SII 14.194: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 194. (A.R. No. 642 of 1916.) ŚĒRMĀDĒVI, AMBASAMUDRAM TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. ON THE WEST AND NORTH WALLS OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE AMMAINĀTHA TEMPLE.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0194.

Summary: This long inscription is dated in the 3rd year but the king’s name is not specified at the beginning. It states that when Jaṭāvarmaṉ alias Uḍaiyār Śōḻapāṇḍyādēva was seated in the bathing room (tirumañjaṉaśālai) in the palace at Rājēndraśōḻapuram, the royal order of his father (nam ayyar) who has the historical introduction viramētuṇaiyagāvum (i.e., Vīrarājēndradēva) was received that certain lands belonging to the temple of Kailāsanātha at Nigarili ōḻa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam may be exempted from the payment of taxes from the third year, apparently of the Chōḷapāṇḍya viceroy, the necessary revenue instructions were issued to that effect. The document is worded in detail like the Chōḷa records of this period, and is attested by a number of officials in conformity with the revenue procedure prevalent at that time. This Chōḷapāṇḍya viceroy was evidently the son of Vīrarājendradēva named Gaggaikoṇḍaśōḻaṉ on whom the title of Chōḷa-pāṇḍya had been conferred by his father.1 In a record2 from Āttūr in the same district there is reference to another son named Rājēndra-Chōḷa, who is said to have been granted the title of Chōḷapāṇḍya.

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

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

Version: (1624459), last modified (3768a5a).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] yāṇṭu 3 ḷ 3 100 7~ṉāl Uttamacoḻavaḷanāṭṭu muḷḷi nāṭṭu nikarilicoḻac caturve⟨2⟩timaṅkalattu vaṭap(āricat)tu muṭikoṇṭa coḻapperāṟṟiṉ teṉkaraiyil Eḻuntaruḷi Irukkum śrī⟨3⟩kayilāsamuṭaiya mahātevar [.]e [4+] tevatāṉam Iṟaiyiliyāka variyiliṭṭapaṭi [||] yāṇṭu (2)~Āvatu nā⟨4⟩ḷ 3 100 8 10 8 ṉāl koccaṭaiyavaṉmarāṉa Uṭaiyār śrīcoḻapāṇṭiyatevar rājen=tiraco⟨5⟩ḻapurattuk koyiliṉuḷḷāl tirumañcaṉacālaiyilp paḷḷippiṭattu Eḻuntaruḷi Iruntu rājarājap⟨6⟩pāṇṭi nāṭṭu Uttamacoḻavaḷanāṭṭu muḷḷināṭṭu nikarilicoḻaccaturvetimaṅkalattu vaṭapakkattu mu⟨7⟩ṭikoṇṭacoḻap perāṟṟiṉ teṉkaraiyil Eḻuntaruḷi Irukkum śrī kayilāsamuṭaiya mahātevarkku tevatāṉamā⟨8⟩ka muṭikoṇṭacoḻavaḷanāṭṭu melvempanāṭṭuk kallūr nilattil muṉpu It tevarkku tevatāṉamāy varukiṟa civa⟨9⟩pātacekaranallūroṭum Aṭaiya nilaṉāl veliyum Iṉṉilattāl namakku Iṟukka⟨k⟩kaṭava Iṟaiyum Ūrkkaḻañcum ku⟨10⟩marak(kac)cāṇamum taṟi Iṟai taṭṭārppāṭṭamum pāṭikāvalak kūliyu muḷḷiṭṭa Antarā⟨ya⟩ṅkaḷum yāṇṭu 3~⟨Āvatu⟩ (mu)tal Itteva⟨11⟩rkku veṇṭu⟨m⟩ nivantaṅkaḷukku Iṟuppatāka tevatāṉa Iṟaiyiliyāka variyiliṭuvittuk kuṭukka veṉṟu virame tuṇai⟨12⟩yākavum tiyākame Aṇiyākavum ceṅkoloccik karuṅkali kaṭintu kūṭalcaṅkamattu Āhavama⟨13⟩llaṉai Añcuvittu vikkalaṉaiyum ciṅkaṇaṉaiyu muṭaipuṟaṅ kaṇṭu maṟṟavar mahāteviyaro⟨14⟩ṭum vastuvāhaṉaṅ kaikkoṇṭu vijaiyasi⟨ṃ⟩hāsaṉattu viṟṟiruntaruḷiya{ṉa} na⟨m⟩mayyar tiru mukam pra⟨15⟩sādañ ceytaruḷi vantamaiyil muṭikoṇṭacoḻavaḷanāṭṭu melvempa nāṭṭuk kallūr nirnilattil Ittevar ⟨16⟩ tevatāṉam civapātacekaranallūrroṭum Aṭaiya nilaṉ kāl veliyum Iṉṉilattāl nilavopāti vanta ⟨17⟩ kāṇik kaṭaṉ kācu 3 10 2~kālum nel Aññūṟṟu Aṟupattu Eḻukalaṉe patakku nāṉāḻiyum Iv vūril ⟨18⟩ yāṇṭu 3~Āvatu mutal curukki veṟu mutalākki Ivviṟai yāṇṭu 3~Āvatu mutal Āṭṭā⟨19⟩ṇṭutoṟum niṉṟiṟaiyā vari Iṟuppatāka Iṟai ka(ṇṭu) Iv viṟaiyum Iṉṉilattāl vanta Ūrk kaḻa⟨20⟩ñcum kumara(kkacc)āṇamum taṟi Iṟai taṭṭārppāṭṭa⟨m⟩ Uḷḷiṭṭa (I)ṟaipāṭṭa miṉ pāṭṭamum pāṭikāvalkkūli(yu muḷḷiṭ)⟨21⟩ṭa Antarāyaṅkaḷum Uttamacoḻavaḷanāṭṭu muḷḷi nāṭṭu nikarilicoḻac caturvetimaṅkalattu śrī ka⟨22⟩yilāsamuṭaiya mahādevarkkut tevatāṉamāy Iṉṉilam veḷḷāṉ vakaiyil mutalum veṟumu⟨23⟩talum paḻa(mp)piyarum yāṇṭu 3~Āvatu mutal tavirntu Ittevar tevatāṉam civapātacekara nallūroṭuṅ ⟨24⟩ kūṭi Orurāya Oru puravāy Ittevarkku veṇṭu⟨m⟩ nivantaṅkaḷukku Iṟuppatāka yāṇṭu 3~Āvatu mutal te⟨25⟩vatāṉa Iṟaiyiliyāka variyiliṭat tiruvāymoḻintaruḷiṉāreṉṟu tirumantiravolai coḻa maṇṭalattu ni⟨26⟩ttaliṉota vaḷanāṭṭu Āvūrk kūṟṟattu viḷattūr kiḻavaṉ veḷāṉ coḻapāṇṭiyaṉāṉa kaṅkai koṇ⟨27⟩ṭa coḻa (muventaveḷāṉ paṇi)yālum tirumantiravolai nāyakam Iṉṉāṭṭu pāṇṭikulācaṉi vaḷanāṭṭu ⟨28⟩ coḻapāṇṭiyat [3+] nāṭāḻvāṉ Oppiṉālum yāṇṭu 3~Āvatu 3 100 8 10 8~ṉālp pukunta keḻvi variyiliṭ⟨29⟩ṭuk koḷkaveṉṟu Atikārikaḷ coḻamaṇṭalattu Ūyakkoṇṭār vaḷanāṭṭut tirunaṟaiyūr nāṭṭut taṇṭantoṭ⟨30⟩ṭa muṭaiyār Utai(yativāka)ra ṉamala ṉākaṉārāṉa Uttama coḻa muventaveḷārum viṭaiyi latikārikaḷ ⟨31⟩ kaṇṭarātitta muventaveḷārum kālakālakaṉṉa muventaveḷārum coḻa maṇṭalattu nitta viṉotavaḷanāṭ⟨32⟩ṭu Āvūrk kūṟṟattu [3+] mur Uṭaiyār Utaiyamāttāṇṭaṉ koṇālārāṉa kaṇṭarātitta muve(nta)⟨33⟩veḷārum rājarājap pāṇṭināṭṭu maturāntaka vaḷanāṭṭu Āṇmānāṭṭup parakecarinallūr kiḻāṉ [4+] ⟨34⟩ cilaipeṟṟāṉārāṉa rājativākaramuventaveḷārum Iṉṉāṭṭu coḻapāṇṭiyakkuḷakkiḻ veḷḷuṭaiyār ⟨35⟩ pūvaṇava ṉulakaḷantāṉārāṉa Uttamacoḻat tamiḻataraiyarum Iṉṉāṭṭu Irājentracoḻavaḷa ṉāṭṭu miḻa⟨36⟩laik kūṟṟattuka kiḻkūṟṟu jayaṅkoṇṭacoḻanallūr Uṭaiyār kumaraṉkoṉārāṉa vāṉavaṉ muventa⟨37⟩veḷā⟨rum⟩ Iṉṉāṭṭup poṉpaṟṟi Uṭaiyār paṭṭaṉ tāmotir¿ā?⟨a⟩ṉārāṉa rājarājap poṉ paṟṟi viḻupparai⟨38⟩yarum Eva puravuvari tiṇaikkaḷattuk kaṇkāṇi rājarājap pāṇṭināṭṭu maturāntaka vaḷanāṭṭu Aḻakiya pāṇ⟨39⟩ṭiyakkuḷakkiḻ nelkkuṭapai Uṭaiyāṉ centilātittaṉārāṉa rājakecari muventaveḷāṉum Iṉṉāṭam ⟨40⟩ māṉaviravaḷanāṭṭuk kamutakkuṭaiyāṉ Āccaṉ paramaṉāṉa Irakkāṭṭu coḻapāṇṭiya māṉaviravaḷa nāṭṭu muve⟨41⟩ntaveḷāṉum Iṉṉāṭṭu rājentracoḻavaḷanāṭṭu miḻalaik kūṟṟattu vaṭapāmpāṟṟu Aṇṭak kuṭaiyāṉ A⟨42⟩raiyaṉkkappa [6+] paṇṇittirap pallavaraiyaṉum puravuvari tiṇaikkaḷam Iṉṉāṭṭu miḻalaik kūṟṟattu va ⟨43⟩ ṭa [8+] llūr Uṭaiyāṉ tirukk(āḷi) cirāḷaṉāṉ civapātacekaramuventaveḷāṉum Iṉṉāṭṭu matu⟨44⟩[8+] ṉāṭṭu karaiyirukkai naralokacuntaranallūruṭaiyāṉ veḷāṉ mummuṭi coḻaṉāṉa rāja⟨45⟩[10+] ṉāṭṭu miḻalaik kūṟṟattu naṭuviṟ kūṟṟu ciparāntaka nallūrc cemman=tai Uṭai⟨46⟩[1 lost line] ⟨47⟩ [3+] yāṉiṭaikkarai tevaṉum pura(vu)varināyakam coḻamaṇṭalattu (kṣa)ttracikāmaṇi [2+] ⟨48⟩ [8+] vaḷanāṭṭut tirunaṟaiyūr nāṭṭuc ceṟṟūrk kūṟṟattu Uḻavaceri Uṭaiyāṉ Araṅkaṉ poṟkkāriyāṉa ⟨49⟩ ravikularāja muventaveḷāṉum rājarājap pāṇṭināṭṭu miḻalaik kūṟṟattu naṭuviṟk kūṟṟu ciparāntakanallūr puṉ ⟨50⟩ kañceri Uṭai⟨yā⟩ṉ tevaṉ cūlapāṇiyum varippottakam Iṉṉāṭṭu tirukkāṉapperk kūṟṟattu ciṟu(kā)ṉapperu⟨51⟩ṭaiyāṉ kāvaṉ cattiyum coḻamaṇṭalattu Arumoḻiteva vaḷanāṭṭup piṟaṅkāḻiṭai nāṭṭuk kuḻalūruṭaiyā ṉakka⟨52⟩ṉ Eḻuvaṉum mukaveṭṭi rājarājap pāṇṭināṭṭu rājentracoḻa vaḷanāṭṭuk koṭun=taik kuḷamuṭaiyāṉ [4+] vaṉā ⟨53⟩ [1+] yāṉ Arintavaṉ muventaveḷaraṉum Iṉṉāṭṭu muṭikoṇṭacoḻa vaḷanāṭṭu Ā(ri)nāṭṭu Iḷanallūruṭai⟨54⟩yāṉ kūtt(āṭi) jaṉaṉātaṉāṉa coḻakulacuntara mu⟨venta⟩veḷāṉum varippottakak kaṇakku Iṉṉāṭṭu miḻalaik kūṟṟattu kiḻkkū⟨55⟩ṟṟu Uttamacoḻana⟨l⟩lūr Uṭaiyāṉ kaṇṭaṉaraṅkaṉum Iṉṉāṭṭu maturāntaka vaḷanāṭṭu Āṇ mānāṭṭu maṇṇai koṇṭa ⟨56⟩ coḻa nallūr Uṭaiyāṉ veḷāṉ colaiyāṉa rājan¿a?⟨ā⟩rāyaṇamuventa veḷāṉum Iṉṉāṭṭu vaṭatalaiccempi nā⟨57⟩ṭṭu maturāntaka nallūruṭaiyāṉ cūṟṟi⟨yāṭkoṇṭā⟩ṉāṉa vikkiramaciṅkac cempi nāṭṭu muventa veḷāṉum Iṉṉāṭṭukki⟨58⟩ḻi ṇiyamuṭṭattuc ciṟutūruṭaiyāṉ caṭaiyaṉ kūttaṉāṉa cempiyaṉ variyili muventaveḷāṉum vāyiliṭu Iṉṉāṭa⟨59⟩ṭu (co)ṇāṭṭup pulvāyū⟨ru⟩ṭaiyāṉ koṟṟaṉ karuṇākaraṉum Iṉṉāṭṭut tirukkāṉapperk kūṟṟattu Uccāṉi Uṭaiyāṉ vikkiramaṉ ⟨60⟩ vītiviṭaṅkaṉum Iṉṉāṭṭu marutūruṭaiyāṉ ciṟiyāṉ cen=tilāṉa vikkiramacoḻac cūraṅkuṭi nāṭṭu viḻupparaiyaṉum coḻa⟨61⟩maṇṭalattu Ārkkāṭṭuk kūṟṟattuk karuppūruṭaiyāṉ Araiyaṉātittaṉum paṭṭolai rājarājap pāṇṭi nāṭṭu mi⟨62⟩ḻalaik kūṟṟattu kiḻkūṟṟu rājakesarinallūruṭaiyāṉ kaṇṭaṉ cun=taraṉum Iṉṉāṭṭu naṭuviṟk kūṟṟu cipārantakanal⟨63⟩lūr Uṭaiyāṉ kuvalai⟨ya⟩cantira ṉampalakkūttaṉāṉa (ni)rupaviccātira viḻupparaiyaṉum Iṉṉāṭṭuc coḻa keraḷak kuḷakkiḻ nalva⟨64⟩yaluṭaiyāṉ caṅkaraṉ kaṇavatiyum variyiliṭuvitta pura⟨vu⟩varitiṇaikkaḷam civapātacekara muventa veḷāṉum rājacuntara muventave⟨65⟩ḷāṉum vari(yiliṭṭu vāci)tta varippottakak kaṇakku Uttamacoḻa(nallū)ruṭaiyāṉ kaṇṭa ṉaraṅkaṉum variyiliṭṭa variyiliṭu pulvāyū ⟨66⟩ ruṭaiyāṉ koṟṟaṉ karuṇakaraṉum paṭṭolai Eḻutiṉa paṭṭolai rājakesarinallūr Uṭaiyāṉ kaṇṭaṉ cuntaraṉum (nal)⟨67⟩vayaluṭaiyāṉ cakkaraṉ kaṇavatiyu miruntu yāṇṭu (3)~vatu nāḷ 3 100 8 10 8~ṉāl variyiliṭṭatu [||] Ippaṭi variyaliṭṭa⟨68⟩maikku pura⟨vu⟩vari tiṇaikkaḷam rājarājap pāṇṭi nāṭṭu Irājentracoḻavaḷanāṭṭu miḻalaik kūṟṟa⟨ttu⟩ vaṭapa mpāṟṟu Arumo⟨69⟩ḻi tavanallūruṭaiyāṉ tirukkāḷi cirāḷaṉāṉa civapātacekara muventaveḷāṉ Eḻuttu [|] pura(vu) vari tiṇaikkaḷam Iṉṉāṭṭu pū⟨70⟩ṅkāṉanāṭṭuk karaiIrukkai naralokacuntaranallūruṭaiyāṉ veḷāṉ mummaṭi coḻaṉāṉa rājacuntara muventaveḷā⟨71⟩ṉeḻuttu [|] mukaveṭṭi Iṉṉāṭṭu Ārināṭṭu Iḷanallūruṭaiyāṉ (kūttāṭi) jaṉaṉātaṉāṉa coḻakulacuntara muventaveḷā⟨72⟩ṉeḻuttu [|] ⟨73⟩ Ivai mukaveṭṭi Iṉnāṭṭu mel Iraṇiya muṭṭattu koṭuntaik kuḷamuṭaiyāṉ [10+] ⟨74⟩ ḷāṉ Eḻuttu [|] Ivai puravuvaritiṇaikkaḷattuk kaṇkāṇi Iṉṉāṭṭu māṉavira vaḷanāṭṭu tirukkamutakkuṭi Uṭaiyāṉ Āccaṉ paramaṉāṉa parākkira⟨75⟩macoḻapāṇṭiya māṉaviravaḷanāṭṭu muventaveḷāṉ Eḻuttu Ivai puravuvari tiṇaikkaḷattu varippottakakkaṇakku Iṉṉāṭṭuk kiḻiraṇiyamuṭṭattu ⟨76⟩ ciṟutūruṭaiyāṉa caṭaiyaṉ kūttaṉāṉa cempoṉ Eyili muventaveḷāṉ Eḻuttu [|] variyiliṭu Iṉṉāṭṭu c¿ā?⟨o⟩ṇāṭṭu pulavāyūruṭaiyāṉ koṟṟa [2+] ka [4+] ⟨77⟩ karaṉ Eḻuttu [|] Ivai pura⟨vu⟩vari tiṇaikkaḷattu varippottakakkaṇakku (Iṉṉā)ṭṭu miḻalaik kūṟṟattuk kiḻkūṟṟu Uttama coḻanallūr Uṭaiyāṉ kaṇṭaṉa raṅ⟨78⟩kaṉ Eḻuttu [|] Ivai puravuvari tiṇaikkaḷattu [4+] ṭṭu miḻalaik kūṟṟattu (kiḻkūṟṟu) rājakecarinallūruṭaiyāṉ kaṇṭaṉ cuntaraṉ

Commentary

(46) Damaged.

(78) cuntaraṉ. Continuation lost.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.194 (ARIE/1916-1917/B/1916/642) 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 108–111, item 194.

Notes

  1. 1. Ep. Ind., Vol. XI, p. 293.
  2. 2. No. 247 of 1929-30.