SII 3.157: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Alternative title: “XV.—INSCRIPTIONS OF PARTHIVENDRAVARMAN OR PARTHIVENDRADHIPATIVARMAN, ‘WHO TOOK THE HEAD OF VIRA-PANDYA.’ No. 157.—ON THE WEST WALL OF THE VAIKUNTHA-PERUMAL TEMPLE AT UTTARAMALLUR. No. 13 of 1898.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This record is dated in the 3rd year and the 119th day of Pārthivēndrādhipātivarman, who took the head of Pāṇḍya and registers that the great assembly of Uttaramēru-chaturvēdimaṅgalam declared certain lands of the temple of Gōvardhana of that village, tax-free.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0157.

File path: SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0157.xml.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] pāṇṭiyaṉ talaikoṇṭa pā⟨r⟩tdhivendrātipatipatma⟨r⟩kku yāṇ(ṭu) 3 <nāḷ> 100 10 9 kāliyūrkoṭṭa⟨t⟩tu taṉkūṟṟu Uttaramerucaturvvetimaṅkalattu peruṅkuṟi sabhaiyom Eḻu-
⟨2⟩ t(tu) (E)mmu⟨r⟩ śrī(ko)varddhanattu perumānaṭika¿ḷ?kku Ivar bhūmi vayirame(ka)vatiI(n) (vaṭa)kku mutalka⟨ṇ⟩ṇa(r)ā(ṟṟu) Amaṇ¿a?(nā)⟨raṇa⟩vati(y)ām me⟨ṟ⟩kku Aiyntāñ catuk(ka)⟨t⟩tu 2 n=tara⟨ṅ⟩ kuḻi 2 100 4 10m Iṅke 2 ka⟨ṇ⟩(ṇāṟṟu) 4 catukkattu 2 Āntaraṅkuḻi 4 100 8 10m Iṅke mutaṟ kaṇ⟨ṇā⟩ṟṟu mutaṟ catu-
⟨3⟩ kkattu talaitaram kuḻi 100 6 10m Iṅke 2nta⟨ram⟩ kuḻi 2 100 8 10m Iṅke 2 ca(tu)kka⟨t⟩tu talaitaram kuḻi 6 10m Iṅke Iraṇṭā⟨ñ⟩ catukka⟨t⟩tu Iraṇ(ṭā)⟨n⟩taram kuḻi 9 10m Iṅke Iraṇṭāñ catu(kkat)tu Iraṇ(ṭān)taram kuḻi 2 100 2 10m vayiramekavati⟨yi⟩ṉ te⟨ṟ⟩kku 6 Āṅka⟨ṇ⟩ṇāṟṟu
⟨4⟩ Āmanināraṇavatiyiṉ meṟku mutaṟ catu⟨kkattu⟩ talaitaraṅ kuḻi 100 6 10m vayiram(e)kavatiyiṉ vaṭakku 2 ka⟨ṇ⟩ṇāṟṟu Uttarameruvatiyiṉ me(ṟku 3 catukka) ⟨t⟩(tu) 2 n=taraṅkuḻi 100 2 10m Ā(ka ca)turakuḻi [**] 5 100 7 10 [**] ṉā(ni)lam � � � � � � � � � � Idevar(kku)
⟨5⟩ tiruvamutukku śrībelikku⟨m⟩ tiruvārātaṉai tiruviḷakku⟨k⟩kumākak kan=tapurattu peṭṭ¿a?yil ca⟨n⟩tiraṉ Aṟuṉūṟṟuvaṉākiya Eḻāyiravamā [**********] ṉaiyum Iṟ¿a?yum E⟨c⟩coṟṟum veṭṭiyu⟨m⟩ Amañci(yu)m U(ḷ)ḷiṭa Iṟaiyili-
⟨6⟩ yākap (paṇi)ttom Itukku virodhañ¿vā?ṉṉāṉ¿a?(yu)ñce⟨y⟩tāṉ¿a?yu⟨m⟩ śraddhāman=tare meyveṟṟuvakai 2 10 5m pon da¿ṉy?amiṭap peṟuvarākavum geṅgaiyiṭai kuma(ri)yiṭai [*********] pāvat(tiṟ)p paṭuvārākavum paṇittom p(eru)ṅkuṟi sabhaiyom sabhaiyu-
⟨7⟩ ḷḷirun=tu perumakka⟨ḷ⟩ paṇikkaveḻutiṉ¿an? madhyastan (ce)ṟkuṟi Uttarame [********] laUt=tamaṉeṉ |||~ Ideva⟨r⟩kke mahāsabhai tan=ta paṭiyāl v¿a?t=ta bhūmikku [***] vayiram¿o?kavatiyiṉ vaṭa(kku) mutal ka⟨ṇ⟩ṇāṟṟu Amaninā⟨ra⟩ṇavati⟨ṉ⟩ meṟku 2m ⟨ca⟩tuk(ka)⟨t⟩tu talaittaraṅ kuḻi 100 2 10 patum Iṅke Untaraṅkuḻi 3 1000 100 10 pa⟨t⟩tu Āka kuḻi [**] 9 10 nilam tūkuḻi k¿u?ṭa [*] 1000 3 100 nilam � � � � � nilamum Eṟṟi
⟨8⟩ I⟨d⟩dev¿āṟk?u vaitta � bhūmi tara⟨ṅ⟩kuḻi � � � � � � � � � � � � � � nivapūva peṭṭaiyil vyā¿ṉ?i cantiraṉ Eḻunūṟṟ¿a?vaṉ¿a?kiya nuḷampamāyilaṭṭiy¿a?r pak⟨ka⟩l Ibh¿a?miku Iṟai Iṭa
⟨9⟩ pūrvvā¿ś?āraṅkoṇ{ṭ}ṭu Ibh¿a?mikaḷu⟨k⟩ku Epp¿o?rpaṭṭ¿u? Iṟaiyum Eccoṟṟum veṭṭiyum Amañciyum cuṭṭi⟨k⟩kāṭṭa pe{ṟ}ṟātomāka pa(ṇi)t(tu) Iṟai Iḻicci ku{ṭ}ṭuttom Uttarameru-
⟨10⟩ ⟨catu⟩r{v}vetimaṅkalat(tu) mahāsabhaiyom Itu sabhaiyuḷḷiruntu
⟨11⟩ ¿m?eruma(k)ka(ḷ) paṇi⟨k⟩ka Eḻutine¿ṇ? madhyasta¿ṇ? terkuṟi Uttaram¿o?ṅka¿lot=ta?mane(ṉ) [||]

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] pāṇṭiyaṉ talaikoṇṭa pā⟨r⟩tdhivendrātipatipatma⟨r⟩kku yāṇ(ṭu) 3 <nāḷ> 100 10 9 kāliyūrkoṭṭa⟨t⟩tu taṉkūṟṟu Uttaramerucaturvvetimaṅkalattu peruṅkuṟi sabhaiyom Eḻu⟨2⟩t(tu) (E)mmu⟨r⟩ śrī(ko)varddhanattu perumānaṭika⟨ḷu⟩kku Ivar bhūmi vayirame(ka)vatiI(n) (vaṭa)kku mutalka⟨ṇ⟩ṇa(r)ā(ṟṟu) Amaṇ⟨i⟩(nā)⟨raṇa⟩vati(y)ām me⟨ṟ⟩kku Aiyntāñ catuk(ka)⟨t⟩tu 2 n=tara⟨ṅ⟩ kuḻi 2 100 4 10m Iṅke 2 ka⟨ṇ⟩(ṇāṟṟu) 4 catukkattu 2 Āntaraṅkuḻi 4 100 8 10m Iṅke mutaṟ kaṇ⟨ṇā⟩ṟṟu mutaṟ catu⟨3⟩kkattu talaitaram kuḻi 100 6 10m Iṅke 2nta⟨ram⟩ kuḻi 2 100 8 10m Iṅke 2 ca(tu)kka⟨t⟩tu talaitaram kuḻi 6 10m Iṅke Iraṇṭā⟨ñ⟩ catukka⟨t⟩tu Iraṇ(ṭā)⟨n⟩taram kuḻi 9 10m Iṅke Iraṇṭāñ catu(kkat)tu Iraṇ(ṭān)taram kuḻi 2 100 2 10m vayiramekavati⟨yi⟩ṉ te⟨ṟ⟩kku 6 Āṅka⟨ṇ⟩ṇāṟṟu ⟨4⟩ Āmanināraṇavatiyiṉ meṟku mutaṟ catu⟨kkattu⟩ talaitaraṅ kuḻi 100 6 10m vayiram(e)kavatiyiṉ vaṭakku 2 ka⟨ṇ⟩ṇāṟṟu Uttarameruvatiyiṉ me(ṟku 3 catukka) ⟨t⟩(tu) 2 n=taraṅkuḻi 100 2 10m Ā(ka ca)turakuḻi [2+] 5 100 7 10 [2+] ṉā(ni)lam � � � � � � � � � � Idevar(kku) ⟨5⟩ tiruvamutukku śrībelikku⟨m⟩ tiruvārātaṉai tiruviḷakku⟨k⟩kumākak kan=tapurattu peṭṭ⟨ai⟩yil ca⟨n⟩tiraṉ Aṟuṉūṟṟuvaṉākiya Eḻāyiravamā [10+] ṉaiyum Iṟ⟨ai⟩yum E⟨c⟩coṟṟum veṭṭiyu⟨m⟩ Amañci(yu)m U(ḷ)ḷiṭa Iṟaiyili⟨6⟩yākap (paṇi)ttom Itukku virodhañ⟨co⟩ṉṉāṉ⟨ai⟩(yu)ñce⟨y⟩tāṉ⟨ai⟩yu⟨m⟩ śraddhāman=tare meyveṟṟuvakai 2 10 5m pon da⟨ṇṭ⟩amiṭap peṟuvarākavum geṅgaiyiṭai kuma(ri)yiṭai [9+] pāvat(tiṟ)p paṭuvārākavum paṇittom p(eru)ṅkuṟi sabhaiyom sabhaiyu⟨7⟩ḷḷirun=tu perumakka⟨ḷ⟩ paṇikkaveḻutiṉ⟨eṉ⟩ madhyastan (ce)ṟkuṟi Uttarame [8+] laUt=tamaṉeṉ |||~ Ideva⟨r⟩kke mahāsabhai tan=ta paṭiyāl v⟨ai⟩t=ta bhūmikku [3+] vayiram⟨e⟩kavatiyiṉ vaṭa(kku) mutal ka⟨ṇ⟩ṇāṟṟu Amaninā⟨ra⟩ṇavati⟨ṉ⟩ meṟku 2m ⟨ca⟩tuk(ka)⟨t⟩tu talaittaraṅ kuḻi 100 2 10 patum Iṅke Untaraṅkuḻi 3 1000 100 10 pa⟨t⟩tu Āka kuḻi [2+] 9 10 nilam tūkuḻi k⟨ū⟩ṭa [1+] 1000 3 100 nilam � � � � � nilamum Eṟṟi ⟨8⟩ I⟨d⟩dev⟨arkk⟩u vaitta � bhūmi tara⟨ṅ⟩kuḻi � � � � � � � � � � � � � � nivapūva peṭṭaiyil vyā⟨pār⟩i cantiraṉ Eḻunūṟṟ⟨u⟩vaṉ⟨ā⟩kiya nuḷampamāyilaṭṭiy⟨ā⟩r pak⟨ka⟩l Ibh⟨ū⟩miku Iṟai Iṭa ⟨9⟩ pūrvvā⟨c⟩āraṅkoṇ{ṭ}ṭu Ibh⟨ū⟩mikaḷu⟨k⟩ku Epp⟨e⟩rpaṭṭ⟨a⟩ Iṟaiyum Eccoṟṟum veṭṭiyum Amañciyum cuṭṭi⟨k⟩kāṭṭa pe{ṟ}ṟātomāka pa(ṇi)t(tu) Iṟai Iḻicci ku{ṭ}ṭuttom Uttarameru⟨10⟩⟨catu⟩r{v}vetimaṅkalat(tu) mahāsabhaiyom Itu sabhaiyuḷḷiruntu ⟨11⟩ ⟨p⟩eruma(k)ka(ḷ) paṇi⟨k⟩ka Eḻutine⟨ṉ⟩ madhyasta⟨ṉ⟩ terkuṟi Uttaram⟨eru⟩ṅka⟨lott⟩mane(ṉ) [||]

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] pāṇṭiyaṉ talaikoṇṭa pā⟨r⟩tdhivendrātipatipatma⟨r⟩kku yāṇ(ṭu) 3 <nāḷ> 100 10 9 kāliyūrkoṭṭa⟨t⟩tu taṉkūṟṟu Uttaramerucaturvvetimaṅkalattu peruṅkuṟi sabhaiyom Eḻu⟨2⟩t(tu) (E)mmu⟨r⟩ śrī(ko)varddhanattu perumānaṭika¿ḷ?⟨ḷu⟩kku Ivar bhūmi vayirame(ka)vatiI(n) (vaṭa)kku mutalka⟨ṇ⟩ṇa(r)ā(ṟṟu) Amaṇ¿a?⟨i⟩(nā)⟨raṇa⟩vati(y)ām me⟨ṟ⟩kku Aiyntāñ catuk(ka)⟨t⟩tu 2 n=tara⟨ṅ⟩ kuḻi 2 100 4 10m Iṅke 2 ka⟨ṇ⟩(ṇāṟṟu) 4 catukkattu 2 Āntaraṅkuḻi 4 100 8 10m Iṅke mutaṟ kaṇ⟨ṇā⟩ṟṟu mutaṟ catu⟨3⟩kkattu talaitaram kuḻi 100 6 10m Iṅke 2nta⟨ram⟩ kuḻi 2 100 8 10m Iṅke 2 ca(tu)kka⟨t⟩tu talaitaram kuḻi 6 10m Iṅke Iraṇṭā⟨ñ⟩ catukka⟨t⟩tu Iraṇ(ṭā)⟨n⟩taram kuḻi 9 10m Iṅke Iraṇṭāñ catu(kkat)tu Iraṇ(ṭān)taram kuḻi 2 100 2 10m vayiramekavati⟨yi⟩ṉ te⟨ṟ⟩kku 6 Āṅka⟨ṇ⟩ṇāṟṟu ⟨4⟩ Āmanināraṇavatiyiṉ meṟku mutaṟ catu⟨kkattu⟩ talaitaraṅ kuḻi 100 6 10m vayiram(e)kavatiyiṉ vaṭakku 2 ka⟨ṇ⟩ṇāṟṟu Uttarameruvatiyiṉ me(ṟku 3 catukka) ⟨t⟩(tu) 2 n=taraṅkuḻi 100 2 10m Ā(ka ca)turakuḻi [2+] 5 100 7 10 [2+] ṉā(ni)lam � � � � � � � � � � Idevar(kku) ⟨5⟩ tiruvamutukku śrībelikku⟨m⟩ tiruvārātaṉai tiruviḷakku⟨k⟩kumākak kan=tapurattu peṭṭ¿a?⟨ai⟩yil ca⟨n⟩tiraṉ Aṟuṉūṟṟuvaṉākiya Eḻāyiravamā [10+] ṉaiyum Iṟ¿a?⟨ai⟩yum E⟨c⟩coṟṟum veṭṭiyu⟨m⟩ Amañci(yu)m U(ḷ)ḷiṭa Iṟaiyili⟨6⟩yākap (paṇi)ttom Itukku virodhañ¿vā?⟨co⟩ṉṉāṉ¿a?⟨ai⟩(yu)ñce⟨y⟩tāṉ¿a?⟨ai⟩yu⟨m⟩ śraddhāman=tare meyveṟṟuvakai 2 10 5m pon da¿ṉy?⟨ṇṭ⟩amiṭap peṟuvarākavum geṅgaiyiṭai kuma(ri)yiṭai [9+] pāvat(tiṟ)p paṭuvārākavum paṇittom p(eru)ṅkuṟi sabhaiyom sabhaiyu⟨7⟩ḷḷirun=tu perumakka⟨ḷ⟩ paṇikkaveḻutiṉ¿an?⟨eṉ⟩ madhyastan (ce)ṟkuṟi Uttarame [8+] laUt=tamaṉeṉ |||~ Ideva⟨r⟩kke mahāsabhai tan=ta paṭiyāl v¿a?⟨ai⟩t=ta bhūmikku [3+] vayiram¿o?⟨e⟩kavatiyiṉ vaṭa(kku) mutal ka⟨ṇ⟩ṇāṟṟu Amaninā⟨ra⟩ṇavati⟨ṉ⟩ meṟku 2m ⟨ca⟩tuk(ka)⟨t⟩tu talaittaraṅ kuḻi 100 2 10 patum Iṅke Untaraṅkuḻi 3 1000 100 10 pa⟨t⟩tu Āka kuḻi [2+] 9 10 nilam tūkuḻi k¿u?⟨ū⟩ṭa [1+] 1000 3 100 nilam � � � � � nilamum Eṟṟi ⟨8⟩ I⟨d⟩dev¿āṟk?⟨arkk⟩u vaitta � bhūmi tara⟨ṅ⟩kuḻi � � � � � � � � � � � � � � nivapūva peṭṭaiyil vyā¿ṉ?⟨pār⟩i cantiraṉ Eḻunūṟṟ¿a?⟨u⟩vaṉ¿a?⟨ā⟩kiya nuḷampamāyilaṭṭiy¿a?⟨ā⟩r pak⟨ka⟩l Ibh¿a?⟨ū⟩miku Iṟai Iṭa ⟨9⟩ pūrvvā¿ś?⟨c⟩āraṅkoṇ{ṭ}ṭu Ibh¿a?⟨ū⟩mikaḷu⟨k⟩ku Epp¿o?⟨e⟩rpaṭṭ¿u?⟨a⟩ Iṟaiyum Eccoṟṟum veṭṭiyum Amañciyum cuṭṭi⟨k⟩kāṭṭa pe{ṟ}ṟātomāka pa(ṇi)t(tu) Iṟai Iḻicci ku{ṭ}ṭuttom Uttarameru⟨10⟩⟨catu⟩r{v}vetimaṅkalat(tu) mahāsabhaiyom Itu sabhaiyuḷḷiruntu ⟨11⟩ ¿m?⟨p⟩eruma(k)ka(ḷ) paṇi⟨k⟩ka Eḻutine¿ṇ?⟨ṉ⟩ madhyasta¿ṇ?⟨ṉ⟩ terkuṟi Uttaram¿o?⟨eru⟩ṅka¿lot=ta?⟨lott⟩mane(ṉ) [||]

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ yāṇ(ṭu) 3 ḷ • ḷ stands for nāḷ.

⟨7⟩ kuḻi 100 2 10 • The symbol for 100 is made like �. — ⟨7⟩ Untaraṅkuḻi 3 1000 100 10 • The symbol for 1000 is made like �. — ⟨7⟩ kuḻi [2+] 9 10 • The first two figures are not intelligible.

⟨8⟩ nivapūva peṭṭaiyil • This passage is too corrupt to admit of correction. Perhaps kannapurattuppeṭṭai as in line 5 was intended.

Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 3rd year and 119th day of (the reign of) Pārthivēndrādhipativarman who took the head of the Pāṇḍya (king), (this is) the writing of us (the members) of the great assembly of Uttaramēru-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, (a village) in its own subdivision (taṉ-kūṟṟu) in Kāliyūrkōṭṭam.

(L. 2.) The (following) lands were given to the god (perumāṉaḍigaḷ) of the sacred Gōvardhana of our village (viz.,):—240 kuḻi of second rate (land) in the fifth square (śadukkam) west of (the path called) Amanināraṇa-vadi, of the first kaṇṇāṟu, north of (the path called) Vayiramēga-vadi; in the same place, 480 kuḻi of second rate (land) in the fourth square (śadukkam) of the second kaṇṇāṟu; in the same place, 160 kuḻi of first rate (land) in the first square (śadukkam) of the first kaṇṇāṟu; in the same place, 280 kuḻi of second rate (land); in the same place, 60 kuḻi of first rate (land) in the second square (śadukkam); in the same place, 90 kuḻi of second rate (land) in the second square (śadukkam); in the same place, 220 kuḻi of second rate (land) in the second square (śadukkam); 160 kuḻi of first rate (land) in the first square (śadukkam) west of (the path called) Amanināraṇa-vadi of the sixth kaṇṇāṟu, south of (the path called) Vayiramēgavadi; 120 kuḻi of second rate (land) in the third square (śadukkam) west of (the path called) Uttaramēru-vadi of the second kaṇṇāṟu, north of (the path called) Vayiramēga-vadi. (Thus) these . . 570¹ square kuḻi . . of land in all equal to . . .² , we declared free of (all) taxes such as [vēdi]ṉai, iṟai, echchōṟu, veṭṭi and amañji, for (providing) sacred offerings, śrībali, sacred worship and sacred lamps, to this god . . . Śandiraṉ Arunūṟṟuvaṉ alias Ēḻāyirava Mā . . . in Kandapurattu-pēṭṭai.

(L. 6.) We (the members) of the great assembly ordered that those who speak or act against this shall be liable to be punished each with a fine of twenty-five poṉ by the Śraddhāmantas themselves and shall incur the sins . . . between Gaṅgā (the Ganges) and Kumari (Cape Comorin). I, madhyastaṉ Śeṟkuṟi Uttaramēru-chaturvēdimaṅgala-Uttamaṉ, wrote (this) under orders of the great men, being (myself) one of the assembly.

(L. 7.) Of the lands given to this same god as a gift from the great assembly (the following is the extent):—First rate land (measuring) 120 kuḻi, in the second śadukkam to the west of (the path called) Amanināraṇa-vadi of the first kaṇṇāṟu, north of (the path called) Vayiramēga-vadi; in this same place, second rate land (measuring) 3,110³ kuḻi; in all, land (measuring) . . 60 kuḻi, added to good (?) land (measuring) . 300 kuḻi land (measuring) . . .⁴ being the excess. The classified land (thus) given to this god (measures). . .⁵ Having received, so as to pay up the taxes on this land, pūrvāchāra from the merchant Śendiraṉ Eḻunūṟṟuvaṉ alias Nuḷamba-Māyilaṭṭi of . . . . . pēṭṭai, we, the members of the great assembly of Uttaramēru-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, declared that on these lands no taxes of any kind such as iṟai, echchōṟu, veṭṭi, amañji, would be shown (in the registers) and gave them away tax-free (accordingly).

(L. 10.) I, the arbitrator (madhyastha) Terkuri Uttaramērumaṅgalōttamaṉ wrote this, under orders of the assembly, being myself (one) of the assembly.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.157 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. Pages 330–333, item 157.

Notes

1. The total extent of land added up comes to 1, 810 kuḻi; but the text gives the symbol �, and the figures 5, 100, 7, 10 = 570, which cannot be explained. Śadura-kuḻi (i.e., square kuḻi) may convey a technical meaning.
2. The extent is expressed by ten symbols; see line 4 of the text.
3. The extent of the land in kuḻis which is given in numerical figures is not quite clear; see line 7 of the text.
4. The total of the land-extent is given in three symbols, whose significance is not apparent.
5. Before the word bhūmi in the text occurs a symbol which corresponds to the Grantha ma. I cannot explain what it indicates. The group of symbols, which again is given in line 8 of the text, perhaps includes the extent of land already given and expressed in line 4 and that expressed by the three symbols in line 8.

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<title>SII 3.157: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri</title>

<title type="alt">XV.—INSCRIPTIONS OF PARTHIVENDRAVARMAN OR PARTHIVENDRADHIPATIVARMAN, ‘WHO TOOK THE HEAD OF VIRA-PANDYA.’ No. 157.—ON THE WEST WALL OF THE VAIKUNTHA-PERUMAL TEMPLE AT UTTARAMALLUR. No. 13 of 1898.</title>

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<p>This record is dated in the 3rd year and the 119th day of <hi rend="bold">Pārthivēndrādhipātivarman</hi>, who took the head of <hi rend="bold">Pāṇḍya</hi> and registers that the great assembly of <hi rend="bold">Uttaramēru-chaturvēdimaṅgalam</hi> declared certain lands of the temple of <hi rend="bold">Gōvardhana</hi> of that village, tax-free.</p>

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<lb n="1"/><hi rend="grantha">svasti śrī</hi> <supplied reason="undefined"><g type="ddanda">.</g></supplied> pāṇṭiyaṉ talaikoṇṭa <hi rend="grantha">pā<supplied reason="omitted">r</supplied>tdhi</hi>ve<hi rend="grantha">ndrā</hi>ti<hi rend="grantha">pa</hi>ti<hi rend="grantha">patma</hi><supplied reason="omitted">r</supplied>kku yāṇ<unclear>ṭu</unclear> 3 <g type="nāḷ"/> <num value="119"><g type="numeral">100</g> <g type="numeral">10</g> 9</num> kāliyūrkoṭṭa<supplied reason="omitted">t</supplied>tu taṉkūṟṟu Uttarameru<hi rend="grantha">ca</hi>tu<hi rend="grantha">rvve</hi>timaṅkalattu peruṅkuṟi <hi rend="grantha">sabhai</hi>yom Eḻu

<lb n="2" break="no"/>t<unclear>tu</unclear> <unclear>E</unclear>mmu<supplied reason="omitted">r</supplied> <hi rend="grantha">śrī</hi><unclear>ko</unclear>va<hi rend="grantha">rddha</hi>nattu perumānaṭika<choice><sic>ḷ</sic><corr>ḷu</corr></choice>kku Ivar <hi rend="grantha">bhū</hi>mi vayirame<unclear>ka</unclear>vatiI<unclear>n</unclear> <unclear>vaṭa</unclear>kku mutalka<supplied reason="omitted">ṇ</supplied>ṇa<unclear>r</unclear>ā<unclear>ṟṟu</unclear> Amaṇ<choice><sic>a</sic><corr>i</corr></choice><unclear>nā</unclear><supplied reason="omitted">raṇa</supplied>vati<unclear>y</unclear>ām me<supplied reason="omitted">ṟ</supplied>kku Aiyntāñ catuk<unclear>ka</unclear><supplied reason="omitted">t</supplied>tu 2 n=tara<supplied reason="omitted">ṅ</supplied> kuḻi <num value="240">2 <g type="numeral">100</g> 4 <g type="numeral">10</g></num>m Iṅke 2 ka<supplied reason="omitted">ṇ</supplied><unclear>ṇāṟṟu</unclear> 4 catukkattu 2 Āntaraṅkuḻi <num value="480">4 <g type="numeral">100</g> 8 <g type="numeral">10</g></num>m Iṅke mutaṟ kaṇ<supplied reason="omitted">ṇā</supplied>ṟṟu mutaṟ catu

<lb n="3" break="no"/>kkattu talaitaram kuḻi <num value="160"><g type="numeral">100</g> 6 <g type="numeral">10</g></num>m Iṅke 2nta<supplied reason="omitted">ram</supplied> kuḻi <num value="280">2 <g type="numeral">100</g> 8 <g type="numeral">10</g></num>m Iṅke 2 ca<unclear>tu</unclear>kka<supplied reason="omitted">t</supplied>tu talaitaram kuḻi <num value="60">6 <g type="numeral">10</g></num>m Iṅke Iraṇṭā<supplied reason="omitted">ñ</supplied> catukka<supplied reason="omitted">t</supplied>tu Iraṇ<unclear>ṭā</unclear><supplied reason="omitted">n</supplied>taram kuḻi <num value="90">9 <g type="numeral">10</g></num>m Iṅke Iraṇṭāñ catu<unclear>kkat</unclear>tu Iraṇ<unclear>ṭān</unclear>taram kuḻi <num value="220">2 <g type="numeral">100</g> 2 <g type="numeral">10</g></num>m vayiramekavati<supplied reason="omitted">yi</supplied>ṉ te<supplied reason="omitted">ṟ</supplied>kku 6 Āṅka<supplied reason="omitted">ṇ</supplied>ṇāṟṟu

<lb n="4"/>Āmanināraṇavatiyiṉ meṟku mutaṟ catu<supplied reason="omitted">kkattu</supplied> talaitaraṅ kuḻi <num value="160"><g type="numeral">100</g> 6 <g type="numeral">10</g></num>m vayiram<unclear>e</unclear>kavatiyiṉ vaṭakku 2 ka<supplied reason="omitted">ṇ</supplied>ṇāṟṟu Uttarameruvatiyiṉ me<unclear>ṟku 3 catukka</unclear> <supplied reason="omitted">t</supplied><unclear>tu</unclear> 2 n=taraṅkuḻi <num value="120"><g type="numeral">100</g> 2 <g type="numeral">10</g></num>m Ā<unclear>ka ca</unclear>turakuḻi <gap reason="lost" quantity="2" unit="character"/> <num value="570">5 <g type="numeral">100</g> 7 <g type="numeral">10</g></num> <gap reason="lost" quantity="2" unit="character"/> ṉā<unclear>ni</unclear>lam � � � � � � � � � � I<hi rend="grantha">de</hi>var<unclear>kku</unclear>

<lb n="5"/>tiruvamutukku <hi rend="grantha">śrībeli</hi>kku<supplied reason="omitted">m</supplied> tiruvārātaṉai tiruviḷakku<supplied reason="omitted">k</supplied>kumākak kan=tapurattu peṭṭ<choice><sic>a</sic><corr>ai</corr></choice>yil ca<supplied reason="omitted">n</supplied>tiraṉ Aṟuṉūṟṟuvaṉākiya Eḻāyiravamā <gap reason="lost" quantity="10" unit="character"/> ṉaiyum Iṟ<choice><sic>a</sic><corr>ai</corr></choice>yum E<supplied reason="omitted">c</supplied>coṟṟum veṭṭiyu<supplied reason="omitted">m</supplied> Amañci<unclear>yu</unclear>m U<unclear>ḷ</unclear>ḷiṭa Iṟaiyili

<lb n="6" break="no"/>yākap <unclear>paṇi</unclear>ttom Itukku viro<hi rend="grantha">dha</hi>ñ<choice><sic>vā</sic><corr>co</corr></choice>ṉṉāṉ<choice><sic>a</sic><corr>ai</corr></choice><unclear>yu</unclear>ñce<supplied reason="omitted">y</supplied>tāṉ<choice><sic>a</sic><corr>ai</corr></choice>yu<supplied reason="omitted">m</supplied> <hi rend="grantha">śraddhāma</hi>n=tare meyveṟṟuvakai <num value="25">2 <g type="numeral">10</g> 5</num>m pon <hi rend="grantha">da</hi><choice><sic>ṉy</sic><corr>ṇṭ</corr></choice>amiṭap peṟuvarākavum <hi rend="grantha">ge</hi>ṅ<hi rend="grantha">gai</hi>yiṭai kuma<unclear>ri</unclear>yiṭai <gap reason="lost" quantity="9" unit="character"/> pāvat<unclear>tiṟ</unclear>p paṭuvārākavum paṇittom p<unclear>eru</unclear>ṅkuṟi <hi rend="grantha">sabhai</hi>yom <hi rend="grantha">sabhai</hi>yu

<lb n="7" break="no"/>ḷḷirun=tu perumakka<supplied reason="omitted">ḷ</supplied> paṇikkaveḻutiṉ<choice><sic>an</sic><corr>eṉ</corr></choice> <hi rend="grantha">madhyasta</hi>n <unclear>ce</unclear>ṟkuṟi Utta<hi rend="grantha">rame</hi> <gap reason="lost" quantity="8" unit="character"/> <hi rend="grantha">la</hi>Ut=tamaṉeṉ <g type="danda">.</g><g type="danda">.</g><g type="danda">.</g><g type="dashLong">.</g> I<hi rend="grantha">de</hi>va<supplied reason="omitted">r</supplied>kke <hi rend="grantha">mahāsabhai</hi> tan=ta paṭiyāl v<choice><sic>a</sic><corr>ai</corr></choice>t=ta <hi rend="grantha">bhūmi</hi>kku <gap reason="lost" quantity="3" unit="character"/> vayiram<choice><sic>o</sic><corr>e</corr></choice>kavatiyiṉ vaṭa<unclear>kku</unclear> mutal ka<supplied reason="omitted">ṇ</supplied>ṇāṟṟu Amaninā<supplied reason="omitted">ra</supplied>ṇavati<supplied reason="omitted">ṉ</supplied> meṟku 2m <supplied reason="omitted">ca</supplied>tuk<unclear>ka</unclear><supplied reason="omitted">t</supplied>tu talaittaraṅ kuḻi <num value="120"><g type="numeral">100</g> 2 <g type="numeral">10</g></num> patum Iṅke Untaraṅkuḻi <num value="3110">3 <g type="numeral">1000</g> <g type="numeral">100</g> <g type="numeral">10</g></num> pa<supplied reason="omitted">t</supplied>tu Āka kuḻi <gap reason="lost" quantity="2" unit="character"/> <num value="90">9 <g type="numeral">10</g></num> nilam tūkuḻi k<choice><sic>u</sic><corr>ū</corr></choice>ṭa <gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="character"/> <num value="1300"><g type="numeral">1000</g> 3 <g type="numeral">100</g></num> nilam � � � � � nilamum Eṟṟi

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<lb n="9"/><hi rend="grantha">pūrvvā<choice><sic>ś</sic><corr>c</corr></choice>ā</hi>raṅkoṇ<surplus>ṭ</surplus>ṭu I<hi rend="grantha">bh<choice><sic>a</sic><corr>ū</corr></choice>mi</hi>kaḷu<supplied reason="omitted">k</supplied>ku Epp<choice><sic>o</sic><corr>e</corr></choice>rpaṭṭ<choice><sic>u</sic><corr>a</corr></choice> Iṟaiyum Eccoṟṟum veṭṭiyum Amañciyum cuṭṭi<supplied reason="omitted">k</supplied>kāṭṭa pe<surplus>ṟ</surplus>ṟātomāka pa<unclear>ṇi</unclear>t<unclear>tu</unclear> Iṟai Iḻicci ku<surplus>ṭ</surplus>ṭuttom Utta<hi rend="grantha">ra</hi>meru

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<lb n="11"/><choice><sic>m</sic><corr>p</corr></choice>eruma<unclear>k</unclear>ka<unclear>ḷ</unclear> paṇi<supplied reason="omitted">k</supplied>ka Eḻutine<choice><sic>ṇ</sic><corr>ṉ</corr></choice> <hi rend="grantha">madhyasta</hi><choice><sic>ṇ</sic><corr>ṉ</corr></choice> terkuṟi Uttaram<choice><sic>o</sic><corr>eru</corr></choice>ṅka<choice><sic><hi rend="grantha">lo</hi>t=ta</sic><corr>lott</corr></choice>mane<unclear>ṉ</unclear> <supplied reason="undefined"><g type="ddanda">.</g></supplied>

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<note><foreign>ḷ</foreign> stands for <foreign>nāḷ</foreign>.</note></app>

<note>The symbol for 100 is made like <seg rend="check">�</seg>.</note>

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<lem>Untaraṅkuḻi <num value="3110">3 <g type="numeral">1000</g> <g type="numeral">100</g> <g type="numeral">10</g></num></lem>

<note>The symbol for 1000 is made like <seg rend="check">�</seg>.</note>

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<note>The first two figures are not intelligible.</note>

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<lem>nivapūva peṭṭaiyil</lem>

<note>This passage is too corrupt to admit of correction. Perhaps <foreign>ka<hi rend="grantha">nna</hi>purattuppeṭṭai</foreign> as in line 5 was intended.</note>

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<p>(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 3rd year and 119th day of (<hi rend="italic">the reign of</hi>) <hi rend="bold">Pārthivēndrādhipativarman</hi> who took the head of the <hi rend="bold">Pāṇḍya</hi> (<hi rend="italic">king), (this is</hi>) the writing of us (<hi rend="italic">the members</hi>) of the great assembly of <hi rend="bold">Uttaramēru-chaturvēdimaṅgalam</hi>, (<hi rend="italic">a village</hi>) in its own subdivision (<hi rend="italic">taṉ-kūṟṟu</hi>) in <hi rend="bold">Kāliyūrkōṭṭam</hi>.</p>

<p>(L. 2.) The (<hi rend="italic">following</hi>) lands were given to the god (<hi rend="italic">perumāṉaḍigaḷ</hi>) of the sacred <hi rend="bold">Gōvardhana</hi> of our village (<hi rend="italic">viz.,):</hi>—240 <hi rend="italic">kuḻi</hi> of second rate (<hi rend="italic">land</hi>) in the fifth square (<hi rend="italic">śadukkam</hi>) west of (<hi rend="italic">the path called</hi>) <hi rend="bold">Amanināraṇa-vadi</hi>, of the first <hi rend="italic">kaṇṇāṟu</hi>, north of (<hi rend="italic">the path called</hi>) <hi rend="bold">Vayiramēga-vadi</hi>; in the same place, 480 <hi rend="italic">kuḻi</hi> of second rate (<hi rend="italic">land</hi>) in the fourth square (<hi rend="italic">śadukkam</hi>) of the second <hi rend="italic">kaṇṇāṟu</hi>; in the same place, 160 <hi rend="italic">kuḻi</hi> of first rate (<hi rend="italic">land</hi>) in the first square (<hi rend="italic">śadukkam</hi>) of the first <hi rend="italic">kaṇṇāṟu</hi>; in the same place, 280 <hi rend="italic">kuḻi</hi> of second rate (<hi rend="italic">land</hi>); in the same place, 60 <hi rend="italic">kuḻi</hi> of first rate (<hi rend="italic">land</hi>) in the second square (<hi rend="italic">śadukkam</hi>); in the same place, 90 <hi rend="italic">kuḻi</hi> of second rate (<hi rend="italic">land</hi>) in the second square (<hi rend="italic">śadukkam</hi>); in the same place, 220 <hi rend="italic">kuḻi</hi> of second rate (<hi rend="italic">land</hi>) in the second square (<hi rend="italic">śadukkam</hi>); 160 <hi rend="italic">kuḻi</hi> of first rate (<hi rend="italic">land</hi>) in the first square (<hi rend="italic">śadukkam</hi>) west of (<hi rend="italic">the path called</hi>) <hi rend="bold">Amanināraṇa-vadi</hi> of the sixth <hi rend="italic">kaṇṇāṟu</hi>, south of (<hi rend="italic">the path called</hi>) <hi rend="bold">Vayiramēgavadi</hi>; 120 <hi rend="italic">kuḻi</hi> of second rate (<hi rend="italic">land</hi>) in the third square (<hi rend="italic">śadukkam</hi>) west of (<hi rend="italic">the path called</hi>) <hi rend="bold">Uttaramēru-vadi</hi> of the second <hi rend="italic">kaṇṇāṟu</hi>, north of (<hi rend="italic">the path called</hi>) <hi rend="bold">Vayiramēga-vadi</hi>. (<hi rend="italic">Thus</hi>) these . . 570<note>The total extent of land added up comes to 1, 810 <hi rend="italic">kuḻi</hi>; but the text gives the symbol �, and the figures 5, <num value="100"><g type="numeral">100</g></num>, 7, <num value="10"><g type="numeral">10</g></num> = 570, which cannot be explained. <hi rend="italic">Śadura-kuḻi</hi> (<hi rend="italic">i.e.</hi>, square <hi rend="italic">kuḻi</hi>) may convey a technical meaning.</note> square <hi rend="italic">kuḻi</hi> . . of land in all equal to . . .<note>The extent is expressed by ten symbols; see line 4 of the text.</note> , we declared free of (<hi rend="italic">all</hi>) taxes such as <hi rend="italic">[vēdi]ṉai, iṟai, echchōṟu, veṭṭi</hi> and <hi rend="italic">amañji</hi>, for (<hi rend="italic">providing</hi>) sacred offerings, <hi rend="italic">śrībali</hi>, sacred worship and sacred lamps, to this god . . . <hi rend="bold">Śandiraṉ Arunūṟṟuvaṉ</hi> <hi rend="italic">alias</hi> <hi rend="bold">Ēḻāyirava Mā . . . </hi> in <hi rend="bold">Kandapurattu-pēṭṭai</hi>.</p>

<p>(L. 6.) We (<hi rend="italic">the members</hi>) of the great assembly ordered that those who speak or act against this shall be liable to be punished each with a fine of twenty-five <hi rend="italic">poṉ</hi> by the <hi rend="italic">Śraddhāmantas</hi> themselves and shall incur the sins . . . between <hi rend="bold">Gaṅgā</hi> (the Ganges) and <hi rend="bold">Kumari</hi> (Cape Comorin). I, <hi rend="italic">madhyastaṉ</hi> <hi rend="bold">Śeṟkuṟi Uttaramēru-chaturvēdimaṅgala-Uttamaṉ</hi>, wrote (<hi rend="italic">this</hi>) under orders of the great men, being (<hi rend="italic">myself</hi>) one of the assembly.</p>

<p>(L. 7.) Of the lands given to this same god as a gift from the great assembly (<hi rend="italic">the following is the extent):</hi>—First rate land (<hi rend="italic">measuring</hi>) 120 <hi rend="italic">kuḻi</hi>, in the second <hi rend="italic">śadukkam</hi> to the west of (<hi rend="italic">the path called</hi>) <hi rend="bold">Amanināraṇa-vadi</hi> of the first <hi rend="italic">kaṇṇāṟu</hi>, north of (<hi rend="italic">the path called</hi>) <hi rend="bold">Vayiramēga-vadi</hi>; in this same place, second rate land (<hi rend="italic">measuring</hi>) 3,110<note>The extent of the land in <hi rend="italic">kuḻis</hi> which is given in numerical figures is not quite clear; see line 7 of the text.</note> <hi rend="italic">kuḻi</hi>; in all, land (<hi rend="italic">measuring</hi>) . . 60 <hi rend="italic">kuḻi</hi>, added to good (?) land (<hi rend="italic">measuring</hi>) . 300 <hi rend="italic">kuḻi</hi> land (<hi rend="italic">measuring</hi>) . . .<note>The total of the land-extent is given in three symbols, whose significance is not apparent.</note> being the excess. The classified land (<hi rend="italic">thus</hi>) given to this god (<hi rend="italic">measures</hi>). . .<note>Before the word <foreign><hi rend="grantha">bhūmi</hi></foreign> in the text occurs a symbol which corresponds to the Grantha <foreign><hi rend="grantha">ma</hi></foreign>. I cannot explain what it indicates. The group of symbols, which again is given in line 8 of the text, perhaps includes the extent of land already given and expressed in line 4 and that expressed by the three symbols in line 8.</note> Having received, so as to pay up the taxes on this land, <hi rend="italic">pūrvāchāra</hi> from the merchant <hi rend="bold">Śendiraṉ Eḻunūṟṟuvaṉ</hi> <hi rend="italic">alias</hi> <hi rend="bold">Nuḷamba-Māyilaṭṭi</hi> of . . . . . <hi rend="bold">pēṭṭai</hi>, we, the members of the great assembly of <hi rend="bold">Uttaramēru-chaturvēdimaṅgalam</hi>, declared that on these lands no taxes of any kind such as <hi rend="italic">iṟai, echchōṟu, veṭṭi, amañji</hi>, would be shown (<hi rend="italic">in the registers</hi>) and gave them away tax-free (<hi rend="italic">accordingly</hi>).</p>

<p>(L. 10.) I, the arbitrator (<hi rend="italic">madhyastha</hi>) <hi rend="bold">Terkuri Uttaramērumaṅgalōttamaṉ</hi> wrote this, under orders of the assembly, being myself (<hi rend="italic">one</hi>) of the assembly.</p>

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