SII 3.118: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Alternative title: “XII.—INSCRIPTIONS OF RAJAKESARIVARMAN, MADIRAIKONDA RAJAKESARIVARMAN OR GANDARADITYA. No. 118.—IN THE SAME PLACE. No. 307 of 1906.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This inscription is also dated in the 17th year of the same king and registers a lampgift to the temple mentioned in No. 117. The donors belonged to Kīḻmalai, Veṇkala-nāḍu and Tiruppāśūr. The last place is at a distance of 2 miles from Tiruvaḷḷūr, Chingleput district.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0118.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] matiraikoṇṭa kovirājake-
⟨2⟩ saripanma⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu 10 7 Āvatu kīḻmalaiyil
⟨3⟩ {p}pallavapperaraiyaṉāṉa Irācakecarippe-
⟨4⟩ raraiyaṉ veṇkalanāṭṭu mummalaiyaṉ tiruppācū-
⟨5⟩ r muttaraiyaṉ t(ā)maṟkoṭṭattu vallanāṭṭu śrī-
⟨6⟩ go⟨vi⟩ntapāṭi niṉṟaruḷiya perumāṉaṭikḷukkuccandrā-
⟨7⟩ tittavarai Erikka v¿a?tta tirunan=tāviḷakkoṉṟiṉukku

Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 17th year of (the reign of) king Rājakēsarivarman, who took Madirai (Madura), Pallavappēraraiyaṉ alias Rājakēsarippēraraiyaṉ of Kīḻmalai, Mummalaiyaṉ of Veṇkala-nāḍu and Muttaraiyaṉ of Tiruppāśūr gave . . . . . . . . , 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.

Commentary

⟨7⟩ tirunan=tāviḷakkoṉṟiṉukku The inscription stops here abruptly.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.118 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. Page 254, item 118.

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<p n="7"><foreign>tirunan=tāviḷakkoṉṟiṉukku</foreign> The inscription stops here abruptly.</p>

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