# SII 3.81: original edition by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: VIII.—INSCRIPTIONS OF VIRARAJENDRA I. No.
81.—INSCRIPTION AT TIRUNAMANALLUR

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0081

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0081.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This incomplete inscription (No. 371 of 1902) is engraved on the north
wall of the maṇḍapa in front of the shrine in the Bhaktajanēśvara temple
at Tirunāmanallūr in the Tirukoilur (Tirukkōvalūr) tāluka[1] of the
South Arcot district. It records an order which Vīrarājēndra I. issued
in the 4th year of his reign. As in other inscriptions, Tirunāmanallūr
is here called Tirunāvalūr alias Rājādittapuram,[2] and its Śiva temple
Tiruttoṇḍīśvara, which is the Tamil equivalent of the modern name
Bhaktajanēśvara.[3] The village is stated to have been included in
Mēlūr-nāḍu, a subdivision of Tirumuṉaippāḍi, a district of
Rājēndra-Chōḷa-vaḷanāḍu, while, according to an inscription of
Rājēndra-Chōḷa I., Tirumuṉaippāḍi was a district of
Jayaṅgoṇḍa-Chōḷa-maṇḍalam.[4] The end of the published portion refers to
the village of Perumbākkam in Mēlūr-nāḍu, which belonged to the temple
and was surnamed Vīrarājēndra-chaturvēdimaṅgalam after the king.[5]
Perumbākkam[6] is situated 4 miles west-north-west of Tirunāmanallūr.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] vīrame tuṇaiyākavun=tiy(āka)meyaṇiyākavu(m)
ceṅkoloccikkaruṅkali kaṭin=tu kū(ṭal)caṅkamattu (Ā)havamallaṉai
Añcuvittu vikkalaṉaiyum (U)ṭ(ai) puṟa(ṅkaṇṭu maṟṟavaṉ
māteviy)ār¿e?⟨o⟩(ṭu)m vastuvāha⟨na⟩ṅkaiy⟨k⟩koṇṭu
vīra¿sigājaṉ?⟨siṁhāsan⟩a⟨t⟩tu Ulakamuḻutuṭaiyā{ḷ}ḷoṭum vīṟṟiruntaruḷiya
kov¿ā?⟨irā⟩jakecarivanmarāṉa Uṭaiyār śrīvīrarājentratevark(ku) ⟨2⟩ yāṇṭu
4 Āvatu [∥] svasti śrī [∥] sakalabhuvanāśra⟨ya⟩ śrīmedinivallabha
mahārājādhirāja coḷakulasundara (pā)ṇḍyakulān=taka Āhavamallakulakāla
Āha⟨va⟩mallanai mummaṭi ¿mi?⟨veṉ⟩ṉ kaṇṭa rājāśraya vīracoḷa
ka(ri)kā(la)coḷa śrīvīrarājendradeva rājakesarivanmaperumānaṭikaḷ
koneriṉmaikoṇṭāṉ rājendracoḻavaḷanāṭṭuttirumuṉaippāṭi
me(lū)rnāṭṭuttirunā(va)lūrāna rājādittapurattu nakaratt¿a?⟨ā⟩rkku [|]
Avvūr tiruttoṇ(ṭī)śvaramu(ṭaiya) ⟨3⟩ mahātevar tevatāṉam Innāṭṭu
pe(ru)mpākkam vīrarājentracaruppetimaṅkalattu [10+]

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ vikkalaṉaiyum • Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of clause II. on p. 192 f.
above add ciṅkaṇaṉaiyum. — ⟨1⟩ kaiy⟨k⟩koṇṭu • Nos. 5 and 6 add
vijaiApiṣekam paṇṇi. — ⟨1⟩ vīrasigājaṉatu • Read siṁhāsanattu. — ⟨1⟩
kovāja • Read kovirāja.

⟨3⟩ vīrarājentracaruppetimaṅkalattu • From here the stones bearing the
inscription are out of order.

## Translation by Hultzsch 1903

(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! While courage was (his) only help and
liberality (his) only ornament, (the king) wielded the sceptre and
dispelled the dark Kali (age). (He) terrified Āhavamalla at
Kūḍalśaṅgamam, saw the retreating back of (i.e). put to flight) Vikkalaṉ
[and Śiṅgaṇaṉ], and seized riches and vehicles[7] along with his (viz.
Āhavamalla’s) great queen. In the 4th year of (this) king
Rājakēsarivarman alias) the lord Śrī-Vīrarājēndradēva, who was pleased
to be seated on the throne of heroes together with (his queen)
Ulagamuḻuduḍaiyāḷ.

(L. 2.) Hail ! Prosperity ! Sakalabhuvanāśraya Śrīmēdinivallabha[8]
Mahārājādhirāja Chōḷakula-Sundara Pāṇḍyakulāntaka Āhavamallakula-Kāla
Āhava-mallaṉai-mummaḍi-veṉ-kaṇḍa Rājāśraya[9] Vīra-Chōḷa Karikāla-Chōḷa
Śrī-Vīrarājēndradēva Rājakēsarivarman-Perumāṉaḍigaḷ
Kōnēriṉmai-koṇḍāṉ[10] (addresses the following order) to the citizens of
Tirunāvalūr alias Rājādittapuram in Mēlūr-nāḍu, (a subdivision) of
Tirumuṉaippāḍi, (a district) of Rājēndra-Śōḻa-vaḷanāḍu:—. . . . . . . .
. . of Perumbākkam (alias) Vīrarājēndra-chaturvēdimaṅgalam in this nāḍu,
a dēvadāna of (the god) Mahādēva of the Tiruttoṇḍīśvara (temple) in that
village . . . . . . . . . .

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.81 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 197–199, item 81.

[1] No 320 on the Madras Survey Map of this tāluka.

[2] Ep. Ind. Vol. VII. p. 133 and note 2.

[3] See ibid. p. 132.

[4] See ibid. p. 138.

[5] Among the fragments of the concluding portion of this inscription
occurs the statement that a village, which may be identical with
Perumbākkam, received the new name Vīra-Śōḻaṉallūr. This name is
evidently derived from Vīra-Chōḷa, one of the titles of Vīrarājēndra I.

[6] No. 251 on the Madras Survey Map of the Tirukoilur tāluka.

[7] I.e. horses, elephants, camels and chariots.

[8] I.e. ‘the asylum of the whole world, the favourite of Fortune and of
the Earth.’

[9] I.e. ‘the god of Love of the Chōḷa family, the destroyer of the
Pāṇḍya family, the god of Death to the family of Āhavamalla, who saw the
back of (i.e). who put to flight) Āhavamalla three times, the asylum of
kings.’

[10] See above, p. 44, note 8.