No. 199. (A.R. No. 432 of 1924). PALLAVARĀYAṈPĒṬṬAI, MAYAVARAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE WEST AND SOUTH WALLS OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE SUNDARĒŚVARA TEMPLE.

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This record of the 16th year gives an instance of how arrears of rent amounting to 8,000 kāśu was collected in the 13th century. When the accounts of the temple of Rājarāja-Īśvaram-Uḍaiyār at Rājarāja-Kuḷattūr in Tiruvindaḷūr-nāḍu, a subdivision of Rājarāja-vaḷanāḍu, were audited by Kayilādamuḍaiyāṉ alias Śōḻakōṉ-Pallavaraiyar, an agambaḍi-mudali of Śōḻakōṉ, between the 23rd and 25th [days of Āḍi], it was found out that Amudaṉ Śāyaṉ Dāmōdira-Bhaṭṭaṉ of Tiruvindaḷūr had not paid his dues to the temple, on three bits of land enjoyed by him. The owner having died, his wife and his son Sūryadēva-Bhaṭṭaṉ were directed to pay up the arrears and they pleaded inability, but requested the authorities to protect them by attaching their ‘Aruṅgāḍaṉ’ land. Accordingly this land measuring 8(1/2) mā in extent was, with the cognisance of her husband’s brother Śaḍaiyāṇḍāṉ Tiruvīraṭṭānamuḍaiyāṉ-Bhaṭṭaṉ, set off against the arrears of tax and converted into a tirunāmattukkāṇi land of the temple. The income from this land was then allowed to be utilised for providing offerings to the god during the mid-day service and for maintaining two sacred lamps in the temple, for the welfare of Piḷḷai Śōḻakōṉār.

The temple of Rājarāja-Īśvaram-Uḍaiyār was constructed, evidently after the name of Rājarāja II, by his general Kuḷattuḻāṉ Tiruchchiṟṟambalamuḍaiyāṉ Perumānambi alias Pallavarāyar.1

The existence of this record in the Tanjore district indicates the extent of the dominion of Kōpperuñjiṅgadēva.

In connection with the reversionary rights to properties, an inscription of the time of Rājādhirāja II (1163-1178 A.D.) states that a married woman should, on the death of her husband, become the owner of the lands, slaves, jewels and other valuables and the cattle of her deceased husband.2

According to the details given, the date of the record is A.D. 1259, July 27, Sunday.3

Language: Tamil (tam).

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] cakalapuvaṉaccakkaravattikaḷ śrīkopperuñciṅkatevarkku yāṇṭu 10 6~vatu Āṭi mātam piṟanta muppa-

⟨2⟩ tān tiyatiyāṉa nāyaṟṟukkiḻamai nāḷ rāyarāyavaḷanāṭṭut tiruvintaḷūrnāṭṭu paṭṭāṉ rā⟨ja⟩rā⟨ja⟩kuḷattūr Uṭaiyār rā⟨ja⟩rā⟨ja⟩Īcuramuṭai-

⟨3⟩ yāṟku piḷḷaicoḻakoṉār tirumeṉi kalliyāṇa tirumeṉiyāka Ivar Akampaṭi mutalikaḷil śrīkayilātamuṭaiyāṉāṉa co-

⟨4⟩ (ḻa)koṉ pallavaraiyar Innāyaṉārkku piramatecam tiruvintaḷūr Amutaṉcāyaṉ tāmotirapaṭ ṭaṉ Iṟukkum maṇiyūrnāṭaṉ nilat-

⟨5⟩ tukkum Aruṅkāṭaṉ nilattukkum tumpaiviṭaṅkaṉ kollaikkum maṇaliṭṭuk kollaikkum Irupattu muṉṟāvatu mutal Irupattai-

⟨6⟩ ñcā(va)tu va(rai) kaṇakku keṭṭu Ipperāl cikaiyāṉa kācu taṇṭa Itāmotarapaṭṭaṉ Aka muṭaiyāḷaiyum Ivaḷ makaṉ cūriyatevapaṭṭaṉaiyum Ikkācu

⟨7⟩ Oṭukka⟨c⟩coṉṉa I(ṭa)ttu Eṅkaḷukku (U)ṭal Illai Eṅkaḷuṭaiya Aruṅkāṭaṉ nilattai tiru nāmattukkāṇi-

⟨8⟩ yāka Eḻutikkoṇṭu Eṅkaḷai Irakṣikkaveṇum Eṉṟu collukaiyāl kaṭamaiyāṉa kācu Eṇṇā yirattukku Ivaḷ koḻuntaṉāṉa caṭaiyāṇṭān tiruviraṭṭāṉamuṭaiyāṉ paṭṭa-

⟨9⟩ ṉ paṭṭaṉai mutukaṇṇāka vilaippiramāṇam paṇṇikkoṇṭa Inilam Eṇmāvaraikku Aṭaimutal varucaippaṭi nellu nūṟṟirupatteḻu kalaṉe tūṇi⟨p⟩pata-

⟨10⟩ kkāl nāḷ Oṉṟukku nellu tūṇi (Iru)nāḻikku Uccicanti(Uṭa)ṉ Amutu ceytaruḷa nāḷ Oṉṟukku tiruAmutu Arici kuṟuṇi Aiñāḻiyum kaṟiAmutu viñcaṉattukku nellu nāṉāḻi Uriyum

⟨11⟩ Innilattil niṉṟa teṅkukaḷukku Eṇṇai patiṉ(Eḻu)ṉāḻikku I(ruca)ntiyile tirumuṉpu Eriyum nāḷ Oṉṟukku tiruvi⟨ḷa⟩kku Iraṇṭum Inimantam Iccanti Uṭaṉkūṭa Ippaṭi cantirātittavarai cellakkaṭa-

⟨12⟩ vatāka niccayittu Ivarkaḷ pakkal koṇṭa vilaippiramāṇam Ikkoyil tāṉattār vacam kuṭut-

⟨13⟩ tatu ௳

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.199 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 120–121, item 199.

Notes

  1. 1. A.R. No. 427 of 1924.

  2. 2. Ep. Rep. for 1919, p. 80.

  3. 3. The regnal year quoted in the inscription is probably an expired one.