# SII 3.167: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: XV.—INSCRIPTIONS OF PARTHIVENDRAVARMAN OR
PARTHIVENDRADHIPATIVARMAN, ‘WHO TOOK THE HEAD OF VIRA-PANDYA.’ No.
167.—ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE VAIKUNTHA-PERUMAL TEMPLE AT UTTARAMALLUR.
No. 15 of 1898

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0167

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0167.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This inscription is dated in the 3rd year of Pārthivēndrādhipativarman
who took the head of Vīra-Pāṇḍya, and records a gift of land to the
temple of Ayyaṉ, the great Śāstā of Uttaramēru-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, for
current expenses, a perpetual lamp, śrībali and archchanābhōga. Ayyaṉ or
Śāstā is a popular village god; see South-Indian Gods and Goddesses,
page 229 f.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] vīrapāṇṭiyaṉai talaikoṇṭa
pā(r)tthiventrātipativarmaṟkku yāṇṭu 3 nāḷ 5 10 kāliyūrkkoṭṭa⟨t⟩tu
taṉkūṟṟuttarameruccatu⟨r⟩vvetimaṅkala⟨t⟩tu peruṅkuṟi sabhaiyomeḻuttu
E⟨m⟩mur teṟkil A⟨y⟩yaṉ mahāśās¿th?⟨t⟩ā⟨2⟩vu⟨k⟩ku tiru⟨c⟩ceṉṉaṭaikkum
nun=tāviḷakku⟨k⟩kum śrībalikkum Arccanābhoga⟨t⟩tu⟨kku⟩māka vaitta
bhūmiyāvaṉa Ūriṉ teṟku 1 ⟨⟨(kaṇāṟṟu)⟩⟩{ttu}
(pa)ram¿aiś?⟨es⟩va{va}ravatiyiṉ meṟku 1 catukkattu 3m {p}pāṭakamāṉa 8
100 (4) 10 kuḻi talaitaramum ⟨3⟩ Ūriṉ teṟku 2 ka⟨ṇ⟩ṇāṟṟum 3 ka⟨ṇ⟩ṇāṟṟum
parameśvaravatiyiṉ meṟku 3 (ca)tukka⟨t⟩tu talaittaraṅkuḻi 4 100m Ūriṉ
teṟku 2 ka⟨ṇ⟩ṇāṟṟu parameśvaravatiyiṉ meṟku 4 catukka⟨t⟩tum 5
catukka⟨t⟩tumāka talaittaraṅ kuḻi 3 100 6 10 Āka kuḻi 1000 6 100 ṉāl
ni⟨4⟩lam 1/4 mā nilattu⟨k⟩kum puḷi⟨ya⟩ṅkuṭaiyāṉ cāttaṉ brahmakuṭṭaṉ
pakkal Ibhūmikaḷu⟨k⟩ku Epper⟨p⟩paṭṭa Iṟaiyum E⟨c⟩coṟum veṭṭiyum
Amañciyum kāṭṭa peṟātomāka pū⟨r⟩vvā¿ś?⟨c⟩āraṅ koṇṭu
śa(ntr)ādittaruḷḷatiṉai⟨5⟩kkālamum Iṟai Iḻicci kuṭuttom Itaṟṟiṟampi
Iṟaikāṭṭiṉārai dhanmāsanamutalāka veṇṭiṉa Iṭa⟨t⟩te yirupattaiṅkaḻañcu
poṉ maṉṟa peṟuvārākavum Idhanma⟨t⟩tu⟨k⟩ku viro(dha)ñ ceytār ⟨6⟩
geṅkaiyiṭai kumariyiṭai cetār c¿ai?⟨ey⟩ta pā(va)m koḷvār(ā)ka [|]
Ippa(ricu O)ṭṭi Ibhūmi Iṟai Iḻiccik kuṭuttom
Uttarameru(cca)tu⟨r⟩vvetimaṅkalattup pe(ruṅku)ṟi sabhaiyom sabhai
paṇippa (E)ḻutiṉeṉ madhyasta⟨7⟩ṉ civadāsaṉ Aiyyā⟨yi⟩rattiruṉūṟṟuva
(brahmapri)ya(ṉ)eṉ |||⁓

## Apparatus

⟨2⟩ ⟨⟨(kaṇāṟṟu)⟩⟩ • This is engraved on an erasure probably of the word
“catukkattu.”

⟨5⟩ Iṟaikāṭṭiṉārai • Perhaps to be corrected into kāṭṭiṉāre or we have
to understand some such word as tēvaraṭiyārē.

## Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 3rd year and the 50th day (of the
reign) of Pārthivēndrādhipativarman who took the head of Vīra-Pāṇḍya,
(this is) the writing of us (the members) of the great assembly of
Uttaramēruchaturvēdimaṅgalam, (a village) in its own subdivision in
Kāliyūr-kōṭṭam. The following are the lands given to (the temple of)
Ayyaṉ, the great Śāstā, on the south side of our village for the sacred
current expenses (tiruchcheṉṉaḍai), a perpetual lamp, śrībali and
worship[1] .

(L. 2.) Eight hundred and forty kuḻi of first rate (land) which forms
the third pāḍagam in the first square, west of (the path called)
Paramēśvara-vadi of the first kaṇṇāṟu (situated) to the south of the
village; 400 kuḻi of first rate (land) of the third square to the west
of (the path called) Paramēśvara-vadi in the second and third kaṇṇāṟu on
the south side of the village; 360 kuḻi of first rate (land) of the
fourth and fifth squares to the west of (the path called)
Paramēśvara-vadi in the second kaṇṇāṟu on the south side of the village;
in all 1,600 kuḻi of land equal to kha mā of land[2] . We made these
lands tax-free as long as the moon and the sun last, having received
pūrvāchāram from Śāttaṉ Brahmakuṭṭaṉ of Puḷiyaṅguḍi and agreeing that we
do not show (as due) against (them) any kind of (tax such as) iṟai,
echchōṟu, veṭṭi and amañji.

(L. 5.) Those who deviate from this and show the taxes (as due) shall
pay a fine of 25 kaḻañju of gold to the credit of the court of justice
whenever demanded, and those who act against this charity shall incur
the sin committed (by sinners) between Gaṅgā (the Ganges) and Kumari
(Cape Comorin). We (the members) of the great assembly of
Uttaramēru-chaturvēdimaṅgalam having unanimously agreed to this grant,
freed this land from taxes. Under orders of the assembly, I, the
arbitrator (madhyastha) Śivadāsaṉ Aiyāyirattirunūṟṟuva Brahmapriyaṉ,
wrote (this).

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.167 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 343–345, item 167.

[1] Archchanābhōga corresponds to archanāvṛitti of other inscriptions.

[2] The symbol kha denotes one-fourth vēli of land and mā,
one-twentieths. These two added up give us only 600 kuḻi of land, on the
supposition that one vēli is equal to 2,000 kuḻi. Some inscriptions,
however, point to a vēli being = 6,376 or nearly 6,400 kuḻi in which
case mā here may not represent the usual one-twentieth of a vēli.