# SII 3.111: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Emmanuel Francis

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0111

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0111.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## 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.

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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?⟨Ivvūr⟩ 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?⟨śilā⟩lekhai ceytukkuṭutt(o)m
I⟨v⟩viruvom I⟨n⟩nilam candrādityavat ⟨8⟩ Iṟaiyiliyāka paṇ(ṇi)kkuṭuttom
peruṅ{k}kuṟisabhaiy¿e?⟨o⟩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 bank[4] ;
(viz.)—

(L. 3.) The land (consisting) of 2 mā excluding maṇṇilai[5] 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) uṭkuṟai[6] 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
Dvēdaigōmapuram[7] . 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.

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

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

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

[4] Evidently of the river Kāvērī.

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

[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] Same as Vēdagōmapuram.