SII 3.74: original edition by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch

Alternative title: “VI.—INSCRIPTIONS OF KULOTTUNGA-CHOLA I. No. 74.—INSCRIPTION IN THE PANDAVA-PERUMAL TEMPLE.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This inscription (No. 18 of 1893) is engraved on the south wall of the Pāṇḍava-Perumāḷ temple at Conjeeveram. As in No. 68 above, the name of the temple is given as Tiruppāḍagam (l. 3).

The date is the 39th year of the reign of Kulōttuṅga I. But the historical introduction agrees almost literally with an inscription of the 5th year in the same temple (No. 68 above), while the intervening inscriptions (Nos. 69 to 73, 78, and Vol. II. No. 58) contain much additional matter.

The inscription records that a merchant of Kāñchipuram paid two kaḻañju and two mañjāḍi of gold to the Pūjāris of the temple, who pledged themselves to have the god supplied daily with two nāḻi of curds.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0074.

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⟨2⟩ t(o)n(nila)ven=tar cūṭa ponni matuvāṟu p(eru)ka ka(li)yāṟu vaṟappa ceṅko(l ti)cai(t)oṟuñc(e)lla v(e)ṇkuṭai Iru(ni)lava(ḷ)ākameṅkaṇun=ta(n)ātu tirunilaveṇṇi(l)ātti(ka)ḻa Orutani meruvil puli viḷaiyāṭa Āḻ(ka)ṭal t¿i?vān=tarattu pūvar tiṟai viṭutta kala(ṉ) co⟨ri⟩ kaḷ¿u?ṟu muṟai niṟpa vi(ḷa)ṅkiya ten=navanarun=talai parun=talai(ttu) ki(ṭa)ppa (na)ṉmaṇiyāramun=ti ruppu(ya)ttala(ṅ)kalum ta¿n=t?u vīramum tiyākamum viḷaṅka pārmicai mevalar vaṇaṅka (vī)rasiṁhāsanattu Avanimuḻutuṭaiyāḷoṭum v¿i?ṟṟiru-

⟨3⟩ n=taruḷiya ko(vi)rājakesaripanmarāna Uṭaiyār śrīkulottuṅkacoḻatevarkku (y)āṇṭu muppattoṉ(pa)tāvatu jayaṅ(k)oṇṭacoḻamaṇ⟨ṭa⟩lattu Eyi¿rk?koṭṭattu nakaraṅ(k)āñcipurattu tiruppāṭakattāḻvānaittiruvārāta(n)ai paṇṇum (bh)ā¿ra?dvā¿c?i ninṟanārāyaṇapaṭṭanenum dū(da)kari tiruvara(ṅ)kam(ā)ṇipaṭṭane(nu)m cilā⟨le⟩k(ai) pa⟨ṇ⟩ṇikkuṭutta paricāvatu [|] In=naka(ra)ttu rājāśr¿i?yap(p)erun=teruvil Irukku(m) vāṇiyaṉ toṭṭaṅkiḻānātan coman (pa)kkal (n)āṅka(ḷ) kaikkoṇ(ṭa) matu(r)ān=takamāṭai-

⟨4⟩ yoṭokkum poṉ kuṭiñaikkal niṟai Irukaḻañce I(ra)ṇṭu mañcāṭikkum (p)olicaiyāl Ivvāḻ⟨vā⟩nukku nittap(pa)ṭikku (ni)nṟā¿n=n?āl (I)runāḻi taiyi(ra)mutu ce(y)kai⟨k⟩ku celuttakka(ṭa)vomākavumāṭaṭomākila celuttuvār pakkalippoṉ (ku)ṭukka kaṭavomākavum [|] Ikkoyil kāṇi tavi⟨r⟩n=tu (po)killipp(o)ṉ Oṭu(kki)p(po)kak(ka)ṭavomānom Ivvi(ru)v(o)m ∥⁓

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] pukaḻ cū⟨ḻ⟩n=ta puṇari Akaḻ cūḻn=ta puviyil pon=nemiyaḷavu(n=ta)n=nemi na(ṭ)ātti viḷa(ṅ)ku jayamakaḷ Iḷaṅko paruvattu cakkarakoṭṭattu vikkiramattoḻilāl putumaṇam puṇar⟨ntu⟩ va(ṉ)ka⟨ḷi⟩ṟṟ⟨ī⟩ṭṭa⟨m⟩ vaiyirākarattu v⟨ā⟩ri ⟨A⟩yilmunaikkon=taḷavarai(ca)r tan=tanamiri(ya) vāḷuṟ(ai) kaḻittu toḷ vali kāṭṭi porppari naṭātti (kī)rttiy(ai) niṟutti vaṭati(c)ai vākai cūṭi ten=ticai temaru(ka)mala(ppū)maka(ḷ) ⟨po⟩tum(ai)yum (p)on=niyāṭai{yum} (nan=ni)lappāvaiy⟨iṉ ta⟩nimaiyu(n=ta)vi⟨r⟩ttu (pu)⟨ṉ⟩ita⟨t⟩tirumaṇimakuṭam (mu)ṟaimaiyil cūṭi tan=naṭi Iraṇṭum taṭamuṭiyāka ⟨2⟩ t(o)n(nila)ven=tar cūṭa ponni matuvāṟu p(eru)ka ka(li)yāṟu vaṟappa ceṅko(l ti)cai(t)oṟuñc(e)lla v(e)ṇkuṭai Iru(ni)lava(ḷ)ākameṅkaṇun=ta(n)ātu tirunilaveṇṇi(l)ātti(ka)ḻa Orutani meruvil puli viḷaiyāṭa Āḻ(ka)ṭal t⟨ī⟩vān=tarattu pūvar tiṟai viṭutta kala(ṉ) co⟨ri⟩ kaḷ⟨i⟩ṟu muṟai niṟpa vi(ḷa)ṅkiya ten=navanarun=talai parun=talai(ttu) ki(ṭa)ppa (na)ṉmaṇiyāramun=ti ruppu(ya)ttala(ṅ)kalum ta⟨ṉat⟩u vīramum tiyākamum viḷaṅka pārmicai mevalar vaṇaṅka (vī)rasiṁhāsanattu Avanimuḻutuṭaiyāḷoṭum v⟨ī⟩ṟṟiru⟨3⟩n=taruḷiya ko(vi)rājakesaripanmarāna Uṭaiyār śrīkulottuṅkacoḻatevarkku (y)āṇṭu muppattoṉ(pa)tāvatu jayaṅ(k)oṇṭacoḻamaṇ⟨ṭa⟩lattu Eyi⟨ṟ⟩koṭṭattu nakaraṅ(k)āñcipurattu tiruppāṭakattāḻvānaittiruvārāta(n)ai paṇṇum (bh)ā⟨ra⟩dvā⟨j⟩i ninṟanārāyaṇapaṭṭanenum dū(da)kari tiruvara(ṅ)kam(ā)ṇipaṭṭane(nu)m cilā⟨le⟩k(ai) pa⟨ṇ⟩ṇikkuṭutta paricāvatu [|] In=naka(ra)ttu rājāśr⟨a⟩yap(p)erun=teruvil Irukku(m) vāṇiyaṉ toṭṭaṅkiḻānātan coman (pa)kkal (n)āṅka(ḷ) kaikkoṇ(ṭa) matu(r)ān=takamāṭai⟨4⟩yoṭokkum poṉ kuṭiñaikkal niṟai Irukaḻañce I(ra)ṇṭu mañcāṭikkum (p)olicaiyāl Ivvāḻ⟨vā⟩nukku nittap(pa)ṭikku (ni)nṟā⟨n⟩āl (I)runāḻi taiyi(ra)mutu ce(y)kai⟨k⟩ku celuttakka(ṭa)vomākavumāṭaṭomākila celuttuvār pakkalippoṉ (ku)ṭukka kaṭavomākavum [|] Ikkoyil kāṇi tavi⟨r⟩n=tu (po)killipp(o)ṉ Oṭu(kki)p(po)kak(ka)ṭavomānom Ivvi(ru)v(o)m ∥⁓

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] pukaḻ cū⟨ḻ⟩n=ta puṇari Akaḻ cūḻn=ta puviyil pon=nemiyaḷavu(n=ta)n=nemi na(ṭ)ātti viḷa(ṅ)ku jayamakaḷ Iḷaṅko paruvattu cakkarakoṭṭattu vikkiramattoḻilāl putumaṇam puṇar¿n=ta?⟨ntu⟩ va(ṉ)ka⟨ḷi⟩ṟṟ¿i?⟨ī⟩ṭṭa⟨m⟩ vaiyirākarattu v¿a?⟨ā⟩ri ¿Ai?⟨A⟩yilmunaikkon=taḷavarai(ca)r tan=tanamiri(ya) vāḷuṟ(ai) kaḻittu toḷ vali kāṭṭi porppari naṭātti (kī)rttiy(ai) niṟutti vaṭati(c)ai vākai cūṭi ten=ticai temaru(ka)mala(ppū)maka(ḷ) ¿(pu)?⟨po⟩tum(ai)yum (p)on=niyāṭai{yum} (nan=ni)lappāvaiy¿u(n=ta)?⟨iṉ ta⟩nimaiyu(n=ta)vi⟨r⟩ttu (pu)¿n?⟨ṉ⟩ita¿ru?⟨t⟩tirumaṇimakuṭam (mu)ṟaimaiyil cūṭi tan=naṭi Iraṇṭum taṭamuṭiyāka ⟨2⟩ t(o)n(nila)ven=tar cūṭa ponni matuvāṟu p(eru)ka ka(li)yāṟu vaṟappa ceṅko(l ti)cai(t)oṟuñc(e)lla v(e)ṇkuṭai Iru(ni)lava(ḷ)ākameṅkaṇun=ta(n)ātu tirunilaveṇṇi(l)ātti(ka)ḻa Orutani meruvil puli viḷaiyāṭa Āḻ(ka)ṭal t¿i?⟨ī⟩vān=tarattu pūvar tiṟai viṭutta kala(ṉ) co⟨ri⟩ kaḷ¿u?⟨i⟩ṟu muṟai niṟpa vi(ḷa)ṅkiya ten=navanarun=talai parun=talai(ttu) ki(ṭa)ppa (na)ṉmaṇiyāramun=ti ruppu(ya)ttala(ṅ)kalum ta¿n=t?⟨ṉat⟩u vīramum tiyākamum viḷaṅka pārmicai mevalar vaṇaṅka (vī)rasiṁhāsanattu Avanimuḻutuṭaiyāḷoṭum v¿i?⟨ī⟩ṟṟiru⟨3⟩n=taruḷiya ko(vi)rājakesaripanmarāna Uṭaiyār śrīkulottuṅkacoḻatevarkku (y)āṇṭu muppattoṉ(pa)tāvatu jayaṅ(k)oṇṭacoḻamaṇ⟨ṭa⟩lattu Eyi¿rk?⟨ṟ⟩koṭṭattu nakaraṅ(k)āñcipurattu tiruppāṭakattāḻvānaittiruvārāta(n)ai paṇṇum (bh)ā¿ra?⟨ra⟩dvā¿c?⟨j⟩i ninṟanārāyaṇapaṭṭanenum dū(da)kari tiruvara(ṅ)kam(ā)ṇipaṭṭane(nu)m cilā⟨le⟩k(ai) pa⟨ṇ⟩ṇikkuṭutta paricāvatu [|] In=naka(ra)ttu rājāśr¿i?⟨a⟩yap(p)erun=teruvil Irukku(m) vāṇiyaṉ toṭṭaṅkiḻānātan coman (pa)kkal (n)āṅka(ḷ) kaikkoṇ(ṭa) matu(r)ān=takamāṭai⟨4⟩yoṭokkum poṉ kuṭiñaikkal niṟai Irukaḻañce I(ra)ṇṭu mañcāṭikkum (p)olicaiyāl Ivvāḻ⟨vā⟩nukku nittap(pa)ṭikku (ni)nṟā¿n=n?⟨n⟩āl (I)runāḻi taiyi(ra)mutu ce(y)kai⟨k⟩ku celuttakka(ṭa)vomākavumāṭaṭomākila celuttuvār pakkalippoṉ (ku)ṭukka kaṭavomākavum [|] Ikkoyil kāṇi tavi⟨r⟩n=tu (po)killipp(o)ṉ Oṭu(kki)p(po)kak(ka)ṭavomānom Ivvi(ru)v(o)m ∥⁓

Apparatus

⟨2⟩ tala(ṅ)kalum • Other inscriptions add pol.

Translation by Hultzsch 1903

(Line 3.) In the thirty-ninth year (of the reign) of king Rājakēsarivarman, alias the lord Śrī-Kulōttuṅga-Śōḻadēva, who etc.¹ —the following writing on stone was made and given by me, Niṉṟanārāyaṇa-Bhaṭṭaṉ of the Bhāradvāja (gōtra) and by me, Dū[da]kari² Tiruvaraṅgamāṇi-Bhaṭṭaṉ, who are performing the worship in the temple of Tiruppāḍagatt-Āḻvāṉ at Kāñchipuram, a city in Eyiṟkōṭṭam,³ (a district) of Jayaṅgoṇḍa-Śōḻa-maṇḍalam. From Tōṭṭaṅgiḻānādaṉ Sōmaṉ, a merchant who resides in the great street of Rājāśraya⁴ in this city, we have received two kaḻañju and two mañjāḍi of gold, weighed by the standard of the city (kuḍiñai-kal) (and) equal (in fineness) to the Madurāntaka-māḍai.⁵

(L. 4.) Out of the interest from (this) we shall be bound to pay for supplying daily to this god two nāḻi of curds by the Niṉṟāṉ (? measure). If we are not able (to pay it), we shall be bound to make over this gold to those who will pay (it). If (our) right (to serve) in this temple should cease, we two shall be bound to refund this money before leaving.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.74 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 163–164, item 74.

Notes

1. The introduction of this inscription is the same as in No. 68 above.
2. This is the Tamil spelling of Dūta-Hari, i.e. ‘Kṛishṇa as messenger (of the Pāṇḍavas).’ With it may be connected Pāṇḍavadūta-Perumāḷ, which is given by Mr. Kanakasabhai Pillai (Ind. Ant). Vol. XXI p. 281) as the name of the Pāṇḍava-Perumāḷ temple.
3. See above, Vol. II. p. 390.
4. This was one of the surnames of Rājarāja I.; see above, Vol. II. p. 260, note 5.
5. On kuḍiñai-kal and Madurāntaka-māḍai see Ep. Ind. Vol. V. p. 106, notes 1 and 3.

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<p>(Line 3.) In the thirty-ninth year (<hi rend="italic">of the reign</hi>) of king <hi rend="bold">Rājakēsarivarman</hi>, <hi rend="italic">alias</hi> the lord <hi rend="bold">Śrī-Kulōttuṅga-Śōḻadēva</hi>, who <hi rend="italic">etc</hi>.<note>The introduction of this inscription is the same as in No. <ref target="DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0068">68</ref> above.</note> —the following writing on stone was made and given by me, <hi rend="bold">Niṉṟanārāyaṇa-Bhaṭṭaṉ</hi> of the Bhāradvāja (<hi rend="italic">gōtra</hi>) and by me, <hi rend="bold">Dū[da]kari</hi><note>This is the Tamil spelling of <hi rend="italic">Dūta-Hari, i.e.</hi> ‘Kṛishṇa as messenger (of the Pāṇḍavas).’ With it may be connected Pāṇḍavadūta-Perumāḷ, which is given by Mr. Kanakasabhai Pillai (<hi rend="italic">Ind. Ant</hi>). Vol. XXI p. 281) as the name of the Pāṇḍava-Perumāḷ temple.</note> <hi rend="italic">Tiruvaraṅgamāṇi-Bhaṭṭaṉ</hi>, who are performing the worship in the temple of <hi rend="bold">Tiruppāḍagatt-Āḻvāṉ</hi> at <hi rend="bold">Kāñchipuram</hi>, a city in <hi rend="bold">Eyiṟkōṭṭam</hi>,<note>See above, Vol. II. p. 390.</note> (<hi rend="italic">a district</hi>) of <hi rend="bold">Jayaṅgoṇḍa-Śōḻa-maṇḍalam</hi>. From <hi rend="bold">Tōṭṭaṅgiḻānādaṉ Sōmaṉ</hi>, a merchant who resides in the great street of <hi rend="bold">Rājāśraya</hi><note>This was one of the surnames of Rājarāja I.; see above, Vol. II. p. 260, note 5.</note> in this city, we have received two <hi rend="italic">kaḻañju</hi> and two <hi rend="italic">mañjāḍi</hi> of gold, weighed by the standard of the city (<hi rend="italic">kuḍiñai-kal</hi>) (and) equal (<hi rend="italic">in fineness</hi>) to the <hi rend="italic">Madurāntaka-māḍai</hi>.<note>On <hi rend="italic">kuḍiñai-kal</hi> and <hi rend="italic">Madurāntaka-māḍai</hi> see <hi rend="italic">Ep. Ind</hi>. Vol. V. p. 106, notes 1 and 3.</note> </p>

<p>(L. 4.) Out of the interest from (<hi rend="italic">this</hi>) we shall be bound to pay for supplying daily to this god two <hi rend="italic">nāḻi</hi> of curds by the <hi rend="italic">Niṉṟāṉ</hi> (? measure). If we are not able (<hi rend="italic">to pay it</hi>), we shall be bound to make over this gold to those who will pay (<hi rend="italic">it</hi>). If (<hi rend="italic">our</hi>) right (<hi rend="italic">to serve</hi>) in this temple should cease, we two shall be bound to refund this money before leaving.</p>

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