SII 3.108: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Alternative title: “XI.—INSCRIPTIONS OF PARAKESARIVARMAN PARANTAKA I. No. 108.—ON A SLAB BUILT INTO THE FLOOR OF THE ADHIPURISVARA TEMPLE AT TIRUVORRIYUR. No. 160 of 1912.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: The inscription is dated in the 34th year of king Parakēsarivarman who took Madura and records the gift of 90 sheep for a lamp to the Śiva temple at Tiruvoṟṟiyūr (Ādhipurī), by the chief Māṟaṉ Paramēśvaraṉ alias Śembiyaṉ Śōḻiyavaraiyaṉ of Śiṟukuḷattūr, on his return from conquering Śīṭpuli and destroying Nellūr. The mutilated Sanskrit verse at the beginning gives the king the title Vīrakīrti. This military campaign reveals for the first time the extent to which the sway of the Chōḷa king Parāntaka I. extended on the east coast.1

The name Śīṭpuli is Tamil and means ‘the fierce tiger.’ The corresponding Sanskrit equivalent, if any, must end in the word vyāghra. We do not know of any names of contemporaneous kings of the Telugu country at this period which ended either with vyāghra or puli. In the time of Nandivarman Pallavamalla, however, there was, according to the Udayēndiram plates, a chief named Pṛithivivyāghra whom Udayachandra drove out of the district of Vishṇurāja (i.e., the Eastern Chalukya king Vishṇuvardhana III.). It is not impossible that our Śīṭpuli was a later member of the Nishāda family to which Pṛithivivyāghra belonged.

Palaeographic description: The puḷḷi or virāma is mostly marked in this inscription.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0108.

File path: SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0108.xml.

Version: (f4d92e6), last modified (f4d92e6).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||]

⟨4⟩ [********] ripave

⟨5⟩ śryādhipuryyā � gānānna-

⟨6⟩ vatimadātsa vīrakirttiḥ [||] mati-

⟨7⟩ raikoṇṭa koppara(k)e-

⟨8⟩ sarivarmmaṟku yāṇṭu mu-

⟨9⟩ ppattunālāvatu coḻa-

⟨10⟩ ṉāṭṭu tenkaraiṉāṭṭu p(o)-

⟨11⟩ (y)yi(ṟ)kūṟṟattu ciṟu(ku)-

⟨12⟩ ḷat(tūru)ṭaiyāṉ (m)ā(ṟa)ṉ

⟨13⟩ (pa)rameśvaraṉā(kiya) cem-

⟨14⟩ (pi)yaṉ coḻiyavarai-

⟨15⟩ (yaṉ) cīṭpuliyai yeṟi-

⟨16⟩ ntu nellū{r}raḻittu

⟨17⟩ mīṇṭu potukiṉṟāṉ

⟨18⟩ (tiruvoṟṟi)yūr mahāde-

⟨19⟩ var(kku) Ā(candra)tāramum

⟨20⟩ (ti)runa(ndāviḷa)kke(ri)-

⟨21⟩ (ppataṟku vait)ta c(ā)-

⟨22⟩ (vā) mu(vāpperā)ṭu t(o)-

⟨23⟩ (ṇṇū)ṟṟā(ṟu) [||]

Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

Hail ! Prosperity ! . . . . . . . to (the temple of Śiva), the enemy of . . . at the prosperous (town) Ādhipurī, that Vīrakīrti gave 902 goats. In the 34th year of (the reign of) king Parakēsarivarman who took Madirai (Madura), Māṟaṉ Paramēśvaraṉ alias Śembiyaṉ Śōḻiyavaraiyaṉ, a native of Śirukuḷattūr in Poyyiṟ-kūṟṟam (a district) of Teṉkarai-nāḍu (which was a division) of Śōḻa-nāḍu, while returning (from his campaign) after having struck Śīṭpuli (in battle) and destroyed Nellūr, gave for burning a sacred perpetual lamp to the (god) Mahādēva (Śiva) at Tiruvoṟṟiyūr as long as the moon and stars (last), 96 fat sheep which neither die nor grow old.

Commentary

⟨1–3⟩ Lines 1 to 3 are much worn out.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.108 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 242–243, item 108.

Notes

  1. 1. See Madras Epigraphical Report for 1913, page 94, paragraph 18.

  2. 2. The word navati (90) has been apparently wrongly used to specify the number of goats, which according to the Tamil portion were 96.