SII 12.126: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Alternative title: “No. 126. (A.R. No. 182 of 1919). TRIBHUVANI, PONDICHERRY, FRENCH INDIA. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE VARADARĀJA-PERUMĀḶ TEMPLE.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This inscription records in Tamil and Sanskrit the benefactions of the chief Sakalabhuvanachakravartti Kāḍavaṉ Avaṉiāḷappiṟandāṉ Kōpperuñjiṅga. He is called Bhūpālanōdbhava,¹ Kāṭhakavaṁśa-mauktika-maṇi and the conqueror of the Āndhra and the Karṇāṭa kings. The record states that the chief constructed a temple for Hēramba-Gaṇapati on the banks of the tank at Tribhuvanamādēvī and that he repaired the embankments, sluices and irrigation channels of the tank which had breached in several places.

Since the inscription refers to the conquest of the Chōḷa (country), Madhyamamahī (i.e., Naḍu-nāḍu) and Tuṇḍiradēśa (i.e. Toṇḍai-maṇḍalam) by the chief, he may be identified with Kōpperuñjiṅga I.

Hēramba-Gaṇapati is generally represented with five elephant heads, 10 arms and as riding on a lion. [An early sculpture of this deity is found in a rock-cut temple at Tirupparaṅkuṉṟam near Madura-Ed.]

Languages: Sanskrit (san), Tamil (tam).

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⟨1⟩ ௳ svasti śrī ◯~ cakalapuvaṉaccakkaravatti kāṭavaṉ Avaṉiāḷappiṟantāṉ kopperuñciṅkaṉ
⟨2⟩ tiripuvaṉamātevi Erikarai pala Iṭaṅkaḷilum Uṭaintu Eriyum tukuntu matakukaḷum muṟin-
⟨3⟩ tu kaliṅkukaḷum Aḻintukiṭakkayil Uṭainta maṭaikaḷum Aṭaittu Eriyum kalli karaiyu-
⟨4⟩ m kaṟkaṭṭi matakukaḷu maṭṭu⟨vi⟩ttu kaliṅkukaḷum ceytapaṭi ௳ grāmarājataṭākasya tīrē hēraMbadantinaḥ śilā-
⟨5⟩ bhirakarōścālāṁ rājā bhūpālanōTbhavaḥ~ tribhuvanamahādēvīgrāmē taṭāka manēkataśśithilitataṭaṁ rājā bhūlōka-
⟨6⟩ pālanasaMbhavaḥ phaṇipatiphaṇaśrēṇimā(ṇi)k·kadarśamakhānayaT suvihitataṭā bhōgaM bhū(ya)stamēnamakalpayaT ௳ rājā kāṭhakavaṁśa-
⟨7⟩ mauktikamaṇi rbhūlōkarakṣōTbhavō vittairnnirjjita cōḷamaddhyammahītuṇḍiradē śāhṛtaiḥ grāmēsmin· samabandhayaT girita-
⟨8⟩ ṭāsphāraiśśilāpaṭaṭakai ssētuṁ rāmaḷavāparō jalanidhau kūlantaṭākōtta mē ௳ khaḍgakēḷivijitānnḍrakarṇaṭō bhūpa-
⟨9⟩ tirddharaṇipālanōTbhavaḥ grāvabandhanadṛḍhānakalpayadvārinirggamapathāN jalāśayē ௳ pravarttayannēva diganta bhittikūlaṁka-
⟨10⟩ ṣān· kīrttinadīpravāhān· bhūbhōgajātaḥ parivāhabandham vyadhāt· śilāstaMbhaśa taistaṭākē ௳ svasti śrīḥ ௳

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.126 by Venkatasubba Ayyar 1943 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. 1943. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Page 63, item 126.

Notes

1. This surname is also assumed by Nīlagaṅgaraiyar, an officer under Kōpperuñjiṅga (A.R. No. 41 of 1893 and Ep. Ind. Vol. VII, p. 166).

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