SII 3.104: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Alternative title: “XI.—INSCRIPTIONS OF PARAKESARIVARMAN PARANTAKA I. No. 104.—ON THE SAME SLAB. No. 170 of 1912.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This is a record of Parāntaka I. of his 30th year, which mentions a grant by prince (piḷḷaiyār) Arindigai or Arindigai-Perumāṉār, one of the sons of Śōḻa-Perumāṉaḍigaḷ (i.e., Parāntaka I.). The Tiruvālaṅgāḍu plates call this prince Arindama and elsewhere we find the forms Ariñjigai, Ariṁjaya, and Arikulakēsariyār. The term nishka which occurs in the Sanskrit portion of the grant corresponds to kaḻañju of the Tamil portion, as in No. 103 above. According to Monier Williams' Sanskrit-English Dictionary, nishka is a coin varying in value at different times; but kaḻañju in Tamil has invariably represented a particular weight of gold bullion (= about 80 grains).

Palaeographic description: The puḷḷi or virāma is marked in this inscription in two or three cases.

Languages: Sanskrit (san) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)], Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0104.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] śrīmān· coḷan¿ra?pātmajā⟨ḥ⟩ paṭumati
⟨2⟩ śśrīvallabho vairiṇām kālaśśilaguṇairu-
⟨3⟩ petamahimāṟin=tikai nāmādiś{v}at{a} [|] Ādhigr(ā)ma
⟨4⟩ ni(v)āsine purajite dīpasya dīptyai sadā triṃśanniṣkami-
⟨5⟩ taṁ hiraṇyama⟨pa⟩randaṇḍañca lauhammahat· ||~ mati-
⟨6⟩ raikoṇṭa kopparakecaripa(dma)ṟku yāṇṭu muppatāva-
⟨7⟩ (tu ti)ruvoṟṟi(yū)r mahādeva(ṟku) coḻapperumāṉaṭi-
⟨8⟩ kaḷ tirumakaṉār piḷḷaiyāraṟin=tikaiperumāṉār Ā(ca)-
⟨9⟩ ntratāramum nandāvi(ḷa)kkerippataṟku Āliṉāṭṭiṟ cā-
⟨10⟩ tapattūruṭaiyāṉ cen=taṉ [**] tiyappaṉ kaṇ-
⟨11⟩ kāṇiyāl vait(ta poṉṉū)ṟkaṟcemmai muppa(ti)-
⟨12⟩ ṉ kaḻañcu [|]

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ paṭumati • The syllable pa is Tamil in the original.

⟨3⟩ nāmādiśvata • Read nāmādiśat·. The metre would not be correct unless ṟin=tikai is changed into something like ṟin=tika or ṟiñciṃga.

⟨4⟩ sadā • The syllables sadā are inscribed in the original after the following letter tri.

Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! The illustrious son of the Chōḷa king, named Aṟindigai, who possessed keen intelligence, who was the beloved (of the goddess) of wealth, who was (the god of) death to (his) enemies and whose greatness was accompanied by virtuous character and good qualities, gave 30 nishkas of gold by weight to the god, the Conqueror of (the demon) Pura, who resides in Ādhigrāma, for a lamp to be burnt always and also gave a big metallic lamp-stand.

(L. 6.) In the 30th year of (the reign of) king Parakēsarivarman who took Madirai (Madura), prince (piḷḷaiyār) Arindigai-Perumāṉār, the illustrious son of Śōḻa-Perumāṉaḍigaḷ (i.e., Parāntaka I.) gave to (the temple of) Mahādēva (Śiva) at Tiruvoṟṟiyūr thirty kaḻañju of pure gold tested by the stone of the village for burning (one) perpetual lamp, as long as the moon and the stars (last) under the supervision of Śēndaṉ . . . . diyappaṉ, a resident of . . . Śātapattūr in Āli-nāḍu.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.104 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. Pages 236–237, item 104.

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