# SII 3.114: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: XII.—INSCRIPTIONS OF RAJAKESARIVARMAN, MADIRAIKONDA
RAJAKESARIVARMAN OR GANDARADITYA. No. 114.—ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE
CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE DANDISVARA TEMPLE AT VELACHCHERI. No. 315 of 1911

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0114

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0114.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

Madiraikoṇḍa Rājakēsarivarman, in whose 5th year this record is dated,
has been identified with Gaṇḍarāditya, the second son of Parāntaka I.,
on the supposition that he must have inherited the title Madiraikoṇḍa
from his father who first bore it and that he should have been the
immediate successor of Parāntaka I. on the Chōḷa throne—the eldest son
Rājāditya having evidently died during the life-time of Parāntaka[1] .

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] matiraikoṇṭa kovirājakesaripanma⟨rk⟩ku yāṇṭu ⟨2⟩ 5
cāvatu puliyūrkoṭṭa⟨t⟩tu ko⟨ṭ⟩ṭurnāṭṭu veḷi⟨c⟩ceriyāḷuṅka⟨3⟩ṇa(tt)āruḷ
(te)nṉūr devakumārakramavi⟨t⟩ta¿n=nivūr?⟨nivvūr⟩
tirutaṇṭiśva⟨4⟩radevarkku candrātittavaṟ Oru (na)ndāviḷa⟨k⟩kerippataṟkku
vaitta ⟨5⟩ cāvā muvā perāṭu toṇṇūṟu I¿n?⟨d⟩dha⟨r⟩mma⟨M⟩ rakṣi⟨p⟩pā(r pa)
nmāheśvarar ∥⁓

## Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 5th year of (the reign of) king
Rājakēsarivarman who took Madirai (Madura), Dēvakumāra-kramavittaṉ of
Teṉṉūr, (one) of the (members of the) administrative assembly
(āḷum-gaṇattār) of Veḷichchēri in Kōṭṭūr-nāḍu, (a subdivision) of
Puliyūr-kōṭṭam, gave ninety fat sheep, which neither die nor grow old,
for burning a lamp as long as the moon and the sun (endure), (in the
temple) of the god Tiruttaṇḍīśvara of this village. (The assembly of)
all Māhēśvaras shall protect this charity.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.114 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 250–251, item 114.

[1] Madras Epigraphical Report for 1912, Part II, page 64, paragraph 17;
the Director-General’s Archaeological Survey Report for 1908-09, page
122.