# SII 22.444: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao Emmanuel Francis Alternative title: No. 444. (A.R. No. 444 of 1906) COIMBATORE DISTRICT, GOPICHETTIPALAIYAM TALUK, DAṆĀYAKAṈKŌṬṬAI VISHṆU TEMPLE. ON THE SOUTH AND EAST WALLS OF THE MAṆḌAPA VĪRA BALLĀḶADĒVA (III). ŚAKA 1245 Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv22p0i0444 Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions) File path: SII_B_clean/SII22/DHARMA_INSSIIv22p0i0444.xml Languages: Sanskrit [Grantha], Tamil [Grantha, Tamil] Commit: 2026-11-14 15:07 (85a1dec), last modified 2026-11-14 12:58 (8009b78) ## Summary The details of date are given as Rudhirōdgāri, Mīna, śu. 1, Sunday, Utiraṭṭādi., which would correspond to A.D. 1324, February 26. Some portions of the inscription are lost. It gives the praśasti of king Hoysaḷa Vīra Vallāḷadēva who is stated to have been ruling from his capital Uṇṇāmalaippaṭṭanam, and of his subordinate chief Vīra Siddha Kētaya-Daṇḍnayaka, son of Vīra Mādhava Daṇḍanāyaka, by whom this temple of Śrī Mādhava-Perumāḷ at Nīlagiri Sādhāraṇankōṭṭai in Uḍuvakkā nāḍu is said to have been constructed. It registers a grant by the Nāṭṭavar of the several divisions of Eḻugarai-nāḍu of a village each in their jurisdiction as tiruviḍaiyāṭṭam, for meeting the requirements of worship and offerings to the deity daily and on special days in the year like Vishu-ayana, Saṅkrama, Amāvāsyā, and Chaitra-pavitram festival. Of the villages granted the following may be mentioned 1. Muḍiturai in Vaḍa Pariśāra-nāḍu 2. Kāṅgaiyam in Uḍuvakkā-nāḍu 3. Tirukkaḍambūr in Vaḍagarai-nāḍu 4. Puliyūr in Pūṅguḍi-nāḍu 5. Īṅgaiyūr in Pūndurai-nāḍu 6. Purav[lūi] in Karuppu-nāḍu 7. Kondaḻam in Arrīyā-nāḍu 8, Uṛṛalūr in Poṅgalūrkkā-nāḍu 9. Puttūr-nāḍu (?) in Pērūr-nāḍu. (10-11) a village ēach in Gāṅgēya nāḍu and Viḷai-nāḍu and 12. Vadambaśēri. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨Zone A: SECTION I⟩ ⟨A1⟩ (śubhama)stu nilācalādhipa grāmanātha mādhava śāsanaM | vyaktārtthaṁ rucirahṛdyaṁ gaMbhiraṁ sumanoharaM | AśeṣalokaduḥkhaughaśāsandharmmaśāsanaM | Etattrailokyavāstavya śirobhiśśekharikṛtaM | śrīballāḷamahi ⟨A2⟩ (pāla)ḥ pālayannikhilammahiM | jayatyasau rapustoma karikaṇṭhiravākṛtiḥ | svasti śrī samastabhuvanāśraya śrīpṛthvivallabha mahārājādhirāja rāja{rā}parameśvara parama(bhaṭṭ)āraka dvārāvatipuravarādhiśvara śrīviṣṇuvarddhanacakra ⟨A3⟩ jrapañjara vairimaṇḍabikamānamarddana vairimaṇḍabikasaṁgrāmarāma Arasugaṇḍarāma na [2+] baṁkoṇḍa gaṇḍasāla manneyabeṭekāṛa viśālamudragarva sarvasvāpahāra kirttyaṁganā(va) ⟨Zone B: SECTION II⟩ ⟨B1⟩ devakulāMbaradyumaṇi sarvajñacūḍāmaṇi malerājarāja malavaroḻugaṇḍa kadanapracaṇḍa rāyabhuvirāya gaṇḍabheruṇḍa śanivārasiddhi giridurggamalla jaladaṁkarāma nekāṁgaviranasa⟨B2⟩hāyaśūra raṇaraṁgadhīra vairibhakaṇṭhirava kañcigoṇḍa gaṇḍa [3+] devagarva sarvasvāpahāra koṭibhaṭaprāṇāpahāra makararājya nimmulena coḻarāja pratiṣṭhācārya pāṇḍyarāja samuddharaṇa pallavāditya pa⟨B3⟩[3+] cattriṇettra teṁkaṇāditya teṁkaṇacakravartti javanakenārāyaṇa vāsantikā devi labdhavaraprasāda śrīviśvanāthadivya śrīpādapatmārādhaka bhujabala niśśaṁkapratāpa cakravartti hoysaḻa śrīviravallā ⟨B4⟩ ḷatevar sukhasaTkathā vinodattāle Uṇṇāmalaippaṭṭaṇamāṉa sthira rājadhāniyile yeḻuntaruḷiyiruntu pṛthvirājyam paṇṇiyaruḷāniṟka | taTpādapatmopajiviśrīmanmādhavatanayaḥ ketayada(ṁ)⟨Zone C: SECTION III⟩⟨C1⟩(ḍ)ādhipa ścirañjiyāT | parihṛtaphaṇipati ciradhṛtadharaṇibhara śrānti caṇḍa dordaṇḍaḥ | svasti śrī muḍakulayakulakamalamārttāṇḍa sitagirigaṇḍakadanapracaṇḍa Immaḍi rāvuttarāya ko⟨ṁ⟩garamāra ⟨C2⟩ koṁgaradiśāpaṭṭa nilagirisādhāra⟨ṇa⟩ giridurggamalla vanadurggamaṇḍabika hradayaśallya hoysaḷarājya lakṣmīrakṣāprakāra Abhinavamadanāvatāra pāṇḍyadhāṭīmukhavighna [3+] pāṇḍyabalakamalavanakuñjara śaraṇāgatava⟨C3⟩jrapañjara vairimaṇḍabikamānamarddana vairimaṇḍabikasaṁgrāmarāma Arasugaṇḍarāma na [2+] baṁkoṇḍa gaṇḍasāla manneya beṭekāṛa viśālamudragarva sarvasvāpahāra kirttyaṁganā(va)⟨Zone D: SECTION IV⟩⟨D1⟩llabha duṣṭajanadurllabha śiṣṭajanapratipālaka Allāḷanāthadivya śrīpādapatmārādhaka parāśara paramabhaṭaṭārakalabdhavaraprasāda Ekādaśivrata(ni)ra(ta) Ekāṁgavira viralakṣaḥ bhujaṁga Anava⟨D2⟩ratakanaka karppūradhārā pravāhagobrāhmaṇapriya paranārisahodara svasti puravarādhiśvara śrīviramādhava daṇḍaṉāyakkaruṭaiya kumāraṉ viracitta ketteyadaṇḍanāyakkar Uṭuvakkā⟨Zone E: SECTION V⟩⟨E1⟩ṉāṭṭil nilakiri cātāra⟨ṇa⟩ṉkoṭṭaiyil Eṟiyaruḷappaṇṇiṉa nāyaṉār śrī mādhavapperumāḷukku śakavarṣaM | Āyirattirunūṟṟu ṉāṟ⟨E2⟩pattañciṉ meṟcellāniṉṟa rudhiroTgārisaṅvaṟsarattu miṉaṉāyaṟṟup pūrvapakṣattu prathamaiyum nāyaṟṟukkiḻamai⟨E3⟩yum peṟṟa ṉāḷil Eḻukaraiṉāṭṭil ṉāṭṭavarom lokarakṣārtthamāka Iṉ ṉāyaṉāruṭaiya Amutupaṭi cāttuppaṭi viṣuvāyana⟨E4⟩saṁkrama Amāvāsyaicaitrapavitram tiruṉāḷuḷḷiṭṭa pala UTsavaṅkaḷukkum viṭṭa tiruviṭaiyāṭṭaṅkaḷāvaṉa | vaṭaparicāranā⟨Zone F: SECTION VI⟩⟨F1⟩ṭṭil ṉāṭṭavarom Eṅkaḷ ṉāṭṭil ṉāṅkaḷ viṭṭa tiruviṭaiyāṭṭam muṭituṟaiyum | Itiṟ kālpāṭukaḷum Uṭuvakkā ṉāṭṭil ṉāṭṭavaro⟨F2⟩m Eṅkaḷ ṉāṭṭil ṉāṅkaḷ viṭṭa tiruviṭaiyāṭṭam kāṅkaiyam Itiṟ kālpāṭukaḷum vaṭakaraiṉāṭṭil ṉāṭṭavarom Eṅkaḷ ṉāṭṭil ⟨F3⟩ ṉāṅkaḷ (viṭṭa) tiruviṭaiyāṭṭam tirukkaṭampūrum (pūṅ)kuṭikk(ā)ṉā(ṭṭi)l ṉāṭṭavarom Eṅkaḷ ṉāṭṭil ṉāṅkaḷ viṭṭa tiruviṭaiyāṭṭa⟨Zone G: SECTION VII⟩⟨G1⟩m puliyūrum Itiṟ kālpāṭukaḷum pūntuṟaiṉāṭṭil ṉāṭṭavarom Eṅkaḷ ṉā⟨G2⟩ṭṭil ṉāṅkaḷ viṭṭa tiruviṭaiyāṭṭam | Īṅ(k)aiyūrum kaṟuppu ṉāṭṭil ṉāṭṭavarom ⟨G3⟩ Eṅkaḷ ṉāṭṭil ṉāṅkaḷ viṭṭa tiruviṭaiyāṭṭam (purava) [3+] vum | Araiyā ṉāṭṭil ṉā⟨G4⟩ṭṭavarom Eṅkaḷ ṉāṭṭil ṉāṅkaḷ viṭṭa tiruvi(ṭ)ai(yāṭ)ṭam kontaḷamum kāṅ⟨Zone H: SECTION VIII⟩⟨H1⟩keyarṉāṭṭil ṉāṭṭavarom Eṅkaḷ ṉāṅkaḷ vi(ṭ)ṭa tiruviṭaiyāṭṭam pāṟ⟨H2⟩ṭaniyum | Itiṟ kālpāṭukaḷum poṅkalūrkkāṉāṭṭi(l) ṉāṭṭavarom Eṅkaḷ ṉā⟨H3⟩ṭṭil ṉāṅkaḷ viṭṭa tiruviṭaiyāṭṭam Ūṟṟalūrum | vi [1+] rom viḷai nāṭṭil ⟨Zone I: SECTION IX⟩ ⟨I1⟩ nāṭṭavarom Eṅkaḷ (ṉāṭṭi)l ṉāṅkaḷ viṭṭa tiruviṭaiyā⟨I2⟩ṭṭam kāl [5+] lum va [3+] raik kāṉāṭṭil ṉāṭṭavarom Eṅ⟨I3⟩kaḷ ṉāṭṭil ṉā(ṭṭavarom vi)ṭṭa tiruviṭaiyāṭṭam vatampaceriyum perur ṉā⟨I4⟩ṭṭil ṉāṭṭavaro(m E)ṅkaḷ ṉāṭṭil ṉāṅkaḷ viṭṭa tiruviṭaiyāṭṭam ⟨Zone J: SECTION X⟩ ⟨J1⟩ puttūrum ṉā [10+] ṅkaḷ ṉāṭṭil ⟨J2⟩ ṉāṅkaḷ viṭṭa ## Commentary ⟨A3⟩ [[This line, identical with line C3, has apparently been mistakenly also printed as line A3.]] ## Bibliography Digital edition of SII 22.444 by Srinivasa Rao 1997 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis. ### Primary [SII] Srinivasa Rao, G.V. 1997. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XXII, Part II: inscriptions collected during the year 1906. South Indian Inscriptions 22.2. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director General). Pages 370–372, item 444.