kāśu. . . . . . . . . . kalam
and one tūṇi [of paddy], which correspond—with an increment[22] of one
kalam, one tūṇi and four nāḻi for each kalam—to two thousand eight
hundred and forty-three kalam, two tūṇi and three kuṟuṇi of paddy by the
marakkāl (called after) Arumoḻidēvaṉ.[23]

(L. 12.) Out of this the following allotments were made:—To
Vīrabhadradēvar, [at each] of the three times of the day, . . . . . . .
. . . four . . . . . To Brahmāṇiyār, at each of the three times of the
day, four nāḻi of rice, two dishes of vegetables, two areca-nuts and
four betel-leaves. To Īśvariyār, at each of the three times of the day,
. . . . . of rice . . . . . . . . . .

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.66 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 136–139, item 66.

[1] Compare above, p. 9 and note 6. Piḍāri is evidently a corruption of
Bhaṭṭārikā, a name of Durgā.

[2] Above, Vol. II. p. 380.

[3] See Ep Ind. Vol. IV. p. 200, note 1.

[4] One of the members of this committee is also referred to in the
Tiruvallam inscription of Adhirājēndra; see below, p. 139, note 2.

[5] See page 117 above.

[6] Above, Vol. II. No. 9, paragraphs 5 and 6, and No. 26, paragraphs 4
and 5.

[7] See above, p. 9 and note 5.

[8] yoginiyogeśvarapūjaikku matti(ya)pānam Irukalattiṉāl neṟkalam (l.
27), “one kalam of paddy for two kalam of intoxicating drinks for the
worship of Yōginī and Yōgēśvara.”

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

[10] No. 215 on the Madras Survey Map of the Arcot tāluka.

[11] The same district is mentioned above, Vol. I. Nos. 84, 85, 147 and
148, and Vol. III. p. 2. One of its subdivisions, Viṟpēḍu-nāḍu (Vol. I.
p. 117 and Corrigenda on p. 184; Ep. Ind. Vol. VI. p. 228), is named
after the modern Vippēḍu, No. 59 on the Madras Survey Map of the
Conjeeveram tāluka. Another of its subdivisions, Pāgūr-nāḍū (above, Vol.
III. p. 2), is probably named after Pāvūr, No. 247 on the Madras Survey
Map of the Arcot tāluka. Uttaraṉmērūr formed a separate subdivision of
it; see above, p. 3 and note 6.

[12] As Kōlār is situated in the Kanarese country, the head of the matha
was naturally a Karnāṭaka Brāhmaṇa.

[13] māṭāpattiyam is the same as māṭhāpatya in Dr. Kittel’s
Kannaḍa-English Dictionary, p. 1232.

[14] In reality the deity of the temple was not a god, but the goddess
Piḍāri.

[15] The same term occurs in two Tanjore inscriptions (above, Vol. II.
No. 21, paragraph 2, and No. 68, paragraph 2) and in an inscription at
Pallāvaram (ibid. p. 111, note 3). Regarding pādamūla see Ep. Ind. Vol.
IV. p. 254, note 4.

[16] For nivantakkāṟar see above, Vol. II. p. 278, note 2.

[17] Regarding this designation see above, p. 117, note 10, and p. 118,
note 4.

[18] The missing name is preserved in No. 57 above, text line 23 f.

[19] This amount must have been due to the temple from some village, the
name of which is lost at the end of line 9.

[20] This product is wrong. It would be correct if, at the beginning of
line 11, we read aiññūṟṟorupatteḻe māvaraiye kāṇiyiṉāl, “five hundred
and seventeen, one twentieth, one fortieth and one eightieth.”

[21] On this measure see above, Vol. II. p. 42.

[22] Regarding vāśi, —an increment,—see above, Vol. II. p. 149 and note
1.

[23] See above, p. 8 and note 3.