SII 3.81: original edition by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch

Alternative title: “VIII.—INSCRIPTIONS OF VIRARAJENDRA I. No. 81.—INSCRIPTION AT TIRUNAMANALLUR.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This incomplete inscription (No. 371 of 1902) is engraved on the north wall of the maṇḍapa in front of the shrine in the Bhaktajanēśvara temple at Tirunāmanallūr in the Tirukoilur (Tirukkōvalūr) tāluka¹ of the South Arcot district. It records an order which Vīrarājēndra I. issued in the 4th year of his reign. As in other inscriptions, Tirunāmanallūr is here called Tirunāvalūr alias Rājādittapuram,² and its Śiva temple Tiruttoṇḍīśvara, which is the Tamil equivalent of the modern name Bhaktajanēśvara.³ The village is stated to have been included in Mēlūr-nāḍu, a subdivision of Tirumuṉaippāḍi, a district of Rājēndra-Chōḷa-vaḷanāḍu, while, according to an inscription of Rājēndra-Chōḷa I., Tirumuṉaippāḍi was a district of Jayaṅgoṇḍa-Chōḷa-maṇḍalam.⁴ The end of the published portion refers to the village of Perumbākkam in Mēlūr-nāḍu, which belonged to the temple and was surnamed Vīrarājēndra-chaturvēdimaṅgalam after the king.⁵ Perumbākkam⁶ is situated 4 miles west-north-west of Tirunāmanallūr.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0081.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] vīrame tuṇaiyākavun=tiy(āka)meyaṇiyākavu(m) ceṅkoloccikkaruṅkali kaṭin=tu kū(ṭal)caṅkamattu (Ā)havamallaṉai Añcuvittu vikkalaṉaiyum (U)ṭ(ai) puṟa(ṅkaṇṭu maṟṟavaṉ māteviy)ār¿e?(ṭu)m vastuvāha⟨na⟩ṅkaiy⟨k⟩koṇṭu vīra¿sigājaṉ?a⟨t⟩tu Ulakamuḻutuṭaiyā{ḷ}ḷoṭum vīṟṟiruntaruḷiya kov¿ā?jakecarivanmarāṉa Uṭaiyār śrīvīrarājentratevark(ku)

⟨2⟩ yāṇṭu 4 Āvatu [||] svasti śrī [||] sakalabhuvanāśra⟨ya⟩ śrīmedinivallabha mahārājādhirāja coḷakulasundara (pā)ṇḍyakulān=taka Āhavamallakulakāla Āha⟨va⟩mallanai mummaṭi ¿mi?ṉ kaṇṭa rājāśraya vīracoḷa ka(ri)kā(la)coḷa śrīvīrarājendradeva rājakesarivanmaperumānaṭikaḷ koneriṉmaikoṇṭāṉ rājendracoḻavaḷanāṭṭuttirumuṉaippāṭi me(lū)rnāṭṭuttirunā(va)lūrāna rājādittapurattu nakaratt¿a?rkku [|] Avvūr tiruttoṇ(ṭī)śvaramu(ṭaiya)

⟨3⟩ mahātevar tevatāṉam Innāṭṭu pe(ru)mpākkam vīrarājentracaruppetimaṅkalattu [**********]

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ vikkalaṉaiyum • Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of clause II. on p. 192 f. above add ciṅkaṇaṉaiyum. — ⟨1⟩ kaiy⟨k⟩koṇṭu • Nos. 5 and 6 add vijaiApiṣekam paṇṇi. — ⟨1⟩ vīrasigājaṉatu • Read siṁhāsanattu. — ⟨1⟩ kovāja • Read kovirāja.

⟨3⟩ vīrarājentracaruppetimaṅkalattu • From here the stones bearing the inscription are out of order.

Translation by Hultzsch 1903

(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! While courage was (his) only help and liberality (his) only ornament, (the king) wielded the sceptre and dispelled the dark Kali (age). (He) terrified Āhavamalla at Kūḍalśaṅgamam, saw the retreating back of (i.e). put to flight) Vikkalaṉ [and Śiṅgaṇaṉ], and seized riches and vehicles⁷ along with his (viz. Āhavamalla's) great queen. In the 4th year of (this) king Rājakēsarivarman alias) the lord Śrī-Vīrarājēndradēva, who was pleased to be seated on the throne of heroes together with (his queen) Ulagamuḻuduḍaiyāḷ.

(L. 2.) Hail ! Prosperity ! Sakalabhuvanāśraya Śrīmēdinivallabha⁸ Mahārājādhirāja Chōḷakula-Sundara Pāṇḍyakulāntaka Āhavamallakula-Kāla Āhava- mallaṉai-mummaḍi-veṉ-kaṇḍa Rājāśraya⁹ Vīra-Chōḷa Karikāla-Chōḷa Śrī-Vīrarājēndradēva Rājakēsarivarman-Perumāṉaḍigaḷ Kōnēriṉmai-koṇḍāṉ¹⁰ (addresses the following order) to the citizens of Tirunāvalūr alias Rājādittapuram in Mēlūr-nāḍu, (a subdivision) of Tirumuṉaippāḍi, (a district) of Rājēndra-Śōḻa-vaḷanāḍu:—. . . . . . . . . . of Perumbākkam (alias) Vīrarājēndra-chaturvēdimaṅgalam in this nāḍu, a dēvadāna of (the god) Mahādēva of the Tiruttoṇḍīśvara (temple) in that village . . . . . . . . . .

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.81 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 197–199, item 81.

Notes

1. No 320 on the Madras Survey Map of this tāluka.
2. Ep. Ind. Vol. VII. p. 133 and note 2.
3. See ibid. p. 132.
4. See ibid. p. 138.
5. Among the fragments of the concluding portion of this inscription occurs the statement that a village, which may be identical with Perumbākkam, received the new name Vīra-Śōḻaṉallūr. This name is evidently derived from Vīra-Chōḷa, one of the titles of Vīrarājēndra I.
6. No. 251 on the Madras Survey Map of the Tirukoilur tāluka.
7. I.e. horses, elephants, camels and chariots.
8. I.e. ‘the asylum of the whole world, the favourite of Fortune and of the Earth.’
9. I.e. ‘the god of Love of the Chōḷa family, the destroyer of the Pāṇḍya family, the god of Death to the family of Āhavamalla, who saw the back of (i.e). who put to flight) Āhavamalla three times, the asylum of kings.’
10. See above, p. 44, note 8.

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<note>Nos. 1, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of clause II. on p. 192 f. above add <foreign>ciṅkaṇaṉaiyum</foreign>.</note>

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<note>Read <foreign>kovirā<hi rend="grantha">ja</hi></foreign>.</note>

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<p>(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! While courage was (<hi rend="italic">his</hi>) only help and liberality (<hi rend="italic">his</hi>) only ornament, (<hi rend="italic">the king</hi>) wielded the sceptre and dispelled the dark Kali (<hi rend="italic">age). (He</hi>) terrified <hi rend="bold">Āhavamalla</hi> at <hi rend="bold">Kūḍalśaṅgamam</hi>, saw the retreating back of (<hi rend="italic">i.e</hi>). put to flight) <hi rend="bold">Vikkalaṉ</hi> [and <hi rend="bold">Śiṅgaṇaṉ</hi>], and seized riches and vehicles<note><hi rend="italic">I.e.</hi> horses, elephants, camels and chariots.</note> along with his (<hi rend="italic">viz.</hi> Āhavamalla's) great queen. In the 4th year of (<hi rend="italic">this</hi>) king <hi rend="bold">Rājakēsarivarman</hi> <hi rend="italic">alias</hi>) the lord <hi rend="bold">Śrī-Vīrarājēndradēva</hi>, who was pleased to be seated on the throne of heroes together with (<hi rend="italic">his queen</hi>) <hi rend="bold">Ulagamuḻuduḍaiyāḷ</hi>.</p>

<p>(L. 2.) Hail ! Prosperity ! <hi rend="bold">Sakalabhuvanāśraya Śrīmēdinivallabha</hi><note><hi rend="italic">I.e.</hi> ‘the asylum of the whole world, the favourite of Fortune and of the Earth.’</note> <hi rend="italic">Mahārājādhirāja</hi> <hi rend="bold">Chōḷakula-Sundara Pāṇḍyakulāntaka Āhavamallakula-Kāla Āhava-</hi> <hi rend="bold">mallaṉai-mummaḍi-veṉ-kaṇḍa Rājāśraya</hi><note><hi rend="italic">I.e.</hi> ‘the god of Love of the Chōḷa family, the destroyer of the Pāṇḍya family, the god of Death to the family of Āhavamalla, who saw the back of (<hi rend="italic">i.e</hi>). who put to flight) Āhavamalla three times, the asylum of kings.’</note> <hi rend="bold">Vīra-Chōḷa Karikāla-Chōḷa Śrī-Vīrarājēndradēva Rājakēsarivarman-Perumāṉaḍigaḷ Kōnēriṉmai-koṇḍāṉ</hi><note>See above, p. 44, note 8.</note> (<hi rend="italic">addresses the following order</hi>) to the citizens of <hi rend="bold">Tirunāvalūr</hi> <hi rend="italic">alias</hi> <hi rend="bold">Rājādittapuram</hi> in <hi rend="bold">Mēlūr-nāḍu</hi>, (<hi rend="italic">a subdivision</hi>) of <hi rend="bold">Tirumuṉaippāḍi</hi>, (<hi rend="italic">a district</hi>) of <hi rend="bold">Rājēndra-Śōḻa-vaḷanāḍu:—</hi>. . . . . . . . . . of <hi rend="bold">Perumbākkam</hi> (<hi rend="italic">alias</hi>) <hi rend="bold">Vīrarājēndra-chaturvēdimaṅgalam</hi> in this <hi rend="italic">nāḍu</hi>, a <hi rend="italic">dēvadāna</hi> of (<hi rend="italic">the god</hi>) Mahādēva of the <hi rend="bold">Tiruttoṇḍīśvara</hi> (<hi rend="italic">temple</hi>) in that village . . . . . . . . . .</p>

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