SII 3.164: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Alternative title: “XV.—INSCRIPTIONS OF PARTHIVENDRAVARMAN OR PARTHIVENDRADHIPATIVARMAN, ‘WHO TOOK THE HEAD OF VIRA-PANDYA.’ No. 164.—ON THE SAME WALL. No. 26 of 1898.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This inscription records that in the 3rd year of king Pārthivēndrādhipativarman who took the head of Vīra-Pāṇḍya, certain lands were given by the great assembly of Uttaramēlūr-chaturvēdimaṅgalam to the god Mahāvishṇu of the Sōmanēri temple of Uttaramallūr, for lamps, offerings and worship.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0164.

File path: SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0164.xml.

Version: (e26532d), last modified (87b2763).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] virapāṇṭiyaṉ talaikoṇṭa pārtthiveṉ¿tri?rātipatipar{ma}ma⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu 3 vatu kāliyūrkkoṭṭattu tankūṟṟu{ṟu}ttaramelūrccaturvvetimaṅkalattu peruṅkuṟi

⟨2⟩ sabhaiyo¿m m?eḻutt¿a? Emmur som¿e?neri mahāviṣṇukkaḷukku tiruvamu⟨tuk⟩ku(m) tiruvi¿ṉ?akkukkum A(r)ccanābhogattukkum vaitta bhūmiyāvatu śrītevivākkāliṉ vaṭakku 10 2 kaṇṇā-

⟨3⟩ ṟṟu māṟapiṭukuvatikkuk kiḻakku 7 catu⟨k⟩kattu talaittaraṅ kuḻi 100 6 10 Iṅke talaikuḻi 8 10 Iṅke 10 1 kaṇṇāṟṟu palla⟨va⟩nāraṇavatikku kiḻakku 1 catu⟨kkattu⟩ talaikuḻi 100 2 10

⟨4⟩ vayiramekava⟨ti⟩kku vaṭakku muta⟨ṟ⟩kaṇṇāṟṟu viṭelviṭukuvatikku meṟku 3 catukkattu talaikuḻi 4 (10) śrītevivā(y)kkāliṉ teṟkku 3 kaṇṇāṟṟu pallavanāraṇava(ti)kku kiḻakku

⟨5⟩ 3 catu(kka)ttu ta(lai)kuḻi 2 100 4 10 vayiramekavatikku teṟkku 1 kaṇṇāṟṟu Uttarameruvatikku meṟkku 1 catukkattu 2 n=taram 2 100 [**********] 2(n=ta)ram kuḻi 4 100 8 10m śrī(d)evivākkā(li)ṉ va [*********] kaṇṇā

⟨6⟩ ṟṟup pallava{tikku}nāraṇavatikku k¿a?ḻakku 1 catukka¿lai? talaitaraṅ kuḻi 2 100 4 10 Ibhūmikku cantiraṉ Eḻunūṟṟuva nuḷampamāyilaṭṭi pakkal pūrvācā-

⟨7⟩ (ra)m koṇṭu ca(ndirā)tittaval Iṟaiyiliyākap paṇi⟨t⟩tom peruṅkuṟisabhaiyom Itarkku Epperpaṭṭa Iṟaiyum Eccoṟum Amañci⟨yum⟩ veṭṭiyum kāṭṭa⟨p⟩peṟātomā-

⟨8⟩ ṉom kāṭṭil dhanmāsaṉatte me(y)veṟu Irupa⟨t⟩taiñ kaḻaycu poṉ maṉṟa peṟuvārāka paṇittom peruṅkuṟi sabhaiyom [||]

Apparatus

⟨2⟩ kaṇṇā⟨3⟩ṟṟu • The length of ṇā is indicated by a separate symbol.

⟨5⟩ kaṇṇā ⟨6⟩ ṟṟu • The length of ṇā is indicated by a separate symbol.

Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 3rd year of (the reign of) Pārthivēndrādhipativarman who took the head of Vīra-Pāṇḍya, (this is) the writing of us (the members) of the big assembly of Uttaramēlūr-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, (a village) in its own subdivision in Kāliyūr-kōṭṭam. The following lands were granted for sacred offerings, sacred lamps and archanābhōga to (the temple of) Mahāvishṇu at Sōmanēri in our village:—

(L. 2.) 160 kuḻi of first rate (land) in the seventh śadukkam, (situated) to the east of (the path called) Māṟapiḍugu-vadi of the twelfth kaṇṇāṟu to the north of (the channel called) Śrīdēvi-vāykkāl; 80 kuḻi of first (rate land) in the same place; in the same place, 120 kuḻi of first (rate land) in the first śadukkam, (situated) to the east of (the path called) Palla[va]nāraṇa-vadi of the eleventh kaṇṇāṛu; 410 kuḻi of first (rate land) in the third śadukkam (situated) to the west of (the path called) Viḍēlviḍugu-vadi of the first kaṇṇāṟu to the north of Vayiramēga-vadi; 240 kuḻi of first (rate land) in the third śadukkam (situated) to the east of (the path called) Pallavanāraṇa-vadi of the third kaṇṇāṟu to the south of (the channel called) Śrīdēvivāykkāl; 2 . . . of second rate (land) in the first śadukkam (situated) to the west of (the path called) Uttaramēru-vadi of the first kaṇṇāṟu to the south of Vayiramēga-vadi; and 480 kuḻi of second rate (land) . . . . and . . . . . . (and) 240 kuḻi of first rate (land) in the first śadukkam (situated) to the east of (the path called) Pallavanāraṇa-vadi of the . . . . . kaṇṇāṟu to [the north] of (the channel called) Śrīdēvi-vāykkāl.

(L. 6.) We, (the members) of the big assembly having received pūrvāchāram from Śandiraṉ Eḻunūṟṟuva Nuḷamba-Māyilaṭṭi for the above land, ordered it to be free from all taxes as long as the moon and the sun (last). We shall not show any kind of (tax), such as iṟai, echchōṟu, amañji, veṭṭi against this (land). We (the members) of the big assembly (also) ordered that if (any such taxes are) shown (against it), each person (so showing) shall be liable to pay a fine of twenty-five kaḻañju of gold in the court of justice (dharmāsana).

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.164 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 340–342, item 164.