SII 3.114: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Alternative title: “XII.—INSCRIPTIONS OF RAJAKESARIVARMAN, MADIRAIKONDA RAJAKESARIVARMAN OR GANDARADITYA. No. 114.—ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE DANDISVARA TEMPLE AT VELACHCHERI. No. 315 of 1911.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Madiraikoṇḍa Rājakēsarivarman, in whose 5th year this record is dated, has been identified with Gaṇḍarāditya, the second son of Parāntaka I., on the supposition that he must have inherited the title Madiraikoṇḍa from his father who first bore it and that he should have been the immediate successor of Parāntaka I. on the Chōḷa throne—the eldest son Rājāditya having evidently died during the life-time of Parāntaka¹ .

Language: Tamil (tam) [Tamil (tamil)].

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0114.

File path: SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0114.xml.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] matiraikoṇṭa kovirājakesaripanma⟨rk⟩ku yāṇṭu
⟨2⟩ 5 cāvatu puliyūrkoṭṭa⟨t⟩tu ko⟨ṭ⟩ṭurnāṭṭu veḷi⟨c⟩ceriyāḷuṅka-
⟨3⟩ ṇa(tt)āruḷ (te)nṉūr devakumārakramavi⟨t⟩ta¿n=nivūr? tirutaṇṭiśva-
⟨4⟩ radevarkku candrātittavaṟ Oru (na)ndāviḷa⟨k⟩kerippataṟkku vaitta
⟨5⟩ cāvā muvā perāṭu toṇṇūṟu I¿n?dha⟨r⟩mma⟨M⟩ rakṣi⟨p⟩pā(r pa) nmāheśvarar ||~

Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 5th year of (the reign of) king Rājakēsarivarman who took Madirai (Madura), Dēvakumāra-kramavittaṉ of Teṉṉūr, (one) of the (members of the) administrative assembly (āḷum-gaṇattār) of Veḷichchēri in Kōṭṭūr-nāḍu, (a subdivision) of Puliyūr-kōṭṭam, gave ninety fat sheep, which neither die nor grow old, for burning a lamp as long as the moon and the sun (endure), (in the temple) of the god Tiruttaṇḍīśvara of this village. (The assembly of) all Māhēśvaras shall protect this charity.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.114 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 250–251, item 114.

Notes

1. Madras Epigraphical Report for 1912, Part II, page 64, paragraph 17; the Director-General’s Archaeological Survey Report for 1908-09, page 122.

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