SII 3.3: original edition by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch

Alternative title: “I—INSCRIPTIONS IN THE VISHNU TEMPLE AT UKKAL. No. 3.—ON THE WEST WALL OF THE SHRINE.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This inscription is dated in the 14th year of the reign of Rājarāja-Kēsarivarman. Like No. 2, which is dated one year earlier, it refers to the destruction of the ships at Śālai, and mentions in addition the conquest of Vēṅgaiññāḍu (or Vēṅgai-nāḍu), Gaṅga-pāḍi, Taḍiya-vaḻi (instead of which most other inscriptions of Rājarāja I. read Taḍigai-pāḍi), and Nuḷamba-pāḍi.

The inscription records that a certain Peṟṟāṉ Adittaṉ, a native of the Chōḷa country, purchased two pieces of land, the first piece from a private person and the second from the assembly of the village, and that he made over both pieces of land to the villagers for maintaining a flower-garden for the temple.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0003.

File path: SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0003.xml.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] cālai kalamaṟuttu veṅkaiññāṭum kaṅkapāṭiy¿ū?m taṭiyavaḻiy¿ū?m nuḷam-
⟨2⟩ papāṭiyuṅkoṇṭa kovirājarājakesariva(r)ma⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu 10 4 Āvatu [|]
⟨3⟩ kāliyūrkkoṭṭattu taṉ kūṟṟu śivacūḷāma(ṇi)maṅkalamākiya śrīvikramābharaṇa¿ś?atu(r){(v)}(v)e¿ti?maṅkalattu sabhaiyom Eḻuttu [|]
⟨4⟩ coḻaṇāṭṭu teṉka(rai) tiruvaḻuntūrnāṭṭu kaḻaṉivāyil kaḻaṉi(vā)yiluṭaiyāṉ (p)eṟṟāṉātitta(ṉ) Emm¿u?r puvaṉimāṇikkavi (ṣṇu)gṛhat(tu) para-
⟨5⟩ masv(ā)mikaḷukku (ti)runa(n)⟨⟨ta⟩⟩(vā)ṉapuṟa(t)tukku Ivaṉ vilai koṇṭu vaitta bhūmi taṟutampavāykkālukku vaṭakku pakaṭikku teṟkum
⟨6⟩ perumāṉaṭivatikku meṟku Otimukki(bhrāṃ)takra(mavi)ttaṉ pakkal vilai koṇṭa vi(ḷai)nila(m) paṅkiṭṭa ko(l)āl 5 100 3 (10)-
⟨7⟩ 8 kuḻiyum Ivaṉey nan(ta)vāṉattukku sabhaiyom pakkal vi(lai koṇṭa) nila(m) mu(ṭu)mpai canti(rā)ccakramar ku-
⟨8⟩ ṟṟettavāykkālukku meṟ(k)kum Āṟṟukku vaṭakkum Orukol vaḻi nīkki (I)taṟku ku¿ri?vu śrī(n)ārāyaṇaA¿k(ki)?śā¿ma?kramar pula-
⟨9⟩ ttukku kiḻakku muṭum(p)ai cantirāccatampi(yu)muḷḷiṭṭ(ār)kku teṟku paṅkiṭṭa kolāl (5) 100 1 kuḻiyum [**] (ñ)ca [*] ṭṭapaṭṭa nilat(tuk)ku kraya(dra)vyamum
⟨10⟩ Iṟaidravyamum Aṟakkoṇṭu In(nan)ta(vā)ṉamum (na)ntavā(ṉa)puṟamum ¿ś?a(n¿t?r)ādityava(l) ⟦ḻi⟧ Iṟ(aiIli)yāka Iṟai Iḻicci ¿ślā?le-
⟨11⟩ k(ai) (ce)ytu kuṭuttom sabh(ai)yom [|] sabhaiyuḷḷiruntu paṇi keṭṭe Eḻuti(ṉeṉ) madhyas¿t?an· nālāyirava(ṉ)
⟨12⟩ makaṉ Āyirattirunūṟṟu⟨⟨va⟩⟩ṉā¿r?iya brahma¿k?uṇā-
⟨13⟩ karavi¿j?yāsthāna¿ma(ṅ)kalā⟨ti⟩t(ta)?sa(ma)ñ¿c?asapriyaṉ(e)ṉ [||] śrī [||]

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] cālai kalamaṟuttu veṅkaiññāṭum kaṅkapāṭiy¿ū?⟨u⟩m taṭiyavaḻiy¿ū?⟨u⟩m nuḷam⟨2⟩papāṭiyuṅkoṇṭa kovirājarājakesariva(r)ma⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu 10 4 Āvatu [|] ⟨3⟩ kāliyūrkkoṭṭattu taṉ kūṟṟu śivacūḷāma(ṇi)maṅkalamākiya śrīvikramābharaṇa¿ś?⟨c⟩atu(r){(v)}(v)e¿ti?⟨di⟩maṅkalattu sabhaiyom Eḻuttu [|] ⟨4⟩ coḻaṇāṭṭu teṉka(rai) tiruvaḻuntūrnāṭṭu kaḻaṉivāyil kaḻaṉi(vā)yiluṭaiyāṉ (p)eṟṟāṉātitta(ṉ) Emm¿u?⟨ū⟩r puvaṉimāṇikkavi (ṣṇu)gṛhat(tu) para⟨5⟩masv(ā)mikaḷukku (ti)runa(n)⟨⟨ta⟩⟩(vā)ṉapuṟa(t)tukku Ivaṉ vilai koṇṭu vaitta bhūmi taṟutampavāykkālukku vaṭakku pakaṭikku teṟkum ⟨6⟩ perumāṉaṭivatikku meṟku Otimukki(bhrāṃ)takra(mavi)ttaṉ pakkal vilai koṇṭa vi(ḷai)nila(m) paṅkiṭṭa ko(l)āl 5 100 3 (10)⟨7⟩8 kuḻiyum Ivaṉey nan(ta)vāṉattukku sabhaiyom pakkal vi(lai koṇṭa) nila(m) mu(ṭu)mpai canti(rā)ccakramar ku⟨8⟩ṟṟettavāykkālukku meṟ(k)kum Āṟṟukku vaṭakkum Orukol vaḻi nīkki (I)taṟku ku¿ri?⟨ṟai⟩vu śrī(n)ārāyaṇaA¿k(ki)?⟨gni⟩śā¿ma?⟨rma⟩kramar pula⟨9⟩ttukku kiḻakku muṭum(p)ai cantirāccatampi(yu)muḷḷiṭṭ(ār)kku teṟku paṅkiṭṭa kolāl (5) 100 1 kuḻiyum [2+] (ñ)ca [1+] ṭṭapaṭṭa nilat(tuk)ku kraya(dra)vyamum ⟨10⟩ Iṟaidravyamum Aṟakkoṇṭu In(nan)ta(vā)ṉamum (na)ntavā(ṉa)puṟamum ¿ś?⟨c⟩a(n¿t?⟨d⟩r)ādityava(l) ⟦ḻi⟧ Iṟ(aiIli)yāka Iṟai Iḻicci ¿ślā?⟨śilā⟩le⟨11⟩k(ai) (ce)ytu kuṭuttom sabh(ai)yom [|] sabhaiyuḷḷiruntu paṇi keṭṭe Eḻuti(ṉeṉ) madhyas¿t?⟨th⟩an· nālāyirava(ṉ) ⟨12⟩ makaṉ Āyirattirunūṟṟu⟨⟨va⟩⟩ṉā¿r?⟨k⟩iya brahma¿k?⟨g⟩uṇā⟨13⟩karavi¿j?⟨d⟩yāsthāna¿ma(ṅ)kalā⟨ti⟩t(ta)?⟨maṅgalāditya⟩sa(ma)ñ¿c?⟨j⟩asapriyaṉ(e)ṉ [||] śrī [||]

Apparatus

⟨3⟩ śatu(rvv)etimaṅkalattu • rvve looks almost like se; read caturvedi.

⟨4⟩ coḻaṇāṭṭu • Read coḻanāṭṭu or coṇāṭṭu.

⟨8⟩ Ak(ki)śāma° • Read Agniśarma°.

⟨10⟩ śa(ntr)ādityava(l) ⟦ḻi⟧ • An erased ḻi (?) follows here.

⟨12⟩ Āyirattirunūṟṟu⟨⟨va⟩⟩ṉākiya • The va has been added subsequently; read ṉākiya. — ⟨12⟩ brahmakuṇā • Read guṇā; the ṇā is expressed by a compound letter, on which see Vol. II. p. 200, note 1.

⟨13⟩ vijyāsthānama(ṅ)kalā⟨ti⟩t(ta)sa(ma)ñcasa° • Read vidyāsthānamaṅgalādityasamañjasa°.

Translation by Hultzsch 1899

(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 14th year (of the reign) of king Rājarāja-Kēsarivarman, who, having destroyed the ships (at) Śālai, conquered Vēṅgaiññāḍu, Gaṅga-pāḍi, Taḍiya-vaḻi and Nuḷamba-pāḍi. The writing of us, the assembly of Śivachūḷāmaṇimaṅgalam, alias Śrī-Vikramābharaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, (a village) in its own subdivision of Kāliyūr-kōṭṭam.

(L. 4.) Kaḻaṉivāyil-uḍaiyāṉ [P]eṟṟāṉ Ādittaṉ of Kaḻaṉivāyil, (a village) in Tiruvaḻundūr-nāḍu, (a district) on the southern bank (of the Kāvērī) in Śōḻa-nāḍu, had purchased from Odimukki[bhrān]ta-Kramavittaṉ 538 kuḻi of cultivated land, (measured) by a graduated rod, to the north of the Taṟudamba channel,¹ to the south of Pagaḍi, (and) to the west of the road to (the temple of) the god (perumāṉ-aḍi), and had assigned (this) land for the maintenance² of a flower-garden (nandavāṉam) to the god (paramasvāmin) of the Puvaṉimāṇikka-Vishṇugṛiham in our village.

(L. 7.) The same person had purchased from us, the assembly, for a flower-garden, 501 kuḻi of land, (measured) by a graduated rod, to the west of the irrigation channel³ of Muḍumbai Śandirāchcha-Kramar, to the north of the river, to the east of the field of Śrīnārāyaṇa-Agniśarma-Kramar with the exception of a road (of the breadth) of one rod, (and) to the south (of the field) of Muḍumbai Śandirāchcha-Tambiyum-Uḷḷiṭṭār.⁴

(L. 9.) Having received in full the purchase-money and the revenue of the land . . . . . . . and having exempted this flower-garden and (the land assigned for) the maintenance of the flower-garden from taxes for as long as the moon and the sun exist, we, the assembly, engraved (this) on stone.

(L. 11.) Having been present in the assembly and having heard (their) order, I, the arbitrator Āyirattirunūṟṟuvaṉ, alias Brahmaguṇākaravidyāsthāna-Maṅgalāditya-Samañjasapriyaṉ, the son of Nālāyiravaṉ, wrote (this).⁵ Prosperity !

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.3 by Hultzsch 1899 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

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: Government Press. Pages 5–6, item 3.

Notes

1. The same channel was mentioned in No. 2, line 4.
2. The term puṟam occurs again in No. 2, line 8, and in No. 12, line 6.
3. Literally, ‘the channel (from which water is drawn by) small levers;’ on kuṟṟ-ēttam see Vol. II. p. 360, note 4.
4. The expression uḷḷiṭṭār, ‘partners,’ occurs in Vol. I. Nos. 54 and 71, and in Vol. II. p. 115.
5. The inscription No. 2 was written by the same person.

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<lem><hi rend="grantha">śa</hi>tu<hi rend="grantha"><unclear>rvv</unclear>e</hi>ti<hi rend="grantha">ma</hi>ṅkalattu</lem>

<note><foreign><hi rend="grantha">rvve</hi></foreign> looks almost like <foreign><hi rend="grantha">se</hi></foreign>; read <foreign><hi rend="grantha">caturvedi</hi></foreign>.</note>

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<lem>coḻaṇāṭṭu</lem>

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<note>Read <foreign><hi rend="grantha">Agniśarma</hi></foreign>°.</note>

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<note>An erased <foreign>ḻi</foreign> (?) follows here.</note>

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<note>The <foreign>va</foreign> has been added subsequently; read <foreign>ṉākiya</foreign>.</note>

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<lem><hi rend="grantha">brahmaku</hi>ṇā<hi rend="grantha"/></lem>

<note>Read <foreign><hi rend="grantha">gu</hi>ṇā</foreign>; the <foreign>ṇā</foreign> is expressed by a compound letter, on which see Vol. II. p. 200, note 1.</note>

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<note>Read <foreign>vi<hi rend="grantha">dyāsthā</hi>na<hi rend="grantha">maṅgalādityasamañjasa</hi></foreign>°.</note>

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<p>(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 14th year (<hi rend="italic">of the reign</hi>) of king <hi rend="bold">Rājarāja-Kēsarivarman</hi>, who, having destroyed the ships (<hi rend="italic">at</hi>) <hi rend="bold">Śālai</hi>, conquered <hi rend="bold">Vēṅgaiññāḍu, Gaṅga-pāḍi, Taḍiya-vaḻi</hi> and <hi rend="bold">Nuḷamba-pāḍi</hi>. The writing of us, the assembly of <hi rend="bold">Śivachūḷāmaṇimaṅgalam</hi>, <hi rend="italic">alias</hi> <hi rend="bold">Śrī-Vikramābharaṇa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam</hi>, (<hi rend="italic">a village</hi>) in its own subdivision of <hi rend="bold">Kāliyūr-kōṭṭam</hi>.</p>

<p>(L. 4.) <hi rend="bold">Kaḻaṉivāyil-uḍaiyāṉ [P]eṟṟāṉ Ādittaṉ</hi> of <hi rend="bold">Kaḻaṉivāyil</hi>, (<hi rend="italic">a village</hi>) in <hi rend="bold">Tiruvaḻundūr-nāḍu</hi>, (<hi rend="italic">a district</hi>) on the southern bank (<hi rend="italic">of the</hi> Kāvērī) in <hi rend="bold">Śōḻa-nāḍu</hi>, had purchased from <hi rend="bold">Odimukki[bhrān]ta-Kramavittaṉ</hi> 538 <hi rend="italic">kuḻi</hi> of cultivated land, (<hi rend="italic">measured</hi>) by a graduated rod, to the north of the <hi rend="italic">Taṟudamba</hi> channel,<note>The same channel was mentioned in No. <ref target="DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0002">2</ref>, line 4.</note> to the south of <hi rend="italic">Pagaḍi, (and</hi>) to the west of the road to (<hi rend="italic">the temple of</hi>) the god (<hi rend="italic">perumāṉ-aḍi</hi>), and had assigned (<hi rend="italic">this</hi>) land for the maintenance<note>The term <hi rend="italic">puṟam</hi> occurs again in No. <ref target="DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0002">2</ref>, line 8, and in No. 12, line 6.</note> of a flower-garden (<hi rend="italic">nandavāṉam</hi>) to the god (<hi rend="italic">paramasvāmin</hi>) of the <hi rend="bold">Puvaṉimāṇikka-Vishṇugṛiham</hi> in our village.</p>

<p>(L. 7.) The same person had purchased from us, the assembly, for a flower-garden, 501 <hi rend="italic">kuḻi</hi> of land, (<hi rend="italic">measured</hi>) by a graduated rod, to the west of the irrigation channel<note>Literally, ‘the channel (from which water is drawn by) small levers;’ on <hi rend="italic">kuṟṟ-ēttam</hi> see Vol. II. p. 360, note 4.</note> of <hi rend="bold">Muḍumbai Śandirāchcha-Kramar</hi>, to the north of the river, to the east of the field of <hi rend="bold">Śrīnārāyaṇa-Agniśarma-Kramar</hi> with the exception of a road (<hi rend="italic">of the breadth</hi>) of one rod, (<hi rend="italic">and</hi>) to the south (<hi rend="italic">of the field</hi>) of <hi rend="bold">Muḍumbai Śandirāchcha-Tambiyum-Uḷḷiṭṭār</hi>.<note>The expression <hi rend="italic">uḷḷiṭṭār</hi>, ‘partners,’ occurs in Vol. I. Nos. 54 and 71, and in Vol. II. p. 115.</note> </p>

<p>(L. 9.) Having received in full the purchase-money and the revenue of the land . . . . . . . and having exempted this flower-garden and (<hi rend="italic">the land assigned for</hi>) the maintenance of the flower-garden from taxes for as long as the moon and the sun exist, we, the assembly, engraved (<hi rend="italic">this</hi>) on stone.</p>

<p>(L. 11.) Having been present in the assembly and having heard (<hi rend="italic">their</hi>) order, I, the arbitrator <hi rend="bold">Āyirattirunūṟṟuvaṉ</hi>, <hi rend="italic">alias</hi> <hi rend="bold">Brahmaguṇākaravidyāsthāna-Maṅgalāditya-Samañjasapriyaṉ</hi>, the son of <hi rend="bold">Nālāyiravaṉ</hi>, wrote (<hi rend="italic">this)</hi>.<note>The inscription No. <ref target="DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0002">2</ref> was written by the same person.</note> Prosperity !</p>

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<p>Digital edition of SII 3.3 by <bibl><ptr target="bib:Hultzsch1899_01"/></bibl> converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.</p>

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