# SII 12.86: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: APARAJITAVARMAN. No. 86. (A.R. No. 31 of 1912).
SATYAVĒḌU, PONNERI TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON A STONE LYING IN THE
COURTYARD OF THE MĀTAṄGĒŚVARA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0086

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0086.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This inscription, dated in the 4th year of Aparājitavarman, registers a
gift of the village Tuṟaiyūr including its income in gold and puravu for
conducting worship in the temple of Mahādēva at Tirumataṅgaṉpaḷḷi[1] in
Tekkūr-nāḍu, a subdivision of Paiyyūr-Iḷaṅkōṭṭam, by Kumārandai
Kuṟumbarādittan[2] alias Kāḍupaṭṭippēraraiyaṉ who is stated to have
belonged to Śēra-nāḍu.

The term puravu[3] may be explained as a tax on land, which was
collected either in kind or coin (cf. puravu-poṉ: S.I.I. Vol. II, p.
512). A special department called puravuvari-tiṇaikkaḷam seems to have
managed its collection. Tuṟaiyūr which is said to have been situated in
Tekkūr-nāḍu may be identified with the village of the same name in the
Madurantakam taluk of the Chingleput district.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] ⟨2⟩ kova⟨pa⟩rāyitapaṟmaṟku yāṇ⟨3⟩ṭu nālāvatu
paiyyūriḷaṅ⟨4⟩koṭṭattut tekkūrnāṭ⟨5⟩ṭut tirumataṅkaṉpaḷ⟨6⟩ḷi mahādevaṟku
Innāṭ⟨7⟩ṭut tuṟaiyūrp (po)ṉṉu⟨8⟩m puravum maṭaṅka Arccanā⟨9⟩bhogamākak
kuṭutteṉ ⟨10⟩ ceranāṭuṭaiya kumāran⟨11⟩tai kuṟumparātittanāki⟨12⟩ya
kāṭupaṭṭip perarai⟨13⟩yaṉeṉ [|] Ittaṉma⟨14⟩m rakṣittā ṉaṭi yeṉ ⟨15⟩ ṟa
laimalaṉa [∥]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.86 by Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu
1943 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

### Primary

[SII] Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. & C. R. Krishnamacharlu. 1943. South Indian
inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in
English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Pages
36–37, item 86.

[1] For place-names ending with paḷḷi, having Jaina associations, cf.
Tiruchchināppaḷḷi, Tirukkāṭṭāmpaḷḷi etc. Probably Tirumataṅgaṉpaḷḷi also
was once a Jaina centre.

[2] The titles Kuṟumbarādittan ‘the Sun among the Kuṟumbas’ and
Kāḍupaṭṭippēraraiyaṉ given to the chief show that he had some connection
with the Pallavas.

[3] With Puravu compare the term Iravu; S.I.I., Vol. III., p. 291, ll.
130-31.