SII 3.137: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri 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 European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0137.xml 2019-2026 as per external metadata

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

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svasti śrī .. kopparake carivanmarkkiyāṇṭu 10 3 Ā vatu Ivvāṇṭāṉnitti ṅkaḷ patiṉeṉppakkam piṉṉṉāḷ muūllam veḷḷi po tu Ivvāṇṭu Ittiṅkaḷ Itu poḻutitu paruvam pā mpūr nāṭṭuttevatāṉa kil muṉ ko ṉ pālāvaṉattu Ivvūr mulaparuṭaipperumakkaḷom śrīUttamacoḻa r nampirāṭṭiyār rayar makaḷār viranārāya ṇiyār tirukiḻkkoṭṭattup perumāḷukku tiruppa ḷḷittāmattukku vilaikku viṟṟa vilaiyāva Ivvūr mulaparu ṭaipperumakkaḷ U ya tu kkaiyiṉ Uḻakkiṉāle nāḷāl ḷiyāl 2 10 4varaik kaṭṭiṉa kācu ṇañ ceytu kuṭuppataṟkellai kiḻpāṟkellai kaviṇiyaṉ ni lattukkum ṉ puṟampiyaṉ melpāṟkellai kuk kiḻakku paṭṭaṉ paṟpaṉāpaṉ kovintaṉ strītaṉa nilattuk kecuvaṉum tampiyum nilattukku llaiyuḷḷakappaṭṭa ni kkūṟṟa tikkuṟaimai Uḷḷaṭaṅka Uṇṇilamoḻiviṉṟi yāvaṇañ ceytu koṇṭu vilaipporuḷ raṇṭu Ikkācu pa

... The gap may be filled up by the letters ntirukkuṭamūk.

Hail ! Prosperity ! In the [13]th year of (the reign of) king Parakēsarivarman on the day of Mūla, on a Friday in the secondpiṉ as distinguished from muṉ (of a month) has been taken to mean ‘the second fortnight.’ (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 . . . . . .

Digital edition of SII 3.137 by converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

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