SII 3.172: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Alternative title: “XV.—INSCRIPTIONS OF PARTHIVENDRAVARMAN OR PARTHIVENDRADHIPATIVARMAN, ‘WHO TOOK THE HEAD OF VIRA-PANDYA.’ No. 172.—ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE VAIKUNTHA-PERUMAL TEMPLE AT UTTARAMALLUR. No. 27 of 1898.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This inscription records that in the 4th year of king Pārthivēndrādhipativarman who took the head of the Pāṇḍya (king), a gift of land was made by a merchant for offerings to the image of Gaṇapati, in the temple of (the goddess) Kōnērinaṅgai at Kumaṇpāḍi, a hamlet of Uttaramēru-chaturvēdimaṅgalam.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Tamil (tamil)].

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0172.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] pā(ṇ)ṭi(ya)ṉait talai(k)oṇṭa pā⟨r⟩ttiventrātipatipa(nma)ṟku yāṇṭu 4 kāliyūrkkoṭṭattut taṉkūṟṟutta(ra)meru-

⟨2⟩ ccatu⟨r⟩vvetimaṅkalattu m¿ā?h¿a?sabhaiyom ⟨Eḻuttu⟩ Emmurk kumaṇpāṭik konerinaṅkaikoyilil gaṇapatiyārkkut teṟkilaṅkāṭi vyāpā-

⟨3⟩ [***********] mirtukku vaitta bhūmiyāvatu Ūriṉ teṟku 4 kaṇṇāṟṟu parameśvaravatikku kiḻakku 4 catukkattu talaittaraṅ kuḻi 100 8 10 [||]

Apparatus

⟨2⟩ ⟨Eḻuttu⟩ • The word Eḻuttu as in other inscriptions from Uttaramallūr has to be substituted.

Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 4th year of (the reign of) Pārthivēndrādhipativarman who took the head of the Pāṇḍya (king), (this is) [the writing] of us (the members) of the great assembly of Uttaramēru-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, (a village) in its own subdivision in Kāliyūr-kōṭṭam. (The following is) the land given by a merchant . . . of the south bazaar for [sacred] offerings to (the god) Gaṇapati in the temple of (the goddess) Kōnērinaṅgai at Kumaṇpāḍi of our village:—180 kuḻi of first rate (land) in the fourth śadukkam to the east of (the path called) Paramēśvara-vadi of the fourth kaṇṇāṟu, south of the village.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.172 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 349–350, item 172.

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