SII 12.159: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Alternative title: “No. 159. (A.R. No. 312 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, dated in the 10th year, records an order issued by Śōḻakōṉ for the welfare of his master. It pertains to an exchange of 140-7/8 kuḻi of land in Paḷḷippaḍai alias Vikramaśōḻanallūr in which was situated the temple of Piḍāri Tiruchchiṟṟambala-Mākāḷi, for an equal extent of land (i.e., 141 kuḻi) purchased from the temple of Vāraṇavāśi-Mahādēva, according to the sādhana given by Pāraśavaṉ Tiruchchiṟṟambalamuḍaiyāṉ alias Kanakasabhāpati-paṇḍitaṉ who had the kāṇi-right of the former temple. This land was made tax-free by order of the officer Śōḻākōṉ, for the welfare of Kōpperuñjiṅgadēva. The inscription reveals the existence of a committee called ‘Nilavaravu-kūṭṭap-perumakkaḷ’ which was probably in charge of land income. Some of the temple authorities mentioned here also figure in the time of Rājarāja III and Jaṭāvarman Sundara-Pāṇḍya in a few records of the village.¹ The documents connected with this transaction were ordered to be preserved in the temple treasury.

The Piḍāri temple is stated to have been situated on the southern side of the ‘Vikkiramaśōḻaṉ-teṅgu-tiruvīdi’, along which the god (at Chidambaram) was taken in procession to the sea during festival days.

Vikkiramaśōḻanallūr is here called Paḷḷippaḍai, but in No. 275 of 1913 belonging to Jaṭāvarman Sundara-Pāṇḍya I dated in the 14th regnal year it bears the alternative name of Akkaṉ-Paḷḷippaḍai. From this it may perhaps be inferred that the remains of the elder sister (akkaṉ) of Vikrama-Chōḷa were interred here and that the village called after the king as ‘Vikkiramaśōḻanallūr’ was founded at this locality.

Language: Tamil (tam).

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī ◯௳ sakalabhuvaṉaccakravatti kaḷ śrīAvaṉiĀḷappiṟantārāṉa kopperuñciṅkatevaṟku yāṇṭu pattāvatu coḻakoṉ Olai [|] teṉṉavaṉbrahmamārāyarum jayatuṅkappallavaraiyarum tillaiAmpalappallavaraiyarum Uṭaiyār tirucciṟṟampalamuṭaiyār koyil śrīmāheśvara kkaṇkāṇi ceyvārkaḷum
⟨2⟩ śrīkāriyañ ceyvārkaḷum sāmutāyañ ceyvārkaḷum koyilnāyakañ ceyvārkaḷum tirumāḷikaikkūṟu ceyvārkaḷum kaṇakkarum kaṇṭu viṭu tantatāvatu [|] nāyakar tirukkaṭalukku Eḻuntaruḷum vikkiramacoḻaṉ teṅkuttiruvitit teṉ(pakkattu) Eḻuntaruḷivitta piṭāri tirucciṟṟampalamākāḷi śrīkoyilum tirumuṟṟamum ti-
⟨3⟩ rumaṭaviḷākattilum Akappaṭṭa paḷḷi⟨p⟩paṭaiyāṉa vikkiramacoḻanallūril cuntaracoḻavatikkuk kiḻakku{k} kaṇṭarātittavāykkālukkut teṟku muṉṟāṅkaṇṇāṟṟu mutaṟ catirattilum Ivvatikku meṟku Ivvāykkālukkut teṟku muṉṟāṅkaṇṇāṟṟu mutaṟ catirattilum kūṭṭiṉa nilam nilavaravu kūṭṭapperumakkaḷu-
⟨4⟩ m kaṇkāṇikkuk kaṭavārum Aḷantu kaṇṭa kuḻi nūṟṟunāṟpate mukkāle Araikkālukkut talai māṟu [|] Ikkaṭṭaḷaiyil vāraṇavāci mahātevar koyiltāṉattār pakkal Intat tirucciṟṟam palamākāḷi caṇḍeśvarapperuvilai koṇṭa Ivvatikkuk kiḻakku Ivvāykkālukkut teṟku muṉṟāṅkaṇṇāṟṟu mutaṟ catirattu I-
⟨5⟩ nta vāraṇavāci mahādevar tirukkuḷattukkum tirunantavaṉattukkum tirumaṭaviḷākattu vāṉiḷavaṟitikkuk kiḻakkum Inta vikkiramacoḻaṉ teṅkutiruviti Ellaikkut teṟkum kūttāṭu nāyakaṉ tiruvoṭai melai Ellaikkulaikku meṟkum Inta vāraṇavāci mahādevar tevatāṉa viḷainilattukku vaṭakkum naṭuvupaṭṭa
⟨6⟩ kuḻi nūṟṟunāṟpattoṉṟum pattāvatu siṁhanāyaṟṟu Oṉpatān tiyati mutal Ikkoyiṟ kāṇiUṭaiya pāracavaṉ tirucciṟṟampalamuṭaiyāṉāṉa kanakasabhāpati paṇḍitaṉ Eḻuttiṭṭut tanta sādhaṉappaṭiye pratikṣetramākak kaikkoṇṭu Ituvum Iṉṉilam vilaikoṇṭa pramāṇaṅkaḷum Iṉṉilam Ūrmāviynta
⟨7⟩ kaṭamai kuṭimai kaḻiyap perumpaṟṟappuliyūr mulaparuṣaiyār Eḻutiṉa niyokamum tirukkai Oṭṭip paṇṭārattile Oṭukkavum [|] Ippaṭikku vikkiramacoḻaṉ tirumāḷikaip puṟavāyil vaṭakkil tirumāḷikaiyile kal veṭṭavum paṇṉuvate [|] Ivai coḻakoṉ Eḻutteṉṟu pukunta Evaṟttiṭṭuppaṭi kal veṭṭiyatu [|] Itu tevar
⟨8⟩ tirumeṉikku naṉṟākap perumāḷpiḷḷaiyāṉa coḻakoṉār ceyvittatu °~

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī ◯௳ sakalabhuvaṉaccakravatti kaḷ śrīAvaṉiĀḷappiṟantārāṉa kopperuñciṅkatevaṟku yāṇṭu pattāvatu coḻakoṉ Olai [|] teṉṉavaṉbrahmamārāyarum jayatuṅkappallavaraiyarum tillaiAmpalappallavaraiyarum Uṭaiyār tirucciṟṟampalamuṭaiyār koyil śrīmāheśvara kkaṇkāṇi ceyvārkaḷum ⟨2⟩ śrīkāriyañ ceyvārkaḷum sāmutāyañ ceyvārkaḷum koyilnāyakañ ceyvārkaḷum tirumāḷikaikkūṟu ceyvārkaḷum kaṇakkarum kaṇṭu viṭu tantatāvatu [|] nāyakar tirukkaṭalukku Eḻuntaruḷum vikkiramacoḻaṉ teṅkuttiruvitit teṉ(pakkattu) Eḻuntaruḷivitta piṭāri tirucciṟṟampalamākāḷi śrīkoyilum tirumuṟṟamum ti⟨3⟩rumaṭaviḷākattilum Akappaṭṭa paḷḷi⟨p⟩paṭaiyāṉa vikkiramacoḻanallūril cuntaracoḻavatikkuk kiḻakku{k} kaṇṭarātittavāykkālukkut teṟku muṉṟāṅkaṇṇāṟṟu mutaṟ catirattilum Ivvatikku meṟku Ivvāykkālukkut teṟku muṉṟāṅkaṇṇāṟṟu mutaṟ catirattilum kūṭṭiṉa nilam nilavaravu kūṭṭapperumakkaḷu⟨4⟩m kaṇkāṇikkuk kaṭavārum Aḷantu kaṇṭa kuḻi nūṟṟunāṟpate mukkāle Araikkālukkut talai māṟu [|] Ikkaṭṭaḷaiyil vāraṇavāci mahātevar koyiltāṉattār pakkal Intat tirucciṟṟam palamākāḷi caṇḍeśvarapperuvilai koṇṭa Ivvatikkuk kiḻakku Ivvāykkālukkut teṟku muṉṟāṅkaṇṇāṟṟu mutaṟ catirattu I⟨5⟩nta vāraṇavāci mahādevar tirukkuḷattukkum tirunantavaṉattukkum tirumaṭaviḷākattu vāṉiḷavaṟitikkuk kiḻakkum Inta vikkiramacoḻaṉ teṅkutiruviti Ellaikkut teṟkum kūttāṭu nāyakaṉ tiruvoṭai melai Ellaikkulaikku meṟkum Inta vāraṇavāci mahādevar tevatāṉa viḷainilattukku vaṭakkum naṭuvupaṭṭa ⟨6⟩ kuḻi nūṟṟunāṟpattoṉṟum pattāvatu siṁhanāyaṟṟu Oṉpatān tiyati mutal Ikkoyiṟ kāṇiUṭaiya pāracavaṉ tirucciṟṟampalamuṭaiyāṉāṉa kanakasabhāpati paṇḍitaṉ Eḻuttiṭṭut tanta sādhaṉappaṭiye pratikṣetramākak kaikkoṇṭu Ituvum Iṉṉilam vilaikoṇṭa pramāṇaṅkaḷum Iṉṉilam Ūrmāviynta ⟨7⟩ kaṭamai kuṭimai kaḻiyap perumpaṟṟappuliyūr mulaparuṣaiyār Eḻutiṉa niyokamum tirukkai Oṭṭip paṇṭārattile Oṭukkavum [|] Ippaṭikku vikkiramacoḻaṉ tirumāḷikaip puṟavāyil vaṭakkil tirumāḷikaiyile kal veṭṭavum paṇṉuvate [|] Ivai coḻakoṉ Eḻutteṉṟu pukunta Evaṟttiṭṭuppaṭi kal veṭṭiyatu [|] Itu tevar ⟨8⟩ tirumeṉikku naṉṟākap perumāḷpiḷḷaiyāṉa coḻakoṉār ceyvittatu °~

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.159 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 86–88, item 159.

Notes

1. A.R. Nos. 283, 285 and 293 of 1913.

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<p>The Piḍāri temple is stated to have been situated on the southern side of the ‘Vikkiramaśōḻaṉ-teṅgu-tiruvīdi’, along which the god (at Chidambaram) was taken in procession to the sea during festival days.</p>

<p>Vikkiramaśōḻanallūr is here called Paḷḷippaḍai, but in No. 275 of 1913 belonging to Jaṭāvarman Sundara-Pāṇḍya I dated in the 14th regnal year it bears the alternative name of Akkaṉ-Paḷḷippaḍai. From this it may perhaps be inferred that the remains of the elder sister <hi rend="italic">(akkaṉ)</hi> of Vikrama-Chōḷa were interred here and that the village called after the king as ‘Vikkiramaśōḻanallūr’ was founded at this locality.</p>

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