# SII 3.121: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: XIII.—INSCRIPTIONS OF RAJAKESARIVARMAN SUNDARACHOLA
PARANTAKA II. No. 121.—IN THE SAME PLACE. No. 40 of 1907

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0121

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0121.xml

Language: Sanskrit [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This Sanskrit inscription supplies some additional information about
[Pirāntakaṉ] Iruṅgōḷār alias Śiṟiyavēḷār mentioned in the two previous
records. He is here called Śiruvēḷā the foremost member in the family of
the daughter of king Pirāntaka and the light of the Iruṅgōḷa race. The
first of the attributes is interesting and has perhaps to be understood
with reference to the marriage of a member of the Koḍumbāḷūr family
named Samarābhirāma to the Chōḷa princess Anupamā[1] mentioned in an
inscription from Mūvarkōyil. If this is so, it follows that Anupamā was
a daughter of king Parāntaka I. It is also known that prince
Arikulakēsari, son of Parāntaka I., married Pūdi Āditta-Piḍāri, daughter
of Teṉṉavaṉ Iḷaṅgōvēḷār, another member of the same family which was
called Irukkuvēḷ, Iḷaṅgōvēḷ or Iruṅgōḷa.

In the 5th year of king Sundara-Chōḷa this chief Śiruvēḷa (i.e.,
Śiṟiyavēḷār) is stated to have given to the god at Śrīviśalūra (i.e.,
Tiruviśalūr), some māshakas of gold for rice offering and the gatānakas
(gadyāṇakas) which accrued to the king as revenue from the village Nimba
or Nimbāgrahāra for repairs, and a lamp. Nimba or Nimbāgrahāra on the
northern bank of the Kāvērī is apparently the modern Vēppattūr called
Amaninārāyaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam in Tamil inscriptions.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ [6+] (dhā)mni śrīviśalūranāmni vasato devasya madhyandine
śālyan¿t?⟨n⟩ena sabhājanāya (ni)yata(m)
⟨vaṁśa⟩p¿ra?⟨ṛ⟩d¿i?⟨ī⟩p¿o?⟨ā⟩yi¿d?⟨t⟩o ⟨2⟩ [4+] ma sukṛtī
(pañc)o¿(ddh)?⟨tt⟩(a) rā(nm)āṣakān
(niṁba)grāmagatānak¿a?⟨ā⟩nsudha¿(bṛ)?⟨kṛ⟩te rāj¿a p?⟨ap⟩radeyā¿d?⟨n⟩api
||| ⟨3⟩ pr(ādādi)ruṁkoḷakulapradīpaḥ pirāntakasyā(nma)javargavaryyaḥ [|]
dīpammudā śrīviśalūradhā¿nm?⟨mn⟩e harāya ¿ba?⟨bhū⟩bhṛcciṟuveḷanā(mā) [∥]
śrīmatsundaracoḷabhūpatilakasyābde vare pañcame kāveryy(ā)staṭa Uttare
guṇanidh(au) niṁ¿(bh)?⟨b⟩āgrahārāhvaye [|] grāme śrīviśalūradhāmni
niratāyeśā(ya dī)pammudā ¿m?⟨d⟩attanta¿ñ?⟨c⟩ci ṟuḷa(venā)mavahatā
rakṣantu m¿a?⟨ā⟩heśvarāḥ |||⁓

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ pradipoyido • Read pṛdīpāyito.

⟨2⟩ Line 2 • Eight letters appear to have been lost at the beginning of
this line.

⟨3⟩ Line 3 • The line begins with the Tamil passage maṟkuyāṇṭu 5 Āvatu
on the estampage. It is doubtful if this formed part of the inscription
under publication. — ⟨3⟩ babhṛcci • The formation of the letter ba is
very irregular; read bhūbhṛcci.

## Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

(Verse 1.) The light of his race, the fortunate one . . . . . (gave) . .
. . . māshakas increased by five for offering in perpetuity cooked rice
in midday to the god dwelling in the temple . . . . . named Śrīviśalūra.
(He) also (gave) for whitewash (i.e., repairs) the gatānakas (gadyāṇakas
?) of the village Nimba, which were payable to the king.

(V. 2.) The king named Śiruvēḷa who was the light of the Iruṅkōḷa race
and the foremost (member) in the family of the daughter of (king)
Pirāntaka gave with delight a lamp to Hara (Śiva) whose abode was at
Śrīviśalūra.

(V. 3.) May the Māhēśvaras protect the lamp presented with delight in
the prosperous fifth year of (the reign of) the best of kings, the
illustrious Sundara-Chōḷa, by him who bore the name Śiruvēḷa, to Īśa
(Śiva) who was pleased (to dwell) in the abode (temple) of Śrīviśalūra
(situated) in the virtuous village named Nimbāgrahāra on the northern
bank of the (river) Kāvērī.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.121 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 257–258, item 121.

[1] See Madras Epigraphical Report for 1908, page 87.