# SII 3.100: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: XI.—INSCRIPTIONS OF PARAKESARIVARMAN PARANTAKA I. No.
100.—ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE MADHUVANESVARA
TEMPLE AT TIRUKKALAVUR. No. 36 of 1910

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0100

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0100.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This inscription is dated in the 14th year of Parakēsarivarman, ‘the
conqueror of Madura,’ and records a gift of land for a lamp to the Śiva
temple at Karugāvūr near Tirukkuḍamūkkil by a certain merchant of
Nandipuram. The village Nandipuram is mentioned in the
Nālāyiraprabandham as the seat of a Vishṇu temple and is identical with
Nāthaṉkōvil near Kumbakōṇam. Uṭpalāṟu, on which the village Karugāvūr is
stated to have been situated, must be one of the several branches of the
river Kāvērī.

## Palaeographic description

The puḷḷi or virāma is marked almost throughout this inscription.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ ⟨sva⟩sti śrī [∥] matirai koṇṭa kopparakecaripaṉma⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu 10 4
Āva⟨2⟩(tu) vaṭakarai pāmpūrnāṭṭu tevatāṉan tirukkuṭamukkilppālk
karukā⟨3⟩vūr mahādevarkku caṉtirātittavaṟ Oru nontāviḷakkiṉukku
nan⟨4⟩tipuratt¿a?⟨u⟩ viyāpāri cāmuṇṭaṉ mū⟨r⟩tti karukāvūr nilam nāṉ
vilai⟨5⟩k(o)ṇṭa nilami¿y?⟨vv⟩ūr Uṭppalāṟṟiṉ vaṭavāy Orumā mukk(ā)ṇiyum
⟨6⟩ Ālattūr vāykkāliṉkiḻai mukkāṇiyumāka nilama⟨7⟩r(ai)kkālum Itaṉṟaṉ ṉi
(ṟai) nikki niṉṟa pokaṅ koṇ⟨8⟩ṭu cantirātittaval nontāviḷakkiṉukkuc
cāmuṇṭa⟨9⟩ṉ murtti vai¿cci?⟨tta⟩tu [∥] Iravum pakalumerivatu [∥]
Iddharmma⟨M⟩ ⟨10⟩ rakṣippārivvūrāyirantiruvaṭiyumivarkaḷ śrīpātatū⟨11⟩ḷi
Eṉṟalaime¿l?⟨la⟩ṉa |||

## Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 14th year of (the reign of) king
Parakēsarivarman, who took Madirai (Madura), I, Śāmuṇḍaṉ Mūrti, a
merchant of Nandipuram, purchased at Karugāvūr (and gave) one mā and
three kāṇi of land on the north (bank) of the Uṭpalāṟu (river) of this
village and three kāṇi to the east of the Ālattūr-channel—in all one
eighth (vēli) of land, for one perpetual lamp (to burn) as long as the
moon and the sun (last), to (the temple of) Mahādēva (Śiva) at Karugāvūr
near Tirukkuḍamūkkil which was a dēvadāna in Pāmbūr-nāḍu on the northern
bank (of the Kāvērī). From the income of this (land) given by Śāmuṇḍaṉ
Mūrti, after deducting its taxes, (one) perpetual lamp shall burn day
and night as long as the moon and the sun (endure). The (one) thousand
tiruvaḍi of this village shall protect this charity. The dust of the
sacred feet of these (persons) shall be on my head.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.100 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 233–234, item 100.