SII 13.312: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 312. (A.R. No. 400 of 1905.) KĀVĒRIPĀKKAM, ARKONAM TALUK, NORTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON A PILLAR IN THE MAṆḌAPA IN FRONT OF THE VARADARĀJA-PERUMĀḶ TEMPLE.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0312.

Summary: This is probably an inscription of Rājarāja I. It records some regulations banning the service of women (for conducting the festivals in the temple) as decided by the mahāsabhā of Kāvidipākkam alias Avaninārāyaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgālam in Paḍuvūr-kōṭṭam, on an order received by them from the king through Veṇbaikuḍināṭṭu-Vēḷār. ‘Avaninārāyaṇa’ is known to have been a biruda of Pallava Nandivarmān III. We learn that the assembly comprised the committees ūrvāriyam, udasīnavāriyam, ērivāriyam and the kaḻanivāriyam and of the bhaṭṭas and visishṭas of the village.

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

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

Version: (9732e75), last modified (218c0cc).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] ⟨2⟩ (ko)(rājakesari)varmmaṟku yāṇ(ṭu) ⟨3⟩ Irupattañcāvatu paṭuvūrkoṭṭattuk kāvi(ti)ppākkamākiya (A)⟨4⟩vaṉinārāyaṇaccaturvvetimaṅkalattu Ivvāṭṭai Ū(r)⟨5⟩vāriyapperumakkaḷum Udāsiṉavārikapperumakkaḷum Erivāri⟨6⟩kapperumakkaḷum kaḻaṉivārikapperumakkaḷum (bha)(ṭṭarka)ḷum ⟨7⟩ viśiṣṭarkaḷum Uḷḷiṭṭa mahāsabhaiyom kāma(kkoṭ)ṭat(te) ⟨8⟩ kūṭiIrukkap perum(ā)ṉaṭikaḷ Ariḷippāṭṭāl veṇpaiykkuṭi(nā)⟨9⟩ṭṭuveḷḷār vantu [|] nuṅkaḷukku Epperppaṭṭa karaṇaṅkaḷum sam(grā)⟨10⟩ntiyum Uvāvum pratipatamum karaṇaṅkaḷum peṟātatākavum maṟṟu⟨11⟩m Epperpaṭṭaṉa kāṭṭumiṭattum puruṣaraiyum strikaḷaik ko(ṇṭu) ⟨12⟩ pontu Ampalattup peṟātārākavum strikaḷaiy koṇṭu ⟨13⟩ potuvār perumāṉaṭikaḷukkum sabhaiyārkkum piḻaittārāka⟨14⟩vum Ipparicu syakhasthaika (śi)lāle⟨15⟩khai ceykaveṉṟu perumāṉaṭika ḷaruḷucce⟨16⟩ytār niṅkaḷum Ipparice śilālekhai ⟨17⟩ ce⟨y⟩kave⟨ṉ⟩ṟu Iveṇpaiykkuṭināṭṭuveḷār ma⟨18⟩hāsabhaiyārkku vantu coṉṉamaiyi⟨l⟩ Ep⟨19⟩perpaṭṭa karaṇaṅkaḷum samgrāntiyum Uvāvum ⟨20⟩ pratipatamum Innāḷāl kāṇa(p)peṟap peṟātatā⟨21⟩kavum karaṇaṅkaḷ kāṭṭiṉaviṭattum maṟṟu Ep⟨22⟩perpaṭṭatum kāṭṭumiṭattuṅ (kā)ṭṭappaṭṭa puruṣarai⟨23⟩y koṇṭu poruvarākavum [puruṣarai] kāṇāviṭi⟨24⟩lum strikaḷaik koṇṭu potappeṟātārāka⟨25⟩vum koṇṭu pontār sabhaiyomukku⟨m⟩ (p)e⟨26⟩rumānaṭikaḷukkum piḻaittārākavum Ipparicu ⟨27⟩ Avvavāṭṭai saṃvatsaravārikapperumakka⟨28⟩ḷum Ūrmel niṟkuṅkovum Ippari(cu) vyava⟨29⟩sthai niṟuttuvārākavum Ipparicu (E)mmil I⟨30⟩vin niyokam pukkum [2+](vu)m Irāja⟨31⟩kāryyamum grāmakāryyamum tiruttappeṟā(tatā)kavum (Ivvampala)⟨32⟩ttaṟutiṟattu vārikapperumakkaḷum Uḷḷiṭṭa ma(hāsabhai)(yo)m (mi)⟨33⟩kkuṟiyuḷḷi(ru)ntu paṇikka Eḻutiṉeṉ maddhyasta [7+] ta

Commentary

(33) The rest of the inscription is badly damaged.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.312 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 165–166, item 312.