SII 13.149: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao – No. 149. (A.R. No. 79 of 1921.) LITTLE CONJEEVARAM, CONJEEVARAM TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. ON THE WEST WALL OF THE DURGĀ SHRINE, KACHCHĪŚVARA TEMPLE.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv13p0i0149.

Summary: This is evidently an inscription of Rājarāja I. It records a gift of 900 sheep for the maintenance of ten perpetual lamps to be called ‘Rājarājaṉ’ after the name of the king, in the shrine of Aiñjandi-Durgā-Bhaṭṭārakī at Kachchippēḍu. The royal order was communicated by the king’s officer Kōṉ Vīdiviḍaṅgaṉ alias Villavaṉ-Mūvēndavēḷāṉ of Uttaraṅguḍi in Ārvala-kūṟṟam of Śōḻa-nāḍu, who arranged for the supply of ghee by certain individuals to whom the sheep were distributed. These sheep are stated to have been captured by Kurukāḍi-Kiḻāṉ Paramaṉ Maḻapāḍi alias Mummuḍichchōḻaṉ on the occasion of his overthrow of Śīppuli-nāḍu and Pākkai-nāḍu (Pāki-nāḍu). Of these two regions the former is known to have been subjugated by a general of Parāntaka I (M.E.R. 1913, II. 8) who is also said to have destroyed Nellore in the course of the same campaign. By Nellore this Pākkai-nāḍu should have been meant in particular. They must have been subsequently lost to the Chōḷas till they were recaptured in the reign of Rājarāja.

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Language: Tamil.

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

Version: (0e5a5f3), last modified (3fed606).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [|] kovirājakesarivarmma⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu 6~Āvatu koneriṉmaikoṇṭāṉ villavamuven=taveḷāṉukku kuḷakāṭi kiḻāṉ (paramaṉ) maḻapāṭiyāṉa mummuṭiccoḻañ coḻa coṉ⟨2⟩cippulināṭum pākkaināṭum Eṟin=tu piṭittu koṭuvan=ta Āṭu toḷāyiramum kaccippeṭṭu Aiñcan=ti durggābhaṭṭārakikku non=tāviḷakku Oṉṟiṉukku Āṭu toṇṇūṟāka namperāl pattu viḷakkukku Ā⟨3⟩ṭu toḷḷāyiramum cilālekai ceytu kuṭukkaveṉṟu Aruḷucceytu van=ta tirumukappaṭiye kaccippeṭṭu Aiñcan=ti turkkāpaṭṭārakiyārkku non=tāviḷakkukku Āṭu toṇṇūṟāka rājarāja⟨4⟩ṉeṉṉum tirunāmattiṉāl pattu viḷakkiṉukku Āṭu toḷḷāyiramum śilālekai ceytu kuṭukkaveṉṟu Atikārikaḷ coḻanāṭṭu Ārvalakkūṟṟattu Uttaraṅkuṭaiyāṉ koṉ ⟨5⟩ vitiviṭaṅkaṉāṉa villavaṉmuven=taveḷā ṉeva kaccippeṭṭut tirukkaṟṟaḷicceri maṉṟāṭi tāṅki kampaṉ vacaṅ kuṭutta Ā(ṭu) viḷakku Iraṇṭiṉukku nūṟṟeṇpatiṉāl Āṇṭuto⟨6⟩ṟum Aṭṭakkaṭava ney nūṟṟeṇpatiṉāḻi Ivvūr tirumayā{mayā}ṉattu maṭaviḷākattu maṉṟāṭi Ūruṭaiyāṉ kommaṉ vacam viḷakkiraṉāṭiṉukku kuṭutta Āṭu nūṟṟeṇpatiṉāl ⟨7⟩ Āṇṭutoṟu maṭṭakkaṭava ney nūṟṟeṇpatiṉāḻiyum Immaṭaviḷākattu maṉṟāṭi ceruppaṉeṟaṉ vacam viḷakkiraṇṭiṉukku kuṭutta Āṭu nūṟṟeṇpatiṉāl Āṇṭutoṟu maṭṭakkaṭava ney ⟨8⟩ nūṟṟeṇpatu ṉāḻiyum kāmakkoṭṭap puṟattup picca [3+] pāmpaṉ makaṉ tiruvūṟal vacam viḷakkiraṇṭiṉukku kuṭutta Āṭu nūṟṟeṇpatiṉāl Āṇṭu [.]e [6+] ⟨9⟩ rāka Ivvaṉaivar maṉṟāṭikaḷvacamuṅ kuṭutta Āṭu toḷḷāyirattiṉāl Aṭṭakkaṭava [7+] nṟār nārācanāḻiyāl Inney I [6+] yi⟨10⟩lukke koṭuvan=tu tiṅkaḷopāti Aṟa Aṭṭit tāvu koḷvomāṉom candrādittavat cāvā mūvāpperāṭāka vaitta Āṭu Ittoḷḷāyirattāl ⟨11⟩ non=tāviḷakkup pattu Ivvaṉaivom maṉṟāṭikaḷaiyum Epperppaṭṭa Iṟaiyum Eccoṟum veṭṭiyuṅ koḷḷappeṟātitāka sarvvapariharaM Idha [6+] ṭaikkumari⟨12⟩⟨yi⟩ṭaic ceytār ceyta pāvattiṟ p¿ā?⟨a⟩ṭuvār [||]

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 13.149 by Srinivasa Rao 1952 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Srinivasa Rao, G.V. 1952. South-Indian inscriptions (texts) (with introductory notes in English). Volume XIII: The Cholas. South Indian Inscriptions 13. Madras: Archaeological Survey of India. Pages 78–79, item 149.