# SII 3.196: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: XV.—INSCRIPTIONS OF PARTHIVENDRAVARMAN OR
PARTHIVENDRADHIPATIVARMAN, ‘WHO TOOK THE HEAD OF VIRA-PANDYA.’ No.
196.—ON A SLAB BUILT INTO THE FLOOR OF THE MANDAPA IN FRONT OF THE
LATAMADHYAMBA SHRINE IN THE MASILAMANISVARA TEMPLE AT TIRUMULLAIVAYIL.
No. 68 of 1904

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0196

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0196.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

The inscription states that in the 13th year of king
Pārthivēndrādivarman, Śiṅgaḷa Vīranāraṇaṉ, a native of the Chōḷa
country, made a gift of 90 sheep for burning a perpetual lamp in the
temple of Mahādēva (Śiva) at Tirumullaivāyil, a dēvadāna village in
Puḻaṟ-kōṭṭam.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī |||⁓ ⟨2⟩ kopārttiv(e)ṉ⟨3⟩tir¿a?⟨ā⟩tipaṉma⟨r⟩kku ⟨4⟩ yāṇṭu
(10) 3 (pu)ḻa(ṟko)⟨5⟩ṭṭattu veḷ(ḷaiyū)rnā⟨6⟩ṭṭut (te)vatāṉamākiya(t)
ti⟨7⟩rumul(lai)vāyil mah(ā)⟨8⟩devarkku na⟨n⟩tāvi⟨9⟩ḷakkoṉṟiṉuk⟨10⟩kuc
coḻanāṭṭu Ā⟨11⟩(vū)rkkūṟṟattu viḷat⟨12⟩tūr viḷattūr(ki)ḻava⟨13⟩ṉ
ciṅkaḷaviranāraṇaṉ ⟨14⟩ Ā¿ś?⟨c⟩an¿t?⟨d⟩rakā(la)mum Oru ⟨15⟩
nun=tāviḷakkerippataṟ⟨16⟩ku vaitta cāvā (muvāp) ⟨17⟩ p(e)rāṭu toṇṇūṟu
I⟨18⟩tdhanma⟨M⟩ rakṣippā(ṉ) śrīpā⟨19⟩ta(m) Eṉ talaimelaṉa [∥⁓]

## Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 13th year of (the reign of) king
Pārthivēndrādivarman, Śiṅgaḷa Vīranāraṇaṉ of Viḷattūr, the headman of
Viḷattūr in Āvūr-kūṟṟam, (a subdivision) of Śōḻa-nāḍu, deposited (to
last) as long as the moon (exists) 90 sheep which neither die nor grow
old (to provide) for one perpetual lamp to be burnt (in the temple of)
the god Mahādēva (Śiva) at Tirumullaivāyil, a dēvadāna in
Veḷḷaiyūr-nāḍu, (a subdivision of) Puḻaṟ-kōṭṭam. The sacred feet of him
that protects this gift shall rest on my head.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.196 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. Page 373, item 196.