SII 3.77: original edition by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch

Alternative title: “VI.—INSCRIPTIONS OF KULOTTUNGA-CHOLA I. No. 77.—INSCRIPTION AT KAVANTANDALAM.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: In chronological order this inscription follows immediately after No. 67 above, and No. 78 after No. 68 above. It was found impossible to insert them in their proper places, because Nos. 64 to 76 had been already set up in pages when Nos. 77 and 78 were copied. Besides these two records, the following inscriptions commencing with pukaḻmātu viḷaṅka were copied in 1901, in addition to those noted under clause VIII. on page 126 above:—

30. 36th year: Teṉṉēri, No. 195 of 1901.
31. 41st year: do. No. 197 of 1901.
32. 42nd year: Achcharapākkam, No. 254 of 1901.
33. 43rd year: do. No. 259 of 1901.
34. 49th year: do. No. 256 of 1901.

The subjoined inscription (No. 206 of 1901) is engraved on the south wall of the Lakshmīnārāyaṇa temple at Kāvāntaṇḍalam. The same temple contains three earlier inscriptions (Nos. 207 to 209 of 1901), according to which it was built in the time of the Gaṅga-Pallava king Kampavarman¹ by a certain Mānasarpa from Kuḷaṉūr² in Vēṅgai-nāḍu.

The inscription, which is incomplete, is dated in the 4th year of the reign of Rājēndra-Chōḷa II., but omits the reference to his queen which occurs in the Sōmaṅgalam inscription of the 3rd year (No. 67 above). It records the proceedings of a meeting of the assembly of Kāyvāṉtaṇḍalam (l. 3) in Tamaṉūr-nāḍu, a subdivision of the district of Ūṟṟukkāṭṭu-kōṭṭam Kāvāntaṇḍalam, Tamaṉūr³ and Ūṟṟukkāḍu⁴ are all included in the modern Conjeeveram tāluka.⁵

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

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] tiru ma(ṉni) viḷaṅka I(ru)kuvaṭaṉaiya taṉ toḷum vāḷuṉtu(ṇai)yenakkeḻalar vañcaṉai kaṭa(n=tu vayi) rākarattukku(ñ)carakkuḻām pala vāri Aiñcalic(ca)kkarakoṭṭattārāvaraicaṉaittikku nikaḻattiṟai koṇṭaruḷi Arukkanutaiyatta(r)¿ai?cai(yi)lirukku(m) kamalamaṉaiya ni(la)makaṭaṉṉai muṉn¿āḷ? kuḷitta⟨va⟩¿ṉ?nā¿ṉ? tirumālā¿k?ikkeḻalākiyeṭut(ta)⟨ṉ⟩(ṉa) yātuñcaliyā vakaiyiniteṭuttu taṉ kuṭai-

⟨2⟩ niḻalil I(ṉ)puṟaviruttittikir{t}iyum puli(yu)ṉticaitoṟunaṭāttippukaḻu(n=ta)rumamum puvitoṟuniṟutti vīramuṉtiyākamumānamuṅkaruṇaiyum Urimaiccuṟṟa{mu}mākappiriyātta⟨la⟩nikaḻa ja⟨ya⟩mu⟨m⟩ tānum vīṟṟiru(ntu kulamaṇi)makuṭamuṟaimai(yi)ṟcū{ṭ}ṭi taṉ ka(ḻa)l tarātivar cūṭacceṅkol nāvalampuvi(t)oṟuna⟨ṭā⟩tti(ya) kovirājakecarivatmarāṉa Uṭaiyār śrī(r)ājendracoḻadevaṟkku yāṇṭu 4 Āvatu jayaṅ-

⟨3⟩ koṇṭacoḻamaṇṭala(ttu Ūṟ)ṟukkāṭṭukkoṭṭat(tu) tamanūrnāṭṭu brahmate(yaṅ)kāyvāṉtaṇṭalamākiya ca(tur)vvetimaṅkalattu mahāsabhaiyom Ivvāṭṭai ¿m?ṛścikanāyaṟṟu pūrvvapakṣattu ṣaṣ¿ṭ?iyu¿t?tiruvoṇamum peṟṟa vi(y)āḻakkiḻamai nā(ṉ)ṟu namm¿u?r naṭu(vil) śrīkoyil vīṟṟi(ru)¿t?tā(ḻ)vār (ti)rumu(ṟṟa)tte Atikāri(ka)ḷ coḻamūve⟨n⟩(t)taveḷā{r}ru(m) naṭan=tirukkakkūṭṭakkuṟaivaṟakkūṭiyi(ru)-

⟨4⟩ (n)tu (paṇi)ppa paṇiyāṟpaṇi{y}(tta) E(ḻuttu) [|] Ik[.]e [*********] pu Uḷḷārum nāṅkaḷum celut⟨ta⟩ m¿a?ṭṭātu kiṭaṉtamaiyil mah(ā)sabhaiyom kaṭavomāna (cittirai tiruvoṇat)tiruviḻ¿a? [**********]

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ keḻalar • See above, p. 135, note 1 [[No. 64 reads kkeḷalar vañcaṉai.]]. Kēḻalar would mean ‘he of the boar(-crest),’ i.e. the (Eastern) Chālukya (Vijayāditya VII.); see p. 128 above. — ⟨1⟩ (Aiñcalic) • See above, p. 135, note 2 [[No. 64 reads yeñcalil. Probably the reading intended in the present inscription is the same as in No. 67: Añcalil cakkarakoṭṭattu, ‘at Śakkarakōṭṭam (whose inhabitants were) fearless.’]].

Translation by Hultzsch 1903

(Line 2.) Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 4th year (of the reign) of king Rājakēsarivarman, alias the lord Śrī-Rājēndra-Śōḻadēva, who etc.⁶ —we, the great assembly of Kāyvāṉtaṇḍalam, alias Chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a brahmadēya in Tamaṉūr-nāḍu, (a subdivision) of Ūṟṟukkāṭṭu-kōṭṭam, (a district) of Jayaṅgoṇḍa-Śōḻa-maṇḍalam, being assembled, without a vacancy in the assembly,⁷ in the court (muṟṟam) of the sacred temple of Vīṟṟirund-Āḻvār in the middle of our village on a Thursday which corresponded to (the day of) Tiruvōṇam (Śravaṇa) and to the sixth tithi of the first fortnight of the month of Vṛiśchika in this year,⁸ ordered (the following) writing, while the magistrate (adhikāṛin) Śōḻa-Mūvēndavēḷār⁹ also was walking about.

(L. 4.) Whereas . . . . . . . . . . and ourselves had been unable to pay . . . . . . . . . . which was due from us, the great assembly, [at] the festivals (on the days) of Śittirai (and) Tiruvōṇam . . . . . . . . . .

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.77 by Hultzsch 1903 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1903. South-Indian inscriptions. Volume III: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil country. Part II: Inscriptions of Virarajendra I., Kulottunga-chola I., Vikrama-chola and Kulottunga III. South Indian Inscriptions 3.2. Madras: Government Press. Pages 172–173, item 77.

Notes

1. See page 8 above.
2. This is evidently another form of Kuḷam or Kolanu, the modern Ellore; see above, Vol. II. p. 308.
3. See above, Vol. I. p. 180 and note 1.
4. See ibid. p. 181 and note 1; Vol. II. p. 345; Vol. III. p. 118 and note 2.
5. Nos. 404, 395 and 112 of the Madras Survey Map.
6. The historical introduction of this inscription is the same as in No. 64.
7. See above, p. 57, note 8 [[I.e. ‘all members being present.’]].
8. This date regularly corresponds to Thursday, the 7th November A.D. 1073. See the continuation of Professor Kielhorn's paper on “Dates of Chōḷa kings,” which will appear in Ep. Ind. Vol. VII., date No. 56.
9. This seems to have been an officer delegated to attend the meeting of the assembly.

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<p>(Line 2.) Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 4th year (<hi rend="italic">of the reign</hi>) of king <hi rend="bold">Rājakēsarivarman</hi>, <hi rend="italic">alias</hi> the lord <hi rend="bold">Śrī-Rājēndra-Śōḻadēva</hi>, who <hi rend="italic">etc</hi>.<note>The historical introduction of this inscription is the same as in No. <ref target="DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0064">64</ref>.</note> —we, the great assembly of <hi rend="bold">Kāyvāṉtaṇḍalam</hi>, <hi rend="italic">alias</hi> <hi rend="bold">Chaturvēdimaṅgalam</hi>, a <hi rend="italic">brahmadēya</hi> in <hi rend="bold">Tamaṉūr-nāḍu</hi>, (<hi rend="italic">a subdivision</hi>) of <hi rend="bold">Ūṟṟukkāṭṭu-kōṭṭam</hi>, (<hi rend="italic">a district</hi>) of <hi rend="bold">Jayaṅgoṇḍa-Śōḻa-maṇḍalam</hi>, being assembled, without a vacancy in the assembly,<note>See above, p. 57, note 8 [[<hi rend="italic">I.e.</hi> ‘all members being present.’]].</note> in the court (<hi rend="italic">muṟṟam</hi>) of the sacred temple of <hi rend="bold">Vīṟṟirund-Āḻvār</hi> in the middle of our village on a Thursday which corresponded to (<hi rend="italic">the day of</hi>) Tiruvōṇam (Śravaṇa) and to the sixth <hi rend="italic">tithi</hi> of the first fortnight of the month of Vṛiśchika in this year,<note>This date regularly corresponds to Thursday, the 7th November A.D. 1073. See the continuation of Professor Kielhorn's paper on “Dates of Chōḷa kings,” which will appear in <hi rend="italic">Ep. Ind</hi>. Vol. VII., date No. 56.</note> ordered (<hi rend="italic">the following</hi>) writing, while the magistrate (<hi rend="italic">adhikāṛin</hi>) <hi rend="bold">Śōḻa-Mūvēndavēḷār</hi><note>This seems to have been an officer delegated to attend the meeting of the assembly.</note> also was walking about.</p>

<p>(L. 4.) Whereas . . . . . . . . . . and ourselves had been unable to pay . . . . . . . . . . which was due from us, the great assembly, [at] the festivals (<hi rend="italic">on the days</hi>) of Śittirai (<hi rend="italic">and</hi>) Tiruvōṇam . . . . . . . . . .</p>

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