SII 3.182: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Alternative title: “XV.—INSCRIPTIONS OF PARTHIVENDRAVARMAN OR PARTHIVENDRADHIPATIVARMAN, ‘WHO TOOK THE HEAD OF VIRA-PANDYA.’ No. 182.—ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE VAIKUNTHA-PERUMAL TEMPLE AT UTTARAMALLUR. No. 20 of 1898.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This inscription records a gift of land by Śandraṉ Eḻunūṟṟuvaṉ alias Nuḷamba Māyilaṭṭi, a resident of the hamlet of Raṇavīrappāḍi in Kāñchīpuram, to the temple of Tiruvuṉṉaūr (i.e., Tiruvuṉṉiyūr of No. 179 above) at Uttaramēru-chaturvēdimangalam, in the 6th year of Pārthivēndrādhipativarman, who took the head of the Pāṇḍya (king).

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0182.

File path: SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0182.xml.

Version: 2026-02-16 19:07 (e26532d), last modified 2026-02-16 19:07 (e26532d).

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] pāṇṭiyaṉai talaikoṇṭa pā(r)tthivendrātipativarmaṟku yāṇṭu 6 vatu kāliyūrkoṭṭa(t)tu taṉkūṟṟuttarameruccatu(r)vetimaṅkala⟨t⟩tu sabhaiyom
⟨2⟩ Eḻuttu Emmūrt ti(ruvu)ṉṉaŪrpperumāṉaṭikaḷukku śrī(ba)li(bho)gattukku Ākak kāñcipurattu Ira⟨ṇa⟩virappāṭi śantraṉ Eḻuṉūṟṟuvanākiya ṉuḷampamāyi⟨la⟩ṭ-
⟨3⟩ ṭi nammūr viḻuli¿m?āykkiṭanta nilattil śrī b¿e?libhogamākak koṇ(ṭu) vaittabhūmiyāvaṉa subrahmaṇyanār¿a?cattiṉ vaṭakku 10 4 ka⟨ṇ⟩ṇāṟṟu (pa)rameśvaravatiyiṉ me-
⟨4⟩ ṟku 1 ca⟨tu⟩kkattu (2)ntaraṅ kuḻi (2) 100 4 10 (nā)ṟpatum subrahmaṇyanārāśattiṉ vaṭakku 10 8 ka⟨ṇ⟩ṇāṟṟu kāvaṉūr Erivāyey pona vatiyiṉ (m)eṟku 8 catukkattu (2)taraṅ-
⟨5⟩ kuḻi (2) 100 4 10m subrahmaṇyanār¿a?śattiṉ vaṭakku 10 8 ka⟨ṇ⟩ṇāṟṟuk kāvaṉūr Erivāyey po(na)vatiyiṉ meṟku 8 catukka¿ka?tu 2n=taraṅ kuḻi 2 100 4 10
⟨6⟩ m śrītevivāykkāliṉ teṟku 10 6ṅ ka⟨ṇ⟩ṇāṟṟup pallavanāra(ṇa)vatiyiṉ kiḻakku 6 ñ catukkattu 4 n=taraṅ kuḻi 3 100m subrahmaṇyanārāśat(ti)ṉ vaṭakku 10 7ṅ ka⟨ṇ⟩ṇāṟṟu māṟapiṭukuvatiy¿a?ṉ kiḻa-
⟨7⟩ kku 9m catukkattum 10 ñ catukkattumāka Iraṇṭā⟨n⟩ta⟨raṅ kuḻi⟩ 2 100 4 10 m

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ taṉkūṟṟu • The u sign in kū is added separately.

⟨2⟩ ti (ruvu)ṉṉa • The form of ru almost resembles that of ta.

Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 6th year of (the reign of) Pārthivēndrādhipativarman who took the head of the Pāṇḍya (king), (this is) the writing of us (the members) of the assembly of Uttaramēru-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, (a village) in its (own) subdivision in Kāliyūr-kōṭṭam. The following are the lands which Śandraṉ Eḻunūṟṟuvaṉ alias Nuḷamba Māyilaṭṭi of Raṇavīrappāḍi, (a hamlet) of Kāñchīpuram acquired for śrībalibhōga out of the lands lying waste (viḻuliyāy kiṭaṉta nilam) in our village and gave as śrībalibhōga to the god (perumāṉaḍigaḷ) of Tiruvuṉṉaūr:—

(L. 3.) 240 kuḻi of second rate (land) of the first śadukkam (situated) to the west of (the path called) Paramēśvara-vadi in the fourteenth kaṇṇāṟu, north of (the lane called) Subrahmaṇya-nārāśam; 240 kuḻi of second rate (land) of the eighth śadukkam, west of the path which went straight to the (tank) Kāvaṉūr-ēri in the eighteenth kaṇṇāṟu, north of (the lane called) Subrahmaṇya-nārāśam¹ ; 300 kuḻi of fourth rate (land) of the sixth śadukkam east of (the path called) Pallavanāraṇa-vadi in the sixteenth kaṇṇāṟu, south of the channel Śrīdēvi-vāykkāl; and 240 kuḻi of second rate (land) of the ninth and tenth śadukkam, east of (the path called) Māṟapiḍuguvadi in the seventeenth kaṇṇāṟu, north of (the lane called) Subrahmaṇya-nārāśam.

(Ll. 1 and 2 of note.) 480 kuḻi of second rate (land) in the sixth square (situated) to the east of (the path called) Pallavanāraṇavadi in the twenty-second kaṇṇāṟu, west of (the lane called) Subrahmaṇya-nārāśam. In all, these (are) seven pāḍagam (of land). We (the members) of the assembly of Uttaramēru-chaturvēdimaṅgalam having received pūrvāchāram from this person, declared that no tax, echchōṟu, veṭṭi and amañji shall be shown (in the account books) by us against these lands as long as the moon and the sun (exist) and had (this) engraved on stone. I, the arbitrator, Śivadāsaṉ Brahmapriyaṉ, wrote (this) under orders of the great men, being myself in the assembly.

Commentary

⟨7⟩ 2 100 4 10 m. The inscription stops in the middle of line 7. The following two lines of writing in the same character are found a little below. It is doubtful if these are in any way connected with the main inscription:— ⟨1⟩ subrahmaṇyanārācattiṉ vaṭakku 2 10 2 kaṇṇāṟṟu pallavanāraṇavatiyiṉ kiḻakku 6 ca(tu)kkattu Iraṇṭāntaraṅ kuḻi 4 100 8 10patum Āka Iveḻu pāṭakamum ⟨2⟩ Ivaṉ pakkal pūrvvāśāraṅ koṇṭu Ibhūmi cuṭṭi I(ṟ)aiyum yeccoṟum veṭṭiyum Ama⟨ñ⟩iyum śantrātittaval kāṭṭapeṟātomāka pa(ṇi)⟨t⟩tu śilālekhai ce(y)tu kuṭu⟨t⟩tomuttarameruccatu(r)vetimaṅkala⟨t⟩tu sabhaiyom Itu kuṟi(yuḷi)runtu peruma⟨k⟩kaḷ paṇi⟨k⟩ka Eḻutine⟨ṉ⟩ madhyastaṉ civadāsaṟ brahmapriyaṉeṉ [||]

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.182 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 359–360, item 182.

Notes

1. This item of 240 kuḻi with the description of its situation is again repeated. The purpose of the repetition is not apparent.

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<p>(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 6th year of (<hi rend="italic">the reign of</hi>) <hi rend="bold">Pārthivēndrādhipativarman</hi> who took the head of the <hi rend="bold">Pāṇḍya</hi> (<hi rend="italic">king), (this is</hi>) the writing of us (<hi rend="italic">the members</hi>) of the assembly of <hi rend="bold">Uttaramēru-chaturvēdimaṅgalam</hi>, (<hi rend="italic">a village</hi>) in its (<hi rend="italic">own</hi>) subdivision in <hi rend="bold">Kāliyūr-kōṭṭam</hi>. The following are the lands which <hi rend="bold">Śandraṉ Eḻunūṟṟuvaṉ</hi> <hi rend="italic">alias</hi> <hi rend="bold">Nuḷamba Māyilaṭṭi</hi> of <hi rend="bold">Raṇavīrappāḍi</hi>, (<hi rend="italic">a hamlet</hi>) of <hi rend="bold">Kāñchīpuram</hi> acquired for <hi rend="italic">śrībalibhōga</hi> out of the lands lying waste <foreign>(viḻuliyāy kiṭaṉta nilam)</foreign> in our village and gave as <hi rend="italic">śrībalibhōga</hi> to the god (<hi rend="italic">perumāṉaḍigaḷ</hi>) of <hi rend="bold">Tiruvuṉṉaūr:—</hi></p>

<p>(L. 3.) 240 <hi rend="italic">kuḻi</hi> of second rate (<hi rend="italic">land</hi>) of the first <hi rend="italic">śadukkam (situated</hi>) to the west of (<hi rend="italic">the path called</hi>) <hi rend="bold">Paramēśvara-vadi</hi> in the fourteenth <hi rend="italic">kaṇṇāṟu</hi>, north of (<hi rend="italic">the lane called</hi>) <hi rend="bold">Subrahmaṇya-nārāśam</hi>; 240 <hi rend="italic">kuḻi</hi> of second rate (<hi rend="italic">land</hi>) of the eighth <hi rend="italic">śadukkam</hi>, west of the path which went straight to the (<hi rend="italic">tank</hi>) <hi rend="bold">Kāvaṉūr-ēri</hi> in the eighteenth <hi rend="italic">kaṇṇāṟu</hi>, north of (<hi rend="italic">the lane called</hi>) <hi rend="bold">Subrahmaṇya-nārāśam</hi><note>This item of 240 <hi rend="italic">kuḻi</hi> with the description of its situation is again repeated. The purpose of the repetition is not apparent.</note> ; 300 <hi rend="italic">kuḻi</hi> of fourth rate (<hi rend="italic">land</hi>) of the sixth <hi rend="italic">śadukkam</hi> east of (<hi rend="italic">the path called</hi>) <hi rend="bold">Pallavanāraṇa-vadi</hi> in the sixteenth <hi rend="italic">kaṇṇāṟu</hi>, south of the <hi rend="italic">channel</hi> <hi rend="bold">Śrīdēvi-vāykkāl</hi>; and 240 <hi rend="italic">kuḻi</hi> of second rate (<hi rend="italic">land</hi>) of the ninth and tenth <hi rend="italic">śadukkam</hi>, east of (<hi rend="italic">the path called</hi>) <hi rend="bold">Māṟapiḍuguvadi</hi> in the seventeenth <hi rend="italic">kaṇṇāṟu</hi>, north of (<hi rend="italic">the lane called</hi>) <hi rend="bold">Subrahmaṇya-nārāśam</hi>.</p>

<p>(Ll. 1 and 2 of note.) 480 <hi rend="italic">kuḻi</hi> of second rate (<hi rend="italic">land</hi>) in the sixth square (<hi rend="italic">situated</hi>) to the east of (<hi rend="italic">the path called</hi>) <hi rend="bold">Pallavanāraṇavadi</hi> in the twenty-second <hi rend="italic">kaṇṇāṟu</hi>, west of (<hi rend="italic">the lane called</hi>) <hi rend="bold">Subrahmaṇya-nārāśam</hi>. In all, these (<hi rend="italic">are</hi>) seven <hi rend="italic">pāḍagam (of land</hi>). We (<hi rend="italic">the members</hi>) of the assembly of <hi rend="bold">Uttaramēru-chaturvēdimaṅgalam</hi> having received <hi rend="italic">pūrvāchāram</hi> from this person, declared that no tax, <hi rend="italic">echchōṟu, veṭṭi</hi> and <hi rend="italic">amañji</hi> shall be shown (<hi rend="italic">in the account books</hi>) by us against these lands as long as the moon and the sun (<hi rend="italic">exist</hi>) and had (<hi rend="italic">this</hi>) engraved on stone. I, the arbitrator, <hi rend="bold">Śivadāsaṉ Brahmapriyaṉ</hi>, wrote (<hi rend="italic">this</hi>) under orders of the great men, being myself in the assembly.</p>

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