SII 3.149: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri XIV.—INSCRIPTIONS OF PARAKESARIVARMAN UTTAMA-CHOLA. No. 149.—ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE SIDDHANATHASVAMIN TEMPLE AT TIRUNARAIYUR. No. 159 of 1908. author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0149.xml 2019-2026 as per external metadata

This inscription, which is built in at the beginning, registers a gift of land for offerings by the mother of king Uttama-Chōḷa, to the temple of Siddhēśvaramuḍaiya-Mahādēva at Tirunaṟaiyūr which was a brahmadēya in Tirunaṟaiyūrnāḍu. The place is one of those mentioned in the Dēvāram and is situated in the Kumbakōṇam taluk of the Tanjore district. It may be noted that the queen mother is here called Pirāṉtakaṉ-Mādēvaḍigaḷār.

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ṉa śrī Uttamacoḻadevarait tiruvayiṟu vāytta Uṭaiyapirāṭṭiyār śrīpirāntakaṉmātevaṭikaḷārāna śrīcempiyanmāteviyār tirunaṟaiyūrnāṭṭu brahmateyam tirunaṟaiyūr siddheśvaramuṭaiya mahātevarkku tiruvamutukkum ti ta nila 9 veli Itaṉāl ceyyum pala nivantamāvatu mūṉṟu potiṉukku tiruvamutarici potiṉukkuṅ ka]ṟiyamu]tinukkum muṉṟu popotiṉukkum neyyamutuṉā muṉṟu potiṉukku Aṭaikkāy ṇamukkaiciṉā muṉṟu potum Amutu ceyya vāḻaippaḻam 10 3 ṉā muṉṟu kkum caṟkarai Ārātikkum pirāmaṇaṉ 1 kku kappaṭamutaluḷpaṭa 8 patināḻi nel tirununtāviḷakku citārikku kaṟ taṉa ney pāl tayir pori tiru vaiyiṟṟu koṇṭu stapaṉatravyaṅkaḷukku jalapavitramuṭpaṭa maṟṟu veṇṭum kalaca m maṟṟum veṇṭum kalacamu cey kucavanukku tiruccuṇṇamiṭikkum potu cuṇṇamiṭi ku ṉaiyaṭṭum pālikaikkiḻaṭṭa muḷaiykki veṇṭu vastukkaḷukku puṇyāhaM ceyum brāhmaṇa caṟkarai 5 palattiṉāl vāḻaippaḻam 3 10 5 Aṭaikkāyamutu kku ṟukkup palakāyam Āka saṅkirāntirnukku Āka samkirān=ti ṉā Uttama Eḻuntaruḷum tevaṟkkucciyam potaikku tiruvamutinukku Arici Ivvaṇṇattāl Ai 5 kaṟi Amutinukku Āka Ōrāṇṭu kku tiruviḻāṉāḷāl Uṇṭaḻivinukku Āka nittallaḻivukkum saṁkirā n=ti 10 2nukkum pariccaṭṭamīraṇaiyinukkum tiruviḻāEḻuntaruḷun tevarkkum tiruviḻāUṇṭaḻivukkumāka celavāṉa Itunukku nivantamāvatu tirunaṟaiyūr nāṭṭu melaṭavāy tevatāṉamāka IṟaiIli ceytu Uṭaiyār kuṭutta nilamāvatu

The gap may be filled up with the syllables svasti śrī ko parakesarivarmarā.

(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! Uḍaiyapirāṭṭiyār the glorious Pirāntamaṉ-Mādēvaḍigaḷār alias the glorious Śembiyaṉ-Mādēviyār who had obtained in (her) sacred womb [king Parakēsarivarman] alias the glorious Uttama-Chōḷadēva, (gave) [6] vēli of land for offerings . . . . . . . to (the god) Siddhēśvaram-uḍaiya-Mahādēva at Tirunaṟaiyūr which was a brahmadēya in Tirunaṟaiyūr-nāḍu. The several (items of) expenses to be met from this (land) are as follow:—

(L. 2.) Rice for sacred offerings (to be made) three times (a day) . . . . . . . . for vegetable offerings . . . . . . . . . . . . ghee-offering, three times . . . . . . . . . arecanuts for three times . . . . . . . . 13 plantain fruits to be offered three times; sugar for three times . . . . . ten nāḻi of paddy for (the expenses of) one Brāhmaṇa who performs worship, including the cost of (his) cloth; sacred lamp . . . . . . . . . for śidāri . . . . . . ghee . . . . milk . . . . curds . . . . fried paddy . . . . . receiving these . . . . . . . . including jalapavitra and (other) things required for bathing (the god) . . . . . . . and for the potter who makes the required pots, when scented powder is pounded . . . . . . . . . pound the scented powder . . . . . . . to spread below the pālikai . . ; for the necessary things to (raise the) sprouts . . ; for the Brāhmaṇa who performs the puṇyāha . . . . for 5 palam of sugar . . . ; plantain fruits 35 . . ; arecanuts . . . ; different spices . . . thus for . . . Saṅkrānti . . . Saṅkrānti . . . superior . . . ; . . . rice for sacred offerings at midday to the god who presents himself . . . ; at this rate for five vegetable-offerings . . ; in all, for one year . . . for the expenses of feeding on festival days . . . ; thus the . . . spent for the daily expenses, for the 12 Saṅkrāntis, for the two pairs of sacred cloths (pariśaṭṭam), to the god who presents himself in festive procession and for the feeding expenses on festival days; the arrangement made for this is as follows:—(The village) Mēlaḍavāy in Tirunaṟaiyūr-nāḍu, which the king (uḍaiyār) gave as a tax-free dēvadāna land is the following.

nilamāvatu. The inscription stops here.

Digital edition of SII 3.149 by converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

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