# SII 19.311: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao, Dines Chandra
Sircar and G.S. Gai

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 311. (A.R. No. 494 of 1925.) ŚEMBIYANMAHĀDĒVI,
NAGAPATTINAM TALUK, TANJAVUR DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL
SHRINE, KAILĀSANĀTHA TEMPLE

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv19p0i0311

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII19/DHARMA_INSSIIv19p0i0311.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

This is an inscription of Uttama-Chōḷa. It records an endowment in money
made by Baṭṭaṉ Dānatoṅgiyār Maḻapāḍi Tennavaṉ-Mahādēviyār,
Vānavaṉ-Mādēviyār daughter of Iruṅgōḷar and two others the daughters of
Viḻupparaiyar and Paḻavēṭṭaraiyar (chiefs)-all queens of Uttama-Chōḷa
for special worship and offerings in the temple on the days of Kēṭṭai
(asterism) in Chittirai month, that being the natal star of their
mother-in-law (queen Śembiyan-Mahādēvi). The amounts are said to have
been entrusted for the purpose with the Chaturvēdibhaṭṭa-Tānapperumakkaḷ
by which seems to be meant the committee of management who were bound by
obligation (śāsana-baddha). The inscription is built in at the right end
and bottom.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ ||| svasti śrī [∥] kopparakesarivanma⟨ṟ⟩kku yāṇṭu 10 2⁓Āvatu
gūMbhanāyaṟṟu kaṇṭaṉ maturāntakadevarāṉa śrīUttamacoḻa(de)(varai)t
tiruvayiṟuvāyt [10+] ⟨2⟩ ṉa teṉkarai Aḷanāṭṭu brahmadeyam
(śrī)(cempiya)ṉmahādeviccaturvedimaṅkalattu Ivvuṭaiya pirāṭṭiyār
veytta(ruḷiṉa) śāsana(baddha)(ccatu) [11+] ⟨3⟩ pirāṭṭiyār tirunāḷāṉa
cittirait (tirukkeṭṭai nāḷ mey)kkāṭṭi Uṇpatāka IśrīUttama coḻadevar
deviyār paṭṭaṉ tāṉatoṅkiyār Ivvūr Ūrkkallāl ku [11+] ⟨4⟩
ccaturvedibhaṭṭat tāṉapperu(makkaḷukku) śrīUttamacoḻadevar deviyār
nampirāṭṭi maḻapāṭi teṉṉavaṉmahādeviyār Ivvūr Ūrkkallāl [12+] ⟨5⟩
ttāṉapperumakkaḷu(kku I)(śrī)Uttamacoḻadevar Iruṅkoḷar makaḷār deviyār
nampirāṭṭiyār vāṉava(ṉ) mahādeviyār Ūrkkallālk ku [10+] ⟨6⟩ m
Iśśāsaṉabaddhaccaturvedibhaṭṭat tānapperumakkaḷukke IśrīUttamacoḻadevar
deviyār viḻupparaiyar makaḷār nampirāṭṭiyā [8+] māṉaṭikaḷār Ivvūr
Ūrkkallāl kuṭutta poṉ 9 10 5<kaḻañcu> toṇṇū(ṟṟaiṅkaḻañcum)
Iśśāsaṉabaddhaccaturvedibhaṭṭat tāṉaperumakkaḷukke Iśrī Uttamacoḻadevar
deviyār paḻaveṭṭaraiyar ma [8+]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 19.311 by Srinivasa Rao et al. 1967 converted to
DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

See also edition by Nicolas Cane (CMT 10).

### Primary

[SII] Srinivasa Rao, G.V., Dines Chandra Sircar & G.S. Gai. 1967.
South-Indian inscriptions. Volume XIX: Inscriptions of Parakesarivarman.
South Indian Inscriptions 19. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India
(Manager of Publications). Pages 155–156, item 311.