SII 3.191: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri

Alternative title: “XV.—INSCRIPTIONS OF PARTHIVENDRAVARMAN OR PARTHIVENDRADHIPATIVARMAN, ‘WHO TOOK THE HEAD OF VIRA-PANDYA.’No. 191.—ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE SELLIYAMMAN TEMPLE AT VELICHCHERI. No. 316 of 1911.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This document records that the assembly of Veḷichchēri exempted taxes on a land granted for the sacred daily offering to the Saptamātṛis¹ of this village, by a native of [Ma]ḻa-nāḍu in Śōḻa-nāḍu. The worship of the Seven Mothers and the designation of the priests who called themselves Mātṛiśivas deserve special attention.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0191.

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] koppārtthivendrādhipativa⟨r⟩mmaṟku yāṇṭu pattāvatu puliyū-
⟨2⟩ rkoṭṭattu veḷicce(ri) mahāsabhaiyom Emmuri⟨l⟩ saptamātṛkkaḷu-
⟨3⟩ kkuc coḻanāṭṭu (ma)ḻanāṭṭut tiruveṭpūrt tiruveṭ(p)pūruṭaiyāṉ tevaṭi-
⟨4⟩ kaḷ Ācandrakālamu⟨m⟩ niccaṟpaṭi vaitta tiruvamirtu Oṉṟu Itaṉukku Iva-
⟨5⟩ ṉ vilaikoṇṭu v(ai)tta bhūmi Ivvūrt te(ṉ)kaḻaṉip pūtipākkaṉ-
⟨6⟩ ceṟu(vu ta)ṭi nāliṉālu⟨m⟩ (ni)⟨lam⟩ yiri(ṉi)ṟṟukkuḻi Iraṇṭeṟṟik kuḻi Aiññūṟṟu-
⟨7⟩ muppattoṉṟaraiye (A)r¿a?k(kā)ṇiyālum Epperppaṭṭa Iṟaiyum
⟨8⟩ Oḻiyappaṇittu Iṟai Iḻiccik kuṭuttom mahāsabhaiyom
⟨9⟩ Ibhūmi nāṅkaḷe koṇṭu nicatam Oru tiruvamirtu ceyvikka⟨k⟩kaṭavom Iśrīko-
⟨10⟩ yiluṭaiya mā(tṛ)śiva(r)om kaṭaikkūṭṭi veṭṭuviccār k¿a?ḷiyapaṭṭar[||]

Apparatus

⟨6⟩ yiri(ṉi)ṟṟukkuḻi • Read Irunūṟṟukkuḻi.

Translation by Krishna Sastri 1920

Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 10th year of (the reign of) king Pārthivēndrādhipativarman, we (the members) of the big assembly of Veḷichchēri in Puliyūrkōṭṭam (wrote this):—Tiruveṭpūr-uḍaiyāṉ Tēvaḍigaḷ of Tiruveṭpūr in [Ma]ḻa-nāḍu, (a subdivision) of Śōḻa-nāḍu provided for one sacred offering each day (to continue) as long as the moon to the Saptamātṛis of our village. For this he purchased and gave two hundred kuḻi of land which comprised four taḍis (and was called) Pūdipākkaṉśeruvu, a paddy field on the southern side of this village and (also) land (kuḻi) (measuring) five hundred and thirty-one and a half and half kāṇi in (the field called) Iraṇḍēṟṟi. We (the members) of the big assembly ordered the exemption of all taxes (on these lands) and made (them) tax-free. We the Mātṛiśivas who own this sacred temple (śrīkōil) shall ourselves take possession of these lands and shall offer one sacred offering daily (to the goddesses). Kāḷiya-bhaṭṭar having effected this (transaction) had it engraved (on stone).

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 3.191 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 367–368, item 191.

Notes

1. See South-Indian Gods and Goddesses, page 190.

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