SII 3.161: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri XV.—INSCRIPTIONS OF PARTHIVENDRAVARMAN OR PARTHIVENDRADHIPATIVARMAN, ‘WHO TOOK THE HEAD OF VIRA-PANDYA.’ No. 161.—ON THE SAME WALL. No. 18 of 1898. author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0161.xml 2019-2026 as per external metadata

This document records a gift of land made by certain Brāhmaṇas in the 3rd year of Pārthivendrādhipativarman for commenting upon, i.e., explaining, the science of grammar (Vyākaraṇa-śāstra).

In Tiruvoṟṟiyūr near Madras, a similar endowment was made during the time of king Kulōttuṅga III. for explaining the science of grammar and a hall called vyākaraṇamaṇḍapa was specially built for that purposeNo. 202 of the Madras Epigraphical Collection for 1912. .

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svasti śrī . virapāṇṭiyaṉai talaikoṇṭa pārtthivendrādipatipanmaṟku yāṇṭu muṉṟāvatu kāliyūrkoṭṭattu taṉkūṟṟuttarameruccaturvvetimaṅkalattu pe ruṅkuṟi sabhaiyomeḻuttu Emmūr vyākaraṇaśāstraM vyākhyānaM ceyvārkku vyākhyāvṛttiyāka vaitta bhūmiyāvaṉa bhadraṅkatu vāsude vabhaṭṭacomāciyār tan=ta bhūmi subrahmaṇyanārācattiṉ vaṭakku 2 10 3 kaṇṇāṟṟu māṟapiṭukuvatiyiṉ kiḻakku 2 catukkattu 3 ntaraṅ kuḻi 4 100 8 10 patum Otimuki l mādhavabhaṭṭar tan=ta bhūmi Ūriṉ teṟku 10 9 kaṇṇāṟṟu parameśvaravatikku meṟku 2 catukkattum 3 cakkattumāka talaitaraṅ kuḻi 7 100 2 10 patum Iṅke tu rpil naraciṅkakramavittaṉ tan=ta talaitaraṅkuḻi 2 100 2 10patum Ivaituku nir pāyum vāykkāl kuḻi 10 5m noṭṭur paṭṭayakramavittarum nan=ticāmipocar

Ivaituku This is apparently a mistake for Ivaikku or Ivaiyiṟṟukku.

Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 3rd year of Pārthivēndrādhipativarman who took the head of Vīra-Pāṇḍya, (this is) the writing of us (the members) of the big assembly of Uttaramēru-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, (a village) in its own subdivision, in Kāliyūr-kōṭṭam. The following are the lands granted as vyākhyāvṛitti, for (the maintenance of) those who comment (i.e., lecture) on the science of grammar in our village:—480 kuḻi of third rate (land) given by Bhadraṅkadu Vāsudēva-Bhaṭṭa Sōmāśiyār (Sōmayājin) in the second square (śadukkam) to the east of (the path called) Mārapiḍugu-vadi of the twenty-third kaṇṇāṟu, north of (the lane called) Subrahmaṇya-Nārāśam; 720 kuḻi of first rate (land) given by Ōdimukil Mādhava-Bhaṭṭa, in the second and third squares, to the west of (the path called) Paramēśvara-vadi in the nineteenth kaṇṇāṟu on the south side of the village; 220 kuḻi of first rate (land) given by Turpil Naraśiṅga Kramavittaṉ in the same place; 15 kuḻi of channel that irrigates these (lands); Noṭṭūr Paṭṭaya-Kramavittar and Nandiśāmi-Pōśar.

nan=ticāmipocar. The inscription stops here.

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