# SII 3.137: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: XIV.—INSCRIPTIONS OF PARAKESARIVARMAN UTTAMA-CHOLA.
No. 137.—ON THE WEST WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE NAGESVARASVAMIN
TEMPLE AT KUMBAKONAM. No. 240 of 1911

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0137

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0137.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

The importance of the subjoined inscription consists in the astronomical
details of date it supplies and the name Vīranārāyaṇiyār which it gives
as that of the queen of king Uttama-Chōḷa. The record apparently
registers a grant of land to the temple of Tirukkīḻ-kōṭṭam (the present
Nāgēśvara) at Tirukkuḍamūkkil (i.e., Kumbhakōṇam).

The astronomical details of the date have been verified by Diwan Bahadur
L. D. Swamikkannu Pillai and found correct for the 13th year of the
reign of Parakēsarivarman Uttama-Chōḷa. The given date corresponds to
Friday 9th June A.D. 982.[1]

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī |⁓ kopparake⟨2⟩carivanma⟨r⟩kkiyāṇṭu (10 3) Ā⟨3⟩vatu
Ivvāṇṭāṉ{n}i(tti)⟨4⟩ṅkaḷ patiṉeṉ{p}pakkam ⟨5⟩ pi¿ṉ?⟨ṉṉ⟩āḷ m¿u?⟨ū⟩{l}lam
veḷḷi (po)⟨6⟩tu Ivvāṇṭu Ittiṅkaḷ ⟨7⟩ Itu po(ḻu)titu paruvam (pā)⟨8⟩mpūr
nāṭṭuttevatā(ṉa) [8+] ⟨9⟩ kil muṉ ko [5+] ṉ pālāvaṉattu [4+] ⟨10⟩
Ivvū⟨r⟩ mulapa(ru)ṭ(ai)pperumakkaḷom (śrīU)⟨t⟩tamacoḻa⟨11⟩r
nampirāṭ(ṭi)yār [5+] rayar maka(ḷār) viranārāya⟨12⟩ṇiyār
tiru(ki)ḻkkoṭṭattup perumā(ḷuk)ku tirup(pa)⟨13⟩ḷḷittāma(t)tukku [8+]
vilaikku viṟṟa ⟨14⟩ vilaiyāva [2+] Ivvūr [7+]
(mulaparu)⟨15⟩ṭaipperu(ma)kkaḷ U [3+] ya [2+] tu [7+] ⟨16⟩ kk(aiyi)ṉ
(U)ḻakkiṉāle nāḷāl [10+] ⟨17⟩ ḷiy(ā)l 2 10 4(va)raik kaṭṭiṉa [6+] kācu
[4+] ⟨18⟩ ṇañ ceytu (ku)ṭuppataṟkellai (kiḻ)pā(ṟ)kellai kavi(ṇiya)ṉ
(ni)⟨19⟩lattukkum [13+] ⟨20⟩ ṉ puṟampiyaṉ [16+] ⟨21⟩ melpāṟkellai [8+]
kuk kiḻakku [3+] ⟨22⟩ paṭṭaṉ paṟpaṉā(paṉ) kovintaṉ strītaṉa nilattuk
[4+] ⟨23⟩ kecuvaṉum ta(mpiyum) nilattukku [10+] ⟨24⟩
llaiyuḷḷa⟨ka⟩p(paṭ)ṭa ni [4+] kkūṟṟa [7+] ⟨25⟩ tikkuṟaimai (Uḷ)ḷaṭaṅka
(U)ṇṇi(lamo)ḻi(viṉṟi) [4+] ⟨26⟩ yāvaṇañ ceytu (koṇṭu vilaipporuḷ) [5+]
⟨27⟩ raṇṭu Ikkācu pa [10+]

## Apparatus

⟨0⟩ ... • The gap may be filled up by the letters ntirukkuṭamūk.

## Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

Hail ! Prosperity ! In the [13]th year of (the reign of) king
Parakēsarivarman on the day of Mūla, on a Friday in the second[2] (or
dark) fortnight and the 18th (day) of the month of Āṉi of this year, in
the said year, month, day and fortnight, the great men of the chief
assembly (mūlaparuḍai) of this village . . . . . in the dēvadāna [of
Tirukkuḍamūkkil] in Pāmbūr-nāḍu . . . . . . Vīranārāyaṇiyār daughter of
. . . . . . and queen of the glorious (king) Uttama-Chōḷa . . . . . for
garlands to the god (of the temple) of Tirukkīl-kōṭṭam . . . . . . sold
the following . . . . . . The great men of the chief assembly of this
village . . . . . . (one) uḻakku . . . . . per day . . . . . . . . . . .
. . kāśu. (The following are) the boundaries of . . . . . sold and
given:—the eastern boundary (is) . . . . . . . . of the land belonging
to Kaviṇiyaṉ . . . . . . . Purambiyaṉ . . . . . the western boundary . .
. . east . . . . . . . the land which was the strīdhana of Paṭṭaṉ
Paṟpanābhaṉ Gōvindaṉ . . . . to the land of Kēśavaṉ and (his) younger
brother . . . . . situated within (these) boundaries . . . . . including
excess and deficiency (in measurement) and without excluding the land
within (uṇṇilam) . . . . . . having executed the deed . . . . . the sale
amount . . . . . kāśu . . . . . .

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.137 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 283–284, item 137.

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

[2] piṉ as distinguished from muṉ (of a month) has been taken to mean
‘the second fortnight.’