SII 3.102: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Alternative title: “XI.—INSCRIPTIONS OF PARAKESARIVARMAN PARANTAKA I. No. 102.—ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE MADHUVANESVARA TEMPLE AT TIRUKKALAVUR No. 38 of 1910.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This record which is dated in the 24th year of Parāntaka I. registers a gift of land for a lamp by a temple-woman of Jayabhīmataḷi in Tañjāvūr, in the presence of king Parakēsarivarman. Jayabhīmataḷi, as the name of a temple in Tanjore, occurs in one of the inscriptions of the Bṛihadīśvara temple¹ which registers the gift, of service-women to that temple, by Rājarāja I.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0102.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] matiraikoṇṭa kopparakesariparmmaṟkku yāṇṭu 2 10 4 Āvatu ti-
⟨2⟩ rukkarukāvūr mahādevarkku tañcāvūr jayabhīmataḷi nakkaṉ cantirā-
⟨3⟩ devi (k)opparakecaripanmaṟku muṉpu tirukkarukāvūr mah(ā)devarkku (v)ai-
⟨4⟩ tta nontāviḷakkiṉukku nicatippaṭi Uḻakke⟨ṇ⟩ṇai Erippatāka vai-
⟨5⟩ tta nilam vaṭavūr veṇkāṭṭil Āvūrnāṭṭu veḷā(r) vaitta tiru-
⟨6⟩ viḷakku ce⟨y⟩kku teṉvara Iraṇṭu māvum Itiṉ melai I(raṇ)ṭu māvum
⟨7⟩ Uḷvā(k)kālukku teṟkil tiṭalum tiṭal mayakkiṉa tuṭavai¿U?m
⟨8⟩ Ivvaṉaicc¿ar? nilamu{m}ṅ koṇṭu cantirātittavaṟ Oru nontā-
⟨9⟩ viḷa¿ta? (E)rippatāka [||] Itu pa⟨n⟩māhe(śvararakṣai) ⟨||⟩

Apparatus

⟨6⟩ teṉvara • teṉvara perhaps stands for teṉpuram.

Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 24th year of (the reign of) king Parakēsarivarman, who took Madirai (Madura), Nakkaṉ Śandirādēvi (attached to the temple) of Jayabhīmataḷi at Tañjāvūr gave in the presence of king Parakēsarivarman for burning regularly with (one) uḻakku of oil (one) perpetual lamp placed (by her) in (the temple of) Mahādēva (Śiva) at Tirukkarugāvūr, two mā of land to the south of the field for sacred lamp granted by Āvūr-nāṭṭu Vēḷār at Vaḍavūr-Veṇgāḍu, two mā (of land) to the west of this (land), the mound to the south of (the channel called) Uḷvāykkāl and the enclosed field of the mound which has been made cultivable. Receiving all these lands, one perpetual lamp shall be burnt as long as the moon and the sun (last). (The assembly of) all Māhēśvaras shall protect this (charity).

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.102 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. Page 235, item 102.

Notes

1. Above Vol. II, No. 66, p. 292.

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