# SII 3.112: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: XII.—INSCRIPTIONS OF RAJAKESARIVARMAN, MADIRAIKONDA
RAJAKESARIVARMAN OR GANDARADITYA. No. 112.—ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE
CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE ADIMULESVARA TEMPLE AT TIRUPPALATTURAI. No. 574 of
1908

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0112

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0112.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This is again a record of Rājakēsarivarman dated in his 8th year and is
in some respects similar to the preceding number. It records that the
assembly of Uttamaśīlichaturvēdimaṅgalam, having received ten kāśu as
tax-money from Tappildaram Pallavaraiyaṉ alias Kīḻmāndūr Paruvūr, the
donor of No. 111 and a perundaram of āḷvār Arikulakēsaridēva, made the
land one mā and odd, granted by him to the Śiva temple at
Tiruppaṇambūdūr, tax-free for all time to come. Like the previous
inscription, this record also authorizes the imposition of a fine on the
members and the accountants of the assembly who might suggest the
levying of a tax on the land. The epithet āḷvār which is applied to
Arikulakēsaridēva in this inscription is perhaps a term of respect, as
piḷḷaiyār in the previous inscription was one of endearment.

Of the names mentioned in the description of the boundaries, the pathway
called Kōdaṇḍarāmavadi may have been so named after Kōdaṇḍarāma
Rājāditya, the eldest son of king Parāntaka I. or the latter’s father
Āditya I.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ |⁓ svasti śrī [∥] kovirājakesarivarmma⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu 8 Āvatu teṉkarai
brahmateyam śrī⟨2⟩Uttamaciliccaturvvedimaṅ(ka)lattu peruṅkuṟisabhaiyom
Ivvāṇṭu tiruppaṇampūtūr para⟨3⟩meśvarar nilam Ivvūr Uṭkkuṟai
viraśrikāmu⟨⟨ka⟩⟩vatikku meṟku śrīdevi(v)ā⟨y⟩kkālukku teṟkku⟨4⟩m
kiḻakkuniṉṟum 5 kaṇṇāṟṟukku vaṭakkuniṉṟum 1 catirattu
parān=takavāy⟨kkālu⟩kku vaṭakku kota⟨5⟩ṇṭarāmavatikkuk kiḻakku noṭṭur
Attoṇaccaturvvedibhaṭṭa¿m?⟨ṉ⟩uḷḷiṭṭ⟨ār⟩ catukkattukkuppaṭṭa pattā⟨6⟩m
pā(ṭaka)ttukku teṟkku kaṇṇāṟṟukku meṟkku Innaṭu¿p?⟨v⟩upaṭṭa nila⟨m⟩
mikutikkuṟaivu ⟨7⟩ Uḷḷaṭaṅka Orumācciṉṉa nilattukkum Iṟaikāvalāka Āḷvār
Arikulake ride⟨8⟩varuṭaiya peruntarattu tappiltaram pallavaraiyaṉāṉa
kiḻmāntūr (pa)ruvū⟨9⟩r pakkal sabhaiyoM pattukkācu koṇṭu Ivvorumācciṉṉa
nilamum I⟨10⟩ṟaiyiḻiccu cantrātittaval I⟨n⟩nilam Iṟaiyiliyākap paṇiccu
¿ślā?⟨śilā⟩lekai ⟨11⟩ ceytukuṭuttom peruṅkuṟisabhaiyom [∥] I⟨n⟩nilam
Iṟaik(oḷḷa)ppaṇi⟨⟨(ccā) ⟩⟩⟨12⟩raiyum Iṟaikāṭṭiṉāraiyum paṉmāheśvarar
muntu(ṟ)ṟa kovukku tā(ṅka)ḷ ve⟨13⟩ṇṭu poṉ ma¿ṟ?⟨ṉ⟩ṟappeṟuvārākavum [∥]
Ivai paṉmāheśvarar Irakṣai [∥]

## Apparatus

⟨11⟩ paṇi(ccā)⟨12⟩raiyum • The syllables ccā seem to be corrected from
other letters.

## Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 8th year of (the reign of) king
Rājakēsarivarman, we, (the members of) the big assembly of the
prosperous Uttamaśīli-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a brahmadēya on the southern
bank (of the Kāvērī)[1] , having received in this year as iṟaikāval ten
kāśu from Tappildaram Pallavaraiyaṉ alias Kīḻmāndūr Paruvūr, of the
perundaram of āḷvār Arikulakēsaridēva, on account of the land of the
(god) Paramēśvara (Śiva) of Tiruppaṇambūdūr, which was the uṭkuṟai of
this village, —the land (measuring) one mā and odd including excess or
deficiency (in measurement) and situated within (the) following
(boundaries);—to the south of (the channel called) Śrīdēvivāykkāl (which
was) to the west of (the path called) Vīraśrīkāmugavadi; to the north of
(the channel called) Parāntakavāykkāl (which irrigates) the first
śadiram from the north, of the fifth kaṇṇāṟu[2] (counting) from the
east; to the east of (the path called) Kōdaṇḍarāmavadi and to the west
of the kaṇṇāṟu to the south of the tenth pāḍagam in the śadukkam
belonging to Noṭṭūr Attōṇa-chaturvēdibhaṭṭaṉ and others.

(L. 11.) (We) exempted this one mā and odd of land from payment of taxes
and ordered that this land be (registered) tax-free as long as the moon
and the sun (endure); and we, (the members) of the big assembly had this
(deed) engraved on stone:—(also ordered that the assembly of) all
Māhēśvaras could themselves collect for (i.e., on behalf of) the king
mentioned above[3] any (fine in) gold they choose from (such of us) as
may order the levying of taxes on this land or those who may enter (any)
tax (in the accounts). (The assembly of) all Māhēśvaras shall protect
this (charity).

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.112 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 248–249, item 112.

[1] See above, page 247, footnote 3.

[2] This word which has been taken to mean a field in the previous
volumes appears to convey the sense of a sub-channel.

[3] In place of muntuṟṟa of this inscription, we find in other records
the phrase—aṉṉāḷ “the then reigning.”