SII 3.117: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Alternative title: “XII.—INSCRIPTIONS OF RAJAKESARIVARMAN, MADIRAIKONDA RAJAKESARIVARMAN OR GANDARADITYA. No. 117.—ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE RUINED VISHNU TEMPLE AT TIRUMALPURAM. No. 308 of 1906.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This inscription is dated in the 17th year of Madiraikoṇḍa Rājakēsarivarman and registers a gift of 96 sheep for a lamp to the Vishṇu temple at Gōvindapāḍi in Valla-nāḍu, a subdivision of Dāmar (Dāmal)-kōṭṭam.

Gōvindavāḍi and Dāmal are villages in the Conjeeveram taluk of the Chingleput district. The former is quite close to Tirumālpuram in the Arkonam taluk of the North Arcot district and is identical with the Gōvindapāḍi of our inscription.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0117.

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Version: 2026-01-26 15:35 (83049dc), last modified 2026-01-22 17:07 (9f1dc59).

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] matiraikoṇṭa kovirāja-
⟨2⟩ ke(sari)panma⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu 10 7 Āvatu coḻa-
⟨3⟩ nā(ṭ)ṭu(t te)ṉkarai paṉaiyūrnāṭṭup pa-
⟨4⟩ ṉaiyūru(ṭaiyāṉ) kecuvaṉirāmaṉāki-
⟨5⟩ ⟨ya⟩ (c)e(m)pi(ya)ṉ paṉaiyūrnāṭṭu veḷāṉ
⟨6⟩ tāmaṟ(ko)ṭṭattu va(lla)nāṭṭu śrī(go)-
⟨7⟩ vintapāṭi niṉṟaruḷiya perumāṉaṭika-
⟨8⟩ ḷukkuc candrātittavaṟ Erippatāka v¿a?t-
⟨9⟩ ta tirunan=tāvi⟨ḷa⟩kkoṉṟiṉukkāṭu toṇ-
⟨10⟩ ṇūṟṟāṟu Ivai śrīvayiṣṇavarakṣai Aṟamaṟava⟨ṟka⟩ [||]

Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 17th year of (the reign of) king Rājakēsarivarman who took Madirai (Madura), Kēśavaṉ Rāmaṉ alias Śembiyaṉ Paṉaiyūrnāṭṭu-Vēḷāṉ, (a native) of Paṉaiyūr in Teṉkarai Paṉaiyūr-nāḍu, (a subdivision) of Śōḻa-nāḍu gave ninety-six sheep for burning, as long as the moon and the sun (endure), one sacred perpetual lamp to the god (perumānaḍigaḷ) who was pleased to stand at the sacred (temple of) Gōvindapāḍi in Valla-nāḍu, (a subdivision) of Dāmar-kōṭṭam. (All) Śrī-Vaishṇavas shall protect this (charity). Do not forget charity !

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.117 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 253–254, item 117.

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