SII 17.249: original edition by K. G. Krishnan

Alternative title: “No. 249. (A.R. No. 227 of 1904.) ŚIṄGAVARAM, GINGEE TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: On the east base of the maṇḍapa in front of the central shrine in the Raṅganātha temple.

Rājēndra II Year 7: 1058 A.D.

This inscription commences with the praśasti, Tirumagaḷ maruviya, etc., of Rājēndra II. The details of date cited in the body of this inscription, viz., Mēsha, ba. 3, Monday, Kēṭṭai, correspond to 1058 A.D., April 13, Monday, f.d.t. ·36, f.d.n. ·58.

It records the registration of the following gifts by the Peru[ṅguṟi]-pperumakkaḷ of Rājarāja-chchaturvēdimaṅgalam, a brahmadēya and a taṉiyūr in Paṉaiyūr-nāḍu in Rājēndraśōḻa-vaḷanāḍu, when they had assembled in the courtyard of god Śrī Rājarāja-viṇṇagar-Āḻvār, in the presence of Nambikōṭṭi Atirātra-yājiyār.

(a) A gift of 96 sheep for a perpetual lamp to god Paḷḷikoṇḍaruḷugiṟa Paramasu vāmigaḷ in Tiruppaṉṟikkuṉṟu, by Kāri Murugan alias Uttamaśōḻa . . . . [ḷaiyūr] Nāḍāḻvāṉ of Muḷḷūrppaḷḷi, a hamlet of the village, in expiation of the sin of having killed Kōdaṇḍaṉ Dēvan alias Ediriliśōḻa-kkaṟpūṇḍi-nāḍuḍaiyāṉ, the commander of Tāṉamaḍai Jaṉanātha-tterindavilligaḷ;

(b) gift of 24 (?) sheep for 1/4 of a perpetual lamp by a number of paḷḷis (?) for the merit of Paḷḷi Śāttaṉ Śūṟṟi who died in a hunting expedition;

(c) gift of 12 sheep collected from a number of Śrīvaishṇavas, for 1/8 of a perpetual lamp;

(d) gift of 12 sheep for 1/8 of a perpetual lamp by Kuppai Tiruvaraṅgaṉ, a maṉṟāḍi (shepherd);

(e) gift of sheep for two perpetual lamps by Vaikundaṉ Pichchan alias Rājarāja-pperiyaraiyaṉ of Ambūrppaḷḷi, a hamlet of Rājarāja-chaturvēdimaṅgalam in expiation of the sin of having killed Āmūru[ḍaiyāṉ] Bhaṭṭaṉ Vichchādi . . . . ra Rājādhirāja-ttirumuṉaippāḍi-Nāḍāḻvāṉ and his brother Bhaṭṭaṉ Mādēvaṉ, when their adoptive father Paḷḷi Eḻuvaṉ . . . . . . . . [Karikā]laśōḻa-Āmūr-Nāḍāḻvān and his brothers complained about the same.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0249.

File path: SII17/DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0249.xml.

Version: (615297c), last modified (9d2fa8f).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [∥] tirumakaḷ maruviya ceṅkol vaḷavaṉ muṉṉor ce(ṉai) piṉnatu vāka muṉ netireṉṟu Iraṭṭapāṭi Eḻarai Ilakkamuṅ koṇṭu kol-

⟨2⟩ (lā)purattu ja(ya)stam⟨pa⟩m nāṭṭi Etiramar peṟātu Eṇṭicai nikaḻap paṟaiya(tu) kaṟaṅka perāṟṟaṅkarai koppattāhavamalla(ṉai) Aṭaṟperuñ-

⟨3⟩ (ceṉai) yellām porutu pāratunikaḻap pacumpiṇamākki Āhavamallaṉ puṟakkiṭṭoṭa Avaṉāṉaiyuṅ kutiraiyum peṇṭir paṇṭāramu moṭ-

⟨4⟩ (ṭṭaka ni)raikaḷum vibhavamuṅ kaikkoṇṭu vijaiAbhiṣekam paṇṇi virasiṃhāsanattu viṟṟirun=taruḷiya kopparakeśarivanmarāṉa Uṭai-

⟨5⟩ ⟨yār⟩ śrīrājentradevaṟku yāṇṭu 7 Āvatu rājentracoḻavaḷanāṭṭu paṉaiyūrnāṭṭu brahmadeya n=taṉiyūr śrīrājarājaccaturvvetimaṅkalattu peru-

⟨6⟩ (ṅkuṟi)p perumakkaḷom Iyyāṭṭai meṣanāyaṟṟu Aparapakṣattu tiṅkaḷkiḻamaiyu tritiyaiyum peṟṟa tirukkeṭṭaināḷ pakal namakku mūlade-

⟨7⟩ [********] nāḷ śrīrājarāja viṇṇakar Āḻvār tirumuṟṟattiley kūṭi nammai Uṭaiya cakkaravartti Uṭaiyār śrīrājentradevar tiruvāymoḻin=taruḷa

⟨8⟩ [************] paripālikkiṉṟa nampikoṭṭi Atirāttrayājiyārum Irukkap paṇitta Eḻuttu nammūrppiṭākai muḷḷurpaḷḷi kāri murukanāṉa Uttamacoḻa

⟨9⟩ [************] (ḷai)yūr nā(ṭ)āḻvāṉ tāṉamaṭai jaṉanātatterin=tavillikaḷukku nāyakaṅ kotaṇṭaṉ tevanāna Etirilicoḻak kaṟpūṇṭi nāṭuṭaiyāṉai

⟨10⟩ kkuttiṉa (pa)kai keṭat tiruppaṉṟikkuṉṟil paḷḷikoṇṭaruḷukiṟa paramasvāmikaḷukku vaitta tirunun=tāviḷakku Oṉṟukku viṭṭa veḷḷāṭu

⟨11⟩ toṇṇūṟṟāṟum veṭṭaiyil paṭṭa paḷḷicāttaṉ cūṟṟikku Ākap pala paḷḷikaḷ vaitta tiru nun=tāviḷakku kālukku viṭṭa veḷḷāṭu Iru-

⟨12⟩ [************] ṉālum śrīvayiṣṇavar palaraiyu miran=tu vaitta tirunun=tāviḷakku Araikkālukku viṭṭa veḷḷāṭu paṉṉireṇṭum maṉṟāṭi kuppai tiruvaraṅkaṉ vaitta tirunun=tāviḷa(k)-

⟨13⟩ [**************] rakkālukku viṭṭa veḷḷāṭu paṉṉiraṇṭum nammūrp piṭākai Ampūrppaḷḷi vaikun=taṉ piccanāṉa rājarājap periyaraiyaṉ tāṉ Āmūru(ṭaiyāṉ) paṭṭaṉ viccāti-

⟨14⟩ [**************] ra rājādhirājat tirumuṉaippāṭi nāṭāḻvāṉaiyum Ivaṉ tampi paṭṭaṉ mātevaṉaiyum paṭak kuttiṉamaiyil Ivarkaḷai makaṉmaikkoṇṭa paḷḷi Eḻuvaṉ

⟨15⟩ [**************] (karikā)lacoḻa Āmurnāṭāḻvānu n=tampimārum Ippakai yeṉṟu koḷḷap pakai tirvataṟku vaitta tirunun=tāviḷakku Iraṇṭukku viṭṭa veḷḷāṭu nū-

⟨16⟩ [**************] ntrātittavaṟ cel(la)kka(ṭavaṉa)vāka śilālekai ceyvittom peruṅkuṟip perumakkaḷom karaippon=tu paṇittār śrīkun=tavaicceri vā

⟨17⟩ [**************] s(o)mayājiyār paṇiyāl Eṇṇāyirapperuṅkāviti Eḻuttu ∥⁓

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 17.249 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 98–99, item 249.