SII 14.236: original edition by A. S. Ramanatha Ayyar – No. 236. (A.R. No. 324 of 1908.) KURUVITTUṞAI, NILAKKOTTAI TALUK, MADURAI DISTRICT. ON THE WEST WALL OF THE CHITRARATHA-VALLABHA-PERUMĀḶ TEMPLE.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv14p1i0236.

Summary: This record of Śrīvallabha is dated in the 16th year and the 171st day. It is connected with No. 229 of the 11th year of the king registering donations made by Māṅgāḍu-kiḻāṉ which are referred to here. These lands which had been taken up for cultivation by a certain Sarvakratukkaḷ had to be irrigated by a new channel but as the sabhaiyār of Śōḷāntaka-chaturvēdimaṅgalam objected to the digging of a new channel, the lands could not be cultivated. On the representation of Kāliṅgarājaṉ, the exchānge in respect of one plot of land recorded in No. 229 was cancelled and the lands were exempted from the payment of antarāyam taxes for four years.

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

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

Version: (3cdd373), last modified (85e8117).

Edition

A

⟨A1⟩ svasti śrī [|] tirumaṭantaiyum jayamaṭantaiyum tiruppuyaṅkaḷi linitiruppa Irunilamum perumai Eyta Eṇṭicaiyuṅ kuṭainiḻaṟṟa maṉṉavarellām vantiṟaiñca māpile varumaṇimuṭi cūṭit teṉkumariyum vaṭakaṅkaiyum tiraikkaṭale Ellaiyākap pār⟨A2⟩muḻutuṅ kayalāṇai parantu ceṅkoluṭaṉ vaḻara maṉṉiya virasiṃhāsanattu Ulakamuḻutuṭaiyāroṭum viṟṟiruntaruḷiya māmutal matikkula⟨m⟩ viḷakkiya komutaṟ koccaṭaiyapanmarāna tribhuvanaccakkaravattikaḷ śrīvallabhadevar māṭak⟨A3⟩kuḻakkiḷ maturaik koyilil Uḷḷ(ā)lai Aḻakiya pāṇṭiyaṉ kūṭattup paḷḷippiṭam kaliṅkat taraiyanil Eḷuntaruḷi Iruntu patiṉāṟāvatu nāḷ nūṟṟeḷuputto⟨ṉ⟩ṟiṉā(l) pākaṉūrk kūṟṟattu brahmadeyam śrīcoḻāntakaccaturvvedi⟨A4⟩maṅkalattu tiruccakkara⟨t⟩tāḷvār koyilil śrīvayiṣavar ceyyat tiruvāymoḻintaruḷinapaṭi [|] Ivvāḻavār tirunāmattāl toṇṭaimaṇṭalattup puliyūrkkoṭṭattu māṅkāṭṭu nāṭṭu māṅkāṭu kiḻāṉa cittakuṭṭi mātava⟨A5⟩ṉāṉa coḻa muttaraiyaṉ kācu kuṭuttu Ivvūr sabhaiyār pakkal vaiykaiyāṟṟukku vaṭakaraiyilum teṉkaraiyilum vilaikoṇṭu kuṭutta pramāṇappaṭi nilattu Ittevaṟkkut tiruppaṭi māṟṟuḷḷiṭṭu veṇṭum nivantaṅkaḷu⟨A6⟩kku Iṟuppatākak kulaicekaramaṅkalameṉṉum tirunāmattāl yāṇṭu patiṉoṉṟāvatu mutal teyvatāna Iṟaiyiliyākap paḻampāṭakappaṭi teṉkaraiyil Iṭṭa nirnilam patineḻe Orumāvaraiye Araikkāṇiyu⟨A7⟩m sarvvakkratukkaḷ kārāṇmaikoṇṭu parākkirama pāṇṭiyaṉ kālukku mel kāl kallip payireṟṟiṉār re(ṉ)ṟum kālukku mel kāl kallalākāteṉṟum coḻāntakac caruppeti maṅka⟨la⟩ttu sabhaiyār namakkuc collik kāl ⟨A8⟩ tūrttamaiyil Innilam Ikkāl peṟāviṭilp payireṟāteṉṟum Iṉnilattiley Aiñce Orumā varaiye Araikkāṇi nilam patiṉāṟāvatu mutal māṟit tiṟappākki Iṉnilattukkut talaimāṟu Ivvāḷvār tirunāmattāl vaṭa⟨A9⟩karaiyil vilaikoṇṭuṭaiya pramāṇappaṭi nilamāy muṉpu devatāṉa IṟaiIli māṟit tiṟappāy yiṟuttu vanta nilattileya Aiñcey Orumāvaraiye Araikkāṇi nilam tiṟappāy Iṟuttu varukiṟapaṭi tavirntu paḻampaṭiye devatāṉa Iṟaiyiliyākavum teṉkaraiyi⟨A10⟩liṭṭa nilattil māṟina nilam nikki nilai niṉṟa nilam paṉniruveliyum śrīkoyilum tirumuṟṟamum tirunantavanamum maṭ¿a?⟨ai⟩viḻākamumāka viṭṭa nilam Iruveliyum Ākap paḻampāṭakappaṭi nilam pattoṉpate Orumāvaraiye Araikkāṇiyum Ivvūrril curukki paḻampaṭiye ⟨A11⟩ kulacekaramaṅkalameṉṉum tirunāmattāl veṟu mutalāy Ivvāḻvārkkey kārāṇmai metāṭci mikutik kuṟaivuḷḷaṭaṅka tevatāna Iṟaiyiliyāka Iṭappeṟa veṇṭumeṉṟum Iṉnilattukkup patiṉāṟāvatu mutal nālāṭṭai nāḷaikku Antarā⟨A12⟩yam tavira veṇṭumeṉṟu kāliṅkarāyaṉ namakkuc conna⟨mai⟩yil pākaṉūrk kūṟṟattuc coḻāntakaccaturvvedimaṅkalattu tiru(c)cakkarattāḻvār tirunāmattāl toṇṭaimaṇṭalat(tu) māṅkāṭu nāṭṭu māṅkāṭukiḻāṉ cittakkuṭṭi mātevaṉāṉa coḻa muttaraiyaṉ ⟨A13⟩ kācukuṭuttu Ivvūr sabhaiyār pakkal vaṭakarai⟨yi⟩lum te(ṉka)raiyilum vilaikoṇṭuṭaiya pramāṇappaṭi nilattu Ittevarkkut tiruppaṭi māṟṟuḷḷiṭṭu veṇṭum nimantaṅkaḷukku Iṟuppatākak kula⟨c⟩ekaramaṅkalameṉṉun tirunāmattāl patiṉāṟāvatu mutal tevatāṉa⟨A14⟩Iṟaiyiliyākap paḻam pāṭakappaṭi teṉkaraiyiliṭṭa nirnilam patineḻey Oru māvaraiye Araikkāṇiyum sarvvakkratukkaḷ kārāṇmaiyākak koṇṭu parākkiramapāṇṭiyaṉ kālukku mel kāl kalli Iṉṉilam payireṟṟiṉāreṉṟum kālukku mel kāl kallalākā teṉṟu⟨A15⟩m coḻāntakac caturvvedimaṅkalattu sabhaiyār namakkuc collik kāl tūrttamaiyil Innilam Ikkālpeṟāviṭil payireṟāteṉṟum Innilattile Añce Orumāvarai Araik kāṇi nilam patiṉāṟāvatu mu⟨ta⟩l māṟit tiṟappākki Innilattukkut talaimāṟu vaṭakarai⟨A16⟩yil vilaikoṇṭuṭaiya nilamāy ⟨mu⟩ṉpu devana Iṟaiyili māṟita tiṟappā yiṟuttuvanta nilattile Añce Orumāvaraiye Araikkāṇi nilan tiṟappāyiṟuttu varukiṟamai tavirntu paḻampaṭiye devana Iṟaiyiliyākavum teṉkaraiyili⟨ṭ⟩ṭa nila⟨A17⟩ttil māṟiṉa nilam nikki nilainiṉṟa nilam paṉṉiruveliyum śrī koyilum tirumuṟṟamun tirunantavaṉamum maṭaviḷākamum Uṭpaṭa nilam Iruveliyum Ākap paḻam pāṭakappaṭi nilam pattoṉpatey Orumāvarai Araikkāṇiyum Ivvūril curukki paḻampaṭiye ⟨A18⟩ kulacekaramaṅkalameṉṉum (peya)rālāy Ivvāḻvāṟkey kārāṇ⟨mai⟩ mitāṭci mikutikkuṟai vuḷḷaṭaṅkat tevatāṉa Iṟaiyiliyākavum Innilattukkup patiṉāṟāvatu mutal nālāṭṭai nāḷaikku Antarā⟨yam⟩ tavirvatākavum nam variyilār Eḻutti⟨ṭ⟩ṭa Uḷvariyuṅ ⟨kāliṅka⟩rāya ⟨A19⟩ ṉ Olaiyum potak kāṭṭaccoṉṉom [|] kalliluñ cempilum veṭṭikkoḷka veṉṟu tiruvāymoḻintaruḷiṉār [|] Ivai ḻuṉaiyataraiyaṉ Eḻuttu [|] Ivai parākkirama pāṇṭiya Uttara mantiri Eḻuttu [|]

B

⟨B1⟩ koneriṉmaikoṇṭāṉ pākaṉūrk kūṟṟattuc coḻāntakac caturvvemaṅkalattut tiruc cakkarattāḻvār koyiliṟ śrīvayiṇavarkku [|] Ivāḻvārkkut tiruppaṭimāṟṟuḷḷiṭṭu veṇṭum nimantaṅkaḷukku Ivvāḻvār tirunāmattāl toṇṭaimaṇṭalattu mā⟨B2⟩⟨ṅkāṭṭu nāṭṭu mā⟩ṅkāṭukiḻāṉ coḻamuttaraiyaṉ kācu kuṭuttu Ivvūr sabhaiyār pakkal vaṭakaraiyilun teṉkaraiyilum vilaikoṇṭu kuṭutta piramāṇappaṭi nilattu Ittevarkkut tiruppaṭi māṟṟuḷḷiṭṭu veṇṭum nimantaṅkaḷukku Iṟuppatākak kulacekaramaṅkalameṉṉum peyarāl patiṉoṉṟāvatu mutal tevatāṉa Iṟaiyiliyākap paḻa⟨m⟩ pāṭakappaṭi teṉkaraiyiliṭṭa (ni)lam patiṉeḻe Orumāvarai Araikkāṇiyum carvvakkirutukkaḷ kārāṇmaiyākak koṇṭu kālukkumeṟ kāl kallip payireṟṟiṉāreṉṟum kālukkumeṟ kāl kallalākāteṉṟum Ivvūr sabhaiyār namakku⟨B3⟩ccollik kāl tūrttamaiyil Innilam Ikkāl peṟāviṭil payireṟāteṉṟum In nilattile Añcey Orumāvarai Araikkāṇi nilam patiṉāṟāvatu mutal māṟit tiṟap pākki Innilattukkut talaimāṟu vaṭakaraiyil vilaikoṇṭuṭaiya nilamāy muṉpu tevatāṉa Iṟaiyili māṟit tiṟappāy Iṟuttu vanta nilattile Añce Orumāvarai Araikkāṇi nilan tiṟappāy Iṟuttu varuki⟨ṉ⟩ṟamai tavintu paḻampaṭiyey tevatāṉa Iṟaiyiliyākavum teṉkarai [3+] ni⟨la⟩ttil māṟiṉa nilam nikki nilai niṉṟa nilam paṉṉiruveliyum śrīkovilun tirumuṟṟamum tirunantavaṉamu maṭaiviḷākamum Uṭpaṭa nilam Iruveliyum Ākap paḻampāṭakappaṭi nilam pattoṉpate Orumāvarai Araikkāṇiyum Ivvūriṟ curukki⟨p⟩ paḻampaṭi⟨B4⟩yey kulacekaramaṅkalameṉṉum peyarāl veṟu mutalāka Ivvāḻvārkkey kārāṇmai mitāṭci mikutikkuṟaivuḷḷaṭaṅkat tevatāṉa Iṟaiyiliyākavum Innilattukkup patināṟāvatu mutal n¿a?⟨ā⟩lāṭṭai nāḷaikku Antarāyan tavirvatākavu miṭṭu nam variyilār Eḻuttiṭṭa Uḷvariyuṅ kāliṅkarāyaṉ Olaiyum (pota)⟨kkāṭṭa⟩c coṉṉom [|] tāṅkaḷ Innilaṅ kaikkoṇṭu tiruppaṭimāṟṟuḷḷiṭṭu veṇṭum nimantaṅkaḷuñ cellappaṇṇak keḻvi⟨B5⟩ppaṭiyum Uḷvarippaṭiyum kallilum cempilum veṭṭik koḷvatu [|] patiṉāṟāvatu nāḷ nūṟṟeḻupattoṉṟināl Ivai parākkiramapāṇṭiya Uttaramantiri Eḻuttu [||]

C

⟨C1⟩ kāliṅkarācaṉ Olai [|] coḻāntakac caturvvedimaṅkalattut tiruccakkaratirtta⟨t⟩tāḻvār koyiliṟ śrīvayiṣṇava vāriyaṉun tevakaṉmikaḷuṅkaṇṭu [|] Ivvāḻvāṟkut tiruppaṭi māṟṟuḷḷiṭṭu veṇṭum nimantaṅkaḷukkut tevatāṉa Iṟaiyiliyāṉa Ivvūr sabhaiyār pakkal ⟨C2⟩ toṇṭai maṇṭalattup puliyūrk koṭṭattu māṅkāṭṭu nāṭṭu māṅkāṭu kiḻāṉ cittakuṭṭi mātavaṉāṉa coḻamuttaraiyaṉ Ivvāḻvār tirunāmattāl kācu kuṭuttu vilaikoṇṭu kuṭutta piramāṇappaṭi nilattukku teṉkarai parākkiramapāṇṭiyaṉ kaṭṭaḷaiyil kulacekara maṅkalameṉṉun tirunāmattāl yāṇṭu patiṉoṉṟāvatu veṟu piṟintu tevatāṉa Iṟai yiliyākap paḻampāṭakappaṭi Innilam patiṉeḻey Orumāvarai Araikkāṇiyil Ivvāḻvār

Commentary

B

This order was issued by the king to the Śrīvaishṇavas of the Tiruchchakkarattāḻvār shrine granting exemption from certain taxes for four years from the 16th year onwards.

C

This copy was the order subsequently issued by Kāliṅgarāyaṉ to the Śrīvaishṇavas and the Dēvakaṉmis of the temple of Tiruchchakkarattāḻvār at Chōḷāntaka-chaturvēdimaṅgalam.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 14.236 (ARIE/1908-1909/B/1908/324) 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 141–143, item 236.