SII 3.38: original edition by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch

Alternative title: “IV.—INSCRIPTIONS AT MANIMANGALAM. No. 38.—ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE EAST WALL OF THE INNER PRAKARA OF THE RAJAGOPALA-PERUMAL TEMPLE.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This inscription is dated in the 13th year of the reign of Rājarājadēva (III. ?). It registers several payments of money into the temple treasury for feeding lamps in the temple.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0038.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] rājarājatevaṟ{k}ku yāṇṭu (pa)tiṉm¿u?ṉṟāvatu jayaṅkoṇṭaco(ḻa)maṇṭalattu kulo⟨t⟩tuṅkacoḻa-
⟨2⟩ vaḷanāṭṭukkunṟattū⟨r⟩nāṭṭu maṇi(ma)ṅkalamāna pāṇṭiyaṉaiyirumaṭiveṉkoṇ(ṭa)coḻacca(tu)⟦(ṟ)⟧⟨⟨(r)⟩⟩ppe(ti)maṅkalattu
⟨3⟩ vaṇṭuvarā(pa)ti Emperumān koyilil śrīkāriya{m}ñce⟨y⟩kiṟa Irāyūr Aruḷāḷabhaṭṭaṉum Ikkoyili(l) [śrīvaiṣṇavak]ka¿ṅ?kāṇi ceykiṟa vaṇ-
⟨4⟩ ṭuvarāpati [****] Ivviruvaruṅka(ṇ){ṅ}kāṇiyāka I⟨v⟩v(e)mperumāṉukku Iravusan=tiviḷakku Erikka mutal¿(nik)?kappolicaiyāle vaṇ-
⟨5⟩ ṭuvarāpati Emperumān śrīpaṇṭārattile Irāyūr A(ru)ḷāḷabhaṭṭaṉ Oṭukkiṉa kācu O(ṉ)ṟum mattu(va)licc¿i?riḷaṅkobhaṭṭa(ṉ) O(ṭu)-
⟨6⟩ kkiṉa kācu Oṉṟum miñ(cū)r Emperu(m)āṉ A(ṭi)yāḷ (vi)ḷaṅkavan=t¿a?r Oṭukkina kācu Oṉṟu(m) poruṅkuṉṟat(tu) kaṇṇantai kuppaṉ
⟨7⟩ Iravucantiviḷakkerikka Oṭukkina kācu Oṉṟarai [∥]

Apparatus

⟨2⟩ ca(tur)ppe(ti)maṅkalattu • The r of catur is corrected by the engraver from ṟ.

⟨3⟩ [5+] kaṅkāṇi • Read śrīvaiṣṇavakkaṇkāṇi.

Translation by Hultzsch 1899

Hail ! Prosperity ! In the thirteenth year (of the reign) of Rājarājadēva,—under the supervision of both Aruḷāḷa-Bhaṭṭaṉ of Irāyūr, the manager of the temple of Vaṇḍuvarāpati-Emberumāṉ at Maṇimaṅgalam, alias Pāṇḍiyaṉai-irumaḍiveṉ-koṇḍa-Śōḻa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, in Kuṉṟattūr-nāḍu, (a subdivision) of Kulōttuṅga-Śōḻa-vaḷanāḍu, (a district) of Jayaṅkoṇḍa-Śōḻa-maṇḍalam, and of Vaṇḍuvarāpati . . . . . , the overseer of the Śrī-Vaishṇavas in this temple,—(the following sums) were paid on interest into the treasury of the temple of Vaṇḍuvarāpati-Emberumāṉ, as a fund for burning lamps at evening dawn before this Emberumāṉ:—one kāśu by Aruḷāḷa-Bhaṭṭaṉ of Irāyūr; one kāśu by Mattu[va]li Śīriḷaṅgō-Bhaṭṭaṉ; one kāśu by Emberumāṉ-Aḍiyāḷ [Vi]ḷaṅgavand[ā]r of Miñjūr; and one and a half kāśu, for burning a lamp at evening dawn, by Kaṇṇandai Kuppaṉ of Poruṅguṉṟam.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.38 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. Page 85, item 38.

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<p>Hail ! Prosperity ! In the thirteenth year (<hi rend="italic">of the reign</hi>) of <hi rend="bold">Rājarājadēva</hi>,—under the supervision of both <hi rend="bold">Aruḷāḷa-Bhaṭṭaṉ</hi> of <hi rend="bold">Irāyūr</hi>, the manager of the temple of <hi rend="bold">Vaṇḍuvarāpati-Emberumāṉ</hi> at <hi rend="bold">Maṇimaṅgalam</hi>, <hi rend="italic">alias</hi> <hi rend="bold">Pāṇḍiyaṉai-irumaḍiveṉ-koṇḍa-Śōḻa-chaturvēdimaṅgalam</hi>, in <hi rend="bold">Kuṉṟattūr-nāḍu</hi>, (<hi rend="italic">a subdivision</hi>) of <hi rend="bold">Kulōttuṅga-Śōḻa-vaḷanāḍu</hi>, (<hi rend="italic">a district</hi>) of <hi rend="bold">Jayaṅkoṇḍa-Śōḻa-maṇḍalam</hi>, and of <hi rend="bold">Vaṇḍuvarāpati . . . . . </hi>, the overseer of the <hi rend="italic">Śrī-Vaishṇavas</hi> in this temple,—(<hi rend="italic">the following sums</hi>) were paid on interest into the treasury of the temple of <hi rend="bold">Vaṇḍuvarāpati-Emberumāṉ</hi>, as a fund for burning lamps at evening dawn before this <hi rend="italic">Emberumāṉ:</hi>—one <hi rend="italic">kāśu</hi> by <hi rend="bold">Aruḷāḷa-Bhaṭṭaṉ</hi> of <hi rend="bold">Irāyūr</hi>; one <hi rend="italic">kāśu</hi> by <hi rend="bold">Mattu[va]li Śīriḷaṅgō-Bhaṭṭaṉ</hi>; one <hi rend="italic">kāśu</hi> by <hi rend="bold">Emberumāṉ-Aḍiyāḷ [Vi]ḷaṅgavand[ā]r</hi> of <hi rend="bold">Miñjūr</hi>; and one and a half <hi rend="italic">kāśu</hi>, for burning a lamp at evening dawn, by <hi rend="bold">Kaṇṇandai Kuppaṉ</hi> of <hi rend="bold">Poruṅguṉṟam</hi>.</p>

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