# SII 3.133: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: XIV.—INSCRIPTIONS OF PARAKESARIVARMAN UTTAMA-CHOLA.
No. 133.—ON THE WEST WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE ADIMULESVARA
TEMPLE AT TIRUPPALATTURAI. No. 174 of 1907

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0133

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0133.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

The inscription is dated in the 8th year of Parakēsarivarman and refers
to the re-engraving of certain documents of land-gifts made in the 18th
and 20th years of the reign of Parāntaka I. The original documents,
which had been engraved on the steps (paḍikaṭṭu) of the old central
shrine of the temple of Tiruppāttuṟai had become weather-worn and it is
stated that the assembly of Uttamaśīli-chaturvēdimaṅgalam ordered their
restoration.

Among the boundaries of the lands granted are mentioned
Vīraśrī-Kāmugavadi, Ādichcha-vāykkāl, Kōdaṇḍarāmavadi and
Uttamaśīli-vāykkāl already referred to in the other inscriptions from
Tiruppalāttuṟai.

The ruling king Parakēsarivarman must be identified with one of the
three kings, viz., Ariñjaya, Āditya-Karikāla II. or Uttama-Chōḷa
Madhurāntaka who bore that epithet, and ruled between Madiraikoṇḍa
Parāntaka I. and Rājarāja I. I am inclined to think that the reference
is probably to the last.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] kopparakesaripanma⟨r⟩kku (y)āṇṭu 8 Ā(va)tu
ten⟨2⟩karai brahmadeyam śrīUttamaciliccaturvvetimaṅka(la)ttup
pe⟨3⟩ruṅkuṟisabhaiyom Ittiruppāttuṟai mahādevabhaṭṭā⟨4⟩rakar paḻaiya
śrīvimānattup pa(ṭi)k(ka)ṭṭil veṭṭina Eḻuttuppaṭi c(o)rtta⟨5⟩paṭi
Ivvā(ṇṭu) ¿(ślā)?⟨śilā⟩lekhai ceyta paricā(va)tu matiraikoṇṭa
(ko)pparake(sa)⟨6⟩riparmma⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu 10 8 Āvatu Ivvūr Uṭkuṟai
vīraśrīkāmuka(va)tikku meṟ⟨7⟩kku Āticcavāykkālukku vaṭakkukiḻakkuniṉṟum
nālāṅ ka⟨ṇ⟩ṇāṟ(ṟu)m Añcā⟨8⟩[10+] ⟨9⟩ [6+] Iṟai I(ḻi)ccu
It(teva)tāna(mākakkuṭutta nilam) [2+] n(ni)lamum ⟨10⟩ Ivvatikke me⟨r⟩kku
pālaivā⟨y⟩niroṭukālukku vaṭakku kotaṇṭarāmavati(kku) vaṭakkunokkina
cer⟨11⟩{v}vaikkuk kiḻakku Āṟṟi⟨l⟩ niroṭukālukkut teṟkukiḻakkuniṉṟum 2
kaṇṇāṟṟu me⟨12⟩ṟkkaṭaiya pātiyum 3 ka⟨ṇ⟩ṇāṟum 4 ka⟨ṇ⟩ṇāṟum 5
ka⟨ṇ⟩ṇāṟumāka naṭuvupaṭṭa nilamum Ūriniṉ⟨13⟩ṟu vaṭakkunokkippona m(e)lai
vaḻikku mekku Uttamacilivā⟨y⟩kkālukku ⟨14⟩ vaṭa(k)kut teṟkuniṉṟu
muta(ṟca)tirattu vaṭakkiṭaiya muṭapuṟattu Akkiśarmma⟨15⟩kra(ma)vitta(n)
pakkal vi(laik)oṇṭu muḷarikuṭikiḻavan kumaraṉ coḻappe⟨16⟩raiyan
Iṟaiyiḻiccu cantrātit(ta)vaṟ Iravum pakalum Eriya Iraṇṭu
nontāviḷakki⟨17⟩nukkāka vaicca nilam @ Orumāvum yāṇṭu 2 10 Āvatu
tirumiḻalaikka(mu)tuvanila⟨18⟩nārāyaṇan (vilaikoṇṭu) Iṟaiyiḻiccu
Uccampotu tiruAmitukkāka kuṭutta nilamā⟨19⟩vatu Ūriniṉṟum [10+] ⟨20⟩
kaṇṇāṟṟu Uttamacilivāykkālukkutteṟku Iraṇṭāñcatirattu ⟨21⟩ vaṭakkaṭaiya
@ 4 yil (me)⟨r⟩kkaṭaiya @ Oru māvum Ivvaḻikke me⟨r⟩kku ⟨22⟩ Iraṇṭāṅ
ka⟨ṇ⟩ṇāṟṟu Ivvāykkālukke teṟku mutaṟcatirattu teṟ⟨23⟩kaṭaiya viṟ(ṟu
I)ṟaiyiḻiccu A(r)ccanābhogamākak kuṭutta nilam ⟨24⟩ Iraṇṭumācciṉṉa
nilamum Ūriniṉṟum vaṭakkunokkina melai⟨25⟩vaḻikku meṟku mutaṟka⟨ṇ⟩ṇāṟṟu
Uttamacilivāykkālukkut teṟku (mu)⟨26⟩taṟcatirattu vaṭakkaṭaiya @ nīkki
Itinoṭumaṭaiya Iraṇṭumāvil va(ṭa)⟨27⟩me⟨r⟩kkaṭaiya kuḷam kāṇiccin=na
nikki viṟṟu Iṟaiyiḻiccit tiruviḻāppuramākakku⟨28⟩ṭutta nilam
Orumāvaraicci(n=na) nilamu mātiruvatikkuk kiḻakku pālai

## Apparatus

⟨19⟩ Ūriniṉṟum[10+] • Traces are visible of the letters meṟku nokkippona
vaḻikku at the commencement of the gap.

## Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 8th year of (the reign of) king
Parakēsarivarman, we, (the members) of the big assembly of the
prosperous Uttamaśīli-chaturvēdimaṅgalam (which was) a brahmadēya on the
southern bank (of the Kāvērī), made in this year the following (copies
of inscriptions) according to the weathered writings[1] engraved on the
steps of the old central shrine (śrī-vimāna) of (the god)
Mahādēva-Bhaṭṭāraka of this (village) Tiruppāttuṟai.

(L. 5.) In the 18th year of (the reign of) king Madiraikoṇḍa
Parakēsarivarman, the land which is not included in the uṭkuṟai of this
village, (which lay) to the west of (the path called)
Vīraśrī-Kāmugavadi, to the north of (the channel called)
Ādichcha-vāykkāl and . . . . fourth and fifth kaṇṇāṟu from the eastern
side of . . . was made tax-free and granted as a dēvadāna. . . .

(L. 10.) The western half of the second kaṇṇāṟu from the east and the
ground included in the third, fourth and the fifth kaṇṇāṟu, (lying) to
the west of this same path (vadi), to the north of the channel (called)
Pālaivāy, to the east of the field (śērvai ?) facing (the path called)
Kōdaṇḍarāma-vadi on (its) northern side and to the south of the channel
from the river.

(L. 12.) One mā of land made tax-free and granted for burning two
perpetual lamps day and night as long as the moon and the sun (endure),
by Kumaraṉ Śōḻappēraiyaṉ the headman of Muḷarikuḍi, after having
purchased (it) from Akkiśarma-Kramavittaṉ of Muḍapuram. (This was) to
the west of the western road passing from (this) village facing
northwards, (and) to the north of (the channel called)
Uttamaśīli-vāykkāl and formed the northern side of the first śadiram
from the south.

(L. 17.) In the 20th year (of the reign), Kamuduvaṉ Nīlanārāyaṇaṉ of
Tirumiḻalai purchased the following land, made (it) tax-free and granted
(it) for the sacred midday offerings:—One mā (of land) to the west of
the four mā on the northern side of the second śadiram which lay . . . .
path running westwards from the village and to the south of (the channel
called) Uttamaśīli-vāykkāl in . . . . kaṇṇāṟu.

(L. 21.) Also two mā and odd (chinnam) of land, was sold, made tax-free
and given (for worship) as archanā-bhōga. (The land was) to the west of
this same path and to the south of this same channel, forming the
southern portion of the first śadiram in the second kaṇṇāṟu.

(L. 24.) Also one and a half mā and odd of land, sold, made tax-free and
given (for festivals) as tiruviḻāppuram—(it being the balance left)
after deducting one kāṇi and odd of (land occupied by) a tank on the
north-western side, from the two mā (of land) adjoining the one mā which
is (also) excluded and lies on the northern side of the first śadiram to
the south of (the channel called) Uttamaśīli-vāykkāl, in the first
kaṇṇāṟu to the west of the western road which passes northwards from
(this) village.

(L. 28.) To the east of (the pathway) Mātiruvadi . . . . . . . . . .
Pālai[2] —

## Commentary

⟨28⟩ kiḻakku pālai. The inscription stops here.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.133 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 279–281, item 133.

[1] eḻuttuppaṭi has perhaps to be taken in the sens of ‘the scheme of
writing.’

[2] Perhaps pālaivāy niroṭukāl was meant as in line 10.