SII 17.186: original edition by K. G. Krishnan

Alternative title: “No. 186. (A.R. No. 166 of 1904.) TIRUVAKKARAI, VILUPPURAM TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: On the south wall of the central shrine in the Chandramauḷīśvara temple.

Rājēndrachōḷa I. Year 8 and 10: 1020 and 1022 A.D.

This record commences with the well-known praśasti, Tirumaṉṉi vaḷara etc., of Rājēndra Chōḷa I.

This records the gift of a plate of bell-metal to god Mūlasthānam-uḍaiya Mahādēvar in Tiruvakkarai in Tirubhuvanamahādēvi-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a brahmadēya in Jayaṅgoṇḍaśōḻa-maṇḍalam, and gifts of sheep for two perpetual lamps, one to the god Tiruvuttīśvaram-uḍaiya Mahādēva in Vaḻudavūr, a hamlet of Tiruvakkarai and the other to god Tiruva[ga]stīśvaram-uḍaiya Mahādēva in Oḻugaṟai, another hamlet of Tiruvakkarai, by Kumāri Kuṭṭi alias Abhimāṉamēru-chchōḻamuttaraiyaṉ, a resident of Āṟṟuppākkam, a northern hamlet of Tiruvakkarai.

The same donor made another endowment of sheep for a perpetual lamp in the 10th year of the king.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0186.

File path: SII17/DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0186.xml.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] tirumaṉṉi vaḷara Irunilamaṭan=taiyum poṟceyaṟpāvaiyum cir-
⟨2⟩ ttaniccelviyun taṉperun=tevi⟨ya⟩rāki Iṉ⟨pu⟩ṟa neṭutuyiluḻiyuḷiṭai tuṟai nāṭun=tu-
⟨3⟩ ṭarvaṉavelip paṭar vaṉavāciyuñ cuḷḷiccūḻmatiḷk koḷḷippākkaiyum naṇṇa-
⟨4⟩ ṟ karumaraṇ maṇṇaikkaṭakkamum porukaṭaliḻattaraicartamuṭiyum Āṅkavar teviya roṅkeḻil mu-
⟨5⟩ ṭiyum muṉṉavaṉ pakkal te⟨ṉ⟩ṉavaṉ vaitta cun=taramuṭiyum In=tiraṉāramun teṇṭiṟai Īḻamaṇ
⟨6⟩ ṭalamuḻuvatum Eṟipaṭaikkeraḷaṉ muṟaimaiyilc cūṭuṅ kulataṉamākiya palar pukaḻ muṭiyu-
⟨7⟩ m ceṅkatir mālaiyum caṅkatirvelait tolpaḻan=tivum ceruviṟcciṉavil Irupattoru kā{l}
⟨8⟩ laraicukaḷai kaṭṭa paracurāmaṉ maivarum cān=tinaṟṟivaraṇ karuti Iruttiya cempoṟṟiruttaku mu-
⟨9⟩ ṭiyu māpporu taṇṭāṟ koṇṭa kopparakecaripanmarāna śrīrājentira coḻadevaṟk=ku
⟨10⟩ (yā)ṇṭu Eṭṭāvatu vaṭakarai jayaṅkoṇṭacoḻa maṇṭalattu brahmadeyam śrīti-
⟨11⟩ (ribhuvana)mahādevi (ca)turvvetimaṅkalattu tiruvakkarai śrīmulasthānamuṭaiya ma(hā)devaṟk=ku
⟨12⟩ (vaṭapiṭā)kai Āṟṟuppākkattirukkum kumāri kuṭṭiyāṉa Abhimāṉameruc co(ḻa)mut(ta)raiyan
⟨13⟩ Iṭṭa veṇkalattaḷikai Oṉṟiṉāl niṟai Aṟupattu nāṟpalam vaṭapiṭākai va-
⟨14⟩ ḻutavūr tiruvuttiśvaramuṭaiya mahādevaṟk=ku vaitta tirunan=tāviḷakku Oṉṟu mivu-
⟨15⟩ rirukku maṉṟāṭi kāṭṭu(ra)ṉ Araciliyum kāṭṭuraṉ kuppaiyum pāṭṭañceya⟨k⟩kaṭavār Ivarkaḷ vaca-
⟨16⟩ ttāṭu toṇṇuṟ ṟaiñcu kiḻpiṭākai Oḻukaṟai tiruva(kasti)śvaramuṭaiya
⟨17⟩ mahā(de)vaṟkku vaitta tirunan=tāviḷakku Oṉṟinukku Āṭu toṇṇūṟṟaiñcu Ivai
⟨18⟩ kaikkoṇṭu pāṭṭañ ceya⟨k⟩kaṭavāṉ vaḻutavū rirukku maṉṟāṭi pūmi nakkaṉ Ivai cāvā muvā-
⟨19⟩ p perāṭu cantrādit=tavaṟ niṟka meṟ(pa)ṭiyāṉ yāṇṭu 10 Āvatu tiruvakkarai śrīmūlasthā na{m}mu-
⟨20⟩ ṭaiya mahādevaṟku vaitta tirunan=tāviḷakkoṉṟiṉuk=ku Āṭu toṇṇūṟuṅ kai⌈-
⟨21⟩ k=koṇṭu pāṭṭañceyya k=kaṭava maṉṟāṭi tribhuvaṉamahādeviccaturvvetimaṅkalattu maṉṟā

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] tirumaṉṉi vaḷara Irunilamaṭan=taiyum poṟceyaṟpāvaiyum cir⟨2⟩ttaniccelviyun taṉperun=tevi⟨ya⟩rāki Iṉ⟨pu⟩ṟa neṭutuyiluḻiyuḷiṭai tuṟai nāṭun=tu⟨3⟩ṭarvaṉavelip paṭar vaṉavāciyuñ cuḷḷiccūḻmatiḷk koḷḷippākkaiyum naṇṇa⟨4⟩ṟ karumaraṇ maṇṇaikkaṭakkamum porukaṭaliḻattaraicartamuṭiyum Āṅkavar teviya roṅkeḻil mu⟨5⟩ṭiyum muṉṉavaṉ pakkal te⟨ṉ⟩ṉavaṉ vaitta cun=taramuṭiyum In=tiraṉāramun teṇṭiṟai Īḻamaṇ ⟨6⟩ ṭalamuḻuvatum Eṟipaṭaikkeraḷaṉ muṟaimaiyilc cūṭuṅ kulataṉamākiya palar pukaḻ muṭiyu⟨7⟩m ceṅkatir mālaiyum caṅkatirvelait tolpaḻan=tivum ceruviṟcciṉavil Irupattoru kā{l} ⟨8⟩ laraicukaḷai kaṭṭa paracurāmaṉ maivarum cān=tinaṟṟivaraṇ karuti Iruttiya cempoṟṟiruttaku mu⟨9⟩ṭiyu māpporu taṇṭāṟ koṇṭa kopparakecaripanmarāna śrīrājentira coḻadevaṟk=ku ⟨10⟩ (yā)ṇṭu Eṭṭāvatu vaṭakarai jayaṅkoṇṭacoḻa maṇṭalattu brahmadeyam śrīti⟨11⟩(ribhuvana)mahādevi (ca)turvvetimaṅkalattu tiruvakkarai śrīmulasthānamuṭaiya ma(hā)devaṟk=ku ⟨12⟩ (vaṭapiṭā)kai Āṟṟuppākkattirukkum kumāri kuṭṭiyāṉa Abhimāṉameruc co(ḻa)mut(ta)raiyan ⟨13⟩ Iṭṭa veṇkalattaḷikai Oṉṟiṉāl niṟai Aṟupattu nāṟpalam vaṭapiṭākai va⟨14⟩ḻutavūr tiruvuttiśvaramuṭaiya mahādevaṟk=ku vaitta tirunan=tāviḷakku Oṉṟu mivu⟨15⟩rirukku maṉṟāṭi kāṭṭu(ra)ṉ Araciliyum kāṭṭuraṉ kuppaiyum pāṭṭañceya⟨k⟩kaṭavār Ivarkaḷ vaca⟨16⟩ttāṭu toṇṇuṟ ṟaiñcu kiḻpiṭākai Oḻukaṟai tiruva(kasti)śvaramuṭaiya ⟨17⟩ mahā(de)vaṟkku vaitta tirunan=tāviḷakku Oṉṟinukku Āṭu toṇṇūṟṟaiñcu Ivai ⟨18⟩ kaikkoṇṭu pāṭṭañ ceya⟨k⟩kaṭavāṉ vaḻutavū rirukku maṉṟāṭi pūmi nakkaṉ Ivai cāvā muvā⟨19⟩p perāṭu cantrādit=tavaṟ niṟka meṟ(pa)ṭiyāṉ yāṇṭu 10 Āvatu tiruvakkarai śrīmūlasthā na{m}mu⟨20⟩ṭaiya mahādevaṟku vaitta tirunan=tāviḷakkoṉṟiṉuk=ku Āṭu toṇṇūṟuṅ kai⌈⟨21⟩k=koṇṭu pāṭṭañceyya k=kaṭava maṉṟāṭi tribhuvaṉamahādeviccaturvvetimaṅkalattu maṉṟā

Apparatus

⟨4⟩ karumaraṇ • Some versions read muraṇ.

⟨8⟩ cān=tinaṟṟivaraṇ • Some versions read cāntimaṟṟivaraṇ.

Commentary

⟨21⟩ maṉṟā. Incomplete.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 17.186 by Krishnan 1964 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Krishnan, K. G. 1964. South-Indian inscriptions. Volume XVII: Inscriptions collected during the year 1903-04. South Indian Inscriptions 17. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Manager of Publications). Pages 62–63, item 186.

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