# SII 3.82: original edition by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: VIII.—INSCRIPTIONS OF VIRARAJENDRA I. No.
82.—INSCRIPTION AT KILUR

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0082

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

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Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This inscription (No. 273 of 1902) is engraved on the north wall of the
maṇḍapa in front of the shrine in the Vīraṭṭāṉēśvara temple at Kīḻūr[1]
near Tirukoilur (Tirukkōvalūr). As in other inscriptions, the temple is
here called Tiruvīraṭṭāṉam and is stated to be situated at Tirukkōvalūr
in Kuṟukkai-kūṟṟam, a subdivision of Jananāthavaḷanāḍu.[2]

The inscription is dated in the 5th year of Vīrarājēndra I. and records
the gift of a lamp by a native of Kūriyūr in Śeṅguṉṟa-nāḍu, a
subdivision of Rājēndra-Chōḷavaḷanāḍu. Kūriyūr is stated to have been a
hamlet in the west of Vīrarājēndra-chaturvēdimaṅgalam. According to No.
81 above, this was a surname of Perumbākkam, which belonged to another
subdivision of Rājēndra-Chōḷa-vaḷanāḍu; but the map does not show any
village named Kūriyūr on the west of Perumbākkam.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] (vī)rame tuṇaiyākavum (ti)yākameya(ṇi)yā(kavu)m
ceṅkolocci karuṅkali (ka)ṭin=tu ¿O?⟨kū⟩ṭalcaṅkattu Ākavama(l)⟨2⟩laṉai
Añcuvittu vikka(la)ṉaiyuñciṅkaṇaṉaiyumuṭai (pu)ṟaṅka(ṇ)ṭu maṟṟava(ṉ)
mahāteviyaroṭum vastuvāhanaṅ(k)aik⟨3⟩koṇṭu Irukālāvatum kuṟitta kaḷattu
Āhava⟨ma⟩lla(ṉai A)ñcuvittu taṉṉuṭaṉ (pi)ṟan=ta muṉnavar
(vi)ratamu(ṭi)ttu ve⟨ṅ⟩kai(n)ā⟨4⟩(ṭu)ṅkaikkoṇṭu vicai(ya)⟨ra⟩bhiṣekam
paṇṇi(yu)laka(muḻu)tuṭaiy(ā)ḷoṭum v¿i?⟨ī⟩rasiṁhāsa(nat)tu
v¿i?⟨ī⟩ṟṟirun=taru(ḷiya ko)⟨5⟩virājakecarivanmarāna Uṭaiyār
śrīv¿i?⟨ī⟩rarājendradeva(ṟku) yāṇṭu 5 cāvatu ja(na)nātavaḷanāṭṭu
(kuṟu)kkaikkūṟṟat(tu tiruk)⟨6⟩k(o)va¿ll?⟨l⟩¿u?⟨ū⟩r
(ti)ruv¿i?⟨ī⟩raṭṭānamuṭai(ya) mahādevaṟku rājentra(co)ḻavaḷanā⟨⟨ṭṭu⟩⟩
taniyūr v¿i?⟨ī⟩rarā(j)e(ntra)caturvvetimaṅ(ka)lat(tu) ⟨7⟩ melpiṭākai
ceṅkuṉ(ṟa)nāṭṭu kūriyūr (Iru)kku(maṉ)ṟāṭi Ulakan moṭaneṉ Eṉ maka(ṉ)
m(oṭaṉ) cū(ṟṟi)⟨8⟩yaiccātti vai⟨tta⟩ (nu)n=tāviḷakku 1 ṟuk(ku) vi(ṭṭa
per Ā)ṭu 4 10 8 [|] (I)vai cāvā (mūv)ā (p)erā(ṭu) [|] Ivai kai(kk)o⟨ṇṭu⟩
[10+] ⟨9⟩ (śva)rarakṣai [∥]

## Apparatus

⟨3⟩ ve⟨ṅ⟩kai(n)ā⟨4⟩(ṭu)ṅkaikkoṇṭu • Nos. 9 and 11 of the list on p. 193
above read veṅkaināṭu mīṭṭukkoṇṭu and place these words before taṉṉuṭaṉ
piṟanta.

⟨6⟩ k(o)vallur (ti)ruviraṭṭānamuṭai(ya) • Read kovalūr tiruvīra.

## 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 Kūḍalśaṅgam,
saw the retreating back of Vikkalaṉ and Śiṅgaṇaṉ, and seized riches and
vehicles along with his (viz. Āhavamalla’s) great queens.

(L. 3.) (He) terrified Āhavamalla yet a second time on the appointed
battle-field, fulfilled the vow of the elder brother who was born with
him,[3] seized Vēṅgai-nāḍu, and performed the anointment of victors.

(L. 4.) In the 5th 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,—I, the Maṉṟāḍi
Ulagaṉ Mōḍaṉ, residing at Kūriyūr in Śeṅguṉṟa-nāḍu, a hamlet in the west
of Vīrarājēndra-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, an independent village[4] in
Rājēndra-Śōḻa-vaḷanāḍu, gave 1 perpetual lamp for the merit of[5] my son
Mōḍaṉ Śūṟṟi to (the god) Mahādēva of the Tiruvīraṭṭāṉam (temple) at
Tirukkōvalūr in Kuṟukkai-kūṟṟam, (a subdivision) of Jananātha-vaḷanāḍu.
For (this lamp I) gave 48 big sheep. These big sheep (shall) neither die
nor grow old.[6] Having received these (sheep), . . . . . . . . . .
[This gift is placed under] the protection of [all Māhē]śvaras.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.82 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 199–200, item 82.

[1] This village is entered as Kīḻaiyūr (No. 116) on the Madras Survey
Map of the Tirukoilur tāluka of the South Arcot district.

[2] See Ep. Ind. Vol. VII. p. 138.

[3] I.e. from the same mother.

[4] On taṉiyūr see above, p. 3, note 7.

[5] See Ep. Ind. Vol. VII. p. 135, note 1.

[6] Compare ibid. p. 134, note 2.