# SII 3.95: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Emmanuel Francis

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0095

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0095.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## 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.

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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.