SII 12.56: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Alternative title: “Nandivarman III. No. 56. (A.R. No. 144 of 1928-29). ŚEṈṈIVĀYAKKĀL, LALGUDI TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON A HERO-STONE NEAR THE RUINED GŌPURA OF THE ŚIVA TEMPLE.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This record is engraved on a hero-stone bearing the figure of a Brahman being pierced by an arrow near the neck. It is dated in the 21st year of Nandippōttaraiyar ‘who obtained the kingdom after defeating (his enemies at) Teḷḷāṟu’. The inscription is damaged and it refers to a certain Māvali (i.e., a Bāṇa chieftain) and to a raid causing the destruction of a maṭha, in saving which a Brahman hero named Śattimuṟṟattēvaṉ met with his death. The record mentions the temple of Arindigai-Īśvaram built at Parāntakapuram, which must have been respectively named after the Chōḷa kings Ariñjaya and his father Parāntaka I who flourished a century later. From palaeography also the record may be assigned to the 10th century A.D. It, therefore appears to be a later copy of the original record. The mention of a Bāṇa chief outside the Bāṇa territory is noteworthy.

Language: Tamil (tam).

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] teḷ-
⟨2⟩ ḷāṟṟeṟintu
⟨3⟩ rājya(mu)ṅko-
⟨4⟩ ṇṭa nantip-
⟨5⟩ pottaraiyar⟨k⟩-
⟨6⟩ ku yāṇṭu Iru-
⟨7⟩ pattoṉṟāvatu
⟨8⟩ parāntakapurat-
⟨9⟩ tu Aṟinti-
⟨10⟩ kaiĪśvaragṛ-
⟨11⟩ haṃ śāsana-
⟨12⟩ t=tāluṭaiyo-
⟨13⟩ rum [****]
⟨14⟩ [**] taḷi-
⟨15⟩ yilātāki niṉṟa bhaṭṭareṉ māvali yani-
⟨16⟩ yasthānamāḷvāṉ ce(vaṇaṟ kuṇṭu) ko-
⟨17⟩ ṇṭu vantu maṭamuñ cuṭṭuk kātta śigura-
⟨18⟩ varaiyu meṟintu Ivar śiṣyan Oru brā-
⟨19⟩ hmaṇaṉ cattimuṟṟattevan ṟuṇṭupa-
⟨20⟩ ṭṭāṉ valluva(ṉāṭ)ṭāṉ [||]

Commentary

⟨19⟩ cattimuṟṟattevan. His name suggests that he was probably a native of Śattimuṟṟam which is a village close to Paṭṭiśam in the ṭanjore district. The Tamil poet Śattimuṟṟappulavar hailed from this village. The inscriptions from this place are A.R. Nos. 262-270 of 1927.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.56 by Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. 1943. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Page 23, item 56.

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