SII 12.224: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar

Alternative title: “No. 224. (A.R. No. 194 of 1927-28). ON THE BASE OF THE NORTH WALL OF THE SAME MAṆḌAPA.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This record of the 24th year, like No. 199 above from Pallavarāyaṉpēṭṭai, deals with defaulters in payment of land revenue. It states that Tirunaṭṭamāḍi-Bhaṭṭaṉ of Gōmāḍam held lands at Koṟṟaṅguḍi alias Kulōttuṅgaśōḻanallūr. Evidently after his death, the payment of taxes on this land, which fell into arrears, devolved upon his two sons Yajñā-Bhaṭṭaṉ and Sundarattōḍu-uḍaiyāṉ and his wife Vaṇḍuvā[r]kuḻalichchāṉi. Since there was nobody to stand surety for them, they agreed to pay up the arrears by raising a loan from the treasury of Tiruvalañjuḻi-uḍaiya-Nāyaṉār and Veḷḷaippiḷḷaiyār and from the Malaiyāḷar of Malai-maṇḍalam who seem to have established a settlement here from the West Coast. They paid only a portion of the dues, but being unable to pay the balance, left the village. The duty of collecting the arrears fell on the assembly of Akhilanāyakachchēri, a dēvadāna in Akhilanāyaka-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, who, to clear the debts and realise the amount due, sold their lands and house-sites, with the sanction of the royal officer Vattarāyar, as tirunāmattukkāṇi to the temple of Tiruvalañjuḻi-Uḍaiyār.

The duty of collecting arrears in land revenue invariably fell on the assembly, who, in such cases, had to apply to the king for permission to confiscate lands. A record of Rājarāja I1 states that the period of default should be at least two full years to justify such a step.

According to the details given, the date of this inscription is A.D. 1266, August 9, Monday, the nakshatra being Anurādhā, not Uttirāḍam as cited in the record.

The territorial division Uyyakkoṇḍār-vaḷanāḍu is stated to be situated between the rivers Ariśil and Kāvērī, in an inscription from Tanjore.2

Language: Tamil (tam).

Version: (5e30cca), last modified (0ec4724).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] cakalapuvaṉaccakkaravattikaḷ śrīkopperuñciṅkatevarkku yāṇṭu 2 10 4~Āvatu ciṅṅanāyaṟṟu pūrvapakṣattu A(ṭṭa)miyum tiṅkaḷkiḻamaiyum peṟṟa Utti(rāṭatti)⟨nā⟩ḷ Uyyak koṇṭārvaḷanāṭṭu pāmpū(nta)vaḷanāṭṭu (tiruk)kuṭamukku [******] Akilanāyakac caruppetimaṅkalattu tevatāṉam Akilanāyaka⟨c⟩ceri mahācapaiyom nilavilaippiramāṇa

⟨2⟩ Icaivutiṭṭu [|] Uṭaiyā(r) tiruvalañcuḻi Uṭaiyanāyaṉār koyil Āticaṇṭeśvaratevaṟ Aruḷāl Ināyaṉārkku (tirunā)mattukkāṇiyāka nāṅkaḷ Iṟṟaināḷāl viṟṟukkuṭutta nilaṅkaḷum maṉaikaḷu{m}māvatu [|] Ivvūr piṭākai (vikki)ramacoḻavaḷa [********] koṟṟaṅ kuṭiyāṉa kulottuṅkacoḻanallūril kāṇiUṭaiya komaṭattu tirunaṭṭamāṭipaṭṭaṉ makaṉ yañā-

⟨3⟩ paṭṭaṉum Ivaṉ tampi cuntarattoṭuUṭaiyāṉum Ivarkaḷ mātā vaṇṭuvā(r)kuḻaliccāṉi yum 2 10 3~<vatu> kārum Oru (pūvu)m payirceytu kaṭamai Iṟukka Iva⟨ka⟩ḷukku taṉiccu puṇaip paṭuvār Illāmaiyāle Ivaṟkaḷ Ūril Irunta peṟkku muṉni⟨ṉ⟩ṟu kaṭamai Iṟukka⟨ka⟩ ṭavatākavum muṉṉillāte Iṟāta kaṭamai kuṭimaikku Uṭaiyār tiru(valañcu)ḻiUṭaiy¿ā? nāya ṉār⟨k⟩kum veḷḷaipiḷḷaiyā(r)kum paṇṭārattum malai-

⟨4⟩ maṇṭalattu malaiy(āḷar) pakkalum vāṅki Iṟuppatāka Ivaṟkaḷ tiṭṭu Iṭṭu ciṟutu kaṭamai Iṟuttu nikki niṉṟa (kaṭa)m(ai) ⟨ku⟩ṭim(ai I)varkaḷ Iṟāte Oṭippokaiyil Ipperkaḷāl Uḻavari paṭṭa kācukku Eṅkaḷai puṇaittu Iṉṉāḷ varaiyum vallattuttaṇṭalil vaittu nāṅkaḷ neṭunāḷpaṭa kiṭantu miṟukku paṭukaiyil I(vūr) vattarāyar maṉicca(r)kku taravu piṟittu celavāka veṇṭukaiyil Itu Iruntapa-

⟨5⟩ (ṭi) keḻvi mutaliyā [*********] rāyar tirumuṉpe keṭṭu Aruḷivarum Ivarkaḷ Iṭṭa tiṭṭupaṭiyai paṟṟi Uṭai(yār) tiruvalañcuḻiUṭaiya nāyaṉārkku tirunāmattukkāṇi Āka viṟṟu kuṭutta kācu piṟittavarkku {celavākku} celavākkuvateṉṟu tiruveḻuttiṭṭa Olai tan taruḷukaiyil Ivarkaḷ kāṇiyāṉa nilaṅka{ku}ḷu maṉaikaḷilum Ināyaṉārkku tirunāmattu⟨k⟩ kāṇiyāka nāṅkaḷ viṟṟukkuṭutta nilaṅkaḷu maṉaikaḷumā-

⟨6⟩ [**********] lottuṅkaco⟨ḻa⟩nallūr pāruvativatikku meṟkku kulottuṅka coḻavāykkālukku teṟkku 4~ <kaṇṇāṟu> 4~ catirattu kiḻkkaṭai {nilam} <nilam> 3~ mā Itil vaṭakkaṭaiya {nilam} nilam � � <kīḻ> � � � ~m Iṅke 2~ catirattu meṟkkaṭaiya <nilam> 3~ mā Itil teṟkkuṭaiya Oru mā nila⟨ṉ⟩ nikki Itaṉ vaṭakkaṭaiya <nilam> ma � Iṅke 3~ catirattu kiḻkkaṭaiya <nilam> 3~ māvil tekkuṭaiya <nilam> 2~ mā⟨vu⟩m Ivāykkālu-

⟨7⟩ [*********] catirattu <nilam> 6~ māvil kiḻakkuṭaiya <kīḻ> 2~ mā ṟā ~yiṉ ciṉṉam nikki Itaṉ meṟkku � � � <nilam> [**] � Itil meṟkkuṭaiya kuḷaṅ cirāmapaṭṭaṉ nila⟨n⟩ kiḻ 6~ <vēli> nikki <nilam> � � � v ~m 2~ kkū 3~ñ catirattu meṟkkaṭainta ni⟨la⟩ttu teṟkkaṭainta <nilam> � � <kīḻ> � � � -m Iṅke tiruppeṟ tirunaṭṭaperumāḷ Āḻvār IṟaiIli viṭṭu Itiṉ vaṭakku <nilam> � <kīl> � -m Iṅke tiruppeṟ tirunaṭṭaperu-

⟨8⟩ māḷ I [**********] yāṉ <nilam> � -m Āka <nilam> � [****] tikku kiḻakku Ivāykkālukku vaṭakku 4~ kuḻi 4~ catirattu meṟkkaṭaiya <nilam> 3~ māvil teṟkkaṭaiya <nilam> Iraṇṭu mākāṇi ni(k)ki Ita⟨ṉ⟩ vaṭakku <nilam> � -m Itaṉ kiḻakkaṭaiya <nilam> 3~ māvil tekka(ṭaiya ni)lam Oru mā nikki Itaṉ [****] <nilam> 2~ mā [*******] catirattu [*****] nila⟨m⟩ 3 [********] ye Orumā nila⟨ṉ⟩ nikki Itaṉ vaṭakku nilam �

⟨9⟩ m Iṅke [**] 3 catirattuk kiḻkkaṭaiya <nilam> 3~ māvil vaṭakkaṭaiya <nilam> [**] m Āka <nilam> 8~ (mā � <kīḻ> �) Inilam Eṭṭumā muntirikai <kīḻ> mukkāle Orumāvum Ivatikku kiḻakku Ivāykkālukku teṟkku 4~ <kaṇṇāṟu> 4~ catirattu teṟkkil O [****] kaṉil meṟkkiṭṭu muṉṟu [****] (I)taṉ [*********] kuḻi [****] Ivākkālukku vaṭakku 3~ <kīḻ> 3~ catirattu kārampiceṭṭu kuṉṟapperumāḷpaṭṭaṉ (ma)ṉaikku

⟨10⟩ meṟkku [***] 5~m Āka kuḻi [*********] patum viḷainilam Eṭṭu mā muntirikai kiḻ mukk¿a?le Oru mā(vu maṉai)kuḻi muppatum viṟṟukuṭuttuk koḷvatāṉa Em⟨mi⟩l Icainta vilaiporuḷ Aṉṟāṭu naṟkācu 4 cata [***] k¿a?cu nālāyiratte(ṇ) [**********] ṟṟi kaiccelavaṟa kaiykoṇṭu viṟṟu vilaippiramāṇa Icaivutiṭṭuk kuṭuttom Āticaṇṭe-

⟨11⟩ curatevar (tiruva)ruḷāl Ik[.]e [*********] kku Akilanāyakacceri m¿ā?hāca vaiyyom [|] Ivarkaḷ A⟨r⟩ttikka {Inta} Intappiramāṇa I{ca}caivutiṭṭu E(ḻu)tiṉeṉ Uṭaiyā(r) tiruviṉṉamparuṭaiyār koyil tevakaṉmi [**] ṉa(ṭi) ⟨I⟩caināyakabhaṭṭaṉ Eḻuttu [|] Ippaṭikku Ivai tiru [***] r Āṭal Amantāṉ bhaṭṭaṉ Eḻuttu [|] nampūr Akilanāyakabhaṭṭaṉ Eḻuttu [|] Ir¿a?yūr kecavabhaṭṭaṉ Eḻuttu [|]

⟨12⟩ komaṭattu tukkaibha(pa)ṭṭaṉ E [*********] ⟨t⟩tabha{pa}ṭṭaṉ Eḻuttu [|] peruvali tirumalai Uṭaiyāṉ {bha}paṭṭaṉ [**********] mekabha{pa}ṭṭaṉ Eḻuttu [|] koṭṭaiyūr pañcanetivā(ṇa)bha{pa}ṭṭaṉ E⟨ḻu⟩ttu [||]

Apparatus

⟨10⟩ Āka kuḻi [9+] • This portion is built in.

⟨11⟩ Ik[.]e [9+] • This portion is built in.

⟨12⟩ E [9+] • This portion is built in.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 12.224 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. Pages 138–140, item 224.

Notes

  1. 1. S.I.I., Vol. III, No. 9; see also A.R. No. 61 of 1898.

  2. 2. S.I.I., Vol. II, p. 52.