SII 3.93: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Alternative title: “X.—INSCRIPTIONS OF THE TIME OF RAJAKESARIVARMAN ADITYA I. No. 93.—ON A SLAB SET UP IN FRONT OF THE SILAIYAMMAN TEMPLE AT NERKUNAM. No. 86 of 1908.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This inscription, dated in the 24th year of Rājakēsarivarman, registers a grant of land for the upkeep of a tank at Neṟkuṉṟam on the eastern side of Śiṅgapura-nāḍu by Nambiyamallaṉār, son of Nṛipatuṅgamaṅgalappēraraiyaṉ. The name Nṛipatuṅgamaṅgalappēraraiyaṉ and the archaic characters of the inscription make it very probable that the record is one of Rājakēsarivarman Āditya I.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Tamil (tamil)].

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0093.

File path: SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0093.xml.

Version: (83049dc), last modified (9f1dc59).

Edition

⟨Face A: First face⟩

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] ko-

⟨2⟩ (vi)rācakecaripanma⟨r⟩kku

⟨3⟩ yāṇṭu Irupattu-

⟨4⟩ nā{l}lāvatu ciṅ-

⟨5⟩ kapuranāṭṭukkiḻva-

⟨6⟩ ḻi neṟkuṉṟat-

⟨7⟩ t¿ū? Erikku nirupato-

⟨8⟩ ṅkamaṅkalappe-

⟨9⟩ raraiyar makaṉār nam-

⟨10⟩ piyamallaṉār cey-

⟨11⟩ ta Eri⟨p⟩paṭṭi [||] marutañce-

⟨12⟩ ṟuvuṅ koṭumāṭi-

⟨13⟩ yum kaḻuval¿ū?m

⟨14⟩ I⟨m⟩muṉṟum Eri-

⟨15⟩ ppaṭṭi ceytu ku-

⟨16⟩ ṭutteṉ [||] Itu I-

⟨17⟩ ṟaṅka Ūromuṅ

⟨18⟩ {k}kuṭimai ceyyi-

⟨19⟩ l Eḻā narakattu

⟨20⟩ kiḻā narakam

⟨Face B: Second face⟩

⟨21⟩ pukuvom [||] Eri⟨p⟩paṭṭi

⟨22⟩ Iṟakkuvāṉum Eḻā

⟨23⟩ narakattu kiḻā naraka-

⟨24⟩ m pukuvāṉ [||] Itu

⟨25⟩ kātt¿ā? Āṇṭāṉ

⟨26⟩ Aṭi Eṉ muṭimela-

⟨27⟩ ṉa |||~ Āṉavāy

⟨28⟩ taṇṭamuḷḷiṭṭu

⟨29⟩ Eppeṟpaṭṭa maṉ-

⟨30⟩ ṟupāṭum Erikke ku-

⟨31⟩ ⟦ku⟧ṭutteṉ nampi-

⟨32⟩ yama⟨l⟩laṉeṉ [||] Itu

⟨33⟩ Iṟakkuvāṉum E-

⟨34⟩ ḻā narakattu kiḻā naraka-

⟨35⟩ m pukuvāṉ [||] ¿U?romu-

⟨36⟩ m Itu Iṟaṅka ku(ṭi)-

⟨37⟩ mai ceyyil (E)ḻā

⟨38⟩ narakattu kiḻā nara-

⟨39⟩ kam pukuvom I-

⟨40⟩ tu kāttāṇ-

⟨41⟩ ṭāṉ Aṭi Eṉ

⟨42⟩ muṭimelaṉa [||]

Apparatus

⟨31⟩ ⟦ku⟧ • The syllable ku was repeated by mistake at the beginning of this line and erased.

Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 24th year of (the reign of) king Rājakēsarivarman, the (following gift of) ērippaṭṭi (viz., the fields), Marudañcheṟuvu, Koḍumāḍi and Kaḻuval was made by Nambiyamallaṉ, son of Nṛipatuṅgamaṅgalappēraraiyar, declaring these to be tank-land (ērippaṭṭi) for (the maintenance of) the tank at Neṟkuṉṟam on the eastern side (kīḻvaḻi)1 of Śiṅgapura-nāḍu. If we, the villagers, assert our occupancy, rights (kuḍimai-śey) (in such a way) as to reduce this (charity), we shall enter the hell lower than the seventh hell. He who reduces the ērippaṭṭi shall also enter the hell lower than the seventh hell. The feet of the person who protects and perpetuates this shall be on my head.

(L. 27.) I, Nambiyamallaṉ, gave, solely for (the benefit of) the tank, every kind of duty levied by the assembly (maṉṟupāḍu) including āṉavāy-daṇḍam2 . Whoso reduces this shall also enter the hell lower than the seventh hell. We, the villagers, also shall enter the hell lower than the seventh hell, if we assert our occupancy rights so as to reduce this (charity). The feet of him who protects and perpetuates this shall be on my head.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.93 by Krishna Sastri 1920 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Krishna Sastri, H. 1920. South-Indian inscriptions. Volume III: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil country. Part III: Inscriptions of Aditya I, Parantaka I, Madiraikonda, Rajakesarivarman, Parantaka II, Uttama-Chola, Parthivendravarman and Aditya-Karikala and the Tiruvalangadu plates of Rajendra-Chola I. South Indian Inscriptions 3.3. Madras: Government Press. Pages 225–226, item 93.

Notes

  1. 1. See above page 224, note 4.

  2. 2. This term of taxation is not known from other inscriptions.