# SII 3.118: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Emmanuel Francis

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0118

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0118.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## 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.

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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?⟨ai⟩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.