SII 32, part 2, no. 114: original edition by S. Swaminathan

Alternative title: “No. 114. (A.R. No. 47 of 1918.) VṚIDDHĀCHALAM, VRIDDHACHALAM TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: On the south wall of the maṇḍapa infront of the central shrine, Vṛiddhagirīśvara temple.

Year 12: 983 A.D.

It states that this temple with the snapana-maṇḍapa (bathing hall), gōpura, the suṟṟālai (enclosed verandah) and the shrines for the parivāra-dēvatas was constructed by queen Sembiyaṉ-Mahādēviyār, mother of Uttama-chōḷa, the daughter of the chief Maḻaperumānaḍigaḷ and queen of Gaṇḍarāditya, who was the son of Periya-Śōḻaṉār, the great Chōḷa king, Śrī-Parāntakadēvar. It also gives a list of the several gold and silver ornaments and utensils and other articles of worship presented by her to the temple. These comprised five copper lamps, one gold diadem five kaḻañju in weight less a mañjāḍi, a silver plate weighing 389 kaḻañju, a silver jar (keṇḍi) of 199 3/4 kaḻañju 2 gold flowers weighing a kaḻañju and half a gold fore-head band (paṭṭam) weighing one kaḻañju for god Naṭarāja (Kūttapperumāḷ), a five stringed chain with a tāli etc., for Umābhaṭṭāraki and such other ornaments of the said deities.

Published in S.I.I., Vol. XIX. No. 302.

Language: Tamil (tam).

Version: (7b9d724), last modified (1b45b86).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] ko⟨p⟩parakesaripaṉma⟨ṟ⟩kku yāṇṭu 10 2 Āvatu śrī parān=takadevarāṉa pe-

⟨2⟩ riya coḻaṉār makaṉār kaṇṭarādittadevar deviyār maḻaperumāṉaṭikaḷ makaḷār

⟨3⟩ śrī Uttamacoḻar taṅkaḷācci cempiyaṉ mahādeviyārāl Eṭuppikkap-

⟨4⟩ paṭṭatu Iśrīkoyilum snapanamaṇḍapamum gopūramum cuṟṟālaiyum parivārakkoyilkaḷu-

⟨5⟩ m Eṭuppikkappaṭṭaṉa [||] Ittevarkku Uṭaiyapirāṭṭiyār kuṭukkappaṭṭa ceppu viḷakku Aiñcu poṟpaṭṭa moṉṟu-

⟨6⟩ kuṭiñaik kallāl niṟai mañcāṭi kuṟaiya 5 kaḻañcu veḷḷittaḷikai Oṉṟu munnūṟṟeṇpat toṉpatiṉ kaḻañ-

⟨7⟩ cu veḷḷikkeṇṭi nūṟṟut toṇṇūṟṟoṉpatiṉ kaḻañce mukkāl poṟpū Iraṇṭu niṟai kuṭiñaikkallāl kaḻañcarai-

⟨8⟩ kūttapperumāḷ poṟpaṭṭam kuṭiñaikkallāl kaḻañcu Umābhaṭṭāraki poṟṟāli kāl Iṭaikkaṭṭu munṟun tāḷimpa(m) Iraṇṭu Iṭṭa muttiṉ pañ-

⟨9⟩ cacari Oṉṟu poṉṉiṉ palakai veḷḷiyiṉiṭaikkaṭṭu Iṭṭa muttiṉ pañcacari Oṉṟu kūttapperumāḷ poṟpū Oṉṟu kuṭiñaikkallāl kaḻañ-

⟨10⟩ ce nālu mañcāṭi Umābhaṭṭarākiyi(tu) palakai Oruppūṟ veḷḷi yiṭaikkaṭṭu Iṭṭa pañcacari Oṉṟu Umābhaṭṭārakiyitu muttiṉkaḷāka veḷḷiyiṭaik kaṭṭu Iṭṭa

⟨11⟩ vaṭa muṉṟu muttiṉ kaḷā(ka)varam poṉṉiṉ caṉtāpa(ṉa)kkaṭaiyun naṭuvu Iṭṭa paṭamu [*****] paṉṉiraṇṭu bhaṭṭārakiyiṉ muttiṉ kutumpai yiraṇṭu

⟨12⟩ muttiṉ vaṭa miraṇṭu tāḷimpamiṭṭaṉ bhaṭṭarākiya tirukkaiyil cāttu vaṭamiraṇṭu kūttapperumāḷ tirukkaiyil cāttu vaṭa⟨m⟩ muṉṟu kūttapperumāḷ muttiṉ kuta-

⟨13⟩ mpai yiraṇṭu kūttapperumāḷ muttiṉvāḷi Oṉṟu periyatevar poṟpaṭṭam kuṭiñaik kallāl patiṉkaḻañcu [||]

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 32, part 2, no. 114 by Swaminathan 2012 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

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 231–232, item 114.