SII 14.157: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 157. (A.R. No. 619 of 1916.) ŚĒRMĀDĒVI, AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE NORTH AND WEST WALLS OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, AMMAINĀTHASVĀMIN TEMPLE.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0157.

Summary: This inscription issued on the 7th day of the 17th year of Sundara-Chōḷapāṇḍya is of interest in that its wording follows the conventional form adopted in the Chōḷa period for documents conveying lands. Two vēli of land lying within the four boundaries specified with meticulous detail, in the village called Kallūr in Mēlvēmba-nāḍu in Muḍigoṇḍaśōḻa-vaḷanāḍu were given to the temple of Śrīkayilāsamuḍaiya-Mahādēva, at the request of Ammāṉ, after having separated this land from the original division and constituting it into a new unit called Śivapādaśēkharanallūr from the 16th year of Sundara-Chōḷa’s viceroyalty. ‘Śivapādaśēkhara’ was a title of Rājarāja the Great and hence this endowment was made in his honour. Certain taxes such as aḻagerudu-kāṭchikkāśu and kāṭchi-erudu-kāśu were remitted on these lands which were now made tax free dēvadāna. Sundara-Chōḷapāṇḍya is described as having been seated in the western hall of the palace at Rājēndra-śōḻapuram at the time of issuing this order.

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

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

Version: (3cdd373), last modified (fff4c3b).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] muḷḷi nāṭṭu brahmateyam nikarilicoḻaccarup petimaṅkalattu śrīkayilāsamuṭaiya mahā [12+] k keḻvi [|] yāṇṭu patiṉeḻu nāḷ Eḻiṉāl Uṭaiyār śrīcuntaracoḻapāṇṭiyatevar rājentracoḻapurattuk koyiliṉuḷḷāl (Āṭṭattuveḷi) melai maṇṭapattu Eḻuntaruḷi Irun tuttamacoḻavaḷa— ⟨2⟩ lāyamuṭaiya mahādevaṟku veṇṭum nivantaṅkaḷukku Iṟuppatāka muṭikoṇṭa coḻavaḷanāṭṭu melvem nāṭṭuk kallūrile koyil nilam kuṭukka [6+] meṉṟu Ammāṉ Aruḷic ce⟨y⟩tamaiyil Innilattukkukkiḻellai kallūr niṉṟum koṭaṉūrkke poṉa vaḻivarampukku meṟkum teṉṉellai kalālai Uṭpaṭak koṭaṉū(r)kku vaṭakkum melellai ma— ⟨3⟩ pa nāṭṭu nāṭṭār kālukkut teṟkum Āka Ivvicaitta perunāṉkellaiyil melkūṟṟu mā niṅkalākac ceṅkaḻunīr vaḻiyum ku [6+] tta mākkaḷum Akappaṭa Ūr nattattil meṟkil Uḷḷūr Īśvaranattam nilaṉ mukkāṇiyum nikki nilaṉ Iruveliyum yāṇṭu patiṉāṟāvatu mutal veṟu mutalākki Innilattāl nilavopāti vanta kāṇikkaṭaṉ kācu patiṉāṟey Āṟumāvum nellu Iru— ⟨4⟩ l Iṟuppatākavum [|] tevatāṉaṅkaḷaikkoṇṭuvarumpaṭi Aḻakerutu kāṭcik kācum kāṭciErutukācum Ūrkkaḻañcum (ko)ḷḷātey [6+] m Innilamum Innilattāl vanta Iṟaiyum kallūrp poka [6+] tirukkavum [|] Innilam civapātacekaranallūreṉṉum tirunāmamākavum Āka Ippaṭi yāṇṭu patiṉāṟāvatu mutal tevatāṉa Iṟaiyiliyāka variyiliṭṭuk kuṭukkat tiruvāy moḻi— ⟨5⟩ coḻaṉ Eḻuttiṉālum tirumantiravolainācakam rājentracoḻa Atimurkkacceṅkiraiyum coḻamaṇṭalattu rājentraciṅkavaḷa nāṭṭu Iruṅkoḷappāṭit taṉiyūr muṭikoṇṭa coḻac caruppetimaṅkalattup parāntakayaṉ maṟavaṭikaḷ maturāntakaṉāṉa coḻapāṇṭiya brahmamārāyaṉum Arumoḻitevavaḷanāṭṭut takkaḷūr nāṭṭu brahmateyam Attikocamaṅkalattu Arumoḻi tevaṉ vāṇacuntaraṉāṉa vikkiramapāṇṭi— ⟨6⟩ ḻv¿a?⟨ā⟩r (ko)llai (pu)ttaṉārāṉa Uttamacoḻappallavatar¿a?⟨ai⟩yarum nittaviṉota vaḷanāṭṭup pām puṇṇik kūṟṟattuc coḻaviccātiranallūruṭaiyār centaṉ cūṟṟiyārāṉa teṉṉavaṉ cikā maṇi(muventa)veḷārum viṭaiyil Atikārikaḷ rājentraciṅkavaḷanāṭṭut tiruvintaḷūr nāṭṭu maturāntakanallūr Uṭaiyār veṅkaṭavaṉ Eṟiñatoṭṭiyārāṉa parakecari muventa veḷārum Arumoḻiteva vaḷanāṭṭu vaṇṭāḻai veḷūrk kūṟṟattup paṉaṅkāṭi kuṭiyaṭai yārc ce [2+] ntaḷūrāṉ piḷḷai muventaveḷārum Arumoḻiteva vaḷanāṭṭu neṉmeli nāṭṭu miṉavaṉ nallūruṭaiyār puṟampiyaṉ paḷḷikoṇṭārāṉa Aḻakiyapāṇṭiya muventa veḷārum nittaviṉota vaḷanāṭṭup pāmpuṇṇik kūṟṟattu vaḷavaṉ nallūruṭaiyār ni— ⟨7⟩ ḷārum naṭuvirukkum kṣatriyacikāmaṇi vaḷanāṭṭu veḷānāṭṭu rājendracoḻaccaruppeti maṅkalattuc cāṇṭiliya kottirattuk kāttiyāyaṉa sūttirattu Uppampirālac caṅkaraṉ colaip pirāṉ paṭṭaccomāciyārum Evap puravuvaritiṇaikkaḷattukkuk kaṇkāṇi rājarājappāṇṭi nāṭṭu rājentracoḻavaḷanāṭṭuk kiḻkuṇṭāṟṟuc coḻacikāmaṇinallūruṭaiyāṉ cātta{n}ṉ Eṭṭiyum puravuvari tiṇaikkaḷa⟨nāyakam⟩ maturāntaka vaḷanāṭṭu Āṇmā nāṭṭu maṇṇaikoṇṭa coḻanallūruṭaiyāṉ virapāṇṭiyaṉ colaiyum rājentracoḻavaḷanāṭṭu miḻalaik kūṟṟattuk kiḻkūṟṟu Uttamacoḻanallūr Uṭaiyāṉ kaṇṭaṉaraṅkaṉum maturāntaka vaḷanāṭṭu rājendracoḻakkuḷakkiḻak kuṟicci Uṭaiyāṉ kaṇavati pūvaṉum rājendracoḻa vaḷanāṭṭu vaṭakaḷavaḻi nāṭṭu kālā— ⟨8⟩ ṉ piccaṉum rājarājap pāṇṭi nāṭṭurājendracoḻavaḷanāṭṭu miḻalaik kūṟṟattu naṭuviṟkūṟṟu śrī parāntakanallūrk kaṭṭikuṟicci Uṭaiyāṉ parameśvaraṉ kaṇṭaṉum mukaveṭṭi maturāntaka vaḷanāṭṭu Iruñcoṇāṭṭut tuṟṟuṭaikkuṭaiyāṉ pakavaṉ catturu kālaṉum rājentra coḻavaḷa nāṭṭu miḻalaikkūṟṟattuk kiḻkūṟṟu rājakecarinallūruṭaiyāṉ kaṇṭaṉ kaḷiviraiyum Innāṭṭu naṭuviṟkūṟṟu śrīparāntakanallūruṭaiyāṉ paṟpaṉāpaṉ kuvalaiyacantiraṉum coḻa maṇṭalattup pāṇṭikulācaṉi vaḷanāṭṭuk kiḷiyūr nāṭṭuc cūraikkuṭi Uṭaiyāṉ nakkaṉ viraiyāc cilaiyum varippottakak kaṇakku rājarājappāṇṭināṭṭu maturāntaka vaḷanāṭṭup pūṅkāṉa nāṭṭuk karaiyirukkai naralokacuntaranallūruṭaiyāṉ centaṉ cāttaṉum variyili⟨ṭu⟩ Irā jendracoḻavaḷanā— ⟨9⟩ maturāntakavaḷanāṭṭu māliviravaḷanāṭṭuk kumutakkuṭaiyāṉ centaṉ ciṅkamum Innāṭṭu veṇpu nāṭṭu viracoḻanallūruṭaiyāṉ Ar¿a?⟨ai⟩yaṉ mātevaṉum rājendracoḻavaḷanāṭṭuk kiḻaraṇiya muṭṭattuc cintūruṭaiyāṉ caṭaiyaṉ kū(t)taṉum Iruntu yāṇṭu patiṉeḻāvatu nāḷeḻiṉāl muṭikoṇṭacoḻavaḷanāṭṭu melvempa nāṭṭuk kallūrk kaḷanilaṉ Iruvelikkuk kiḻellai Ikkallūr niṉṟum koṭaṉūrkke poṉa vaḻi varampukku meṟkum teṉṉellai kalālaiyuṭpaṭak koṭaṉūrkku vaṭakkum melellai maṭaippaḷḷi vayakkaluṭpaṭa maṭaippaḷḷi vāykkālukkup pāynta vāykkālum vāykkālukkuk kiḻakkum vaṭavellai melvempanāṭṭu nāṭṭārkālukkut teṟkum Āka Ivvicaitta perunāṉkellai— ⟨10⟩ valiyum yāṇṭu patiṉāṟāvatu mutal veṟu mutalākkip paḻampiyar tavirntu civapātacekaranallū reṉṉum tirunāmamāy Innilattāl nilavopāti vanta kāṇikkaṭaṉ kācu patiṉāṟeyāṟumāvum nellu Irunūṟṟorupattoṉpatiṉ kalaṉe tūṇippatakku nāṉāḻiyum nikarilicoḻaccaruppeti maṅkalattu śrīkayilāyamuṭaiya mahātevaṟku veṇṭu nivantaṅkaḷukku yāṇṭu patiṉāṟāvatu mutaliṟuppatākavum [|] tevatāṉaṅkaḷaikkoṇṭu varumpaṭi Aḻakerutuk kāṭcikkācum kāṭci Erutukācum Ūrkkaḻ¿a?⟨ai⟩ñcuṅ koḷḷāte yāṇṭu patiṉāṟāvatu mutal tevatāṉa Iṟaiyili yāka variyiliṭṭuk kuṭuttu Ikkeḻvi Eḻutiṉeṉ puravuvari tiṇaikkaḷattu veḷḷūruṭaiyāṉ pūvaṇavaṉulakaḷantaraṉeṉ Ivai Eṉṉeḻuttu [|] Ivai puravuvaritiṇaikkaḷa— ⟨11⟩ mukaveṭṭi śrīparāntakanallūruṭaiyāṉeḻuttu [|] Ivai rājakecarinallūruṭaiyāṉeḻuttu [|] Ivai puravuvaritiṇaikkaḷattuk kaṇkāṇi coḻacikāmaṇinallūruṭaiyā ṉeḻuttu [|] Ivai varippottakanācakam Uttaraṅkuṭaiyāṉ koḻumāṉ piccaṉeḻuttu [|] Ivai variyiviṭucoḻa cikāmaṇinallūruṭaiyāṉeḻuttu ||~ Ivai mukaveṭṭi cūraikkuṭaiyāṉeḻuttu || Ivai muka veṭṭi cūraṅ{k}kuṭaiyāṉeḻuttu [|] Ivai paṭṭolai (ku)mutakkuṭaiyāṉ centaṉ ciṅkatti ṉeḻuttu [|] Ivai paṭṭolai koṭuntai kuḷamuṭaiyāṉ cūṟṟiteva ṉeḻuttu [|] Ivai paṭṭolai viracoḻanallūruṭaiyāṉ Arai—

Commentary

Some of the inscribed stones are disarranged in the record and some portions of the inscription also appear to have been lost.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.157 (ARIE/1916-1917/B/1916/619) by Ramanatha Ayyar 1962 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Ramanatha Ayyar, A. S. 1962. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XIV: The Pāṇḍyas. South Indian Inscriptions 14. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Manager of Publications). Pages 83–84, item 157.