SII 1.86: original edition by Eugen Hultzsch

Alternative title: “PART II. TAMIL AND GRANTHA INSCRIPTIONS. VI. INSCRIPTIONS OF THE KAILĀSANĀTHA AT KĀÑCĪPURAM. No. 86. ON A PILLAR IN THE MAṆḌAPA IN FRONT OF THE RĀJASIṀHAVARMEŚVARA SHRINE.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This inscription is dated in the Viśvāvasu year, which was current after the expiration of the Śaka year 1286,¹ and during the reign of Kambaṇa-uḍaiyar. The inscription No. 87 belongs to the same year, as No. 86, and to the reign of Kambaṇa-uḍaiyar, the son of Vīra. The date of No. 88 is the Kīlaka year and the reign of Vīra-Kambaṇṇauḍaiyar. As it mentions Koppaṇaṅgaḷ, an official, whose name occurs also in Nos. 86 and 87, and as the signatures at its end are identical with some signatures at the end of No. 87, the date of the inscription No. 88 cannot have been very distant from that of Nos. 86 and 87, and the Kīlaka year must correspond to Śaka 1291. The inscription No. 87, which reads Vīra-kumāra-Kambaṇa-uḍaiyar, i.e., Kambaṇa-uḍaiyar, the son of Vīra, suggests that Vīra-Kambaṇṇa-uḍaiyar in No. 88 is an abbreviation for Kambaṇṇa-uḍaiyar, (the son of) Vīra. The prince, who is mentioned in the three inscriptions Nos. 86, 87 and 88, may be further identified with Kambaṇa-uḍaiyar, the son of Vīra-Kambaṇa-uḍaiyar and father of that Ommaṇa-uḍaiyar, who according to the Tirumalai inscription No. 72, above, was reigning in the Ānanda year, which was current after the expiration of the Śaka year 1296. The subjoined table shows the results of the above remarks.

[[table]] [C1]Inscription No. 72. Vīra-Kambaṇa-uḍaiyar. [C2]Inscriptions Nos. 86, 87 and 88. Vīra. [C1]Kambaṇa-uḍaiyar. [C2]Kambaṇa-uḍaiyar or Kambaṇṇa-uḍaiyar (Śaka 1288 and 1291). [C1]Ommaṇa-uḍaiyar (Śaka 1297).

The three inscriptions Nos. 86, 87 and 88 contain orders, which were issued by a certain Koppaṇaṅgaḷ,⁶ Koppaṇṇaṅgaḷ² or Koppaṇaṉ³ to the authorities of the temple. Koppaṇaṅgaḷ was probably the executive officer of Kambaṇa-uḍaiyar at Kāñchīpuram. The Kailāsanātha Temple is designated by three different names, viz., Rājasiṁhavarmeśvara,⁷ Eḍudattu-āyiram-uḍaiya-nāyaṉār and Tirukkaṟṟaḷi-Mahādeva.⁴ The last-mentioned term means “the holy stone-temple (of) Śiva.” The meaning of the second is not apparent. The first name, Rājasiṁhavarmeśvara, shows that the Pallava king Rājasiṁha, the founder of the temple, was not yet forgotten at the times of Kambaṇa-uḍaiyar, and that his full name was Rājasiṁhavarman.⁵

From the inscription No. 86, we learn that, at the time of Kulottuṅga-Choḷa-deva, the Rājasiṁhavarmeśvara Temple at Kāñchipuram had been closed, its landed property sold, and its compound and environs transferred to the temple of Aṉaiyapadaṅgāvuḍaiyanāyaṉār.⁸ Koppaṇaṅgaḷ ordered, that the temple should be reopened and that its property should be restored.

Language: Tamil (tam).

Version: 2025-09-08 19:01 (3992bd7), last modified 2025-07-03 14:51 (0ec4724).

Edition

⟨Zone A: West face.⟩
⟨1⟩ svasti [||] śrī¿maṉu?mahāmaṇḍa-
⟨2⟩ ḷeśvara Arirāyavibhāṭaṉ
⟨3⟩ pāṣaikkuttappuva rāya-
⟨4⟩ r kaṇṭaṉ pūrvvapaścimasamu-
⟨5⟩ drādhipati śrīkampaṇa-
⟨6⟩ Uṭaiyar p¿ri?¿dh?iv¿i?rā-
⟨7⟩ jyam paṇṇi Aru-
⟨8⟩ ḷāniṉṟa śakābdam· Āyi-
⟨9⟩ rattuIrunūṟṟuEṇpa-
⟨10⟩ ttuĀṟiṉ mel cel-
⟨11⟩ lāniṉṟa viśvā⟨⟨vasu⟩⟩varuṣa-
⟨12⟩ ttu Āṭi mātam mutal śrī-
⟨13⟩ ¿matu?koppaṇaṅkaḷ
⟨14⟩ kāñcipurattil Irāja-
⟨15⟩ siṁhapaṉmiśvaramu-

⟨Zone B: South face.⟩
⟨16⟩ {mu}ṭaiyār Āṉa Eṭutattu
⟨17⟩ Āyiramuṭaiya nāyaṉār ko-
⟨18⟩ yil tāṉattāṟkku nirupam [||] E-
⟨19⟩ ṭutattu Āyiramuṭaiya nāyanār
⟨20⟩ tāṉattai muṉpe kulot-
⟨21⟩ tuṅkacoḻatevar kālatti-
⟨22⟩ le Iṟaṅkal Iṭṭu nāyaṉār
⟨23⟩ tirunāmattukkāṇiyumāṟi ti-
⟨24⟩ ruviruppum tirumaṭaiviḷākamu-
⟨25⟩ m Aṉaiyapataṅkāvuṭaiya ṉā-
⟨26⟩ yaṉā⟨r⟩kku kuṭutta Ituvum Eṭuta-
⟨27⟩ ttu Āyiramuṭaiya nā⟨ya⟩-
⟨28⟩ ṉār tāṉattai Iṟaṅ-
⟨29⟩ kal Iṭṭa Ituvum dharmma-
⟨30⟩ m AllātapaṭiĀle

⟨Zone C: East face.⟩
⟨31⟩ Iṉṉā⟨yaṉā⟩r tāṉam Iṟaṅka-
⟨32⟩ l miṇṭu Āṭi mātamuta-
⟨33⟩ l pūcai tiruppaṇi naṭak-
⟨34⟩ kumpaṭikku teṉkarai
⟨35⟩ maṇaviṟkoṭṭa-
⟨36⟩ ttu paṉmānāṭṭu muru-
⟨37⟩ ṅkai Ūr Aṭaṅkalum sarvvamā-
⟨38⟩ ṉ¿a?yam Iṟaiy¿a?li Āka
⟨39⟩ nāṟppāṟkkel-
⟨40⟩ {kel}laikkuṭpaṭṭa
⟨41⟩ nilamum cantirātittava-
⟨42⟩ raiyum naṭakkumpaṭik-
⟨43⟩ kum [|] Iṉṉāyaṉār ti-
⟨44⟩ ruviruppukku vaṭapāṟ-
⟨45⟩ kellai vaṭatāḻampaḷ-
⟨46⟩ ḷattu teṟkum [|] teṉ-

⟨Zone D: North face.⟩
⟨47⟩ pāṟkellai kaḻaṉik-
⟨48⟩ ku vaṭakkum [|] melpā-
⟨49⟩ ṟkellai karai ⌈-
⟨50⟩ meṭṭukku kiḻakkum [|] ki-
⟨51⟩ ḻpāṟkellai vari
⟨52⟩ vāykkālukku me-
⟨53⟩ ṟkkum [|] Inta nāyaṉār
⟨54⟩ cannatitteru Aṭa-
⟨55⟩ ṅkalum sarvvamā-
⟨56⟩ ṉṉiyam Ākaccanti-
⟨57⟩ rātittavaraiyum ce-
⟨58⟩ llumpaṭi muṉpu Iṟaṅ-
⟨59⟩ kal Iṭṭa nāḷil ve-
⟨60⟩ ṭṭiṉa kal veṭṭuppaṭi
⟨61⟩ tavirttu kuṭutta A-
⟨62⟩ ḷavukku I¿vO?lai-
⟨63⟩ cātaṉam Āka kal-
⟨64⟩ lum veṭṭi tāḻ-
⟨65⟩ vaṟa naṭattikko-
⟨66⟩ ḷḷavum pāṟpatu [||]
⟨67⟩ Ivai koppaṇaṅkaḷ
⟨68⟩ Eḻuttu [||]

⟨Zone A: West face.⟩ ⟨1⟩ svasti [||] śrī⟨man·⟩mahāmaṇḍa⟨2⟩ḷeśvara Arirāyavibhāṭaṉ ⟨3⟩ pāṣaikkuttappuva rāya⟨4⟩r kaṇṭaṉ pūrvvapaścimasamu⟨5⟩drādhipati śrīkampaṇa⟨6⟩Uṭaiyar p⟨ṛ⟩⟨th⟩iv⟨ī⟩rā⟨7⟩jyam paṇṇi Aru⟨8⟩ḷāniṉṟa śakābdam· Āyi⟨9⟩rattuIrunūṟṟuEṇpa⟨10⟩ttuĀṟiṉ mel cel⟨11⟩lāniṉṟa viśvā⟨⟨vasu⟩⟩varuṣa⟨12⟩ttu Āṭi mātam mutal śrī⟨13⟩⟨mat·⟩koppaṇaṅkaḷ ⟨14⟩ kāñcipurattil Irāja⟨15⟩siṁhapaṉmiśvaramu⟨Zone B: South face.⟩⟨16⟩{mu}ṭaiyār Āṉa Eṭutattu ⟨17⟩ Āyiramuṭaiya nāyaṉār ko⟨18⟩yil tāṉattāṟkku nirupam [||] E⟨19⟩ṭutattu Āyiramuṭaiya nāyanār ⟨20⟩ tāṉattai muṉpe kulot⟨21⟩tuṅkacoḻatevar kālatti⟨22⟩le Iṟaṅkal Iṭṭu nāyaṉār ⟨23⟩ tirunāmattukkāṇiyumāṟi ti⟨24⟩ruviruppum tirumaṭaiviḷākamu⟨25⟩m Aṉaiyapataṅkāvuṭaiya ṉā⟨26⟩yaṉā⟨r⟩kku kuṭutta Ituvum Eṭuta⟨27⟩ttu Āyiramuṭaiya nā⟨ya⟩⟨28⟩ṉār tāṉattai Iṟaṅ⟨29⟩kal Iṭṭa Ituvum dharmma⟨30⟩m AllātapaṭiĀle ⟨Zone C: East face.⟩ ⟨31⟩ Iṉṉā⟨yaṉā⟩r tāṉam Iṟaṅka⟨32⟩l miṇṭu Āṭi mātamuta⟨33⟩l pūcai tiruppaṇi naṭak⟨34⟩kumpaṭikku teṉkarai ⟨35⟩ maṇaviṟkoṭṭa⟨36⟩ttu paṉmānāṭṭu muru⟨37⟩ṅkai Ūr Aṭaṅkalum sarvvamā⟨38⟩ṉ⟨i⟩yam Iṟaiy⟨i⟩li Āka ⟨39⟩ nāṟppāṟkkel⟨40⟩{kel}laikkuṭpaṭṭa ⟨41⟩ nilamum cantirātittava⟨42⟩raiyum naṭakkumpaṭik⟨43⟩kum [|] Iṉṉāyaṉār ti⟨44⟩ruviruppukku vaṭapāṟ⟨45⟩kellai vaṭatāḻampaḷ⟨46⟩ḷattu teṟkum [|] teṉ⟨Zone D: North face.⟩⟨47⟩pāṟkellai kaḻaṉik⟨48⟩ku vaṭakkum [|] melpā⟨49⟩ṟkellai karai ⌈⟨50⟩meṭṭukku kiḻakkum [|] ki⟨51⟩ḻpāṟkellai vari ⟨52⟩ vāykkālukku me⟨53⟩ṟkkum [|] Inta nāyaṉār ⟨54⟩ cannatitteru Aṭa⟨55⟩ṅkalum sarvvamā⟨56⟩ṉṉiyam Ākaccanti⟨57⟩rātittavaraiyum ce⟨58⟩llumpaṭi muṉpu Iṟaṅ⟨59⟩kal Iṭṭa nāḷil ve⟨60⟩ṭṭiṉa kal veṭṭuppaṭi ⟨61⟩ tavirttu kuṭutta A⟨62⟩ḷavukku I⟨vvo⟩lai⟨63⟩cātaṉam Āka kal⟨64⟩lum veṭṭi tāḻ⟨65⟩vaṟa naṭattikko⟨66⟩ḷḷavum pāṟpatu [||] ⟨67⟩ Ivai koppaṇaṅkaḷ ⟨68⟩ Eḻuttu [||]

⟨Zone A: West face.⟩ ⟨1⟩ svasti [||] śrī¿maṉu?⟨man·⟩mahāmaṇḍa⟨2⟩ḷeśvara Arirāyavibhāṭaṉ ⟨3⟩ pāṣaikkuttappuva rāya⟨4⟩r kaṇṭaṉ pūrvvapaścimasamu⟨5⟩drādhipati śrīkampaṇa⟨6⟩Uṭaiyar p¿ri?⟨ṛ⟩¿dh?⟨th⟩iv¿i?⟨ī⟩rā⟨7⟩jyam paṇṇi Aru⟨8⟩ḷāniṉṟa śakābdam· Āyi⟨9⟩rattuIrunūṟṟuEṇpa⟨10⟩ttuĀṟiṉ mel cel⟨11⟩lāniṉṟa viśvā⟨⟨vasu⟩⟩varuṣa⟨12⟩ttu Āṭi mātam mutal śrī⟨13⟩¿matu?⟨mat·⟩koppaṇaṅkaḷ ⟨14⟩ kāñcipurattil Irāja⟨15⟩siṁhapaṉmiśvaramu⟨Zone B: South face.⟩⟨16⟩{mu}ṭaiyār Āṉa Eṭutattu ⟨17⟩ Āyiramuṭaiya nāyaṉār ko⟨18⟩yil tāṉattāṟkku nirupam [||] E⟨19⟩ṭutattu Āyiramuṭaiya nāyanār ⟨20⟩ tāṉattai muṉpe kulot⟨21⟩tuṅkacoḻatevar kālatti⟨22⟩le Iṟaṅkal Iṭṭu nāyaṉār ⟨23⟩ tirunāmattukkāṇiyumāṟi ti⟨24⟩ruviruppum tirumaṭaiviḷākamu⟨25⟩m Aṉaiyapataṅkāvuṭaiya ṉā⟨26⟩yaṉā⟨r⟩kku kuṭutta Ituvum Eṭuta⟨27⟩ttu Āyiramuṭaiya nā⟨ya⟩⟨28⟩ṉār tāṉattai Iṟaṅ⟨29⟩kal Iṭṭa Ituvum dharmma⟨30⟩m AllātapaṭiĀle ⟨Zone C: East face.⟩ ⟨31⟩ Iṉṉā⟨yaṉā⟩r tāṉam Iṟaṅka⟨32⟩l miṇṭu Āṭi mātamuta⟨33⟩l pūcai tiruppaṇi naṭak⟨34⟩kumpaṭikku teṉkarai ⟨35⟩ maṇaviṟkoṭṭa⟨36⟩ttu paṉmānāṭṭu muru⟨37⟩ṅkai Ūr Aṭaṅkalum sarvvamā⟨38⟩ṉ¿a?⟨i⟩yam Iṟaiy¿a?⟨i⟩li Āka ⟨39⟩ nāṟppāṟkkel⟨40⟩{kel}laikkuṭpaṭṭa ⟨41⟩ nilamum cantirātittava⟨42⟩raiyum naṭakkumpaṭik⟨43⟩kum [|] Iṉṉāyaṉār ti⟨44⟩ruviruppukku vaṭapāṟ⟨45⟩kellai vaṭatāḻampaḷ⟨46⟩ḷattu teṟkum [|] teṉ⟨Zone D: North face.⟩⟨47⟩pāṟkellai kaḻaṉik⟨48⟩ku vaṭakkum [|] melpā⟨49⟩ṟkellai karai ⌈⟨50⟩meṭṭukku kiḻakkum [|] ki⟨51⟩ḻpāṟkellai vari ⟨52⟩ vāykkālukku me⟨53⟩ṟkkum [|] Inta nāyaṉār ⟨54⟩ cannatitteru Aṭa⟨55⟩ṅkalum sarvvamā⟨56⟩ṉṉiyam Ākaccanti⟨57⟩rātittavaraiyum ce⟨58⟩llumpaṭi muṉpu Iṟaṅ⟨59⟩kal Iṭṭa nāḷil ve⟨60⟩ṭṭiṉa kal veṭṭuppaṭi ⟨61⟩ tavirttu kuṭutta A⟨62⟩ḷavukku I¿vO?⟨vvo⟩lai⟨63⟩cātaṉam Āka kal⟨64⟩lum veṭṭi tāḻ⟨65⟩vaṟa naṭattikko⟨66⟩ḷḷavum pāṟpatu [||] ⟨67⟩ Ivai koppaṇaṅkaḷ ⟨68⟩ Eḻuttu [||]

Translation by Hultzsch 1890

Hail! From the month of Āḍi of the Viśvāvasu year, which was current after the Śaka year one thousand two hundred and eighty-six (had passed), while the illustrious mahāmaṇḍaleśvara, the conqueror of hostile kings, the destroyer of those kings who break their word, the lord of the eastern and western oceans, the illustrious Kambaṇa-uḍaiyar, was pleased to rule the earth,—the illustrious Koppaṇaṅgaḷ (addresses the following) brder to the authorities of the temple of Rājasiṁhavarmeśvaram-uḍaiyār, alias Eḍudattuāyiram-uḍaiya-nāyaṉār, at Kāñchipuram. As it is opposed to the sacred law, that formerly, at the time of Kulottuṅga-Śoṛa-deva, the shrine of Eḍudattu-āyiramuḍaiya-nāyaṉār was closed, that the temple-land (tirunāmattu kāṇi) of the lord was sold, and that the temple-compound (tiruviruppu) and the environs of the temple (tirumaḍaiviḷāgam)⁹ were given to Aṉaiyapadaṅgāvuḍaiya-nāyaṉār,—the closing of the shrine of this lord shall cease; the worship and the divine service shall be carried on from the month of Āḍi forward; the whole village of Muruṅgai in Paṉmā-nāḍu, (a division) of Maṇaviṟkoṭṭam¹⁰ on the southern frontier (?), and the land included in the boundaries in the four directions shall belong (to the temple) as a sarvamānya (and) free from taxes, as long as the moon and the sun exist. The northern boundary of the temple-compound of this lord is to the south of a pit on the north, where pandanus-trees grow; the southern boundary is to the north of a paddy field; the western boundary is to the east of a hillock, which forms the limit (?); and the eastern boundary is to the west of a channel near the road (?). The whole saṁnidhi street of this lord shall belong (to the temple) as a sarvamānya, as long as the moon and the sun exist. According to this edict on a palm-leaf, there shall be engraved on stone the amount of what had been cancelled and given away according to the writing on stone, which was formerly engraved on the day, on which (the temple) was closed. (All this) shall be managed and attended to without fail. This is the signature of Koppaṇaṅgaḷ.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 1.86 by Hultzsch 1890 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1890. South-Indian inscriptions, Tamil and Sanskrit, from stone and copper-plate edicts at Mamallapuram, Kanchipuram, in the North Arcot district, and other parts of the Madras Presidency, chiefly collected in 1886-87. Volume I. South Indian Inscriptions 1. Madras: Government Press. Pages 117–120, item 86.

Notes

1. This is probably a mistake for 1287, as the Viśvāvasu year corresponds to the current Śaka year 1288.
2. No. 86, lines 13 and 67; No. 88, line 23.
3. No. 87, line 62.
4. No. 86, line 15; No. 87, line 17.
5. See page 9, above.
6. This temple is situated close to the Kailāsanātha Temple. In the hymns of Tiruñāṉasambandar and of Nambi Ārūraṉār, alias Sundaramūrti,—who, as the Tanjore inscriptions prove (see paragraph 9 of my Progress Report for July, August and September 1888, Madras G.O., 7th November 1888, No. 1050, Public), lived before the Choḷa king Rājarāja-deva,—it is mentioned under the name aṉēkataṅkāpatam.
7. See page 92, note 5.
8. On Paṉmā-nāḍu and Maṇaviṟkoṭṭam, see the introduction of No. 151.

Display Options Word Wrap Line Numbers Comments Processing Instructions

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<?xml-model href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/erc-dharma/project-documentation/master/schema/latest/DHARMA_Schema.rng" type="application/xml" schematypens="http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0"?>

<?xml-model href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/erc-dharma/project-documentation/master/schema/latest/DHARMA_SQF.sch" type="application/xml" schematypens="http://purl.oclc.org/dsdl/schematron"?>

<?xml-model href="https://epidoc.stoa.org/schema/latest/tei-epidoc.rng" schematypens="http://relaxng.org/ns/structure/1.0"?>

<?xml-model href="https://epidoc.stoa.org/schema/latest/tei-epidoc.rng" schematypens="http://purl.oclc.org/dsdl/schematron"?>

<title>SII 1.86: original edition by Eugen Hultzsch</title>

<title type="alt">PART II. TAMIL AND GRANTHA INSCRIPTIONS. VI. INSCRIPTIONS OF THE KAILĀSANĀTHA AT KĀÑCĪPURAM. No. 86. ON A PILLAR IN THE MAṆḌAPA IN FRONT OF THE RĀJASIṀHAVARMEŚVARA SHRINE.</title>

<resp>author of digital edition</resp>

<forename>Emmanuel</forename>

<surname>Francis</surname>

</persName>

</respStmt>

</titleStmt>

<authority>DHARMA</authority>

<pubPlace>Paris, CEIAS</pubPlace>

<idno type="filename">DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0086</idno>

</publicationStmt>

<repository>DHARMAbase</repository>

<idno/>

</msIdentifier>

<p>This inscription is dated in the <hi rend="italic">Viśvāvasu</hi> year, which was current after the expiration of the Śaka year 1286,<note>This is probably a mistake for 1287, as the <hi rend="italic">Viśvāvasu</hi> year corresponds to the current Śaka year 1288.</note> and during the reign of <hi rend="bold">Kambaṇa-uḍaiyar</hi>. The inscription No. <ref target="DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0087">87</ref> belongs to the same year, as No. 86, and to the reign of <hi rend="bold">Kambaṇa-uḍaiyar</hi>, the son of <hi rend="bold">Vīra</hi>. The date of No. <ref target="DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0088">88</ref> is the <hi rend="bold">Kīlaka</hi> year and the reign of <hi rend="bold">Vīra-Kambaṇṇauḍaiyar</hi>. As it mentions <hi rend="bold">Koppaṇaṅgaḷ</hi>, an official, whose name occurs also in Nos. 86 and <ref target="DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0087">87</ref>, and as the signatures at its end are identical with some signatures at the end of No. <ref target="DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0087">87</ref>, the date of the inscription No. <ref target="DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0088">88</ref> cannot have been very distant from that of Nos. 86 and <ref target="DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0087">87</ref>, and the <hi rend="italic">Kīlaka</hi> year must correspond to Śaka 1291. The inscription No. <ref target="DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0087">87</ref>, which reads <hi rend="italic">Vīra-kumāra-Kambaṇa-uḍaiyar</hi>, i.e., <hi rend="bold">Kambaṇa-uḍaiyar</hi>, the son of <hi rend="bold">Vīra</hi>, suggests that <hi rend="italic">Vīra-Kambaṇṇa-uḍaiyar</hi> in No. <ref target="DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0088">88</ref> is an abbreviation for <hi rend="bold">Kambaṇṇa-uḍaiyar</hi>, (<hi rend="italic">the son of</hi>) <hi rend="bold">Vīra</hi>. The prince, who is mentioned in the three inscriptions Nos. 86, <ref target="DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0087">87</ref> and <ref target="DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i008">88</ref>, may be further identified with <hi rend="bold">Kambaṇa-uḍaiyar</hi>, the son of <hi rend="bold">Vīra-Kambaṇa-uḍaiyar</hi> and father of that <hi rend="bold">Ommaṇa-uḍaiyar</hi>, who according to the <hi rend="bold">Tirumalai</hi> inscription No. 72, above, was reigning in the <hi rend="italic">Ānanda</hi> year, which was current after the expiration of the Śaka year 1296. The subjoined table shows the results of the above remarks.</p>

<p>[[table]] [C1]<hi rend="italic">Inscription No. 72</hi>. Vīra-Kambaṇa-uḍaiyar. [C2]<hi rend="italic">Inscriptions Nos. 86, <ref target="DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0087">87</ref> and <ref target="DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0088">88</ref></hi>. Vīra. [C1]Kambaṇa-uḍaiyar. [C2]Kambaṇa-uḍaiyar <hi rend="italic">or</hi> Kambaṇṇa-uḍaiyar (<hi rend="italic">Śaka</hi> 1288 <hi rend="italic">and</hi> 1291). [C1]Ommaṇa-uḍaiyar (<hi rend="italic">Śaka</hi> 1297).</p>

<p>The three inscriptions Nos. 86, <ref target="DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0087">87</ref> and 88 contain orders, which were issued by a certain <hi rend="bold">Koppaṇaṅgaḷ,<note>No. 86, lines 13 and 67; No. <ref target="DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0088">88</ref>, line 23.</note> Koppaṇṇaṅgaḷ</hi><note>No. <ref target="DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0087">87</ref>, line 15.</note> or <hi rend="bold">Koppaṇaṉ</hi><note>No. <ref target="DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0087">87</ref>, line 62.</note> to the authorities of the temple. Koppaṇaṅgaḷ was probably the executive officer of <hi rend="bold">Kambaṇa-uḍaiyar</hi> at <hi rend="bold">Kāñchīpuram</hi>. The <hi rend="bold">Kailāsanātha</hi> Temple is designated by three different names, <hi rend="italic">viz.</hi>, <hi rend="bold">Rājasiṁhavarmeśvara,<note>No. 86, line 15; No. <ref target="DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0087">87</ref>, line 17.</note> Eḍudattu-āyiram-uḍaiya-nāyaṉār</hi> and <hi rend="bold">Tirukkaṟṟaḷi-Mahādeva</hi>.<note>No. <ref target="DHARMA_INSSIIv01p0i0088">88</ref>, lines 15 to 17.</note> The last-mentioned term means “the holy stone-temple (<hi rend="italic">of</hi>) <hi rend="bold">Śiva</hi>.” The meaning of the second is not apparent. The first name, <hi rend="bold">Rājasiṁhavarmeśvara</hi>, shows that the <hi rend="bold">Pallava</hi> king <hi rend="bold">Rājasiṁha</hi>, the founder of the temple, was not yet forgotten at the times of Kambaṇa-uḍaiyar, and that his full name was <hi rend="bold">Rājasiṁhavarman</hi>.<note>See page 9, above.</note></p>

<p>From the inscription No. 86, we learn that, at the time of <hi rend="bold">Kulottuṅga-Choḷa-deva</hi>, the <hi rend="bold">Rājasiṁhavarmeśvara</hi> Temple at <hi rend="bold">Kāñchipuram</hi> had been closed, its landed property sold, and its compound and environs transferred to the temple of <hi rend="bold">Aṉaiyapadaṅgāvuḍaiyanāyaṉār.<note>This temple is situated close to the Kailāsanātha Temple. In the hymns of <hi rend="bold">Tiruñāṉasambandar</hi> and of <hi rend="bold">Nambi Ārūraṉār</hi>, <hi rend="italic">alias</hi> <hi rend="bold">Sundaramūrti</hi>,—who, as the Tanjore inscriptions prove (see paragraph 9 of my <hi rend="italic">Progress Report for July, August and September</hi> 1888, Madras G.O., 7th November 1888, No. 1050, Public), lived before the <hi rend="bold">Choḷa</hi> king <hi rend="bold">Rājarāja-deva</hi>,—it is mentioned under the name <foreign>aṉēkataṅkāpatam</foreign>.</note> Koppaṇaṅgaḷ</hi> ordered, that the temple should be reopened and that its property should be restored.</p>

</summary>

</msContents>

<p/>

</handDesc>

</physDesc>

</msDesc>

</sourceDesc>

</fileDesc>

<change who="part:emfr" when="2025-05-24" status="draft">Further conversion of digital encoding to DHARMA encoding scheme according to EGD (Encoding Guide for Diplomatic Editions)</change>

<change who="part:mime" when="2025-05-06" status="draft">Conversion of digital encoding to DHARMA encoding scheme according to EGD (Encoding Guide for Diplomatic Editions)</change>

</revisionDesc>

</teiHeader>

<body>

<p>

<lb n="1"/><hi rend="grantha">svasti</hi> <supplied reason="undefined"><g type="ddanda">.</g></supplied> <hi rend="grantha">śrī</hi><choice><sic>maṉu</sic><corr><hi rend="grantha">man·</hi></corr></choice>ma<hi rend="grantha">hā</hi>ma<hi rend="grantha">ṇḍa</hi>

<lb n="2" break="no"/>ḷe<hi rend="grantha">śvara</hi> Ari<hi rend="grantha">rā</hi>yavi<hi rend="grantha">bhā</hi>ṭaṉ

<lb n="3"/>pā<hi rend="grantha">ṣai</hi>kkuttappuva rāya

<lb n="4" break="no"/>r kaṇṭaṉ pū<hi rend="grantha">rvvapaścimasamu</hi>

<lb n="5" break="no"/><hi rend="grantha">drādhipa</hi>ti <hi rend="grantha">śrī</hi>kampaṇa

<lb n="6" break="no"/>Uṭaiyar <hi rend="grantha">p<choice><sic>ri</sic><corr>ṛ</corr></choice><choice><sic>dh</sic><corr>th</corr></choice>i</hi>v<choice><sic>i</sic><corr>ī</corr></choice>rā

<lb n="7" break="no"/><hi rend="grantha">jya</hi>m paṇṇi Aru

<lb n="8" break="no"/>ḷāniṉṟa <hi rend="grantha">śakābdam·</hi> Āyi

<lb n="9" break="no"/>rattuIrunūṟṟuEṇpa

<lb n="10" break="no"/>ttuĀṟiṉ mel cel

<lb n="11" break="no"/>lāniṉṟa vi<hi rend="grantha">śvā</hi><add place="below">va<hi rend="grantha">su</hi></add>varu<hi rend="grantha">ṣa</hi>

<lb n="12" break="no"/>ttu Āṭi mātam mutal <hi rend="grantha">śrī</hi>

<lb n="13" break="no"/><choice><sic>matu</sic><corr><hi rend="grantha">mat·</hi></corr></choice>koppaṇaṅkaḷ

<lb n="14"/>kāñcipurattil Irā<hi rend="grantha">ja</hi>

<lb n="15" break="no"/><hi rend="grantha">siṁha</hi>paṉmi<hi rend="grantha">śva</hi>ramu

<label>South face.</label>

<lb n="16" break="no"/><surplus>mu</surplus>ṭaiyār Āṉa Eṭutattu

<lb n="17"/>Āyiramuṭaiya nāyaṉār ko

<lb n="18" break="no"/>yil tāṉattāṟkku nirupam <supplied reason="undefined"><g type="ddanda">.</g></supplied> E

<lb n="19" break="no"/>ṭutattu Āyiramuṭaiya nāyanār

<lb n="20"/>tāṉattai muṉpe kulot

<lb n="21" break="no"/>tuṅkacoḻatevar kālatti

<lb n="22" break="no"/>le Iṟaṅkal Iṭṭu nāyaṉār

<lb n="23"/>tirunāmattukkāṇiyumāṟi ti

<lb n="24" break="no"/>ruviruppum tirumaṭaiviḷākamu

<lb n="25" break="no"/>m Aṉaiyapataṅkāvuṭaiya ṉā

<lb n="26" break="no"/>yaṉā<supplied reason="omitted">r</supplied>kku kuṭutta Ituvum Eṭuta

<lb n="27" break="no"/>ttu Āyiramuṭaiya nā<supplied reason="omitted">ya</supplied>

<lb n="28" break="no"/>ṉār tāṉattai Iṟaṅ

<lb n="29" break="no"/>kal Iṭṭa Ituvum <hi rend="grantha">dharmma</hi>

<lb n="30" break="no"/>m AllātapaṭiĀle

<lb n="31"/>Iṉṉā<supplied reason="omitted">yaṉā</supplied>r tāṉam Iṟaṅka

<lb n="32" break="no"/>l miṇṭu Āṭi mātamuta

<lb n="33" break="no"/>l pūcai tiruppaṇi naṭak

<lb n="34" break="no"/>kumpaṭikku teṉkarai

<lb n="35"/>maṇaviṟkoṭṭa

<lb n="36" break="no"/>ttu paṉmānāṭṭu muru

<lb n="37" break="no"/>ṅkai Ūr Aṭaṅkalum <hi rend="grantha">sarvva</hi>mā

<lb n="38" break="no"/>ṉ<choice><sic>a</sic><corr>i</corr></choice>yam Iṟaiy<choice><sic>a</sic><corr>i</corr></choice>li Āka

<lb n="39"/>nāṟppāṟkkel

<lb n="40" break="no"/><surplus>kel</surplus>laikkuṭpaṭṭa

<lb n="41"/>nilamum cantirātittava

<lb n="42" break="no"/>raiyum naṭakkumpaṭik

<lb n="43" break="no"/>kum <supplied reason="undefined"><g type="danda">.</g></supplied> Iṉṉāyaṉār ti

<lb n="44" break="no"/>ruviruppukku vaṭapāṟ

<lb n="45" break="no"/>kellai vaṭatāḻampaḷ

<lb n="46" break="no"/>ḷattu teṟkum <supplied reason="undefined"><g type="danda">.</g></supplied> teṉ

<label>North face.</label>

<lb n="47" break="no"/>pāṟkellai kaḻaṉik

<lb n="48" break="no"/>ku vaṭakkum <supplied reason="undefined"><g type="danda">.</g></supplied> melpā

<lb n="49" break="no"/>ṟkellai karai ⌈

<lb n="50" break="no"/>meṭṭukku kiḻakkum <supplied reason="undefined"><g type="danda">.</g></supplied> ki

<lb n="51" break="no"/>ḻpāṟkellai vari

<lb n="52"/>vāykkālukku me

<lb n="53" break="no"/>ṟkkum <supplied reason="undefined"><g type="danda">.</g></supplied> Inta nāyaṉār

<lb n="54"/>cannatitteru Aṭa

<lb n="55" break="no"/>ṅkalum <hi rend="grantha">sarvva</hi>mā

<lb n="56" break="no"/>ṉṉiyam Ākaccanti

<lb n="57" break="no"/>rātittavaraiyum ce

<lb n="58" break="no"/>llumpaṭi muṉpu Iṟaṅ

<lb n="59" break="no"/>kal Iṭṭa nāḷil ve

<lb n="60" break="no"/>ṭṭiṉa kal veṭṭuppaṭi

<lb n="61"/>tavirttu kuṭutta A

<lb n="62" break="no"/>ḷavukku I<choice><sic>vO</sic><corr>vvo</corr></choice>lai

<lb n="63" break="no"/>cātaṉam Āka kal

<lb n="64" break="no"/>lum veṭṭi tāḻ

<lb n="65" break="no"/>vaṟa naṭattikko

<lb n="66" break="no"/>ḷḷavum pāṟpatu <supplied reason="undefined"><g type="ddanda">.</g></supplied>

<lb n="67"/>Ivai koppaṇaṅkaḷ

<lb n="68"/>Eḻuttu <supplied reason="undefined"><g type="ddanda">.</g></supplied>

</p>

</div>

<p>Hail! From the month of <hi rend="italic">Āḍi</hi> of the <hi rend="italic">Viśvāvasu</hi> year, which was current after the Śaka year one thousand two hundred and eighty-six (<hi rend="italic">had passed</hi>), while the illustrious <hi rend="italic">mahāmaṇḍaleśvara</hi>, the conqueror of hostile kings, the destroyer of those kings who break their word, the lord of the eastern and western oceans, the illustrious <hi rend="bold">Kambaṇa-uḍaiyar</hi>, was pleased to rule the earth,—the illustrious <hi rend="bold">Koppaṇaṅgaḷ</hi> (<hi rend="italic">addresses the following</hi>) brder to the authorities of the temple of <hi rend="bold">Rājasiṁhavarmeśvaram-uḍaiyār</hi>, <hi rend="italic">alias</hi> <hi rend="bold">Eḍudattuāyiram-uḍaiya-nāyaṉār</hi>, at <hi rend="bold">Kāñchipuram</hi>. As it is opposed to the sacred law, that formerly, at the time of <hi rend="bold">Kulottuṅga-Śoṛa-deva</hi>, the shrine of <hi rend="bold">Eḍudattu-āyiramuḍaiya-nāyaṉār</hi> was closed, that the temple-land (<hi rend="italic">tirunāmattu kāṇi</hi>) of the lord was sold, and that the temple-compound (<hi rend="italic">tiruviruppu</hi>) and the environs of the temple (<hi rend="italic">tirumaḍaiviḷāgam)</hi><note>See page 92, note 5.</note> were given to <hi rend="bold">Aṉaiyapadaṅgāvuḍaiya-nāyaṉār</hi>,—the closing of the shrine of this lord shall cease; the worship and the divine service shall be carried on from the month of <hi rend="italic">Āḍi</hi> forward; the whole village of <hi rend="bold">Muruṅgai</hi> in <hi rend="bold">Paṉmā-nāḍu</hi>, (<hi rend="italic">a division</hi>) of <hi rend="bold">Maṇaviṟkoṭṭam</hi><note>On <hi rend="bold">Paṉmā-nāḍu</hi> and <hi rend="bold">Maṇaviṟkoṭṭam</hi>, see the introduction of No. 151.</note> on the southern frontier (?), and the land included in the boundaries in the four directions shall belong (<hi rend="italic">to the temple</hi>) as a <hi rend="italic">sarvamānya (and</hi>) free from taxes, as long as the moon and the sun exist. The northern boundary of the temple-compound of this lord is to the south of a pit on the north, where pandanus-trees grow; the southern boundary is to the north of a paddy field; the western boundary is to the east of a hillock, which forms the limit (?); and the eastern boundary is to the west of a channel near the road (?). The whole <hi rend="italic">saṁnidhi</hi> street of this lord shall belong (<hi rend="italic">to the temple</hi>) as a <hi rend="italic">sarvamānya</hi>, as long as the moon and the sun exist. According to this edict on a palm-leaf, there shall be engraved on stone the amount of what had been cancelled and given away according to the writing on stone, which was formerly engraved on the day, on which (<hi rend="italic">the temple</hi>) was closed. (<hi rend="italic">All this</hi>) shall be managed and attended to without fail. This is the signature of <hi rend="bold">Koppaṇaṅgaḷ</hi>.</p>

</div>

<p>Digital edition of SII 1.86 by <bibl><ptr target="bib:Hultzsch1890_01"/></bibl> converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.</p>

</bibl>

</listBibl>

<bibl/>

</listBibl>

</div>

</body>

</text>

</TEI>