# SII 3.204: 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.
204.—ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE NAGESVARASVĀMIN
TEMPLE AT KUMBAKONAM. No. 225 of 1911

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0204

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0204.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This is dated in the 5th year of Parakēsarivarman who took the head of
the Pāṇḍya king and records a gift of gold by a female-servant of the
palace, who was living in the quarter of Tañjāvūr called Paḻaiya-vēḷam,
for feeding a śivayōgin in the temple of Tirukkīḻ-kōṭṭam in
Tirukkuḍamūkkil. The names Tirukkuḍamūkkil and Tirukkīḻ-kōṭṭam occur in
the Dēvāram and refer respectively to Kumbakōṇam and the Nāgēśvara
temple. Śivayōgin is a technical term and is explained in a recent
commentary on the Kriyākramadyōtikā as the name of a Śaiva worshipper
who “at the approach of death bathes his body in ashes, utters certain
Śaiva mantras and worships the liṅga on his chest.”

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] pāṇṭiyaṉṟalaikoṇṭa (k)o⟨2⟩⌉p=parakesarivanmaṟku
⟨yā⟩ṇṭu 5 Āvatu vaṭakaraip⟨3⟩pāmpūrṉāṭṭu(t) tevatānam
tirukk¿a?⟨u⟩ṭamukkil tirukki⟨4⟩(ḻ)kkoṭṭattu paramasvāmikoyilil
Ut⟨5⟩tamāgraM 1 Oru kalam Uṇpatāka tañcāvūr kū⟨6⟩ṟṟattu tañcāvūr
(paḻaya) paḻaiyaveḷat⟨7⟩tu peṇṭāṭṭi perayaṉ tiripuvaṉa⟨8⟩cuntari vaiytta
poṉ 8 10 5 (pa)cukkum ⟨9⟩ viṟṟukkuṭutta nilamāvatu mulaparuṭaip ⟨10⟩
perumakkaḷom nāṅkaḷ Abhiṣekada¿t?⟨k⟩ṣi⟨11⟩ṇ¿a?⟨ai⟩ peṟṟu Ipperumāḷukku
viṟṟukkuṭut⟨12⟩ta melkāviri nilam Ivaṉukku viṟṟukku⟨ṭu⟩t⟨13⟩ta
I⟨v⟩vaṟumā ceykkum kiḻpāl(ke)llai ⟨14⟩ kāṭaṉācca⟨ṉ⟩ viḷakkukku vaitta
nilattukku me⟨15⟩ṟkkum Ipperumāḷ nilattukkey vaṭakku⟨16⟩m
Ipperumāṇilattukke kiḻakkum Eri⟨yi⟩⟨17⟩l Ellaivarampukkut teṟkum Āka
Ivvā⟨18⟩ṟumācceyāl Oru śivayogikku 5 kkaṟi⟨19⟩yum Oru piṭi neyyum
vāḻaippaḻamum ca⟨20⟩ṟkkara¿a?⟨ai⟩yumiṭṭa tayirumaṭṭi (ca)ntrādityavaṟ
⟨21⟩ Uṇpatāka |

## Translation

(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 5th year (of the reign) of king
Parakēsarivarman who took the head of the Pāṇḍya (king), Pērayaṉ
Tribhuvanasundari, a palace-woman (peṇḍāṭṭi) (living) in the (quarter
called) Paḻaiya-vēḷam at Tañjāvūr in Tañjāvūr-kūṟṟam, deposited 85
(pieces) of superfine gold for feeding (a śivayōgin) with one plate of
sumptuous meal in the temple of the great lord of Tirukkīḻ-kōṭṭam at
Tirukkuḍamūkkil, a dēvadāna (village) in Vaḍagarai Pāmbūr-nāḍu.

(L. 8.) For this (gold), we, the big men of the mūlaparuḍai (assembly),
sold to this lady the land in Mēlkāviri which we had acquired as
abhishēkadakshiṇā and had (already) sold to this god.

(L. 13.) This six mā of cultivable land whose eastern boundary was to
the west of the land granted for a lamp by Kāḍaṉ Āchchaṉ, to the north
of the land of this same god, to the east of the land of this same god
and to the south of the demarcation ridge in the tank,—this six mā of
cultivable land thus (marked out) shall be utilised for feeding, till
the moon and the sun (endure), one Śivayōgin with five vegetables, one
piḍi of ghee, plantain fruits, and curds sweetened with sugar.

## Commentary

The virāma or puḷḷi is marked on some of the letters in this
inscription.

⟨8⟩ (pa)cukkum. The word pacu perhaps stands for pacumpoṉ which means
fine gold of greenish yellow.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.204 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 382–383, item 204.