# SII 3.126: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: XIV.—INSCRIPTIONS OF PARAKESARIVARMAN UTTAMA-CHOLA.
No. 126.—ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE MANDAPA IN FRONT OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE
IN THE CHANDRASEKHARA TEMPLE AT TIRUCHCHENDURAI. No. 319 of 1903

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0126

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0126.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This inscription, dated in the 2nd year of Parakēsarivarman, registers a
grant of land by Pūdi Ādittapiḍāri to the stone temple built by her at
Tiruchchenduṟai, to meet the cost of the expenses of a festival in
connexion with the solar eclipse. Pūdi Ādittapiḍāri may have been a
daughter of Pūdi or Maṟavaṉ Pūdiyār referred to in another inscription
of king Parakēsarivarman at Tiruchchenduṟai[1] . The king
Parakēsarivarman himself has to be identified with either Madhurāntaka
Uttama-Chōḷa or Āditya Karikāla II. both of whom held the title
Parakēsarivarman[2] . The provision made for festivals on the day of the
solar eclipse might suggest that in this second year of king
Parakēsarivarman there should have been at least one such eclipse. If
Parakēsarivarman is identified with Madhurāntaka Uttama-Chōḷa who
succeeded to the throne in A.D. 971, we find that according to Dr.
Schram’s “Eclipses of the Sun in India,” there were two solar eclipses
in the year 972 which was the second year of Uttama-Chōḷa. Consequently
it is not unlikely that the king referred to in this inscription is king
Uttama-Chōḷa.

## Palaeographic description

The puḷḷi is marked almost throughout the inscription.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] ko parakecaripa⟨n⟩ma⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu Iraṇṭāvatu
tirucceṉtuṟaikkaṟṟaḷi(ppe)⟨2⟩rumāṉaṭikaḷukku pūti Ātittapiṭāriyeṉ
kāccuvaṉṟattaṉārāyaṇaṉiṭai nāṉ Ira(ṇ)⟨3⟩ṭāvatu koṇṭa toṭṭa⟨m⟩
muppattai¿ñ?⟨ṅ⟩kaḻañcu poṉṉukku koṇṭa toṭṭamum p(āratā)⟨4⟩yaṉ
Īcāṉamāṟa{ṉ}ṉiṭai vilaikoṇṭa toṭṭamum Ivviraṇṭu toṭṭamum nāṉ
vilaikoṇ(ṭuṭai)ya ⟨5⟩ pari(ce)y sūryyagrahaṇattukku
tirucc(e)ṉtuṟaipperumāṉaṭikaḷukku tiruviḻāppuṟamāka toṭṭa(tti)l ⟨6⟩
pokam koṇṭu tiruviḻāppuṟamāka nir(o)ṭu Aṭṭi kuṭutteṉ nāṉ Eṭuppitta
kaṟṟaḷipperu(māṉaṭi)⟨7⟩ka{ḷ}(ḷu)kku pūti Ātittapiṭāriyeṉ Itu
paṉmāheśvara⟨ra⟩kṣai |||⁓

## Apparatus

⟨3⟩ koṇṭa toṭṭa⟨m⟩ • The words koṇṭa toṭṭam are perhaps unnecessary and
may be cancelled.

## Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 2nd year of (the reign of) king
Parakēsarivarman, I, Pūdi Ādittapiḍāri, gave with libation of water
these two garden (lands) as per the same terms under which I purchased
(them) (viz.,) the garden (land) which I purchased for 35 kaḻañju of
gold in the second year (of the king’s reign) from Kāchchuvaṉ (Kāśyapa)
Tattanārāyaṇaṉ and the garden (land) purchased from Pāradāyaṉ
(Bhāradvāja ?) Īśāna Māṟaṉ, to the lord of the stone temple at
Tiruchchenduṟai for maintaining festivals (tiruviḻāppuṟam) of the lord
of Tiruchchenduṟai on (the day of) the solar eclipse, (stipulating that)
the maintenance of the (said) festivals of the lord of (this) stone
temple constructed by me Pūdi Ādittapiḍāri (should be met only) from the
produce of the (said) gardens. (The assembly of) all Māhēśvaras shall
protect this (charity).

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.126 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 262–263, item 126.

[1] See Madras Epigraphical Report for 1908, page 88, paragraph 90.

[2] The Director-General’s Archaeological Survey Report for 1904-05,
page 122.