SII 3.135: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Alternative title: “XIV.—INSCRIPTIONS OF PARAKESARIVARMAN UTTAMA-CHOLA. No. 135.—ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE UJJIVANATHASVAMIN TEMPLE AT UYYAKKONDAN-TIRUMALAI. No. 456 of 1908.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This inscription is built in at the right end by a modern structure raised in front of the Dakshiṇāmūrti shrine. Its importance consists in the Śaka and Kaliyuga dates which it supplies and thereby fixes the period of Uttama-Chōḷa’s rule.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0135.

File path: SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0135.xml.

Version: 2026-02-03 16:20 (df30148), last modified 2026-02-01 18:36 (b14916e).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] śakarayā(ṇ)ṭu 9 100 1 (ka)liyugavarṣa(M) 4 1000 (8) 10 śrīUttamacoḻadevarāṉa kopparakesa [**********]

⟨2⟩ ṭaikkā⟨y⟩ Irupatum Ilaiyamitu Eṇpatum koṇṭu peruntiruvami(tu) ceytaruḷavum [.]e [********]

⟨3⟩ śrī kaṇṭaṉavinācakaṉum tampiyum nilattu(kku va)ṭakku melpālkkellai viṟṟāṉ nilattu [***********]

Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

Hail ! Prosperity ! The Śaka year 901 (corresponding to the) Kaliyuga year 4080. The glorious Uttama-Chōḷadēva alias king Parakēsa[rivarman] . . . . . . . . shall be pleased to receive the big sacred offering . . . . . . . . with twenty areca-nuts and eighty betel leaves . . . . . . . . . . to the north of the land (belonging to) Śrīkaṇḍaṉ Avināśagaṉ and (his) younger brother. The western boundary . . . . . . . . the land (belonging to) the seller.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.135 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 282, item 135.

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