SII 17.244: original edition by K. G. Krishnan

Alternative title: “No. 244. (A.R. No. 222 of 1904.) MĒLŚĒVŪR, GINGEE TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: On the east wall of the first prākāra of the Vṛishabhapurīśvara temple.

Rājādhirāja II. Year 13: 1175, A.D. (?).

This inscription commences with the praśasti, Kaḍal śūḻnda pār, etc., of Rājādhirāja II. The details of date given viz., 13th year, Kaṟkaṭaka 13, Wednesday, ba. 11, Rōhiṇi correspond to 1175 A.D., July 15, Tuesday not Wednesday, ·77, ·32. See Introduction page (iii). It refers to Ammai Appaṉ Pāṇḍi alias Rājarāja Śambuvarāyaṉ and his grandfather Ammai Appaṉ Kulamāṇikkam Pāṇḍināḍu-koṇḍār.

This records the grant of land as archchanāviśēsham to god Tiruttāṉtōṉṟi Āḷuḍaiyār of Śēvūr in Uttamaśōḻa-vaḷanāḍu in Jayaṅgoṇḍaśōḻa-maṇḍalam by Ammai Appaṉ Pāṇḍi alias Rājarāja Śambuvarāyaṉ. The gift-land which was situated in Arakkarāmūr alias Rājēndraśōḻanallūr in Ōymānāḍu alias Vijaiyarājēndraśōḻa-vaḷanāḍu was bought by the donor’s grandfather, Ammai Appaṉ Kulamāṇikkam Pāṇḍināḍu-koṇḍār and the title to that land was confirmed by the Ūrār of the above-mentioned place in the 5th year of Rājādhirāja II under orders of the king.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0244.

File path: SII17/DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0244.xml.

Version: (615297c), last modified (f830bbc).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] kaṭalcūḻntapārm¿ā?tarum pūmātarum nāmātarum Aṭalcūḻnta jayamātarummarntu vāḻa tennavaruñ ceralaruñ ciṅkaḷaru mutalāya maṉna(varum ti)ṟai kuṇantu(va)n tīṇṭiccevippa vāḻiyūḻi varuñceṅkol

⟨2⟩ Eḻupāruminitaḷippa cempon virasiṁhāsanattu Ulakuṭai mukkokkiḻāṉaṭikaḷoṭum vīṟṟiruntaruḷiya koIrācake(c)āpanmarāṉa tribhuvanaccakkaravat=tikaḷ śrīrājā(dhirā)jadevaṟku yāṇṭu 10 3 Āvatu kaṟkaṭakaṉāyaṟṟup patitmuṉṟāntīyati nāḷ (ā)

⟨3⟩ ṉa putankiḻamaiyum aparapakṣattu Ekāda(śi)yum peṟṟa r(o)caṇi nāḷ ceṅkeṇi Am(m)aiyappaṉ pāṇṭiya rājarājaccampuvarāyaṉen jayaṅkoṇṭa coḻamaṇṭa(lattu Ut)tamacoḻavaḷanāṭṭuc cevūr tiruttāntoṉṟi Āḷuṭaiyārk-

⟨4⟩ ku Arccanāśeṣamāka nāṉ viṭṭa nilamāvatu Immaṇṭalattu Oymānāṭāṉa vijayarājendra coḻavaḷanāṭṭu (Āmurn)āṭṭu Ārakkarāmurāṉa rājendraco(ḻanallūrile) Eṅkaḷ pāṭṭaṉār Ammaiyappaṉ kulamāṇikkam pāṇṭināṭu ko-

⟨5⟩ ṇṭār Ūrār pakkal vilaikkukkoṇṭuṭaiya maṉaiyum viḷainilamum toṭṭamum Aṉupavittu vārāṉiṟka Ittevaṟku Añcāvatu paḻaṅkāṇiyāḷare peṟuvatāka prasādañce(ytaruḷi) Uḷvariyum peṟṟu Ūrār taṅkaḷile samharikkiṟapotu Eṉ kāṇi Eṉakke

⟨6⟩ pramāṇam paṇṇittanta pramāṇappaṭi śrīmeykkirtti Eḻuti tribhuvaṉaccakkaravarttikaḷ śrīrājādhirājadevaṟkku yāṇṭu 5 Āvatu jayaṅkoṇṭa coḻamaṇ(ṭa)lattu Oymāṉāṭāṉa vijaya(rājendra va)ḷanāṭṭu Āmurnāṭṭu Ārkarāmurāṉa rājendracoḻa nallūrom Ammai Ap-

⟨7⟩ paṉ pāṇṭiyāṉa rājarājacampuvarāyarkku nāṅkaḷ bhūmipramāṇam paṇṇikkuṭuttaparicāvatu Eṅkaḷ pakkal Ivar pāṭṭaṉār AmmaiAppaṉ kulamāṇikkam pāṇṭināṭukoṇ [********] vastu viṭṭukkoṇṭa maṉai vaṭakkilteruvil vaṭaciṟakil rājendracoḻapperu-

⟨8⟩ nteruvukku meṟkuk kaṅkaikoṇṭa coḻapperunteruvukkuk kiḻakku maṉai Eḻināṟ kiḻmel kol 2 10 1 kku vāl niḷaṅ kol Eḻāka kuḻi 100 7 m toṭṭattil śrī(d)eva(ṟ) (ka)ruṇākara vāykkālukku vaṭakku Āṟāṅkaṇṇāṟṟil nālāñcatirattu teṟ-

⟨9⟩ kaṭaiya nilam nālumāviṟ kiḻakkaṭaiya 5 100 2 kuḻi koṇṭatu Orumāvāka vanta nilam Iraṇṭumāvum Ikkaṇṇāṟu Añcāñcatirattu muṅkiṟceṟunilam Eṭṭumā [******] ṇṭu paḻaṅkāṇi Āḷare peṟukaveṉṟu Eṅkaḷ sommāṉa bhūmikku pra-

⟨10⟩ sādañceytaruḷina tirumukamum Uḷvariyum peṟṟu Eṅkaḷil saMharikkiṟa Iṭattu Ivaṟku Immaṉaiyuntoṭṭamum viḷaini(la)mum muṉpu nāṅkaḷ kuṭuttapaṭiye meṉokki(na mā muṅ ki)ṇ(o)kkina kiṇaṟum Ivaṟku viṟṟoṟṟi pratikraya dānaṅkaḷukku Urittāvatāka sa-

⟨11⟩ mmatittukkuṭuttom Āra(k)karāmurāṉa rājendracoḻanallūr Ūrom Ivarkaḷ paṇiyāl Eḻutineṉ Ūṟkaṇakku Ārkkārāmuruṭaiyāṉ ponma(lai)kaṟpattiṉ Eḻuttu [******] kku Ivai vallaṅkiḻāṉ cāntinātaṉ kumaraṉeḻuttu Ivai kūṭalki-

⟨12⟩ ḻāṉ kaṇṭi meṟṟicai niṉṟāṉ Eḻuttu Ivai nilam peṟukiḻavaṉ vayiri sa(ṃ)ñjaiyāṉamaikkup ponmalai kaṟpakattin Eḻuttu malaiyampākkiḻāṉ Āṭkoṇṭāṉ [****] ca niṉṟāṉ Eḻuttu ௳ Itu koṟṟamuḻāṉ pattaṉ

⟨13⟩ saṃñjaiyāṉamaikkup ponmalai kaṟpakattiṉ Eḻuttu Ivai neṟkuṉṟaṅkiḻāṉ nāyakaṉ Āṭkoṇṭāṉeḻuttu Ivai Ilattamuḻāṉ nāyakannāṉa paṇa [******] Immaṉaiyum toṭṭamum viḷainilamum Iddevaṟku Arccanā-

⟨14⟩ (vi)śeṣamākak kuṭutteṉ Itukku Aḻivu ceyvār keṅkaiIṭaik kumariIṭai ceytār ceyta pāpaṅkoḷvār Aṟamaṟavaṟka ⟨Aṟa⟩mallatu tuṇai Illai [****************] Itu paṉmāheśvara rakṣai ∥ ⭘ ∥ ௳

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 17.244 by Krishnan 1964 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Krishnan, K. G. 1964. South-Indian inscriptions. Volume XVII: Inscriptions collected during the year 1903-04. South Indian Inscriptions 17. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Manager of Publications). Pages 94–95, item 244.