# SII 3.144: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: XIV.—INSCRIPTIONS OF PARAKESARIVARMAN UTTAMA-CHOLA.
No. 144.—ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE APATSAHAYESVARA
TEMPLE AT ADUTURAI. No. 357 of 1907

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0144

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0144.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

The inscription is dated in the 16th year of king Parakēsarivarman alias
Madhurāntakadēva Uttama-Chōḷa and states that the temple of
Tirukkuraṅgāḍutuṟai (i.e., the modern Āḍutuṟai near Tiruviḍaimarudūr)
was built of stone by the king’s mother Uḍaiyapirāṭṭiyār Mādēvaḍigaḷār
alias Śembiyaṉmādēviyār and that certain documents of grants made to the
god in former times having become old and damaged were now re-engraved
on the walls of the newly-constructed temple.

The temple of Tirukkuraṅgāḍutuṟai is already mentioned in the Dēvāram
and as such it should have been in existence in some form or other in
the seventh century A. D. It is not unlikely, therefore, that prior to
the construction of it in stone by the king’s mother there was, perhaps,
a smaller stone structure[1] with inscriptions (laksaṇha) on it.
Consequently what is recorded here must refer to the renovation of the
temple by the queen mother. In this connexion it may be noted that two
inscriptions of the Pāṇḍya king Mārañjaḍaiyaṉ[2] which are earlier in
point of time than the present record and are also found on the temple
walls, must have been copies of older grants.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ sva(sti) śrī |||⁓ śrīmaturāntakadevarāṉa śrī Utta⟨ma⟩coḻarait
tiruvayi(ṟu) vāytta Uṭaiyapirāṭṭiyār mātevaṭika(ḷārāṉa
śrī)cempiyaṉmāt(e)viyār tiraimurnāṭṭu tirukku⟨ra⟩ṅkāṭu(tu)ṟai Āḻvārkku
Eṭuppittar¿i?⟨u⟩ḷiṉa Ittirukkaṟṟa(ḷiyi)ley muṉpu (Ittevarku
candr)ātittaval ceytaṉa la(kṣa)ṇapaṭi kaṇṭu I⟨2⟩⟨v⟩vilakṣaṇaṅkaḷ
mūttupoka śrī Uttamacoḻadevarāṉa koparakecaripa(ṉ)maṟku yāṇṭu 10 6 Āvatu
kalmel (veṭṭiṉa) |||⁓

## Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

Hail ! Prosperity ! In this sacred stone temple which Uḍaiyapirāṭṭiyār
Mādēvaḍigaḷār alias the glorious Śembiyaṉ-Mādēviyār who had obtained in
her sacred womb the glorious Madhurāntakadēva alias the glorious
Uttama-Chōḷa—had graciously caused to be built to the god (āḻvār) at
Tirukkuraṅgāḍutuṟai in Tiraimūr-nāḍu, were engraved on stone, in the
16th year of (the reign of) the glorious Uttama-Chōḷadēva alias king
Parakēsarivarman (such) lakshaṇas (i.e., inscriptions ?) as were made to
this god in former times (to last) as long as the moon and the sun, and
which lakshaṇas on examination were found to have become old.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.144 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 294, item 144.

[1] The temple of Tiruviḍaimarudūr which was also rebuilt of stone,
refers to earlier records preserved in underground cellars and to their
re-engraving on stone; see page 260 above.

[2] See Nos. 358 and 364 of 1907.