# SII 3.138: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: XIV.—INSCRIPTIONS OF PARAKESARIVARMAN UTTAMA-CHOLA.
No. 138.—ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE MAHALINGASVAMIN
TEMPLE AT TIRUVIDAIMARUDUR. No. 265 of 1907

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0138

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0138.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

The importance of this inscription consists in the fact that it
furnishes both the Kaliyuga year and the regnal year of king
Uttama-Chōḷa and thus enables us to fix the year of accession of this
sovereign. Since the 13th year of the king corresponded to Kali 4083 (=
A. D. 981-82), it follows that he must have ascended the throne in A.D.
969-70. His latest year known so far is the 16th which brings the close
of his reign down to the date of accession of his successor Rājarāja I.
which has been calculated and found to be 985-6 A.D.

The name Siṁhavishṇu-chaturvēdimaṅgalam given to Kañjaṉūr shows that the
conquest of the Chōḷa dominion by the Pallava king Siṁhavishṇu so
specifically claimed for him in the Vēlūrpāḷaiyam plates,[1] must
evidently have been based on actual facts.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] kaliyuga varuṣaM nālāyiratteṇpat(tumuṉṟu
Ut=tamacoḻa)rāki⟨2⟩ya kopparakesaripanmaṟku yāṇṭu 10 (3) Āvatu
vaṭa(ka)⟨3⟩rai nallāṟṟūrnāṭṭu brahmadeya(M) kañcaṉūrākiya
(siṁ)⟨4⟩haviṣṇuccaturvvedimaṁgalattu peruṅkuṟip

## Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 13th year of (the reign of) Uttama-Chōḷa
alias king Parakēsarivarman, (corresponding to) the Kaliyuga year four
thousand and eightythree, . . . . the big assembly of Kañjaṉūr alias
Siṁhavishṇu-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a brahmadēya in Vaḍagarai Nallāṟṟūr-nāḍu
. . . . . . . . . . .

## Commentary

⟨4⟩ peruṅkuṟip. The inscription stops here.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.138 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 284, item 138.

[1] Above, Vol. II, part V, page 503.