# SII 32, part 2, no. 100: original edition by S. Swaminathan

Emmanuel Francis

Alternative title: No. 100. (A.R. No. 494 of 1925.) SEMBIYANMAHĀDĒVI,
NAGAPATTINAM TALUK, TANJAVUR DISTRICT

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv32p2i0100

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions)

File path: SII_B_clean/SII32/DHARMA_INSSIIv32p2i0100.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

On the south wall, central shrine, Kailāśanātha temple.

Year 12: 983 A.D.

Built in. Seems to be a directive issued to the
chaturvēdibhaṭṭa-ttāṉapperumakkaḷ (of
Sembiyanmahādēvi-chaturvēdimaṅgalam) a brahmadēyam in Aḷa-nāḍu on the
southern bank (of the river Kāvēri), to feed themselves (probably in the
temple of Śrī-Kailāśam-uḍaiya Mahādēvar) on the day of the asterism of
kēṭṭai in the month of Chittirai, the birthday of the queen Sembiyan
mahādēvi, (the mother of Uttamachōḷa), with the endowments of gold
donated by the queens of Uttamachōḷa, Baṭṭaṉ Dāṉatoṅgiyār, Maḻapāḍi
Tennavan-Mahādēviyār, Vāṉavaṉ mahādēviyār, the daughter of Iruṅgōḷar and
also another queen, (name damaged and she is described as the) daughter
of Viḻupparaiyar and also another queen (name lost) the daughter of
Paḻuvēṭṭaraiyar, to the above mentioned
chaturvēdibhaṭṭa-ttāṉapperumakkaḷ for the above purpose. (cf. S.I.I.
Vol. XIX. No. 383)

Published in S.I.I., Vol. XIX, No. 311.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ ||| svasti śrī [∥] kopparakesarivanma⟨ṟ⟩kku yāṇṭu 10 2 Āvatu guMbha
nāyaṟṟu kaṇṭaṉ maturāntakadevarāṉa śrī Uttamacoḻa(de)(varai) t
tiruvayiṟuvāyt [10+] ⟨2⟩ ṉa teṉkarai Aḷanāṭṭu brahmadeyam (śrī)
(cempiya)ṉmahādeviccatu rvedimaṅkalattu Ivvuṭaiya pirāṭṭiyār
veytta(ruḷiṉa) śāsana(braddha)(ccatu) [10+] ⟨3⟩ pirāṭṭiyār tirunāḷāṉa
cittirait (tirukkeṭṭai nāḷ meyk)kāṭṭi Uṇpatāka IśrīUttamacoḻadevar
deviyār paṭṭaṉ tāṉatoṅkiyār Ivvūr Ūrkkallāl ku [7+] ⟨4⟩
ccaturvedibhaṭṭat tāṉaperu(makkaḷukku) śrī Uttamacoḻadevar deviyār
nampirāṭṭi maḻapāṭi teṉṉavaṉ mahādeviyār Ivvūr Ūrkkallāl [10+] ⟨5⟩
ttāṉapperumakkaḷu(kku I)(śrī) Uttamacoḻadevar Iruṅkoḷar makaḷār deviyār
nampirāṭṭiyār vāṉava(ṉ)mahādeviyār Ūrkkallāl ku [9+] ⟨6⟩ m Iśśāsaṉa
baddhaccaturvedibhaṭṭattānapperumakkaḷukke Iśrī Uttamacoḻa devar deviyār
viḻupparaiyar makaḷār nampirāṭṭiyā [10+] māṉaṭikaḷār Ivvūr Ūrkkallāl
kuṭutta poṉ 9 10 5 <kaḻañcu> toṇṇū(ṟṟaiṅ kaḻañcum)
Iśśāsaṉabaddhaccaturvedi bhaṭṭattāṉapperumakkaḷukke Iśrī Uttamacoḻadevar
deviyār paḻaveṭṭaraiyar ma [6+]

## Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 32, part 2, no. 100 by Swaminathan 2012 converted
to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

See also edition by Nicolas Cane (CMT 10).

### Primary

[SII] Swaminathan, S. 2012. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XXXII:
inscriptions of the early Chola kings upto Uttama Chola. South Indian
Inscriptions 32. New Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director
General). Pages 215–216, item 100.