SII 2.62: original edition by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch

Alternative title: “No. 62. ON THE WEST WALL OF THE BRIHANNAYAKI SHRINE.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This modern inscription appears to record, that a certain Mallappa-Nāyakkar ordered the inhabitants of the village of Puliyūr to build the maṇḍapa which adjoins the Bṛihan-nāyakī shrine, and which was called “the maṇḍapa of Mūrti-Ammaṉ,” and that he rewarded their services by assigning to them the remnants of the offerings to the goddess for “as long as the moon and the sun endure.” The name which is applied to the god of the Tanjore temple in this inscription, Periya-Uḍaiya-nāyaṉār, “the great lord” is evidently the Tamil prototype of the present designation Bṛihad-Īśvara.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Tamil (tamil)].

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv02p0i0062.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ tañcāvur periyaUṭaiyanāyaṉār koyil mallappanāyakkar maṇṭapam

⟨2⟩ mūṟttiAmmaṉ maṇṭapam puliyūrār ta(ṉ)mmāka (ka)llu varukai(yi)-

⟨3⟩ ṉālum Avarka(ḷ) paṇṇi¿ṟ?a Ūḻiyattiṉālum caṉ(ṉa)tiyil Oṭukku(m) piṟa-

⟨4⟩ (c)ātam kaṭṭaḷaiyiṭṭapaṭiyāle cantirā(ti)ttava(r)aiyum naṭakkavum ⟨∥⟩

Translation by Hultzsch 1892

As the stones (for) the maṇḍapa) of Mūrti-Ammaṉ, —a maṇḍapa (which) Mallappa-Nāyakkar (had built in) the temple (of) Periya-Uḍaiya-nāyaṉār (at) Tañjāvūr,—were supplied gratis (by) the inhabitants of Puliyūr, and as these people did work (gratis), it was ordered that the remnants of the offerings (prasāda) before the shrine should be given (to them). Accordingly, let (these gifts) continue as long as the moon and the sun endure !

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 2.62 by Hultzsch 1892 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1892. South-Indian inscriptions: Tamil inscriptions of Rajaraja, Rajendra-chola, and others in the Rajarajesvara temple at Tanjavur. Volume II, Part II: Inscriptions on the walls of the enclosure. South Indian Inscriptions 2.2. Madras: Government Press. Pages 247–248, item 62.

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