SII 3.160: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Alternative title: “XV.—INSCRIPTIONS OF PARTHIVENDRAVARMAN OR PARTHIVENDRADHIPATIVARMAN, ‘WHO TOOK THE HEAD OF VIRA-PANDYA.’ No. 160.—ON THE SAME WALL. No. 16 of 1898.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This again is a transaction made by the big assembly of Uttaramērūr-chaturvēdimaṅgalam made in the 3rd year of Pārthivendrādivarman who took the head of Vīra-Pāṇḍya. It consisted in making tax-free certain lands of the temple of Kurukshētradēva, on receiving pūrvāchāram from Śandiraṉ Eḻunūṟṟuvaṉ alias Nuḷamba-Māyilaṭṭi, residing in Kandapurattupēṭṭai. This individual is known from No. 24 of 1898 printed below to have been a merchant of Raṇavīrappāḍi in Conjeeveram. It is doubtful therefore, if Kandapurattupēṭṭai was not another name of Raṇavīrappāḍi. Kurukshētradēva is not a familiar name in Hindu theogony but might refer to Kṛishṇa who played the chief part in the great war of Kurukshētra and was the author of the famous Bhagavadgītā.

Languages: Source Language (other) (source_other) [Source Script (other) (source_other)], Tamil (tam) [Tamil (tamil)].

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0160.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī |||~ pāṇṭiyaṉai{ṉai} talaiko¿ṭ?ṭa pār¿n?thivendrātinmaku1 yāṇ{ṭ}ṭu (mūṉ){ṟa}ṟāva{t}tu2 Uttaramerurcatu⟨r⟩vvetima{la}ṅkalattu peruṅkuṟi sabhai

⟨2⟩ Eḻuttu Emmūr śrīkuru⟨k⟩ṣetradeva⟨r⟩kku niccam Oru tirukaṇaramaṭṭai3 Aṭṭu cevi⟨p⟩pa(t)āka paṭutaku I(ṟ)ai(Ili)yāka (ca)ntrādi⟨t⟩taval4 vai⟨t⟩ta bhūmi vayirame⟨ka⟩vativaṭa¿(ṟ)?ku patiṉ5 (A)ñc¿a?ṅ kaṇ⟨ṇā⟩ṟṟu

⟨3⟩ Ama¿ṇ?inā{ṇa}ravati⟨k⟩ku mekku Añcāṅkacatum6 kamuku talaittaraṅ kuḻi muṉ(ṉūṟu) Iṅke talaittaraṅ kuḻi nā(ṟpa)tu Āka k¿i?ḻi muṉṇūṟṟunāppatam7 E [*]8

⟨4⟩ [****] (I)ṟaiyum Ecco(ṟum veṭ)ṭiyum Amañciyum Uḷḷi⟨ṭ⟩ṭu9 Epporpaṭṭatumiṟai koḷātomākapum Itu⟨k⟩ku (A)gita⟨ñ⟩ cey⟨t⟩ār ge⟨ṅ⟩gaiyiṭai kumariyiṭai naṭuvu ce¿tt?ār caiyta pā(pa)ttuppaṭuvār¿a?kappa10

⟨5⟩ Ipparicu kan=tapurattupeṭṭaiyil can=taraṉ Eḻunūṟṟu⟨va⟩nākiya nuḷampa{pa}māyila⟨ṭ⟩ṭiyā⟨r⟩ pa⟨k⟩kam pūrvvācāraṅ ko(ṇ)(ṭ)ṭu I⟨v⟩viraṇṭu mā nipemu(m)11 Iṟaiyiliyāka ṇṇit12-

⟨6⟩ tom peruṅkuṟisabhaiyom sabhaiyu⟨ḷ⟩ḷiruntup perumakkaḷ paṇi⟨k⟩ka Eḻuti(ṉ)en madhyastan teṟkuṟi Ut=tarameru13 [**] maṅkaḷottamaṉe¿ni? śrī

Apparatus

⟨4⟩ [3+] • The symbols at the beginning of this line may stand for numerical figures. If however we take them for letters, the reading may be paṭṭa.

Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 3rd year (of the reign) of Pārthivēndrādivarman, who took the head of the Pāṇḍya (king), (this is) the writing of us (the members) of the great assembly of Uttaramērūr-chaturvēdimaṅgalam:—(The following are) the lands given tax-free as long as the moon and the sun (last), to the glorious Kurukshētradēva of our village (in order that they may) suitably be applied14 for causing one tirukkaṇamaḍai15 to be cooked (and offered to the god) every day.

(L. 2.) Three hundred kuḻi of first rate areca-land (kamugu), in the fifth square (śadukkam) west of (the path called) Amaṉināraṇa-vadi of the fifteenth kaṇṇāṟu, north of (the path called) Vayiramēga-vadi (and) forty kuḻi of first rate (land) in the same place. In all, on this three hundred and forty kuḻi (of land), we agreed not to levy any kind of tax (such as) iṟai, echchōṟu, veṭṭi and amañji. Those who injure this shall incur the sins of those who have committed (sins) between Gaṅgā and Kumari.

(L. 5.) We (the members of) the great assembly ordered the gift of these two mānya (lands) to be made tax-fee, having received pūrvāchāram from Śandaraṉ Eḻunūṟṟuvaṉ16 alias Nuḷamba-Māyilaṭṭi (residing) in Kandapurattu-pēṭṭai. I, the arbitrator (madhyasthaṉ) Terkuri Uttaramēru-chaturvēdimaṅgalōttamaṉ being one of the (members of the) assembly, wrote (this) at the bidding of the great men. Prosperity !

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.160 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 336–337, item 160.

Notes

  1. 1. Read pārtthivendrātivarmaṟku.

  2. 2. The length of ṟā is indicated by a separate symbol.

  3. 3. Read tirukkaṇamaṭai.

  4. 4. The ai sign � of vai is peculiar and has to be noted.

  5. 5. The a seems to be corrected from ca. Read patiṉaiñcāṅ.

  6. 6. Read Añcāñ catukkam.

  7. 7. Read muṉṉūṟṟunāṟpatum .

  8. 8. The last three syllables of this line look like Esse and are not intelligible.

  9. 9. Read Eppērpaṭṭatumiṟaikoḷḷātomākavum.

  10. 10. Read paṭuvārākavum.

  11. 11. Read mānipa. This is a corrupt form of the Sanskṛit word mānya and is generally found in much later inscriptions. Its occurrence in this record would be the earliest use of it known so far.

  12. 12. Read paṇit.

  13. 13. The three indistinct letters after ru may stand for caturvveti.

  14. 14. The meaning of the word paḍutagu is obscure. If it can be taken to be composed of paḍu and tagu it would only be an emphatic way of expressing the meaning of either of these words.

  15. 15. In No. 55 of 1889 from Tirupati the same term appears as tirukkaṇāmaḍai.

  16. 16. This word is expressed by numerical symbols in the original.