# SII 3.122: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: XIII.—INSCRIPTIONS OF RAJAKESARIVARMAN SUNDARACHOLA
PARANTAKA II. No. 122.—ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE
VEDAPURISVARA TEMPLE AT TIRUKKALITTATTAI. No. 299 of 1908

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0122

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0122.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This incomplete record, dated in the 14th year of Rājakēsarivarman,
registers gifts of money in īḻakkāśu made by Rājādichchi and
Kuñjiramalli, the wife and daughter respectively of Śiṟiyavēḷāṉ, for
burning lamps in the temple at Tirukkuḍittiṭṭai which was included in
Amaninārāyaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam. Śiṟiyavēḷāṉ is identical with
Pirāntakaṉ Śiṟiyavēḷār, the General of the Chōḷa king Sundara-Chōḷa
Parāntaka II.[1] The king Rājakēsarivarman could not be identified. It
is not impossible, however, that he is identical with Sundara-Chōḷa
Parāntaka II.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ |⁓ svasti śrī [∥] ko Irācakecaripaṉmaṟkiyāṇṭu 10 4 Āvatu (va)ṭakarai
tevatāṉabrahmadeyam Amaninārāyaṇaccaturvvetimaṅkalattu
ti(ru)⟨k⟩kuṭit(tiṭ)ṭai perumāḷukku ciṟiyaveḷāṉ tevi{y} Irācāticci Oru
nontāviḷakku canti⟨2⟩rāticcavaṟ Eriya vaiytta Īḻa⟨k⟩kācu 2 10 5
Irupa(t)tañcu [∥] ciṟiyaveḷāṉ makaḷ kuñciramalli{y} Oru nontāviḷakku
(ca)ntirāticcavaṟ Eriya vaiytta Īḻakkācu 2 10 5 [∥] Āka (5) 10
kā⟨3⟩(cu)m kuṭuttu koṇṭa pūmi yamaṅkuṭi{y} Ūriṉ melpakkattu Ālikkoṉṟai
ciritarakramavittar Eva

## Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 14th year of (the reign of) king
Rājakēsarivarman, Rājādichchi, the wife of Śiṟiyavēḷāṉ, deposited (25)
twenty-five īḻakkāśu for burning, as long as the moon and the sun
(endure), one perpetual lamp, in (the temple of) the god (perumāḷ) of
Tirukkuḍittiṭṭai in Amaninārāyaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam which was a
dēvadāna and a brahmadēya on the northern bank (of the Kāvērī). (Also)
Kuñjiramalli, the daughter of Śiṟiyavēḷāṉ, deposited 25 īḻakkāśu, for
burning, as long as the moon and the sun (endure), one perpetual lamp
(in the same temple). For the total of 50 kāśu (thus) paid, was
purchased the land (situated) on the western side of the village of
Amaṅguḍi; and under the direction of Ālikkoṉṟai Śrīdharakramavittar[2] —

## Commentary

⟨3⟩ ciritarakramavittar Eva. The inscription stops here abruptly.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.122 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 258–259, item 122.

[1] See Epigraphia Indica, Vol. XII, pp. 121ff.

[2] Evidently this person was the manager of the temple.