SII 3.107: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Alternative title: XI.—INSCRIPTIONS OF PARAKESARIVARMAN PARANTAKA I. No. 107.—ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE SIVAYOGANATHASVAMIN TEMPLE AT TIRUVISALUR No. 29 of 1907.

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This inscription records a gift of sheep for a lamp to the temple of Tiruviśalūr by a female servant of Kāmaṉiyakkaṉār. This lady who was apparently a member of the royal family is not mentioned elsewhere.

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

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0107.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ (svasti) śrī [∥] matiraikoṇṭa koparakecaripanmaṟkku yāṇ-
⟨2⟩ (ṭu) 3 Āvatu vaṭakarai tevatāṉappira¿mme?teya-
⟨3⟩ (m Ama)ṉinārāyaṇacaturvvetimaṅkalattu tiruvicalūr
⟨4⟩ (peru)māṉaṭikaḷukkut tirunontāviḷakkuccantr¿a?tit=taval
⟨5⟩ [***] ya nāṭṭu kāmaṉiyakkaṉār parivārattu Icakkaṉayyaṉa(ṅ)kai
⟨6⟩ (vaitta) tiruviḷakku Oṉṟu Itukku Āṭu to¿ṉṉ?ūṟu Itu paṉmāheśvararum
⟨7⟩ [***] rakṣi⟨k⟩ka śipātamela(ṉa) |||⁓

Apparatus

⟨3⟩ 3 • As in the succeeding lines two or more syllables have been built in at the beginning of each line; perhaps the date consisted of two figures the first of which may have been one, two or three.

⟨7⟩ rakṣi⟨k⟩ka śipātamela(ṉa) • The last words perhaps stand for the usual imprecatory clause rakṣippār śrīpātameṉaṟalaimelaṉa.

Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 3rd year of (the reign of) king Parakēsarivarman, who took Madirai (Madura), Iśakkaṉayya-Naṅgai, one of the servants (parivāram) of Kāmaṉiyakkaṉār of . . . . nāḍu, gave one sacred lamp (to burn) as long as the moon and the sun (last), as a sacred perpetual light, to (the temple of) the god of Tiruviśalūr in Amaṉinārāyaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam which was a dēvadāna and a brahmadēya on the north bank (of the Kāvērī). For this (purpose) (she) gave ninety sheep. (The assembly of) all Māhēśvaras . . . . . shall protect this. The sacred feet [of those who protect] (shall be) on (my head).

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.107 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 242, item 107.

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