# SII 3.169: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: XV.—INSCRIPTIONS OF PARTHIVENDRAVARMAN OR
PARTHIVENDRADHIPATIVARMAN, ‘WHO TOOK THE HEAD OF VIRA-PANDYA.’ No.
169.—ON THE SAME WALL. No. 23 of 1898

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0169

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0169.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

The inscription records that in the 3rd year of Pārthivēndrādivarman who
took the head of Vīra-Pāṇḍya, the members of the assembly of
Uttaramēlūrchaturvēdimaṅgalam made a gift of land to the goddess
Jyēshṭhā[1] at Kumaṇpāḍi, a suburb of this village, for the maintenance
of worship and sacred offerings.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] virapāṇṭiyaṉai talaikoṇṭa
pā⟨r⟩ttiventra⟨ra⟩tiparma⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu 3 vatu kāliyūrkoṭṭa⟨2⟩ttu
taṉk¿u?⟨ū⟩ṟṟut¿tri?⟨ti⟩ramelūrccatu(rvve)timaṅkalattu sabhai(yo)m Eḻuttu
nammūr kumaṇpāṭi ceṭ(ṭai)yarkku ⟨3⟩ A⟨r⟩ccaṉābhogattukku⟨m⟩
tiruvamurtu⟨k⟩kum vai⟨t⟩ta bhūmi mukaṭ(ṭu)kāli(ṉ) te⟨ṟ⟩kku
(pa)⟨4⟩tmanābhakra [5+] 4 kaṇṇāṟṟuk kolavatiyin merkku 3 catukkattu
talaittara(m) 4 100 8 m subramaṇyanārācat(tu) ⟨5⟩ (ku)ḻi 4 100 8 10tu
⟨I⟩tiṉ (va)⟨ṭa⟩kku (10)8 Ā⟨ṅ⟩ kaṇṇāṟṟu (k)āvaṉūre⟨ri⟩vāy poṉa vatikku
teṟku 9(pa)tām catukkattu ⟨talai⟩tara(ṅ ku)⟨6⟩ḻi 2 100 6 10 m I nilam
Iṟai Iḻicci Iṟ(ai)⟨yi⟩liyāka paṇittom mahāsabhaiyo
m(ā)yalaṭṭi{y}⟨7⟩(pa)kkal (pū)rvācāram koṇṭu Iṟai⟨yi⟩(li)yāka paṇi(t)tom
mah¿a?⟨ā⟩sabhaiyom (viro)tam ce¿yi?⟨y⟩tār ke(ṅ)kai⟨yi⟩ṭai
(ku)⟨8⟩mari⟨yi⟩ṭai ce¿yi?⟨y⟩tār (p)āvam koḷv(ā)r [∥]

## Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 3rd year of (the reign of)
Pārthivēndrādivarman who took the head of Vīra-Pāṇḍya, we (the members)
of the assembly of Uttaramēlūr-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, (a village) in its
own subdivision in Kāliyūrkōṭṭam wrote (thus):—The land given for the
maintenance of worship (archanābhōga) and for sacred offerings of (the
goddess) Jyēshṭhā in Kumaṇpāḍi of our village (is as follows):—408
(kuḻi) of first rate (land) in the third square (śadukkam) to the west
of (the path called) Kōla-vadi in the fourth kaṇṇāṟu . . . . .
(situated) south of the high-level channel (mugaṭṭu-kāl); 480 kuḻi of
(the lane called) Subrahmaṇya-nārāśam; and to the north of this, first
rate (land) (measuring) 260 kuḻi in the ninth square to the south of the
path leading straight to the Kāvaṉūr tank, in the eighteenth kaṇṇāṟu.
We, (the members) of the great assembly, exempted (all) this land from
tax and declared it tax-free. We, (the members) of the great assembly,
having received pūrvāchāram from Māyilaṭṭi declared (the land) tax-free.
Those who cause obstruction (to this) shall incur the sins of those who
commit (sinful acts) between Gaṅgā (the Ganges) and Kumari (Cape
Comorin).

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.169 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 346–347, item 169.

[1] The worship of Jyēshṭhā is not now popular in the south; see
South-Indian Gods and Goddesses, pages 216 ff.