# SII 3.179: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: XV.—INSCRIPTIONS OF PARTHIVENDRAVARMAN OR
PARTHIVENDRADHIPATIVARMAN, ‘WHO TOOK THE HEAD OF VIRA-PANDYA.’ No.
179.—ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE VAIKUNTHA-PERUMAL TEMPLE AT UTTARAMALLUR.
No. 28 of 1898

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0179

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0179.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This inscription records a transaction made in the 5th year of king
Pārthivēndrādivarman by the assembly of Uttaramēru-chaturvēdimaṅgalam,
making certain lands granted to the temple of Tiruvuṉṉiyūr, for
tiruchcheṉṉaḍai and a sacred lamp, tax-free.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] pāṇṭiyaṉai talaikoṇṭa pārtthiventrātipatmaṟku yāṇṭu 5
Āvatu kāliyūrkoṭṭa⟨t⟩tu taṉkūṟṟuttarameruccaturvvetimaṅkala⟨t⟩tu
sabhaiyom Eḻuttu E⟨m⟩murt tiruvuṉniyūr perumāṉaṭikaḷu⟨k⟩ku
tirucce⟨ṉ⟩ṉaṭai⟨k⟩kum tiruviḷa⟨k⟩ku⟨k⟩kumāka vaitta bhūmi
subrabhmaṇyanārāca⟨t⟩tiṉ vaṭa⟨k⟩ku patiṉālā⟨2⟩ṅ ka⟨ṇ⟩ṇāṟṟu
parameśvaravati⟨k⟩ku meṟku Iraṇṭāñ catu⟨k⟩ka⟨t⟩tu talaitaraṅ kuḻi
nānūṟṟeṇpatu kuḻiyum Iṅke 10 5ñcāṅ ka⟨ṇ⟩ṇāṟṟu parameśvaravatiyin
kiḻa⟨k⟩ku mutal catu⟨k⟩ka⟨t⟩tu talaitaram kuḻi Irunūṟṟirupatum
śrīdevivāy⟨k⟩kāliṉ teṟku 10 1 ka⟨ṇ⟩ṇāṟṟu māṟapiṭukuvatiyiṉ kiḻa⟨k⟩ku ⟨3⟩
5 ñcā⟨ñca⟩tu⟨k⟩ka⟨t⟩tumāṟā¿ñc?⟨ñ c⟩atu⟨kkattu⟩māka talaitaram kuḻi
mu⟨ṉ⟩ṉūṟṟaṟupatu kuḻiyumāka nilamunṟumā kāṇi muntirikaiyum
śantraneḻunūṟṟuvanākiya nuḷampamāyi¿y?⟨l⟩aṭṭi pa⟨k⟩kal
pū⟨r⟩vvā¿ś?⟨c⟩ā⟨ra⟩ṅkoṇṭu Iṟaiyumeccoṟum veṭṭiyum ko⟨ḷ⟩ḷapeṟātomāka
śantrāti⟨t⟩tavat· Iṟai Iḻicci kuṭu⟨t⟩tom ⟨4⟩ Itaṟṟiṟam(pi)⟨l⟩
Iṟaikāṭṭinārai Irupattaiṅkaḻañcu poṉ (ma)ṉṟapeṟuvārākavum I⟨p⟩paricoṭṭi
kuṭu⟨t⟩tomuttarameruccatu⟨r⟩vvetimaṅkala⟨t⟩tu sabhaiyom
sabhaiyu⟨ḷ⟩ḷiruntu peruma⟨k⟩kaḷ paṇi⟨k⟩ka Eḻutine⟨n⟩ madhyasthan
brahmapriyanen śrī [∥]

## Apparatus

⟨3⟩ ñcātukatumāṟāñcatumāka • Read ñcāñcatukkattumāṟāñ catukkattumāka.

⟨4⟩ Iṟaikāṭṭinārai • Perhaps to be corrected into kāṭṭiṉārē in order to
govern the verb peruvār, or we should insert a word like tēvaraṭiyārē or
śraddhāman=tarē as in other inscriptions.

## Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 5th year of (the reign of)
Pārthivēndrādivarman who took the head of the Pāṇḍya (king), we the
members of the assembly of Uttaramēru-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, (a village) in
its (own) subdivision (kūṟu) in Kāliyūr-kōṭṭam wrote (thus). The
(following) land was given for the sacred current expenses
(tiruchcheṉṉaḍai) and a sacred lamp of the god (perumāṉaḍigaḷ) in (the
temple of) Tiruvuṉṉiyūr of our village:—

(Ll. 1 to 4.) Four hundred and eighty kuḻi of first rate (land) in the
second śadukkam, to the west of (the path called) Paramēśvara-vadi of
the fourteenth kāṇṇāṟu (situated) to the north of Subrahmaṇya-nārāśam;
in the same place, two hundred and twenty kuḻi of first rate (land) in
the first śadukkam (situated) to the east of Paramēśvara-vadi of the
fifteenth kaṇṇāṟu; (and) three hundred and sixty kuḻi of first rate
(land) in the fifth and sixth śadukkam to the east of Māṟapiḍugu-vadi of
the 11th kaṇṇāṟu (situated) to the south of (the channel called)
Śrīdēvi-vāykkal; in all, the land (granted) was three mā one kāṇi and
one mundirigai. Having received pūrvāchāram from Śandraṉ Eḻunūṟṟuvaṉ
alias Nuḷamba Māyilaṭṭi, we the members of the assembly of
Uttaramēru-chaturvēdimaṅgalam made (these lands) tax-free as long as the
moon and the sun (last), binding ourselves not to collect iṛai, echchōṟu
and veṭṭi and (also stipulating) that those who abrogate this and point
out (the lands) as taxable, shall be liable to pay a fine[1] of
twenty-five kaḻañju of gold. I, Brahmapriyaṉ, the madhyastha and a
member of the assembly, being directed by them wrote (this). Prosperity
!

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.179 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 355–356, item 179.

[1] On maṉṟu = to pay a fine, see South-Indian Inscriptions. Vol. III,
page 51, note 4; maṉṟapādu is explained as fine; ibid., page 38, note 5.