# SII 3.113: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: XII.—INSCRIPTIONS OF RAJAKESARIVARMAN, MADIRAIKONDA
RAJAKESARIVARMAN OR GANDARADITYA. No. 113.—ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE
CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE GHRITASTHANESVARA TEMPLE AT TILLASTHANAM. No. 287
of 1911

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0113

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0113.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This inscription is dated in the 13th year of Rājakēsarivarman. It
records gifts of gold made by Teṉṉavaṉ Pirudimārāśaṉ alias Kaṭṭi
Oṟṟiūraṉ and Varaguṇa-Perumāṉār, the wife of Parāntaka Iḷaṅgōvēḷār, for
two perpetual lamps to be burnt in the temple of Mahādēva (Śiva) of
Tiruneyttāṉam which was a dēvadāna (village) in Poygai-nāḍu.

Among the boundaries described in the inscription the embankment
Karikālakarai is worthy of mention.

Varaguṇa-Perumāṉār under the name Varaguṇā has been mentioned in the
Mūvarkōyil inscription at Koḍumbāḷūr[1] as the wife of
Bhūti-Vikramakēsarin whose other name was Madhurāntaka-Irukkuvēḷ.
Perhaps Parāntaka Iḷaṅgōvēḷār of our inscription is the same as
Madhurāntaka Irukkuvēḷ.

Mr. Venkayya considered that Madhurāntaka Irukkuvēl was a contemporary
of Āditya Karikāla II.[2] The palaeography suggests a much earlier
period for the inscription.

## Palaeographic description

The virāmas are marked throughout by a zigzag line placed at the top of
the letters and the length of the consonants is denoted by a symbol
which looks like ḷa.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] korājakesarivarmaṟku yāṇṭu 10 3 Āvatu poykaiñāṭṭut
⟨2⟩ tevatāṉan tiruneyttāṉattu mahādeva(rk)kut teṉṉavaṉ
piru⟨3⟩timārācaṉāyiṉa kaṭṭi OṟṟiŪraṉ nicati Uḻakku neyyāloru
nontāviḷa⟨4⟩kkerivatākak kuṭutta poṉ 2 10 5 <kaḻañcu> Um
parāntakaviḷaṅkoveḷār teviyā⟨5⟩r varakuṇaperumāṉār Oru
nontāviḷakkiṉukkuk kuṭutta poṉ 2 10 5 <kaḻañcu> Umākap po⟨6⟩ṉ 5 10
<kaḻañcu> ñciṉālum tevar (nilaṅ) kaṟai(yu)ntiṭaluṅ kalvi nirnilamāka
macakkiṉa (nilat)⟨7⟩tukkellai karaikkiḻ viṣṇubhaṭṭāra(ka)r tuṭavaikku
me⟨r⟩kkuṅ karikālakkaraikku vaṭakkun tevaruṭai⟨8⟩ya puṉceykkaṟāykkuk
kiḻakkumantaṉūr (vā)ykkālukku(t) teṟkumivvicaiytta
perunā⟨9⟩ṉkellaiyuḷ⟨ḷa⟩kappaṭṭa nilam ce pattucceyuṅ k¿ā?⟨o⟩ṇṭu
nicatiyiraṇṭu nontāviḷa⟨10⟩kku candrādit=taval Erippomāṉon
tiruneyttāṉattu sabhaiyum pātamulamumitu panlāheśvarar· rakṣ(ai) (∥⁓)

## Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 13th year of (the reign of) king
Rājakēsarivarman, Teṉṉavaṉ Pirudimārāśaṉ alias Kaṭṭi Oṟṟi-ūraṉ gave 25
kaḻañju[3] of gold for burning one perpetual lamp with (one) uḻakku of
ghee every day, to the (god) Mahādēva (Śiva) of Tiruneyttāṉam which was
a dēvadāna in Poygāi-nāḍu; and Varaguṇa-Perumāṉār, the queen (dēviyār)
of Parāntaka-Iḷaṅgōvēḷār, (also) gave 25 kaḻañju[4] of gold for one
perpetual lamp. With (this) total of 50 kaḻañju[5] of gold (some) land
of the god was cleared of its borders and mounds and converted into a
wet field. The boundaries (of this reclaimed) land (are):—

(L. 7.) West of the cultivated land (tuḍavai) of (the god)
Vishṇu-Bhaṭṭāraka (lying to the) east of the border; north of the
embankment (called) Karikāla-karai; east of the kaṟāy dry lands of the
god; and south of (the channel called) Andanūr-vāykkāl. Having (thus)
received the ten śey of cultivated wet land situated within the four
great boundaries thus described, we, the assembly and the pādamūlam[6]
of Tiruneyttāṉam, agree to burn daily two perpetual lamps, as long as
the moon and the sun (endure). (The assembly of) all Māhēśvaras shall
protect this (charity).

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.113 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 249–250, item 113.

[1] Madras Epigraphical Report for 1908, pp. 87ff.

[2] Ibid.

[3] Kaḻañju is indicated by the symbol.

[4] Kaḻañju is indicated by the symbol.

[5] Kaḻañju is indicated by the symbol.

[6] This term is now generally used as a polite term of respect for a
high person, but seems to apply here to the priests of the pādamūla,
i.e., of God.