SII 3.62: original edition by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch

Alternative title: “No. 62.—ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE MAHAMANDAPA IN THE BILVANATHESVARA TEMPLE.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This inscription is dated in the (3)4th year of the reign of Kulōttuṅga-Chōḷadēva and records the gift of two lamps by Ariyapiḷḷai,¹ the queen of Amarābharaṇa-Śīyagaṅga. An inscription in the Ēkāmranātha temple at Kāñchipuram (No. 10 of 1893) mentions the same chief as “the supreme lord of Kuvaḷālapura (i.e. Kōlār), he who was born from the Gaṅga family, Śīyagaṅgaṉ Amarābharaṇaṉ, alias Tiruvēgambamuḍaiyāṉ,”² and is dated in the 27th year of the reign of Kulōttuṅga-Chōḷa III.³

According to its preface, the famous Tamil Grammar Naṉṉūl was composed by Pavaṇandi (i.e. Bhavanandin) at the order of Śīyagaṅgaṉ Amarābharaṇaṉ. The Ēkāmranātha inscription proves that Bhavanandin’s patron was a vassal of Kulōttuṅga III.

Language: Tamil (tam).

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Edition

⟨1⟩ sva(sti śrī) [||] (ku)lo(ttu)ṅkac(o)ḻatevaṟ⟨ku⟩ (y)āṇ(ṭu) (3) 10 4 va(tu) Amar(ā)para(ṇacī)yaka(ṅ)kanampirāṭ(ṭi)yā(na) A(ri)yapiḷḷai (ti)ruva(l)lamuṭaiya nāyanāṟ(ku) vaitta can(ti)vi(ḷa)k(ku) On(ṟum n)āc(ci)yā(r)k(ku) vait(ta) can(tivi)ḷakku (Oṉ)ṟum [|] Ivvi-

⟨2⟩ (ḷa)kkiraṇṭukkum [***********]

Translation by Hultzsch 1899

Hail ! Prosperity ! In the (3)4th year (of the reign) of Kulōttuṅga-Śōḻadēva, Ariyapiḷḷai, who was the consort of Amarābharaṇa-Śīyagaṅga, gave to the god of Tiruvallam one twilight lamp and gave to the goddess one (other) twilight lamp. To these two lamps . . . . . . . . . .

Commentary

⟨2⟩ The remainder of this line is much obliterated.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.62 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 122–123, item 62.

Notes

1. According to an inscription in the Jambukēśvara temple, Ariyapiḷḷai was also the name of the mother of a queen of the Hoysaḷa king Rāmanātha; Ep. Ind. Vol. III. p. 9, note 5.
2. śrīmaṟkuvaḷālapuraparameśvaraṉ kaṅkakuloṟbhavan ciyyakaṅkaṉ Amarābharaṇaṉāṉa tiruvekampamuṭaiyāṉ.
3. tribhuvaṉaccakkaravattikaḷ maturaiyum pāṇṭiya(ṉ) muṭittalai(yu)ṅkoṇṭaru(ḷi)ya ṣrīkulottuṅkacoḻatevaṟku yāṇṭu 2 10 7 Āvatu [10+] Ivvāṇṭai vaikācimāsattup(pa)tiṉoṉṟāntiyatiyum vi(yāḻakiḻa)mai peṟṟa Aṉiḻamumāṉavaṉṟu; “on the day of Anurādhā, which corresponded to a Thursday and to the eleventh day of the month of Vaigāśi in this year.”

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