# SII 3.183: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: XV.—INSCRIPTIONS OF PARTHIVENDRAVARMAN OR
PARTHIVENDRADHIPATIVARMAN, ‘WHO TOOK THE HEAD OF VIRA-PANDYA.’ No.
183.—ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE SAME TEMPLE. No. 79 of 1898

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0183

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0183.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

In the 7th year of (the reign of) king Pārthivē[ndrādhipativarman] who
took the head of the Pāṇḍya (king), the assembly of
[Uttaramēru-cha]turvēdimaṅgalam declared some lands of the temple of
Kurukshētra at that village tax-free, on receiving pūrvāchāram from a
certain Ammāṭṭi Śiṟṟambalavaṉ of Perumpaṭṭaṉam in Paṭṭaṉa-nāḍu. The
temple of Kurukshētra has been already referred to in No. 160 above.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ (svasti śrī) [∥] pāṇṭiyaṉaiyt talaiykoṇṭa kopārtthi(v)e [6+] ⟨2⟩
[7+] yāṇṭu Eḻāvatu kāliyūrkoṭṭattu taṉ(kū)ṟṟu [4+] ⟨3⟩ [7+]
turvvetimaṅkalattu peruṅkuṟi sabhaiyom E [5+] ⟨4⟩ ka{ḷ}ḷūr
śrī¿g?⟨k⟩urukṣetrattu perumāṉaṭikaḷukku nāṅ [8+] ⟨5⟩ sabhaiyom
paṭṭaṉanāṭṭu perumpaṭṭaṉattu I [6+] ⟨6⟩ yāṉa Ammāṭṭi ciṟṟampalavan
pakkal pūrvvācāraṅ koṇṭu ⟨7⟩ Iṟaiyiḻicci kuṭutta nilamāvatu
vayiramekavatiyiṉ ⟨8⟩ vaṭakku paṉṉiraṇṭāṅ kaṇṇāṟṟu (U)ttarameruvatiyiṉ
meṟkku

## Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 7th year of (the reign of) king
Pārthivē[ndrādhipativarman], who took the head of the Pāṇḍya (king),
(this is) [the writing] of us (the members) of the great assembly of
[Uttaramēru-cha]turvēdimaṅgalam in its own subdivision in
Kāliyūr-kōṭṭam. The following is the land which we (the members) of the
assembly gave tax-free to the lord of (the temple of) Kurukshētra of our
village after receiving pūrvāchāram from Ammāṭṭi Śiṟṟambalavaṉ . . . .
of Perumpaṭṭaṉam in Paṭṭaṉa-nāḍu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . west of
(the path called) Uttaramēru-vadi in the twelfth kaṇṇāṟu, north of (the
path called) Vayiramēga-vadi . . . . . . . .

## Commentary

⟨8⟩ meṟkku. The record stops here.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.183 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 360–361, item 183.