SII 12.164: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – No. 164. (A.R. No. 122 of 1906). JAMBAI, TIRUKKOYILUR TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE GŌPURA (LEFT OF ENTRANCE) OF THE JAMBUNĀTHA TEMPLE.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0164.

Summary: It is stated in this inscription dated in the 11th year, that Vāṇakōvaraiyan Rājarājadēvaṉ Vanneñjarāyaṉ1 of Āṟagaḷūr, probably a subordinate of Kōpperuñjiṅgadēva, exempted, from the 7th year, the village Guṇamaṅgalam situated on the ‘southern bank of the Peṇṇai’ and belonging to the god Tiruttāntōṉṟi Āvuḍaiya-Nāyaṉār at Śeṇbai alias Vīrarājēndraśōḻapuram, from the payment of the taxes kāśāyam, poṉvari, āḷamañji and antarāyam, so that it might be brought under cultivation. The village Guṇamaṅgalam may be identified with the village of the same name in the Tirukkoyilur taluk. It is learnt from this inscription that Vāṇagōppāḍi-nāḍu was on the north bank of the river Peṇṇai.2

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

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

Version: (97de750), last modified (179b799).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] cakalapuvaṉaccakkaravattikaḷ ci kopperuñciṅkatevaṟku yāṇṭu 10~vatu peṇṇai vaṭakarai vāṇakoppāṭināṭṭu ceṇpaiyāṉa virarācentiraco⟨2⟩ḻapurattu Uṭaiyār tiruttāntoṉṟi Āvuṭaiyaṉāyaṉār tevatānam peṇṇait ten⟨ka⟩rai kuṇamaṅkalam payiṟceyyumpaṭikku Eḻāvatu mutal kācāyam poṉvari Āḷamañ⟨3⟩ci Aṉtarāyam koḷḷakkaṭavatallavākac coṉnom Āṟakaḷuruṭaiya vāṇakovaraiyan Irā⟨ca⟩rā⟨ca⟩tevaṉ vanneñcai(rāyaṉen) [|] Ippaṭi caṉtirāti⟨t⟩tavarai ceyvate [|] Itu māṟuvāṉ ⟨4⟩ tan miṇāṭṭiyai pa¿r?⟨ṟ⟩ai{mā}ya¿ṉ n?⟨ṇ⟩ukku⟨k ku⟩ṭuppāṉ [|] Itu pa(n)mā ⟨5⟩ heśvara rakṣai [||]

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.164 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. Page 91, item 164.

Notes

  1. 1. See Nos. 191 and 234 below.
  2. 2. The original province of the Bāṇas extended from Puṅganūr in the west to Kāḷahasti in the east. The river Pālār probably formed the southern boundary. But, after the transfer of their kingdom to the Gaṅga Pṛithvīpati II by the Chōḷa king Parāntaka I, the Bāṇas seem to have crossed the Pālār and settled on the north bank of the river Peṇṇār, forming a new division called Vāṇagōppāḍi-nāḍu. After the withdrawal of the Pāṇḍyas from Madura to the Tinnevelly district, members of this family even drifted further south and settled at Madura and the surrounding region wielding considerable influence in the Locality.