SII 3.145: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Alternative title: “XIV.—INSCRIPTIONS OF PARAKESARIVARMAN UTTAMA-CHOLA. No. 145.—ON A PILLAR LYING TO THE SOUTH OF THE TANK IN FRONT OF THE ADHIPURISVARA TEMPLE AT TIRUVORRIYUR. No. 245 of 1912.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This inscription is dated in the 16th year of Parakēsarivarman Uttama-Chōḷa. It refers to a scrutiny of accounts of the temple of Tiruvoṟṟiyūr made in this year and registers the assignment of a gold salver to the temple by the headman of Eḻinūr in Puṟaṅgarambai-nāḍu. The district in which Puṟaṅgarambai-nāḍu was situated is not given; but we know from other records that it was in Arumoḻidēva-vaḷanāḍu also called Teṉ Kaḍuvāy¹. The village of Eḻinūr mentioned in the record may be identified with Eḻalūr in the Tirutturaippūṇḍi taluk of the Tanjore district.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0145.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] śrīUttamacoḻatevarāṉa koppara-
⟨2⟩ keśaripanmaṟkku yāṇṭu patiṉāṟāvatu tiruvo-
⟨3⟩ ṟṟiyūr Āḷvār śrīkāryyamārāykinṟa coḻaṇā-
⟨4⟩ ṭṭup puṟaṅ(ka)rampaināṭṭu Eḻi(ṉū)r kiḻavaṉ nanti(cu)ra{ṉ}ṉāṉa pa(ra)-
⟨5⟩ kesariviḻupparaiyaṉ devarā(yamey) kūṭṭi cantrātittavaṟ Āḻvār-
⟨6⟩ kkamutuceyya Iṭṭa poṉṉiṉ kuḻittaṭṭu Oṉṟiṉāl niṟai paṇṭā(ra)-
⟨7⟩ kkallāṟ tuḷainiṟai Eṇṇūṟ(ṟeṇ)pa(t)teṇkaḻa(ñ)cu [|] Itaṉuḷ (va)ḷa-
⟨8⟩ ñciyar cīyan puṟava(ri)ṉirañ(ca)ṉan kāḷattukku māṇikkaceṭṭikkumāka
⟨9⟩ Ut(tam)āgram Iraṇṭu ka(la)ttiṉukku [****] ḷi vaitta pon tuḷai-
⟨10⟩ niṟai (nāṟ)patiṉ kaḻañ(cu) [||]

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī • There is a gap between this and the next letter which must have contained a punctuation.

⟨2⟩ patiṉāṟāvatu • The length of ṟā in patiṉāṟāvatu is denoted by a separate symbol.

⟨9⟩ ka(la)ttiṉukku [4+] ḷi • The gap may be filled up with the syllables kuḻitta.

Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 16th year of (the reign of) the glorious Uttama-Chōḷadēva alias king Parakēsarivarman, Nandīśuran alias Parakēsari-Viḻupparaiyaṉ, the headman of Eḻinūr, (a village) in Puṟaṅgarambai-nāḍu (which was a subdivision) of Śōḻa-nāḍu, who scrutinises the sacred business of the god (āḷvār) at Tiruvoṟṟiyūr, assigned, after adding up the king’s income, one gold salver with pits, weighing eight hundred and eighty-eight kaḻañju marked and pure (as tested by) the stone (-weight) of the treasury (paṇḍārakkal), for offering food to the god, as long as the moon and the sun (endure). In this (are included) the forty kaḻañju of marked and pure gold deposited by Śīyaṉ Puravariṉirañjaṉaṉ, (one of the) Vaḷañjiyar, for offering two dishes of superior food (uttamāgram), (in order to secure merit) for Kāḷaṉ² and Māṇikkaśeṭṭi.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.145 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 295, item 145.

Notes

1. See above, Vol. II, Introduction, pages 21-22.
2. Kālattukku apparently stands here for Kāḷaṉukku.

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