# Māmaṇṭūr, time of Rājarājakesarivarman, year 16

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv04p0i0137

Repository: SII adapted (tfa-sii-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv04p0i0137.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

Donation of goats for the upkeep of permanent lamps.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

1. Āciriyappā

tiru-maka[ḷ] ¿k?⟨p⟩ōla-p peru-nila-c-celvi⟨2⟩yun
taṉakkē y-[urimai] pūṇṭam[ai] maṉa⟨3⟩-k-koḷa
kāntaḷūr-c [cālai-k] kalam aṟutt-aruḷi
vē⟨4⟩ṅkai-nāṭuṅ kaṅka-pāṭiyun
nuḷampa-pāṭi⟨5⟩yun taṭikai-vaḻi[yuṅ]
[ku]ṭamalai-nāṭuṅ kol⟨6⟩lamuṅ kaliṅkamun
tiṇ-ṭiṟal veṉṟi taṇ⟨7⟩ṭāṟ koṇṭa ta¡ṇṇ!⟨ṉ⟩
eḻil vaḷa[va] Ūḻi⟨8⟩yuḷ ellā yāṇṭum
toḻutakai viḷa⟨ṅ⟩kum yāṇ⟨9⟩ṭē
ceḻiyarai-t tēcu-k koḷ

śrī-kō-v-irāca-rāca-rā⟨10⟩ca-kēcari-panmakki yāṇṭu 10 6-Āvatu

kāliyūr-k-kō⟨11⟩ṭṭattu cittira-mēka-taṭākattiṉ k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ
tiru-v-ēkampa⟨12⟩ttuḷ uttama-cōḻa-Īśvara-¡pp!⟨p⟩iṟattu
naraciṅ[ka]maṅ⟨13⟩kalattu Urudravālīśvaram-uṭaiya mah¿a?⟨ā⟩devarkku
ti⟨14⟩yaṅkuṭaiyāṉampaṉi-rāmaṉ vai¡cc!⟨tt⟩a viḷakku ⟨15⟩ Araikkum
cāvā-m¡u!⟨ū⟩vā-p pēr-āṭu nā-p-patt’ āṟu

⟨16⟩ Ivai paṉmā¡yē!⟨he⟩śvara-rakṣai

{Iv-viḷakku} [I]⟨17⟩[v-vi]ḷakk’ erippat’ ākavum

Ivv-āṭu tiṅku niṉai⟨18⟩ttāṉ keṅkai y-iṭai-k kumari-[y-i]ṭai-c cey⟨19⟩ta
pāvaṅ koḷvār

## Apparatus

⟨10⟩ 10 6 ⬦ SII • The ARIE reads 10 [6].

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨9–10⟩ 16th year of the glorious king Rājarājakesarivarman,

⟨2–9⟩ who, ... [meykkīrtti of Rājarāja I Cōḻa]

⟨10–15⟩ For the Mahādeva, the Lord of the Rudravālīśvara ⟨temple⟩ in
Naraciṅkamaṇkalam, … (piṟattu) of the Uttamacōḻēśvara, east of the
Cittiramēkam tank, in the Kāliyūrkkōṭṭam, for half a lamp that
Tiyaṅkuṭaiyāṉampaṉirāmaṉ gave, the great undying and unaging goats ⟨are⟩
fourty-six.

⟨16⟩ These ⟨are under⟩ the protection of the Paṉmāheśvaras.

⟨16–17⟩ These half lamps should burn.

⟨17–19⟩ He who think/does harm/evil (tīṅku) to/about these goats obtains
a sin made between the Ganges and Kumari.

## Bibliography

First reported in ARIE 1887–88 (1/3) (ARIE/1887-1888/I/1887-1888/39).

First edited in Krishna Sastri 1923 (SII 4.137).

Encoded and translated here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel
Francis (2024), based on Krishna Sastri 1923 and on photos (Emmanuel
Francis, 2004).

### Primary

[SII] Krishna Sastri, H. 1923. South-Indian inscriptions (texts). Volume
IV: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil, Telugu and Kannada
countries and Ceylon. South Indian Inscriptions 4. Madras: Government
Press. Page 13, item 137.

### Secondary

ARIE 1887–88 (1/3). G.O. No. 424, 20th April 1888. Archaeology.
Recording letter from the Director-General forwarding Dr. Hultzsch’s
progress report from 21st September 1887 to 31st January 1888. Edited by
Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch. Madras: Government of Madras, Public
Department, 1888. Page 5, appendixes I/1887-1888, item 38.