# SII 3.160: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Emmanuel Francis

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0160

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0160.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## 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.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī |||⁓ pāṇṭiyaṉai{ṉai} talaiko¿ṭ?⟨ṇ⟩ṭa
pār¿n?⟨t⟩thivendrāti⟨va⟩¿n?⟨r⟩ma⟨ṟ⟩ku yāṇ{ṭ}ṭu (mūṉ){ṟa}ṟāva{t}tu
Ut=taramerurcatu⟨r⟩vvetima{la}ṅkalattu peruṅkuṟi sabhai ⟨2⟩ Eḻuttu Emmūr
śrīkuru⟨k⟩ṣetradeva⟨r⟩kku niccam Oru tiru⟨k⟩kaṇa¿ramaṭṭai?⟨maṭai⟩ Aṭṭu
cevi⟨p⟩pa(t)āka paṭutaku I(ṟ)ai(Ili)yāka (ca)ntrādi⟨t⟩taval vai⟨t⟩ta
bhūmi vayirame⟨ka⟩vativaṭa¿(ṟ)?⟨k⟩ku patiṉ¿(A)?⟨Ai⟩ñc¿a?⟨ā⟩ṅ kaṇ⟨ṇā⟩ṟṟu
⟨3⟩ Ama¿ṇ?⟨ṉ⟩inā{ṇa}ravati⟨k⟩ku mekku Añcā¿ṅ?⟨ñ⟩{ka}catu⟨kka⟩m kamuku
talaittaraṅ kuḻi muṉ(ṉūṟu) Iṅke talaittaraṅ kuḻi nā(ṟpa)tu Āka k¿i?⟨u⟩ḻi
muṉ¿ṇ?⟨ṉ⟩ūṟṟunā¿p?⟨ṟ⟩pat¿a?⟨u⟩m E [2+] ⟨4⟩ [4+] (I)ṟaiyum Ecco(ṟum
veṭ)ṭiyum Amañciyum Uḷḷi⟨ṭ⟩ṭu Epp¿o?⟨e⟩rpaṭṭatumi¿ṟai?⟨ṟai⟩
ko⟨ḷ⟩ḷātomāka¿p?⟨v⟩um Itu⟨k⟩ku (A)gita⟨ñ⟩ cey⟨t⟩ār ge⟨ṁ⟩gaiyiṭai
kumariyiṭai naṭuvu ce¿tt?⟨yt⟩ār caiyta
pā(pa)ttuppaṭuvār¿a?⟨ā⟩ka¿ppa?⟨vum⟩ ⟨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 mānip¿e?⟨a⟩mu(m) Iṟaiyiliyāka
¿ṇ?⟨pa⟩ṇit⟨6⟩tom peruṅkuṟisabhaiyom sabhaiyu⟨ḷ⟩ḷiruntup perumakkaḷ
paṇi⟨k⟩ka Eḻutiṉ(e)n madhyastan teṟkuṟi
Ut=tarameru[caturvveti]maṅkaḷottamaṉe¿ni?⟨ṉ⟩ śrī

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ (mūṉ){ṟa}ṟāva{t}tu • The length of ṟā is indicated by a separate
symbol.

⟨2⟩ vai⟨t⟩ta • The ai sign � of vai is peculiar and has to be noted. —
⟨2⟩ (A)ñc¿a?⟨ā⟩ṅ • The a seems to be corrected from ca. Read
patiṉaiñcāṅ.

⟨3⟩ E [2+] • The last three syllables of this line look like Esse and
are not intelligible.

⟨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.

⟨5⟩ mānipemu(m) • 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.

⟨6⟩ Ut=tarameru [3+] • The three indistinct letters after ru may stand
for caturvveti.

## 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
applied[1] for causing one tirukkaṇamaḍai[2] 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 Eḻunūṟṟuvaṉ[3] 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.

[1] 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.

[2] In No. 55 of 1889 from Tirupati the same term appears as
tirukkaṇāmaḍai.

[3] This word is expressed by numerical symbols in the original.