# SII 3.97: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: XI.—INSCRIPTIONS OF PARAKESARIVARMAN PARANTAKA I. No.
97.—ON A ROCK TO THE LEFT OF THE PAINTED CAVE AT TIRUMALAI NEAR POLUR.
No. 66 of 1907

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0097

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0097.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This inscription records that in the 4th year of Parakēsarivarman, two
residents of Kaḍuttalai in the country called Irumaḍichchōḻar Kaṉṉāḍaga
(Karṇāṭaka), gave four kaḻañju of gold for feeding a devotee in the Jain
temple on the hill at Vaigāvūr in Paṅgaḷa-nāḍu which was a subdivision
of Palakuṉṟakōṭṭam. The name Irumaḍichchōḻar Kaṉṉāḍaga indicates that
the country in which Vaigāvūr was situated, was so called after
Irumaḍichchōḻa who is perhaps to be identified with Parakēsarivarman in
whose reign the record is dated. Irumaḍichchōḻa means ‘the twice
(powerful) Chōḻa’ as Mummaḍichchōḻa, the surname of Rājarāja I. means
‘the thrice (powerful) Chōḻa’. Parakēsarivarman Parāntaka I. was
actually the second powerful king in the Vijayālaya line.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ (svasti śrī) [∥] (kop)parakecaripaṉma⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu nālā⟨2⟩vatu
palakuṉṟakkoṭṭattup paṅkaḷaṉāṭṭu vai⟨3⟩ykāvūrt tirumalaippaḷḷiyil
nicatamoru Aṭikaḷmārkku⟨4⟩c coru vaittār Irumaṭiccoḻar
kaṉṉāṭakakkaṭuttalaiŪr ⟨5⟩ devakaṉmi Eraṉ puttukaṉum
maturāntakakkarampuḻā(rāna) ⟨6⟩ kaṭuttalaiy comaṉāyakaṉ
cantayaṉāyiravaṉumivvi⟨7⟩ruvoñ cantirātittaruḷḷaḷavum ni¿r?⟨ṟ⟩ka
vaittomita⟨8⟩ṉukku nāṟkaḻaiñcu poṉṉāl vanta palicaiyyālippa⟨9⟩ḷḷiyāḷvāre
Ūṭṭuvikka vaittom [∥]

## Apparatus

⟨4⟩ vaittār • {vaittōm} would be more appropriate.

## Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 4th year of (the reign of) king
Parakēsarivarman, we, the two following persons (viz.) Eraṉ Puttugaṉ, a
temple servant (dēvakaṉmi) of the village of Kaḍuttalai in
Irumaḍichchōḻar-Kaṉṉāḍaga (country) and Madurāntaka Karambuḻār alias
Sōmanāyagaṉ Śandaiyaṉ Āyiravaṉ of Kaḍuttalai, provided to give food
regularly[1] to one devotee (aḍigaḷ) in the Jaina temple (paḷḷi) on the
sacred hill (tirumalai) at Vaigāvūr (a village) in Paṅgaḷa-nāḍu (which
was a district) of Palakuṉṟa-kōṭṭam. We deposited for this (purpose)
four kaḻañju of gold to last as long as the moon and the sun endure, so
that, with the interest accruing (from this gold), the managers of this
paḷḷi shall themselves feed (the devotee).

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.97 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 229–230, item 97.

[1] In South-Indian Inscriptions (e.g., Vol. III, Part II, p. 146) this
word is translated as ‘daily.’ It is doubtful if niśadam, which also
sometimes occurs as niśadi, is to be taken as a Tamil corruption of the
Sanskrit niyata or if it is only another form of nichcham (skt. nitya).