SII 3.67: original edition by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch VI.—INSCRIPTIONS OF KULOTTUNGA-CHOLA I. No. 67.—INSCRIPTION AT SOMANGALAM. author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0067.xml 2019-2026 as per external metadata

This inscription (No. 182 of 1901) is engraved on three walls of the Saundararāja-Perumāḷ temple at Sōmaṅgalam,No. 311 on the Madras Survey Map of the Conjeeveram tāluka. a village north of Maṇimaṅgalam in the Chingleput district. The ancient name of the temple was Chitrakūṭa (l. 3). Like Maṇimaṅgalam,See above, p. 49 and notes 6 and 7. 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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svasti śrī . tiru maṉuṉṉi viḷaṅkum Irukuvaṭaṉaiya taṉ toḷum vuvāḷum tuṇaiyeṉakkeṉaraḷavar vañcaṉai kaṭan=tu vayirākarattu kuñcarakkuḻām pala vāri Añcalil cakkarakoṭṭattu tārāvaracaṉaittikku nikaḻattiṟai koṇṭaruḷi Arukkaṉ Utaiyattācaiyilirukkum kamalamaṉaiya nilamakaṭaṉṉai muṉṉīrkkuṉiḷittavaṉaṉāḷ tirumāl keḻalāyeṭuttaṉṉaṉ yātu caliyā vakaiyiṉiteṭuttuttaṉ kuṭai niḻaṟkiīḻiṉpuṟavirutti .. tikirtiyum puliyun=ticaitoṟunaṭātti viīramun=tiyākamum māṉamuṅkaruṇaiyumurimaiccuṟṟamākappiriyātu nikaḻaccayamun=tānum viīṟṟirun=tu kulamaṇimakuṭamuṟaimaaiyil cūṭittaṉ kaḻal tarātivar cūṭa ceṅkol nāvalampuvitoṟum naṭāttiviīrasiṁhāsaṉattu puvaṉamuḻutuṭaiyāḷoṭum viīṟṟirun=tuntaruḷiṉa kovirājakecarivanmarāṉa Uṭaiyār śrīrājentrirandracoḻadevaṟku yāṇṭu 3 Āvatu .. jayaṅkoṇṭacoḻamaṇṭalattu ceṅkāṭṭukkoṭṭattu .. mākaṇuūrnāṭṭu somaṅkalamāṉa rājaśikhāmaṇiccatuvervedimaṅkalattu mahāsabhaiyom Eṅkaḷuūrttiruccittrakūṭattāḻvārkku Ācandravat śilālekhai ceyta paricāvatu .

Hail ! Prosperity ! . . . . . . . . . . .The historical introduction of this inscription is the same as in No. 64. 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. . . . . . . . . . .

paricāvatu . . 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.

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