SII 12.263: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar – No. 263. (A.R. No. 74 of 1918). VṚIDDHĀCHALAM, VRIDDHACHALAM TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE SECOND GŌPURA (RIGHT OF ENTRANCE) OF THE VṚIDDHAGIRĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0263.

Summary: This inscription consisting of 11 verses in Tamil and praising the family of Kāḍava chiefs, was engraved under orders of Araśanārāyaṇaṉ Āḷappiṟandāṉ Vīraśēkharaṉ alias Kāḍavarāyaṉ on the ‘Gaṇḍarādittaṉ-vāśal’ in the Vṛiddhagirīśvara temple at Vṛiddhāchalam. The verses themselves do not give any historical information, but the prose passages prefixed to some of them give the following genealogy for the Kāḍava chiefs. Vaḷandāṉār alias Kāḍavarāyar Āṭkoḷḷiyār alias Kāḍavarāyar Ēḻiśaimōgaṉ Kāḍavarāyar, ‘who conquered the four quarters’ Araśanārāyaṇaṉ Kachchiyarāyar alias Kāḍavarāyar Āḷappiṟandāṉ Vīraśēkharaṉ alias Kāḍavarāyaṉ, ‘who destroyed Kūḍal in Ś 1108 (= A.D. 1186).’ The last-mentioned chief viz., Āḷappiṟandāṉ Vīraśēkharaṉ alias Kāḍavarāyaṉ is also stated to have proceeded due west of the ‘Gaṇḍarādittan-vāśal’ in Śaka 1106 (A.D. 1184), destroyed Kūḍal belonging to Kaṟkaṭaka-Mārāyaṉ and the country of Adiyamāṉ and planted there his flag with the figure of Hanumān on it. From the context we have to take ‘Gaṇḍarādittaṉ-vāśal’ as the gōpura where this inscription is found. The Kūḍal mentioned above may be identified with the village Tīrttāmalai in the Salem District (A.R. No. 660 of 1905). A copy of the present inscription is also found in the gōpura of the Kṛipāpurīśvara temple at Tiruveṇṇainallūr (No. 264 below).

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

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

Version: (97de750), last modified (0ec15a7).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī ||

Aracanārāyaṇaṉ Āḷappiṟantān viracekaranāṉa kāṭavarāyan kaṇṭarāti⟨2⟩ttanvācalil kalveṭṭuvittapaṭi |

I. cantaviruttam

varivaḷaipolam pūṇkoṭutta maṅkaiyar mayaluṟa maṉantā⟨3⟩ṉ tuṭakkukiṉṟaṉa matikati riraṇṭāṅkeṉac ciṟantoḷir vayiramu micaintāṅ kiṭappicaintaṉa

1

parimaḷataḷa⟨4⟩ntāṉ camaitta kuṅkuma parivoṭu pacuñcān teḻakkamaḻntaṉa palikoḷa virantāṅ kumikka ciṅkaḷar paravaiyi⟨5⟩l viḻuntāṅkeṭat tuṭarntaṉa

2

karipari Uṭaṉ cernteṭutta kaṅkarkaḷ karuvarai yiṭantāṉ pukakkaṭantaṉa kaṉa⟨6⟩leṉa vukantāṉ cuṭattuṭaṅkiya kalivali pelantāṉ pukatturantaṉa

3

varipeṟa virantāṉ taṭakkai Oṉṟi⟨7⟩ṉi lakaliṭa mukantām puṉaṟcorintaṉa varacarai neṭu(ñ)cāṅkiṭak kaikoṇṭaṉa Aḻakiya vaḷantāṉ tiruppu⟨8⟩yaṅkaḷe||

4

Itu vaḷantāṉārāṉa kāṭavarāyar kavi ||

II. koccakkalippā

Alaṅkulavum vayaṟpeṟukai Āṭkoḷḷi ⟨9⟩ kāṭavarkoṉ

1

palaṅkulavu matacāṉai pattikaḷam viṭukiṉṟā

2

ṉilaṅku maṇimuṭiyaracar yārkolo⟨10⟩viṇaiyaṭiyil

3

vilaṅku kaliṉ kaliṉeṉṉa vititoṟum varuvāre||

4

Itu Ivar makanār Āṭko⟨11⟩ḷḷiyārāṉa kāṭavarāyar kavi ||

III. veṇpā

porukāmaṉampu pukuntuyirmela{ṉa}ṉṟic

1

cerukāviṭaiyāmañ⟨12⟩cellā torukālum

2

pākā kāmāliyāṉaik kaṇṭu paṇintāṉai

3

mokākā vantipaṭā muṉ ||

4

Itu Ivar maka⟨13⟩ṉār nālutikkum veṉṟārāṉa Eḻicaimokaṉ kāṭavarāyar kavi ||

IV. kaliviruttam

tuṭakkumāraṉ coricarappāyal meṟ-

1

kiṭa⟨14⟩kku mivvulakeṉpatuṅ keṭkume

2

vaṭakku meruvun teṟku malaiyamuṅ

3

kaṭakku māṇaiyāṉ kacciyarāyaṉe ||

4
V. veṇpā

⟨15⟩ mummalai muṉpeṟintāy piṉpu muraṇiraṭṭar

1

temmalai vātāvi ceṉṟeṟintāy meymmaic-

2

ceruvara⟨16⟩ce piṉṉic cilampā veṟinta

3

toruvaraice meṉāḷuṭaṉṟu ||

4

Itu Ivar tampiyār Araca nārāyaṇaṉ ⟨17⟩ kacciyarāyarāṉa kāṭavarāyar kavi ||

Ivar makaṉ cakaraiyāṇṭu Āyirattorunūṟṟeṭṭiṉāl Āṭimā⟨18⟩sattup piṟpattil kaṇṭarātittaṉ vācalukku meṟke puṟappaṭṭuk kaṟkaṭakamārāyaṉ kūṭalum Ati⟨19⟩yamāṉāṭum Aḻittu veṟṟikkoṭi Uyartta Aṉumaṉum poṟittāṉ Āḷappiṟantāṉ vira⟨20⟩cekaraṉāṉa kāṭavarāyaṉ ||

VI. kaṭṭaḷaikālittuṟai

pāraḷavalla paṉaittoḷaḷavu pakalavaṉ pon-

1

teraḷavalla niṉ ce⟨21⟩ṅkolaḷavu tikiricceṅkai

2

kāraḷavalla paraviracekarakāṭava niṉ

3

poraḷa vevvaḷavām parave⟨22⟩ntar puṟattaḷave ||

4
VII. kaṭṭaḷaikālittuṟai

tārār maṇippuyan taṇṇantuḻāy maṇanāṟuñ cantak-

1

kārār tiruniṟañ⟨23⟩ceyyāḷ tirumaṇanāṟuṅ kacci-

2

yārār tikirikkaiyāḷappiṟantāṟ kacañcalaṟkup

3

pārāḷ ⟨24⟩ vaṭamaṉṉar poṉmuṭi nāṟum patāmpuyame ||

4
VIII. kaṭṭaḷaikālittuṟai

viṭaiyaḷaviṭṭa koṭi viracekara kāṭa⟨25⟩va niṉ

1

ṉaṭaiyaḷa viṭṭatu ñālaṅka ḷeḻaiyum vāḻi niṉpo(ṟ)p-

2

paṭai yaḷaviṭṭatu pa⟨26⟩ttu{t} tic(ai)yum pariyamuttak

3

kuṭaiyaḷaviṭṭa tiricuṭar cūḻaṇṭa kūṭattaiye

4

⟨27⟩ svasti śrī Ikkalveṭ ṭaḻippāṉ vallavaraiyaṉ cattiyam ||

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.263 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 165–167, item 263.