SII 3.101: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Alternative title: “XI.—INSCRIPTIONS OF PARAKESARIVARMAN PARANTAKA I. No. 101.—ON THE EAST WALL OF THE ROCK-CUT SHRINE IN THE MELAIKKOYIL TEMPLE AT KUDUMIYAMALAI; LEFT OF ENTRANCE. No. 347 of 1904.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: The subjoined record refers to two servants of prince Kōdaṇḍa who must be the same as Kōdaṇḍarāma Rājāditya, the eldest son of Parāntaka I¹ . Tirumēṟṟaḷi is the same as Mēlaikkōyil mentioned in the other records from Kuḍumiyāmalai. Kāḍugāḷ which forms part of the name of a woman-servant of Rājāditya (l. 4) occurs in the Tanjore inscriptions as the name of one of the village goddesses.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0101.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] ma(ti)rai ko(ṇ)ṭa koppara(ke)caripaṉmaṟku yāṇṭu 10 5 Ā-
⟨2⟩ vatuku(n)ṟiyūrnāṭṭut tirunalakkuṉṟattu tirumulaṭṭāṉattu peru-
⟨3⟩ māṉaṭikaḷukku piḷḷaiyā⟨r⟩ kotaṇṭa⟨r⟩ maṭaippaḷḷippeṇṭir
⟨4⟩ paṉṟiyūrnāṭṭu maṅkalavācal kuṭiyaṉ kāṭukāḷ non=tāviḷak-
⟨5⟩ koṉṟukku vaitta tuḷaippoṉ Eḻukaḻañcarai piḷḷaiyār kotaṇṭa(r)⟨k⟩ku cān=tamaikki(ṟa) muṉaippāṭi
⟨6⟩ Atiyaraiyamaṅkalattu Ōlaiviraṭṭaṉ tirumeṟ¿t?aḷipperumāṉaṭikaḷukku pakal viḷakkoṉṟu(kku) v¿a?tta tu(ḷai)-
⟨7⟩ ppo(n) 3 <kaḻañcu> [||] paṉmāheśvararirakṣai [||]

Apparatus

⟨6⟩ Ōlaiviraṭṭaṉ • The length of the letter ō is indicated by the symbol for the secondary ā added to it.

⟨7⟩ kaḻañcu • Expressed by the symbol �. What follows this symbol is not intelligible. It looks like vā and may stand for a fraction of a kaḻañju or punctuation.

Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 15th year of (the reign of) king Parakēsarivarman who took Madirai (Madura), Kuḍiyaṉ Kāḍugāḷ of Maṅgalavāśal in Paṉṟiyūrnāḍu, who was one of the female (servants) (attached to) the kitchen (maḍaippaḷḷi) of Prince (piḷḷaiyār) Kōdaṇḍa, gave seven and a half kaḻañju of pure gold (tuḷaippoṉ) for one perpetual lamp to (the temple of) the lord of the Tirumūlaṭṭāṉam (temple) at Tirunalakkuṉṟam in Kuṉṟiyūr-nāḍu. Ōlai Vīraṭṭaṉ of Adiyaraiyamaṅgalam in Muṉaippāḍi, who supplied (sandal) paste² to Prince Kōdaṇḍar, gave 3 (kaḻañju) of pure gold (tuḷaippoṉ) for one lamp to be burnt during day-time (in the temple) of the god of Tirumēṟṟaḷi. (The assembly of) all Māhēśvaras shall protect (this charity).

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.101 by Krishna Sastri 1920 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Krishna Sastri, H. 1920. South-Indian inscriptions. Volume III: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil country. Part III: Inscriptions of Aditya I, Parantaka I, Madiraikonda, Rajakesarivarman, Parantaka II, Uttama-Chola, Parthivendravarman and Aditya-Karikala and the Tiruvalangadu plates of Rajendra-Chola I. South Indian Inscriptions 3.3. Madras: Government Press. Page 234, item 101.

Notes

1. See No. 105 below.
2. The office held by Ōlai Vīraṭṭaṉ under the prince must have been one connected with the toilet of Rājāditya.

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