SII 23.1: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 1. (A.R. No. 1 of 1907.) Tiruviśalūr, Kumbhakonam Taluk, Tanjavur District Śivayōganātha temple—on the south wall of the central shrine Rājēndra-Chōḷa I: year 4: 1016-17 A.D.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv23p0i0001.

Summary: This records the gift of a gold fillet for ornament and three silver vessels for holding the offerings to god Mahādēva (in the temple) at Tiruviśalūr in Śōḻamārttāṇḍa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam a brahmadēya village to the east of Vēmbaṟṟūr in Maṇṇi-nāḍu a subdivision of Rājendraśiṅga-vaḷanāḍu on the north bank (of the Kāvēri). The donor was a sēnāpati (military officer) by name Śōlaimāṇikkam also called Śōlai Naralōkasundaraṉ alias Uttamaśōḻa-Mūvēndavēḷān. Rājēndra-siṁha and Śōḻamārttāṇḍa were surnames borne by the king’s father Rājarāja I and Uttama-Chōḷa was a title of Rājēndra himself. Two different weights are mentioned in the inscription, one called the kuḍiñaikkal and the other the baṇḍārakkal.

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Language: Tamil.

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

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī ⟨||⟩ koparakesaripanmarāṉa śrī rājentric¿e?⟨o⟩ḻa devarkku yāṇṭu 4~Āvatu vaṭakarai rājentriciṅkavaḷanāṭṭu ⟨2⟩ maṇṇiṉāṭṭu brahmadeyam vempaṟṟūr(k)kiḻ coḻamāttāṇṭacaturrve⟨di⟩maṅkalattu tiruvicalūr māhādevarkku ceṉāpati ⟨3⟩ colaimāṇik(kamāṉa Ut)tamacoḻamuven=taveḷāṉ Uṭaiyārkku cantrirātittava(l) cāttiAruḷa kuṭutta tiruppaṭṭam Oṉṟiṉā⟨4⟩l kuṭiñaikallāl niṟai pon 5 100 �� Itu devarpaṇṭārakkallāl Eṭukka van=ta pon niṟai 4 10 9 � nāṟpa⟨5⟩ttoṉpatiṉ kaḻañcu Itu panmāheśvara Irakṣ(ai) ⟨||⟩ yāṇṭu 4~Āvatey colai naralokacun=taraṉāṉa Utta⟨6⟩macoḻamuven=taveḷāne I tiruvicalūr mahādevaṟku tiruvamirtu ceytaruḷa kuṭutta veḷḷi maṇ⟨7⟩ṭai �� taṭṭam 1 � maṭaloṉṟuṅ kuṭiñaikkallāl niṟai veḷḷi 83 sa � 73 Ivai devar paṇṭā(ra)⟨8⟩(k kall)āl niṟai va 3 10 sa ⟨||⟩

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 23.1 by Srinivasa Rao 1979 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Srinivasa Rao, G.V. 1979. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XXIII: inscriptions collected during the year 1906-07. South Indian Inscriptions 23. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director-General). Page 1, item 1.

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