# SII 3.172: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Emmanuel Francis

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0172

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0172.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## 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.

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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?⟨a⟩h¿a?⟨ā⟩sabhaiyom
⟨Eḻuttu⟩ Emmurk kumaṇpāṭik konerinaṅkaikoyilil gaṇapatiyārkkut
teṟkilaṅkāṭi vyāpā⟨3⟩[11+] 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.