# Kāmaracavalli, Kārkōṭakēśvara, time of Parakesarivarman, year 9

Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: Renato Dávalos, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv19p0i0231

Repository: SII adapted (tfa-sii-epigraphy)

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Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ kō-p-para-kēsari-panma(rk)ku yāṇṭu 9-Āvatu

⟨2⟩ vaṭa-karai brahma-tēyam śrī-kāmaravalli-caturve⟨3⟩ti-maṅkalattu
peruṅ-kuṟi peru-makkaḷōm I⟨4⟩vv-āṭṭai dhaṉu-nāyaṟṟu viyāḻa-[k]-kiḻamai
pe⟨5⟩ṟṟa kār⟨t⟩tikai nāṉṟu taṭṭaḻi koṭṭi peruṅ⟨6⟩-kuṟi cāṟṟi maṇṭakattē
kūṭi Eḻu=nt-aruḷi Iru⟨7⟩(n=tu) nam tiru-nallūr parameśva⟨r⟩kku
can¡t!⟨d⟩rātit⟨8⟩ta-vaṟ śrī-paliyum tiru-p-paḷḷi Eḻucciyum koḷ⟨9⟩vataṟku
peruṅ-kuṟi peru-makkaḷōm vaittu-k ku⟨10⟩ṭutta j¡i!⟨ī⟩vitam āvatu

śrī-kō-taṇṭa-rāma-vāykkā⟨11⟩l-k k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ n¡i!⟨ī⟩r-pūci nel viḷaiyum
nilam ellām ⟨12⟩ virivu māttāl tūṇi-p patakku nel Aṇaik⟨13⟩ku vaitta
nellilē māttāl kuṟuṇi nel ⟨14⟩ pū-t-tōṟum koḷḷa-⟨p⟩ peṟuvat’ āka
Av-Avva-Āṇ⟨15⟩ṭu Ūr-vāriyam ceyyum pe(ru-mak)kaḷē terica⟨16⟩-t tōppu
puka Iṭa-⟨k⟩ kaṭavar ākavum [3+]

⟨17⟩ [2+] rippiṉ paṭi tēva-kaṉmikaḷ kaṉali [1+] ⟨18⟩ [1+] taṇṭi
koḷḷa-[p] peṟuvār ākavum

I⟨19⟩-p-paricu In-nel koṇṭu can¡t!⟨d⟩rātit⟨20⟩ta-vaṟ śrī-bali
koṭṭuvataṟk’ āka pa⟨21⟩ṇi-p paṇiyāl nālu cēriyilum ⟨22⟩ nallūr bhaṭṭaṉ
nakkanākaṉ paṇi⟨23⟩yālum kaṭavūr nārāyaṇaṉ nārayaṇa⟨24⟩ṉ paṇiyālum
kō-maṭattu ti¿ṟ?⟨r⟩ukkuṟuṅ⟨25⟩kuṭi-k kramavittaṉ paṇiyālum kirāñci ⟨26⟩
kkam pattipoḻ nārāyaṇa-bhaṭṭa⟨27⟩ṉ paṇiyālum Ip-paricu
can¡t!⟨d⟩rātitta-va⟨28⟩ṟ niṟppat’ āka śilā-lekhai ceytu kuṭu(t)⟨29⟩tōm
peruṅ-kuṟi peru-makkaḷōm

- (paṇi)⟨30⟩yāl madhyastaṉ A(ma)ṇa⟨31⟩-maṅkalayaṉ-āṉa [Ain]-nūṟṟu⟨32⟩vaṉ
  muṉṉūṟṟuva⟨33⟩ṉ-ē¡(n)!⟨(ṉ)⟩ Ivai y-e¡ṉn!⟨ṉ⟩ e⟨34⟩ḻuttu ↝

- Ippaṭi paṇi⟨35⟩yāl madhyastaṉ brahma-piri⟨36⟩ya¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-ēṉ

- (Ippaṭi) paṇi⟨37⟩yāl marutūr peruṅ-kāvi⟨38⟩ti-y-āṉa pūtaṉ
  śrī-kaṇṭa⟨39⟩¡(n)!⟨ṉ⟩-(ēṉ) ↝

- ⟨40⟩ Ippaṭi paṇiyā(l) madhyasta⟨41⟩ṉ 74

- Ippaṭi ⟨Aṟi⟩vēṉ [2+]⟨42⟩¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-ēṉ ↝

- Ippaṭi [paṇi]yāl ma⟨43⟩dhyastaṉ (tiru)-veḷḷarai
  pe⟨44⟩(ruṇ)-kāviti-y-ā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a [6+]

## Apparatus

⟨31⟩ [Ain]nūṟṟu⟨32⟩vaṉ ⬦ [2+] nūṟṟu⟨32⟩vaṉ SII.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ 9th year of the king Parakesarivarman.

⟨2–10⟩ There is a livelihood allowance (jīvitam), that We, the great
people of the great assembly (peruṅkuṟi perumakkaḷōm) of the
Śrī-Kāmaravalli-caturvetimaṅkalam, a brahmadeya on the northern bank ⟨of
the Kāvēri river⟩, after having the drum beaten (taṭṭaḻi koṭṭi) at the
time of Kārttikai—which this year happened on a Thursday of the Dhanu
month—, having deliberated in the great assembly (cāṟṟi), having
gathered together in the maṇḍapa, and having sat and graciously risen,
have given, as long as the sun and the moon endure, for the maintenance
(koḷvataṟku[1]) of the holy offering (śrīpali) and of the awakening
(tiruppaḷḷi eḻucci), for our ⟨god⟩ Parameśvara of Tirunallūr.

⟨10–16⟩ So as to obtain (koḷḷa-p peṟuvat’ āka) on every harvest
(pūttōṟum) a patakku of paddy and a tūṇi for each mā extending (virivu)
to all land that grows (viḷaiyum) rice irrigated (pūci) with water
(nīr?) below (kīḻ[2]) the holy (śrī) Kōtaṇṭarāma channel, ⟨and⟩, a
kuṟuṇi of paddy for each mā in case the paddy is attached to the
embankment (aṇai ) the great people who do the village committe should
be bound (iṭak kaṭavar) to enter the garden (tōppu) during new moon
every year.

⟨17–18⟩ According to …, the temple administrators (tēvakaṉmikaḷ) should
obtain to collect taxes/fines ….

⟨19–28⟩ So that, in this manner, there be ⟨provisions⟩ for the ⟨service
of⟩ beating ⟨of the drums⟩ (koṭṭuvataṟku) ⟨at the time of⟩ śrībali …
(paṇi-p paṇiyāl nālu cēriyilum), by order of Bhaṭṭaṉ Nakkanākaṉ from
Nallūr, by order of Nārayaṇaṉ Nārayaṇaṉ from Kaṭavūr, by order of
Tirukkuṟuṅkuṭi Kramavittaṉ from the royal ermitage (kō-māṭam), by order
of Pattipōḻ Nārāyaṇahaṭṭaṉ from Kirāñcikkam, in this manner, so that it
remains (niṟppatu) as long as the sun and the moon, We, the great people
of the great assembly, have made a stone inscription and have given.

⟨29–44⟩

- By order (paṇiyāl), I, the mediator (madhyastaṉ), [Ain]nūṟṟuvaṉ
  Muṉṉūṟṟuvaṉ alias Amaṇamaṅkalayaṉ, this is my signature.

- In this manner, by order (paṇiyāl), I, the mediator (madhyastaṉ)
  Brahmapiriyaṉ.

- In this manner, by order (paṇiyāl), I, Pūtaṉ Śrīkaṇṭaṉ, alias
  Peruṅkāviti from Marutūr.

- In this manner, by order (paṇiyāl), the mediator (madhyastaṉ) 74.

- In this manner, I know, I […].

- In this manner, by order (paṇiyāl), I, the mediator (madhyastaṉ) […]
  alias Peruṅkāviti of Tiruveḷḷarai […].

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1914–15 (ARIE/1914-1915/B/1914/78).

Edited in Srinivasa Rao et al. 1967 (SII 22.231).

This digital edition by Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis (2024),
based on Srinivasa Rao et al. 1967. This translation by Renato Dávalos
and Emmanuel Francis (2024).

### Primary

[SII] Srinivasa Rao, G.V., Dines Chandra Sircar & G.S. Gai. 1967.
South-Indian inscriptions. Volume XIX: Inscriptions of Parakesarivarman.
South Indian Inscriptions 19. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India
(Manager of Publications). Pages 116–117, item 231.

### Secondary

ARIE 1914–15. G.O. No. 1260, 25th August 1915. Epigraphy. Recording,
with remarks, the progress report of the Assistant Archaeological
Superintendent for epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the year 1914-1915.
Edited by H. Krishna Sastri. No place, 1915. Page 17, appendix B/1914,
item 78.

[1] Literally, "for obtaining".

[2] That is, "out of".