SII 17.234: original edition by K. G. Krishnan

Alternative title: “No. 234. (A.R. No. 212 of 1904.) MĒLŚĒVŪR, GINGEE TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: On the north wall of the central shrine in the Vṛishabhapurīśvara temple.

Rājarāja I. Year 23: 1007-08 A.D.

This inscription commences with the praśasti, Tirumagaḷ pōla, etc., of Rājarāja I.

It records the arrangement made for the distribution of wages to the various servants in the temple of god Tiruttāntōṉṟi-Mahādēva in the eastern division of Śiṅgapura-nāḍu maintained by the kāttār (?) of Puduppāḍi-kkallēri alias Iravikula māṇikkapuram, by Valivalaṅgiḻāṉ Vēḷāṉ Sūriyaṉ alias Sundara-śōḻa Mūvēndavēḷāṉ.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0234.

File path: SII17/DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0234.xml.

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⟨1⟩ (sva)sti śrī [∥] tirumakaḷ polap perunilaic ce-
⟨2⟩ (lviyu n=ta)ṉakkeyu(ri)mai pūṇṭamai (maṉa)-
⟨3⟩ kkoḷak kāntaḷūrc cālai kalamaṟuttaruḷi
⟨4⟩ veṅkai ñāṭuṅ kaṅkapāṭiyum ṉu-
⟨5⟩ ḷam⟨pa⟩pāṭiyun ta [**] (p)āṭiyuṅ {ka} kuṭama-
⟨6⟩ [*] (ñ)āṭuṅ k(olla)mum kaliṅkamum
⟨7⟩ Eṇtic(ai) [********] ṇṭalamum Ila-
⟨8⟩ ṭṭapāṭi Eḻaraiyilakkamun ti(ṇ)ṭiṟal veṉṟi
⟨9⟩ ttaṇṭāṟ koṇṭa taṉṉe(ḻil) vaḷaruḻiyuḷel-
⟨10⟩ lā vi(y)āṇṭun toḻutakai viḷaṅkum yāṇṭe
⟨11⟩ ceḻiyarait tecukoḷ kovirāca(rā)cakecari(pa)ṉmarāṉa śrīrācarā-
⟨12⟩ cate(va)ṟku yāṇṭu 2 10 3 Āvatu ciṅkapura(ñ)āṭṭuk kiḻvaḻit
⟨13⟩ tiruttānṟonṟi mahātevaṟku muṉceyta nivanta⟨ṅ⟩kaḷi(ṉ) mel
⟨14⟩ Eṟṟamāka (yā)ṇṭu 2 10 3 Āvatu Ittevar śrīkāriyañ cey(kiṟa) valivalaṅ(ki)-
⟨15⟩ ḻāṉ veḷ(ā)ṉ sūriyaṉāṉa cuntara(coḻa)muventaveḷāṉ kaṇṭu
⟨16⟩ ceyvi(y)ttapaṭi Ittevar tevatāṉam putupp(ā)ṭikkalle-
⟨17⟩ riyāṉa Iravikulamāṇikkapurattu(k) kāttā riṭakka(ṭa)va tirumey-
⟨18⟩ kāppāṉoruvaṉum civa paṇṭāriyoruvaṉumāka Iruva(r)-
⟨19⟩ kku pe(rā)l nicatam nellukkuṟuṇiyāka nāḷoṉṟiṉukku ne-
⟨20⟩ lluppatakkum Ivarkaḷukkey puṭavai mutalukku Āṭṭai v¿i?ṭṭ¿āṉ?
⟨21⟩ perāl p(o)ṉ mukkaḻañcāka Āṇṭoṉṟiṉukku poṉ Aṟu-
⟨22⟩ kaḻañcum Uṭaiyārkku muṉṟu santiyum tiruppatiyam pāṭuvā-
⟨23⟩ r Iruvaṟkup puṭavai muta(l) Uṭpaṭap perāl nicata nellukkuṟuṇi
⟨24⟩ Irunāḻiyāka nāḷoṉṟiṉu(k)ku nellup patakku nāṉāḻi(yu)m Ittevark-
⟨25⟩ ku muta(lil) celavu kaṇakkeḻutakkaṭava karaṇattā noruvaṉukku
⟨26⟩ ni⟨ca⟩ta ṉelluppatakkum tirunantavānattukkup paṇiceytu ni-
⟨27⟩ riṟaittuk kaḷai veṭṭi veliyoḻukki veṇṭu (pa)ṇiceyvār
⟨28⟩ Iruvaṟkup perāl nellukkuṟuṇiyāka nāḷoṉṟiṉukku nelluppa-
⟨29⟩ takkum maṭaiyāḷoruvaṉukku nicata nellu nāṉāḻiyum Āka Ipparicu ni-
⟨30⟩ vantamākak koṇṭu cantirātittavaṟ ceyvārkaḷākac
⟨31⟩ ceytatu I(dhānma)M rakṣittār caṇḍeśvaraprasāta-
⟨32⟩ m peṟuvār [∥]

⟨1⟩ (sva)sti śrī [∥] tirumakaḷ polap perunilaic ce⟨2⟩(lviyu n=ta)ṉakkeyu(ri)mai pūṇṭamai (maṉa)⟨3⟩kkoḷak kāntaḷūrc cālai kalamaṟuttaruḷi ⟨4⟩ veṅkai ñāṭuṅ kaṅkapāṭiyum ṉu⟨5⟩ḷam⟨pa⟩pāṭiyun ta [2+] (p)āṭiyuṅ {ka} kuṭama⟨6⟩[1+] (ñ)āṭuṅ k(olla)mum kaliṅkamum ⟨7⟩ Eṇtic(ai) [8+] ṇṭalamum Ila⟨8⟩ṭṭapāṭi Eḻaraiyilakkamun ti(ṇ)ṭiṟal veṉṟi ⟨9⟩ ttaṇṭāṟ koṇṭa taṉṉe(ḻil) vaḷaruḻiyuḷel⟨10⟩lā vi(y)āṇṭun toḻutakai viḷaṅkum yāṇṭe ⟨11⟩ ceḻiyarait tecukoḷ kovirāca(rā)cakecari(pa)ṉmarāṉa śrīrācarā⟨12⟩cate(va)ṟku yāṇṭu 2 10 3 Āvatu ciṅkapura(ñ)āṭṭuk kiḻvaḻit ⟨13⟩ tiruttānṟonṟi mahātevaṟku muṉceyta nivanta⟨ṅ⟩kaḷi(ṉ) mel ⟨14⟩ Eṟṟamāka (yā)ṇṭu 2 10 3 Āvatu Ittevar śrīkāriyañ cey(kiṟa) valivalaṅ(ki)⟨15⟩ḻāṉ veḷ(ā)ṉ sūriyaṉāṉa cuntara(coḻa)muventaveḷāṉ kaṇṭu ⟨16⟩ ceyvi(y)ttapaṭi Ittevar tevatāṉam putupp(ā)ṭikkalle⟨17⟩riyāṉa Iravikulamāṇikkapurattu(k) kāttā riṭakka(ṭa)va tirumey⟨18⟩kāppāṉoruvaṉum civa paṇṭāriyoruvaṉumāka Iruva(r)⟨19⟩kku pe(rā)l nicatam nellukkuṟuṇiyāka nāḷoṉṟiṉukku ne⟨20⟩lluppatakkum Ivarkaḷukkey puṭavai mutalukku Āṭṭai v⟨a⟩ṭṭ⟨am⟩ ⟨21⟩ perāl p(o)ṉ mukkaḻañcāka Āṇṭoṉṟiṉukku poṉ Aṟu⟨22⟩kaḻañcum Uṭaiyārkku muṉṟu santiyum tiruppatiyam pāṭuvā⟨23⟩r Iruvaṟkup puṭavai muta(l) Uṭpaṭap perāl nicata nellukkuṟuṇi ⟨24⟩ Irunāḻiyāka nāḷoṉṟiṉu(k)ku nellup patakku nāṉāḻi(yu)m Ittevark⟨25⟩ku muta(lil) celavu kaṇakkeḻutakkaṭava karaṇattā noruvaṉukku ⟨26⟩ ni⟨ca⟩ta ṉelluppatakkum tirunantavānattukkup paṇiceytu ni⟨27⟩riṟaittuk kaḷai veṭṭi veliyoḻukki veṇṭu (pa)ṇiceyvār ⟨28⟩ Iruvaṟkup perāl nellukkuṟuṇiyāka nāḷoṉṟiṉukku nelluppa⟨29⟩takkum maṭaiyāḷoruvaṉukku nicata nellu nāṉāḻiyum Āka Ipparicu ni⟨30⟩vantamākak koṇṭu cantirātittavaṟ ceyvārkaḷākac ⟨31⟩ ceytatu I(dhānma)M rakṣittār caṇḍeśvaraprasāta⟨32⟩m peṟuvār [∥]

⟨1⟩ (sva)sti śrī [∥] tirumakaḷ polap perunilaic ce⟨2⟩(lviyu n=ta)ṉakkeyu(ri)mai pūṇṭamai (maṉa)⟨3⟩kkoḷak kāntaḷūrc cālai kalamaṟuttaruḷi ⟨4⟩ veṅkai ñāṭuṅ kaṅkapāṭiyum ṉu⟨5⟩ḷam⟨pa⟩pāṭiyun ta [2+] (p)āṭiyuṅ {ka} kuṭama⟨6⟩[1+] (ñ)āṭuṅ k(olla)mum kaliṅkamum ⟨7⟩ Eṇtic(ai) [8+] ṇṭalamum Ila⟨8⟩ṭṭapāṭi Eḻaraiyilakkamun ti(ṇ)ṭiṟal veṉṟi ⟨9⟩ ttaṇṭāṟ koṇṭa taṉṉe(ḻil) vaḷaruḻiyuḷel⟨10⟩lā vi(y)āṇṭun toḻutakai viḷaṅkum yāṇṭe ⟨11⟩ ceḻiyarait tecukoḷ kovirāca(rā)cakecari(pa)ṉmarāṉa śrīrācarā⟨12⟩cate(va)ṟku yāṇṭu 2 10 3 Āvatu ciṅkapura(ñ)āṭṭuk kiḻvaḻit ⟨13⟩ tiruttānṟonṟi mahātevaṟku muṉceyta nivanta⟨ṅ⟩kaḷi(ṉ) mel ⟨14⟩ Eṟṟamāka (yā)ṇṭu 2 10 3 Āvatu Ittevar śrīkāriyañ cey(kiṟa) valivalaṅ(ki)⟨15⟩ḻāṉ veḷ(ā)ṉ sūriyaṉāṉa cuntara(coḻa)muventaveḷāṉ kaṇṭu ⟨16⟩ ceyvi(y)ttapaṭi Ittevar tevatāṉam putupp(ā)ṭikkalle⟨17⟩riyāṉa Iravikulamāṇikkapurattu(k) kāttā riṭakka(ṭa)va tirumey⟨18⟩kāppāṉoruvaṉum civa paṇṭāriyoruvaṉumāka Iruva(r)⟨19⟩kku pe(rā)l nicatam nellukkuṟuṇiyāka nāḷoṉṟiṉukku ne⟨20⟩lluppatakkum Ivarkaḷukkey puṭavai mutalukku Āṭṭai v¿i?⟨a⟩ṭṭ¿āṉ?⟨am⟩ ⟨21⟩ perāl p(o)ṉ mukkaḻañcāka Āṇṭoṉṟiṉukku poṉ Aṟu⟨22⟩kaḻañcum Uṭaiyārkku muṉṟu santiyum tiruppatiyam pāṭuvā⟨23⟩r Iruvaṟkup puṭavai muta(l) Uṭpaṭap perāl nicata nellukkuṟuṇi ⟨24⟩ Irunāḻiyāka nāḷoṉṟiṉu(k)ku nellup patakku nāṉāḻi(yu)m Ittevark⟨25⟩ku muta(lil) celavu kaṇakkeḻutakkaṭava karaṇattā noruvaṉukku ⟨26⟩ ni⟨ca⟩ta ṉelluppatakkum tirunantavānattukkup paṇiceytu ni⟨27⟩riṟaittuk kaḷai veṭṭi veliyoḻukki veṇṭu (pa)ṇiceyvār ⟨28⟩ Iruvaṟkup perāl nellukkuṟuṇiyāka nāḷoṉṟiṉukku nelluppa⟨29⟩takkum maṭaiyāḷoruvaṉukku nicata nellu nāṉāḻiyum Āka Ipparicu ni⟨30⟩vantamākak koṇṭu cantirātittavaṟ ceyvārkaḷākac ⟨31⟩ ceytatu I(dhānma)M rakṣittār caṇḍeśvaraprasāta⟨32⟩m peṟuvār [∥]

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 17.234 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). Page 87, item 234.

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<p>On the north wall of the central shrine in the Vṛishabhapurīśvara temple.</p>

<p>Rājarāja I. Year 23: 1007-08 A.D.</p>

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<p>It records the arrangement made for the distribution of wages to the various servants in the temple of god Tiruttāntōṉṟi-Mahādēva in the eastern division of Śiṅgapura-nāḍu maintained by the <hi rend="italic">kāttār</hi> (?) of Puduppāḍi-kkallēri <hi rend="italic">alias</hi> Iravikula māṇikkapuram, by Valivalaṅgiḻāṉ Vēḷāṉ Sūriyaṉ <hi rend="italic">alias</hi> Sundara-śōḻa Mūvēndavēḷāṉ.</p>

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