# SII 3.191: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: XV.—INSCRIPTIONS OF PARTHIVENDRAVARMAN OR
PARTHIVENDRADHIPATIVARMAN, ‘WHO TOOK THE HEAD OF VIRA-PANDYA.’No.
191.—ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE SELLIYAMMAN TEMPLE AT VELICHCHERI. No. 316
of 1911

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0191

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0191.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This document records that the assembly of Veḷichchēri exempted taxes on
a land granted for the sacred daily offering to the Saptamātṛis[1] of
this village, by a native of [Ma]ḻa-nāḍu in Śōḻa-nāḍu. The worship of
the Seven Mothers and the designation of the priests who called
themselves Mātṛiśivas deserve special attention.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] koppārtthivendrādhipativa⟨r⟩mmaṟku yāṇṭu pattāvatu
puliyū⟨2⟩rkoṭṭattu veḷicce(ri) mahāsabhaiyom Emmuri⟨l⟩
saptamātṛkkaḷu⟨3⟩kkuc coḻanāṭṭu (ma)ḻanāṭṭut tiruveṭpūrt
tiruveṭ(p)pūruṭaiyāṉ tevaṭi⟨4⟩kaḷ Ācandrakālamu⟨m⟩ niccaṟpaṭi vaitta
tiruvamirtu Oṉṟu Itaṉukku Iva⟨5⟩ṉ vilaikoṇṭu v(ai)tta bhūmi Ivvūrt
te(ṉ)kaḻaṉip pūtipākkaṉ⟨6⟩ceṟu(vu ta)ṭi nāliṉālu⟨m⟩ (ni)⟨lam⟩
yiri(ṉi)ṟṟukkuḻi Iraṇṭeṟṟik kuḻi Aiññūṟṟu⟨7⟩muppattoṉṟaraiye
(A)r¿a?⟨ai⟩k(kā)ṇiyālum Epperppaṭṭa Iṟaiyum ⟨8⟩ Oḻiyappaṇittu Iṟai
Iḻiccik kuṭuttom mahāsabhaiyom ⟨9⟩ Ibhūmi nāṅkaḷe koṇṭu nicatam Oru
tiruvamirtu ceyvikka⟨k⟩kaṭavom Iśrīko⟨10⟩yiluṭaiya mā(tṛ)śiva(r)om
kaṭaikkūṭṭi veṭṭuviccār k¿a?⟨ā⟩ḷiyapaṭṭar[∥]

## Apparatus

⟨6⟩ yiri(ṉi)ṟṟukkuḻi • Read Irunūṟṟukkuḻi.

## Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 10th year of (the reign of) king
Pārthivēndrādhipativarman, we (the members) of the big assembly of
Veḷichchēri in Puliyūrkōṭṭam (wrote this):—Tiruveṭpūr-uḍaiyāṉ Tēvaḍigaḷ
of Tiruveṭpūr in [Ma]ḻa-nāḍu, (a subdivision) of Śōḻa-nāḍu provided for
one sacred offering each day (to continue) as long as the moon to the
Saptamātṛis of our village. For this he purchased and gave two hundred
kuḻi of land which comprised four taḍis (and was called)
Pūdipākkaṉśeruvu, a paddy field on the southern side of this village and
(also) land (kuḻi) (measuring) five hundred and thirty-one and a half
and half kāṇi in (the field called) Iraṇḍēṟṟi. We (the members) of the
big assembly ordered the exemption of all taxes (on these lands) and
made (them) tax-free. We the Mātṛiśivas who own this sacred temple
(śrīkōil) shall ourselves take possession of these lands and shall offer
one sacred offering daily (to the goddesses). Kāḷiya-bhaṭṭar having
effected this (transaction) had it engraved (on stone).

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.191 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 367–368, item 191.

[1] See South-Indian Gods and Goddesses, page 190.