SII 3.129: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Alternative title: “XIV.—INSCRIPTIONS OF PARAKESARIVARMAN UTTAMA-CHOLA. No. 129.—ON THE WEST AND SOUTH WALLS OF THE NAGESVARASVAMIN TEMPLE AT KUMBAKONAM. No. 245 of 1911.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This inscription is dated in the 4th year of Parakēsarivarman and registers the gift of a lamp to the temple of Tirukkīḷ-kōṭṭam at Tirukkuḍamūkkil (i.e., the Nāgēsvara temple at Kumbhakōṇam). The astronomical details given in the record were verified by Diwan Bahadur L. D. Swamikkannu Pillai and found to be correct for Madhurāntaka Uttama-Chōḷa, the uncle of Rājarāja I. The date corresponds to Thursday, the 22nd April A. D. 975¹ .

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0129.

File path: SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0129.xml.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ kopparakeśaripatmaṟkku yāṇṭu 4 Āvatu vaṭakaraippā-

⟨2⟩ mpūrnāṭṭut tevatānam [**********]

⟨3⟩ meṣanāyaṟṟu viyāḻakkiḻamaiyum navamiyum peṟṟa makattaṉṟu tirukkuṭamukkil mulaparuṭaip perumakkaḷom

⟨4⟩ Aṟivāḷaṉaḻittā [******] kaṇkaṇṭā [******] ykkoḷaril kāri koḻampa¿ṇ?ai ccārttit tirukkiḻkkoṭṭattu paramasvāmikku vaiytta tirunontāviḷakku Oṉṟiṉukku [*********] viṟṟukkuṭutta nilamāvatu

Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

In the 4th year of (the reign of) king Parakēsarivarman, on the day of Makhā which corresponded to a Thursday and to the ninth tithi of the month of Mēsha, we the great men of the chief assembly (mūlaparuḍai) of Tirukkuḍamūkkil . . . . . which was a dēvadāna in Pāmbūr-nāḍu on the northern bank (of the Kāvērī), sold the following land . . . . . on account of one sacred perpetual lamp which was placed for the great god (paramasvāmin) at Tirukkīḻ-kōṭṭam on behalf of Kāri Koḻambaṉ, one of the [Kai]kkōḷas . . . . .

Commentary

⟨4⟩ nilamāvatu. The inscription stops here.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.129 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 276, item 129.

Notes

1. Vide Madras Epigraphical Report for 1912, page 65, paragraph 20.

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