Vṛddhācalam (Viruttācalam), Vṛddhāgirīśvara temple, time of Parakesarivarman Rājendra Cōḻa, year 5

Editors: Valérie Gillet, Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00193.

Summary: Vṛddhācalam (Viruttācalam), Vṛddhācalam taluk, Cuddalore district, Vṛddhāgirīśvara temple. On the southern façade of the sanctuary. 5th regnal year of Kōpparakesarivarman alias Śrī Rājendracōḻadevar = Rajendra I (circa 1017 A.D.). ARIE: “Gift of gold for a lamp by Śembiyaṉ-dēvaḍigaḷār daughter of Paḻavēṭṭaraiyar and wife of Muññai Vallavaraiyar to the temple of Neṟkuppai Tirumuḍukuṉṟam-Uḍaiya-Mahādēva at Paruvūr-kūṟṟam of Iruṅgōḷappāḍi a subdivision of Vaḍagarai Rājēndrasiṁha-vaḷanāḍu.”

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).

Version: (945c2a7), last modified (945c2a7).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

I. āciriyappā

tiru maṉṉi vaḷara (Iru)-¡ṉ!⟨n⟩ila⟨2⟩-maṭan=taiyum

1

⟨r⟩-ccaya-p-(pā)[vai]yum c¡i!⟨ī⟩⟨3⟩r-t-taṉi-c-celviyu⟨m⟩

2

taṉ (pe)run= tē⟨4⟩viyar āki y-iṉpuṟa

3

neṭituyal Ū⟨5⟩ḻiyuḷ iṭai-tuṟai-¡ñ!⟨n⟩āṭum

4

tuṭarvaṉa ⟨6⟩ vēli-p paṭarvaṉa vā(ci)yuñ

5

cuḷḷi⟨7⟩c cūḻ-matiṭ-k koḷḷi-p-pākkaiyu⟨8⟩⟨m⟩

6

naṇṇaṟk’ arumuraṇ maṇṇai-k-ka⟨9⟩ṭakkamum

7

poru-kaṭ¿ā?⟨a⟩{ta}(l) ¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻatt’ aracar ⟨10⟩ tam muṭiyum

8

āṅkavar tēviyar ōṅ⟨11⟩k’ eḻil muṭiyu⟨m⟩

9

muṉṉavar pakka(l) te⟨12⟩ṉṉavaṉ vaitta

10

cun=tara-muṭiyum in=tira⟨13⟩ṉ āramun=

11

teṇṭirai Īḻa-maṇḍala⟨m⟩ mu⟨14⟩ḻuvatu⟨m⟩

12

mā-p-perun= taṇḍāṟ koṇṭa

13

kō-p⟨15⟩-para-kēcari-paṉmar-āṉa śrī-rajentra-(co)⟨16⟩(ḷa)-devarkku yāṇṭu (5)-Āvatu vaṭa-ka⌈⟨17⟩rai-rājentra-si(ṃ)ha-vaḷanāṭṭu Iru⟨ṅ⟩ko(ḷa)⟨18⟩-p-pāṭi-p paruvūr-k-kūṟṟattu neṟkup⟨19⟩pai-t tiru-mutu-kuṉṟam-uṭ(ai)ya mahā⟨20⟩-devarku muñ(ñai) vallavaraiyar de⟨21⟩(vi)[yār pa]ḻuvēṭṭarai(yar) (makaḷār) [3+] ⟨22⟩ [4+] tēvaṭikaḷār v¿a?⟨ai⟩tta tiru-n[ont]ā-viḷak⟨23⟩kk’ oṉṟukku [3+] tuṟai [2+] ḷūr [3+] ⟨24⟩ [1+] koṇṭa poṉ patiṉ kaḻañcu

(Ip-po)⟨25⟩(ṉ) patiṉ kaḻañcum poli-y-aṭṭ-ā(ka)[2+]⟨26⟩ṇṭu ni(cata)m Uḻakku ney[6+]⟨27⟩(ṉṟu) [2+] (ṭṭa)-k kaṭavaṉ-ē-y Ēḻu ṉā(ḻi) [3+] (kā)⟨28⟩ṉi [4+] (O)ṉṟu [1+] (cā)m Ai [3+] ⟨29⟩ [6+]

(Itu) panmāheśvara-(rakṣai)

Apparatus

⟨20⟩ de⟨21⟩(vi)[yār]de⟨21⟩(vi)[2+] G.

⟨21⟩ [pa]ḻuvēṭṭarai(yar)[1+]ḻuveṭṭarai[2+] G. — ⟨21⟩ (makaḷār)(makaḷā) [1+] G.

⟨22⟩ v¿a?⟨ai⟩tta ⬦ vat [1+] G. — ⟨22⟩ tirun[ont]ā° ⬦ tirun [1+] G.

⟨24⟩ (Ip-po)⟨25⟩(ṉ)[3+] ⟨25⟩ [1+] G.

⟨26⟩ ni(cata)m ⬦ ni [2+] m G.

⟨27⟩ (ṉṟu) [2+] (ṭṭa)k kaṭavaṉēy Ēḻu ṉā(ḻi) [3+] (kā)(ṉṟu) [3+] kkaṭavaṉey Eḻuṉā [4+] G.

⟨28⟩ (O)ṉṟu [1+] (cā)m Ai [3+][1+] ṉṟu [1+] cāma [4+] G.

⟨29⟩ (Itu) panmāheśvara(rakṣai)[2+] panmāheśvara [2+] G.

Translation by Gillet 2024

(1) Fortune! Prosperity!

(1–14) [meykkīrtti of Rājendra I Cōla]

[This is the] 5th year of Kōpparakesarivarman alias Śrī Rājendracō[ḻa]devar.

(15–16) For Mahādeva who possesses/of (uṭaiya) Tirumutukuṉṟam in Neṟkuppai in Paruvūrkkūṟṟam of Iruṅkoḷappāṭi of Rājendrasiṃhavaḷanāṭu on the northern bank (vaṭakarai), the wife/queen (devi[yār]) of Muññai Vallavaraiyar, daughter (makaḷār) of the Paḻuvēṭṭaraiyar, […] Tēvaṭikaḷār [gave] for one [perpetual] lamp (tirun[ont]ā viḷakk’ oṉṟukku) […] ten kaḻañcus of gold taken (koṇṭa) […]

(25–29) […] ten (patiṉ) kaḻañcus […] one uḻakku of ghee (ney) […].

(29) [This is under the protection of the] Paṉmāheśvaras.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1917-1918 (ARIE/1917-1918/C/1918/39).

Edited and translated in Gillet 2024, based on photographs (kindly provided by N. Cane).

This digital edition by Valérie Gillet and Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[G] Gillet, Valérie. 2024. Minor Majesties: The Paḻuvēṭṭaraiyars and their South Indian Kingdom of Paḻuvūr, 9th-11th centuries A.D. New York: Oxford University Press. [URL]. Pages 271–272, item 149.

Secondary

ARIE 1917-1918. G.O. No. 1172, 6th September 1918. Epigraphy. Recording, with remarks, the progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the year 1917-1918. Edited by H. Krishna Sastri. No place, 1918. Page 92, appendix C/1918, item 39.