# SII 3.103: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: XI.—INSCRIPTIONS OF PARAKESARIVARMAN PARANTAKA I. No.
103.—ON A SLAB BUILT INTO THE VERANDAH ROUND THE CENTRAL SHRINE OF THE
ADHIPURISVARA TEMPLE AT TIRUVORRIYUR. No. 169 of 1912

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0103

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0103.xml

Languages: Sanskrit [Grantha], Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This record which is dated in the 29th year of Parakēsarivarman
Parāntaka I. registers a grant of 30 kaḻañju of pure gold for a lamp to
the temple of Mahādēva at Tiruvoṟṟiyūr. The donor was Iravi Nīlī, the
daughter of the Chēra king Vijayarāgadēva. From the inscriptions
published so far we do not know of any Chēra king of name Vijayarāga who
was a contemporary of Parāntaka. It has been noted above that Kōkkaṇḍaṉ
Sthāṇu Ravi was a contemporary and friend of Rājakēsarivarman Āditya I.,
father of Parāntaka I. Perhaps Vijayarāga (i.e., Vijayarāghava), if at
all he was an actual ruler of the Chēra country, might have succeeded
Sthāṇu Ravi either as his son or his brother. The friendly relations
that thus existed between the Chōḷas and the Chēras during the reigns of
Āditya I. and Parāntaka I. deserve to be noted.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥]

1.

Ādhipurīśānāya (tri)ṁśanniṣkaṁ ¿sva?⟨suva⟩⟨2⟩rṇṇamanava(dya)madā¿ta?⟨t·⟩
dīpā⟨r⟩tthaṁ khalu nīlī keraḷar(ā)jasya ⟨3⟩ vijayarāgasya sutā |||⁓

matirai koṇṭa k(o)⟨4⟩pparakecarivarmaṟku yāṇṭu Irupattoṉpatā(va)⟨5⟩tu
ceramāṉār vijayarāgadevar makaḷ Iravinī⟨6⟩li tiruvoṟṟiyūr mahādevark
koru nandāviḷakku ⟨7⟩ Ācandratāramum Erippataṟku vai⟨t⟩ta poṉ
ṉū⟨8⟩ṟkaṟcemmai muppatiṉkaḻañcu [∥] Ippo⟨9⟩ṉṉukku kaḻañciṉvāy muṉṟu
mañcāṭip⟨10⟩poṉ pa⟦li⟧⟨⟨li⟩⟩caiyyāka Āṇṭuvarai nāṟkaḻa⟨11⟩ñcarai
poṉṉukkut tiruvoṟṟiyūril vaṭaka⟨12⟩rai maruteri Ippulamuḷ vaitta
nilaviṟai p(o)⟨13⟩kki svāmibhogattāl vantatu Ācandrakāla⟨14⟩mum
ni(lai)ppoliyūṭṭāka (v)aittatu |||⁓

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ sva⟨2⟩rṇṇamanava(dya)madāta • Read suvarṇṇamanavadyamadāt· [|].

⟨10⟩ palicaiyyāka • li in this word is corrected from its Grantha form.

## Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! Nīlī, daughter of the Kēraḷa king
Vijayarāga, verily gave thirty nishka of pure gold for a lamp to (the
temple of) Īśāna (Śiva) at Ādhipurī.

(L. 3.) In the 29th year of (the reign of) king Parakēsarivarman, who
took Madirai (Madura), Iravi Nīlī, daughter of the Chēra king
Vijayarāgadēva, gave thirty kaḻañju of pure gold tested by the stone of
the village (ūrkaṟchemmaipoṉ), for burning as long as the moon and the
stars (last), one perpetual lamp in (the temple of) Mahādēva (Śiva) at
Tiruvoṟṟiyūr. (In exchange) for four and a half kaḻañju of gold per year
(which accrues) as interest on this (amount of) gold, (calculated) at
the rate of three mañjādi of gold on each kaḻañju, the land (which forms
part) of the field (called) Vaḍagarai Marudēri in Tiruvoṟṟiyūr has been
given. The landlord’s share (svāmibhōga) realised (from this land) after
deducting (its) taxes is granted as permanent poliyūṭṭu (to last) as
long as the moon.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.103 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 235–236, item 103.