# SII 3.200: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: XVI.—INSCRIPTIONS OF PARAKESARIVARMAN (ADITYA II.
KARIKALA) WHO TOOK THE HEAD OF VIRA-PANDYA OR THE PANDYA (KING). No.
200.—ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE NAGESVARASVĀMIN
TEMPLE AT KUMBAKONAM. No. 233 of 1911

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0200

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0200.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This record, which belongs to the 3rd year of the reign of king
Parakēsarivarman who took the head of the Pāṇḍya, registers a grant of
land by purchase by the chief Śiṟṟiṅgaṇuḍaiyāṉ Kōyilmayilai alias
Parāntaka Mūvēndavēḷāṉ for expounding the system of Prabhākara. This
teacher was the founder of a new school of Mīmāmsā philosophy which was
greatly popular for some time in the south. The record under review is
itself strong evidence of the popularity of the creed. A Telugu book
called Sakalārthasāgara makes Prabhākara, one of the pupils of
Kumārila-Bhaṭṭa. He was also widely known as Prabhākara-guru and was the
teacher of Śālikanātha. Consequently Prabhākara’s period must have been
about the beginning of the 8th century A.D. See also Madras Epigraphical
Report for 1912, page 65.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ (svasti) śrī [∥] pāṇṭiyaṉṟalaikoṇṭa koppara⟨2⟩(keca)rivarmaṟkku
yāṇṭu 3 Āvatu vaṭakaraippāmpūrnāṭṭu ⟨3⟩ tevatānam
tirukk¿a?⟨u⟩ṭam¿u?⟨ū⟩kkil mulapaṟaṭaipperumak(ka)⟨4⟩ḷom Iṅkaṇāṭṭuc
ciṟṟiṅkaṇ ciṟṟiṅkaṇu(ṭ)ai⟨5⟩yān koyilmayilaiyāna
parān=takamuven=ta⟨6⟩veḷānukku Iṉnamparnāṭṭu meṟkāviri nāṅkaḷ
U⌈⟨7⟩ṭ(ai)yāriṭai Abhiṣekada¿t?⟨k⟩ṣi(ṇai) peṟṟuṭaiya nilam ⟨8⟩ 2 10 4
veliyilum prabhākaraM vakk(āṇi)p=pārkku (bha)⟨9⟩ṭṭavṛt=tiyāka Ivvūrile
viṟṟukkuṭutta (nilam) {Iraṇ(ṭu)} ⟨10⟩ Iraṇṭumāvukkum Ellai
kiḻpāṟ(kel)lai śā(lā)⟨11⟩bhogamāka viṟṟu⟨k⟩kuṭutta nilattu⟨k⟩ku meṟkum
(t)e⟨12⟩ṉpāṟkellai meṟkāviri nilattukku va(ṭa)⟨13⟩kkum melpāṟkellai
viṟṟoṅkaḷ ni⟨14⟩lattukku kiḻakkum vaṭapāṟkellai vi⟨ṟ⟩(ṟo)⟨15⟩ṅkaḷ
nilattukku (t)e(ṟku)m Āka Ivvicaitta ⌈⟨16⟩perunāṉkellaiyuḷ Akappa⟨ṭ⟩ṭa
nilam mū⟨17⟩lapaṟaṭaiyāriṭai vilaikoṇṭaparice candr(ā)⟨18⟩dit=tavat
bhaṭṭavṛt=tiyāka vaicceṉ parān=takamu(ven=ta)⟨19⟩veḷāṉeṉ Itu
Āyiran=tiruvaṭiyumuṭaiy(ār ra)⟨20⟩kṣai ∥⁓ IdaM parān=takeṇa lekhā ⁓

## Apparatus

⟨9⟩ Iraṇ(ṭu) • The word Iraṇṭu is repeated by mistake.

## Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 3rd year (of the reign) of king
Parakēsarivarman who took the head of the Pāṇḍya (king), we the great
men of the Mūlapaṟaḍai (assembly) of Tirukkuḍamūkkil, a dēvadāna of
Vaḍagarai Pāmbūr-nāḍu sold to Śiṟṟiṅgaṇuḍaiyāṉ Kōyilmayilai alias
Parāntaka-Mūvēndavēḷāṉ of Śiṟṟiṅgaṇ in Iṅgaṇāḍu, two mā out of the
twenty-four vēli of land which we own as abhishēkadakshiṇā from the
king, in the village of Mēṟkāviri in Iṉṉambarnāḍu as a bhaṭṭavṛitti, for
expounding Prabhākaram.

(L. 10.) (The following are) the boundaries (of this land). The eastern
boundary is to the west of the land sold (by us) as śālābhōga. The
southern boundary is to the north of the lands of Mēṟkāviri. The western
boundary is to the east of the lands of us, the vendors. The northern
boundary is to the south of the lands of us, the vendors.

(L. 15.) I, Parāntaka Mūvēndavēḷāṉ, gave the land thus enclosed by the
four big boundaries above specified on the same terms as those that
obtained when (I) purchased (it) from the members of the Mūlapaṟaḍai as
a bhaṭṭavṛitti so as to endure till the moon and the sun.

(L. 19.) This is (placed) under the protection of the Almighty god
Vishṇu.[1] This is the writing of Parāntaka.

## Commentary

⟨6⟩ Iṉnamparnāṭṭu. The length of nā is not marked by the usual kāl but
is added below as in the case of ṟā and ṉā.

⟨6⟩ nāṅkaḷ. The length of nā is not marked by the usual kāl but is added
below as in the case of ṟā and ṉā.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.200 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 376–377, item 200.

[1] āyirantiruvaṭiyuṭaiyār is evidently synonymous with sahasrapāt of
the Purushasūkta.