SII 2.15: original edition by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch

Alternative title: “No. 15. ON THE SOUTH WALL, FIRST TIER.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Like No. 14, this inscription is dated in the same year as No. 10 and records an endowment to the image of Dakshiṇa-Mēru-Viṭaṅkar.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv02p0i0015.

File path: SII_B_clean/SII02/DHARMA_INSSIIv02p0i0015.xml.

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Edition

⟨Face 2: Second section⟩

⟨2.4⟩ tiru maṉṉi vaḷara Irunilamaṭantaiyum poṟcayapp(āvaiyuñcīrttaṉiccelviyunta)ṉ perunteviyarākiyiṉpuṟa neṭutiyalūḻiyuḷ Iṭaituṟaināṭuntuṭarvaṉavelippaṭar vaṉavāciyuñcuḷḷiccūḻmatiḷ koḷ(ḷi)ppākkaiyum naṇṇaṟkarumaraṇ maṇ(ṇaikkaṭak)kamum porutaṭarīḻattaraicar tamuṭiyumāṅkavar teviyaroṅkeḻil muṭiyumuṉṉavar pakkal teṉṉavaṉ vaitta cuntaramuṭiyum Intiraṉāramunteṇṭirai Īḻamaṇṭalamuḻuvatum Eṟipaṭaikkeraḷar muṟaimaiyiṟcūṭuṅkulataṉamākiya palar pukaḻ muṭiyuñceṅkatir mālaiyuñcaṅkatirvelaittolperuṅk(ā)vaṟpalapaḻantīvuñceruviṟciṉaviyirupattorukāl Araicukaḷai kaṭṭa paracurāmaṉ mevaruñcā(n)timattīvara(ṇ karutiyirut)tiya cempoṟṟiruttaku muṭiyum payaṅkoṭu paḻi mika muyaṅkiyil mutukiṭṭoḷitta cayaciṅkaṉ Aḷapparum pukaḻoṭu pīṭiyal Iraṭṭapāṭiyeḻarai Ilakkamum navanetikkulapperumalaikaḷumāpporutaṇṭāṟkoṇṭa kop⟨parakesarivarmmarāṉa Uṭai⟩-

⟨2.5⟩ yār (śrī)r(ā)j(e)ndrac(o)ḷa(d)e(varkku) yāṇṭu pattāvatu Arumoḻidevavaḷanā(ṭṭu)ppu(ṟaṅka)ram(pai)nā(ṭ)ṭu brahmadeyam vaṅkanakar sabhaiy(ā)r Uṭaiyār śrīrājarājadevar Eḻuntaruḷuvitta dakṣiṇameruviṭaṅkarkkuttiruvāy moḻintaru(ḷi A)ṭ(ait)ta ni(yā)yam ciṟuta(ṉat)tu valaṅkaiveḷaikkāṟappaṭaikaḷilār Ivarkku v(e)ṇṭu(vaṉa)vaṟṟukku vaitta kācil tañcāvūr śrīrājarājīśvarattiṉiteḻuntaruḷiyirunta paramasvāmi(kku) (mūlabhṛtya)(ṉākiya) (caṇḍeśvarade)(var pakkal koṇṭa kācu) Aiññūṟu ⟨§1⟩ Ikkācu Aiññūṟiṉāluṅkācu Oṉṟukku Āṭṭai vīṭṭaṉ policai kācu A(raikkālāka yāṇṭu pattāvatu pac)āṉ mutal Uṭaiyār śrīrājarājīśvaraM Uṭaiyār bhaṇḍāra(t)tiṭakkaṭava policai kācu Aṟupattiraṇṭarai ∥⁓ ⟨§2⟩

Translation by Hultzsch 1891

1. In the tenth year (of the reign) of Kō-[Parakēsarivarman, alias] the lord Śrī-Rājēndra-Chōḷadēva; who, etc.,¹ the members of the assembly of Vaṅganagar, a brahmadēya in Puṟaṅgarambai-nāḍu, (a subdivision) of Arumoṛidēva-vaḷanāḍu, [have received from Chaṇḍēśvaradēva,—who is the first servant of] the supreme lord, who has been pleased to take up gladly his abode in (the temple called) Śrī-Rājarājēśvara (at) Tañjāvūr,—five hundred [kāśu] out of the money, which the Niyāyam Śiṟudaṉattu Valaṅgai-vēḷarkkāṟa-paḍaigaḷilār,—who had been attached by order of the king to (the image of) Dakshiṇa-Mēru-Viṭaṅkar, which had been set up by the lord Śrī-Rājarājadēva,—had deposited for the requirements of this (image).

2. For these five hundred kāśu, (they) have to pay from (the harvest of) the paśāṉ [in the tenth year (of the king’s reign)] an interest of sixty-two and a half kāśu into the treasury of the lord of the Śrī-Rājarājēśvara (temple),—the rate of interest being one eighth kāśu per year for each kāśu.

Commentary

⟨2.4⟩ Continued from the end of the text of No. 14.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 2.15 by Hultzsch 1891 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1891. South-Indian inscriptions: Tamil inscriptions of Rajaraja, Rajendra-chola, and others in the Rajarajesvara temple at Tanjavur. Volume II, Part I: Inscriptions on the walls of the central shrine. South Indian Inscriptions 2.1. Madras: Government Press. Pages 100–101, item 15.

Notes

1. The historical part of this inscription is identical with that of No. 10.

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<p>1. In the tenth year (<hi rend="italic">of the reign</hi>) of <hi rend="bold">Kō</hi>-[<hi rend="bold">Parakēsarivarman</hi>, <hi rend="italic">alias</hi>] the lord <hi rend="bold">Śrī-Rājēndra-Chōḷadēva</hi>; who, <hi rend="italic">etc.,</hi><note>The historical part of this inscription is identical with that of No. <ref target="DHARMA_INSSIIv02p0i0010">10</ref>.</note> the members of the assembly of <hi rend="bold">Vaṅganagar</hi>, a <hi rend="italic">brahmadēya</hi> in <hi rend="bold">Puṟaṅgarambai-nāḍu</hi>, (<hi rend="italic">a subdivision</hi>) of <hi rend="bold">Arumoṛidēva-vaḷanāḍu</hi>, [have received from <hi rend="bold">Chaṇḍēśvaradēva</hi>,—who is the first servant of] the supreme lord, who has been pleased to take up gladly his abode in (<hi rend="italic">the temple called</hi>) <hi rend="bold">Śrī-Rājarājēśvara</hi> (<hi rend="italic">at</hi>) <hi rend="bold">Tañjāvūr</hi>,—five hundred <hi rend="italic">[kāśu]</hi> out of the money, which the <hi rend="bold">Niyāyam Śiṟudaṉattu Valaṅgai-vēḷarkkāṟa-paḍaigaḷilār</hi>,—who had been attached by order of the king to (<hi rend="italic">the image of</hi>) <hi rend="bold">Dakshiṇa-Mēru-Viṭaṅkar</hi>, which had been set up by the lord <hi rend="bold">Śrī-Rājarājadēva</hi>,—had deposited for the requirements of this (<hi rend="italic">image</hi>).</p>

<p>2. For these five hundred <hi rend="italic">kāśu, (they</hi>) have to pay from (<hi rend="italic">the harvest of</hi>) the <hi rend="italic">paśāṉ</hi> [in the tenth year (<hi rend="italic">of the king's reign</hi>)] an interest of sixty-two and a half <hi rend="italic">kāśu</hi> into the treasury of the lord of the <hi rend="bold">Śrī-Rājarājēśvara</hi> (<hi rend="italic">temple</hi>),—the rate of interest being one eighth <hi rend="italic">kāśu</hi> per year for each <hi rend="italic">kāśu</hi>.</p>

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