SII 12.149: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Alternative title: “No. 149. (A.R. No. 296 of 1913). CHIDAMBARAM, CHIDAMBARAM TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE THIRD PRĀKĀRA IN THE NAṬARĀJA TEMPLE.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This inscription gives an insight into the management of temple affairs. It is dated in the 6th year of Sakalabhuvanachakravartti Avaṉiyāḷappiṟandār alias Kōpperuñjiṅgadēva. The temple at Chidambaram was at this time managed by a committee consisting of the following members and groups, viz., Jayatuṅgap-Pallavaraiyar, Tillaämbalap-Pallavaraiyar, Māhēśvara-kaṇkāṇiśeyvār, Śrīkāryañśeyvār, Sāmudāyañcheyvār, Kōyilnāyakañcheyvār, Tirumāḷigaikkūṟuśeyvār and the accountants.

It registers a grant of land made by Śoṭṭai-Nāyaka alias Kumāra-Bhaṭṭa of Irāyūr residing in Poṉmēyndaśōḻa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam for a flower garden called ‘Tirunilai-Aḻagiyāḷ’ for supplying flowers to the god and the goddess Tirukkāmakkōṭṭamuḍaiya Periyanāchchiyār with an additional plot by purchase from Poṉṉāṇḍi, wife of Uḻaichchāṇan Mādēvaṉ Tiruchchiṟṟambalamuḍaiyāṉ of Perumbaṟṟappuliyūr, as tirunāmattukkāṇi, for the maintenance of the person looking after this garden.

The village Poṉmēyndaśōḻa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam must have been so named after the title of Kulōttuṅga-Chōḷa II.¹ The inscription purpots to be an order of Śōḻakōṉ.

Language: Tamil (tam).

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī ḷa sakalapuvaṉaccakkaravattikaḷ śrī Avaṉiyāḷappiṟantārāṉa kopperuñciṅka tevaṟku yāṇṭu Āṟāvatu coḻakoṉ Olai [|] jayatuṅkappallavaraiyarum tillaiAmpalappalla varaiyarum Uṭaiyār tirucciṟṟampalamuṭaiyār koyil śrīmāheśvara-
⟨2⟩ kkaṇkāṇiceyvārkaḷum śrīkāriyañ ceyvārkaḷum sāmutāyañ ceyvārkaḷum koyilnāyakañ ceyvārkaḷum tirumāḷikaikkūṟu ceyvārkaḷum kaṇakkarum kaṇṭu viṭu tan(ta)tāvatu [|] koyilukkum tirukkāmakkoṭṭamuṭaiya
⟨3⟩ periyanācciyārkkum ciṟappākac cāttiAruḷat tiruppūmaṇṭapattukku mutalākat tiruppaḷḷit tāmam Aḷakka poṉme⟨y⟩ntacoḻaccaruppetimaṅkalattu Irāyūrc coṭṭaināyakarāṉa śrī kumārapaṭṭaṉ tirunilaiAḻakiyāḷ tirunanta-
⟨4⟩ vaṉameṉṉum tirunāmattāl{c} ceykiṟa tirunantavaṉattukku kuṇṭatarappāṭiyāṉa tirucciṟṟam palamaṅkalattum Irāmatevamaṅkalattum putukkoḷḷiṭaĀṟṟukku vaṭakaraippaṭṭa naṭuvilkkāṭ(ṭi)l Ivaṉkāṇiyāṉa kollaiyil Ū-
⟨5⟩ rmāviynta kaṭamai kuṭimai Ivvūril Ivaṉ kāṇiyāṉa nilattil Eṟṟi yiṟukka kaṭavaṉāka viṭṭa kollai kuḻi muṉṉūṟṟu Irupatum tirunantavaṉam ceyya Oṉṟekāl Āṉimutal koṇṭu nāḷ Oṉṟukku koyilukku kuṟuṇittirup-
⟨6⟩ paḷḷittāmamum tirukkāmakkoṭṭamuṭaiya periyanācciyār koyilukku kuṟuṇit tiruppaḷḷittāmamum Aḷakkavum Ivvāḷukkuk koṟṟukkum tiruppāvāṭaippuṟam tirunāmattuk kāṇiyākavum perumpaṟṟappuliyūril Uḻaiccāṇan
⟨7⟩ mātevaṉ tirucciṟṟampalamuṭaiyāṉ brāhmaṇi poṉṉāṇṭi pakkal mituṉakkuṭikku [****] tillaipperumāḷ tirucciṟṟampalamuṭaiyāṉāṉa viracoḻabrahmārāyar peril Ivvūrt ten piṭākai puvalokamāṇikkavaḷanāṭṭup pirā [**]
⟨8⟩ ṭāṉ pāṟvatinallūrp pālacuntaracoḻavatikkuk kiḻakkuc coḷentirasiṁhavāykkālukkut teṟkku muṉṟāṅ kaṇṇāṟṟu nālāñcatirattu ko(ṭu)(t)tāḷeṉṟuperuṭai⟨ya⟩ nilamāy vilaikoṇṭa Ūrppaṭi nilam mukkāle Orumāvaraiyil
⟨9⟩ Inta tirunantavaṉakkuṭikaḷukku koṟṟukku Uṭalāka vaṭakkaṭaiya viṭṭa nilam Araiyum nikki nilam Aṟumāvaraiyum tiruppāvāṭaippuṟat tirunāmattukkāṇiyum tillaināyakaṉ perumpaṇṭārattukku mutalākap poṉakappaḻaṉellu Aḷakkavum Innila-
⟨10⟩ m mukkāle Oru māvaraikkum tarappaṭi maṭakku mukkāṇi muntirikaikkiḻaraiye Iraṇṭumāvukkum Ūrmāvinta kaṭamai{y} kuṭimai Ūril{k}kaḻikka mulaparuṭaiyār Eḻutiṉa niyokamum Inta nilamum kollaiyum tirunāmattukkāṇiyākat tanta piramāṇamum mulap-
⟨11⟩ piramāṇaṅkaḷum tirunantavaṉakkuṭimai koṇṭa tiṭṭum tirukkai Oṭṭip paṇṭārattu Oṭukkavum [|] Ippaṭikkut tirumāḷikaiyil kal veṭṭuvatākap paṇṇuvate [|] I(vai) coḻakoṉ Eḻuttu Eṉṟum vanta Eva⟨ṟ⟩{t}tiṭṭiṉpaṭi kal veṭṭiyatu ◯ ḷa

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī ḷa sakalapuvaṉaccakkaravattikaḷ śrī Avaṉiyāḷappiṟantārāṉa kopperuñciṅka tevaṟku yāṇṭu Āṟāvatu coḻakoṉ Olai [|] jayatuṅkappallavaraiyarum tillaiAmpalappalla varaiyarum Uṭaiyār tirucciṟṟampalamuṭaiyār koyil śrīmāheśvara⟨2⟩kkaṇkāṇiceyvārkaḷum śrīkāriyañ ceyvārkaḷum sāmutāyañ ceyvārkaḷum koyilnāyakañ ceyvārkaḷum tirumāḷikaikkūṟu ceyvārkaḷum kaṇakkarum kaṇṭu viṭu tan(ta)tāvatu [|] koyilukkum tirukkāmakkoṭṭamuṭaiya ⟨3⟩ periyanācciyārkkum ciṟappākac cāttiAruḷat tiruppūmaṇṭapattukku mutalākat tiruppaḷḷit tāmam Aḷakka poṉme⟨y⟩ntacoḻaccaruppetimaṅkalattu Irāyūrc coṭṭaināyakarāṉa śrī kumārapaṭṭaṉ tirunilaiAḻakiyāḷ tirunanta⟨4⟩vaṉameṉṉum tirunāmattāl{c} ceykiṟa tirunantavaṉattukku kuṇṭatarappāṭiyāṉa tirucciṟṟam palamaṅkalattum Irāmatevamaṅkalattum putukkoḷḷiṭaĀṟṟukku vaṭakaraippaṭṭa naṭuvilkkāṭ(ṭi)l Ivaṉkāṇiyāṉa kollaiyil Ū⟨5⟩rmāviynta kaṭamai kuṭimai Ivvūril Ivaṉ kāṇiyāṉa nilattil Eṟṟi yiṟukka kaṭavaṉāka viṭṭa kollai kuḻi muṉṉūṟṟu Irupatum tirunantavaṉam ceyya Oṉṟekāl Āṉimutal koṇṭu nāḷ Oṉṟukku koyilukku kuṟuṇittirup⟨6⟩paḷḷittāmamum tirukkāmakkoṭṭamuṭaiya periyanācciyār koyilukku kuṟuṇit tiruppaḷḷittāmamum Aḷakkavum Ivvāḷukkuk koṟṟukkum tiruppāvāṭaippuṟam tirunāmattuk kāṇiyākavum perumpaṟṟappuliyūril Uḻaiccāṇan ⟨7⟩ mātevaṉ tirucciṟṟampalamuṭaiyāṉ brāhmaṇi poṉṉāṇṭi pakkal mituṉakkuṭikku [4+] tillaipperumāḷ tirucciṟṟampalamuṭaiyāṉāṉa viracoḻabrahmārāyar peril Ivvūrt ten piṭākai puvalokamāṇikkavaḷanāṭṭup pirā [2+] ⟨8⟩ ṭāṉ pāṟvatinallūrp pālacuntaracoḻavatikkuk kiḻakkuc coḷentirasiṁhavāykkālukkut teṟkku muṉṟāṅ kaṇṇāṟṟu nālāñcatirattu ko(ṭu)(t)tāḷeṉṟuperuṭai⟨ya⟩ nilamāy vilaikoṇṭa Ūrppaṭi nilam mukkāle Orumāvaraiyil ⟨9⟩ Inta tirunantavaṉakkuṭikaḷukku koṟṟukku Uṭalāka vaṭakkaṭaiya viṭṭa nilam Araiyum nikki nilam Aṟumāvaraiyum tiruppāvāṭaippuṟat tirunāmattukkāṇiyum tillaināyakaṉ perumpaṇṭārattukku mutalākap poṉakappaḻaṉellu Aḷakkavum Innila⟨10⟩m mukkāle Oru māvaraikkum tarappaṭi maṭakku mukkāṇi muntirikaikkiḻaraiye Iraṇṭumāvukkum Ūrmāvinta kaṭamai{y} kuṭimai Ūril{k}kaḻikka mulaparuṭaiyār Eḻutiṉa niyokamum Inta nilamum kollaiyum tirunāmattukkāṇiyākat tanta piramāṇamum mulap⟨11⟩piramāṇaṅkaḷum tirunantavaṉakkuṭimai koṇṭa tiṭṭum tirukkai Oṭṭip paṇṭārattu Oṭukkavum [|] Ippaṭikkut tirumāḷikaiyil kal veṭṭuvatākap paṇṇuvate [|] I(vai) coḻakoṉ Eḻuttu Eṉṟum vanta Eva⟨ṟ⟩{t}tiṭṭiṉpaṭi kal veṭṭiyatu ◯ ḷa

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.149 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. Pages 77–78, item 149.

Notes

1. Ep. Rep. for 1927, p. 81.

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<p>It registers a grant of land made by Śoṭṭai-Nāyaka <hi rend="italic">alias</hi> Kumāra-Bhaṭṭa of Irāyūr residing in Poṉmēyndaśōḻa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam for a flower garden called ‘Tirunilai-Aḻagiyāḷ’ for supplying flowers to the god and the goddess Tirukkāmakkōṭṭamuḍaiya Periyanāchchiyār with an additional plot by purchase from Poṉṉāṇḍi, wife of Uḻaichchāṇan Mādēvaṉ Tiruchchiṟṟambalamuḍaiyāṉ of Perumbaṟṟappuliyūr, as <hi rend="italic">tirunāmattukkāṇi,</hi> for the maintenance of the person looking after this garden.</p>

<p>The village Poṉmēyndaśōḻa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam must have been so named after the title of Kulōttuṅga-Chōḷa II.<note><hi rend="italic">Ep. Rep.</hi> for 1927, p. 81.</note> The inscription purpots to be an order of Śōḻakōṉ.</p>

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