SII 3.210: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Alternative title: “FIVE CHOLA COPPER-PLATES FROM TIRUKKALAR. No. 210.—TIRUKKALAR PLATE OF TRIBHUVANACHAKRAVARTIN RAJARAJADEVA.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This is the fourth inscription in the Tirukkaḷar set. It is engraved on the second side of the third plate and belongs to the 18th year of the reign of Tribhuvanachakravartin Rājarājadēva. It records that some of the families of the donees, who received the gift made by Śivaṉ Tillaināyagaṉ of Taṇṇīrkuṉṟam in the twenty-eighth year of the reign of Kulōttuṅga-Chōḷa; the abolisher of tolls, ceased to have male members and that in consequence a question arising as to how the feeding pertaining to these families should be conducted in future, the Māhēśvaras settled that the feeding stipulated in the grant to be done by the donees devolved on the female descendants as well and that arrangements were made in accordance with that order. The inscription may probably belong to the reign of Rājarāja II, though the distinguishing epithet of the king is missing and the characters appear to belong to a later period.

Language: Tamil (tam).

Version: (3992bd7), last modified (0ec4724).

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī ⟨||⟩ tiripuva(ṉacakkaravatti)kaḷ śrīIrājarājatevaṟ(ku) yāṇṭu patineṭṭāvatu nāḷ

⟨2⟩ nūṟṟeṇpatinā(l Ir)ācēntiracoḻavaḷanāṭṭup puṟaṅkarampaināṭṭut tiru-

⟨3⟩ kkaḷar muḷaitta mātevaṟku Amāvāci Eḻuntaruḷi tevaraṭiyārai Amutu ceyvi-

⟨4⟩ kkac cuṅkantavuttaruḷiṉa kolottuṅkacoḻatevaṟku Irupatteṭṭā(va)-

⟨5⟩ tu taṇṇiṟkuṉṟamuṭaiyāṉ civantillaināyakan pakkal Ittevar tirumaṭai-

⟨6⟩ (viḷ)ākattirukkum Āṇṭārkaḷ Upaiyamāka koṇṭa nellukku Amutu cey(vi)-

⟨7⟩ kkumpaṭikku muṉpu veṭṭiṉa ceppeṭṭupaṭiyil Upaiyaṅkoṇṭu Amu-

⟨8⟩ tuceyvittuvarukiṟa Āṇṭārkaḷil Āṇvaḻi Aṟṟup peṇvaḻiyā-

⟨9⟩ ṉa kottukku Amutu ceyvikkumpaṭi kaṉakarāyarum śrīmākecuvara-

⟨10⟩ rum Aṟuti paṇṇukiṟa Iṭattup poliŪṭṭup peṇvaḻiyum varume-

⟨11⟩ ṉṟu śrīmāgecuvarar niccayittamaiyil Ippaṭi cammatittup peṇvaḻiyi-

⟨12⟩ lār Iṭṭa tiṭṭuppaṭi Āṭavalāṉ pūrvacivaṉāna pattakanāyakap piccan maka-

⟨13⟩ ḷaik koṇṭa kaṇpeṟṟāṉ manṟu niṟaintānāṉa Aṉpaṟkaṭi-

⟨14⟩ yān Amutu ceyvikkum per munṟu Ivaṉ koḻunti makan tevaṉ

⟨15⟩ (tivākara)ṉ Uḷḷiṭṭār Amutu ceyvikkum per munṟum Āṇvaḻi tirucciṟ-

⟨16⟩ ṟampalakkālāṉ Amutu ceyvikkum Aiñcu kūṟiṭ ṭiraṇṭu kūṟṟāl per pa-

⟨17⟩ ṉniraṇṭum Amutu ceyvik⟨ka⟩ ⟨||⟩

Translation by Krishna Sastri 1929

Hail! Prosperity! In the eighteenth year and one hundred and eightieth day of (the reign of) the emperor of the three worlds the glorious Rājarājadēva, when male descendants ceased to exist in some of the families of the āṇḍār who had been living in the tirumaḍai-vilāgam of the god and who had obtained a paddy-gift for conducting the feeding specified in a copper-plate grant engraved formerly (i.e.), in the twenty-eighth year of (the reign of) Kulōttuṅga-Chōḷadēva, the abolisher of tolls, from Śivaṉ Tillaiṅāyagaṉ of Taṇṇīrkuṉṟam, who made provision for the new-moon festival and for feeding the devotees (dēvaraḍiyār) of the god Mahādēva who had sprung at Tirukkaḷar in Puṟaṅgarambai-nāḍu, (a sub-division) of Rājēndraśōḻa-vaḷanāḍu and who (i.e., the āṇḍār) had been conducting the feeding with the gifts and when Kanaka-rāyar and the Māhēśvaras wished to decide how the feeding pertaining to the families having only female descendants should be conducted, the Māhēśvaras came to the settlement that the feeding from the interest (of a gift) devolved also on the female descendants. It was so agreed and that in accordance with the agreement made by the female descendants, (it was decided that) three persons had to be fed by Kaṇpeṟṟāṉ Maṉṟuniṟaindāṉ alias Aṉbaṟkaḍiyāṉ who had taken (to wife) the daughter of Āḍavallāṉ Pūrvaśivaṉ alias Pattargaṇāyaga-Pichchaṉ, that three persons had to be fed by Dēvaṉ Divākaraṉ, the son of her koḻundi (husband’s younger sister) and others and that twelve persons pertaining to two shares out of the (whole) five,—which (number) was fed by Tiruchchiṟṟambalakkālāṉ,—shall now be fed by the male descendants (of his).

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.210 by Krishna Sastri 1929 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

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 472–473, item 210.