SII 3.165: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri XV.—INSCRIPTIONS OF PARTHIVENDRAVARMAN OR PARTHIVENDRADHIPATIVARMAN, ‘WHO TOOK THE HEAD OF VIRA-PANDYA.’ No. 165.—ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE RUINED VISHNU TEMPLE AT TIRUMALPURAM. No. 304 of 1906. author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0165.xml 2019-2026 as per external metadata

This mutilated inscription dated in the 3rd year of [Pār]thivēndravarman mentions the Brahman assembly (sabhā) of Ilai-Vallam in Dāmar-kōṭṭam and the measure called Ūragattu-niṉṟār, by which oil was evidently measured out for maintaining a lamp in the temple of Gōvindapāḍi-Āḷvār. Ūragattu-niṉṟār must refer to the Vishṇu temple of Ulagaḷanda-Perumāḷ at Conjeeveram whose name according to the Vaishṇava scriptures (Nālāyiraprabandham) was Ūragam.

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bhaktyā nārāyaṇaḥ śrīpaticaraṇagayā preryyamāṇāntarātmā . tāmarkkoṭṭelavalladvijasabhamadhi govi syāka

ttiventirapaṉmaṟku yāṇṭu 3 Āvatu tāmarkkoṭṭattilaivallattu sabhaiyom Īkkāṭṭuk yaṉārāyaṇakramavittaṉākiya vaitumparātittabrahmādhirājaṉ kaiyāl yāṅkaḷ koṇṭukaṭava poṉ ⌈ e Eṇṇaiyumūrakattu niṉṟār kāloṭokkum nāḻiyāl Ācantratāramum śrīgovintapāṭiyāḷvārkku vaitu ṉām sabhaiyom Aṭṭātu muṭṭil keṅkai yiṭaik kumari yiṭai ceytār ceta pāpattup paṭuvomākavumitaṟṟiṟampil pa ṇṭamiṭa Oṭṭikkuṭuttomittaṇṭappaṭṭumeṇṇai muṭṭāmeyaṭṭuvomāno mivveṇṇai tiṅkaḷopāti Aṭṭuvomāe

(Line 1.) . . . . . . . . . . Nārāyaṇa whose innermost heart was moved by devotion for the feet of the husband of Śrī (i.e., Vishṇu) [made] to . . . . . . . . . . Gōvi[ndapāḍi] . . . . . in the Brahman assembly (sabhā) of [Ila]-Valla in Dāmar-kōṭṭa.

(L. 2.) In the 3rd year of . . . . . . . . [Pār]thivēndravarman we (the members) of the assembly of Ilai-Vallam in Dāmar-kōṭṭam . . . . . . . . . . for the gold received by us from Nārāyaṇa-Kramavittaṉ alias Vaidumbarāditta-Brahmādirājaṉ of Īkkāṭṭu-[kōṭṭam]. . . . . . . . . . we (the members) of the assembly [agreed] . . . . . oil till the moon and the sun (last) by the nāḻi (measure) which was equal to the measure (kāl) (called after the god) Ūragattu-niṉṟār, to (the temple of) the glorious Gōvindapāḍi-Āḷvār.

(L. 5.) If we failed (to continue the charity) by not pouring (the oil), we shall incur the sins committed by the sinners between Gaṅgā and Kumari. If we deviated from this . . . . . . . . . . we unanimously give our consent to be fined. . . . . . . . . . . Even after paying this fine, we shall pour out the oil without stopping it. This oil shall be supplied every month by us . . . . . . . .

Digital edition of SII 3.165 by converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

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