SII 3.121: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri XIII.—INSCRIPTIONS OF RAJAKESARIVARMAN SUNDARACHOLA PARANTAKA II. No. 121.—IN THE SAME PLACE. No. 40 of 1907. author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0121.xml 2019-2026 as per external metadata

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 AnupamāSee Madras Epigraphical Report for 1908, page 87. 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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dhāmni śrīviśalūranāmni vasato devasya madhyandine śālyantnena sabhājanāya niyatam vaṁśapraṛdiīpoāyidto ma sukṛtī pañcoddhtta rānmāṣakān niṁbagrāmagatānakaānsudhabṛkṛte rāja papradeyādnapi ... prādādiruṁkoḷakulapradīpaḥ pirāntakasyānmajavargavaryyaḥ . dīpammudā śrīviśalūradhānmmne harāya babhūbhṛcciṟuveḷanāmā . śrīmatsundaracoḷabhūpatilakasyābde vare pañcame kāveryyāstaṭa Uttare guṇanidhau niṁbhbāgrahārāhvaye . grāme śrīviśalūradhāmni niratāyeśāya dīpammudā mdattantañcci ṟuḷavenāmavahatā rakṣantu maāheśvarāḥ ....

pradipoyido Read pṛdīpāyito. Line 2 Eight letters appear to have been lost at the beginning of this line. 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. babhṛcci The formation of the letter ba is very irregular; read bhūbhṛcci.

(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.

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