This inscription (No. 457 of 1902) is engraved on the west wall of the second prākāra of the great Śaiva temple of Naṭarāja at ChidambaramEp. Ind. Vol. V. pp. 103 f. and 105 f.Kulōttuṅga-Chōḷa III. and records that the king sanctioned a grant of land to the temple by a certain Kēraḷarājaṉ (ll. 6 and 10). The land granted was situated in two hamlets of Chidambaram, the first of which bore the name Kaḍavāychchēri alias Tillaināyaganallūr (l. 6). Kaḍavāchchēri is found on the map about 2 miles south of Chidambaram,Madras Survey Map of the Chidambaram tāluka.Śāttaṅguḍi alias Mahīpālakulakālanallūr
svasti śrī jayamakaḷuñciṟantu vāḻa veṇmati poṟkuṭai viḷaṅka velventaraṭi vaṇaṅka maṇmaṭantai maṉaṅkaḷippa maṉunīti taḻait
toṅkaccakkaramuñceṅkoluntikkaṉaittuñcela naṭappakkaṟpakālam puvi kākkappoṟpamainta muṭi puṉainkramapāṇṭiyaṉ veṇṭa viṭṭa taṇṭāl vīrapāṇṭiyaṉ makaṉ paṭa Eḻakam paṭa maṟappaṭai paṭacciṅkaḷappaṭai m
puka vīrapāṇṭiyaṉai mutukiṭum paṭi tākki maturaiyum Aracuṅkoṇṭu jayastaMbhanaṭṭu Ammaturaiyum Aracum nāṭum Aṭainta pāṇṭiyaṟkaḷittaruḷi meymmalarnta vīrakkoṭiyuṭaṉ tiyākakkoṭi Eṭuttuccempoṉ siṅhāsaṉattuppuvaṉamuḻutuṭai
yāḷoṭum vīṟṟiruntaruḷiya kopparakecaripaṟmarāṉa tribhuvaṉaccakravarttikaḷ maturai koṇṭaruḷiṉa śrīkulottuṅkacoḻatevarkku yāṇṭu Oṉpatāvatu nāḷ Eṇpaprasādañceytaruḷi vanta ceyyumpaṭippaṭi
tirunantavaṉañceyyavum rājarājavaḷanāṭṭukkīḻveṅkaināṭṭupperunallūruṭaiyāṉ tiruvekampamuṭaiyāṉ tiruvaṉant śvaramuṭaiyā
ṉāṉa kerarājaṉ perumpaṟṟappuliyūr Uḻaiccaraṇaṉ vaṭukaṉ nyanāmakaraṇattāl palar pakkalum vilaikoṇṭa nilam
kaṇṇāṟṟu Iraṇṭāñcatirattukkollainilam Orumāvum hīpālakula
mukkāṇi Araikkāṇi muntirikaikk
kāṇikkīḻ mukkāle mukkāṇiyum
pūmaṇṭapattukku samrājaṉ namakkuccoṉṉamaiyil Ippaṭi cey
yakkaṭavatākaccolli Ippaṭi kaṇakkilum Iṭṭukkoḷḷakkaṭavarkaḷāka varikkukkūṟu ceyvārkaḷukkuñcoṉṉom
puṟaIṟaiyiliyumāy n
nantavaṉakkuṭikaḷ ceytu varuṅkuṭimaiyuḷḷiṭṭaṉa koḷḷātoḻiyavum paṇṇuvatu rājanārāyaṇamdhirājarum nuḷampādhirājarum pāṇṭiyarājarum kaḷappāḷarājarum nantiyarājarum Irājavallavap
pallavardhirājarum Eḻuttiṭṭuppukunta ceyyumpaṭippaṭi Eḻutiyatu
(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! (The king) put on the beautiful crown in order to protect the earth to the end of the world, while clouds were abundant and (hence) the fertility (of his country) increased; while the conduct (prescribed) in the four true Vēdas prospered; while the goddess of Fortune and the goddess of Victory were greatly delighted (to be his wives); while (his) parasol shone like the white moon; while victorious kings bowed at (his) feet; while the goddess of the Earth rejoiced; while the rules of Manu flourished and spread; (and) while (the king's) discus and sceptre went (and) ruled every region.
(L. 2.) While, by an army despatched at the request of Vikrama-Pāṇḍya, the son of Vīra-Pāṇḍya was subdued; while ĒḻagamMaṟa armyI.e., perhaps, the army of the Maṟavas.Śiṅgaḷa soldiers had (their) noses cut off and rushed into the rolling sea,— (he) attacked Vīra-Pāṇḍya, (forcing him) to turn (his) back, took Madurai and the throne, set up a pillar of victory, was pleased to bestow that (city of) Madurai, the throne and the country on the Pāṇḍya who had taken refuge (with him), and raised the banner of liberality, together with the banner of heroism which displayed the body (of the tiger ?).
(L. 3.) On the eighty-eighth day of the ninth year of (this) king Parakēsarivarman, who was pleased to be seated together with (his queen) Bhuvanamuḻuduḍaiyāḷ on the throne of heroes (which consisted of) pure gold, alias the emperor of the three worlds, Śrī-Kulōttuṅga-Śōḻadēva, who was pleased to take Madurai,—the following order was issued (by the king) and received.
(L. 4.) In order to lay out a flower-garden (which shall furnish) the garlands to be placed on (the image of) Āḷuḍaiyār, and in order to (provide) tax-free (land) for the maintenancepuṟam see above, p. 6, note 9.viz). for (supplying) clothingilakkai compare ilakkar in the Tamil dictionaries, and its synonym puḍavai in No. 68 above, text line 4.koṟṟu was unnecessarily corrected into kottu. According to Dr. Gundert's Malayāḷam Dictionary it means ‘food, victuals, rice.’Tiruvēgambam-uḍaiyāṉTiruvanatīśvaram-uḍaiyāṉ alias Kēraḷarājaṉ, a native of Perunallūr in Kīḻ-Vēṅgai-nāḍu, (a subdivision) of Rājarāja-vaḷanāḍu,the following) land from several persons in the name of another, (viz.) in the name of Uḻaichcharaṇaṉ Vaḍugaṉ TirunaṭṭamāḍiPerumbaṟṟappuliyūr.
(L. 6.) In Kaḍavāychchēri alias Tillaināyaganallūr, a hamlet of this village, one twentieth (vēli) of dry land in the second square of the first kaṇṇāṟu to the west of the road of Sundara-Śōḻa (and) to the south of the channel of Uttama-Śōḻa; and in Śāttaṅguḍi alias Mahīpālakulakālanallūr (near) that śēri (i.e. Kaḍavāychchēri), a hamlet (of this village), one half (vēli), three twentieths, three eightieths, one hundred-and-sixtieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; and 1/320 ofkīḻ, and 1/320 for the second kīḻ. Compare above, Vol. II. p. 48, notes 2 and 3.I.e. land assessed according to the quality of the soil.kaṇṇāṟu to the west of the road of Kundavai (and) to the south of the channel of Uttama-Śōḻa,—altogether, including the dry land, according to the village (accounts), one half (vēli), four twentieths, three eightieths, one hundred-and-sixtieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; and 1/320 of three quarters, four twentieths, one hundredand-sixtieth and one three-hundred-and-twentieth of land.
(L. 8.) Of (this), one hundred-and-sixtieth (vēli) and one three-hundred-and-twentieth; 1/320 of nine twentieths and three eightieths; and 1/320 of three quarters and three eightieths (is) second-crop land.
(L. 9.) (This land) has to be added to the various plots in this village (which are) the temple property of (the god) Āḷuḍaiyār, as a flower-garden, and as tax-free (land) for the maintenance of the flower-garden. Out of the money which this village has decided to levy from this land, the money which accrues, from the second-crop assessment (?) has to be deducted from (the amount due by) the village. This has to be engraved (on) stone on the wall near the TiruppūmaṇḍapamI.e. the building in which the flowers for the use of the temple were kept.etc. which have to be rendered by the attendants of (other) flower-gardens shall not be demanded from the two attendants of (this) flower-garden.
(L. 10.)Kēraḷarājaṉ having submitted to us that (the above request) might be sanctioned, we ordered that it should be done thus, and directed the revenue officersthat land) as such in the account (book).”
(L. 11.)paṇṇi, ‘having caused’ (l. 12), and paṇṇuvadu, ‘it shall be caused’ (l. 13), which would make the translation unintelligible.year of the king's reign) forward, this land has to be added to the various (other) plots (of this village) and has to be considered as a flower-garden and as tax-free (land) for the maintenance of the flower-garden, (viz). for (supplying) clothing and food to the two attendants of the flower-garden. This has to be engraved (on) stone in the temple. The garlands to be supplied by the attendants of this flower-garden, (and) amounting to one kuṟuṇi and four nāḻi (of flowers) per day for each person, have to be supplied in advance to the Tiruppūmaṇḍapam. The services etc. which have to be rendered by the attendants of (other) flower-gardens shall not be demanded from these (attendants).” Written by the royal secretary, Rājanārāyaṇa-Mūvēndavēḷāṉ.
(L. 13.) (The above) was copied from the order received, which was written (by the royal secretary) and signed by Viḻuppādhirājar, Nuḷambādhirājar, Pāṇḍiyarājar, Kaḷappāḷarājar, Nandiyarājar, Rājavallabha-Pallavarāyar and Vayirādhirājar.
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