# SII 3.116: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: XII.—INSCRIPTIONS OF RAJAKESARIVARMAN, MADIRAIKONDA
RAJAKESARIVARMAN OR GANDARADITYA. No. 116.—ON THE WEST WALL OF THE
CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE DANDISVARA TEMPLE AT VELACHCHERI No. 306 of 1911

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0116

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0116.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This is again an inscription of Madiraikoṇḍa Rājakēsarivarman dated in
the 7th year of his reign. It registers a gift of a land by purchase, by
two Veḷḷāḷa brothers of Oṉpadiṟṟuvēli in Ārkāṭṭu-kūṟṟam, a subdivision
of Śōṇāḍu, to the Mahādēva temple of Tīruttaṇḍīśvaram at Veḷichchēri.

Oṉpadiṟṟuvēli may be identified with Ombattuvēli in the Tanjore taluk of
the Tanjore district. Ārkāḍu which was evidently the headquarters of the
subdivision Ārkāṭṭu-kūṟṟam is now a petty village in the vicinity of
Tirukkāṭṭuppaḷḷi.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] matiraikoṇṭa kovirājakesaripaṉmaṟku ⟨2⟩ yāṇṭu 7
Āva(tu) puliyūrkoṭṭa⟨t⟩tu veḷicceri mahāsabhaiy(o)⟨3⟩⌉m(e)mmur
brahma(sthānat)te kūṭṭa kuṟaivaṟa kūṭi Iruntu viṟkiṉ(ṟa) ⟨4⟩ nilam [|]
Ivūr kiḻ(piṭā)kaik kāṟakattu Atampuḻāṉaḻi Eri Aka⟨5⟩ppaṭṭa (ni)lam [5+]
I⟨v⟩vaḻi [1+] yā [4+] meṟku ten⟨6⟩pāṟkellai mā(ṉa)yiṭṭukā(lu)kku
vaṭa(k)ku melpāṟkellai taṭṭāneriyo⟨7⟩ṭe Aṭain=ta vaḻik=ku kiḻak=ku
vaṭa(pāṟ)kellai koṭṭurkāluk=ku teṟk=kumināṉkel⟨8⟩laiyaka(t)tuṭpaṭṭa
nila(t)tu naṭuvu pi [2+] yūr (ṉi)la nikki Uṇṇilamoḻiviṉṟi
viṟṟukuṭu⟨9⟩ttomitu I⟨v⟩vāṟu vi(lai)kkāṇaṅ kiḻirait (ta)ntu
viṟpittukoṇṭān coṇāṭṭu (Ā)r⟨10⟩kāṭṭukūṟ(ṟa)ttu
veḷḷāḷaṉ(o)ṉpatiṟṟuve(li)Uṭaiyānintraṉ paḻ¿i?⟨a⟩nattaṭikaḷumivaṉ ⟨11⟩
tampi Aṇṇāmalaiyumivviruvarpakkalumibhūmiyāl van=ta
vilaipporuḷ⟨12⟩ḷaṟa⟨k⟩koṇṭu (viṟṟu)k=kuṭuttomibhūmiyā(l) van=ta
Iṟaiyumeccoṟum Amañ⟨13⟩ci veṭṭi vetiṉai An=tarāyatiyumeppeṟpaṭṭa Iṟaiyum
(k)āṭṭa peṟātomā⟨14⟩no(m) (k)āṭṭinārai panmāheśvarare
dharmmāsanamutalāka tāṉ veṇṭina viṭa⟨15⟩ttile meyveṟṟuvakai Ivvirunūṟu
kāṇam taṇṭamiṭa Oṭṭikkuṭutto⟨16⟩m mahāsabhaiyom [|] Ippūmi Uḻak=kum
Iraṇṭu kuṭik=ku sarvvaparihāramā(ka) Oṭṭi⟨17⟩k=kuṭu⟨t⟩to⟨m⟩
mahāsabhaiyomivarkaḷ paṇi⟨k⟩ka veḻutineṉ vaikā¿sana?⟨nasa⟩ṉ
pe(ru)mā(napa)⟨18⟩ṭṭaneṉ [|] Ipparicu Intran
paḻa¿n?⟨ṉ⟩a⟨t⟩taṭikaḷumivaṉṟampi Aṇṇāmalaiyenu(m)e⟨19⟩ṅkaḷ veḷi⟨c⟩ceri
(ma)hāsabhaiyārpakkal koṇṭa parice I⟨v⟩(vū)r tirutaṇṭiśvara⟨t⟩tu
ma(hā)⟨20⟩deva⟨r⟩k=ku candrātittavaṟ Oru (na)ṉtāviḷa⟨k⟩keri⟨p⟩pataṟkum
Ikkoyilil yāṅkaḷ śrīkoyi⟨21⟩l (le)ṭu⟨p⟩(pi)ttu pratiṣṭhai ceyvitta
kaṇavatiyār⟨k⟩ku U⟨c⟩ciyampotu Irunāḻiyarici(yā)⟨22⟩l tiruvamutu
kāṭṭuvatākavum kuṭu⟨t⟩tomiva⟨r⟩kaḷ kuṭutta Ibhūmi koṇṭu
I⟨na⟩ndāviḷa⟨k⟩⟨23⟩keri⟨p⟩patākavum kaṇavatiyār⟨k⟩ku tiruvamutu
kāṭṭikoḷvatākavumibhūmi koṇṭo⟨m⟩ tirutaṇṭi⟨24⟩śvara⟨t⟩tu
tiruvu⟨ṇ⟩ṇāḻikai Uṭaiya śivabrāhmaṇan geṁgādharaśivanenum
Amirtara(ñca)⟨25⟩⟨ṉa⟩civa(ne)num ponmalaicivanenum I⟨v⟩vaṉaivom I⟨p⟩paṇi
candrātittavaṟ mu⟨ṭ⟩ṭām(ai) ⟨26⟩ c¿ai?⟨ey⟩vomāno⟨m⟩ muṭṭi(ṉ) pa(ṭi)
Iraṭ(ṭi) c¿ai?⟨ey⟩vomānom Idharmmamirakṣi⟨p⟩pāreṇpat¿u?⟨i⟩n ⟨27⟩
gaṇa⟨p⟩peruma(k=ka)ḷuman(ṟā)ḻ kovum panmāheśvara(ru)m ∥⁓

## Apparatus

⟨13⟩ An=tarāyati • Antanāyati apparently stands for Antarāyāti.

## Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 7th year of (the reign of) king
Rājakēsarivarman who took Madirai (Madura), we (the members) of the
great assembly of Veḷichchēri in Puliyūr-kōṭṭam, having gathered in
assembly without deficiency, in the Brahmasthāna of our village, sold
the (following) land:—

(L. 4.) the . . . . . the land included in the tank of Adambuḻānaḻi of .
. . . . . the eastern hamlet of this village . . . . . west . . . this
path; the southern boundary (is) to the north of the (channel called)
Māṉayīṭṭu-kāl; the western boundary (is) to the east of the path which
passes by the tank (called) Taṭṭāṉēri; and the northern boundary (is) to
the south of the channel of Kōṭṭūr. We sold the land situated within the
enclosure of these four boundaries excluding the land . . . . . within
(it) (but) without excluding the uṇṇilam.

(L. 9.) Having given the sale money and kīḻ-iṟai thus, Indraṉ
Paḻanattaḍigaḷ the cultivator (veḷḷāḷaṉ) of Oṉpadiṟṟuvēli in
Ārkāṭṭu-kūṟṟam, (a subdivision) of Śōṇāḍu, and his younger brother
Aṇṇāmalai, got (this land) sold (to them), and we sold (the land) having
received in full the sale-money of this land from these two persons. We
(the members of the assembly) shall not show (in our account books) any
kind of tax as accruing on this land such as iṟai, echchōṟu, amañji,
free labour (veṭṭi), vēdiṉai and antarāya. We (the members) of the big
assembly gave a written agreement that (the assembly of) all Māhēśvaras
(alone) shall (have the right to) levy, in case they choose (to do so),
to be credited to the council of justice (dharmāsana), a fine of
these[1] two-hundred kāṇam on each of the persons that show (any such
tax) (in the books). We (the members) of the big assembly (also) gave a
written agreement that the two tenants who cultivate this land (shall
have) all exemptions. At the command of these (members), I, Vaikānasaṉ
Perumāṉ-Bhaṭṭaṉ, wrote (this).

(L. 18.) (We) Indraṉ Paḻaṉattaḍigaḷ and his younger brother Aṇṇāmalai
granted on the same terms, (the land) obtained in this wise from the
members of the big assembly of our (village) Veḷichchēri to Mahādēva
(Śiva) of (the temple of) Tiruttaṇḍīśvaram in this village for burning
one perpetual lamp as long as the moon and the sun (endure) and for the
presentation of sacred offerings (prepared) with two nāḻi of rice, at
midday, to (the god) Gaṇapati set up in the sacred shrine which we had
built in this temple. We, the following Śiva-Brāhmaṇas (viz.,)
Gaṅgādhara-Śiva, Amirta-rañjana-Śiva and Poṉmalai-Śiva of (i.e.,
attached to) the sacred central shrine in (the temple of)
Tiruttaṇḍīśvaram received this land (on the understanding) that
obtaining this land given by these persons, we shall burn this perpetual
lamp and (also) present sacred offerings to Gaṇapati. We (agree) to
conduct this service without default as long as the moon and the sun
(endure). If (any) default (happens) we shall double the scale (of
service). The eighty great men of the administrative assembly (gaṉa),
the king reigning at the time, and (the assembly of) all Māhēśvaras
shall protect this charity.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.116 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 252–253, item 116.

[1] The word “these” has not been here used with reference to any
mentioned above. Perhaps it has to be cancelled.