SII 13.281A: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 281A. (A.R. No. 18 of 1934.) CHINTĀMAṆI, PONNERI TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON A PILLAR IN THE ARDHA-MAṆḌAPA, CHINTĀMAṆĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0281A.

Summary: This is an inscription of ‘Rājakēsarivarman who took Madura’, i.e. of Sundara-Chōḷa Parāntaka II, and is dated in the last year of his rule. It states that one Kuḍitāṅgi-Baṭṭālakaṉ purchased land from the assembly of the (group of ?) three villages, Karuṅgāli, Kaṇḍal-nallūr and Kaṇḍaṟpāgal, and presented it free of all taxes to the temple of Mahādēva at Tiruppagavaṉṟuṟai (evidently the present Chintāmaṇi) “which is as sacred on the Eastern Sea as Gōkarṇa is on the West”. The tenants of this land were to supply annually to the temple 10 nāḻi of oil on every half site of land occupied by them. The nāṭṭār of Paiyūr-nāḍu together with others were charged with the protection of this sacred trust. This and the next inscription are important as coming from the northernmost region of the Chōḷa dominion of the period.

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

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

Version: (1b099a1), last modified (ee618b0).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] matirai ko⟨2⟩ṇṭa kovirājakesa⟨3⟩ripanmaṟku yāṇṭu pati⟨4⟩ṉeḻāvatu karuṅkā⟨5⟩liyūromuṅ kaṇṭa(lnal)⟨6⟩lūromuṅ kaṇṭaṟ(pāka)⟨7⟩lomum kuṭitāṅkipaṭ⟨8⟩ṭālakaṉu(k=ku) vilaiko⟨9⟩ṇṭu viṟṟukkuṭutta nila⟨10⟩ttuk kellai kiḻpāṟ⟨11⟩kellai samudra muṭpaṭavuM ⟨12⟩ tenpāṟkellai kaṇ(ṭaṉ) ⟨13⟩ kaṭaiyaṉṉerikku vaṭa⟨14⟩kkum melpāṟkellai ⟨15⟩ veḷḷerikoṭikkuk kiḻak=ku⟨16⟩m vaṭapāṟkellai karuṅ⟨17⟩kālpapocaṉ ṟoṭṭat⟨18⟩tukkun taṇṭiyerik=kun ⟨19⟩ teṟ⟨20⟩(k=ku) IṟaiIḻicca Intāṉkel⟨21⟩laiyuḷ ḷakappaṭṭa nila⟨22⟩m muṇṇila moḻiviṉ⟨23⟩ṟi sarvvaparihāramāka viṟ⟨24⟩ṟuk=kuṭuttom Ūrakabhoka⟨25⟩m kuṭitāṅkipaṭṭālakaṉe⟨26⟩ṉuṅ koṇṭaparice meṟ⟨27⟩kaṭaṟ gokarṇṇamākiya kiḻka⟨28⟩ṭaṟ ṟiruppa(ka)vaṉṟuṟai ma⟨29⟩hādevarkku Ācandrakālamu⟨30⟩m devarbhogamāka Innāṟ⟨31⟩⟨ṟ⟩k=kellai(yu)ḷ ḷakappaṭa ⟨32⟩ vuṇṇila moḻiviṉṟi⟨33⟩ye Udakapūrvvañ ceytu⟨34⟩kuṭutteṉ kuṭitāṅkipaṭ⟨35⟩ṭālakaṉe(ṉ) Innāṟpārel⟨36⟩laiyuḷ ḷirunta kuṭikaḷ A⟨37⟩rai maṉaiyāl Āṇṭuvarai ⟨38⟩ patināḻi Eṇṇai (muta)luk=ki⟨39⟩ṟaiyākac ceytukuṭutteṉ ⟨40⟩ kuṭitāṅkipaṭṭālakaṉen Itu ⟨41⟩ paiyyūr ṉāṭṭār rakṣai Itu pa⟨42⟩la paṭitta pallāyiravar ra⟨43⟩kṣai IddharmmaM rakṣittār(r) (śrī)⟨44⟩pādameṉ śirasi |||

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.281A 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 149–150, item 281A.