# SII 3.148: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: XIV.—INSCRIPTIONS OF PARAKESARIVARMAN UTTAMA-CHOLA.
No. 148.—ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE
SIVAYOGANATHASVAMIN TEMPLE AT TIRUVISALUR. No. 28 of 1907

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0148

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0148.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This inscription, which is fragmentary, registers the gift of a gold
koḷgai set with gems, to the god at Tiruviśalūr. The place is mentioned
in the Dēvāram. It is not known exactly what koḷgai means. Kombiṟ-koḷgai
occurs in the Tanjore inscriptions as an ornament for the tusk of
Gaṇapati. Perhaps koḷgai is the cover or mask which is generally put
over the liṅga in Śiva temples.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ ∥ svasti śrī [∥] ko parakesari(pa)nmarāṉa
śrīkaṇḍharātitta(śrī)śrīmaturā(n=takar)ait ti(ruvayi)ṟu vāytta Uṭaiya
[8+] ⟨2⟩ yaṉmahādeviyār tiruvicalūr parama¿suvā?⟨svā⟩mikku A(bhi)ṣekam
cey(vit) [5+] (pa)ṇṭā(rat)til (Ō) [3+] ⟨3⟩ ṉa (nāya)ṟṟu
varakkāṭṭiṉatiruppoṟkoḷkai(y) melaik(kaṇ)ṭam 1 ṉālp pe [7+] ṉṉūṟṟu
A(y)⟨4⟩(m)pattu Ay(ñkaḻa)ñcu Itil Eṟiṉa māṇikkam Oṉṟu Itiṉaiccūḻa
E(ṟi)ṉa vayiram [7+] vaiccai [6+] ⟨5⟩ ttu cuṟṟuppalacaviyun=tūkaḻumā 4
1000 (100 7) 10 3 nālāyi(rattu) Orunūṟṟu Eḻupattu mu(ṉ) [6+] ḷḷikke [5+]

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ Uṭaiya [8+] • The gap may be filled up with the syllables pirāṭṭiyār
cempi.

⟨2⟩ cey(vit) [5+] • The damaged portion might have contained the
syllables tanāṉṟu. — ⟨2⟩ (Ō) [3+] ⟨3⟩ ṉa • The syllables missing here
may be ṭukki.

⟨3⟩ pe [7+] ṉṉūṟṟu • The gap may be filled up with the syllables āṉ 3
100 5 10 5 mu. [[Thus poṉ etc.]]

## Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

Hail ! Prosperity ! Uḍaiya[pirāṭṭiyār Śembi]yaṉ-Mahādēviyār who had
(obtained) in (her) sacred womb king Parakēsarivarman alias the glorious
Madurāntaka (the son of) the glorious Gaṇḍarāditya, deposited . . . . .
(one) sacred gold koḷgai in the treasury, [on the day] when she bathed
the great god at Tiruviśalūr. On the upper kaṇḍam (of it) (there were) .
. . . three hundred and fifty-five kaḻañju of gold. On this was set one
ruby (māṇikkam); surrounding this were set . . . . diamonds (vayiram) .
. . . . . . . . . . . . palaśavi and tūgaḻumā (?) all round. (The whole
weighed) 4,173—four thousand one hundred and seventy-three. . . . . .

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.148 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 297, item 148.