# SII 3.108: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: XI.—INSCRIPTIONS OF PARAKESARIVARMAN PARANTAKA I. No.
108.—ON A SLAB BUILT INTO THE FLOOR OF THE ADHIPURISVARA TEMPLE AT
TIRUVORRIYUR. No. 160 of 1912

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0108

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0108.xml

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

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## Summary

The inscription is dated in the 34th year of king Parakēsarivarman who
took Madura and records the gift of 90 sheep for a lamp to the Śiva
temple at Tiruvoṟṟiyūr (Ādhipurī), by the chief Māṟaṉ Paramēśvaraṉ alias
Śembiyaṉ Śōḻiyavaraiyaṉ of Śiṟukuḷattūr, on his return from conquering
Śīṭpuli and destroying Nellūr. The mutilated Sanskrit verse at the
beginning gives the king the title Vīrakīrti. This military campaign
reveals for the first time the extent to which the sway of the Chōḷa
king Parāntaka I. extended on the east coast.[1]

The name Śīṭpuli is Tamil and means ‘the fierce tiger.’ The
corresponding Sanskrit equivalent, if any, must end in the word vyāghra.
We do not know of any names of contemporaneous kings of the Telugu
country at this period which ended either with vyāghra or puli. In the
time of Nandivarman Pallavamalla, however, there was, according to the
Udayēndiram plates, a chief named Pṛithivivyāghra whom Udayachandra
drove out of the district of Vishṇurāja (i.e., the Eastern Chalukya king
Vishṇuvardhana III.). It is not impossible that our Śīṭpuli was a later
member of the Nishāda family to which Pṛithivivyāghra belonged.

## Palaeographic description

The puḷḷi or virāma is mostly marked in this inscription.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥]

1.

⟨4⟩ [8+] ripave ⟨5⟩ śryādhipuryyā � gānānna⟨6⟩vatimadātsa vīrakirttiḥ
[∥]

mati⟨7⟩raikoṇṭa koppara(k)e⟨8⟩sarivarmmaṟku yāṇṭu mu⟨9⟩ppattunālāvatu
coḻa⟨10⟩ṉāṭṭu tenkaraiṉāṭṭu p(o)⟨11⟩(y)yi(ṟ)kūṟṟattu
ciṟu(ku)⟨12⟩ḷat(tūru)ṭaiyāṉ (m)ā(ṟa)ṉ ⟨13⟩ (pa)rameśvaraṉā(kiya)
cem⟨14⟩(pi)yaṉ coḻiyavarai⟨15⟩(yaṉ) cīṭpuliyai yeṟi⟨16⟩ntu
nellū{r}raḻittu ⟨17⟩ mīṇṭu potukiṉṟāṉ ⟨18⟩ (tiruvoṟṟi)yūr
mahāde⟨19⟩var(kku) Ā(candra)tāramum ⟨20⟩
(ti)runa(ndāviḷa)kke(ri)⟨21⟩(ppataṟku vait)ta c(ā)⟨22⟩(vā) mu(vāpperā)ṭu
t(o)⟨23⟩(ṇṇū)ṟṟā(ṟu) [∥]

## Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

Hail ! Prosperity ! . . . . . . . to (the temple of Śiva), the enemy of
. . . at the prosperous (town) Ādhipurī, that Vīrakīrti gave 90[2]
goats. In the 34th year of (the reign of) king Parakēsarivarman who took
Madirai (Madura), Māṟaṉ Paramēśvaraṉ alias Śembiyaṉ Śōḻiyavaraiyaṉ, a
native of Śirukuḷattūr in Poyyiṟ-kūṟṟam (a district) of Teṉkarai-nāḍu
(which was a division) of Śōḻa-nāḍu, while returning (from his campaign)
after having struck Śīṭpuli (in battle) and destroyed Nellūr, gave for
burning a sacred perpetual lamp to the (god) Mahādēva (Śiva) at
Tiruvoṟṟiyūr as long as the moon and stars (last), 96 fat sheep which
neither die nor grow old.

## Commentary

⟨1–3⟩ Lines 1 to 3 are much worn out.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.108 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 242–243, item 108.

[1] See Madras Epigraphical Report for 1913, page 94, paragraph 18.

[2] The word navati (90) has been apparently wrongly used to specify the
number of goats, which according to the Tamil portion were 96.