# SII 3.189: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: XV.—INSCRIPTIONS OF PARTHIVENDRAVARMAN OR
PARTHIVENDRADHIPATIVARMAN, ‘WHO TOOK THE HEAD OF VIRA-PANDYA.’ No.
189.—ON A STONE BUILT INTO THE WEST WALL OF THE ULLANGAIKULUNDA-NAYANAR
TEMPLE AT MADURAMANGALAM. No. 320 of 1909

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0189

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0189.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

It is recorded in this inscription that in the 9th year of king
Pārthivendrādhipativarman, a certain Lōkamahārāya[1] gave 90 sheep for a
perpetual lamp to the temple of Lōkamahārāya-Tiruchchiṟṟambalattāḷvār at
Maḻalaimaṅgalam in Maṇaiyir-kōṭṭam.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] ko pārtthive⟨2⟩(ntr)ātipatipanmaṟku yāṇṭu ⟨3⟩ 9
tāvatu ma¿ṉ?⟨ṇ⟩aiyiṟkoṭṭa⟨4⟩ttu maḻalaimaṅkalattu
{O}⟨5⟩¿llo?⟨lo⟩kam¿a?⟨ā⟩h¿ā?⟨a⟩rāyat tirucciṟṟa⟨6⟩mpalattāḷvārkku
{O}lokam¿(ā)?⟨a⟩⟨7⟩hārāyar vaitta no(n)tāvi⟨8⟩ḷakkoṉṟiṉukku vaitta
Ā⟨9⟩ṭu cāvā muvāpperāṭu ⟨10⟩ toṇṇūṟu I⟨v⟩vāṭu koṇ⟨11⟩(ṭu)
I⟨v⟩viḷakkeṇṇai yaṭṭa⟨k⟩kaṭa⟨12⟩vāṉ I⟨v⟩vūr maṉṟāṭi moṭṭai ⟨13⟩
Aṅkāṭiyum Iḷamaimaṉ ⟨14⟩ (ci)ṟaiyaṭikki makaṉ nampiyum [∥]

## Apparatus

⟨3⟩ O⟨5⟩llokamāha • Read lokamahā.

⟨6⟩ Olokamā⟨7⟩ha • Read lokamahā.

## Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 9th year of (the reign of) king
Pārthivēndrādhipativarman, 90 sheep which neither die nor grow old were
given by Lōkamahārāyar for a perpetual lamp, to (the temple of)
Lōkamahārāyat-Tiruchchiṟṟambalattāḷvār at Maḻalaimaṅgalam in
Maṇaiyir-kōṭṭam. Having received these sheep, the shepherds of this
village Moṭṭai Aṅgāḍi and Nambi, the son of Iḷamaimaṉ Siṟaiyaḍikki,
shall pour out the ghee (required) for this lamp.

## Commentary

⟨11⟩ I⟨v⟩viḷakkeṇṇai. The word eṇṇai is here apparently used for ghee.
This is perhaps due to the fact that oil is the chief ingredient with
which people burn their lamps; compare ney eṇṇai = liquid ghee on page
357 above, footnote 2.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.189 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 365–366, item 189.

[1] A certain Lōkamahārāya with the title Perundaram figures as one of
the officers of Rājarāja I. (South-Indian Inscriptions, Vol. II, page
487).