# SII 3.120: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: XIII.—INSCRIPTIONS OF RAJAKESARIVARMAN SUNDARACHOLA
PARANTAKA II. No. 120.—IN THE SAME PLACE. No. 320 of 1907

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0120

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0120.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This is again a record of Rājakēsarivarman dated in the 4th year and
must be attributed to Parāntaka II, since it mentions the General
Pirāntakaṉ Iruṅgōḷar alias Śiṟiyavēḷār.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] ko Irācakesarivanmaṟku yāṇṭu 4 Āvatu
vaṭakaraittevatānabrahmateyam Amaninārāyaṇaccaturvvetimaṅkalattu
ti⟨2⟩ruvicalūr perumāṉaṭikaḷukku pirāntakaṉ Iruṅkoḷarākiya ciṟiyaveḷar
Uccampotu tiruvamutukku candrādit=ta⟨3⟩vaṟ peruṅkuṟiperumakkaḷukku
Īḻakka [1+] ṅkācu 100 3 10 kācu kuṭutta Adeyañce(tu ku)ṭutta
nilamā⟨4⟩vatu tirunilakaṇṭaccerik kuñ(ca)pevil
bhavanan=ticatuppetibhaṭṭacomāciyār (ca)tukkattu Iraṇ⟨5⟩ṭām pāṭakam
śrīkoyiliṉ mēlpakkattu E [3+] tta kaṇṭattu ⟨6⟩ kālum śrīmādhavarcceriyil
nan=tiśvarabhaṭṭar Aṭṭa(ka)ttu nattakūṟu tiruvicalūr ŪrIrukkaiyil
kāṇiyum Āka Ikkāle kāṇiyum can=tirāti⟨t⟩tavaṟ vaiccār
(paṉ)m¿a?⟨ā⟩he(śvararakṣai) [∥]

## Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

(Line 1.). Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 4th year of (the reign of) king
Rājakēsarivarman, Pirāntakaṉ Iruṅgōḷar alias Śiṟiyavēḷar, paid 130
īḻakkāśu to the great men of the big assembly and gave, freed from
payment (of taxes) (adēyam[1] ) the following land for the sacred midday
offerings to (the temple of) the god (perumāṉaḍigaḷ) at Tiruviśalūr in
Amaninārāyaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a dēvadāna and a brahamdēya on the
northern bank (of the Kāvērī), (to last) as long as the moon and the
sun.

(L. 4.) (One) quarter (vēli of land) . . . . . kaṇḍam on the western
side of the sacred shrine (śrīkōyil), (forming) the second pāḍagam of
the śadukkam of Bhavanandi-Chaturvēdibhaṭṭa-Sōmayājiyār of [2]
Kuñjapevil (living) in (the quarter) Tirunīlakaṇḍachchēri and (one) kāṇi
(of land) in the village-site (ūrirukkai) of Tiruviśalūr, (forming) the
nattam portion of the aṭṭakam of Nandīśvara-Bhaṭṭa (living) in
Śrīmādhavarchēri,—in all this quarter (vēli) and (one) kāṇi (of land)
were given (by him) (to last) as long as the moon and the sun. (The
assembly of) all Māhēśvaras shall protect (this charity).

## Commentary

This inscription is engraved in continuation of No. 319 of 1907.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.120 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 256–257, item 120.

[1] The meaning of the phrase adeyam ceytu is not quite clear. It may be
that the land was made taxfree and the phrase corresponds to the Tamil
iṟaiyili. The tax payable to the king is designated rājapradēya in the
next inscription, text line 2. The other meaning that suggests itself is
that the land was made inalienable.

[2] For the occurrence of kuñcappevil as a family name, see above, Vol.
II, Part V, pp. 533 and 534.