SII 3.178: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Alternative title: “XV.—INSCRIPTIONS OF PARTHIVENDRAVARMAN OR PARTHIVENDRADHIPATIVARMAN, ‘WHO TOOK THE HEAD OF VIRA-PANDYA.’ No. 178.—ON A ROCK NEAR THE RUINED SIVA TEMPLE AT TAYANUR. No. 362 of 1909.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: The record states that in the 5th year of king Pārthivēndravarman a certain Nīlakaṇḍaraiyaṉ Aṇṇāvaṉ Nāṭṭaḍigaḷ gave, on the occasion of a solar eclipse, 1 1/2 paṭṭi of land to the god Mahādēva of Taṇakkamalai for conducting śrībali, on behalf of Nīlagaṅgaraiyaṉ Aṇṇāvaṉ Nāṭṭaḍigal who was perhaps his brother. Śrībali is a ceremony performed by sounding drums and throwing cooked rice and flowers all round the temple. The inscription provides for five men to sound the different musical instruments used on the occasion.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0178.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] koppār(t)tive(n)tira{p}parmaṟku yāṇṭu 5 (Ā)vatu śrīmannīlakaṅkaraiyaṉ Aṇṇāvaṉ n(ā)ṭṭaṭika(ḷu)kkuc ciṅ¿k(ā)?ranāṭṭu
⟨2⟩ miyvaḻit tā(ya)ṉūr Ūrār viṇ=ṇappattāl sū(ryya)gr¿ā?⟨ha⟩ṇavelavaiyil śrī{n}ma⟨n⟩nilakaṇṭaraiyaṉ Aṇṇāvaṉ nāṭṭaṭikaḷ
⟨3⟩ taṇakkamalai mahādevarkku Iv(vūri)n teṉkāṟpaṭṭi paṭṭi nilamu(n) taṟippaṭṭiyil melkūraṭaiya Arainilamum śrīpalippoka(m) Añcāṭkoṇṭu koṭṭuvitāka candrā-
⟨4⟩ di(t)tavaṟ cella vaitteṉ śrī⟨ma⟩nnilakaṇṭa(rai)yaṉ Aṇṇāvaṉ nāṭṭaṭikaḷeṉ Umpa(ḷa)nāṭṭu meṟkuṭi kiḻāṉ tiraṉ mūtaiyaṉum Ivaṉṟampi tiraṉulakaṭikaḷum Ippaṭṭi Oṉṟarai
⟨5⟩ nilamum Ūrārkkup poṉ kuṭuttu vilaiyaṟuti (koṇṭu) Iṟaiyiḻi⟨c⟩ci śrīpalippokam Ippaṭiyey ceytom tira(ṉ) mūtaiyaṉu(n) tiraṉulakaṭikaḷum Ivviruvom Ivai panmāheśvarara(kṣai) [||]

Apparatus

⟨2⟩ sū(ryya)grāṇavelavaiyil • Read sūryagrahaṇavēḷaiyil.

Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 5th year of king Pārthivēndravarman, at the request of the residents of Mīyvaḻi-Tāyaṉūr in Śiṅgapura-nāḍu, I, the glorious Nīlakaṇḍaraiyaṉ Aṇṇāvaṉ Nāṭṭadigaḷ¹ gave, for (the merit of) the glorious Nīlagaṅgaraiyaṉ Aṇṇāvaṉ Nāṭṭaḍigaḷ on the occasion of a solar eclipse and to last as long as the moon and sun, to the god Mahādēva (Śiva) of Taṇakkamalai one paṭṭi of land in (the field called) Teṉkāṟpaṭṭi of this village and half (paṭṭi) of land including the western division, in Tarippaṭṭi, as a śrībali-bhōga (in order that the (śrībali) may be sounded by five men. Tīraṉ Mūdaiyaṉ, the chief of Mērkuḍi in Umbaḷa-nāḍu and his younger brother Tīraṉ Ulagaḍigaḷ paid gold to the residents (of the village), took complete possession by purchase of this 1(1/2) paṭṭi of land and had it made tax-free. We two, Tīraṉ Mūdaiyaṉ and Tīraṉ Ulagaḍigaḷ carried out the śrībali-bhōga in the manner (described). This (charity) shall be under the protection of all Māhēśvaras.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.178 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. Page 354, item 178.

Notes

1. This name is unnecessarily repeated in the Tamil text in l. 4.

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