Ukkal, Perumāḷ temple, time of Rājakesarivarman Rājarāja, year 24, day 124

Editors: Emmanuel Francis, Eugen Hultzsch.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSII0300009.

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Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (tfa-sii-epigraphy).

Version: 2024-12-03 14:24 (e031092), last modified 2024-06-10 11:05 (dc9cbca).

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

I. āciriyappā

tiru-makaḷ pōla pe[ru]-nila-⟨c⟩-cel[viyu]m

taṉakkē [U]rimai pūṇṭamai ma[⟨⟨ṉa⟩⟩]-k-koḷa

kā⟨n⟩taḷur-⟨c⟩ cā[{ra}]lai kalam a[ṟu]t[t-aru]ḷi

vēṅkai-nāṭum kaṅka-pāṭiy¡ū!⟨u⟩m

nuḷampa-pāṭiyun taṭikai-pāṭiyum

kuṭamalai-[nā]ṭu{m}⟨2⟩ṅ kollamum kaliṅka[mu]m

Eṇ-ṭicaiy pukaḻ taru Īḻa-maṇ{ṭa}ṭala[mu]m

[I]¿l?⟨r⟩aṭṭa-pāṭi Ēḻ’ arai Ilakkamum

tiṇ-ṭiṟal veṉṟi-⟨t⟩ taṇṭ[ā]ṟ-k koṇ[ṭa] ta[ṉ]

Eḻil vaḷar ¡u!⟨ū⟩ḻi Ellā yāṇṭum

toḻutakai viḷa⟨3⟩ṅkum yāṇṭē

ce[ḻi]narai tēc¡ū!⟨u⟩ koḷ

śrī-kōrāja-rājakēsari-[va]¿n?⟨nm⟩ar-āna śrī-rāja-rājade[va]rkku [y]āṇ[ṭu] 2 10 4-Ā[va]tu nāḷ [100] 2 10 4-¡n!⟨ṉ⟩āl

Uṭaiyār śrī-rāja-rāja-rāja-devar tañcāvūr-p periya-ceṇṭu-vā⟨4⟩[yi]l-[c] cittira-kūṭattu teṟkkil kallū[riyil] E[ḻu]nt-aruḷi Iruntu co[ṇ]āṭṭum co[ṇ]āṭṭu-[p] paṭum pu[ṟa](ṇi)-nāṭukaḷilum toṇṭai-nāṭṭilu[m] pāṇṭi-nāṭ-āna rāja-rāja-vaḷanāṭṭilum pā[ppa]ṉ Ūrkaḷilum vaikhāṉasar Ūrkaḷi⟨5⟩[lu]m savaṇṇara Ūrkaḷilum kāṇi Uṭai[yār] yāṇṭu 10 6-Āvatu [mu]tal 2 10 3-[Ā]vatu varaiyil Īr-āṇṭu nirampi [mū]-v-āṇṭu tantaṅkāṇi-y-āṉa nila[ṅ]kaḷukku Avvava Ūr[ka]ḷilāroṭum Ūri-ṭu-vari-p-[p]āṭu Iṟai Iṟātu pō¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ār kāṇi ⟨6⟩ Uṭaiyārai-t tavira Ūr-nilam-āy A[vva]va Ū{ra}rkaḷi[lār]ē [viṟṟu-k] koḷḷa[p]-p-[eṟuvā]r[kaḷ ā]ka[vu]m [y]ā[ṇ]ṭu [2 10 4-Āva]tu [mutal Īr]-āṇṭu [ni]ram[pi mū]-v-āṇṭu Ūr-iṭu-vari-p-[p]āṭu Iṟai Iṟātu pōṉār kāṇi Uṭai⟨7⟩yārai-t tavira [A]vvava Ūrkaḷilāre [vi]ṟṟu-k koḷḷa-[p]-pe{ṟ}ṟu[v]ārkaḷ ākavum eṉṟu Ip-paricu tiru-vāy-moḻin-⟨8⟩t-aruḷiṉa pa[ṭi] tiru-mantira-v-ōlai rājakēsari-nallūr kiḻavaṉ Eḻuttiṉālum tiru-mantira-v-ōlai-nāyakaṉ ⟨9⟩ mu-m-muṭi-cō[ḻa]-brahma-mā-rāya[ṉu]m mu-m-muṭi-cōḻa-p[ō]caṉum Oppiṭṭu-p-pukun=ta kēḻvi-p paṭi 2 10 4-Āvatu na ⟨10⟩ 100 4 10 3 ṉā[l va]riyil ¿aṭu?⟨iṭ⟩ṭatu

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī   tiru-makaḷ pōla pe[ru]-nila-⟨c⟩-cel[viyu]m taṉakkē [U]rimai pūṇṭamai ma[⟨⟨ṉa⟩⟩]-k-koḷa kā⟨n⟩taḷur-⟨c⟩ cā[{ra}]lai kalam a[ṟu]t[t-aru]ḷi vēṅkai-nāṭum kaṅka-pāṭiy¡ū!⟨u⟩m nuḷampa-pāṭiyun taṭikai-pāṭiyum kuṭamalai-[nā]ṭu{m}-
⟨2⟩ ṅ kollamum kaliṅka[mu]m Eṇ-ṭicaiy pukaḻ taru Īḻa-maṇ{ṭa}ṭala[mu]m [I]¿l?⟨r⟩aṭṭa-pāṭi Ēḻ’ arai Ilakkamum tiṇ-ṭiṟal veṉṟi-⟨t⟩ taṇṭ[ā]ṟ-k koṇ[ṭa] ta[ṉ] Eḻil vaḷar ¡u!⟨ū⟩ḻi Ellā yāṇṭum toḻutakai viḷa-
⟨3⟩ ṅkum yāṇṭē ce[ḻi]narai tēc¡ū!⟨u⟩ koḷ   śrī-kōrāja-rājakēsari-[va]¿n?⟨nm⟩ar-āna śrī-rāja-rājade[va]rkku [y]āṇ[ṭu] 2 10 4-Ā[va]tu nāḷ  [100] 2 10 4-¡n!⟨ṉ⟩āl   Uṭaiyār śrī-rāja-rāja-rāja-devar tañcāvūr-p periya-ceṇṭu-vā-
⟨4⟩ [yi]l-[c] cittira-kūṭattu teṟkkil kallū[riyil] E[ḻu]nt-aruḷi Iruntu co[ṇ]āṭṭum co[ṇ]āṭṭu-[p] paṭum pu[ṟa](ṇi)-nāṭukaḷilum toṇṭai-nāṭṭilu[m] pāṇṭi-nāṭ-āna rāja-rāja-vaḷanāṭṭilum pā[ppa]ṉ Ūrkaḷilum vaikhāṉasar Ūrkaḷi-
⟨5⟩ [lu]m savaṇṇara Ūrkaḷilum kāṇi Uṭai[yār] yāṇṭu 10 6-Āvatu [mu]tal 2 10 3-[Ā]vatu varaiyil Īr-āṇṭu nirampi [mū]-v-āṇṭu tantaṅkāṇi-y-āṉa nila[ṅ]kaḷukku Avvava Ūr[ka]ḷilāroṭum Ūri-ṭu-vari-p-[p]āṭu Iṟai Iṟātu pō¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ār kāṇi 
⟨6⟩ Uṭaiyārai-t tavira Ūr-nilam-āy A[vva]va Ū{ra}rkaḷi[lār]ē [viṟṟu-k] koḷḷa[p]-p-[eṟuvā]r[kaḷ ā]ka[vu]m [y]ā[ṇ]ṭu [2 10 4-Āva]tu [mutal Īr]-āṇṭu [ni]ram[pi mū]-v-āṇṭu Ūr-iṭu-vari-p-[p]āṭu Iṟai Iṟātu pōṉār kāṇi Uṭai-
⟨7⟩ yārai-t tavira [A]vvava Ūrkaḷilāre [vi]ṟṟu-k koḷḷa-[p]-pe{ṟ}ṟu[v]ārkaḷ ākavum eṉṟu Ip-paricu tiru-vāy-moḻin--
⟨8⟩ t-aruḷiṉa pa[ṭi] tiru-mantira-v-ōlai rājakēsari-nallūr kiḻavaṉ Eḻuttiṉālum tiru-mantira-v-ōlai-nāyakaṉ 
⟨9⟩ mu-m-muṭi-cō[ḻa]-brahma-mā-rāya[ṉu]m mu-m-muṭi-cōḻa-p[ō]caṉum Oppiṭṭu-p-pukun=ta kēḻvi-p paṭi 2 10 4-Āvatu na 
⟨10⟩ 100 4 10 3 ṉā[l va]riyil ¿aṭu?⟨iṭ⟩ṭatu 

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

I. āciriyappā

tiru-makaḷ pōla pe[ru]-nila-⟨c⟩-cel[viyu]m

taṉakkē [U]rimai pūṇṭamai ma[⟨⟨ṉa⟩⟩]-k-koḷa

kā⟨n⟩taḷur-⟨c⟩ cā[{ra}]lai kalam a[ṟu]t[t-aru]ḷi

vēṅkai-nāṭum kaṅka-pāṭiy¡ū!⟨u⟩m

nuḷampa-pāṭiyun taṭikai-pāṭiyum

kuṭamalai-[nā]ṭu{m}⟨2⟩ṅ kollamum kaliṅka[mu]m

Eṇ-ṭicaiy pukaḻ taru Īḻa-maṇ{ṭa}ṭala[mu]m

[I]¿l?⟨r⟩aṭṭa-pāṭi Ēḻ’ arai Ilakkamum

tiṇ-ṭiṟal veṉṟi-⟨t⟩ taṇṭ[ā]ṟ-k koṇ[ṭa] ta[ṉ]

Eḻil vaḷar ¡u!⟨ū⟩ḻi Ellā yāṇṭum

toḻutakai viḷa⟨3⟩ṅkum yāṇṭē

ce[ḻi]narai tēc¡ū!⟨u⟩ koḷ

śrī-kōrāja-rājakēsari-[va]¿n?⟨nm⟩ar-āna śrī-rāja-rājade[va]rkku [y]āṇ[ṭu] 2 10 4-Ā[va]tu nāḷ [100] 2 10 4-¡n!⟨ṉ⟩āl

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ pōla ⬦ pol SII. — ⟨1⟩ ma[⟨⟨ṉa⟩⟩]kkoḷa ⬦ ma[⟨⟨ṉa⟩⟩]kkoḷ SII.

⟨2⟩ [I]¿l?⟨r⟩aṭṭapāṭi ⬦ [I]laṭṭapāṭi SII.

Translation by Hultzsch 1899

(1) Hail! Prosperity! On the 124th day of the 24th year [of the reign] of the glorious king Rājarāja-Kesarivarman, alias Śrī-Rājarājadeva, who, [in] his life of growing strength, during which,——[in] the belief that, as well as the goddess of fortune, the goddess of the great earth had become his wife,——he was pleased to destroy the ships [at] Kāntaḷūr-Cālai, and conquered by [his] army, which was victorious in great battles, Vēṅkai-nāṭu, Kaṅka-pāṭi, Nuḷampa-pāṭi, Taṭikai-pāṭi, Kuṭamalai-nāṭu, Kollam, Kaliṅkam, Īḻa-maṇṭalam, [the conquest of which] made [him] famous [in] the eight directions, and the seven and a half lakṣas of Ilaṭṭa-pāṭi,——deprived the Ceḻinas of [their] splendour at the very moment when Utakai, which is worshipped everywhere, was [most] resplendent;——the lord Śrī-Rājarājadeva, being graciously seated in the college (kallūri)¹ on the south of the painted hall (citra-kūṭa) at the great hippodrome gate (periya-ceṇṭu-vāyil) in Tañjāvūr, was pleased to order as follows:——

(4) “[The land of] those landholders in villages of Brāhmaṇas, in villages of Vaikhānasas, and in villages of Śramaṇas² in Cōṇāṭu, in the adjacent districts included in Cōṇāṭu, in Toṇṭai-nāṭḍu, and in Pāṇṭi-nāṭu, alias Rājarāja-vaḷanāṭu,³ who have not paid, on the land owned by them, the taxes due from villages, along with the [other] inhabitants of those villages, for three years, [of which] two are completed, between the 16th and the 23rd years [of my reign], shall become the property of the village and shall be liable to be sold by the inhabitants of those villages to the exclusion of the [defaulting] landholders. Also, [the land of] those who have not paid the taxes due from villages for three years, [of which] two are completed, from the 24th year [of my reign], shall be liable to be sold by the inhabitants of those villages to the exclusion of the [defaulting] landholders.”

(8) Accordingly, having been written by the royal secretary, Rājakēsarinallūr-Kiḻavaṉ, and having been approved by the chief secretary, Mummuḍi-Cōḻa-Brahmamārāyaṉ, and by Mummuṭi-Cōḻa-Pōcaṉ, [this order] was engrossed from dictation onthe 143rd day of the 24th [year of the reign].

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1) Prosperity! Fortune!

(3) 24th year of ...,

(1–3) who ... [meykkīrtti of Rājarāja I Cōḻa]

Bibliography

Reported in Hultzsch 1893 (ARIE/1892-1893/B/1893/29).

Edited in Hultzsch 1899, with English translation (SII 3.9).

This edition by Emmanuel Francis (2024), based on Hultzsch 1899.

Primary

[SII] Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1899. South-Indian inscriptions. Volume III: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil country. Part I: Inscriptions at Ukkal, Melpadi, Karuvur, Manimangalam and Tiruvallam. South Indian Inscriptions 3.1. Madras: Governement Press. Pages 14–15, item 9.

Secondary

Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1893. G.O. Nos. 642-43, 14th August 1893. Epigraphy. Directing, with remarks, Dr. Hultzsch's report on Epigraphical work done during 1892-93 be forwarded to the Govrnement of India and approving of the programme for the next field season. Madras: Government of Madras, Public Department. Page 13, appendix B/1893, item 29.

Notes

1. Compare Vol. II. p. 109.
2. i.e. Jainas.
3. See Vol. II. p. 320, note 3.

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<p n="1">Hail! Prosperity! On the 124th day of the 24th year <supplied reason="subaudible">of the reign</supplied> of the glorious king Rājarāja-Kesarivarman, <hi rend="italic">alias</hi> Śrī-Rājarājadeva, who, <supplied reason="subaudible">in</supplied> his life of growing strength, during which,——<supplied reason="subaudible">in</supplied> the belief that, as well as the goddess of fortune, the goddess of the great earth had become his wife,——he was pleased to destroy the ships <supplied reason="subaudible">at</supplied> Kāntaḷūr-Cālai, and conquered by <supplied reason="subaudible">his</supplied> army, which was victorious in great battles, Vēṅkai-nāṭu, Kaṅka-pāṭi, Nuḷampa-pāṭi, Taṭikai-pāṭi, Kuṭamalai-nāṭu, Kollam, Kaliṅkam, Īḻa-maṇṭalam, <supplied reason="subaudible">the conquest of which</supplied> made <supplied reason="subaudible">him</supplied> famous <supplied reason="subaudible">in</supplied> the eight directions, and the seven and a half <foreign>lakṣa</foreign>s of Ilaṭṭa-pāṭi,——deprived the Ceḻinas of <supplied reason="subaudible">their</supplied> splendour at the very moment when Utakai, which is worshipped everywhere, was <supplied reason="subaudible">most</supplied> resplendent;——the lord Śrī-Rājarājadeva, being graciously seated in the college <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>kallūri</foreign></supplied><note>Compare Vol. II. p. 109.</note> on the south of the painted hall <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>citra-kūṭa</foreign></supplied> at the great hippodrome gate <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>periya-ceṇṭu-vāyil</foreign></supplied> in Tañjāvūr, was pleased to order as follows:——</p>

<p n="4"><quote><supplied reason="subaudible">The land of</supplied> those landholders in villages of Brāhmaṇas, in villages of Vaikhānasas, and in villages of Śramaṇas<note>i.e. Jainas.</note> in Cōṇāṭu, in the adjacent districts included in Cōṇāṭu, in Toṇṭai-nāṭḍu, and in Pāṇṭi-nāṭu, <hi rend="italic">alias</hi> Rājarāja-vaḷanāṭu,<note>See Vol. II. p. 320, note 3.</note> who have not paid, on the land owned by them, the taxes due from villages, along with the <supplied reason="subaudible">other</supplied> inhabitants of those villages, for three years, <supplied reason="subaudible">of which</supplied> two are completed, between the 16th and the 23rd years <supplied reason="subaudible">of my reign</supplied>, shall become the property of the village and shall be liable to be sold by the inhabitants of those villages to the exclusion of the <supplied reason="subaudible">defaulting</supplied> landholders. Also, <supplied reason="subaudible">the land of</supplied> those who have not paid the taxes due from villages for three years, <supplied reason="subaudible">of which</supplied> two are completed, from the 24th year <supplied reason="subaudible">of my reign</supplied>, shall be liable to be sold by the inhabitants of those villages to the exclusion of the <supplied reason="subaudible">defaulting</supplied> landholders.</quote></p>

<p n="8">Accordingly, having been written by the royal secretary, Rājakēsarinallūr-Kiḻavaṉ, and having been approved by the chief secretary, Mummuḍi-Cōḻa-Brahmamārāyaṉ, and by Mummuṭi-Cōḻa-Pōcaṉ, <supplied reason="subaudible">this order</supplied> was engrossed from dictation onthe 143rd day of the 24th <supplied reason="subaudible">year of the reign</supplied>.</p>

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<p n="1">Prosperity! Fortune!</p>

<p n="1-3">who ... [<foreign>meykkīrtti</foreign> of Rājarāja I Cōḻa]</p>

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<p>Reported in <bibl><ptr target="bib:ARIE1892-1893"/></bibl> (ARIE/1892-1893/B/1893/29).</p>

<p>Edited in <bibl><ptr target="bib:Hultzsch1899_01"/></bibl>, with English translation (SII 3.9).</p>

<p>This edition by Emmanuel Francis (2024), based on <bibl><ptr target="bib:Hultzsch1899_01"/></bibl>.</p>

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