# SII 3.208: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: XVII.—COPPER-PLATE GRANTS FROM SINNAMANUR, TIRUKKALAR
AND TIRUCHCHENGODU. FIVE CHOLA COPPER-PLATES FROM TIRUKKALAR. No.
208.—TIRUKKALAR PLATE OF RAJADHIRAJA I

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0208

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0208.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This inscription in six lines is engraved on the second plate of the
Tirukkaḷar set. It is dated in the 31st year of the reign of the Chōḷa
king Rājakēsarivarman Rājādhirāja I and registers an arrangement made,
by a certain Tirumaṇappichchaṉ, who bore the double surname Araiyaṉ
Nāgaraiyaṉ and Mahīpālakulakālappēraraiyaṉ, whereby one brahmin had to
perform worship in the temple at Tirukkaḷar in addition to another who
was doing that service till then. From the short historical introduction
which states that the king with the help of his army took the head of
Vīra-Pāṇḍya, Śālai of the Chēra king and Ilaṅgai, it is clear that
“Śālai is an important place in the Chēra dominions and not a feeding
house” as the late Mr. T.A.Gopinatha Rao had taken to be.[1]

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ vīrapāṇṭi⟨ya⟩ṉ ṟalaiyum cerala⟨ṉ⟩ cālaiyu⟨m⟩ Ilaṅkaiyum taṇṭāṟ koṇṭa
ko Irāja(ke)⟨2⟩caripanmarāna Uṭaiyār śrīrājādhirāja deva⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu 3
10 1 Āvatu Araiya(ṉ) nākaraiyaṉāna ⟨3⟩ mahipālakulakālapperaiya(ṉā)na
tirumaṇa{p}ppiccaṉ Uṭaiyārkku muṉpu tiruva⟨r⟩rātiṉai ce⟨4⟩yum pirāmaṇan
Oruvaṉum tirumaṇa{ṭa}ppiccaṉ cetaṉivan=taṅkoṇṭu ceyum pirāma⟨5⟩ṇaṉ
Oruvaṉumāka Iruvarkku <nāḷ> 1⁓k=ku tūṇikuṟuṇi Āka <nāḷ> 3 100 6 10k=ku I
100 5 10 Eḷak=kuviṭṭani 1 1/4 Itu ⟨6⟩ Aḻipp¿a?⟨ā⟩r tiruvāṇai ∥ △

## Apparatus

⟨5⟩ 1 1/4 • [[printed as the letters ka va]]

## Translation by Krishna Sastri 1929

In the 31st year of (the reign of) king Rājakēsarivarman alias Uḍaiyār
Śrī-Rājādhirājadēva, who, with his army, had taken the head of
Vīra-Pāṇḍya, Śālai of the Chēra king and Ilaṅgai (i.e., Ceylon), Araiyaṉ
Nāgaraiyaṉ alias Mahīpālakulakālappēraraiyaṉ alias Tirumaṇappichchaṉ
gave 1(1/4) (vēli of) land for (yielding an income of) 150 (kalam of
paddy) for the expenses of two brahmins, viz., one brahmin, performing
the worship of the god from of old and one brahmin who is to perform
(the same) receiving the income provided for by Tirumaṇappichchaṉ at the
rate of (one) tuni and (one) kuṟunī[2] of paddy per day for 360 days.
Those who destroy this (shall incur the sin of acting against) the
sacred (or royal) order.

## Commentary

This inscription is written on one side of this plate and the other side
is left blank.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.208 by Krishna Sastri 1929 converted to DHARMA
conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

See revised edition by Emmanuel Francis (INSTamilNadu01015).

### Primary

[SII] Krishna Sastri, H. 1929. South-Indian inscriptions. Volume III,
Part IV: Copper-plate grants from Sinnamanur, Tirukkalar and
Tiruchchengodu. Including title page, preface, table of contents, list
of plates, addenda and corrigenda, introduction and index of Volume III.
South Indian Inscriptions 3.4. Calcutta: Government of India, Central
Publication Branch. Pages 469–470, item 208.

[1] See p. 65 of the Annual Report on Archaeology of the Travancore
State for 1920-21.

[2] These are expressed by symbols.