SII 13.277: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Alternative title: “No. 277. (A.R. No. 230 of 1923.) KŌYIL-TĒVARĀYAṈPĒṬṬAI (NEAR PAṆḌĀRAVĀḌAI), PAPANASAM TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, MATSYAPURĪŚVARA TEMPLE.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This records an agreement given by three servants of the temple to supply ghee for a perpetual lamp in the temple, and paddy for those bringing water for the sacred bath of the deity from the Kāvērī, in return for the sheep and cows and money received by them at various times in the reign of [Madirai]koṇḍa-Mārāyar including his 19th year. Probably this might refer to the reigning king himself, the Rājakēsari of the record being equated with Sundara-Chōḷa Parāntaka II. It is however not known that he had a reign of 19 years; neither is it clear how that later regnal year could be referred to here except by some mistake. Mention is made of a quarter called Śōḻachūḷāmaṇichchēri, evidently after a surname of the ruler.

Language: Tamil (tam).

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

Edition

⟨1⟩ kovirājakesaripanmaṟki yāṇṭu 10 7-

⟨2⟩ Āvatu koṭaṇamārāyarkku 10 7~Āvatu maṉorama-

⟨3⟩ cceri pāratāyaṉ

⟨4⟩ nārāyaṇaṉ ceṭṭi

⟨5⟩ vaitta viḷakku nica(ta)m

⟨6⟩ Āḻākku neyaṭṭa Ivūr tirukkoyiluṭai-

⟨7⟩ (ya kāma)kkāṇi tarmattan mātevaṉ

⟨8⟩ koṇṭa Āṭu 4 10 5

⟨9⟩ Ivarkke yāṇṭu 10 3 I-

⟨10⟩ vaṉe Imātevariṭai-

⟨11⟩ y koṇṭa poṉ 10 5 �

⟨12⟩ Ita(r)kku palicai pūvil 1 (�) poṉṉukku

⟨13⟩ kalanel(lu) palicaiyāka kāviriyilniṉ-

⟨14⟩ ṟu tirumañcaṇaniraṭṭuvārkku Aḷappatāṉa

⟨15⟩ nel(lu) Āṭṭaiviṭṭam 3 1000 Ivaccil

⟨16⟩ koIrācakecaripanmaṟku yāṇṭu 10 7~Āvatu muta-

⟨17⟩ l kāmakkāṇi tarmatta ṉākaṉ [***] Ikkuṭi tarmat-

⟨18⟩ taṉ tāyaṉ Eḻukalavarai matirai koṇṭa mārāya-

⟨19⟩ rkku pattoṉpatāvatu coḻacūḷāmaṇicceri

⟨20⟩ cūlanaḻuti vaitta tiruviḷakkeṇṇai nicata māḻā-

⟨21⟩ kkeṇṇai Aṭṭuvatākat tirukkoyiluṭaiyāṉ vā-

⟨22⟩ cciyaṉ māṟaṉaṭikaḷ koṇṭa poṉ Aiṅkaḻañcu Iv-

⟨23⟩ vāṇṭai kalākaracceri Irāyūr tuvacaccaṉmakkira-

⟨24⟩ mavittaṉiṭai Ivaṉe koṇṭa poṉ Irukaḻañca-

⟨25⟩ raiyā vaṭṭakkaṭava Eṇṇai nicata morupaṭi Ivarkke

⟨26⟩ yāṇṭu Iraṇṭāvatu kotaṇṭarāmaccerit tiruma-

⟨27⟩ ṇañceri(nam)pi kuṭutta kurāṟpacuvum Itaṉ makka-

⟨28⟩ ḷum koṇṭu Aṭṭakkaṭava ney Āṭṭaiviṭṭaṅ kuṟu-

⟨29⟩ ṇi [||]

Apparatus

⟨2⟩ koṭaṇamārāyarkku • The reading meant is evidently matiraikoṇṭa mārāyarkku. See No. 278 below.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.277 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 146–147, item 277.