SII 3.95: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Alternative title: “XI.—INSCRIPTIONS OF PARAKESARIVARMAN PARANTAKA I. No. 95.—ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE MANDAPA IN FRONT OF THE ABHIRAMESVARA SHRINE AT TIRUVAMATTUR. No. 425 of 1903.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This inscription is dated in the 3rd year of Parakēsarivarman and registers a gift of gold by a certain Gaṇḍarāditta Pallavaraiyaṉ to the temple at Tiruvāmāttūr, which was a dēvadāna in Mīvaḻi-Vāvalūr-nāḍu, a subdivision of Aruvānāḍu. Gaṇḍarāditta Pallavaraiyaṉ was evidently an officer of Gaṇḍarāditya who is known from copper-plate records to have been the second son of king Parāntaka I. Parakēsarivarman of this record may have, therefore, to be identified with Parāntaka I.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0095.

File path: SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0095.xml.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] koppara(k)ecaripanma⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu 3 Āvatu Aruvānāṭṭu mivaḻivāvalūrnāṭṭu te-
⟨2⟩ vatāṉa⟨m⟩ tiruvāmāttūrpp(e)rumā{ṉ}ṉaṭikaḷukku muṭṭa(nā)ṭṭuk kaṟp(pū)ṇṭināṭuṭaiya parapū-
⟨3⟩ mikaṉ mallaṉākiya kaṇ(ṭa)rātittappallavaraiyaṉ cantirātittaval Erivatāka vac⟨ca⟩
⟨4⟩ nontāviḷa⟨k⟩koṉṟukku vacca po(ṉ) pattu [||] Ippoṉ kuṭukkavum rakṣikaṭavār sabhaiyum Ūru-
⟨5⟩ m tevarkaṉmikaḷum [||] panmāheśvararakṣai [||]

Apparatus

⟨4⟩ rakṣikaṭavār • Read rakṣikka kaṭavār.

Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 3rd year of (the reign of) king Parakēsarivarman, Parabūmigaṉ Mallaṉ alias Gaṇḍarāditta Pallavaraiyaṉ, the chief of Kaṟpūṇḍināḍu in Muṭṭa-nāḍu deposited ten gold (poṉ) (coins) for burning as long as the moon and the sun (endure) one perpetual lamp which (he) had placed in (the temple of) the lord of Tiruvāmāttūr (which was) a dēvadāna in Mīvaḻi-Vāvalūr-nāḍu (a subdivision) of Aruvā-nāḍu. The (members of the) assembly, the villagers (ūr) and the temple servants (dēvarkaṉmi) shall protect this gold paid (by the donor). (The assembly of) all Māheśvaras shall protect (this charity).

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.95 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 227–228, item 95.

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