SII 12.157: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – No. 157. (A.R. No. 318 of 1913). CHIDAMBARAM, CHIDAMBARAM TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE THIRD PRĀKĀRA IN THE NAṬARĀJA TEMPLE.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0157.

Summary: This record, also dated in the 9th year of the chief, registers an order of Śōḻakōṉ making a gift of 27 and odd mā of land, by purchase from several individuals, for the maintenance of gardeners working in three different gardens, namely, one, in Koṟṟaṅguḍi alias Pavittiramāṇikkanallūr, hamlet of Perumbaṟṟappuliyūr, and the others called ‘Avaṉiyāḷappiṟandāṉ-teṅgu-tirunandavaṉam’ in the same village and ‘Adiravīśiāḍuvāṉ-tirunandavaṉam’ at Maḍandayarmāṇikkanallūr. The gift is stated to have been made for the welfare of Kōpperuñjiṅga (dēvar tirumēṉikku naṉṟāga). The lands purchased were situated in the dēvadāna villages of (given by) Tamiḻnāḍukātta-Pallavaraiyar.1

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

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

Version: (9e960d9), last modified (a2a3285).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī ◯௳ sakalabhuvanacakravattikaḷ Avaṉiāḷappiṟantārāṉa śrī kopperuñciṅkatevarkku yāṇṭu Oṉpatāvatu coḻakoṉ Olai [|] teṉṉavaṉ brahmamārāyarum jayatuṅkapallavara(yaru)m tirucciṟṟampalappallavara(yaru)m Uṭaiyār tirucciṟṟampalamuṭaiyār koyiṟ śrīmāheśvara ⟨k⟩kāṇkāṇi ceyvārkaḷum śrīkāriyañce [9+] ⟨2⟩ yañ ceyvārkaḷum koyilnāyakañ ceyvārkaḷum tirumāḷikaikkūṟu ceyvārkaḷum kaṇakkarum kaṇṭu viṭu tantatāvatu [|] Uṭaiyār tirucciṟṟampalamuṭaiyārkkum tirukkāmakkoṭṭamuṭaiya periyanācciyārkkum tevar tirumeṉikku naṉṟāka perumāḷ(p)piḷḷaiyāṉa coḻakoṉār ceyvitta perumpaṟṟappuliyūrp piṭākai koṟṟaṅkuṭiyāṉa pavittiramā(ṇikkanallūr) ⟨3⟩ tirunantavaṉakkuṭikaḷukkum Ivvūril AvaṉiĀḷappiṟantāṉ teṅku tirunantavaṉakkuṭikaḷukkum maṭantayarmāṇikkanallūril AtiraviciĀṭuvāṉ tirunantavaṉakkuṭikaḷukku jīvitam Aṭaikkat tamiḻnāṭukāttāṉ pallavarayar tevatānamāṉa Ūrkaḷil tirunāmattukkāṇiyāka Oṉpatāvatu vilaikoṇṭa virutarājapayaṅkakavaḷanāṭṭuk kiḻkkālnāṭṭu[4+] liru [2+] ⟨4⟩ pākkamuṭaiyāṉ teṉṉavataraya(ṉ) pakkal vilaikoṇṭa viranārāyaṇavatikkuk kiḻakku keruṭavākaṉavāy⟨k⟩kālukkut teṟku Aiñcāṅkaṇṇāṟṟu muṉṟāñcatirattu Oṭai nilam Araimāvum Āṟāṅkaṇṇāṟṟu muṉṟāñcatirattu nilam Iraṇṭu māmukkāṇiyum Eḻāṅkaṇṇāṟṟu mutal catirattu nilam muṉṟumāvum muṉṟāñcatirattu nilam mukkāṇiyum Oṉpatāṅka⟨ṇ⟩ṉāṟ(ṟu) [3+] tirattu ⟨5⟩ nilam Iraṇṭu māvum pattāṅkaṇṇāṟṟu muṉṟāñcatirattu nilam Oru māvum śrīdharavatikkuk kiḻakku mutal kaṇṇāṟṟu nālāñcatirattu nilam Orumāvum Iraṇṭāṅkaṇṇāṟṟu muṉṟāñcatirattu nilam Orumāvaraiyum piratiyaṅkaraiyar kāṇiyāy Ivar pakkal vilaikoṇṭa viranārāyaṇavatikkuk kiḻakku Ivvāykkālu(kku teṟ)ku Iraṇṭāṅkaṇṇāṟṟu mu [3+] Araimā⟨6⟩vum nālāṅkaṇṇāṟṟu muṉṟāñcatirattu nilam Oru māvum pattāṅkaṇṇāṟṟu nālāñcatirattu nilam Iraṇṭu māvum śrītaravatikkuk kiḻakku mutal kaṇṇāṟṟu Iraṇṭāñcatirattu nilam mukkāṇiyum Āka nilam patinālumā mukkāṇiyum Ivvūril marutūruṭaiyāṉ vākicapperumāṉum cakramutūruṭaiyāṉ tirucciṟṟampalamuṭaiyāṉ Uḷḷiṭṭār pakkal vilaikoṇṭa [4+] (mā) Iraṇ⟨7⟩pāñcatirattu nilam muṉṟumāvum Āka nilam pattoṉpatu mā mukkāṇiyum śrī vīranārāyaṇaccaruppetimaṅkalattup pi [6+] cakkaravattimaṅkalattuc ciṟukāvūril Ātimaṅkalavaṉ Aṉapāyaccetiyarāyaṉ pakkal vilaikoṇṭa śrīdharavatikku teṟku cantiracekaravāykkālukku vaṭakku muṉṟāṅkaṇṇāṟṟu Iraṇṭāñcatirattu [8+] nila(m) [2+] Arai(yeA)raikkāṇi ⟨8⟩ muntirikaikkiḻ Araiyum nālāṅkaṇṇāṟṟu muṉṟāñcatirattu meṟkaṭaiya nilam Āṟumāvil meṟkaṭaiya nilam kāṇikkiḻ Araiyum Āka nilam Iraṇṭumāvum Ivvūril Iruperuṭaiyāṉ pakkal vilaikoṇṭa śrīdharavatikkuk kiḻakku cantiracekaravāykkālukku vaṭakku muṉṟāṅ kaṇṇāṟṟu Iraṇṭāñ catirattu(k kiḻkkaṭaiya nilam) [10+] ⟨9⟩ muntirikaikkiḻ Araiye Irumāvaraiyum Āṟṟūr naraciṅkaṉ karuṇākarapaṭṭaṉ pakkal vilaikoṇṭa maṇalūr viranārāyaṇavatikkuk kiḻakku cantiracekaravāykkālukku vaṭakku Oṉpatāṅkaṇṇāṟṟu mutal catirattuk kiḻaiĀṟumāvil teṟkaṭaiya nilam mukkāṇi Araikkāṇi muntirikaiyum Ivvūril Iṭai [10+] ⟨10⟩ vatikkuk kiḻakku cantiracekaravāykkālukku vaṭakku Oṉpatāṅkaṇṇāṟṟu mutal catirattuk kiḻai Āṟumāvilk kiḻkkaṭaiya nilam Irumāvaraiyum Itaṉ meṟku vaṭakkaṭaiya kiḻk [8+] ṟumāvil vaṭakkaṭaiyak kiḻai Āṟumā Ā(ka) tani [4+] nilam [4+] raiyum teṉ vaṭakkukka [5+] ya nilam Araikkā [4+] kiḻmu [9+] ⟨11⟩ Āka nilam Eḻumāvaraikkāṇikkiḻ mukkāle Orumāvaraiyum Āmaiyūrāṉa kulottuṅkacoḻamaṅkalattu kūvaṉcampantaṉum [7+] māṉum pakkal vilai koṇṭa (kraṣṇa)(vatikkuk kiḻakkum) [10+] (Oṉpa)tāṅkaṇṇāṟṟu nālāñcatirattu Oṭaikkuk kiḻakku [10+] ⟨12⟩ tirattu meṟkaṭaiya nila⟨m⟩ Āṟumāvum kiḻkkaṭaiya nilam Āṟumāvum nālāñcatirattu melai Āṟumāvil vaṭakkaṭaiya nilam [4+] (mā)varaikkāṇi muntirikaik kiḻaraiyum [6+] kkuk kiḻakku I [3+] vatikku [6+] (mutal)kaṇṇāṟṟu muṉṟāñ catirattu [5+] teṟku nilam nālumā mukkāṇi Araikkāṇikku kiḻkālum Āka nilam [10+] ⟨13⟩ ceriyāṉa Etirilicoḻamaṅkalattu koṟukoṭṭi Irāmatevapaṭṭaṉ pa(kka)l vilaikoṇṭa pattāṅkaṇṇāṟṟu muṉṟāñcatirattu [10+] nilam nāl(mā)varai [.]e [7+] ṇiyum [6+] nilam mukkāṇiyum Itaṉ teṟkaṭaiya nilam [6+] raikkāṇiyum Āka nilam Oṉpatumāvarai{y}yum Āka nilam (Irupa)tteḻumā varai [9+] kkum [3+] ⟨14⟩ tirukkai(Oṭṭiyile O)ṭukkavum [|] Ippaṭikku tirumāḷikaiyil kalveṭṭavum paṇṇuvate [|] Ippaṭi ceyyappaṇṇuvate [|] Ivai [10+] Eṉṟum pukunta E [6+] paṭi kal veṭṭiyatu [||] Ivai [9+] late [4+] yāṉ [5+]

Commentary

(14) The inscription is damaged at the end.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.157 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 84–85, item 157.

Notes

  1. 1. A.R. No. 480 of 1902 and No. 174 below. Cf. the title ‘Toṇḍaimaṇḍalam-kātta-Perumāḷ’ conferred by the Chōḷa king on Pālarāvāyar, the brother of Śēkkiḻār for averting the horrors of a famine by sacrificing all his wealth in support of the people.