# SII 3.98: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: XI.—INSCRIPTIONS OF PARAKESARIVARMAN PARANTAKA I. No.
98.—ON A PILLAR IN THE INNER ENCLOSURE OF THE UJJIVANATHASVAMIN TEMPLE
AT UYYAKKONDAN-TIRUMALAI. No. 470 of 1908

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0098

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0098.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This inscription is dated in the 10th year of Parakēsarivarman. It
registers gifts of sheep for lamps, made by Śembiyaṉ Mārāyaṉ, a
perundanam of Vīraśōḻa Iḷaṅgōvēḷār of Koḍumbāḷūr, to the temple of
Kaṟkuḍi in Nandivanmamaṅgalam. Kaṟkuḍi as the ancient name of
Uyyakkoṇḍāṉ Tirumalai occurs in the hymns of the Dēvāram.
Parakēsarivarman of this inscription has been identified with Parāntaka
I. in the Epigraphical Report for 1908-09, page 88.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ kopparakeca⟨2⟩rivanmaṟkku yāṇṭu 10 ⟨3⟩ Āvatu tenkarai
bra⟨4⟩¿n?⟨h⟩mateyam nantipanma⟨5⟩maṅkalattu tirukkaṟ⟨6⟩kkuṭi
parameśvaraṟ⟨7⟩kku Uṟattūṟkūṟṟa⟨8⟩ttu koṭumpāḷūr ⟨9⟩ vīracoḻa
Iḷaṅko⟨10⟩veḷār (p)e(ru)ntana⟨11⟩ttup perāṉan vira⟨12⟩nārāyaṇanāṉa
cem⟨13⟩(piya)n mārāyan Ip⟨14⟩paramecuvararkku O⟨15⟩ru
tirunontāviḷak⟨16⟩ku nicatam cūlavuḻa⟨17⟩kkāl Uḻakku ney⟨ya⟩⟨18⟩ṭṭi
cantirātittaval ⟨19⟩ Erippatāka vaitta cā⟨20⟩vā muv¿a?⟨ā⟩ perāṭu
toṇ⟨21⟩ṇūṟu [∥] toṇṇūṟu⟨22⟩ṅ koṇṭu Erippo⟨23⟩māṉom te(varkaṉ)mi⟨24⟩kaḷom
[∥] Ivvā⟨25⟩ṇṭe meṟpaṭi⟨26⟩yāne pakal viḷakkeriya ⟨27⟩ vaitta cāvā muvāp
pe⟨28⟩rāṭu Aimpatu [∥] Ivvāṭu ⟨29⟩ Aimpatum ko¿ṉ?⟨ṇ⟩ṭu nicata⟨30⟩m
cūlaUḻakkāl Āḻākku ne⟨y⟩⟨31⟩yaṭṭi yerippomānom ⟨32⟩ tevarka⟨ṉ⟩mikaḷom
[∥] Itu pa⟨33⟩nmāheśvararakṣai [∥]

## Apparatus

⟨4⟩ nmateyam • Read hateyam [[sic for hmateyam]].

## Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

In the 10th year of (the reign of) king Parkēsarivarman, Pērānaṉ
Vīranārāyaṇaṉ, alias Śembiyaṉ Mārāyaṉ, a perundaṉam of Vīraśōḻa
Iḷaṅgōvēḷār of Koḍumbāḷūr in Uṟattūr-kūṟṟam, gave ninety full-grown ewes
which neither die nor grow old for a sacred perpetual lamp to be burnt
regularly, as long as the moon and the sun (endure), with (one) uḻakku
of ghee supplied by (the measure called) śūla-vuḻakku, to the great god
(Paramēśvara) at the sacred Kaṟkuḍi in Nandipanmamaṅgalam which was a
brahmadēya on the southern bank (of the Kāvērī). Having received (these)
ninety (ewes), we, the temple servants (dēvarkaṉmi), agreed to burn (the
lamp). In this same year, the self-same person gave fifty full-grown
ewes which neither die nor grow old, for burning a day-lamp (in the same
temple). Having received these fifty ewes also, we, the temple servants,
consented to burn regularly (the lamp), supplying (one) āḻākku of ghee
by (the measure called) śūla-vuḻakku. This (charity) shall be (under)
the protection of (the assembly of) all Māhēśvaras.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.98 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 230–231, item 98.