# SII 3.134: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: XIV.—INSCRIPTIONS OF PARAKESARIVARMAN UTTAMA-CHOLA.
No. 134.—ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE VIRATTANESVARA
TEMPLE AT KANDIYUR. No. 13 of 1895

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0134

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0134.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This inscription which is dated in the 9th year of king Parakēsarivarman
Uttama-Chōḷadēva registers provision for food-offering made by the
officer Villavaṉ Mūvēndavēḷāṉ of Puduvūr in Tirunaṟaiyūr-nāḍu, to the
temple of Mahādēva (Śiva) of the sacred Vīraṭṭāna at Tirukkaṇḍiyūr.
Tirukkaṇḍiyūr is one of the eight Vīraṭṭāna temples mentioned in the
Dēvāram.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] ⟨⟨śrī(U)t=tama(c)oḻa(devarāṉa)⟩⟩
kopparakesarivarmma⟨r⟩kku yāṇ{ṭ}ṭu 9 (Āva)tu
tirukkaṇṭiyūrttiruviraṭṭānattu mahād(eva)⟨r⟩kku tirunaṟaiyūrṇ¿a?⟨ā⟩ṭṭu
putuvū(r) putuvū{r}ruṭaiyāṉ m(ā)yāṉ kāñca{ṉ}ṉāṉa
(vi)llava(ṉ)muve(n=ta)ve{ḷ}(ḷā){ṉ}ne(ṉ) tiru(vi)raṭṭāṉa⟨t⟩tu
mahādevarkku Oru (tirunaṉt)ā(viḷa)kku ⟨2⟩ neyyāl Erippataṟku(m)
Imahāde(va)rkku tiṅka{ḷ}ḷtoṟum Eṉ {p}piṟa¿t?⟨n⟩ta(n)ā{ḷ}ḷā¿(ka)?⟨ṉa⟩
coti nāṉṟu perutiruvamutu (c)e(yya candrā)dityaval vaiytta
(patteṭṭukkutta)lari(ci) mukkuruṇikku nellu Eḻukuruṇi ṉāṉāḻiyum naṟu ney
Urikku nellu patakkum tayir Amutu nānāḻikku nel⟨3⟩(lu) [5+] Āḻimuḻākkum
tūp(paruppu) I(ru)ṉā(ḻikku) nellu kuṟuṇi muṉ(ṉā)ḻi(yum ca)ṟkarai
(nāṟ)ppa(la)ttuk(kum v)ā{ḻ}ḻaippa(ḻam) [3+] (kku) nellu (ku)ṟuṇi [6+]
ruḻākkukku nellu [4+] nānāḻiyum Aṭaiyamutu paṉṉiraṇ{ṭ}ṭukku nellu
muṉṉāḻiyum viṟaku¿r?⟨k⟩ku nellu kuṟuṇi(yu)

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ śrī(U)t=tama(c)oḻa(devarāṉa) • The syllables śrī uttamacoḻadevarāṉa
are written over an erasure.

⟨2⟩ ṉāṉāḻiyum • The length of ṉā is denoted by a vertical stroke added
to the right of the letter.

## Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 9th year of (the reign of) the glorious
Uttama-Chōḷadēva alias king Parakēsarivarman, I, Māyāṉ Kāñjaṉ alias
Villavaṉ Mūvēndavēḷāṉ of Puduvūr residing in Puduvūr, (a village) of
Tirunaṟaiyūr-nāḍu, (gave) for burning with ghee one sacred perpetual
lamp to (the temple of) Mahādēva of the sacred Vīraṭṭāna at
Tirukkaṇḍiyūr and for providing as long as the moon and the sun
(endure), big (i.e., special) sacred offerings to this Mahādēva (Śiva)
of the sacred Vīraṭṭāna, in each month on the day of Śōdi (Śvāti) which
is the day of my nativity, were given seven kuṟuṇi and four nāḻi of
paddy for (i.e., to be converted into) three kuṟuṇi of rice cleaned ten
or eight times; one padakku of paddy for (one) uri of sweet ghee; . . .
. and three uḻākku of paddy for four nāḻi of curds; (one) kuṟuṇi and
three nāḻi of paddy for two nāḻi of good dhal; (one) kuṟuṇi of paddy for
four palam of sugar and . . . . . plantain fruits; four nāḻi of paddy
and . . . . . for (one) uḻākku of . . . . . ; three nāḻi of paddy for
twelve areca-nuts and (one) kuṟuṇi of paddy for firewood.

## Commentary

⟨3⟩ nellu kuṟuṇi(yu). The inscription stops here.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.134 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 281–282, item 134.