# SII 3.129: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: XIV.—INSCRIPTIONS OF PARAKESARIVARMAN UTTAMA-CHOLA.
No. 129.—ON THE WEST AND SOUTH WALLS OF THE NAGESVARASVAMIN TEMPLE AT
KUMBAKONAM. No. 245 of 1911

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0129

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0129.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This inscription is dated in the 4th year of Parakēsarivarman and
registers the gift of a lamp to the temple of Tirukkīḷ-kōṭṭam at
Tirukkuḍamūkkil (i.e., the Nāgēsvara temple at Kumbhakōṇam). The
astronomical details given in the record were verified by Diwan Bahadur
L. D. Swamikkannu Pillai and found to be correct for Madhurāntaka
Uttama-Chōḷa, the uncle of Rājarāja I. The date corresponds to Thursday,
the 22nd April A. D. 975[1] .

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ kopparakeśaripatmaṟkku yāṇṭu 4 Āvatu vaṭakaraippā⟨2⟩mpūrnāṭṭut
tevatānam [10+] ⟨3⟩ meṣanāyaṟṟu viyāḻakkiḻamaiyum navamiyum peṟṟa
makattaṉṟu tirukkuṭamukkil mulaparuṭaip perumakkaḷom ⟨4⟩ Aṟivāḷaṉaḻittā
[6+] kaṇkaṇṭā [6+] ykkoḷaril kāri koḻampa¿ṇ?⟨ṉ⟩ai ccārttit
tirukkiḻkkoṭṭattu paramasvāmikku vaiytta tirunontāviḷakku Oṉṟiṉukku [9+]
viṟṟukkuṭutta nilamāvatu

## Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

In the 4th year of (the reign of) king Parakēsarivarman, on the day of
Makhā which corresponded to a Thursday and to the ninth tithi of the
month of Mēsha, we the great men of the chief assembly (mūlaparuḍai) of
Tirukkuḍamūkkil . . . . . which was a dēvadāna in Pāmbūr-nāḍu on the
northern bank (of the Kāvērī), sold the following land . . . . . on
account of one sacred perpetual lamp which was placed for the great god
(paramasvāmin) at Tirukkīḻ-kōṭṭam on behalf of Kāri Koḻambaṉ, one of the
[Kai]kkōḷas . . . . .

## Commentary

⟨4⟩ nilamāvatu. The inscription stops here.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.129 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. Page 276, item 129.

[1] Vide Madras Epigraphical Report for 1912, page 65, paragraph 20.