SII 13.250: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 250. (A.R. No. 266 of 1923.) KŌYIL-TĒVARĀYAṈPĒṬṬAI (NEAR PAṆḌĀRAVĀḌAI), PAPANASAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, MATSYAPURĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0250.

Summary: This is a bilingual record in Sanskrit (portions damaged) and Tamil, and registers an endowment of 20 Karuṅkāśu made to the temple by Bāradāyaṉ Śēnda-Nakkapirāṉbaṭṭa-Sarvakratuyājiyār of Kūṟṟamaṅgalam (the same as the donor of No. 169 above of the 7th year of Rājakēsarivarman), with the proviso that the annual interest of 3 kāśu accruing therefrom was to be given as prize among the competitors, excluding those who were successful in previous years, to the best reciter of prescribed portions of Jaiminīya-Sāmavēda before the god on the night of Tiruvādirai in Mārgaḻi month. The record might be one of Sundara-Chōḷa Parāntaka II.

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Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

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

Version: 2025-06-19 16:26 (cb38ad6), last modified 2025-06-19 13:45 (e62937e).

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||]

yasyāhurjjanakañja jaimini varaM mukhyañjayantaM gu⟨2⟩[1+] ṇaryyēnākāri kalāviśālamatinā sarvakra(tū)nāṃkramaḥ ⟨3⟩ [1+] tvāyaM bahumanyatē budhavarāvācēndirāmandiraḥ ⟨4⟩ bhūbharōtbhavassukṛtannagnāyyana ⟨5⟩ [1+] āya daityapramathanapaṭavē viṃśatiṃ si⟨6⟩[2+] miva smarāriḥ śrutipathaguravē jaimininā [2+] ⟨7⟩ [2+] nddha(rma)vṛddhyā vṛṣasya trayamiti vibhavē vai⟨8⟩[1+] bha [1+] dhataṃ surāṇyandhiraśśēlūra paramē [2+] ⟨9⟩ [2+] niyamitamatulaM vatsaraMpratyasau ta(T) [||]

⟨10⟩ kōIrājakēsaripaṉmaṟku yāṇṭu 10 4~Ā⟨11⟩vatu teṉkarai brahmadēyam śrīrājakesari⟨12⟩ccaturvēdimaṅkalattu naratoṅkacceri kūṟṟama⟨13⟩ṅkalattup pāratāyaṉ ce(nta nakka)pirāṉpaṭṭa sarvakratu⟨14⟩yājiyār Ittiruccelūr mātevarvacam dharmavṛddhiyiṉāl ⟨15⟩ polivatāka kuṭutta karuṅkācu 2 10 Ivvirupatu kācum Āṭṭai⟨16⟩vaṭṭam polintuvanta kā(cu) 3 Immuṉṟu kācum saṃvatsaram⟨17⟩prati cantrādityavaT dēvar tirtthamāṭiṉa mārkaḻit tiruvātiraināṉṟu ⟨18⟩ Irā jaiminikaḷ sāmavēdattu meṟpātattu Oru turuvum kiḻpātattu ⟨19⟩ Oru turuvum ka(rai)ppaṟiccup paṭṭa(m) kaṭattup piḻaiyāme coṉṉār Oru⟨20⟩kāṟ koṇṭārallātārai meykkāṭṭut tiṭṭiṉā rellārum tammil Añ⟨21⟩cu puriyiluñ collik kalamaṟuttu nallārāṉāroruvaṟku vṛddhiyāṉa Ikkācu⟨22⟩muṉṟum Ittevare kuṭuppārāka centa nakkapirāṉ paṭṭa sarvakratuyājiyār ⟨23⟩ kuṭut(ta) ka(ru)ṅkācu 2 10 [||]

kratunāmāha(yā)kratu madhanapādā (pta) madhuvagrāti nāmadhyē⟨24⟩(tā) śśṛutavividhaśāstra śśrutayaśāḥ AyaM nagnō nāmnā sura mavataramātma (vihi)taM ⟨25⟩ vijētrā kavānāñcaraṇakamalē yāti śirasā [|]

paṉmāhēśvararum mahāsa⟨26⟩bhaiyārum rakṣai [||] Iśōkaṅkaḷ coṉṉārum Ippaṭi vaiccār [||]

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||]   yasyāhurjjanakañja jaimini varaM mukhyañjayantaM gu-
⟨2⟩ [*] ṇaryyēnākāri kalāviśālamatinā sarvakra(tū)nāṃkramaḥ 
⟨3⟩ [*] tvāyaM bahumanyatē budhavarāvācēndirāmandiraḥ 
⟨4⟩ bhūbharōtbhavassukṛtannagnāyyana 
⟨5⟩ [*] āya daityapramathanapaṭavē viṃśatiṃ si-
⟨6⟩ [**] miva smarāriḥ śrutipathaguravē jaimininā [**] 
⟨7⟩ [**] nddha(rma)vṛddhyā vṛṣasya trayamiti vibhavē vai-
⟨8⟩ [*] bha [*] dhataṃ surāṇyandhiraśśēlūra paramē [**] 
⟨9⟩ [**] niyamitamatulaM vatsaraMpratyasau ta(T) [||]   
⟨10⟩ kōIrājakēsaripaṉmaṟku yāṇṭu 10 4~Ā-
⟨11⟩ vatu teṉkarai brahmadēyam śrīrājakesari-
⟨12⟩ ccaturvēdimaṅkalattu naratoṅkacceri kūṟṟama-
⟨13⟩ ṅkalattup pāratāyaṉ ce(nta nakka)pirāṉpaṭṭa sarvakratu-
⟨14⟩ yājiyār Ittiruccelūr mātevarvacam dharmavṛddhiyiṉāl 
⟨15⟩ polivatāka kuṭutta karuṅkācu 2 10 Ivvirupatu kācum Āṭṭai-
⟨16⟩ vaṭṭam polintuvanta kā(cu) 3 Immuṉṟu kācum saṃvatsaram-
⟨17⟩ prati cantrādityavaT dēvar tirtthamāṭiṉa mārkaḻit tiruvātiraināṉṟu 
⟨18⟩ Irā jaiminikaḷ sāmavēdattu meṟpātattu Oru turuvum kiḻpātattu 
⟨19⟩ Oru turuvum ka(rai)ppaṟiccup paṭṭa(m) kaṭattup piḻaiyāme coṉṉār Oru-
⟨20⟩ kāṟ koṇṭārallātārai meykkāṭṭut tiṭṭiṉā rellārum tammil Añ-
⟨21⟩ cu puriyiluñ collik kalamaṟuttu nallārāṉāroruvaṟku vṛddhiyāṉa Ikkācu-
⟨22⟩ muṉṟum Ittevare kuṭuppārāka centa nakkapirāṉ paṭṭa sarvakratuyājiyār 
⟨23⟩ kuṭut(ta) ka(ru)ṅkācu 2 10 [||]   kratunāmāha(yā)kratu madhanapādā (pta) madhuvagrāti nāmadhyē-
⟨24⟩ (tā) śśṛutavividhaśāstra śśrutayaśāḥ AyaM nagnō nāmnā sura mavataramātma (vihi)taM 
⟨25⟩ vijētrā kavānāñcaraṇakamalē yāti śirasā [|]   paṉmāhēśvararum mahāsa-
⟨26⟩ bhaiyārum rakṣai [||] Iśōkaṅkaḷ coṉṉārum Ippaṭi vaiccār [||]  

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||]

paṉmāhēśvararum mahāsa⟨26⟩bhaiyārum rakṣai [||] Iśōkaṅkaḷ coṉṉārum Ippaṭi vaiccār [||]

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.250 by Srinivasa Rao 1952 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

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[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 133–134, item 250.

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