# SII 3.67: original edition by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: VI.—INSCRIPTIONS OF KULOTTUNGA-CHOLA I. No.
67.—INSCRIPTION AT SOMANGALAM

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0067

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0067.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-14 15:07 (85a1dec), last modified 2026-09-29 11:08
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## Summary

This inscription (No. 182 of 1901) is engraved on three walls of the
Saundararāja-Perumāḷ temple at Sōmaṅgalam,[1] a village north of
Maṇimaṅgalam in the Chingleput district. The ancient name of the temple
was Chitrakūṭa (l. 3). Like Maṇimaṅgalam,[2] Sōmaṅgalam belonged to
Māgaṇūr-nāḍu, a subdivision of the district of Śēṅgāṭṭukōṭṭam (l. 2 f.).

The inscription is dated in the 3rd year of Rājēndra-Chōḷa II. The
introduction agrees with that of the inscriptions of his 2nd year (Nos.
64 to 69 above), but adds a reference to his queen, without mentioning
her name.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] tiru ma¿ṉu?⟨ṉṉi⟩ viḷaṅkum Irukuvaṭaṉai(ya) ta(ṉ)
toḷum ¿(vu)?⟨vā⟩ḷum (tuṇaiy)e(ṉa)kke¿(ṉa)ra?⟨ḷa⟩var vañca(ṉai kaṭa)n=tu
va(yi)rākarattu kuñcarak(ku)ḻām pala vāri Añcalil cakkarakoṭṭattu
tā(r)āvaraca(ṉai)t(ti)kku nikaḻattiṟai koṇṭaruḷi Arukka(ṉ)
Ut(ai)yattācaiyilirukkum kamalamaṉaiya nilamakaṭaṉṉai
mu(ṉṉī)rkku¿(ṉi)?⟨ḷi⟩ttavaṉaṉāḷ ti(ru)māl keḻalāyeṭuttaṉṉa{ṉ} yātu
caliyā vak(ai)yiṉiteṭu(t)tut(ta)ṉ kuṭai niḻaṟk¿i?⟨ī⟩ḻiṉpuṟavi(ru)tti
(|⁓) ⟨2⟩ tikir{t}iyum puliyun=ticaitoṟu(na)ṭātti v¿i?⟨ī⟩ramun=tiyākamum
māṉamuṅkaruṇaiyu(muri)maiccuṟṟamākappiriyātu
(ni)kaḻaccaya⟨mu⟩(n=t)ā(num) v¿i?⟨ī⟩ṟṟi⟨ru⟩n=tu
kulama(ṇi)makuṭamuṟaim¿a?⟨ai⟩yil cūṭittaṉ kaḻal tarātivar cūṭa ceṅkol
(n)āva(la)[mpuvitoṟum] (na)ṭāttiv¿i?⟨ī⟩rasi⟨ṁ⟩hāsaṉattu
puvaṉamuḻutuṭaiyāḷoṭum v¿i?⟨ī⟩ṟṟiru¿n=tu?⟨nta⟩ruḷi(ṉa)
kovirājakecari⟨va⟩nmarāṉa Uṭaiyār śrīrājen¿trira?⟨ndra⟩coḻadevaṟku yāṇṭu
3 (Ā)vatu (|⁓) (ja)⟨ya⟩ṅ(ko)ṇṭacoḻamaṇṭalattu ceṅkāṭṭukkoṭṭattu (|⁓) ⟨3⟩
mā(ka)ṇ¿u?⟨ū⟩rnāṭṭu somaṅkala(m)āṉa
rāja(śi)khāmaṇicca⟨tu⟩¿ve?⟨rve⟩dimaṅ⟨ka⟩lattu mahāsabhaiyom
Eṅkaḷ¿u?⟨ū⟩rttiruccittrakūṭattāḻ(v)ārkku Ācandravat śilālekhai ceyta
(pa)ricā(va)tu [|] [10+]

## Translation by Hultzsch 1903

Hail ! Prosperity ! . . . . . . . . . . .[3] In the 3rd year (of the
reign) of king Rājakēsarivarman, alias the lord Śrī-Rājēndra-Śōḻadēva,
who was pleased to take his seat on the throne of heroes together with
(his queen), the mistress of the whole world,—we, the great assembly of
Sōmaṅgalam, alias Rājaśikhāmaṇi-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, in Māgaṇūr-nāḍu, (a
subdivision) of Śēṅgāṭṭu-kōṭṭam, (a district) of
Jayaṅgoṇḍa-Śōḻa-maṇḍalam, drew up the following writing on stone, to
last as long as the moon, in favour of the lord of the holy Chitrakūṭa
(temple) in our village. . . . . . . . . . .

## Commentary

⟨3⟩ (pa)ricā(va)tu [|] [10+]. The remainder of line 3 and the following
3 lines mention several pieces of land which were assigned to the temple
for its various requirements. I consider it unnecessary to publish this
portion of the inscription.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.67 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 139–140, item 67.

[1] No. 311 on the Madras Survey Map of the Conjeeveram tāluka.

[2] See above, p. 49 and notes 6 and 7.

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