# SII 3.123: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: XIV.—INSCRIPTIONS OF PARAKESARIVARMAN UTTAMA-CHOLA.
No. 123.—ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE MADHUVANESVARA
TEMPLE AT TIRUKKALAVUR. No. 35 of 1910

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0123

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0123.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This record which is dated in the 16th year of Parakēsarivarman,
registers a sale of land by the village assembly, for the maintenance of
a lamp in the temple of Śiva at Tirukkarugāvūr. The inscription may be
one of king Parakēsarivarman Uttama-Chōḷa on account of its high regnal
year, if not one of Parakēsarivarman Parāntaka I.

## Palaeographic description

The puḷḷis are marked almost throughout the inscription.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī | ⁓ koppara(kecaripaṉ)maṟkku yā⟨2⟩ṇṭu 3 Āvatu
tiru(kka)rukāvūr (mahādevaṟ) ⟨3⟩ (svasti śrī) [∥]
k(o)ppara(ke)caripanma⟨r⟩kku (yāṇ)ṭu ⟨4⟩ (10) 6 Āvatu tirukkarukāvūr
mahādevar⟨5⟩k=ku Ivvūr mulaparuṭaipperumakkaḷom ⟨6⟩ Idevark=ku
candrādittavat· Iṟaiyiliya⟨7⟩(āka k=ku)ṭutta ṉilamāvatu [∥] Eṅ(kaḷ
sabhai) kūṭṭu⟨8⟩(vā)ṉilam tiruvuṇṇāḻikaippuṟat(tu) vaṭakaṇṭattu
E⟨9⟩(ṅka)ḷ (Iraṇṭu) māvum teṉkaṇṭat(tu) meṟk=kaṭaiya (O)⟨10⟩(ru) māvum
Ākat taṭi Iraṇṭā⟨l⟩ nilaṉ muṉṟumāvum ca(v)ai kūṭṭu⟨11⟩(v)ā¿ṉ Il?⟨ṉil⟩
maṉaiyāka kalli viḷaikiṉṟa cuṇṭaikuḻi kāṇi(yu)m (Āka ni)⟨12⟩laṉ
muṉṟu(mākkā)ṇiyu⟨m⟩ mik¿i?⟨u⟩tikkuṟaivu Uḷḷaṭaṅka
viṟṟu(kku)ṭu(ttuk)⟨13⟩koṇṭa [5+] ḷ kācu paḻav(ā)vu muppattoṉṟum
Ik(k)ā(cu mup)pa⟨14⟩(t)to(ṉṟuṅ ko)ṇṭu Iṉṉilam 3/20 3/80 yum muṉpum
Iṟaiyili Ānamai(yi)⟨15⟩(l ca)ndrādit=tavaṟ Iṟaiyiliyāka viṟṟukkuṭuttom
tirukkarukā(vū)r mahā⟨16⟩[11+] (perumakkaḷ)om Itu panmāheśvarara(kṣai)
[∥]

## Apparatus

⟨13⟩ koṇṭa [5+] ḷ • The gap may be filled up with the syllables
vilaipporu.

⟨16⟩ [11+] • The gap may be filled up with the syllables devarkku
mūlaparuṭaip.

## Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

(Line 1.). Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 3rd year of (the reign of) king
Parakēsarivarman, (to the god) Mahādēva (Śiva) of Tirukkarugāvūr[1] .

(L. 3.) Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 16th year of (the reign of) king
Parakēsarivarman, we the great men of the chief assembly (mūla-paruḍai)
of this village gave the following land free of taxes till the moon and
the sun (endure) to this god Mahādēva (Śiva) of Tirukkarugāvūr.

(L. 7.) Two mā of our land of Sabhaikūṭṭuvāṉ in the northern kaṇḍam of
the land belonging to the sacred interior and one mā (of land) to the
west of the southern kaṇḍam,—in all, three mā of land comprised of two
taḍi; and one kāṇi of land (called) Śuṇḍaikuḻi in (the field called)
Sabhaikūṭṭuvāṉ which being a maṉai, is cultivated and is yielding
crop;—together, three mā and (one) kāṇi of land including excess and
deficiency (in measurement), (we) have sold and received thirty-one kāśu
of paḻavāvu[2]. Having received these thirty-one kāśu we the great men
of the chief assembly sold this land (viz.,) three mā and kāṇi[3] to
(the god) Mahādēva (Śiva) of Tirukkarugāvūr and exempted it from taxes,
it being tax-free already, as long as the moon and the sun (endure).
This (shall be under) the protection of (the assembly of) all
Māhēśvaras.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.123 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 259–260, item 123.

[1] This must have been the beginning of a separate inscription which is
left unfinished.

[2] The exact meaning of this word is not clear.

[3] The extent 3 mā and kāṉi is expressed by numerical symbols.