# SII 3.131: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: XIV.—INSCRIPTIONS OF PARAKESARIVARMAN UTTAMA-CHOLA.
No. 131.—ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE NAGESVARASVAMIN
TEMPLE AT KUMBAKONAM. No. 229 of 1911

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0131

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0131.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This is another record of Parakēsarivarman which supplies the
astronomical details of week-day, month and nakshatra and enables us to
fix the exact date of the record. Diwan Bahadur Swamikkannu Pillai has
calculated and found the details to be correct for the eighth year of
Parakēsarivarman Uttama-Chōḷa who ascended the throne in A.D. 969-70.
The date corresponds to Thursday, the 30th January A.D. 979.[1]
Uḍaiyār-Gaṇḍarādittatteriñja-Kaikkōḷar[2] must have been the name of a
regiment called after king Gaṇḍarāditya, the father of Uttama-Chōḷa.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ (sva)sti (śrī) [∥] ko(ppara)⟨2⟩kecari(panma)ṟkki (yā)⟨3⟩ṇṭu 8
Eṭṭāvatu I⟨4⟩vvāṇṭu vaṭakaraipp(ā)⟨5⟩mpūrnāṭṭut tevat(ā)⟨6⟩ṉa⟨m⟩
tiru⟨k⟩kuṭamukkil tiruk⟨7⟩kiḻkkoṭṭattil (pa)⟨8⟩ramasvāmikku Ivvāṭṭaiy
kum⟨9⟩panāyaṟṟil viyāḻakkiḻamai pe⟨10⟩ṟṟa A(viṭṭa)ttin nāṉṟu Uṭaiyā⟨11⟩r
[9+] ñca kaikko⟨12⟩ḷa(rai) [7+] taṉ picca{ṉ}ṉāṉa ⌈⟨13⟩[.]e [2+] yaṅku
[6+] Araiyaṉ ⟨14⟩ vac(ca) ti(ruṉon)tā(vi)ḷakku 1 Oṉ⟨15⟩ṟukku [8+] 9 10 6
Iva¿y?⟨i⟩⟨16⟩koṇṭu [9+] tevaṉpuṟam ⟨17⟩ [2+] Ā [8+] ṟāṭi mātevaṉ ⟨18⟩
kāri (A)ṭṭakaṭa(va) ne [6+] Iva⟨19⟩[5+] viḷakkum ca [6+] ⟨20⟩ [3+] Itu
pa(nmā)heśvararakṣai [∥]

## Apparatus

⟨10⟩ Uṭaiyā⟨11⟩r [9+] ñca • The gap shows traces of the syllables kaṇṭa
rātittatteri.

## Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 8th year of (the reign of) king
Parakēsarivarman —in this year—on the day of Aviṭṭa (Śravishṭhā) which
corresponded to a Thursday in the month of Kumbha of this year, . . . .
taṉ Pichchaṉ alias . . . . araiyaṉ . . . . . . Uḍaiyār
[Gaṇḍarādittateri]ñja-Kaikkōḷa . . . . . gave 96 . . . . for one
perpetual sacred lamp to (the temple of) the god (paramasvāmin) of
Tirukkīḻkōṭṭam at Tirukkuḍamūkkil which was a dēvadāna of Pāmbūr-nāḍu on
the northern bank (of the Kāvērī). Having received these, the [shepherd]
Mādēvaṉ Kāri . . . . . Dēvaṉpuṟam, shall measure out . . . ghee . . .
lamp also. This is placed under the protection of (the assembly of) all
Māhēśvaras.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.131 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 277–278, item 131.

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

[2] Compare similar names of regiments above, Vol. II, Introduction,
page 9.