SII 13.76: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Alternative title: “No. 76. (A.R. No. 168 of 1929.) GŌVINDAPUTTŪR, UDAYARPALAYAM TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, GAṄGĀJAṬĀDHARA TEMPLE.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This is an inscription of Rājarāja I, the details of the date given here viz. 3rd year, Tulā, Monday, Navamī, Tirūvōṇam, corresponding to 3rd October, A.D. 987. It records an agreement (Oṭṭōlai) given by the assembly (Peruṅguṟi-perumakkaḷ) of Periya Śrī Vāṉavaṉmahādēvi-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, in consideration of a lump sum of 200 kaḻañju, to pay all the taxes due on a vēli and quarter of land endowed for worship to the temple at Vijayamaṅgalam by Ambalavaṉ Paḻuvūr Nakkaṉ alias Vikramaśōḻa-Mahārājaṉ of Kuvaḷālam, a nobleman of Mummuḍi-Chōḷadēva, who had also built the Śrīvimāna of the god with stone. The assembly is stated to have met in full strength for this transaction in front of the temple of Vinaiyābharaṇaviṇṇagar-Emberumāṉ in the centre of the village, after due announcement of its sitting by beat of drum and blowing of trumpet. The donor has figured as an important personage in the inscriptions of Uttama-Chōḷa.

Language: Tamil (tam).

Version: (3992bd7), last modified (0ec4724).

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] kovirājakesaripanma⟨ṟ⟩kku yāṇṭu mu(n)ṟāvatu vaṭakarai brahmateyam periya-

⟨2⟩ śrīvāṉavaṉmātevi caturvetimaṅkalattu peruṅkuṟip perumakkaḷom I-

⟨3⟩ yāṭṭai tulā nāyaṟṟut tiṅkaḷkiḻamaiyum{ṇ} navamiyum peṟṟa tiruvoṇattiṉ ṉāṉ-

⟨4⟩ ṟu pakal brahmatthāṉattey taṭṭaḻi koṭṭik kāḷam mūti dharmmi ceytu naṭuvil śrī ko(yi)-

⟨5⟩ llāṉa viṉaiyābharaṇa viṇṇaka⟨r⟩emperumāṉaṭikaḷ śrīkoyiliṉ muṉpil kūṭatte-

⟨6⟩ y peruṅkuṟi kūṭṭa kuṟaivaṟak kūṭiIruntu paṇi⟨p⟩paṇiyāl paṇittu I śrīvijayamaṅkalam muṭai-

⟨7⟩ (ya) paramasvāmikku Oṭṭi Iṟaikāval loṭṭolai Iṭṭu kuṭutta paricāvatu Ipparama-

⟨8⟩ svāmikku śrīvimāṉam kallāle Eḻunta⟨ru⟩ḷuvittāṉ Uṭaiyār śrīmu⟨m⟩mu-

⟨9⟩ (ṭi)ccoḷa tevar peruntarattu kuva(ḷ)ḷālammuṭaiyāṉ Ampalavaṉ paḻuvūr-

⟨10⟩ nakkaṉāna vikramacoḻamahārāja⟨ṉ⟩ Ipparamasvāmikku E⟨p⟩perpaṭṭa tiruvārāyiṉaikaḷukkumāka koṇ-

⟨11⟩ ṭu kuṭutta nilamāvatu pala taṭiyāl taṉtarattu maṭakki vanta nilam Oṉṟekā-

⟨12⟩ l Ivvoṉṟekāl nilattukkum canti⟨rāti⟩ttaval Iṟaikāvallāka Ivvikrama coḻamārā-

⟨13⟩ yariṭai mahāsabhaiyoṅ koṇṭa poṉ ka⟨ḻan⟩ti⟨ṟ⟩ pertta tuḷaipoṉ kācu niṟai poṉ

⟨14⟩ Irunūṟṟu kaḻaiñcu Ippoṉ Irunūṟṟu kaḻaiñcāka cellak koṇṭu Itaṉ cuṭṭappaṭṭa palata-

⟨15⟩ ṭiyā⟨l⟩ taṉtarattu maṭakki vanta Ivvoṉṟekāl nilattālum vācallil ponta kuṭimaiyum Ūriṭu varippā-

⟨16⟩ ṭum Iṟaiy Eccoṟu cennir veṭṭiyum Epperpaṭṭa Iṟaiyu⟨ñ⟩ cantrā{ā}titaval Iṟai Iṟuttuk kuṭuppomā-

⟨17⟩ kavum Itaṟṟiṟampil peruṅkuṟi kūṭi Iruntu Iṟai kāṭṭil devakanmikaḷey tāṅkaḷ veṇṭi kaḷattu taṅkaḷ veṇṭu po-

⟨18⟩ ṉ maṉṟiṉāl maṉṟiṉa maṉṟupāṭṭuppoṉ maṟai Iṉṟiye Iṟuttum minnilattukku Iṟai Iṟuttu ku-

⟨19⟩ ṭukka kaṭavo{m}mākavum paṇitta prāhmaṇa-

⟨20⟩ ṉaiyum paṇikeṭṭa karaṇattāṉaiyum Iṟai kāṭṭiṉa karaṇattāṉaiyum tevakanmika{ḷ}ḷe perpoṉ Aympa-

⟨21⟩ {yampa}tu poṉ maṉṟi Iṟuppittālum minnilam Oṉṟekāl nilattukku cantirātittaval Iṟai Iṟuttu-

⟨22⟩ kkuṭukka kaṭavomākavum mivvoṭṭolaippaṭiyey kallil veṭṭavum śāsa⟨na⟩ṃ ceyvittu koḷḷavum pe-

⟨23⟩ ṟuvārāka Oṭṭi Iṟaikāval loṭṭolai Iṭṭu kuṭuttom Ivijayamaṅkalattu paramasvāmikku vaṭa karai brahmate⟨yam⟩

⟨24⟩ peri⟨ya⟩ śrīvāṉa⟨vaṉ⟩mātevi caturvetimaṅkalattu peruṅkuṟip perumakka{ḷ}ḷom paṇiyāl Ivviṟaikāval Oṭṭolai Eḻu-

⟨25⟩ tiṉeṉ Ivvūr maddhyasthaṉ kūṭallūruṭaiyāṉ pūtaṉ kāṭa{ṉ}ṉe⟨ṉ⟩ Ivai Eṉ Eḻuttu [||]

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.76 by Srinivasa Rao 1952 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

See also edition by Valérie Gillet and Emmanuel Francis (INSTamilNadu00516).

Primary

[SII] Srinivasa Rao, G.V. 1952. South-Indian inscriptions (texts) (with introductory notes in English). Volume XIII: The Cholas. South Indian Inscriptions 13. Madras: Archaeological Survey of India. Pages 36–37, item 76.