SII 3.183: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Alternative title: “XV.—INSCRIPTIONS OF PARTHIVENDRAVARMAN OR PARTHIVENDRADHIPATIVARMAN, ‘WHO TOOK THE HEAD OF VIRA-PANDYA.’ No. 183.—ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE SAME TEMPLE. No. 79 of 1898.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: In the 7th year of (the reign of) king Pārthivē[ndrādhipativarman] who took the head of the Pāṇḍya (king), the assembly of [Uttaramēru-cha]turvēdimaṅgalam declared some lands of the temple of Kurukshētra at that village tax-free, on receiving pūrvāchāram from a certain Ammāṭṭi Śiṟṟambalavaṉ of Perumpaṭṭaṉam in Paṭṭaṉa-nāḍu. The temple of Kurukshētra has been already referred to in No. 160 above.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0183.

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⟨1⟩ (svasti śrī) [||] pāṇṭiyaṉaiyt talaiykoṇṭa kopārtthi(v)e [******]
⟨2⟩ [*******] yāṇṭu Eḻāvatu kāliyūrkoṭṭattu taṉ(kū)ṟṟu [****]
⟨3⟩ [*******] turvvetimaṅkalattu peruṅkuṟi sabhaiyom E [*****]
⟨4⟩ ka{ḷ}ḷūr śrī¿g?urukṣetrattu perumāṉaṭikaḷukku nāṅ [********]
⟨5⟩ sabhaiyom paṭṭaṉanāṭṭu perumpaṭṭaṉattu I [******]
⟨6⟩ yāṉa Ammāṭṭi ciṟṟampalavan pakkal pūrvvācāraṅ koṇṭu
⟨7⟩ Iṟaiyiḻicci kuṭutta nilamāvatu vayiramekavatiyiṉ
⟨8⟩ vaṭakku paṉṉiraṇṭāṅ kaṇṇāṟṟu (U)ttarameruvatiyiṉ meṟkku

Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 7th year of (the reign of) king Pārthivē[ndrādhipativarman], who took the head of the Pāṇḍya (king), (this is) [the writing] of us (the members) of the great assembly of [Uttaramēru-cha]turvēdimaṅgalam in its own subdivision in Kāliyūr-kōṭṭam. The following is the land which we (the members) of the assembly gave tax-free to the lord of (the temple of) Kurukshētra of our village after receiving pūrvāchāram from Ammāṭṭi Śiṟṟambalavaṉ . . . . of Perumpaṭṭaṉam in Paṭṭaṉa-nāḍu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . west of (the path called) Uttaramēru-vadi in the twelfth kaṇṇāṟu, north of (the path called) Vayiramēga-vadi . . . . . . . .

Commentary

⟨8⟩ meṟkku. The record stops here.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.183 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 360–361, item 183.

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