SII 3.190: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Alternative title: “XV.—INSCRIPTIONS OF PARTHIVENDRAVARMAN OR PARTHIVENDRADHIPATIVARMAN, ‘WHO TOOK THE HEAD OF VIRA-PANDYA.’ No. 190.—ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE JALANATHESVARA TEMPLE AT TAKKOLAM. No. 13 of 1897.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This record belongs to the 10th year of Pārthivēndrādhi[pati]varman and registers a gift of 92 kaḻañju of gold for providing paddy for sacred offerings to the image of Kaligai-viṭaṅka in the temple of Tiruvūṟaldēva, by the donor mentioned in No. 184 above. The gold was received by the assembly of Rājamārttāṇḍachaturvēdimaṅgalam, a hamlet of Tiruvūṟalpuram (i.e., Takkōlam) in Maṇaiyir-kōṭṭam and fetched an interest of 92 kāḍi of paddy per year.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0190.

File path: SII03/DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0190.xml.

Version: (83049dc), last modified (486a045).

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⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [||]

⟨2⟩ koppā⟨r⟩tti-

⟨3⟩ ventrādhipa⟨pati⟩nmaṟk=ku yā-

⟨4⟩ ṇṭu pattāvatu maṇaiyiṟkoṭṭa-

⟨5⟩ ⟨t⟩tu tiruvūṟalpuṟattu taṉkū{ṟ}ṟṟi⟨rā⟩-

⟨6⟩ jamā⟨r⟩ttāṇṭacatu-

⟨7⟩ rvvetimaṅkalattu sa-

⟨8⟩ bhaiyom tiruvūṟal

⟨9⟩ tevaṉār makaḷ nan=ti-

⟨10⟩ (ri)naṅkai makaḷ kumaraṭinaṅ(k)ai

⟨11⟩ pak=k¿u?l yāṅkaḷ koṇṭu kaṭa(va) poṉ dha-

⟨12⟩ rmmakaṭṭaḷai Eṭarpuram t(o)ṇṇūṟṟiru-

⟨13⟩ kaḻañcu Ippoṉ toṇṇūṟṟirukaḻa-

⟨14⟩ ñcuk=ku Ik=kumaraṭinaṅkai tiruvūṟal teva(r)-

⟨15⟩ k=ku Iraṇaciṅkavirar paḷḷikaṭṭil maṇṭa-

⟨16⟩ pattuḷḷeḻun=taruḷuvitta kalikaiviṭaṅ(ka)-

⟨17⟩ (r)k=ku candrādittavarai tiruvamurtuk=ku tiru-

⟨18⟩ vūṟaldevark=ku nāṅkaḷ kaṭava tiruc ceṉna-

⟨19⟩ ṭai nellaḷak=kum pañcavāram Aḷak=kum

⟨20⟩ mara⟨k⟩kāl kavarāmoḻiyāl toṇ(ṇū)-

⟨21⟩ ṟṟu Iru kāṭi nellu tiruvūṟal devark=ku

⟨22⟩ tirucceṉṉaṭai Aḷak=kum parice muṉṟu

⟨23⟩ kūṟāka tirucce⟨ṉ⟩ṉaṭaiyoṭeṟṟi Innel t(o)-

⟨24⟩ ṇṇūṟṟiru kāṭiy¿ū?m Āṇṭuvarai muṭṭāmai

⟨25⟩ (E)ṅkaḷūrilē candrādittavaṟ Aḷappomānom rājamā⟨r⟩ttāṇṭaśaturvvetima-

⟨26⟩ ṅkalattu sabhaiyom Ippaṭi poṉ kuṭuttu

⟨27⟩ kalikaiviṭaṅkark=ku tiruvamurtu Iraṇṭinu-

⟨28⟩ k=ku Ittoṇṇūṟṟiru kāṭi nel kavarāmoḻi-

⟨29⟩ yāllaḷa⟨p⟩patāka vaitteṉ nantirinaṅ-

⟨30⟩ kai makaḷ kumaraṭinaṅkaiyeṉ Itdharmmamirakṣippār śrī

⟨31⟩ pādam Eṉ talaimeliṉ [||]

Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 10th year (of the reign) of king Pārthivēndrādhivarman, we (the members) of the assembly of Rājamārttāṇḍachaturvēdimaṅgalam, (a village) in its (own) subdivision in Tiruvūṟalpuram of Maṇaiyir-kōṭṭam, have received from Kumaraḍi-Naṅgai, daughter of Nandiri-Naṅgai, who is the daughter of Dēvaṉār of Tiruvūṟal,1 ninety-two kaḻañju of gold weighed by the standard weight (dharmakaṭṭaḷai-eḍarpuram)2. For these ninety-two kaḻañju of gold we (the members) of the assembly of Rājamārttāṇḍachaturvēdimaṅgalam agreed to measure every year without failure, in our village, as long as the moon and the sun (last), ninety-two kāḍi of paddy (measured) by the marakkāl (called) kavarāmoḻi by which the paddy for the sacred daily expenses (tirucceṉṉaṭai) and the (paddy of) pañchavāram due from us to Tiruvūṟal-dēva, are measured, adding it to the sacred (paddy) for current daily expenses and (dividing it) into three parts3 in the manner in which (paddy) for the current sacred daily expenses of Tiruvūṟal-dēva is done, for sacred offerings as long as the moon and the sun (last), to (the image of) Kaligai-Viṭaṅkar set up in the sleeping hall (called) Raṇaśiṅgavīrar within (the temple of) Tiruvūṟal-dēva, by this Kumaraḍi-Naṅgai.

(L. 26.) I, Kumaraḍi-Naṅgai, daughter of Nandiri-Naṅgai, endowed gold in this manner, stipulating that these ninety-two kāḍi of paddy be measured by (the measure called) kavarāmoḻi for (providing) two sacred offerings to Kaligai-Viṭaṅkar. The sacred feet of those who protect this charity (shall) be on my head.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.190 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 366–367, item 190.

Notes

  1. 1. It is possible also to interpret Tiruvūṟal-Dēvaṉār as the god at Tiruvūṟal, in which case ‘his daughter’ would mean a servant woman in the temple of Tiruvūṟal-dēva.

  2. 2. Perhaps eḍarpuram here and in No. 180 above has to be explained as iḍaiyāl; see page 357 above, footnote 1; cf. also dhanmakaṭṭaḷai-kal in South-Indian Inscriptions, Vol. I, No. 146, text line 3.

  3. 3. Evidently the paddy in question was measured out in three different instalments as in the case of the tiruchcheṉṉaḍai-nel.