SII 34.179: original edition by Y. Subbarayalu

Alternative title: “No. 179. Ratnagiri, Kulittalai Taluk, Tiruchirappalli District. On the north wall of the first prākāra of the Harāḷakēśvari temple on the hill.”

Author of digital edition: Renato Dávalos (reda).

Summary: Chōḻa, Kulōttuṅga I, 40th year, Dhanus, badi 10, Punarvasu, Friday = A.D. 1109, December 10, Friday.

This records that a merchant of Rājarāja-puram in Vaḍa-Koṅgu, who had set up also the image of Tiruppaḷḷiyaṟai-Nāchchiyār purchased land from the sabhā of Kuḻittaṇḍalai in Mīkōṭṭu-nāḍu of Rājamahēndra-vaḷanāḍu and endowed it for feeding dēvaraḍiyār, śivayōgis and tapasvis in the maṭha called Eḻunūṟṟuvaṉ-tirumaḍam near the western gate of Śivapādaśēkhara-puram in Kuṟunāgai-nāḍu. The merchant and his wife conveyed the gift through a local agent.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv34p0i0179.

File path: SII_B_clean/SII34/DHARMA_INSSIIv34p0i0179.xml.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī vīramē tuṇaiyākavum tiyākamē yaṇiyākavum śrīceṅkōloccik karuṅkali kaṭintu pukaḻmātu viḷaṅka jeyamātu vi-
⟨2⟩ rumpa nilamakaḷ nilava malarmakaḷ puṇara Urimaiyiṟ ciṟanta maṇimuṭicūṭi mīnavar nilaikeṭa villavar kulaitara Ēṉai maṉnava ririyaluṟ ṟiḻitara ti-
⟨3⟩ kkakaṉaittun taṉ cakkara naṭātti vijaiyapiṣēkam paṇṇi vīrasimhāsanattu Avaṉimuḻutuṭaiyāḷōṭu vīṟṟiruntaruḷiya kōrāja-
⟨4⟩ kēcaripanmarāna tribhuvanccakravattikaḷ śrīkulōttuṅkacōḻa devaṟkku Iru [***]
⟨5⟩ [***] nāṟpatāvatu rājamahēntra vaḷanāṭṭu mīkōṭṭu nāṭṭu brahmadeyaṅ kuḻittaṇṭalai peruṅkuṟi sabhaiyōm dhanu nāyaṟṟu Aparapa-
⟨6⟩ kṣattu [***] tiyaiyum puṇarpūcamum peṟṟa veḷḷikkiḻamai nāḷ Ivvūr naṭuviṟ tirumuṟṟattu rājēntira cōḻaṉ tirumaṇṭapattēy dharmmiceytu kūṭṭak kuṟai-
⟨7⟩ vaṟakkūṭi Iruntu Iṉnāṭṭu kuṟunākai nāṭṭu civapāta cēkarapurattu mēlai vācalukku teṟkil Eḻunūṟṟu viḷākattilē devaraṭiyār civayōgikaḷukku-
⟨8⟩ m tapasyarkkum Amutu ceykaikku vaṭakkiṟ koṅkil rājarājapurattu Irukkum viyāpāri cirikōlamāṇi tēnaiṅkakkuc camaintu Ittaṉmañ ceyvitta tiruvāṉpōkkimalai mahādevaṟkku tiru-
⟨9⟩ ppaḷḷiyaṟai nampirāṭṭiyārai Eḻuntaruḷivitta marutāntakapuramuṭaiyāṉ nāṭaṟi pukaḻaṉ tāmōtiranāna piḷḷaik-
⟨10⟩ kaṭiyāṟku nāṅkaḷ viṟṟukkuṭutta nilavilaiyāvaṇam Eṅkaḷūr
⟨11⟩ nilattu tirunārāyaṇavatikkuk kiḻakku Ayyaṉ vāykkālukkut teṟku mutaṟkaṇṇāṟṟu
⟨12⟩ mutaṟ catirattuṇṭattuk kaviṇiyaṉ mātēvaṉ Araṅkaṉ nilattukkut teṉmēṟkaṭaiyat tiruvulakaḷanta taruḷinapaṭi nilam 1/4 Iṉnilam kālum viṟṟukkuṭuttu koḷvatāka Emmilicainta vilaipporuḷ Aṉṟāṭu naṟkācu
⟨13⟩ 2 Iraṇṭu Ikkācu Iraṇṭum Iṉ nilattukkuc cantirātittavaṟ nāṅkaḷ Iṟaiyiṟukkak kaṭavōmāka Iṟaikāvalākak koṇṭa kācu
⟨14⟩ patiṉmūṉṟum Ākak kācu 10 5 Ikkācu patinañcum Ittēvaraṭi caṇḍeśvara devar śrīhastattālkoṇṭu Iṉ nilaṅkālum viṟṟukkuṭuttōm peru-
⟨15⟩ ṅkuṟi mahāsabhaiyōm Iṉnilattukku Ituvē vilaiyātākavum Ikkācukku Ituvē porumāvaṟutip poruṭcilavōlai yāvatākavum Ituvallatu vēṟu
⟨16⟩ poruḷmāvaṟutip poruṭcilavōlai kāṭṭak kaṭavatallātatākavu mipparicaintu Ikkācu patiṉaiñcum koṇṭu Iṉṉilam kālum Eḻunūṟṟuvaṉ
⟨17⟩ Amutu ceykaikku kōlamāṇi tēṉnaṅkaikkum kōlamāṇicuṟṟiy tēvikkum camaintu Idharmmam
⟨18⟩ [***] yārkku vilaikkuṟaviṟṟu poruḷaṟakkoṇṭu viṟṟavilaiyāvaṇañ ceytu kuṭuttōm peruṅkuṟi sabhaiyōm Iṉṉilam Iv [***] paṭiyē I
⟨19⟩ cempilum veṭṭik koḷḷappeṟuvārāka kāśyapaṉ brahmaṇyatēvar mātavaṉār paṇiyālum kavaṇiyaṉ nārāyaṇanār paṇiyālum vākkiyaṉ kēcuvaṉ nārāyaṇa
⟨20⟩ piranār paṇiyālum vārkkiyaṉ nārāyaṇaṉ tiruvaraṅka nārāyaṇa nārāyaṇanār paṇiyālum kāśyapaṉ cō [******]
⟨21⟩ nārāyaṇanār paṇiyālum paṇippaṇiyāṟpaṇi kēṭṭu nilavilai piramāṇam Eḻutiṉēṉ Ivūr madhyastaṉ (nā)rāyaṇaṉ tiricciṟṟampala muṭaiyānēṉ Ivai Eṉ Eḻuttu [***] traṉ tāmōtiranāna piḷḷaikkaṭiyānēṉ I
⟨22⟩ [***] nmāheśvara rakṣai ∥⁓

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī vīramē tuṇaiyākavum tiyākamē yaṇiyākavum śrīceṅkōloccik karuṅkali kaṭintu pukaḻmātu viḷaṅka jeyamātu vi⟨2⟩rumpa nilamakaḷ nilava malarmakaḷ puṇara Urimaiyiṟ ciṟanta maṇimuṭicūṭi mīnavar nilaikeṭa villavar kulaitara Ēṉai maṉnava ririyaluṟ ṟiḻitara ti⟨3⟩kkakaṉaittun taṉ cakkara naṭātti vijaiyapiṣēkam paṇṇi vīrasimhāsanattu Avaṉimuḻutuṭaiyāḷōṭu vīṟṟiruntaruḷiya kōrāja⟨4⟩kēcaripanmarāna tribhuvanccakravattikaḷ śrīkulōttuṅkacōḻa devaṟkku Iru [3+] ⟨5⟩ [3+] nāṟpatāvatu rājamahēntra vaḷanāṭṭu mīkōṭṭu nāṭṭu brahmadeyaṅ kuḻittaṇṭalai peruṅkuṟi sabhaiyōm dhanu nāyaṟṟu Aparapa⟨6⟩kṣattu [3+] tiyaiyum puṇarpūcamum peṟṟa veḷḷikkiḻamai nāḷ Ivvūr naṭuviṟ tirumuṟṟattu rājēntira cōḻaṉ tirumaṇṭapattēy dharmmiceytu kūṭṭak kuṟai⟨7⟩vaṟakkūṭi Iruntu Iṉnāṭṭu kuṟunākai nāṭṭu civapāta cēkarapurattu mēlai vācalukku teṟkil Eḻunūṟṟu viḷākattilē devaraṭiyār civayōgikaḷukku⟨8⟩m tapasyarkkum Amutu ceykaikku vaṭakkiṟ koṅkil rājarājapurattu Irukkum viyāpāri cirikōlamāṇi tēnaiṅkakkuc camaintu Ittaṉmañ ceyvitta tiruvāṉpōkkimalai mahādevaṟkku tiru⟨9⟩ppaḷḷiyaṟai nampirāṭṭiyārai Eḻuntaruḷivitta marutāntakapuramuṭaiyāṉ nāṭaṟi pukaḻaṉ tāmōtiranāna piḷḷaik⟨10⟩kaṭiyāṟku nāṅkaḷ viṟṟukkuṭutta nilavilaiyāvaṇam Eṅkaḷūr ⟨11⟩ nilattu tirunārāyaṇavatikkuk kiḻakku Ayyaṉ vāykkālukkut teṟku mutaṟkaṇṇāṟṟu ⟨12⟩ mutaṟ catirattuṇṭattuk kaviṇiyaṉ mātēvaṉ Araṅkaṉ nilattukkut teṉmēṟkaṭaiyat tiruvulakaḷanta taruḷinapaṭi nilam 1/4 Iṉnilam kālum viṟṟukkuṭuttu koḷvatāka Emmilicainta vilaipporuḷ Aṉṟāṭu naṟkācu ⟨13⟩ 2 Iraṇṭu Ikkācu Iraṇṭum Iṉ nilattukkuc cantirātittavaṟ nāṅkaḷ Iṟaiyiṟukkak kaṭavōmāka Iṟaikāvalākak koṇṭa kācu ⟨14⟩ patiṉmūṉṟum Ākak kācu 10 5 Ikkācu patinañcum Ittēvaraṭi caṇḍeśvara devar śrīhastattālkoṇṭu Iṉ nilaṅkālum viṟṟukkuṭuttōm peru⟨15⟩ṅkuṟi mahāsabhaiyōm Iṉnilattukku Ituvē vilaiyātākavum Ikkācukku Ituvē porumāvaṟutip poruṭcilavōlai yāvatākavum Ituvallatu vēṟu ⟨16⟩ poruḷmāvaṟutip poruṭcilavōlai kāṭṭak kaṭavatallātatākavu mipparicaintu Ikkācu patiṉaiñcum koṇṭu Iṉṉilam kālum Eḻunūṟṟuvaṉ ⟨17⟩ Amutu ceykaikku kōlamāṇi tēṉnaṅkaikkum kōlamāṇicuṟṟiy tēvikkum camaintu Idharmmam ⟨18⟩ [3+] yārkku vilaikkuṟaviṟṟu poruḷaṟakkoṇṭu viṟṟavilaiyāvaṇañ ceytu kuṭuttōm peruṅkuṟi sabhaiyōm Iṉṉilam Iv [3+] paṭiyē I ⟨19⟩ cempilum veṭṭik koḷḷappeṟuvārāka kāśyapaṉ brahmaṇyatēvar mātavaṉār paṇiyālum kavaṇiyaṉ nārāyaṇanār paṇiyālum vākkiyaṉ kēcuvaṉ nārāyaṇa ⟨20⟩ piranār paṇiyālum vārkkiyaṉ nārāyaṇaṉ tiruvaraṅka nārāyaṇa nārāyaṇanār paṇiyālum kāśyapaṉ cō [6+] ⟨21⟩ nārāyaṇanār paṇiyālum paṇippaṇiyāṟpaṇi kēṭṭu nilavilai piramāṇam Eḻutiṉēṉ Ivūr madhyastaṉ (nā)rāyaṇaṉ tiricciṟṟampala muṭaiyānēṉ Ivai Eṉ Eḻuttu [3+] traṉ tāmōtiranāna piḷḷaikkaṭiyānēṉ I ⟨22⟩ [3+] nmāheśvara rakṣai ∥⁓

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Digital edition of SII 34.179 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 180–182, item 179.

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