SII 3.211: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri – FIVE CHOLA COPPER-PLATES FROM TIRUKKALAR. No. 211.—TIRUKKALAR PLATE OF KULOTTUNGA-CHOLA III.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0211.

Summary: This is the fifth inscription in the Tirukkaḷar set. It is engraved on both sides of the fourth plate and the inner side of the fifth. It is dated in the 29th year of the reign of Kulōttuṅga-Chōḷadēva (i.e., Kulōttuṅga III) who took Madura, Ceylon, Karuvūr and the crowned head of the Pāṇḍya king and furnishes a list of gold and silver ornaments belonging to the temple at Tirukkaḷar with their weights as measured by the standard weight called the kuḍiñai-kal and the fineness in each case.

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

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

Version: 2025-04-19 18:41 (aca1847), last modified 2025-04-04 10:59 (6f1fca8).

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī ⟨||⟩ tiripuvaṉaccakkaravattikaḷ maturaiyum Īḻamuṅ karuvūrum pāṇṭiyaṉ muṭittalaiyuṅ koṇṭaruḷi⟨2⟩ya śrīkulottuṅka coḻatevaṟku yāṇṭu 2 10 6~vatu tirukkaḷar muḷaitta nāyaṉār ko⟨3⟩yil tiruvāparaṇattukku mutal kuṭiṉaikkalliṭai tirukkoḷkai 1~m Itaṉ ⟨4⟩ mel paṟamamum Uṭpaṭa 8 1/2 1/8 māṟipoṉ nūṟṟoru kaḻañcarai Itaṉ viḷimpi⟨5⟩ṟ tiraitta veḷḷi patiṉāṟkaḻañce mukkāl ||~ tiruvotāramālai poṟpū pa⟨6⟩tiṉāṟināl 8 1/2 māṟi poṉ paṉṉiru kaḻañcu ||~ tiruvuttariyam 1~ṉāl 8 1/2 māṟi ⟨7⟩ poṉ Irukaḻañce nālu mañcāṭiyum Āṟu mā ||~ tiruppiṟai 1~ṉāl 8 mu⟨8⟩kkāl māṟi poṉ mukkāl ||~ kaṉṉapuṣpa⟨m⟩ 3~ṉāl 8 1/2 māṟi poṉ Irukaḻañ⟨9⟩ce kāl ||~ tiruppaṭṭikaippalakai 1~ṉāl 8va māṟi poṉ Aṟupattu ⟨10⟩ nāṟkaḻañcarai Itaṉ viḷimpittiraitta veḷḷi pattoṉpatiṉ kaḻañcaraiy⟨11⟩e nālu mañcāṭiyum Āṟumā Itaṉuḷ palaviṭattun taitta ceppāṇi Iṭai ⟨12⟩ Āṟarai palam ||~ Aṉṉiyuṭaiyā riṭṭa poṟpū 1~ṉāl poṉ kaḻañcu Itu kotta ⟨13⟩ veḷḷikkāṟai 1~ṉāl veḷḷi Araik kaḻañcu ||~ 2 10~vatu māḷikai mulapaṇṭāra⟨14⟩ttiniṉṟum vanta tiruppaṭṭam 1~ṉāl poṉ Eḻukaḻañce kāl ||~

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⟨15⟩ tiruppaḷḷiyaṟai nācciyār⟨k⟩kuc cāttukiṟa ciṟutāli 1~m maṇi 1~ṉālum poṉ Ira⟨16⟩ṇṭu mañcā⟨⟨ṭiyu⟩⟩ nālumā Itu māṟṟu 8 1/2 Itu kotta kāṟai 1~ṉāl veḷḷi kāl ⟨17⟩ tirumaṅkalanāṇ 1~m tāli 1~m kokkuvāy paṭukaṇ Uṭpaṭa 9 māṟi poṉ Irukaḻa⟨18⟩ñcu ||~ Aravāparaṇatevaṟkuccāttiyaruḷa 2 10 3~vatu potimaṅkalamuṭaiyāṉ ⟨19⟩ Irācāṇṭāṉāna coḻaviccātarappallavaraiyar ceyvitta tiruvācikai 1~ṉā⟨20⟩l 8vapa māṟi poṉ Irunūṟṟaimpattu Aiṅkaḻañce kāle muṉṟu ⟨21⟩ mañcāṭiyu mañcumā ||~ Apiṣekam 1~ṉāl 9 1/2 māṟi poṉ patiṉāṟu ka⟨22⟩ḻañcarai ||~ Ittevar tiruvāram 1~ṉāl 9kha māṟi poṉ nāṟkaḻañce mukkā⟨23⟩le Iraṇṭu mañcāṭiyum Eḻumā ||~ Ivar tiruttoṭu 2~ṉāl 8va māṟi poṉ ⟨24⟩ mukkaḻañcu ||~ Ivar nācciyār Apiṣekam 1~ṉāl 8 1/2 māṟi poṉ patiṉ kaḻañ⟨25⟩cu ||~ Ivar tiruvāram 1~ṉāl 8 1/2 māṟi poṉ Irukaḻañce kāl || Ivar{t}toṭu 2~ṉā⟨26⟩l 8 1/2 māṟi poṉ Irukaḻañcu ||~ tiruvaṭṭamaṇi 2 10 4~ṉāl 8 1/2 māṟi poṉ kaḻañcarai ⟨27⟩ tiruvaṭṭamaṇivaṭam 1~ṉāl maṇi 3 10~ṉāl 8 1/2 māṟi poṉ kaḻañce Iraṇṭu mañ-cāṭi⟨28⟩yu nā(lu) mā ||~ tiruvaṭṭamaṇivaṭam 1~ṉāl maṇi 4 10~ṉāl 8 1/2 māṟi poṉ [6+] mā ||~

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⟨29⟩ tiruvaṭṭamaṇivaṭam 1~ṉāl maṇi 4 10~ṉāl 8 1/2 māṟi poṉ Irukaḻañcu ||~tirucci⟨30⟩lampu Oraṇaiyiṉāl 8 3/4 māṟi poṉ nāṟkaḻañcu ||~ niṟaitavañceyta nācciyā⟨31⟩ṟkuc cāttiyaruḷa tiruvaiyāṟuṭaiyā riṭṭa tiruvapiṣekam 1~ṉāl 9 māṟi poṉ ⟨32⟩ patiṉaiṅkaḻañcarai ||~ tiruneṟṟittiṟaṉai 1~ṉāl 8 1/2 māṟi poṉ Aiṅkaḻañce ⟨33⟩ kāl ||~tirumaṅkalanāṇ 1 tāli kaṭaittoḻiluṭpaṭa 8 1/2 māṟi poṉ kaḻañcu ||~ ⟨34⟩ tiruttāvaṭam 1~ṉāl maṇi 4 10 1~ṉāl 9 māṟi poṉ kaḻañcu ||~ tirukkaiccari 4~ṉāl 9 mā⟨35⟩ṟi poṉ Irukaḻañce mukkāle mañcāṭi ||~ veḷḷimaṇi 3 10 5~ṉāl veḷḷi ⟨36⟩ mukkāle Iraṇṭu mañcāṭiyu muṉṟu mā ||~ veḷḷikkāṟai 1~ṉāl veḷḷi ⟨37⟩ mukkāle Iraṇ⟨⟨ṭu⟩⟩ mañcāṭi Itil kotta tāli 1~ṉāl 8 1/2 māṟi poṉ Araik kaḻañcu ||~ ⟨38⟩ tiruttoṭu 2~ṉāl 8 3/4 māṟi poṉ kaḻañcarai || tiruvāram 1~ṉāl poṉ ⟨39⟩ || ciraccakkaram 1~ṉāl 9 māṟi poṉ Irukaḻañcu || tirukkaṇṭavāḷi 2~ṉāl 9 mā⟨40⟩ṟi poṉ mukkāl || Uṭaiyāṟku tirumañcaṉa⟨⟨ttu⟩⟩kkuc cāttiyaruḷa Uṭaiyār coḻaviccā⟨41⟩tirappallavaraiyar Iṭṭa tiruvuttariyam 1~ṉāl poṉ mukkāle nālu mañcāṭiyu⟨42⟩m Āṟumā || māṟṟu kācumi || tiruvācikaippurimattil pāmpu 1~ṉāl poṉ kaḻañ⟨43⟩ce mukkāle Iraṇṭu mā ||~

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī ⟨||⟩ tiripuvaṉaccakkaravattikaḷ maturaiyum Īḻamuṅ karuvūrum pāṇṭiyaṉ muṭittalaiyuṅ koṇṭaruḷi-
⟨2⟩ ya śrīkulottuṅka coḻatevaṟku yāṇṭu 2 10 6~vatu tirukkaḷar muḷaitta nāyaṉār ko-
⟨3⟩ yil tiruvāparaṇattukku mutal kuṭiṉaikkalliṭai tirukkoḷkai 1~m Itaṉ 
⟨4⟩ mel paṟamamum Uṭpaṭa 8 1/2 1/8 māṟipoṉ nūṟṟoru kaḻañcarai Itaṉ viḷimpi-
⟨5⟩ ṟ tiraitta veḷḷi patiṉāṟkaḻañce mukkāl ||~ tiruvotāramālai poṟpū pa-
⟨6⟩ tiṉāṟināl 8 1/2 māṟi poṉ paṉṉiru kaḻañcu ||~ tiruvuttariyam 1~ṉāl 8 1/2 māṟi 
⟨7⟩ poṉ Irukaḻañce nālu mañcāṭiyum Āṟu mā ||~ tiruppiṟai 1~ṉāl 8 mu-
⟨8⟩ kkāl māṟi poṉ mukkāl ||~ kaṉṉapuṣpa⟨m⟩ 3~ṉāl 8 1/2 māṟi poṉ Irukaḻañ-
⟨9⟩ ce kāl ||~ tiruppaṭṭikaippalakai 1~ṉāl 8va māṟi poṉ Aṟupattu 
⟨10⟩ nāṟkaḻañcarai Itaṉ viḷimpittiraitta veḷḷi pattoṉpatiṉ kaḻañcaraiy-
⟨11⟩ e nālu mañcāṭiyum Āṟumā Itaṉuḷ palaviṭattun taitta ceppāṇi Iṭai 
⟨12⟩ Āṟarai palam ||~ Aṉṉiyuṭaiyā riṭṭa poṟpū 1~ṉāl poṉ kaḻañcu Itu kotta 
⟨13⟩ veḷḷikkāṟai 1~ṉāl veḷḷi Araik kaḻañcu ||~ 2 10~vatu māḷikai mulapaṇṭāra-
⟨14⟩ ttiniṉṟum vanta tiruppaṭṭam 1~ṉāl poṉ Eḻukaḻañce kāl ||~  
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⟨15⟩ tiruppaḷḷiyaṟai nācciyār⟨k⟩kuc cāttukiṟa ciṟutāli 1~m maṇi 1~ṉālum poṉ Ira-
⟨16⟩ ṇṭu mañcā⟨⟨ṭiyu⟩⟩ nālumā Itu māṟṟu 8 1/2 Itu kotta kāṟai 1~ṉāl veḷḷi kāl 
⟨17⟩ tirumaṅkalanāṇ 1~m tāli 1~m kokkuvāy paṭukaṇ Uṭpaṭa 9 māṟi poṉ Irukaḻa-
⟨18⟩ ñcu ||~ Aravāparaṇatevaṟkuccāttiyaruḷa 2 10 3~vatu potimaṅkalamuṭaiyāṉ 
⟨19⟩ Irācāṇṭāṉāna coḻaviccātarappallavaraiyar ceyvitta tiruvācikai 1~ṉā-
⟨20⟩ l 8vapa māṟi poṉ Irunūṟṟaimpattu Aiṅkaḻañce kāle muṉṟu 
⟨21⟩ mañcāṭiyu mañcumā ||~ Apiṣekam 1~ṉāl 9 1/2 māṟi poṉ patiṉāṟu ka-
⟨22⟩ ḻañcarai ||~ Ittevar tiruvāram 1~ṉāl 9kha māṟi poṉ nāṟkaḻañce mukkā-
⟨23⟩ le Iraṇṭu mañcāṭiyum Eḻumā ||~ Ivar tiruttoṭu 2~ṉāl 8va māṟi poṉ 
⟨24⟩ mukkaḻañcu ||~ Ivar nācciyār Apiṣekam 1~ṉāl 8 1/2 māṟi poṉ patiṉ kaḻañ-
⟨25⟩ cu ||~ Ivar tiruvāram 1~ṉāl 8 1/2 māṟi poṉ Irukaḻañce kāl || Ivar{t}toṭu 2~ṉā-
⟨26⟩ l 8 1/2 māṟi poṉ Irukaḻañcu ||~ tiruvaṭṭamaṇi 2 10 4~ṉāl 8 1/2 māṟi poṉ kaḻañcarai 
⟨27⟩ tiruvaṭṭamaṇivaṭam 1~ṉāl maṇi 3 10~ṉāl 8 1/2 māṟi poṉ kaḻañce Iraṇṭu mañ-cāṭi-
⟨28⟩ yu nā(lu) mā ||~ tiruvaṭṭamaṇivaṭam 1~ṉāl maṇi 4 10~ṉāl 8 1/2 māṟi poṉ [******] mā ||~  
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⟨29⟩ tiruvaṭṭamaṇivaṭam 1~ṉāl maṇi 4 10~ṉāl 8 1/2 māṟi poṉ Irukaḻañcu ||~tirucci-
⟨30⟩ lampu Oraṇaiyiṉāl 8 3/4 māṟi poṉ nāṟkaḻañcu ||~ niṟaitavañceyta nācciyā-
⟨31⟩ ṟkuc cāttiyaruḷa tiruvaiyāṟuṭaiyā riṭṭa tiruvapiṣekam 1~ṉāl 9 māṟi poṉ 
⟨32⟩ patiṉaiṅkaḻañcarai ||~ tiruneṟṟittiṟaṉai 1~ṉāl 8 1/2 māṟi poṉ Aiṅkaḻañce 
⟨33⟩ kāl ||~tirumaṅkalanāṇ 1 tāli kaṭaittoḻiluṭpaṭa 8 1/2 māṟi poṉ kaḻañcu ||~ 
⟨34⟩ tiruttāvaṭam 1~ṉāl maṇi 4 10 1~ṉāl 9 māṟi poṉ kaḻañcu ||~ tirukkaiccari 4~ṉāl 9 mā-
⟨35⟩ ṟi poṉ Irukaḻañce mukkāle mañcāṭi ||~ veḷḷimaṇi 3 10 5~ṉāl veḷḷi 
⟨36⟩ mukkāle Iraṇṭu mañcāṭiyu muṉṟu mā ||~ veḷḷikkāṟai 1~ṉāl veḷḷi 
⟨37⟩ mukkāle Iraṇ⟨⟨ṭu⟩⟩ mañcāṭi Itil kotta tāli 1~ṉāl 8 1/2 māṟi poṉ Araik kaḻañcu ||~ 
⟨38⟩ tiruttoṭu 2~ṉāl 8 3/4 māṟi poṉ kaḻañcarai || tiruvāram 1~ṉāl poṉ 
⟨39⟩ ____ || ciraccakkaram 1~ṉāl 9 māṟi poṉ Irukaḻañcu || tirukkaṇṭavāḷi 2~ṉāl 9 mā-
⟨40⟩ ṟi poṉ mukkāl || Uṭaiyāṟku tirumañcaṉa⟨⟨ttu⟩⟩kkuc cāttiyaruḷa Uṭaiyār coḻaviccā-
⟨41⟩ tirappallavaraiyar Iṭṭa tiruvuttariyam 1~ṉāl poṉ mukkāle nālu mañcāṭiyu-
⟨42⟩ m Āṟumā || māṟṟu kācumi || tiruvācikaippurimattil pāmpu 1~ṉāl poṉ kaḻañ-
⟨43⟩ ce mukkāle Iraṇṭu mā ||~  

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⟨29⟩ tiruvaṭṭamaṇivaṭam 1~ṉāl maṇi 4 10~ṉāl 8 1/2 māṟi poṉ Irukaḻañcu ||~tirucci⟨30⟩lampu Oraṇaiyiṉāl 8 3/4 māṟi poṉ nāṟkaḻañcu ||~ niṟaitavañceyta nācciyā⟨31⟩ṟkuc cāttiyaruḷa tiruvaiyāṟuṭaiyā riṭṭa tiruvapiṣekam 1~ṉāl 9 māṟi poṉ ⟨32⟩ patiṉaiṅkaḻañcarai ||~ tiruneṟṟittiṟaṉai 1~ṉāl 8 1/2 māṟi poṉ Aiṅkaḻañce ⟨33⟩ kāl ||~tirumaṅkalanāṇ 1 tāli kaṭaittoḻiluṭpaṭa 8 1/2 māṟi poṉ kaḻañcu ||~ ⟨34⟩ tiruttāvaṭam 1~ṉāl maṇi 4 10 1~ṉāl 9 māṟi poṉ kaḻañcu ||~ tirukkaiccari 4~ṉāl 9 mā⟨35⟩ṟi poṉ Irukaḻañce mukkāle mañcāṭi ||~ veḷḷimaṇi 3 10 5~ṉāl veḷḷi ⟨36⟩ mukkāle Iraṇṭu mañcāṭiyu muṉṟu mā ||~ veḷḷikkāṟai 1~ṉāl veḷḷi ⟨37⟩ mukkāle Iraṇ⟨⟨ṭu⟩⟩ mañcāṭi Itil kotta tāli 1~ṉāl 8 1/2 māṟi poṉ Araik kaḻañcu ||~ ⟨38⟩ tiruttoṭu 2~ṉāl 8 3/4 māṟi poṉ kaḻañcarai || tiruvāram 1~ṉāl poṉ ⟨39⟩ ____ || ciraccakkaram 1~ṉāl 9 māṟi poṉ Irukaḻañcu || tirukkaṇṭavāḷi 2~ṉāl 9 mā⟨40⟩ṟi poṉ mukkāl || Uṭaiyāṟku tirumañcaṉa⟨⟨ttu⟩⟩kkuc cāttiyaruḷa Uṭaiyār coḻaviccā⟨41⟩tirappallavaraiyar Iṭṭa tiruvuttariyam 1~ṉāl poṉ mukkāle nālu mañcāṭiyu⟨42⟩m Āṟumā || māṟṟu kācumi || tiruvācikaippurimattil pāmpu 1~ṉāl poṉ kaḻañ⟨43⟩ce mukkāle Iraṇṭu mā ||~

Apparatus

⟨5⟩ tiruvotā • Read ºvutara.

⟨28⟩ [6+] • The figures engraved here are �� which may stand for 1 kaḻañju, 8 manjāḍi and 2 mā.

⟨42⟩ pāmpu • This word may also be read parampu.

Translation by Krishna Sastri 1929

Hail! Prosperity! In the 26th year of (the reign of) the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Kulōttuṅga-Chōḷadēva who had been pleased to take Madura, Īḻam (i.e., Ceylon) Karuvūr and the crowned head of the Pāṇḍya (king), the following list of sacred ornaments in the temple of the Nāyaṉār who had sprung at Tirukkaḷar, was made weighed with the kuḍiñai-kal:—

1 tirukkoḷgai; inclusive of the paṟama over this, one hundred and one kaḻañju and a half of gold of 8(5/8) fineness; silver fastened to the edges weigh fourteen kaḻañju and three-fourths.

By sixteen gold flowers in the tiruvodaramālai, twelve kaḻañju of gold of 8(1/2) fineness.

By 1 sacred upper-cloth (tiruvuttarīyam), two kaḻañju, four mañjāḍi and six mā of gold of 8(1/2) fineness.

By 1 sacred crescent (tiruppiṟai), three-fourth (kaḻañju) of gold of 8 and three-fourths fineness.

By 3 ear-flowers (kannapushpam), two kaḻañju and a quarter of gold of 8(1/2) fineness.

By 1 sacred girdle-plate (tiruppaṭṭigai-palagai), sixty-four kaḻañju and a half of gold of 8(1/4) fineness. Silver, covering the edges of this, nineteen kaḻañju and a half, four mañjāḍi and six mā. The weight of copper nails fixed in the several parts of this (ornament) is six and half palam.

By 1 gold flower given by Anniyuḍaiyār, one kaḻañju of gold. By one silver necklace in which this was strung, half a kaḻañju of silver.

By 1 sacred diadem (tiruppaṭṭam) received in the 20th (year) from the central treasury of the palace (māḷigai), seven kaḻañju and a quarter of gold.

By 1 small marriage-badge (tāli) to be worn by the goddess of the bed-chamber and one maṇi (gem), two mañjāḍi and four mā of gold. This is of 8(1/2) fineness. By 1 necklace on which this was strung, quarter (kaḻañju) of silver. Inclusive of 1 string of the marriage-badge,

1 marriage-badge, together with the kokkuvāy and paḍugaṇ, two kaḻañju of gold of 9 fineness.

By 1 garland (tiruvāśigai) made by Irāśāṇḍāṉ alias Śōḻavichchādira Pallavaraiyar of Pōdimaṅgalam in the 23rd (year of reign), for being put on (the image of) Aravābharaṇadēva, two hundred and fifty-five kaḻañju and a quarter, three mañjāḍi and five mā of gold of 8(5/16) fineness.

By 1 abhishēka, sixteen kaḻañju and a half of gold of 9(1/2) fineness.

By 1 sacred garland (tiruvāram) of this god, four kaḻanju and three-fourths, two mañjāḍi and seven mā of gold of 9(1/4) fineness.

By 2 sacred ear-rings (tirutōḍu) of this (god), three kaḻañju of gold of 8(1/4) fineness.

By 1 abhishēka of the consort of this (god), ten kaḻañju of gold of 8(1/2) fineness.

By 1 sacred garland (tiruvāram) of this (god) two kaḻañju and a quarter of gold of 8(1/2) fineness.

By 2 ear-rings (tōḍu) of this (god), two kaḻañju of gold of 8(1/2) fineness.

By 24 sacred round beads (tiruvaṭṭamaṇi), (one) haḻañju and a half of gold of 8(1/2) fineness. By 1 string of sacred round beads (tiruvaṭṭamaṇi) and 30 beads, (one) kaḻañju, two mañjāḍi and four mā of gold of 8(1/2) fineness.

By 1 string of sacred round beads and 40 beads, [1 kaḻañju, 8 mañjāḍi and 2 mā]¹ of gold of 8(1/2) fineness.

By 1 string of sacred round beads and 40 beads, two kaḻañju of gold of 8(1/2) fineness.

By 1 pair of sacred anklet (tiruchchilambu), four kaḻañju of gold of 8(3/4) fineness.

By 1 tiru-abhishēkam presented by Tiruvaiyāṟuḍaiyāṉ for being worn by the Nāchchiyār (i.e., the goddess Pārvatī) who performed full penance, fifteen kaḻañju and a half of gold of 9 fineness.

By 1 tiraṉai for the forehead, five kaḻañju and quarter of gold of 8(1/2) fineness.

By 1 string of marriage-badge inclusive of the end-workings of the marriage-badge, (one) kaḻañju of gold of 8(1/2) fineness.

By 1 sacred foot-string (tiruttāvaḍam), and 41 beads, (one) kaḻañju of gold of

9 fineness.

By 4 sacred wristlets, two kaḻañju and three fourths and (one) mañjāḍi of gold of 9 fineness.

By 35 silver beads, three-fourths of a (kaḻañju), two mañjāḍi and three mā of silver.

By 1 silver bracelet (kāṟai), three fourths (kaḻañju) and two (mañjāḍi) of silver.

By 1 marriage-badge strung on this, half a kaḻañju of gold of 8(1/2) fineness.

By 2 sacred ear-rings (tiruttōḍu), (one) kaḻañju and a half of gold of 8(3/4) fineness.

By 1 sacred garland . . . . . gold.²

By 1 head circlet (śirachakram), two kaḻañju of gold of 9 fineness.

By 2 sacred necklaces (tirukkaṇḍa-vāḷi), three-fourths (of a kaḻañju) of gold of 9 fineness.

By 1 sacred upper cloth presented by Uḍaiyār Śōḻavichchādira-Pallava-raiyar to be worn by the god during the sacred bath, three-fourths (of a kaḻañju), four (mañjāḍi) and six mā of gold.³

By 1 snake in the tiruvāśigaippurimam, (one) kaḻañju and three-fourths and two mā of gold.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.211 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 473–476, item 211.

Notes

1. Expressed by symbols: see page 474, note 1.
2. Details regarding this item are omitted to be given in the original.
3. After this occurs the phrase māṟṟu kācumi whose significance cannot be made out.

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<title type="alt">FIVE CHOLA COPPER-PLATES FROM TIRUKKALAR. No. 211.—TIRUKKALAR PLATE OF KULOTTUNGA-CHOLA III.</title>

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This is the fifth inscription in the <hi rend="bold">Tirukkaḷar</hi> set. It is engraved on both sides of the fourth plate and the inner side of the fifth. It is dated in the 29th year of the reign of <hi rend="bold">Kulōttuṅga-Chōḷadēva</hi> (i.e., Kulōttuṅga III) who took <hi rend="bold">Madura, Ceylon, Karuvūr</hi> and the crowned head of the <hi rend="bold">Pāṇḍya</hi> king and furnishes a list of gold and silver ornaments belonging to the temple at <hi rend="bold">Tirukkaḷar</hi> with their weights as measured by the standard weight called the <hi rend="italic">kuḍiñai-kal</hi> and the fineness in each case.

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<lb n="1"/><hi rend="grantha">svasti śrī</hi> <supplied reason="subaudible"><g type="ddanda">.</g></supplied> tiripuvaṉaccakkaravattikaḷ maturaiyum Īḻamuṅ karuvūrum pāṇṭiyaṉ muṭittalaiyuṅ koṇṭaruḷi

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<lb n="5" break="no"/>ṟ tiraitta veḷḷi patiṉāṟkaḻañce mukkāl <g type="ddanda">.</g><g type="dashLong">.</g> tiruvotāramālai poṟpū pa

<lb n="6" break="no"/>tiṉāṟināl 8 1/2 māṟi poṉ paṉṉiru kaḻañcu <g type="ddanda">.</g><g type="dashLong">.</g> tiruvuttariyam 1<g type="dash"/>ṉāl 8 1/2 māṟi

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<lb n="10"/>nāṟkaḻañcarai Itaṉ viḷimpittiraitta veḷḷi pattoṉpatiṉ kaḻañcaraiy

<lb n="11" break="no"/>e nālu mañcāṭiyum Āṟumā Itaṉuḷ palaviṭattun taitta ceppāṇi Iṭai

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<lb n="19"/>Irācāṇṭāṉāna coḻaviccātarappallavaraiyar ceyvitta tiruvācikai 1<g type="dash"/>ṉā

<lb n="20" break="no"/>l 8vapa māṟi poṉ Irunūṟṟaimpattu Aiṅkaḻañce kāle muṉṟu

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<lb n="29"/>tiruvaṭṭamaṇivaṭam 1<g type="dash"/>ṉāl maṇi <num value="40">4 <g type="numeral">10</g></num><g type="dash"/>ṉāl 8 1/2 māṟi poṉ Irukaḻañcu <g type="ddanda">.</g><g type="dashLong">.</g>tirucci

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<lb n="39"/><space type="vacat" quantity="4" unit="character"/> <g type="ddanda">.</g> ciraccakkaram 1<g type="dash"/>ṉāl 9 māṟi poṉ Irukaḻañcu <g type="ddanda">.</g> tirukkaṇṭavāḷi 2<g type="dash"/>ṉāl 9 mā

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<lb n="43" break="no"/>ce mukkāle Iraṇṭu mā <g type="ddanda">.</g><g type="dashLong">.</g>

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<lem>tiruvotā</lem>

<note>Read ºvutara.</note>

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<note>The figures engraved here are �� which may stand for 1 <foreign>kaḻañju</foreign>, 8 <foreign>manjāḍi</foreign> and 2 <foreign>mā</foreign>.</note>

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Hail! Prosperity! In the 26th year of (<hi rend="italic">the reign of</hi>) the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious <hi rend="bold">Kulōttuṅga-Chōḷadēva</hi> who had been pleased to take <hi rend="bold">Madura, Īḻam</hi> (<hi rend="italic">i.e.</hi>, Ceylon) <hi rend="bold">Karuvūr</hi> and the crowned head of the <hi rend="bold">Pāṇḍya</hi> (<hi rend="italic">king</hi>), the following list of sacred ornaments in the temple of the <hi rend="bold">Nāyaṉār</hi> who had sprung at <hi rend="bold">Tirukkaḷar</hi>, was made weighed with the <hi rend="italic">kuḍiñai-kal:</hi>—

1 <hi rend="italic">tirukkoḷgai</hi>; inclusive of the <hi rend="italic">paṟama</hi> over this, one hundred and one <hi rend="italic">kaḻañju</hi> and a half of gold of 8(5/8) fineness; silver fastened to the edges weigh fourteen <hi rend="italic">kaḻañju</hi> and three-fourths.

By sixteen gold flowers in the <hi rend="italic">tiruvodaramālai</hi>, twelve <hi rend="italic">kaḻañju</hi> of gold of 8(1/2) fineness.

By 1 sacred upper-cloth (<hi rend="italic">tiruvuttarīyam</hi>), two <hi rend="italic">kaḻañju</hi>, four <hi rend="italic">mañjāḍi</hi> and six <hi rend="italic">mā</hi> of gold of 8(1/2) fineness.

By 1 sacred crescent (<hi rend="italic">tiruppiṟai</hi>), three-fourth (<hi rend="italic">kaḻañju</hi>) of gold of 8 and three-fourths fineness.

By 3 ear-flowers (<hi rend="italic">kannapushpam</hi>), two <hi rend="italic">kaḻañju</hi> and a quarter of gold of 8(1/2) fineness.

By 1 sacred girdle-plate (<hi rend="italic">tiruppaṭṭigai-palagai</hi>), sixty-four <hi rend="italic">kaḻañju</hi> and a half of gold of 8(1/4) fineness. Silver, covering the edges of this, nineteen <hi rend="italic">kaḻañju</hi> and a half, four <hi rend="italic">mañjāḍi</hi> and six <hi rend="italic">mā</hi>. The weight of copper nails fixed in the several parts of this (<hi rend="italic">ornament</hi>) is six and half <hi rend="italic">palam</hi>.

By 1 gold flower given by <hi rend="bold">Anniyuḍaiyār</hi>, one <hi rend="italic">kaḻañju</hi> of gold. By one silver necklace in which this was strung, half a <hi rend="italic">kaḻañju</hi> of silver.

By 1 sacred diadem (<hi rend="italic">tiruppaṭṭam</hi>) received in the 20th (year) from the central treasury of the palace (<hi rend="italic">māḷigai</hi>), seven <hi rend="italic">kaḻañju</hi> and a quarter of gold.

By 1 small marriage-badge (<hi rend="italic">tāli</hi>) to be worn by the goddess of the bed-chamber and one <hi rend="italic">maṇi</hi> (gem), two <hi rend="italic">mañjāḍi</hi> and four <hi rend="italic">mā</hi> of gold. This is of 8(1/2) fineness. By 1 necklace on which this was strung, quarter (<hi rend="italic">kaḻañju</hi>) of silver. Inclusive of 1 string of the marriage-badge,

1 marriage-badge, together with the <hi rend="italic">kokkuvāy</hi> and <hi rend="italic">paḍugaṇ</hi>, two <hi rend="italic">kaḻañju</hi> of gold of 9 fineness.

By 1 garland (<hi rend="italic">tiruvāśigai</hi>) made by <hi rend="bold">Irāśāṇḍāṉ</hi> <hi rend="italic">alias</hi> <hi rend="bold">Śōḻavichchādira Pallavaraiyar</hi> of <hi rend="bold">Pōdimaṅgalam</hi> in the 23rd (<hi rend="italic">year of reign</hi>), for being put on (<hi rend="italic">the image of</hi>) <hi rend="bold">Aravābharaṇadēva</hi>, two hundred and fifty-five <hi rend="italic">kaḻañju</hi> and a quarter, three <hi rend="italic">mañjāḍi</hi> and five <hi rend="italic">mā</hi> of gold of 8(5/16) fineness.

By 1 <hi rend="italic">abhishēka</hi>, sixteen <hi rend="italic">kaḻañju</hi> and a half of gold of 9(1/2) fineness.

By 1 sacred garland (<hi rend="italic">tiruvāram</hi>) of this god, four <hi rend="italic">kaḻanju</hi> and three-fourths, two <hi rend="italic">mañjāḍi</hi> and seven <hi rend="italic">mā</hi> of gold of 9(1/4) fineness.

By 2 sacred ear-rings (<hi rend="italic">tirutōḍu</hi>) of this (<hi rend="italic">god</hi>), three <hi rend="italic">kaḻañju</hi> of gold of 8(1/4) fineness.

By 1 <hi rend="italic">abhishēka</hi> of the consort of this (<hi rend="italic">god</hi>), ten <hi rend="italic">kaḻañju</hi> of gold of 8(1/2) fineness.

By 1 sacred garland (<hi rend="italic">tiruvāram</hi>) of this (<hi rend="italic">god</hi>) two <hi rend="italic">kaḻañju</hi> and a quarter of gold of 8(1/2) fineness.

By 2 ear-rings (<hi rend="italic">tōḍu</hi>) of this (<hi rend="italic">god</hi>), two <hi rend="italic">kaḻañju</hi> of gold of 8(1/2) fineness.

By 24 sacred round beads (<hi rend="italic">tiruvaṭṭamaṇi), (one) haḻañju</hi> and a half of gold of 8(1/2) fineness. By 1 string of sacred round beads (<hi rend="italic">tiruvaṭṭamaṇi</hi>) and 30 beads, (<hi rend="italic">one) kaḻañju</hi>, two <hi rend="italic">mañjāḍi</hi> and four <hi rend="italic">mā</hi> of gold of 8(1/2) fineness.

By 1 string of sacred round beads and 40 beads, [1 <hi rend="italic">kaḻañju</hi>, 8 mañjāḍi and 2 <hi rend="italic">mā</hi>]<note>Expressed by symbols: see page 474, note 1.</note> of gold of 8(1/2) fineness.

By 1 string of sacred round beads and 40 beads, two <hi rend="italic">kaḻañju</hi> of gold of 8(1/2) fineness.

By 1 pair of sacred anklet (<hi rend="italic">tiruchchilambu</hi>), four <hi rend="italic">kaḻañju</hi> of gold of 8(3/4) fineness.

By 1 <hi rend="italic">tiru-abhishēkam</hi> presented by <hi rend="bold">Tiruvaiyāṟuḍaiyāṉ</hi> for being worn by the <hi rend="bold">Nāchchiyār</hi> (<hi rend="italic">i.e.</hi>, the goddess Pārvatī) who performed full penance, fifteen <hi rend="italic">kaḻañju</hi> and a half of gold of 9 fineness.

By 1 <hi rend="italic">tiraṉai</hi> for the forehead, five <hi rend="italic">kaḻañju</hi> and quarter of gold of 8(1/2) fineness.

By 1 string of marriage-badge inclusive of the end-workings of the marriage-badge, (<hi rend="italic">one) kaḻañju</hi> of gold of 8(1/2) fineness.

By 1 sacred foot-string (<hi rend="italic">tiruttāvaḍam</hi>), and 41 beads, (<hi rend="italic">one) kaḻañju</hi> of gold of

9 fineness.

By 4 sacred wristlets, two <hi rend="italic">kaḻañju</hi> and three fourths and (<hi rend="italic">one) mañjāḍi</hi> of gold of 9 fineness.

By 35 silver beads, three-fourths of a (<hi rend="italic">kaḻañju</hi>), two <hi rend="italic">mañjāḍi</hi> and three <hi rend="italic">mā</hi> of silver.

By 1 silver bracelet (<hi rend="italic">kāṟai</hi>), three fourths (<hi rend="italic">kaḻañju</hi>) and two (<hi rend="italic">mañjāḍi</hi>) of silver.

By 1 marriage-badge strung on this, half a <hi rend="italic">kaḻañju</hi> of gold of 8(1/2) fineness.

By 2 sacred ear-rings (<hi rend="italic">tiruttōḍu), (one) kaḻañju</hi> and a half of gold of 8(3/4) fineness.

By 1 sacred garland . . . . . gold.<note>Details regarding this item are omitted to be given in the original.</note>

By 1 head circlet (<hi rend="italic">śirachakram</hi>), two <hi rend="italic">kaḻañju</hi> of gold of 9 fineness.

By 2 sacred necklaces (<hi rend="italic">tirukkaṇḍa-vāḷi</hi>), three-fourths (<hi rend="italic">of a kaḻañju</hi>) of gold of 9 fineness.

By 1 sacred upper cloth presented by Uḍaiyār <hi rend="bold">Śōḻavichchādira-Pallava-raiyar</hi> to be worn by the god during the sacred bath, three-fourths (<hi rend="italic">of a kaḻañju</hi>), four (<hi rend="italic">mañjāḍi</hi>) and six <hi rend="italic">mā</hi> of gold.<note>After this occurs the phrase <foreign>māṟṟu kācumi</foreign> whose significance cannot be made out.</note>

By 1 snake in the <hi rend="italic">tiruvāśigaippurimam, (one) kaḻañju</hi> and three-fourths and two <hi rend="italic">mā</hi> of gold.

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