SII 13.162: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Alternative title: “No. 162. (A.R. No. 101 of 1914.) TIRUVEṞUMBŪR, TRICHINOPOLY TALUK, TRICHINOPOLY DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, PIPĪLIKĒŚVARA TEMPLE.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This inscription records an agreement made by the peruṅguṟi-sabhai of Śrīkaṇṭha-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a brahmadēya on the southern bank (of the Kāvēri) remitting, in consideration of the receipt of a lump amount, the payment of taxes on four and a half vēli and half mā of land endowed by Vēṅgai Iḷaiya-rudrakumāra-Kramavittaṉ of the village, for feeding three Śivayōgis and two Brāhmaṇas in the feeding house on the hill of god Tiruveṟumbiyūr-Āḻvār. The characters of the epigraph make it assignable to a period later than Parāntaka (I)’s reign. The probability is that it might belong to Gaṇḍarāditya (See No. 138 above). The details of date given in the inscription, viz., 6th year, Makara, Tuesday, Ārdrā, also agree for A.D. 955, January 9, Tuesday; the nakshatra ended at ·06.

Language: Tamil (tam).

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

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] kovirāja{kovirāja}kecaripaṉmaṟkku (yāṇ)ṭu 7~Āvatu teṉkarai brahmadeyam śrīkaṇṭacaturvvedimaṅkalattup peruṅkuṟi sabhaiyom Ivvāṇṭu makaranāyaṟṟu cevvāykkiḻamaiyum pe-

⟨2⟩ ṟṟa tiruvātiraināṉṟu pakal Ivvūr tiruc(ci)(tra)(kūṭatte)y dharmmiceytu peruṅkuṟi kūṭṭak kuṟaivaṟak kūṭiIruntu paṇippaṇiyāl paṇitta vyavasthai ce⟨y⟩ta paricāvatu Ivvūr veṅkai (Iḷai)ya-

⟨3⟩ Urudrakumārakramavittaṉ Ivvūrt tiruveṟum(piyūrā)ḷvār tirumalaimel cattirattil Uṇṇa vaitta kalam 5 Ivvaiñcu kalamum candrādittaval Uṇṇa Ivaṉ vaitta nilamā(ṟu) mā I-

⟨4⟩ vvūrp puṟavāykkuḷattukkiḻ Ūriṉiṉṟum kiḻakku nokkicceṉṟu teṟkku nokkik kuḷaṅ karaiyey Eṟi(ṉa) palāṟṟukkaraikku veṅkaiyarkaḷ dvādaśakkattum sabhaiyompakkal Ivarkaḷ vilaiko-

⟨5⟩ ṇṭuṭaiya nilattilumāka vaṭakkaṭaiya Oru mā nikki Itaṉoṭumaṭaiya c¿e?kk¿ā?ccey muṉṟu māvum Iv(vū)r(p pi)ṭākaik kara(mpai)yil muḷḷikuṭivāykkālukku vaṭakku Ivaṉ sabhaiyom pakkal vilai-

⟨6⟩ koṇṭuṭaiya Aiveliyil Ivaṉe Ivvūrt tiruvāyppāṭi śrī kṛṣṇarkkuk kuṭutta nilam pattuc ceyyum nikki niṉṟa (nilam) 4 1/2 nāṉkaraiyum muṉ cuṭṭappaṭṭa muṉṟumāvum Āka nilam

⟨7⟩ 4 1/2 3 li nāṉkaraiye muṉṟumāc ceyyum Ivaṉ cantrādittavaṟ civayogikaḷ muvarkkum brāhmaṇar Iruvarkkum Āka Ivaivarkkum Uṇṇa Ivaṉ vaitta Iṉnila(t)tukku [**********]

⟨8⟩ ṟukka veṇṭum dravyam I veṅkai yiḷaiyaUrudrakumārakramavittaṉpakkal sabhaiyom koṇṭu Iṉṉilam nāṉkaraiye muṉṟumāc ceyyum Iṟaiyiliyāka paṇittu Iṉṉila [*****]

⟨9⟩ yom Iṟai kāṭṭappeṟātomākavum Innilam Iṟaik¿a?ṭṭap paṇittāraiyum paṇitta sabhai yiliruntāraiyum I(ṟai)kāṭṭiṉāraiyum vevveṟṟu vakai tāṅ [*******]

⟨10⟩ ṅkaḷ veṇṭina poṉ Ivaṉ Anvayattār maṉṟa⟨p⟩peṟuvārākavum maṉṟi Iṟuttālum piṉṉaiyum Iṟai kāṭṭappeṟātomākavum Ipparicu paṇittu vyavasthai ceytu kaṉmel [*******]

⟨11⟩ ṅkuṟi sabhaiyom Ipparicu tirupper pālāciriyaṉ Iḷaiyanārāyaṇa ṉārāyāṇaṉ paṇiyāl Ivyavastai Eḻutiṉeṉ Ivvūr madhyastaṉ dharmapriyaṉāṉa kalivicayaṉ taruṇen=tu cekaraṉeṉ Ivai yeṉ Eḻuttu

⟨12⟩ Itu panmāheśvarar rakṣai |||~

Commentary

The inscription is damaged, and a portion at its right end is lost.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.162 by Srinivasa Rao 1952 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

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 85–86, item 162.