# SII 3.185: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: XV.—INSCRIPTIONS OF PARTHIVENDRAVARMAN OR
PARTHIVENDRADHIPATIVARMAN, ‘WHO TOOK THE HEAD OF VIRA-PANDYA.’ No.
185.—ON THE NORTH BASE OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE VARAHA-PERUMAL
TEMPLE AT TIRUVADANDAI. No. 265 of 1910

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0185

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0185.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This inscription registers a gift of 93 sheep for burning a perpetual
lamp in the temple of Varāhadēva at Tiruviḍavandai by a native of
Talaiśayaṉapuram alias Taiyyūr, in the 8th year of king
Pārthivēndrādivarman.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] koppā⟨r⟩ttiventrātipanmarkku yāṇṭu Eṭṭāvatu
Āmurkkoṭṭattup paṭuvūrnāṭṭut tevatāṉa n=tiruviṭava⟨n⟩t(ai)
śrīvarā¿g?⟨h⟩adevaṟkku Ikkoṭṭattu tankūṟṟu talaicayaṉappuṟamākiya
taiyyūr Ānikiḻāneṉ nampan mañcanāṉa Ukavāripperaiyan cantrātittavaṟ
niṟkka vaiytta tirunan=tāviḷakku Onṟiṉu⟨⟨k=ku⟩⟩ viṭṭa Āṭu cāvā muvāp
perāṭu to⟨2⟩ṇṇūṟṟumuṉṟu Ivvāṭu toṇṇūṟṟumunṟu(ṅ) kaikkoṇṭu nicatam Uḻakku
ney Aṭṭakka(ṭa)venāṉeṉ tiruviṭavan=tai Irukkum maṉṟāṭi viḷakkaṉ
kaṭanāṭanen Ittirunan=tāviḷakkukkaṭuṅkaṇaiyan I{ttirunan=nāviḷakkuk}
kaṭaikkaṇṭu celuttuvikkakkaṭavom tiruviṭavan=tai sabhaiyom
Itta(nma){r}ttukku Ahidañ ceytār kaṅkaiyiṭai ku⟨3⟩mariyiṭai
Eḻunūṟṟukkātamum ceytār ceyta pāvattil paṭuvomānom Itanmam rakṣippār
śrīpātam En talaimelaṉa |||⁓

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ varāgadevaṟkku • Read varāha.

⟨2⟩ I{ttirunan=nāviḷakkuk} • Itirunan=tāviḷakkuk is repeated by mistake.

## Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 8th year of (the reign of) king
Pārthivēndrādivarman, I, Ānikiḻāṉ of Talaiśayaṉappuram alias Taiyūr
(situated) in this (i.e., Āmūr-)kōṭṭam and in its (own) subdivision,
gave ninety-three sheep which neither die nor grow old for one sacred
perpetual lamp set up by Nambaṉ Mañjaṉ alias Ugavārippēraiyaṉ to (last)
as long as the moon and the sun, in (the temple of) the glorious
Varāhadēva at Tiruviḍavandai (which was) a dēvadāna (village) in
Paḍuvūr-nāḍu (a subdivision) of Āmūr-kōṭṭam. I, Viḷakkaṉ Kaḍanāḍaṉ, a
shepherd (maṉṟāḍi) living in Tiruviḍavandai, having received these
ninety-three sheep, bind myself to measure out daily (one) uḻakku of
ghee. We (the members) of the assembly of Tiruviḍavandai shall have this
sacred perpetual lamp supervised by Kaḍuṅgaṇaiyaṉ and shall see that it
is maintained. Whoso (of us) acts against this charity shall incur the
sins committed by sinners (living) in the seven hundred kādam (of land)
between Gaṅgā (the Ganges) and Kumari (Cape Comorin). The sacred feet of
those who protect this charity (shall) be on my head.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.185 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 361–362, item 185.