SII 3.111: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Alternative title: “XII.—INSCRIPTIONS OF RAJAKESARIVARMAN, MADIRAIKONDA RAJAKESARIVARMAN OR GANDARADITYA. No. 111.—ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE ADIMULESVARA TEMPLE AT TIRUPPALATTURAI. No. 570 of 1908.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This inscription is dated in the 8th year of Rājakēsarivarman and registers a grant of land to the Śiva temple at Tiruppaṇambūdūr which was a hamlet of Uttamaśīli-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, by Tappildaram Pallavaraiyaṉ alias Kīḻmāndūr Paruvūr, a perundaram of prince (piḷḷaiyāṟ) Arikulakēsaridēva. The land granted was made tax-free by the village assembly.

The inscription is engraved on the walls of the stone temple at Tiruppātturai, i.e., the modern Tiruppalātturai which is quite close to Uttamaśīli,—the Uttamaśīli-chaturvēdimaṅgalam of the inscription, evidently so called after prince Uttamaśīli, a probable son of Parāntaka I., not mentioned in the Tiruvālaṅgāḍu plates. Of the two names Vīraśrīkāmugavadi and Ariñjigaivāykkāl mentioned among the boundaries of the land granted, the latter was probably named after prince Arikulakēsaridēva.

Arikulakēsaridēva is identical with the Arikulakēsarin of the Tirukkōyilūr record of Parakēsarivarman Parāntaka I.1 Professor Kielhorn thinks that this Arikulakēsarin is the same as Ariñjaya, one of the sons of Parāntaka I., mentioned in the large Leyden grant.2 If this is correct, the king Rājakēsarivarman of our inscription who was ruling at that time must evidently be Rājakēsarivarman Gaṇḍarāditya.3

Perundaram or Perundanam is already known as a title of high rank from the Tanjore inscriptions.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0111.

File path: SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0111.xml.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ sasti śrī [||] ko rājakesarivarmma⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu 8 Āvatu piḷḷaiyār Arikulakesaridevar peruntarattu tappiltaram {p}pallavaraiya⟨ṉ⟩ Āṉa kiḻmāntūr

⟨2⟩ paruvūreṉ teṉkarai brahmadeyam śrīUttamaciliccaturvvedimaṅkalattu tiruppaṇampūtūr parameśvararkku candrātittavaṟ tiruvamirtukkum

⟨3⟩ tiruvuṇṇāḻikaippuṟamāka kuṭutta ṉilam ¿mi(yū)r? Uṭkuṟai viraśrīkāmukavatikkumeṟkku Aṟiñcikaivāykkālukku teṟkku veṅkaiy Iḷayarudrakumā-

⟨4⟩ rakramavittaṉpakkal ṉāṉ vilaikoṇṭu Uṭaiya nilam maṇṇilai nikki Iraṇṭu māvum maṇṇilai Araimāvum Ivvūr kumārakramavittaṉ tirup(paṇa)mpūtūr para-

⟨5⟩ meśara⟨r⟩kku tiruvamitukkum A⟨r⟩ccanābhogamumāka Itiṉoṭumaṭaiya Orumāvum Ivvatikkuk kiḻakku dvetaikomapurattu caṉṉamaṇṭaikramavittaṉ Uḷḷiṭṭa catukkattu Ai-

⟨6⟩ ñcām pāṭakam Iraṇṭumāviṟ kuṭṭur ṉārāyaṇaṉ daśapuriyaṉ brāhmaṇi pakkal vilai koṇ⟨⟨ṭu⟩⟩ṭaiyeṉāy kuṭutta nilamaraiy māvumāka (Iṉ)ṉā⟨ṉ⟩māc ceyyum ca(ndr)ādityavat·

⟨7⟩ tiruppaṇampūtūr parameśvara⟨r⟩kku Innā⟨ṉ⟩mācceyyum tiruppā⟨t⟩tuṟai tirukka⟨ṟ⟩ṟaḷiyile ¿ślā?lekhai ceytukkuṭutt(o)m I⟨v⟩viruvom I⟨n⟩nilam candrādityavat

⟨8⟩ Iṟaiyiliyāka paṇ(ṇi)kkuṭuttom peruṅ{k}kuṟisabhaiy¿e?m [||] I⟨n⟩nilam Iṟaikoḷḷap paṇiccāraiyum Aṉṟu sabhaiyil Irun=tāraiyum Iṟai kāṭṭi-

⟨9⟩ ṉāraiyum panmāheśvara⟨re⟩ tāṅkaḷ veṇṭu kovukku maṉṟappeṟuvatāka paṇiccukkuṭuttom peruṅkuṟisabhaiyom [||] I⟨tu⟩ {(pa)nmā}panmāheśara Irakṣai [||]

Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 8th year of (the reign of) king Rājakēsarivarman, I, Tappildaram Pallavaraiyaṉ alias Kīḻmāndūr Paruvūr (one) of the Perundaram of prince (piḷḷaiyār) Arikulakēsaridēva, gave (the following) land as a gift for the maintenance of the sacred central shrine (tiruvuṇṇāḻigaipuram) for sacred offerings to the (god) Paramēśvara (Śiva) of Tiruppaṇambūdūr (hamlet) of the prosperous Uttamaśīli-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a brahmadēya on the southern bank4 ; (viz.)—

(L. 3.) The land (consisting) of 2 mā excluding maṇṇilai5 and 1/2 mā of maṇṇilai, (both) purchased by me from Vēṅgai Iḷaiya-Rudrakumāra-Kramavittaṉ and (situated) to the west of the (path called) Vīraśrīkāmugavadi and to the south of (the channel called) Ariñjigaivāykkāl and (which is the) uṭkuṟai6 of this village; one mā (of land given) by Kumāra-Kramavittaṉ of this village to be enjoyed along with the above as (a gift) for sacred offerings and for (the maintenance of) worshippers (archanābhōga) of the (god) Paramēśvara (Śiva) of Tiruppaṇambūdūr; and (1/2) mā which I purchased from the wife of Nārāyaṇaṉ Daśapuriyaṉ of Kuṭṭūr and gave out of the 2 mā (of land situated) to the east of this vadi, (and formed) the fifth pāḍagam of the śadukkam owned by Śannamaṇḍai-Kramavittaṉ and others of Dvēdaigōmapuram7 . Thus (were given) these 4 mā of cultivable land (śey).

(L. 7.) (The gift of) these 4 mā of cultivable land was given by both of us as long as the moon and the sun (endure) to the (god) Paramēśvara (Śiva) of Tiruppaṇambūdūr, after having (the gift) engraved on stone in the sacred stone temple of Tiruppāttuṟai.

(L. 8.) We, (the members) of the big assembly, made this land tax-free as long as the moon and the sun (endure). We, (the members) of the big assembly, declared that (the assembly of) all Māhēśvaras could themselves decide upon and collect any (fine) they choose for (i.e., on behalf of) the king from (such of us) as might order the levying of taxes on this land or those as were present in the assembly on the occasion or those as might enter the taxes (in the books). (The assembly of) all Māhēśvaras shall protect this (charity).

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.111 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 246–247, item 111.

Notes

  1. 1. Epigraphia Indica, Vol. VII, p. 141.

  2. 2. In the Tiruvoṟṟiyūr inscription (No. 104) above, the same prince is actually called Arindigai- Perumāṉār.

  3. 3. The Director-General's Archaeological Survey Report for 1908-09, page 122.

  4. 4. Evidently of the river Kāvērī.

  5. 5. The meaning of this word is not apparent. It must indicate a particular class of land.

  6. 6. The revenue term uṭkuṟai is composed of uḷ and kuṟai which signifies the deduction of the lands in question from within the village. Perhaps the uṭkuṟai-lands were not subject to any assessment.

  7. 7. Same as Vēdagōmapuram.