SII 3.203: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Alternative title: “XVI.—INSCRIPTIONS OF PARAKESARIVARMAN (ADITYA II. KARIKALA) WHO TOOK THE HEAD OF VIRA-PANDYA OR THE PANDYA (KING). No. 203.—ON THE SAME WALL. No. 214 of 1907.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: The officer Śiṟṟiṅgaṇuḍaiyāṉ Parāntaka Mūvēndavēḷāṉ who has been mentioned in the previous records (Nos. 200 and 202) is stated to have enquired into the temple affairs and to have enhanced the scale of offerings from the unpaid balance of paddy collected from the assembly of Tiraimūr which was a dēvadāna village of the temple. The record belongs to the 4th year and the 170th day of the reign of Parakēsarivarman who took the head of the Pāṇḍya king.

As shown in the Madras Epigraphical Report for 1916, page 118, paragraph 15, the days given after the regnal year of the king have to be taken as those that expired after the completion of that year.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0203.

File path: SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0203.xml.

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⟨1⟩ (svasti śrī) [||] pāṇṭiyaṉai talaikoṇṭa kopparakeśaripanma⟨r⟩k=ku yāṇṭu (4) Āvatu (nā)ḷ 100 7 10 ṉāl tiruviṭaimarutil (Āḷvār) koyilil muṉpil kūṭatte tiruviṭaimarutil Ā(ḷ)vā(r) śrīkā¿thy?am Ā(rā)ykiṉṟa Atikārikaḷ ciṟṟiṅkaṇ Uṭ(ai)yāṉ k¿e?yilmayilai Āṉa parā¿t?takamuventaveḷāṉ tiruviṭaimaruti⟨⟨l⟩⟩ Āḷvār tevatāṉam tiraimur tevatāṉabrahmate(ya)mum sātana(p)paṭi keṭṭu sātanattil tiraimur tevatānam kuṭi¿ñi?kki kiṭa¿t?tamaiyi¿ll?um
⟨2⟩ (tir)aimur tevatāṉabrahmateyam sātana⟨p⟩paṭi pañcavāram I(runūṟṟu Ampa)ttu Aṟukalanel Aṭṭa⟨k⟩kaṭavār(ka)ḷ [||] paṭim(ā)ṟṟu keṭṭu paṭimāṟṟil nūṟṟu Aṟupatiṉ kalame Aṭṭavarukiṉṟamaiy⟦i⟧ālum tiraimur teva(tā)ṉam Irupatiṟṟu veliyum kuṭi¿ñi?kki¿cc?illai Eṉṟu Eṇṇūṟṟuk kalame Aṭṭivārāniṉṟamaiyil tiraimur tevatāṉam cetapaṭi sātanam (ko)ṭuvaruka Eṉṟu sātanam keṭṭu Inta sātanattil kuṭinikki kiṭa¿t?tamai-
⟨3⟩ (yil Iṉ)ṉilam Irupatiṟṟu veli(yum) Ivaṟke yāṇṭu mū mū(ṉṟu) (3) Āva(tu) [*****] Olaippaṭi tiruviṭaimaruta(ṉe)ṉṉum marakkālāl Iraṇṭāyiratteṇṇūṟṟukkalattuk=kum Aṭai Olai(p)pa(ṭi) Ā [*****] ttum Ittevar (te)vat(āṉa)brahmateyam tiraimur sabhaiyār muṉpu nūṟṟu Aṟupatin kalame Aṭṭi varukiṉṟamaiyil [*****] (s)ātanam keṭṭu Inta sā taṉattil pañ(cavāram I)runūṟṟu Ampattaṟu kala ne⟨l⟩lu Aṭṭakkaṭava⟨r⟩kaḷātamaiyilum Ipparicu muta-
⟨4⟩ lākki Ittevaruṭaiya muṉpil pa(ṭim)āṟṟu keṭṭu Eṟa nivanta⟨ñ⟩ce(y)tu [******] ṉṟu śrīkāryam Ārā⟨y⟩kiṉṟa Ati(kā)rikaḷ ciṟṟiṅkaṇ Uṭaiyāṉ koyilmayilai Āṉa parāntakamuventaveḷāṉ (E)va tirai(y)mur [*****] (ti)ruviṭaimarutil nakarattārum Iruntu nicata⟨p⟩paṭi paṭimāṟṟu ṉivaṉta⟨m⟩ ceytapa(ṭi) Ā(ḷ)vārku ceṉ(ne)l kuttal Arici{y} ciṟu(kālai)kku ti(ruvamu)ta(ri)ci paṉIrunāḻiyum Ucca⟨m⟩ potaikku tiruAmutarici patiṉ Aññāḻiyum Ucca⟨m⟩ potaikku
⟨5⟩ pali A [****] yum (Irā)vaikku tiruAmutarici pa⟨ṉ⟩ṉirunāḻiyum Irāvai-
⟨6⟩ kku pali Arici [**] yum A(r)ddhayāmattukku tiruAmutarici Eṇṇāḻiyum piḷ(ḷai)-
⟨7⟩ yār kaṇavatiyā(rkku ciṟukālai)kku tiruAmutarici Irunāḻiyum U(cca)m potaikku tiruAmu(tari)-
⟨8⟩ ci Irunāḻi(yu)m (Āka) [********] Amutarici ¿A?mpattumuṉnāḻi⟨yu⟩m [****] Arici (tū)-
⟨9⟩ ṇippatakku A(ñnāḻiyum tūp)paru⟨p⟩pu nicati nānāḻi Uriyum piḷḷaiyārku paruppu Uriyum
⟨10⟩ palakāyam ni(ca)ti miḷaku Āḻākkum kaṭuku Uḻakkum kaṟiAmutukku kāykkaṟi Amutu Oṉṟum
⟨11⟩ puḷiṅka(ṟi)Amutu (O)ṉṟum porikkaṟi Amutu Oṉṟum nicati caṟkaraiAmutu nā-
⟨12⟩ ṟpalavaraiyum vāḻaippaḻam nicatam Irupatum ney Amutu nicati
⟨13⟩ nāḻi Uriyum tayiramutu nicati Eṇṇāḻiyum Aṭaikkā⟨y⟩ Amutu nicati Eṇpa-
⟨14⟩ tum veṟṟilai Amutu teri muṉṟu paṟṟum ṉ¿ū?ṟṟamutum Uppamutu⟨m⟩ Ip-
⟨15⟩ paricu nivan⟨ta⟩m Āk(ki I)tu cantrātittaval Itu panmāheśvararakṣai [||]

⟨1⟩ (svasti śrī) [||] pāṇṭiyaṉai talaikoṇṭa kopparakeśaripanma⟨r⟩k=ku yāṇṭu (4) Āvatu (nā)ḷ 100 7 10 ṉāl tiruviṭaimarutil (Āḷvār) koyilil muṉpil kūṭatte tiruviṭaimarutil Ā(ḷ)vā(r) śrīkā⟨ryy⟩am Ā(rā)ykiṉṟa Atikārikaḷ ciṟṟiṅkaṇ Uṭ(ai)yāṉ k⟨o⟩yilmayilai Āṉa parā⟨n⟩takamuventaveḷāṉ tiruviṭaimaruti⟨⟨l⟩⟩ Āḷvār tevatāṉam tiraimur tevatāṉabrahmate(ya)mum sātana(p)paṭi keṭṭu sātanattil tiraimur tevatānam kuṭi⟨nī⟩kki kiṭa⟨n⟩tamaiyi⟨l⟩um ⟨2⟩ (tir)aimur tevatāṉabrahmateyam sātana⟨p⟩paṭi pañcavāram I(runūṟṟu Ampa)ttu Aṟukalanel Aṭṭa⟨k⟩kaṭavār(ka)ḷ [||] paṭim(ā)ṟṟu keṭṭu paṭimāṟṟil nūṟṟu Aṟupatiṉ kalame Aṭṭavarukiṉṟamaiy⟦i⟧ālum tiraimur teva(tā)ṉam Irupatiṟṟu veliyum kuṭi⟨nī⟩kki⟨ṟṟ⟩illai Eṉṟu Eṇṇūṟṟuk kalame Aṭṭivārāniṉṟamaiyil tiraimur tevatāṉam cetapaṭi sātanam (ko)ṭuvaruka Eṉṟu sātanam keṭṭu Inta sātanattil kuṭinikki kiṭa⟨n⟩tamai⟨3⟩(yil Iṉ)ṉilam Irupatiṟṟu veli(yum) Ivaṟke yāṇṭu mū mū(ṉṟu) (3) Āva(tu) [5+] Olaippaṭi tiruviṭaimaruta(ṉe)ṉṉum marakkālāl Iraṇṭāyiratteṇṇūṟṟukkalattuk=kum Aṭai Olai(p)pa(ṭi) Ā [5+] ttum Ittevar (te)vat(āṉa)brahmateyam tiraimur sabhaiyār muṉpu nūṟṟu Aṟupatin kalame Aṭṭi varukiṉṟamaiyil [5+] (s)ātanam keṭṭu Inta sā taṉattil pañ(cavāram I)runūṟṟu Ampattaṟu kala ne⟨l⟩lu Aṭṭakkaṭava⟨r⟩kaḷātamaiyilum Ipparicu muta⟨4⟩lākki Ittevaruṭaiya muṉpil pa(ṭim)āṟṟu keṭṭu Eṟa nivanta⟨ñ⟩ce(y)tu [6+] ṉṟu śrīkāryam Ārā⟨y⟩kiṉṟa Ati(kā)rikaḷ ciṟṟiṅkaṇ Uṭaiyāṉ koyilmayilai Āṉa parāntakamuventaveḷāṉ (E)va tirai(y)mur [5+] (ti)ruviṭaimarutil nakarattārum Iruntu nicata⟨p⟩paṭi paṭimāṟṟu ṉivaṉta⟨m⟩ ceytapa(ṭi) Ā(ḷ)vārku ceṉ(ne)l kuttal Arici{y} ciṟu(kālai)kku ti(ruvamu)ta(ri)ci paṉIrunāḻiyum Ucca⟨m⟩ potaikku tiruAmutarici patiṉ Aññāḻiyum Ucca⟨m⟩ potaikku ⟨5⟩ pali A [4+] yum (Irā)vaikku tiruAmutarici pa⟨ṉ⟩ṉirunāḻiyum Irāvai⟨6⟩kku pali Arici [2+] yum A(r)ddhayāmattukku tiruAmutarici Eṇṇāḻiyum piḷ(ḷai)⟨7⟩yār kaṇavatiyā(rkku ciṟukālai)kku tiruAmutarici Irunāḻiyum U(cca)m potaikku tiruAmu(tari)⟨8⟩ci Irunāḻi(yu)m (Āka) [8+] Amutarici ⟨Ai⟩mpattumuṉnāḻi⟨yu⟩m [4+] Arici (tū)⟨9⟩ṇippatakku A(ñnāḻiyum tūp)paru⟨p⟩pu nicati nānāḻi Uriyum piḷḷaiyārku paruppu Uriyum ⟨10⟩ palakāyam ni(ca)ti miḷaku Āḻākkum kaṭuku Uḻakkum kaṟiAmutukku kāykkaṟi Amutu Oṉṟum ⟨11⟩ puḷiṅka(ṟi)Amutu (O)ṉṟum porikkaṟi Amutu Oṉṟum nicati caṟkaraiAmutu nā⟨12⟩ṟpalavaraiyum vāḻaippaḻam nicatam Irupatum ney Amutu nicati ⟨13⟩ nāḻi Uriyum tayiramutu nicati Eṇṇāḻiyum Aṭaikkā⟨y⟩ Amutu nicati Eṇpa⟨14⟩tum veṟṟilai Amutu teri muṉṟu paṟṟum ṉ⟨i⟩ṟṟamutum Uppamutu⟨m⟩ Ip⟨15⟩paricu nivan⟨ta⟩m Āk(ki I)tu cantrātittaval Itu panmāheśvararakṣai [||]

⟨1⟩ (svasti śrī) [||] pāṇṭiyaṉai talaikoṇṭa kopparakeśaripanma⟨r⟩k=ku yāṇṭu (4) Āvatu (nā)ḷ 100 7 10 ṉāl tiruviṭaimarutil (Āḷvār) koyilil muṉpil kūṭatte tiruviṭaimarutil Ā(ḷ)vā(r) śrīkā¿thy?⟨ryy⟩am Ā(rā)ykiṉṟa Atikārikaḷ ciṟṟiṅkaṇ Uṭ(ai)yāṉ k¿e?⟨o⟩yilmayilai Āṉa parā¿t?⟨n⟩takamuventaveḷāṉ tiruviṭaimaruti⟨⟨l⟩⟩ Āḷvār tevatāṉam tiraimur tevatāṉabrahmate(ya)mum sātana(p)paṭi keṭṭu sātanattil tiraimur tevatānam kuṭi¿ñi?⟨nī⟩kki kiṭa¿t?⟨n⟩tamaiyi¿ll?⟨l⟩um ⟨2⟩ (tir)aimur tevatāṉabrahmateyam sātana⟨p⟩paṭi pañcavāram I(runūṟṟu Ampa)ttu Aṟukalanel Aṭṭa⟨k⟩kaṭavār(ka)ḷ [||] paṭim(ā)ṟṟu keṭṭu paṭimāṟṟil nūṟṟu Aṟupatiṉ kalame Aṭṭavarukiṉṟamaiy⟦i⟧ālum tiraimur teva(tā)ṉam Irupatiṟṟu veliyum kuṭi¿ñi?⟨nī⟩kki¿cc?⟨ṟṟ⟩illai Eṉṟu Eṇṇūṟṟuk kalame Aṭṭivārāniṉṟamaiyil tiraimur tevatāṉam cetapaṭi sātanam (ko)ṭuvaruka Eṉṟu sātanam keṭṭu Inta sātanattil kuṭinikki kiṭa¿t?⟨n⟩tamai⟨3⟩(yil Iṉ)ṉilam Irupatiṟṟu veli(yum) Ivaṟke yāṇṭu mū mū(ṉṟu) (3) Āva(tu) [5+] Olaippaṭi tiruviṭaimaruta(ṉe)ṉṉum marakkālāl Iraṇṭāyiratteṇṇūṟṟukkalattuk=kum Aṭai Olai(p)pa(ṭi) Ā [5+] ttum Ittevar (te)vat(āṉa)brahmateyam tiraimur sabhaiyār muṉpu nūṟṟu Aṟupatin kalame Aṭṭi varukiṉṟamaiyil [5+] (s)ātanam keṭṭu Inta sā taṉattil pañ(cavāram I)runūṟṟu Ampattaṟu kala ne⟨l⟩lu Aṭṭakkaṭava⟨r⟩kaḷātamaiyilum Ipparicu muta⟨4⟩lākki Ittevaruṭaiya muṉpil pa(ṭim)āṟṟu keṭṭu Eṟa nivanta⟨ñ⟩ce(y)tu [6+] ṉṟu śrīkāryam Ārā⟨y⟩kiṉṟa Ati(kā)rikaḷ ciṟṟiṅkaṇ Uṭaiyāṉ koyilmayilai Āṉa parāntakamuventaveḷāṉ (E)va tirai(y)mur [5+] (ti)ruviṭaimarutil nakarattārum Iruntu nicata⟨p⟩paṭi paṭimāṟṟu ṉivaṉta⟨m⟩ ceytapa(ṭi) Ā(ḷ)vārku ceṉ(ne)l kuttal Arici{y} ciṟu(kālai)kku ti(ruvamu)ta(ri)ci paṉIrunāḻiyum Ucca⟨m⟩ potaikku tiruAmutarici patiṉ Aññāḻiyum Ucca⟨m⟩ potaikku ⟨5⟩ pali A [4+] yum (Irā)vaikku tiruAmutarici pa⟨ṉ⟩ṉirunāḻiyum Irāvai⟨6⟩kku pali Arici [2+] yum A(r)ddhayāmattukku tiruAmutarici Eṇṇāḻiyum piḷ(ḷai)⟨7⟩yār kaṇavatiyā(rkku ciṟukālai)kku tiruAmutarici Irunāḻiyum U(cca)m potaikku tiruAmu(tari)⟨8⟩ci Irunāḻi(yu)m (Āka) [8+] Amutarici ¿A?⟨Ai⟩mpattumuṉnāḻi⟨yu⟩m [4+] Arici (tū)⟨9⟩ṇippatakku A(ñnāḻiyum tūp)paru⟨p⟩pu nicati nānāḻi Uriyum piḷḷaiyārku paruppu Uriyum ⟨10⟩ palakāyam ni(ca)ti miḷaku Āḻākkum kaṭuku Uḻakkum kaṟiAmutukku kāykkaṟi Amutu Oṉṟum ⟨11⟩ puḷiṅka(ṟi)Amutu (O)ṉṟum porikkaṟi Amutu Oṉṟum nicati caṟkaraiAmutu nā⟨12⟩ṟpalavaraiyum vāḻaippaḻam nicatam Irupatum ney Amutu nicati ⟨13⟩ nāḻi Uriyum tayiramutu nicati Eṇṇāḻiyum Aṭaikkā⟨y⟩ Amutu nicati Eṇpa⟨14⟩tum veṟṟilai Amutu teri muṉṟu paṟṟum ṉ¿ū?⟨i⟩ṟṟamutum Uppamutu⟨m⟩ Ip⟨15⟩paricu nivan⟨ta⟩m Āk(ki I)tu cantrātittaval Itu panmāheśvararakṣai [||]

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ śrīkāthyam • Read śrīkāryyam. — ⟨1⟩ tiruviṭaimarutil • The letter l appears to have been omitted first and inserted later on.

⟨2⟩ Aṭṭavarukiṉṟamaiy⟦i⟧ālum • In the impression we see the sign of i above ya which has been subsequently erased. — ⟨2⟩ Aṭṭivārāniṉṟamaiyil • The syllable ma written above the line in the impression just over the letter yi cannot be explained.

⟨3⟩ mū • mū stands for mūṉṟu.

⟨6⟩ Arici [2+] yum • The gap might have contained the syllables nāḻi.

⟨14⟩ ṉūṟṟamutum • Read niṟṟamutu which probably refers to the lime used in chewing betel-leaf.

⟨15⟩ Āk(ki I)tu • Ākki Itu may stand for Ākkiyatu.

Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 4th year and the 170th day (of the reign) of king Parakēsarivarman who took the head of the Pāṇḍya (king), the officer Śiṟṟiṅgaṇuḍaiyāṉ Kōyilmayilai alias Parāntaka-Mūvēndavēḷāṉ examining in the front hall of the temple of the lord of Tiruviḍaimarudil the sacred temple business of the lord of Tiruviḍaimarudil heard the terms of the documents (relating) to the dēvadāna and brahmadēya (village) Tiraimūr which was a dēvadāna of the lord of Tiruviḍaimarudil, and found out that the dēvadāna of Tiraimūr was stated in the documents to be a kuḍinīkki village (i.e., one freed from tenancy rights) and that the dēvadāna-brahmadēya village of Tiraimūr according to the (above) documents had to measure out two hundred and fifty-six kalam of pañchavdra paddy. (But) hearing the paḍimāṟṟu (customary scale) of expenses of the temple (he) found that for the paḍimāṟṟu only one hundred and sixty kalam (of paddy) was being measured out. Also (it was asserted) that the dēvadāna (village) Tiraimūr of 20 vēli was not a kuḍinīkki and that only eight hundred kalam (of paddy) were being measured. He then asked the (original) document which made Tiraimūr into a dēvadāna (village) to be produced (before him), heard it (and found) in this document that (the village) was stated to be kudinīkki (i.e., freed from tenancy rights) and that this land of 20 vēli, according to the deed . . . . . in the 3rd year (of the reign) of this same (king), (was to have measured out) two thousand and eight hundred kalam of paddy by the measure (called) Tiruviḍaimarudaṉ according to the deed of contract (aḍai-ōlai). Since (thus) the assembly of Tiraimūr, the dēvadāna-brahmadēya (village) of this god, has been measuring out one hundred and sixty kalam only of panchavāra paddy in the past while, according to the document examined, it is found that two hundred and fifty-six kalam of paddy have to be measured out (under this head), the thus (accumulated balance)¹ was converted into a capital and after hearing the existing scale of expenses in presence of this god, it was ordered that a higher scale of expenses (may be adopted). (The following) is the list of current daily expenses, drawn up according to the (increased) scale, . . . . . . of Tiraimūr and the merchants (nagarattār) of Tiruviḍaimarudil being present, under the orders of the officer Śiṟṟiṅgaṇuḍaiyāṉ Kōyil Mayilai alias Parāntaka-Mūvēndavēḷāṉ who scrutinizes the sacred temple business.

(L. 4.) Twelve nāḻi of pounded rice of superior paddy for the sacred rice-offering to the god in the early morning; fifteen nāḻi for the sacred rice-offering at midday; and one nāḻi [of rice] for the bali at midday; twelve nāḻi for the sacred rice-offering in the night and [one nāḻi] of rice for the bali at night; eight measures for the sacred rice-offering at midnight. To (the god) Piḷḷaiyār Gaṇapati, two measures for the sacred rice-offering in the early morning; two measures for the sacred rice-offering at midday; thus in all . . . . . . . . fifty-three nāḻi for the [sacred] rice-offering . . . . . . and (one) tūṇi, (one) padakku and five nāḻi of rice . . . . . . four nāḻi and one uri daily of good dhall and one uri of dhall for Piḷḷaiyār. The sundry spices (required) every day (were): (one) āḻākku of pepper and (one) uḻakku of mustard; the daily vegetable-offering² (consisted of) one kāykkaṟi-amudu, one puḷiṅgaṟi-amudu and (one) porikkaṟi-amudu; four and a half palam of sugar-offering daily; twenty plantain fruits every day; (one) nāḻi and (one) uri of ghee offering daily; eight nāḻi of curd offering daily; a daily offering of eighty areca-nuts; three paṟṟu of choice betel-leaf offering; chunam(nīṟṟu) offering; and salt-offering. This is how the scale of expenses was drawn up. May this be under the protection of all Māhēśvaras as long as the moon and the sun (endure)!

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.203 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 380–382, item 203.

Notes

1. The original text has evidently omitted to mention here the other discrepancy, viz., that of measuring sight hundred kalam (as landlord’s share ?) instead of 2,800 according to the aḍai-ōlai. The accumulated balance of this also should have been treated as capital.
2. See Epigraphia Indica, Vol. IX, page 92.

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<title>SII 3.203: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri</title>

<title type="alt">XVI.—INSCRIPTIONS OF PARAKESARIVARMAN (ADITYA II. KARIKALA) WHO TOOK THE HEAD OF VIRA-PANDYA OR THE PANDYA (KING). No. 203.—ON THE SAME WALL. No. 214 of 1907.</title>

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<p>The officer <hi rend="bold">Śiṟṟiṅgaṇuḍaiyāṉ Parāntaka Mūvēndavēḷāṉ</hi> who has been mentioned in the previous records (Nos. <ref target="DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0200">200</ref> and <ref target="DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0202">202</ref>) is stated to have enquired into the temple affairs and to have enhanced the scale of offerings from the unpaid balance of paddy collected from the assembly of <hi rend="bold">Tiraimūr</hi> which was a <hi rend="italic">dēvadāna</hi> village of the temple. The record belongs to the 4th year and the 170th day of the reign of <hi rend="bold">Parakēsarivarman</hi> who took the head of the Pāṇḍya king.</p>

<p>As shown in the <hi rend="italic">Madras Epigraphical Report</hi> for 1916, page 118, paragraph 15, the days given after the regnal year of the king have to be taken as those that expired after the completion of that year.</p>

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<lb n="4" break="no"/>lākki Ittevaruṭaiya muṉpil pa<unclear>ṭim</unclear>āṟṟu keṭṭu Eṟa nivanta<supplied reason="omitted">ñ</supplied>ce<unclear>y</unclear>tu <gap reason="lost" quantity="6" unit="character"/> ṉṟu <hi rend="grantha">śrī</hi>kā<hi rend="grantha">rya</hi>m Ārā<supplied reason="omitted">y</supplied>kiṉṟa Ati<unclear>kā</unclear>rikaḷ ciṟṟiṅkaṇ Uṭaiyāṉ koyilmayilai Āṉa parāntakamuventaveḷāṉ <unclear>E</unclear>va tirai<unclear>y</unclear>mur <gap reason="lost" quantity="5" unit="character"/> <unclear>ti</unclear>ruviṭaimarutil nakarattārum Iruntu nicata<supplied reason="omitted">p</supplied>paṭi paṭimāṟṟu ṉivaṉta<supplied reason="omitted">m</supplied> ceytapa<unclear>ṭi</unclear> Ā<unclear>ḷ</unclear>vārku ceṉ<unclear>ne</unclear>l kuttal Arici<surplus>y</surplus> ciṟu<unclear>kālai</unclear>kku ti<unclear>ruvamu</unclear>ta<unclear>ri</unclear>ci paṉIrunāḻiyum Ucca<supplied reason="omitted">m</supplied> potaikku tiruAmutarici patiṉ Aññāḻiyum Ucca<supplied reason="omitted">m</supplied> potaikku

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<lb n="6" break="no"/>kku pali Arici <gap reason="lost" quantity="2" unit="character"/> yum A<hi rend="grantha"><unclear>r</unclear>ddha</hi>yāmattukku tiruAmutarici Eṇṇāḻiyum piḷ<unclear>ḷai</unclear>

<lb n="7" break="no"/>yār kaṇavatiyā<unclear>rkku ciṟukālai</unclear>kku tiruAmutarici Irunāḻiyum U<unclear>cca</unclear>m potaikku tiruAmu<unclear>tari</unclear>

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<lb n="12" break="no"/>ṟpalavaraiyum vāḻaippaḻam nicatam Irupatum ney Amutu nicati

<lb n="13"/>nāḻi Uriyum tayiramutu nicati Eṇṇāḻiyum Aṭaikkā<supplied reason="omitted">y</supplied> Amutu nicati Eṇpa

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<lem><hi rend="grantha">śrīkāthya</hi>m</lem>

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<lem>tiruviṭaimarutil</lem>

<note>The letter <foreign>l</foreign> appears to have been omitted first and inserted later on.</note>

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<lem>Aṭṭavarukiṉṟamaiy<del>i</del>ālum</lem>

<note>In the impression we see the sign of <foreign>i</foreign> above <foreign>ya</foreign> which has been subsequently erased.</note>

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<lem>Aṭṭivārāniṉṟamaiyil</lem>

<note>The syllable <foreign>ma</foreign> written above the line in the impression just over the letter <foreign>yi</foreign> cannot be explained.</note>

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<note><foreign>mū</foreign> stands for <foreign>mūṉṟu</foreign>.</note>

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<lem>Arici <gap reason="lost" quantity="2" unit="character"/> yum</lem>

<note>The gap might have contained the syllables <foreign>nāḻi</foreign>.</note>

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<lem>ṉūṟṟamutum</lem>

<note>Read <foreign>niṟṟamutu</foreign> which probably refers to the lime used in chewing betel-leaf.</note>

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<note><foreign>Ākki Itu</foreign> may stand for <foreign>Ākkiyatu</foreign>.</note>

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<p>(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 4th year and the 170th day (<hi rend="italic">of the reign</hi>) of king <hi rend="bold">Parakēsarivarman</hi> who took the head of the <hi rend="bold">Pāṇḍya</hi> (<hi rend="italic">king</hi>), the officer <hi rend="bold">Śiṟṟiṅgaṇuḍaiyāṉ Kōyilmayilai</hi> <hi rend="italic">alias</hi> <hi rend="bold">Parāntaka-Mūvēndavēḷāṉ</hi> examining in the front hall of the temple of the lord of <hi rend="bold">Tiruviḍaimarudil</hi> the sacred temple business of the lord of <hi rend="bold">Tiruviḍaimarudil</hi> heard the terms of the documents (<hi rend="italic">relating</hi>) to the <hi rend="italic">dēvadāna</hi> and <hi rend="italic">brahmadēya (village</hi>) <hi rend="bold">Tiraimūr</hi> which was a <hi rend="italic">dēvadāna</hi> of the lord of <hi rend="bold">Tiruviḍaimarudil</hi>, and found out that the <hi rend="italic">dēvadāna</hi> of <hi rend="bold">Tiraimūr</hi> was stated in the documents to be a <hi rend="italic">kuḍinīkki</hi> village (<hi rend="italic">i.e.</hi>, one freed from tenancy rights) and that the <hi rend="italic">dēvadāna-brahmadēya</hi> village of <hi rend="bold">Tiraimūr</hi> according to the (<hi rend="italic">above</hi>) documents had to measure out two hundred and fifty-six <hi rend="italic">kalam</hi> of <hi rend="italic">pañchavdra</hi> paddy. (<hi rend="italic">But</hi>) hearing the <hi rend="italic">paḍimāṟṟu</hi> (customary scale) of expenses of the temple (<hi rend="italic">he</hi>) found that for the <hi rend="italic">paḍimāṟṟu</hi> only one hundred and sixty <hi rend="italic">kalam (of paddy</hi>) was being measured out. Also (<hi rend="italic">it was asserted</hi>) that the <hi rend="italic">dēvadāna (village</hi>) <hi rend="bold">Tiraimūr</hi> of 20 <hi rend="italic">vēli</hi> was not a <hi rend="italic">kuḍinīkki</hi> and that only eight hundred <hi rend="italic">kalam (of paddy</hi>) were being measured. He then asked the (<hi rend="italic">original</hi>) document which made <hi rend="bold">Tiraimūr</hi> into a <hi rend="italic">dēvadāna (village</hi>) to be produced (<hi rend="italic">before him</hi>), heard it (<hi rend="italic">and found</hi>) in this document that (<hi rend="italic">the village</hi>) was stated to be <hi rend="italic">kudinīkki</hi> (<hi rend="italic">i.e.</hi>, freed from tenancy rights) and that this land of 20 <hi rend="italic">vēli</hi>, according to the deed . . . . . in the 3rd year (<hi rend="italic">of the reign</hi>) of this same (<hi rend="italic">king), (was to have measured out</hi>) two thousand and eight hundred <hi rend="italic">kalam</hi> of paddy by the measure (<hi rend="italic">called) Tiruviḍaimarudaṉ</hi> according to the deed of contract (<hi rend="italic">aḍai-ōlai</hi>). Since (<hi rend="italic">thus</hi>) the assembly of <hi rend="bold">Tiraimūr</hi>, the <hi rend="italic">dēvadāna-brahmadēya (village</hi>) of this god, has been measuring out one hundred and sixty <hi rend="italic">kalam</hi> only of <hi rend="italic">panchavāra</hi> paddy in the past while, according to the document examined, it is found that two hundred and fifty-six <hi rend="italic">kalam</hi> of paddy have to be measured out (<hi rend="italic">under this head</hi>), the thus (<hi rend="italic">accumulated balance)</hi><note>The original text has evidently omitted to mention here the other discrepancy, <hi rend="italic">viz.</hi>, that of measuring sight hundred <hi rend="italic">kalam</hi> (<hi rend="italic">as landlord's share</hi> ?) instead of 2,800 according to the <hi rend="italic">aḍai-ōlai</hi>. The accumulated balance of this also should have been treated as capital.</note> was converted into a capital and after hearing the existing scale of expenses in presence of this god, it was ordered that a higher scale of expenses (<hi rend="italic">may be adopted</hi>). (<hi rend="italic">The following</hi>) is the list of current daily expenses, drawn up according to the (<hi rend="italic">increased</hi>) scale, . . . . . . of <hi rend="bold">Tiraimūr</hi> and the merchants (<hi rend="italic">nagarattār</hi>) of <hi rend="bold">Tiruviḍaimarudil</hi> being present, under the orders of the officer <hi rend="bold">Śiṟṟiṅgaṇuḍaiyāṉ Kōyil Mayilai</hi> <hi rend="italic">alias</hi> <hi rend="bold">Parāntaka-Mūvēndavēḷāṉ</hi> who scrutinizes the sacred temple business.</p>

<p>(L. 4.) Twelve <hi rend="italic">nāḻi</hi> of pounded rice of superior paddy for the sacred rice-offering to the god in the early morning; fifteen <hi rend="italic">nāḻi</hi> for the sacred rice-offering at midday; and one <hi rend="italic">nāḻi</hi> [of rice] for the <hi rend="italic">bali</hi> at midday; twelve <hi rend="italic">nāḻi</hi> for the sacred rice-offering in the night and [one <hi rend="italic">nāḻi</hi>] of rice for the <hi rend="italic">bali</hi> at night; eight measures for the sacred rice-offering at midnight. To (<hi rend="italic">the god</hi>) <hi rend="bold">Piḷḷaiyār Gaṇapati</hi>, two measures for the sacred rice-offering in the early morning; two measures for the sacred rice-offering at midday; thus in all . . . . . . . . fifty-three <hi rend="italic">nāḻi</hi> for the [sacred] rice-offering . . . . . . and (<hi rend="italic">one) tūṇi, (one) padakku</hi> and five <hi rend="italic">nāḻi</hi> of rice . . . . . . four <hi rend="italic">nāḻi</hi> and one <hi rend="italic">uri</hi> daily of good <hi rend="italic">dhall</hi> and one <hi rend="italic">uri</hi> of <hi rend="italic">dhall</hi> for <hi rend="bold">Piḷḷaiyār</hi>. The sundry spices (<hi rend="italic">required</hi>) every day (<hi rend="italic">were): (one) āḻākku</hi> of pepper and (<hi rend="italic">one) uḻakku</hi> of mustard; the daily vegetable-offering<note>See <hi rend="italic">Epigraphia Indica</hi>, Vol. IX, page 92.</note> (<hi rend="italic">consisted of</hi>) one <hi rend="italic">kāykkaṟi-amudu</hi>, one <hi rend="italic">puḷiṅgaṟi-amudu</hi> and (<hi rend="italic">one) porikkaṟi-amudu</hi>; four and a half <hi rend="italic">palam</hi> of sugar-offering daily; twenty plantain fruits every day; (<hi rend="italic">one) nāḻi</hi> and (<hi rend="italic">one) uri</hi> of ghee offering daily; eight <hi rend="italic">nāḻi</hi> of curd offering daily; a daily offering of eighty areca-nuts; three <hi rend="italic">paṟṟu</hi> of choice betel-leaf offering; chunam(<hi rend="italic">nīṟṟu</hi>) offering; and salt-offering. This is how the scale of expenses was drawn up. May this be under the protection of all <hi rend="italic">Māhēśvaras</hi> as long as the moon and the sun (<hi rend="italic">endure</hi>)!</p>

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<p>Digital edition of SII 3.203 by <bibl><ptr target="bib:KrishnaSastri1920_01"/></bibl> converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.</p>

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