SII 34.101: original edition by Y. Subbarayalu

Alternative title: “No. 101. Tiruveṟumbūr, Tiruchirappalli Taluk, Tiruchirappalli District. On the north wall of the central shrine in the Piplikēśvara temple.”

Author of digital edition: Renato Dávalos (reda).

Summary: Chōḻa, Rājakēsarivarman, 7th year, Makara, Tuesday, Ārdrā = c. 10th Century.

Partly hidden. This records a big endowment of land measuring 4 vēli and 13 mā by a Brāhmaṇa of Śrīkaṇṭa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam for feeding daily 3 śivayōgis and 2 Brāhmaṇas in the choultry (chattiram) on the hill at Tiruveṟumbiyūr. The sabhā of the village which met at the hall called Tiruchitrakūḍam decided to pay themselves the taxes on the endowed land in lieu of the tax capital received from the donor.

[Published in SII, Vol. XIII, No. 162.]

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv34p0i0101.

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [∥] kōvirājakēcari paṉmaṟkku (yāṇṭu) 7 Āvatu teṉkarai brahmadeyam śrīkaṇṭa caturvvedi maṅkalattup peruṅkuṟi sabhaiyōm Ivvāṇṭu makara nāyaṟṟu cevvā(ykkiḻamaiyum pe)-
⟨2⟩ ṟṟa tiruvātirai nāṉṟu pakal Ivvūrt tiruccitrakūṭattēy dharmmi ceytu peruṅkuṟi kūṭṭak kuṟaivaṟakkūṭi Iruntu paṇippaṇiyāl paṇitta vyavasthai ceta paricāvatu Ivvūr vēṅkai Iḷaiya-
⟨3⟩ urudrakumāra kramavittaṉ Ivvūrt tiruveṟum(piyūrā)ḷvār tirumalaimēl cattirattil Uṇṇavaitta kalam 5 Ivvaiñcu kalamum candrādittaval Uṇṇa Ivaṉ vaitta nilamā(ṟu)mā I-
⟨4⟩ vvūr puṟavāykkuḷattuk kīḻ Ūriṉiṉṟum kiḻakku nōkkic ceṉṟu teṟkku nōkkik kuḷaṅkaraiyē Ēṟi(ṉa) palāṟṟukkaraikku veṅkaiyarkaḷ dvādaśakkattum sabhaiyōm pakkal Ivar(kaḷ vi)laiko-
⟨5⟩ ṇṭuṭaiya nilattilumāka vaṭakkaṭaiya Irumā nīkki Itaṉōṭumaṭaiya cekkāccey mūṉṟumāvum Iv(vū)r(p pi)ṭākaik kara(mpai)yil muḷarikuṭṭai vāykkālukku vaṭakku Ivaṉ sabhaiyōm pakkal vilai-
⟨6⟩ koṇṭuṭaiya Aivēliyil Ivaṉē Ivvūrt tiruvāyppāṭi śrīkṛṣṇarkkuk kuṭutta nilam pattuc ceyyum nīkki niṉṟa (nilam) 4 1/2 nāṉkaraiyum muṉ cuṭṭappaṭṭa mūṉṟumāvum Āka nilam
⟨7⟩ 4 1/2 3/20s 𑿣 nāṉkaraiyē mūṉṟumāc ceyyum Ivaṉ cantrādittavaṟ civayōgikaḷ mūvarkkum brāhmaṇar Iruvarkkum Āka Ivai(va)rkkum Uṇṇa Ivaṉ vaitta Iṉ nila(t)tukku [***]
⟨8⟩ ṟukkavēṇṭum dravyam I vēṅkaiyiḷaiya Urudrakumāra kramavittaṉ pakkal sabhaiyōm koṇṭu Iṉṉilam nāṉkaraiyē mūṉṟu mācceyyum Iṟaiyiliyāka paṇittu Iṉṉila [***]
⟨9⟩ yōm Iṟai kāṭṭap peṟātōmākavum Innilam Iṟai k¿a?ṭṭappaṇittāraiyum paṇitta sabhaiyiliruntāraiyum I(ṟai)kāṭṭiṉāraiyum vevvēṟṟu vakai tāṅkaḷ vēṇṭina poṉ Ivaṉ Anvayattār
⟨10⟩ maṉṟa peṟuvārākavum maṉṟi Iṟuttālum piṉṉaiyum Iṟai kāṭṭappeṟātōmākavum Ipparicu paṇittu vyavastai ceytu kaṉmēl [*********]
⟨11⟩ ṅkuṟi sabhaiyōm Ipparicu pālāciriyaṉ Iḷaiya nārāyaṇa ṉārāyaṇaṉ paṇiyāl I vyavastai Eḻutiṉēṉ Ivvūr madhyastaṉ dharmapriyaṉāṉa kalivicayaṉ taruṇentucēkaraṉēṉ ∥⁓
⟨12⟩ Itu panmāheśvara rakṣai ∥⁓

⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [∥] kōvirājakēcari paṉmaṟkku (yāṇṭu) 7 Āvatu teṉkarai brahmadeyam śrīkaṇṭa caturvvedi maṅkalattup peruṅkuṟi sabhaiyōm Ivvāṇṭu makara nāyaṟṟu cevvā(ykkiḻamaiyum pe)⟨2⟩ṟṟa tiruvātirai nāṉṟu pakal Ivvūrt tiruccitrakūṭattēy dharmmi ceytu peruṅkuṟi kūṭṭak kuṟaivaṟakkūṭi Iruntu paṇippaṇiyāl paṇitta vyavasthai ceta paricāvatu Ivvūr vēṅkai Iḷaiya⟨3⟩urudrakumāra kramavittaṉ Ivvūrt tiruveṟum(piyūrā)ḷvār tirumalaimēl cattirattil Uṇṇavaitta kalam 5 Ivvaiñcu kalamum candrādittaval Uṇṇa Ivaṉ vaitta nilamā(ṟu)mā I⟨4⟩vvūr puṟavāykkuḷattuk kīḻ Ūriṉiṉṟum kiḻakku nōkkic ceṉṟu teṟkku nōkkik kuḷaṅkaraiyē Ēṟi(ṉa) palāṟṟukkaraikku veṅkaiyarkaḷ dvādaśakkattum sabhaiyōm pakkal Ivar(kaḷ vi)laiko⟨5⟩ṇṭuṭaiya nilattilumāka vaṭakkaṭaiya Irumā nīkki Itaṉōṭumaṭaiya cekkāccey mūṉṟumāvum Iv(vū)r(p pi)ṭākaik kara(mpai)yil muḷarikuṭṭai vāykkālukku vaṭakku Ivaṉ sabhaiyōm pakkal vilai⟨6⟩koṇṭuṭaiya Aivēliyil Ivaṉē Ivvūrt tiruvāyppāṭi śrīkṛṣṇarkkuk kuṭutta nilam pattuc ceyyum nīkki niṉṟa (nilam) 4 1/2 nāṉkaraiyum muṉ cuṭṭappaṭṭa mūṉṟumāvum Āka nilam ⟨7⟩ 4 1/2 3/20s 𑿣 nāṉkaraiyē mūṉṟumāc ceyyum Ivaṉ cantrādittavaṟ civayōgikaḷ mūvarkkum brāhmaṇar Iruvarkkum Āka Ivai(va)rkkum Uṇṇa Ivaṉ vaitta Iṉ nila(t)tukku [3+] ⟨8⟩ ṟukkavēṇṭum dravyam I vēṅkaiyiḷaiya Urudrakumāra kramavittaṉ pakkal sabhaiyōm koṇṭu Iṉṉilam nāṉkaraiyē mūṉṟu mācceyyum Iṟaiyiliyāka paṇittu Iṉṉila [3+] ⟨9⟩ yōm Iṟai kāṭṭap peṟātōmākavum Innilam Iṟai k⟨ā⟩ṭṭappaṇittāraiyum paṇitta sabhaiyiliruntāraiyum I(ṟai)kāṭṭiṉāraiyum vevvēṟṟu vakai tāṅkaḷ vēṇṭina poṉ Ivaṉ Anvayattār ⟨10⟩ maṉṟa peṟuvārākavum maṉṟi Iṟuttālum piṉṉaiyum Iṟai kāṭṭappeṟātōmākavum Ipparicu paṇittu vyavastai ceytu kaṉmēl [9+] ⟨11⟩ ṅkuṟi sabhaiyōm Ipparicu pālāciriyaṉ Iḷaiya nārāyaṇa ṉārāyaṇaṉ paṇiyāl I vyavastai Eḻutiṉēṉ Ivvūr madhyastaṉ dharmapriyaṉāṉa kalivicayaṉ taruṇentucēkaraṉēṉ ∥⁓ ⟨12⟩ Itu panmāheśvara rakṣai ∥⁓

⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [∥] kōvirājakēcari paṉmaṟkku (yāṇṭu) 7 Āvatu teṉkarai brahmadeyam śrīkaṇṭa caturvvedi maṅkalattup peruṅkuṟi sabhaiyōm Ivvāṇṭu makara nāyaṟṟu cevvā(ykkiḻamaiyum pe)⟨2⟩ṟṟa tiruvātirai nāṉṟu pakal Ivvūrt tiruccitrakūṭattēy dharmmi ceytu peruṅkuṟi kūṭṭak kuṟaivaṟakkūṭi Iruntu paṇippaṇiyāl paṇitta vyavasthai ceta paricāvatu Ivvūr vēṅkai Iḷaiya⟨3⟩urudrakumāra kramavittaṉ Ivvūrt tiruveṟum(piyūrā)ḷvār tirumalaimēl cattirattil Uṇṇavaitta kalam 5 Ivvaiñcu kalamum candrādittaval Uṇṇa Ivaṉ vaitta nilamā(ṟu)mā I⟨4⟩vvūr puṟavāykkuḷattuk kīḻ Ūriṉiṉṟum kiḻakku nōkkic ceṉṟu teṟkku nōkkik kuḷaṅkaraiyē Ēṟi(ṉa) palāṟṟukkaraikku veṅkaiyarkaḷ dvādaśakkattum sabhaiyōm pakkal Ivar(kaḷ vi)laiko⟨5⟩ṇṭuṭaiya nilattilumāka vaṭakkaṭaiya Irumā nīkki Itaṉōṭumaṭaiya cekkāccey mūṉṟumāvum Iv(vū)r(p pi)ṭākaik kara(mpai)yil muḷarikuṭṭai vāykkālukku vaṭakku Ivaṉ sabhaiyōm pakkal vilai⟨6⟩koṇṭuṭaiya Aivēliyil Ivaṉē Ivvūrt tiruvāyppāṭi śrīkṛṣṇarkkuk kuṭutta nilam pattuc ceyyum nīkki niṉṟa (nilam) 4 1/2 nāṉkaraiyum muṉ cuṭṭappaṭṭa mūṉṟumāvum Āka nilam ⟨7⟩ 4 1/2 3/20s 𑿣 nāṉkaraiyē mūṉṟumāc ceyyum Ivaṉ cantrādittavaṟ civayōgikaḷ mūvarkkum brāhmaṇar Iruvarkkum Āka Ivai(va)rkkum Uṇṇa Ivaṉ vaitta Iṉ nila(t)tukku [3+] ⟨8⟩ ṟukkavēṇṭum dravyam I vēṅkaiyiḷaiya Urudrakumāra kramavittaṉ pakkal sabhaiyōm koṇṭu Iṉṉilam nāṉkaraiyē mūṉṟu mācceyyum Iṟaiyiliyāka paṇittu Iṉṉila [3+] ⟨9⟩ yōm Iṟai kāṭṭap peṟātōmākavum Innilam Iṟai k¿a?⟨ā⟩ṭṭappaṇittāraiyum paṇitta sabhaiyiliruntāraiyum I(ṟai)kāṭṭiṉāraiyum vevvēṟṟu vakai tāṅkaḷ vēṇṭina poṉ Ivaṉ Anvayattār ⟨10⟩ maṉṟa peṟuvārākavum maṉṟi Iṟuttālum piṉṉaiyum Iṟai kāṭṭappeṟātōmākavum Ipparicu paṇittu vyavastai ceytu kaṉmēl [9+] ⟨11⟩ ṅkuṟi sabhaiyōm Ipparicu pālāciriyaṉ Iḷaiya nārāyaṇa ṉārāyaṇaṉ paṇiyāl I vyavastai Eḻutiṉēṉ Ivvūr madhyastaṉ dharmapriyaṉāṉa kalivicayaṉ taruṇentucēkaraṉēṉ ∥⁓ ⟨12⟩ Itu panmāheśvara rakṣai ∥⁓

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Digital edition of SII 34.101 by Subbarayalu 2015 automatically converted to DHARMA conventions by Renato Dávalos.

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[SII] Subbarayalu, Y. 2015. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XXXIV: Inscriptions collected during the year 1914. South Indian Inscriptions 34. New Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director General). Pages 105–106, item 101.

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<p>Chōḻa, Rājakēsarivarman, 7th year, Makara, Tuesday, Ārdrā = c. 10th Century.</p>

<p>Partly hidden. This records a big endowment of land measuring 4 <hi rend="italic">vēli</hi> and 13 <hi rend="italic">mā</hi> by a Brāhmaṇa of Śrīkaṇṭa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam for feeding daily 3 <hi rend="italic">śivayōgis</hi> and 2 Brāhmaṇas in the choultry <hi rend="italic">(chattiram)</hi> on the hill at Tiruveṟumbiyūr. The <hi rend="italic">sabhā</hi> of the village which met at the hall called Tiruchitrakūḍam decided to pay themselves the taxes on the endowed land in lieu of the tax capital received from the donor.</p>

<p>[Published in <hi rend="italic">SII</hi>, Vol. XIII, No. 162.]</p>

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