Tiruviṭaimarutūr, Mahāliṅgasvāmin, time of Parakesarivarman, year 7
Editor: Renato Dávalos.
Identifier: DHARMA_INSSII1900181.
Summary: A lacunose inscription, seemingly a recapitulative inscription, listing several endowments: an undated hereditary land endowment for singing (tēci pāṭu) before the Lord Tiruviṭaimarutuṭaiyār at the time of devotees’ assembly in front of the god (tiruvōlakkam) and another land endowment dated to the seventh regnal year of Parakesarivarman to various gods in Tiruviṭaimarutūr.
Language: Tamil.
Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (tfa-sii-epigraphy).
Version: (bc61bb6), last modified (24a2076).
Edition
Fragment 1
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⟨1⟩ [8+] [tiru]-viṭai-(marut-u)ṭaiyār śrī-kāryam (ceyyum A)tikārikaḷ maturānta[ka-mu]vēnta-vēḷārum tiru-viṭai-marut-uṭaiyār tēva-ka⟨2⟩[ṉmi] [8+]
sabhai [10+] [na]m pirāṭtiyār [4+] mā-bha¡(ṭ)!⟨ṭṭ⟩ā(raki)yār[k]k’ āy tiru-viṭai-marut-uṭaiyā(rk)ku kaṇkāṇi-kaṇakku Uṭaiya nampi na[…]
⟨3⟩ [10+] (y)ār kōyilil [4+] k-kūṭattē-y Iruntu Uṭaiyār tiru-v-ōlakkam āy Irukka-t tēci-y pāṭum kāśyapaṉ kaṇṭa (ni) [10+] Eḻupaṇai-tēva¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ukku
⟨4⟩ Ivaṉ tēci-y-(p p)āṭa tēci-y pāṭuvaṟku muṉ kal-veṭṭiṉa nilam vēli¿p?⟨y⟩um
Ivaṉ Eḻupaṇai-tēvaṉukkum Ivaṉ Anvayattār⟨k⟩kum ⟨5⟩ vaḻi vaḻi candrāditta-val Ivaṉukku vēli nilam nivan=tam ceytu kuṭukka v-eṉṟu Ēvalāl Ivaṉukku nivantañ ceyta nilam āvatu Uṭaiyār tēva-tā⟨6⟩ṉam vēṇṇāṭu (viḷa)ṅkuṭi-c cōṟ-uṭaiyāṉ patta(r) uḷ(ḷi)ṭṭa vēliyum
In-nilam vēliyum Ivaṉ ātal Ivaṉ Anvayattār Ātal Oruvaṉē-y tēci-y pāṭiyu
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Fragment 2
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⟨1⟩ nalluḻān [6+] (vilai) koṇṭa mu¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ṟu māvum i⟨v⟩-vūr Ivaṉai-c cukku [5+] m nāṉ vilai koṇṭ-uṭaiya Iru-vēli-c ceyyum tiru-viṭai-marutil śrī-mūla-sthā[na] […] ⟨2⟩ Iv-vūr nā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ Eṭuppitta śrī-kōyil (paṭṭar)kaḷukkum Āka-k kuṭuttē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ <hyphen>
kō-p-parakesaripaṉmaṟki yāṇṭu Eḻ-ā{tu}vatu ṉā(ḷ) vaiykal sabhaiyār iṭaiya nāṉ Iṟai-kāval Uṭaiya para[…]⟨3⟩(kuḷa)kkālil (aṭai)
matirai-koṇṭa kō-p-parakesaripaṉmaṟkki yāṇṭu 3 10-t-āvatu veṇṇāṭṭu brahmadeyam vai(y)kalil sabhaiyōm tiru-v¿u?⟨i⟩ṭai-marutil perumā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-aṭikaḷukku O […] ⟨4⟩ [5+] [pa]ric’ āvatu
tiru-viṭai-marutil talai-k-kōli(kkun) tiru-vi(ṭai)-maruti(l) mahā-deva(rkku)m tiru-viṭai-marutil talai-k-kōli-viṇṇakar viṣṇukkaḷukkum (Āka) nakka¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ talai-[k-kōli][…]⟨5⟩m Iru-vēli (nilam) mu-p-patām Āṇṭi¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ ki(ḻ) [6+] ttāl Ivv-iru-vēli nilattukkum Iṟaiyum E-c-cōṟum kāttu-k kuṭuppōm āṉōm
Ivv-ūr iṭu vari-p-pāṭum (kā)ttu-k kuṭuppō[m āṉōm] ⟨6⟩ […] lattayalum vaikal sabhaiyōm
In-nilam [4+] Eppēṟppaṭṭa Ūr iṭu vari-p-pāṭum kāttu-k kuṭuppōm āṉōm
Ivv-ōlai mēl paṭṭa paricē kallil veṭṭi-k-koḷḷa-p peṟuvat’ ā[kavum]
⟨7⟩ […] ṇai y-aṟuttār paṭum taṇṭi-p-paṭa Oṭṭi Iṭṭu-k kuṭuttōm sabhaiyōm
sabhai paṇikka Eḻ¿a?⟨u⟩ti¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ēṉ maddhyasthan· nārāyaṇa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ nakka¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-ē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩
Ivai-y e¡nn!⟨ṉ⟩ Eḻuttu <gomutra>
Ip-paṭi-y aṟivē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ kamutuva[ṉ] […] ⟨8⟩ (Ō)lai Eḻutiyā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um Aṟivēṉ Āttiraiyaṉ nila¡n!⟨ñ⟩ ca¡ṉ!⟨n⟩tira-cēkara¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-ē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ Ip-paṭi-y aṟiv(ē)¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ kārttiya¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ perumāṉ śrī-(dha)ran-ē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ Iva¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ colla Eḻutiyā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um Aṟiv¡e!⟨ē⟩ṉ kamutuvaṉ nā
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Apparatus
Fragment 1
⟨1⟩ [8+][tiru]viṭai(marutu)ṭaiyār ⬦ [10+] viṭai(marutu)ṭaiyār SII19; [3+] ṭaiyār SII23. — ⟨1⟩ śrīkāryam (ceyyum) ⬦ śrīkāryam (ceyyum) SII19; śrīkāryam [3+] SII23. — ⟨1⟩ maturānta[kamu]vēntavēḷārum ⬦ maturānta[2+]ventaveḷārum SII19; maturāntakamuventaveḷārum SII23. — ⟨1⟩ tēvaka⟨2⟩[ṉmi] [8+] sabhai ⬦ tevaka⟨2⟩[10+] sabhai SII19; tevaka⟨2⟩sabhai SII23.
⟨3⟩ tēciy pāṭum ⬦ SII19; tēciy pāṭṭum SII23 • Alternatively one could also read tēciya pāṭum.
⟨6⟩ pāṭiyu ⬦ SII19 SII23 • SII19 notes: “The continuation of this is lost in a gap of portions of lines 7-14.”
Fragment 2
⟨1⟩ nalluḻān ⬦ SII19; nalluḻ(ā)n SII23. — ⟨1⟩ [6+] (vilai) koṇṭa ⬦ SII19; [6+] koṇṭa SII23. — ⟨1⟩ i⟨v⟩vūr Ivaṉaic cukku [5+] m ⬦ SII19; [5+] ṉaiccu kura [3+] lum SII23. — ⟨1⟩ vilai koṇṭuṭaiya ⬦ SII19; vilai koṇṭa [3+] SII23.
⟨2⟩ śrīkōyil (paṭṭar)kaḷukkum ⬦ SII19; śrīkōyilkaḷukku SII23. — ⟨2⟩ Ākak kuṭuttē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ ⬦ Ākak kuṭutten SII19; [3+] kuṭutten SII23.
⟨5⟩ kāttuk ⬦ kātatuk SII19.
Translation by Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis
Fragment 1
(1–2) […] Maturāntaka Muvēnta Vēḷār, the superintendent (aṭikārikaḷ) who does the sacred service (śrīkāryam ceyyum) [for] the Lord of Tiruviṭaimarutu, and the manager (tēvakaṉmi) [of the temple] of the Lord of Tiruviṭaimarutu […]
(2–3) the assembly […] the queen, the great goddess (mābhaṭṭārakiyar) […]
(3) for Eḻupaṇai Tēvaṉ […] Kaśyapan Kaṇṭa, singer of folk songs (tēciy pāṭum) while sitting at the assembly hall (tiruvōlakkam) of the Lord dwelling in the shrine […] in the temple of the Lord [of Tiruviṭaimarutu] […]
(4) the vēli of land for Eḻupaṇai Tēvaṉ that was previously inscribed on stone for singing tēci [songs] performed [during the dance] of tēci.
(4–6) the accountant who oversees [the temple of] the Mahādeva [of the Mūlasthāṉam temple at] Tiruviṭaimarutūr1 […], accountant who oversees the temple of the Lord of Tiruviṭaimarutūr for the goddess (mā) Bhaṭṭaraki […] queen of […] assembly hall […].
Fragment 2
(1–2) … I have given this for the the Brahmans (paṭṭarkaḷukkum) of the temple which I have built in this village […]
(2–3) At the time of the seventh year of the king Parakesarivarman, …
(3–4) Thirtieth year of the king Parakesarivarman, who took Maturai, […], this is the manner in which we, the members of the assembly of Vaikal, a brahmadeya in Veṇṇāṭu […]
(4–5) So that there be for Talaikkōli in Tiruviṭaimarutu, for the Mahādeva [of the Mūlasthāṉam] at Tiruviṭaimarutu, and for [the shrine called] Talaikkōli-Viṇṇakar in Tiruviṭaimarutu2, two vēlis of lands […] Nakkaṉ Talaikkōli, We have become those who will ensure the giving of the tax that comes out of these two vēlis of land […] [which was given] in the 30th year [of Parāntaka I]3 and of the obligatory supply of free food (eccōṟu kāttu)4
(5–6) We have become those who will ensure the giving ..., We, the members of the assembly ...
(5–6) We have become those who will ensure the giving ...
(6) They should obtain to engrave [this] on stone in the manner it is on this palm-leaf.
(7) We, members of the assembly of Vaikal, have agreed and issued (oṭṭi iṭṭu-k kuṭuttōm) so as to fine/punish (taṇṭippaṭa) those wh cut (aṟuttār) […]
(7) A the assembly ordered, I, Nārāyaṇaṉ Nakkaṉ, the madhyastha, have written [this].
(7) This is my writing.
(7–8) In this manner, I know ...
Bibliography
Reported in Krishnamacharlu 1938 (ARIE/1907-1908/B/1907/233 and ARIE/1907-1908/B/1907/234).
Fragment 1 edited in Srinivasa Rao et al. 1967 (SII 19.181, lines 1-6). Re-edited in Srinivasa Rao 1979 (SII 23.233, lines 1-6).
Fragment 2 first edited in Srinivasa Rao et al. 1967 (SII 19.181, lines 7-14). First two lines re-edited in Srinivasa Rao 1979 (SII 23.233, supplementary lines 1-2).
This digital edition by Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis (2023), based on previous editions. This translation by Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis (2024).
Primary
[SII19] Srinivasa Rao, G.V., Dines Chandra Sircar and 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 92–93, item 181.
[SII23] Srinivasa Rao, G.V. 1979. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XXIII: inscriptions collected during the year 1906-07. South Indian Inscriptions 23. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director-General). Pages 164–165, item 233.
Secondary
Venkayya, V. 1908. G.O. No. 574, 17th July 1908. Epigraphy. Recording the progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for Epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the year 1907-1908. No place. Page 20, appendix B/1907, items 233-234.
Notes
- 1. Tiruviṭaimarutil Mahādeva is the name of the deity in the shrine. It already appears in earlier inscriptions such as SII 5.719 (dated to 931 CE) and SII 23.262 (dated to 925 CE).
- 2. The title talaikkōli is given to someone who stands out in music. It appears already in SII 23.233 (dated to 907 CE, some seventy years before the present record), which records that a certain Taliccēri Tēvaṉār receives nine mās of land.
- 3. Probably refers to the endowment of two vēlis that is recorded in SII 23.258. Here, the land was used (āṉa?) for a garden of vañci flowers (vañcittōṭṭam).
- 4. PI 342.4 reads eccōṟu kūṟṟu, probably with the same meaning of ensuring (kāttu) that free food (eccōṟu) is given to devotees during the time of the festival.
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Ivv-ūr iṭu vari-p-pāṭum <unclear>kā</unclear>ttu-k kuṭuppō<supplied reason="lost">m āṉōm</supplied>
<lb n="6"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> lattayalum vaikal <hi rend="grantha">sabhai</hi>yōm
</p>
<p>
In-nilam <gap reason="lost" quantity="4" unit="character"/> Eppēṟppaṭṭa Ūr iṭu vari-p-pāṭum kāttu-k kuṭuppōm āṉōm
</p>
<p>
Ivv-ōlai mēl paṭṭa paricē kallil veṭṭi-k-koḷḷa-p peṟuvat' ā<supplied reason="lost">kavum</supplied>
</p>
<p>
<lb n="7"/><gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/> ṇai y-aṟuttār paṭum taṇṭi-p-paṭa Oṭṭi Iṭṭu-k kuṭuttōm <hi rend="grantha">sabhai</hi>yōm
</p>
<p>
<hi rend="grantha">sabhai</hi> paṇikka Eḻ<choice><sic>a</sic><corr>u</corr></choice>ti<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>ēṉ <hi rend="grantha">maddhyasthan·</hi> nārāyaṇa<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> nakka<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>-ē<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>
</p>
<p>
Ivai-y e<choice><orig>nn</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> Eḻuttu <g type="gomutra">.</g>
</p>
<p>
Ip-paṭi-y aṟivē<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> kamutuva<supplied reason="lost">ṉ</supplied> <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="character"/>
<lb n="8"/><unclear>Ō</unclear>lai Eḻutiyā<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>um Aṟivēṉ Āttiraiyaṉ nila<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ñ</reg></choice> ca<choice><orig>ṉ</orig><reg>n</reg></choice>tira-cēkara<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>-ē<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> Ip-paṭi-y aṟiv<unclear>ē</unclear><choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> kārttiya<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> perumāṉ <hi rend="grantha">śrī-<unclear>dha</unclear></hi>ran-ē<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> Iva<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> colla Eḻutiyā<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>um Aṟiv<choice><orig>e</orig><reg>ē</reg></choice>ṉ kamutuvaṉ nā
</p>
<p>
<gap reason="lost" extent="unknown" unit="line"/>
</p>
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<head xml:lang="eng">Fragment 1</head>
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<app loc="1">
<lem><gap reason="lost" unit="character" quantity="8"/><supplied reason="lost">tiru</supplied>viṭai<unclear>marutu</unclear>ṭaiyār</lem>
<rdg source="bib:SrinivasaRao1967_01"><gap reason="lost" unit="character" quantity="10"/> viṭai<unclear>marutu</unclear>ṭaiyār</rdg>
<rdg source="bib:SrinivasaRao1979_01"><gap reason="lost" unit="character" quantity="3"/> ṭaiyār</rdg>
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<app loc="1">
<lem><hi rend="grantha">śrīkārya</hi>m <unclear>ceyyum</unclear></lem>
<rdg source="bib:SrinivasaRao1967_01"><hi rend="grantha">śrīkārya</hi>m <unclear>ceyyum</unclear></rdg>
<rdg source="bib:SrinivasaRao1979_01"><hi rend="grantha">śrīkārya</hi>m <gap reason="lost" unit="character" quantity="3"/></rdg>
</app>
<app loc="1">
<lem>maturānta<supplied reason="lost">kamu</supplied>vēntavēḷārum</lem>
<rdg source="bib:SrinivasaRao1967_01">maturānta<gap reason="lost" quantity="2" unit="character"/>ventaveḷārum</rdg>
<rdg source="bib:SrinivasaRao1979_01">maturāntakamuventaveḷārum</rdg>
</app>
<app loc="1">
<lem>tēvaka<lb n="2" break="no"/><supplied reason="lost">ṉmi</supplied> <gap reason="lost" quantity="8" unit="character"/> <hi rend="grantha">sabhai</hi></lem>
<rdg source="bib:SrinivasaRao1967_01">tevaka<lb n="2" break="no"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="10" unit="character"/> <hi rend="grantha">sabhai</hi></rdg>
<rdg source="bib:SrinivasaRao1979_01">tevaka<lb n="2" break="no"/><hi rend="grantha">sabhai</hi></rdg>
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<app loc="3">
<lem>tēciy pāṭum</lem>
<rdg source="bib:SrinivasaRao1967_01"/>
<rdg source="bib:SrinivasaRao1979_01">tēciy pāṭṭum</rdg>
<note>Alternatively one could also read <foreign>tēciya pāṭum</foreign>.</note>
</app>
<app loc="6">
<lem>pāṭiyu</lem>
<rdg source="bib:SrinivasaRao1967_01 bib:SrinivasaRao1979_01"/>
<note><ptr target="bib:SrinivasaRao1967_01"/> notes: <quote>The continuation of this is lost in a gap of portions of lines 7-14.</quote></note>
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<head xml:lang="eng">Fragment 2</head>
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<lem>nalluḻān</lem>
<rdg source="bib:SrinivasaRao1967_01"/>
<rdg source="bib:SrinivasaRao1979_01">nalluḻ<unclear>ā</unclear>n</rdg>
</app>
<app loc="1">
<lem><gap reason="lost" quantity="6" unit="character"/> <unclear>vilai</unclear> koṇṭa</lem>
<rdg source="bib:SrinivasaRao1967_01"/>
<rdg source="bib:SrinivasaRao1979_01"><gap reason="lost" quantity="6" unit="character"/> koṇṭa</rdg>
</app>
<app loc="1">
<lem>i<supplied reason="omitted">v</supplied>vūr Ivaṉaic cukku <gap reason="lost" unit="character" quantity="5"/> m</lem>
<rdg source="bib:SrinivasaRao1967_01"/>
<rdg source="bib:SrinivasaRao1979_01"><gap reason="lost" unit="character" quantity="5"/> ṉaiccu kura <gap reason="lost" unit="character" quantity="3"/> lum</rdg>
</app>
<app loc="1">
<lem>vilai koṇṭuṭaiya</lem>
<rdg source="bib:SrinivasaRao1967_01"/>
<rdg source="bib:SrinivasaRao1979_01">vilai koṇṭa <gap reason="lost" unit="character" quantity="3"/></rdg>
</app>
<app loc="2">
<lem><hi rend="grantha">śrī</hi>kōyil <unclear>paṭṭar</unclear>kaḷukkum</lem>
<rdg source="bib:SrinivasaRao1967_01"/>
<rdg source="bib:SrinivasaRao1979_01"><hi rend="grantha">śrī</hi>kōyilkaḷukku</rdg>
</app>
<app loc="2">
<lem>Ākak kuṭuttē<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice></lem>
<rdg source="bib:SrinivasaRao1967_01">Ākak kuṭutten</rdg>
<rdg source="bib:SrinivasaRao1979_01"><gap unit="character" quantity="3" reason="lost"/> kuṭutten</rdg>
</app>
<app loc="5">
<lem>kāttuk</lem>
<rdg source="bib:SrinivasaRao1967_01">kātatuk</rdg>
</app>
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<div type="textpart" subtype="fragment" n="1">
<head xml:lang="eng">Fragment 1</head>
<p n="1-2">
<gap reason="lost"/> Maturāntaka Muvēnta Vēḷār, the superintendent <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>aṭikārikaḷ</foreign></supplied> who does the sacred service <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>śrīkāryam ceyyum</foreign></supplied> <supplied reason="subaudible">for</supplied> the Lord of Tiruviṭaimarutu, and the manager <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>tēvakaṉmi</foreign></supplied> <supplied reason="subaudible">of the temple</supplied> of the Lord of Tiruviṭaimarutu <gap reason="lost"/>
</p>
<p n="2-3">
the assembly <gap reason="lost"/> the queen, the great goddess <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>mābhaṭṭārakiyar</foreign></supplied> <gap reason="lost"/>
</p>
<p n="3">
for Eḻupaṇai Tēvaṉ <gap reason="lost"/> Kaśyapan Kaṇṭa, singer of folk songs <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>tēciy pāṭum</foreign></supplied> while sitting at the assembly hall <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>tiruvōlakkam</foreign></supplied> of the Lord dwelling in the shrine <gap reason="lost"/> in the temple of the Lord <supplied reason="lost">of Tiruviṭaimarutu</supplied> <gap reason="lost"/>
</p>
<p n="4">
the <foreign>vēli</foreign> of land for Eḻupaṇai Tēvaṉ that was previously inscribed on stone for singing <foreign>tēci</foreign> <supplied reason="subaudible"><foreign>songs</foreign></supplied> performed <supplied reason="subaudible">during the dance</supplied> of <foreign>tēci</foreign>.
<!--I take Palaniappan's reading 327 fn. 39: acc. to him, this style of dance is already present in a commentary on Cilappatikaram. It could be interpreted that the land was meant for the singer who sang these teci songs during the performance of the teci dance. However, why giving endowments for the singer and omitting the performers altoghether?-->
</p>
<p n="4-6">
the accountant who oversees <supplied reason="subaudible">the temple of</supplied> the Mahādeva <supplied reason="subaudible">of the Mūlasthāṉam temple at</supplied> Tiruviṭaimarutūr<note>Tiruviṭaimarutil Mahādeva is the name of the deity in the shrine. It already appears in earlier inscriptions such as SII 5.719 (dated to 931 CE) and SII 23.262 (dated to 925 CE).</note> <gap reason="lost"/>, accountant who oversees the temple of the Lord of Tiruviṭaimarutūr for the goddess <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>mā</foreign></supplied> Bhaṭṭaraki <gap reason="lost"/> queen of <gap reason="lost"/> assembly hall <gap reason="lost"/>.
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<div type="textpart" subtype="fragment" n="2">
<head xml:lang="eng">Fragment 2</head>
<p n="1-2">
<gap reason="ellipsis"/>
I have given this for the the Brahmans <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>paṭṭarkaḷukkum</foreign></supplied> of the temple which I have built in this village <gap reason="lost"/>
</p>
<p n="2-3">
At the time of the seventh year of the king Parakesarivarman, <gap reason="ellipsis"/>
</p>
<p n="3-4">
Thirtieth year of the king Parakesarivarman, who took Maturai, <gap reason="lost"/>, this is the manner in which we, the members of the assembly of Vaikal, a <foreign>brahmadeya</foreign> in Veṇṇāṭu <gap reason="lost"/>
</p>
<p n="4-5">
So that there be
for Talaikkōli in Tiruviṭaimarutu,
for the Mahādeva <supplied reason="subaudible">of the Mūlasthāṉam</supplied> at Tiruviṭaimarutu,
and for <supplied reason="subaudible">the shrine called</supplied> Talaikkōli-Viṇṇakar in Tiruviṭaimarutu<note>The title <foreign>talaikkōli</foreign> is given to someone who stands out in music. It appears already in SII 23.233 (dated to 907 CE, some seventy years before the present record), which records that a certain Taliccēri Tēvaṉār receives nine <foreign>mā</foreign>s of land.</note>,
two <foreign>vēli</foreign>s of lands
<gap reason="lost"/> Nakkaṉ Talaikkōli,
We have become those who will ensure the giving
of the tax that comes out of these two <foreign>vēli</foreign>s of land <gap reason="lost"/> <supplied reason="subaudible">which was given</supplied> in the 30th year <supplied reason="subaudible">of Parāntaka I</supplied><note>Probably refers to the endowment of two <foreign>vēli</foreign>s that is recorded in SII 23.258. Here, the land was used <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>āṉa</foreign>?</supplied> for a garden of <foreign>vañci</foreign> flowers <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>vañcittōṭṭam</foreign></supplied>.</note>
and of the obligatory supply of free food <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>eccōṟu kāttu</foreign></supplied><note>PI 342.4 reads <foreign>eccōṟu kūṟṟu</foreign>, probably with the same meaning of ensuring <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>kāttu</foreign></supplied> that free food <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>eccōṟu</foreign></supplied> is given to devotees during the time of the festival.</note>
</p>
<p n="5-6">
We have become those who will ensure the giving ...,
We, the members of the assembly ...
</p>
<p n="5-6">
We have become those who will ensure the giving ...
</p>
<p n="6">
They should obtain to engrave <supplied reason="subaudible">this</supplied> on stone in the manner it is on this palm-leaf.
</p>
<p n="7">
We, members of the assembly of Vaikal, have agreed and issued <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>oṭṭi iṭṭu-k kuṭuttōm</foreign></supplied> so as to fine/punish <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>taṇṭippaṭa</foreign></supplied> those wh cut <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>aṟuttār</foreign></supplied> <gap reason="lost"/>
</p>
<p n="7">
A the assembly ordered, I, Nārāyaṇaṉ Nakkaṉ, the <foreign>madhyastha</foreign>, have written <supplied reason="subaudible">this</supplied>.
</p>
<p n="7">
This is my writing.
</p>
<p n="7-8">
In this manner, I know ...
</p>
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</div>
<div type="commentary">
<p>The status of this inscription is not clear from the editions available. It appears that a single record has received by mistake two ARIE numbers. SII 19.181 is the edition of ARIE/1907-1908/B/1907/234, whereas SII 23.233 is the edition of ARIE/1907-1908/B/1907/233, but the 6 + 2 lines of the latter correspond to lines 1-8 of the former. <bibl><ptr target="bib:SrinivasaRao1967_01"/></bibl> note ad SII 19.181: <quote>This together with No. 233 of 1907 seems to form a single inscription with some portions lost, and hence with gaps in the continuity of lines.</quote> <bibl><ptr target="bib:SrinivasaRao1979_01"/></bibl> notes ad SII 23.233: <quote>This seems to be part of a bigger inscription, evidently No. 234, of which the beginning is lost. being also damaged the sequence is not clear after the first six lines.</quote> In <bibl><ptr target="bib:SrinivasaRao1979_01"/></bibl>, no text is published for SII 23.234, and the reader is redirected to SII 19.181.</p>
<p>All the lines in fragment 2 are evidently lacunose at their ends, even though not indicated in <bibl><ptr target="bib:SrinivasaRao1967_01"/></bibl>.
</p>
<!--Only Fragment 1 refers to singing as <foreign>tēciy pāṭu</foreign>, and only one instance we find <foreign>tēciya pāṭu</foreign>. Fragment 2 does not mentions singing.-->
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<div type="bibliography">
<p>Reported in <bibl><ptr target="bib:ARIE1934-1935"/></bibl> (ARIE/1907-1908/B/1907/233 and ARIE/1907-1908/B/1907/234).</p>
<p>Fragment 1 edited in <bibl><ptr target="bib:SrinivasaRao1967_01"/></bibl> (SII 19.181, lines 1-6). Re-edited in <bibl><ptr target="bib:SrinivasaRao1979_01"/></bibl> (SII 23.233, lines 1-6).</p>
<p>Fragment 2 first edited in <bibl><ptr target="bib:SrinivasaRao1967_01"/></bibl> (SII 19.181, lines 7-14). First two lines re-edited in <bibl><ptr target="bib:SrinivasaRao1979_01"/></bibl> (SII 23.233, supplementary lines 1-2).</p>
<p>This digital edition by Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis (2023), based on previous editions. This translation by Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis (2024).</p>
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<lb n="5"/>vaḻivaḻi <hi rend="grantha">candrā</hi>dittaval Ivaṉukku veli nilam nilan=tam ceytu kuṭukkaveṉṟu velāl Ivaṉukku nivantañ ceyta nilam-āvatu Uṭaiyār tevatā
<lb n="6" break="no"/>ṉam veṇṇāṭu <unclear>viḷa</unclear>ṅkuṭi-c coṟuṭaiyāṉ patta<unclear>r</unclear> uḷ<unclear>ḷi</unclear>ṭṭa veliyum I-n nilam veliyum Ivaṉ ātal Ivaṉ <hi rend="grantha">an</hi>=vayattār ātal oruvaṉē-y teci<choice><orig>y</orig><reg>ya</reg></choice> pāṭiyu
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<lb n="7"/>nalluḻān<gap reason="lost" quantity="6" unit="character"/><unclear>vilai</unclear>koṇṭa mu<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>ṟu māvu mi<supplied reason="lost">v</supplied>vūr Ivaṉai-c cukku<gap reason="lost" unit="character" quantity="5"/>m nāṉ vilai koṇṭ’-uṭaiya Iru veli-c ceyyum tiruviṭaimarutil <hi rend="grantha">śrīmūlasthā<supplied reason="omitted">na</supplied></hi>
<lb n="8"/>iIvvūr nā<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> Eṭuppitta <hi rend="grantha">śrī</hi>kōyil <unclear>paṭṭar</unclear>kaḷukkum Ākka kuṭutt<choice><orig>en</orig><reg>ēṉ</reg></choice>~kō-p parake<hi rend="grantha">sa</hi>ripaṉmaṟki yāṇṭu Eḻāt<choice><orig>u</orig><reg>ā</reg></choice>vatuṉā<unclear>ḷ</unclear> vaiykal <hi rend="grantha">sabhai</hi>yār iṭaiya nāṉ Iṟaikāval Uṭaiya para
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<lb n="9" break="no"/><unclear>kuḷa</unclear>kkālil <unclear>aṭai</unclear> matirai-koṇṭa-kō-p-parake<hi rend="grantha">sa</hi>ripaṉmaṟkki yāṇṭu <num value="30"> 3 <g type="numeral">10</g></num>t’-āvatu veṇṇāṭṭu <hi rend="grantha">brahmade</hi>yam <hi rend="grantha">vai</hi><unclear>y</unclear>kalil <hi rend="grantha">sabhai</hi>yom tiruvuṭaimarutil perumā<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>-aṭikaḷukku o
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<bibl><ptr target="bib:SrinivasaRao1979_01"/></bibl> (SII 23, no. 233) edits as follows:
<lb n="1"/><gap reason="lost" unit="character" quantity="3"/>ṭaiyār <hi rend="grantha">śrī-kāryam</hi> <gap reason="lost" unit="character" quantity="3"/><unclear>a</unclear>tikārikaḷ maturāntaka-muvēnta-veḷārum tiruviṭaimarut-uṭaiyār tevaka
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<lb n="3" break="no"/>mpiyalu<gap reason="lost" unit="character" quantity="3"/>yār kōyilil<gap reason="lost" unit="character" quantity="3"/>kkūṭattē-y Iruntu Uṭaiyār tiruvōlakkamāy Irukka-t tēci<choice><orig>y</orig><reg>ya</reg></choice>-pāṭṭum kā<hi rend="grantha">śya</hi>paṉ <unclear>ka</unclear>ṇṭa<gap reason="lost" unit="character" quantity="3"/>
<lb n="4" break="no"/>Eḻupaṇai tēva<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>ukku Ivaṉ teci<choice><orig>y</orig><reg>ya</reg></choice> <unclear>pā</unclear>ṭa teci<choice><orig>y</orig><reg>ya</reg></choice> pāṭuvataṟku muṉ kal-veṭṭiṉa nilam Ivaṉ Eḻupaṇai tēvaṉukkum Ivaṉ <hi rend="grantha">Anva</hi>yattār<supplied reason="omitted">k</supplied>kum
<lb n="5"/>vaḻivaḻi <hi rend="grantha">candrādi</hi>ttaval Iva<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>ukku vēli nilam nivantam ceytu kuṭukka veṉṟu evalāl Ivaṉukku nivantañ ceyta nilam-āvatu Uṭaiyār tevaka
<lb n="6" break="no"/><unclear>ṉmi</unclear> veṇṇā<unclear>ṭu</unclear><gap reason="lost" unit="character" quantity="3"/>ṅkuṭi-c coṟuṭaiyāṉ-pattu uḷḷiṭṭa veliyum I-n-nilam veliyum Ivaṉ ātal Ivaṉ <hi rend="grantha">Anva</hi>yattār Ātal oruvaṉē-y teciya pāṭiyu
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<lb n="2"/>Iv-vūr nā<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> Eṭuppitta <hi rend="grantha">śrī</hi>-kōyilkaḷukku <gap reason="lost" quantity="3" unit="character"/> kuṭutt<choice><orig>en</orig><reg>ēṉ</reg></choice>
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Commentary
The status of this inscription is not clear from the editions available. It appears that a single record has received by mistake two ARIE numbers. SII 19.181 is the edition of ARIE/1907-1908/B/1907/234, whereas SII 23.233 is the edition of ARIE/1907-1908/B/1907/233, but the 6 + 2 lines of the latter correspond to lines 1-8 of the former. Srinivasa Rao et al. 1967 note ad SII 19.181: “This together with No. 233 of 1907 seems to form a single inscription with some portions lost, and hence with gaps in the continuity of lines.” Srinivasa Rao 1979 notes ad SII 23.233: “This seems to be part of a bigger inscription, evidently No. 234, of which the beginning is lost. being also damaged the sequence is not clear after the first six lines.” In Srinivasa Rao 1979, no text is published for SII 23.234, and the reader is redirected to SII 19.181.
All the lines in fragment 2 are evidently lacunose at their ends, even though not indicated in Srinivasa Rao et al. 1967.