# SII 3.71: original edition by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: VI.—INSCRIPTIONS OF KULOTTUNGA-CHOLA I. No.
71.—INSCRIPTION AT KILAPPALUVUR

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0071

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

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Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This inscription (No. 105 of 1895) is engraved on the west wall of the
second prākāra of the Vaṭamūlēśvara temple at Kīḻappaḻuvūr in the
Uḍaiyārpāḷaiyam tāluka of the Trichinopoly district.[1] This village is
mentioned under the name of Paḻuvūr in Tiruñāṉasambandar’s Dēvāram. The
subjoined inscription calls it both Śiṟupaḻuvūr (ll. 18, 23, 25) and
simply Paḻuvūr (ll. 26, 27). It belonged to Kuṉṟa-kūṟṟam, a subdivision
of the district of Uttoṅgatoṅga-vaḷanāḍu (l. 18). According to other
inscriptions at Kīḻappaḻuvūr, the name of the Śiva temple was
Tiruvālanduṟai-Mahādēva, in which āl, ‘the banyan,’ is the Tamil
equivalent of vaṭa, the first member of Vaṭamūlēśvara, the Sanskrit
designation of the temple. A Vishṇu temple at the same village, which
was named Vīra-Śōḻa-Viṇṇagar, is mentioned in line 28 of the subjoined
inscription.

The date is the 20th year of the reign of Kulōttuṅga I., when the
assembly of Śiṟupaḻuvūr sold one twentieth vēli of land for one kāśu to
the mother of a certain Virudarājabhayaṁkara-Vāṇakōvaraiyar. This may
have been the chief of Vāṇakōppāḍi, a district which is mentioned in an
inscription at Tirukkōvalūr (No. 126 of 1900). That he received his
title from Kulōttuṅga I., follows from the first portion of his name,
Virudarājabhayaṁkara, which, according to the Kaliṅgattu-Paraṇi (x.
verse 25), was a surname of Kulōttuṅga I. Another derivative of the same
surname is the district of Virudarājabhayaṁkara-vaḷanāḍu;
Gaṅgaikoṇḍachōḷapuram and Tirumudukuṉṟam (i.e. Vṛiddhāchalam in the
South Arcot district) belonged to Mēṟkā-nāḍu, a subdivision of this
district.[2] A Telugu inscription of Kulōttuṅga I. mentions Manni-nāṇḍu
as another subdivision of the same district.[3]

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] pukaḻ cūḻn=ta pu(ṇa)ri Acaḻ cū⟨ḻ⟩n(ta) puvi(yi)l
ponnemiyaḷavum tan nemi naṭ¿ā?⟨a⟩(p)pa vi(ḷaṅ)ku (j)eyamaka(ḷai)
Iḷaṅkopparuvat(tu)ccakka⟨2⟩rakoṭṭattu vikkira(ma)ttoḻilāl pu(tu)ma(ṇa)m
puṇarntu mat¿u?⟨a⟩var(ai)yīṭṭam vayirākarat(tu v)āri
A(yinu)n(aik)ko(n)ta(ḷa)var(aica)r ta(n) taḷamiriya vāḷuṟai
kaḻi(t)⟨3⟩tuttoḷ vali kāṭṭipporppari naṭātti k¿i?⟨ī⟩rttiyai niṟutti
vaṭa(ti)cai v(ā)kai cūṭi tenti(c)ai t(e)marukamalappūma(kaḷ)
po(tu)maiyum ponniyāṭ(ai){yum} ⟨4⟩ nanṉilappāvai ta(ni)mai(yu)m tavara
van=tu pu¿n?⟨ṉ⟩ita¿ṟ?⟨t⟩ti(ruma)ṇimakuṭam (U)rimaiyiṟccūṭi tanṉaṭi
Iraṇṭum taṭamuṭiyākattonnilaven=tar cūṭa (mu)⟨ṉ⟩(ṉai)
ma¿n?⟨ṉ⟩uv¿a?⟨ā⟩⟨5⟩¿t?⟨ṟ⟩u peru¿ṅ?⟨ka⟩ (ka)liyāṟu (va)ṟuppa ceṅkol
ticaitoṟum cella veṇkuṭ(ai) Irunilav¿i?⟨a⟩ḷākammeṅkaṇuntaṉatu tiruniḻal
{veṇkuṭai} ve(ṇṇi)lā(t)ti⟨6⟩kaḻa (Oru)tani meruviṟpuli (vi)ḷaiyāṭa
vārkaṭal tīvā(n=ta)rattu pūpālar tiṟai viṭutta kalañcori ¿raḷu?⟨kaḷiṟu⟩
muṟaimuṟai (ni)ṟppa vilaṅkiya (t)enṉava(na) karu⟨n⟩talai
pa(ru)n=talai⟨7⟩tti tan po¿n?⟨ṉṉ⟩a¿kk?⟨k⟩arppuṟattiṭaikkiṭappa Iññāḷ
piṟkulappiṟai pol niṟppiḻai¿v?⟨y⟩(e)¿n(ni)l?⟨ṉṉ⟩um colletirkkoṭiṟṟallatu
tan kai vill(e)tir ko⟨8⟩ṭā vikkalan kallatar na(ṅ)kili (tu)ṭaṅki maṇalūr
naṭuvin tu{ṭa}ṅkapattiraiyaḷavuṟṟu ¿le?⟨E⟩(ṅ)kaṇum paṭṭa
veṅkaḷ¿u?⟨i⟩ṟu⟨m⟩ viṭṭa tan mā(ṉa)muṅ(kūṟi)ya (vī)ramuṅkiṭappa Eṟi⟨9⟩na
malai(ka)ḷum mutuku neḷip(pa) Iḻi(n=ta) na(ti)ka(ḷum) cuḻanṟuṭain=t(o)ṭa
(viḻun=ta) kaṭalkaḷum talaiviri¿n=t?⟨tt⟩alamara
kuṭa¿(ta)c?⟨ti(c)⟩(ai)t(tan)nā¿ṭ?⟨ḷ⟩ukan=tu tānum tānaiyum
pan(n)āḷ¿ī?⟨i⟩ṭṭa{mum} pala⟨10⟩pala mutu⟨ku⟩m pa(ya)n=tetir māṟiya
jayapperun=tiru(vu)m vāḷā¿l?⟨r⟩oṇkaṇ maṭan=taiyarīṭṭamu(m)
m¿i?⟨ī⟩(ḷ)ā(tu) kuṭutta veṅkari niraiyum kaṅkama(ṇ)ṭalamu(m)
ciṅka(ṇa)mennum p(ā)ṇi Ir⟨11⟩¿ā?⟨aṇ⟩ṭum Oruvi(cai)kk(ai)kkoṇṭu
Iṇaiviyappukaḻoṭum pāṇṭi(maṇ)ṭalaṅko(ḷ)ḷa tiruv¿i?⟨u⟩ḷattaṭaittaruḷi
¿m?⟨v⟩e¿(ḷa)?⟨ḷḷa⟩varuparit(ta)¿l?⟨r⟩aṅka¿ḷ?⟨m⟩um
poru¿p?⟨k⟩ari¿tt?⟨kk⟩alaṅka⟨12⟩ḷu(m) {pola} tan=tiravāriyu{m}muṭaittāyi
vantu vaṭakaṭal tenkaṭal paṭarvatu pol tan peruñcenaiyai Evi
pañcava{r}raivarum poruta porkaḷattañ⟨13⟩ci veruvi neḷittoṭi
Ara(ṇ)enappukka kāṭaṟattuṭaittu nāṭṭ¿i?⟨a⟩ṭ¿ai?⟨i⟩ppaṭuttu
ma(ṟ)ṟavartammai va(na)carar tiriyum poccai veñ(cu)ra(m)eṟṟi
k(o)ṟṟavi¿cai?⟨ja⟩¿je?⟨ya⟩sta¿M?⟨ṁ⟩bha¿M?⟨m⟩ ⟨14⟩ tic(ai)toṟum niṟutti
muttin ci(l)āpamum muttam¿u?⟨i⟩ḻ potiy¿a?⟨i⟩lum mattaveṅkari
paṭu(m)aiya¿tateyvav?⟨ccaiy⟩amum kanni(yu)m kaikkoṇṭaruḷi tennāṭṭelai
⟨15⟩ kāṭṭi kuṭamalaināṭṭuḷ(ḷa cāveṟ)e(l)lāntani vicumpeṟa māveṟiya tan
var¿u?⟨ū⟩t¿a?⟨i⟩¿(v)?⟨ṉ⟩ittalai(va)rai kuṟukalar kulaiya koṭṭāṟuḷp(pa)ṭa
neṟitoṟum nilaika{ḷ}(ḷi)ṭṭaru(ḷi ti)ṟa(l) ⟨16⟩ koḷ vīrasi(ṁ)hā(sa)naM
tiri⟨ya⟩ vi(ṭ)ṭaru(ḷi) poṅkoḷiyāramum tiruppuyattalaṅ(ka)¿ḷ?⟨l⟩um pol
vīramu(m) ti(y)ākamum viḷaṅ(ka) p¿a?⟨ā⟩rmicai mevalar vaṇaṅka
vīrasiṁhāsanattu A⟨17⟩vanimuḻutuṭaiyā{ḷ}(ḷ)oṭum vī(ṟ)ṟirun(ta)ruḷiya ko
rā(ja)kecari(vanma)rāna (ti)ripuva(ṉa)ccak(ka)rava(tti)kaḷ
śrīkolottuṅ(ka)coḻatevarkku (y)āṇṭu Irupatāva⟨18⟩tu
Uttoṅka(t)oṅka(vaḷa)n(ā)ṭṭukkunṟakkūṟṟattu brahma(t)eya(m) ci(ṟupa)ḻuvūr
(sa)bhaiyom vi⟨ru⟩tarājapayaṅkaravāṇac(ova)raiyar taṅka(ḷ)ḷācci
c(o)ḻakulacun=taranviccā⟨19⟩tiriyā(ḻ)vārkku sabhaivilaiyāka
viṟṟukkuṭutta nilamā(va)tu [|] rājentrac(o)ḻavā⟨y⟩kkālukku vaṭakku
pavitti(ram)āṇikkavatikkukkiḻakku mutal kaṇṇāṟṟu Iraṇ⟨20⟩ṭām caturat(tu)
ni(la)m nā(lum)āvil vaṭakkaṭaiy nilam Orumāvil k¿i?⟨ī⟩(ḻ)kkaṭaiy nilam
Ar(aim)āvum Ivvatikkukkiḻakku I(v)vā⟨y⟩kkālukku vaṭakku
(I)ra(ṇ)ṭā(ṅ)ka⟨21⟩ṇ(ṇ)āṟṟu Iraṇṭāñcatira(m ni)la(m) n(ā)lumā(vi)l
vaṭakkaṭ(ai)y ni(la)m Orumāvil m(e)ṟkkaṭaiy nilam Araimāvum Āka nilam
Orumā [|] Inni(la)m Orumāvum Ivaru⟨22⟩kku viṟṟukkoḷvatāna
Emmillic(ai)ñca vilaipporu(ḷ) An(ṟā){ā}ṭu ṉalkkācu (O)n(ṟu) [|] Ikkācu
Onṟum Āvaṇakkaḷiye kaiccellaṟakkoṇṭu (vi)ṟṟu vilaiyā⟨23⟩vaṇa(m) ceyi(tu)
kuṭutt(o)m brahmate(yam) ciṟupaḻuvūr sabhaiyom [|] Innilam Oru(m)āvukkum
Ituve vilaiyolai Āvatākavum Itu(ve)
poru(m)āvaṟu⟨24⟩(ti)ppo(ruḷci)la(v)olai(y)āvatākavu(m) Ituva⟨l⟩latu
(v)eṟu porumāvaṟutipporuḷccila(vo)lai kāṭṭakkaṭavar Allātārākavum [|]
Ippaṭi Icaiñ⟨25⟩cu Ikkācu Onṟu(m koṇ)ṭu Innilam (O)rumāvum vilaikkaṟa
viṟṟu poruḷaṟakkoṇṭom ciṟupaḻuvūr sabhaiyom [|] Ivarkaḷ paṇikka
Ip(pi)ramāṇam Eḻutine⟨26⟩n (ma)dhyas¿t?⟨th⟩an pa(ḻuvūru)ṭaiyān
Ā(yi)rattirunūṟṟuvan muṭikoṇṭānen I(v)ai Enneḻut(tu) [|] Ippaṭik(ku
c)ān(ta)maṅka(la)ttu pālāci(riya)n (Ila)kkuvaṇa(ṉ) ⟨27⟩
(kū)ttap(pa){n}nen Ivai Enneḻuttu [|] Ip(pa)ṭikku paḻuvū⟨r⟩ ca(v)ā(n=ti)
nārāṇanen Ivai Enneḻu(t)tu [|] Itu cānti palāciriyan
v¿i?⟨ī⟩ranārāya(ṇa)natu [|] Itu cā(vā)nti nārāyaṇan māṟan [|] ⟨28⟩
yippaṭi Aṟiven Ivvūr vīracoḻaviṇṇaka{r}rāḻvār koyil tiru(v)ārātan(ai)
pa(ṇ)ṇum nārāyaṇan tiruvā(yi)kkulamuṭaiyānen [|] (I)ppaṭi Aṟiven ⟨29⟩
Ivvūr karumān [|] Itu pa(nm)ā(he)śva(rara)kṣai ௳

## Apparatus

⟨9⟩ nāṭukan=tu • Read nāḷukantu.

⟨13⟩ vicaijestaMbhaM • Read vijayastaṁbham.

⟨23⟩ poru(m)āvaṟu⟨24⟩(ti) • Other, unpublished inscriptions read poruḷ
māvaṟuti.

⟨24⟩ porumāvaṟuti • Other, unpublished inscriptions read poruḷ māvaṟuti.

⟨29⟩ karumān • After this word the characters +(tasya) ñai are entered
above the line.

## Translation by Hultzsch 1903

(Line 17.) In the twentieth year (of the reign) of king
Rājakēsarivarman, alias) the emperor of the three worlds,
Śrī-Kulōttuṅga-Śōḻadēva, who etc.[4] —we, the assembly of Śiṟupaḻuvūr, a
brahmadēya) in Kuṉṟa-kūṟṟam, (a subdivision) of Uttoṅgatoṅga-vaḷanāḍu,
sold the following land at a price (settled by) the assembly to
Śōḻakulasundaraṉ-Vichchādiri Āḻvār, the mother of
Vi[ru]darājabhayaṁkara-Vāṇakō[va]raiyar.

(L. 19.) One fortieth (vēli) of land on the eastern side of the one
twentieth (vēli) of land on the northern side of the four twentieths
(vēli) of land of the second square of the first kaṇṇāṟu[5]) to the
north of the Rājēndra-Śōḻa) channel (and) to the east of the
Pavitti[ram]āṇikka road.

(L. 20.) And one fortieth (vēli) of land on the western side of the one
twentieth (vēli) of land on the northern side of the four twentieths
(vēli) of land (of) the second square of the second kaṇṇāṟu) to the east
of this road (and) to the north of this channel.

(L. 21.) Altogether, one twentieth (vēli) of land. The price which we
have to receive from her for this one twentieth (vēli) of land, (and) on
which we have agreed, (is) one good kāśu current at the time.[6]

(L. 22.) Having received this one kāśu in full into the hand . . . . . .
. . . .[7] we, the assembly of the brahmadēya) of Śiṟupaḻuvūr, sold (the
land) and made and gave a deed of sale. For this one twentieth (vēli) of
land this alone shall be the record of sale, and this alone shall be the
record of the final payment of the money,[8] and they (viz. the
purchasers) shall not be bound to produce another record of the final
payment of the money besides this.

(L. 24.) Having thus agreed, having received this one kāśu, and having
sold this one twentieth (vēli) of land at the full price, we, the
assembly of Śiṟupaḻuvūr, have received the money in full.

(L. 25.) By their order, I, the Madhyastha[9] Pa[ḻuvūr-U]ḍaiyāṉ
Āyirattirunūṟṟuvaṉ Muḍikoṇḍāṉ, wrote this document (pramāṇa); this is my
writing. I, Pālāśiriyaṉ[Ila]kkuvaṇaṉ (Lakshmaṇa) [Kū]ttappaṉ of
[Ś]ān[da]maṅgalam, (know) this; this is my writing. I, Śa[v]āndi Nārāṇaṉ
(i.e. Nārāyaṇa) of Paḻuvū[r], (know) this; this is my writing. This (is
the writing) of Śāndi Palāśiriyaṉ Vīranārāyaṇaṉ. This (is the writing
of) Śā[vā]ndi Nārāyaṇaṉ Māṟaṉ. Thus do I know, Nārāyaṇaṉ
Tiruvā[yi]kkulam-Uḍaiyāṉ,[10] who performs the worship of the temple of
Vīra-Śōḻa-Viṇṇagar-Āḻvār in this village. Thus do I know, the blacksmith
of this village. This (is placed under) the protection of all
Māhēśvaras.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.71 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 152–155, item 71.

[1] Mr. Sewell’s Lists of Antiquities, Vol. I. p. 265.

[2] See No. 78 of 1892 and No. 137 of 1900.

[3] Ep. Ind. Vol. VI. p. 223.

[4] The historical introduction of this inscription is the same as in
No. 69.

[5] See p. 73 above, note 6.

[6] See above, p. 134 and note 5.

[7] The meaning of āvaṇakkaḷiye, which occurs also in other unpublished
inscriptions, is not apparent.

[8] This seems to be the meaning of the term
poru(ḷ)-māv-aṟudi-pporuḷ-chchilav-ōlai.

[9] Compare page 2 above.

[10] See above, p. 151, note 7.