# SII 3.83: original edition by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: VIII.—INSCRIPTIONS OF VIRARAJENDRA I. No.
83.—INSCRIPTION AT TINDIVANAM

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0083

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0083.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This inscription (No. 207 of 1902) is engraved on the south wall of the
maṇḍapa in front of the shrine in the Tintriṇīśvara temple at
Tiṇḍivaṉam, the head-quarters of a tāluka of the South Arcot district.
The end of most lines (including the date in line 11) is covered by a
brick wall, which was temporarily removed for preparing an inked
estampage.

The inscription is dated in the 6th year of Vīrarājēndra I. and records
the gift of 12 cows to the Tiruttiṇḍīśvara temple at Giḍaṅgil in
Ōymā-nāḍu.[1] Giḍaṅgil is now the name of a suburb of Tiṇḍivaṉam.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ sva(sti) śrī [∥] (vī)rame
tuṇaiyākavun=tiyākameyaṇiyākavu(ñ)⟨c⟩(e)⟨ṅ⌈⟩⟨2⟩k⟨o⟩loccikkaruṅkali
kaṭin=tu kūṭalcaṅkamattāhavamallaṉaiyañ⟨3⟩cuvittu
vikkalaṉaiyuñciṅkaṇaṉaiyu⟨mu⟩ṭai puṟaṅkaṇṭu maṟṟavaṉ mahāde(vi)⟨4⟩yaroṭu
vastu(v)āhanaṅkaikkoṇṭu Iraṇṭām vicaiyiluṅkuṟitta ⟨5⟩
kaḷattāha(va)mallaṉai Añcuvittu veṅ⟨6⟩kaināṭu m¿i?⟨ī⟩ṭṭukkoṇṭu taṉnuṭaṉ
piṟanta muṉnavar viratamuṭittu m¿u?⟨ū⟩ṉṟām vi⟨7⟩caiyilum com¿i?⟨ī⟩śvaran
kaṭṭiya kaṇṭikai Aviḻppataṉ (mu)nna(m) kampili cuṭṭu (ka)⟨8⟩(ṟaṭi)kallil
jayastaMbhanāṭṭi tevanātan mutal
mācā(ma)n=taraic(ca)kka(ra)⟨9⟩kkoṭṭattutturattiyavarkaḷuriya tāram
piṭittukkoṇ(ṭu) ⟨10⟩ kucci m¿i?⟨ī⟩ṭṭu Ellai kaṭan=tu nilaiyiṭṭu
vijaiyasiṁhāsaṉattu Ulakamuḻutuṭ(ai)yāḷo⟨11⟩ṭum (vī)ṟṟirun=taruḷiya ko
rājakesaripanmarāṉa Uṭaiyār śrīv¿i?⟨ī⟩rarājentradevaṟku yā¿ṉ?⟨ṇ⟩ṭu 6
vatu ⟨12⟩ O(y)mānāṭṭukki⟨⟨ṭa⟩⟩ṅkilttiruttiṇṭīśvara{m}muṭaiya
mahādevarkkut⟨13⟩(ti)runāyaṟṟu⟨14⟩kkiḻamai puṟam⟨15⟩pu śrībali
Eḻun=taru⟨16⟩ḷumaṟṟaikku A(mu)tu ⟨17⟩ ceytaruḷat(ta)yi⟨18⟩r nāḻiyum ney
⟨19⟩ Aḻākkum h(o)⟨20⟩mattuk(ku) Aḻā⟨21⟩kkum śrībalikku ney Uriyum Āka
ney muvuḻakkukkum viṭṭa pacu panniraṇṭum viṭṭeṉ Īśvaran ⟨22⟩
ciṅkamāṇiyāṉa toṇṭaimān c(o)ḻapperiyaraiyanen [|]
Ippacuppanniraṇṭuṅkoṇṭu
I⟨23⟩nnimantañcantrāti⟨t⟩tavaṟcce(lu)ttakkaṭavomāṉom
Ikkoyililttiruvuṇāḻikaisa⟨24⟩bhaiyom [|] Itu panmāhē(śva)rar rakṣai [∥]

## Apparatus

⟨8⟩ mācā(ma)n=tarai • There is an erasure between ma and n=ta.

⟨10⟩ kucci • Before kucci the writer seems to have omitted kaṉṉa;
compare above, No. 28, ll. 1 and 4, and No. 29, l. 5. No. 13 on p. 193
above has a break and after it cciyumiṭṭu.

⟨12⟩ O(y)mānāṭṭu • See above, p. 146 and note 3.

⟨24⟩ rakṣai [∥] • Here follows a passage which is mutilated at the end,
and which records that the same toṇṭaiyamāṉ coḻapperiyaraiyaṉ gave 30
kāśu for offerings of rice on Sundays.

## 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).

(L. 2.) (He) terrified Āhavamalla at Kūḍalśaṅgamam, saw the retreating
back of Vikkalaṉ and Śiṅgaṇaṉ, and seized riches and vehicles along with
his (viz). Āhavamalla’s) great queens.

(L. 4.) (He) terrified Āhavamalla yet a second time on the (previously)
appointed battle-field, recovered Vēṅgai-nāḍu, and fulfilled the vow of
the elder brother who was born with him.

(L. 6.) On a third occasion (he) burnt (the city of) Kampili before
Sōmēśvara could untie the necklace which (he) had put on,[2] and set up
a pillar of victory at Kaṟaḍikal.

(L. 8.) (He) expelled the great Sāmantas) beginning with Dēvanātha from
Śakkarakōṭṭam and seized their wives.

(L. 10.) (He) recovered [Kaṉṉa]kuchchi (i.e. Kanyakubja), crossed the
boundaries and fixed (them). In the 6th year of (this) king
Rājakēsarivarman alias) the lord Śrī-Vīrarājēndradēva, who was pleased
to be seated on the throne of victory together with (his queen)
Ulagamuḻuduḍaiyāḷ,—I, Īśvaraṉ Śiṅgamāṇi alias) Toṇḍaimāṉ
Śōḻapperiyaraiyaṉ, granted twelve cows to (the god) Mahādēva of the
Tiruttiṇḍīśvara (temple) at Giḍaṅgil in Ōymā-nāḍu. (These cows were)
granted in order to (supply) three uḻakku of ghee, viz.[3] one uri of
ghee for the śrībali, one aḻākku (of ghee) for the hōma, and one aḻākku
of ghee and one nāḻi of curds for offerings on those holy Sundays on
which (the god) is carried outside (for) the śrībali.

(L. 22.) Having received these twelve cows, we, the members of the
assembly (in charge) of the store-room[4] of this temple, shall have to
supply these requirements as long as the moon and the sun shall last.

(L. 24.) This (gift is placed under) the protection of all Māhēśvaras.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.83 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 200–202, item 83.

[1] See above. p. 148 and note 3.

[2] From the next following inscription (No. 84, l. 5 f.) it appears
that Sōmēśvara II. had to give up the necklace, which was the sign of
his dignity of heir-apparent, in favour of his younger brother
Vikramāditya VI., who had made his peace with Vīrarājēndra I.

[3] In accordance with Vol. II. p. 48, note 5, 1 uri + 1 aḻākku + 1
aḻākku are equal to 3 uḻakku.

[4] See above, p. 20, note 5.