# SII 3.135: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: XIV.—INSCRIPTIONS OF PARAKESARIVARMAN UTTAMA-CHOLA.
No. 135.—ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE
UJJIVANATHASVAMIN TEMPLE AT UYYAKKONDAN-TIRUMALAI. No. 456 of 1908

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0135

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0135.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This inscription is built in at the right end by a modern structure
raised in front of the Dakshiṇāmūrti shrine. Its importance consists in
the Śaka and Kaliyuga dates which it supplies and thereby fixes the
period of Uttama-Chōḷa’s rule.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] śakarayā(ṇ)ṭu 9 100 1 (ka)liyugavarṣa(M) 4 1000 (8)
10 śrīUttamacoḻadevarāṉa kopparakesa [10+] ⟨2⟩ ṭaikkā⟨y⟩ Irupatum
Ilaiyamitu Eṇpatum koṇṭu peruntiruvami(tu) ceytaruḷavum [.]e [8+] ⟨3⟩
śrī kaṇṭaṉavinācakaṉum tampiyum nilattu(kku va)ṭakku melpālkkellai
viṟṟāṉ nilattu [11+]

## Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

Hail ! Prosperity ! The Śaka year 901 (corresponding to the) Kaliyuga
year 4080. The glorious Uttama-Chōḷadēva alias king Parakēsa[rivarman] .
. . . . . . . shall be pleased to receive the big sacred offering . . .
. . . . . with twenty areca-nuts and eighty betel leaves . . . . . . . .
. . to the north of the land (belonging to) Śrīkaṇḍaṉ Avināśagaṉ and
(his) younger brother. The western boundary . . . . . . . . the land
(belonging to) the seller.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.135 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 282, item 135.