# SII 12.124: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 124. (A.R. No. 73 of 1918). IN THE SECOND GŌPURA
(RIGHT OF ENTRANCE) OF THE SAME TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0124

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII12/DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0124.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This important record, dated in the 10th year, is unfortunately damaged
and left unfinished. It refers to a battle that was fought at Perumbalūr
(probably Perambalūr in the Trichinopoly district) wherein
Kōpperuñjiṅgadēva is said to have defeated and killed some Hoysaḷa
generals of whom the names of Kēśava, Harihara and Tīkkāṉaip-perumāḷ are
legible in the record, and also to have captured their ladies and
treasures. In expiation of this act Avaṉiāḷappiṟandāṉ alias
Kōpperuñjiṅgadēva of Kūḍal in Kīḻ-Āmūr-nāḍu, a subdivision of
Tirumuṉaippāḍi, made a gift of a gold forehead-plate called
‘Avaṉi-āḷappiṟandāṉ’ set with jewels for the god
Tirumudukuṉṟamuḍaiya-Nāyaṉār and of cows for the maintenance of sacred
lamps in the temple.

The Hoysaḷa general Kēśava is probably identical with the officer of the
same name figuring in a record of the 24th year of Rājarāja III at
Conjeeveram.[1]

In the astronomical details given, śu must be a mistake for ba, for the
former cannot combine with nakshatra Rēvatī in the month of Siṁha. There
is not corresponding Christian date in the reign of Kōpperuñjiṅga II for
the details given, but they work satisfactorily for A.D. 1241, July 29,
Monday. This date falls in the reign of Kōpperuñjiṅgadēva I, assuming
that, as suggested elsewhere,[2] this chief commenced his regnal year
from A.D. 1231-32, the date of the imprisonment of the Chōḷa king
Rājarāja III at Śēndamaṅgalam. The present record would then belong to
Kōpperuñjiṅga I.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrīḥ [∥] sakalabhuvanaccakravattikaḷ śrīkopperuñciṅkatevaṟku
yāṇ⟨2⟩ṭu 10⁓Āvatu siṁhanāyaṟṟu pūrvvapakṣattu pañcamiyum
tiṅkaḷkiḻa(maiyum peṟ)⟨3⟩ṟa revatināḷ vaṭakarai
virutarāja(paya)ṅkaravaḷanāṭṭu meṟkāṉāṭṭu Iruṅkoḷa⟨4⟩ppāṭip
paruvūṟkūṟṟattu Uṭaiyār tirumutukuṉṟamuṭaiyanāyaṉārkku
tirumuṉai⟨5⟩ppāṭik kiḻāmūrnāṭṭuk kūṭal (AvaṉiĀ)ḷappi(ṟantāṉāṉa)
kopperuñciṅkaṉ ⟨6⟩ perumpalūril pocaḷaṉār daṇḍan(āyaka)m ceyvārkaḷil
[2+] (va) [2+] (ṉāṉa) kecavaṉum ⟨7⟩ hariharadaṇḍanāyakaṉum
(yatipati)tevaṉum tikkāṉaipperumāḷ Uḷḷiṭṭa daṇḍanā⟨8⟩ya{k}kañceyvārkaḷai
Uyuttakaḷattile [4+] (taruḷi) [4+] Ivarkaḷ peṇṭi⟨r⟩paṇṭā⟨9⟩ra muḷpaṭak
kavarntukoṇṭa Itukku prā(yaccittamāka) Iṉṉāyaṉār tirumeṉiyil
cātti⟨10⟩aruḷa AvaṉiĀḷappiṟantāṉ Eṉṉum tirunāmattāl [|]
cāruratnamayaMpaṭṭamavanyava⟨11⟩nasaMbhavaḥ dideśa tridaśeśāya
śrīvṛddhagirivāsine [|] Ippaṭiyāl cāttiAruḷiṉa ti⟨12⟩ruppaṭṭam 1⁓l ceyta
mukam 3⁓l tacca komaḷam 3⁓m vayirattaruppu 7 10 2⁓m piñcum
(nilai)⟨13⟩Āṇiyum Uṭpaṭppaṭi poṉ 100 2 10 7 � :— Iṉṉāḷil ney ĀṭiAruḷa
viṭṭa pacu 2 100⁓m ⟨14⟩ pāl ĀṭiAruḷa viṭṭa pacu 9 10⁓m Āka pacu 2(9)0
Itil

## Commentary

⟨14⟩ The inscription is left unfinished.

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.124 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
61–62, item 124.

[1] A.R. No. 612 of 1919.

[2] Ep. Ind. Vol. XXIII, p. 176.