SII 17.540: original edition by K. G. Krishnan

Alternative title: No. 540. (A.R. No. 498 of 1904.) VĒDĀRAṆYAM, TIRUTTURAIPPUNDI TALUK, TANJORE DISTRICT.

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: On the north wall of the first prākāra in the Vēdāraṇyēśvara temple.

Rājādhirāja II. Year 14: 1177-78 or 1180-81 A.D.

The details of date given are Mithuṉa ba. 5, Wednesday, Śōdi (Svāti). The combination of ba. 5 and Svāti is impossible in the month of Mithuṉa.

This records the gift of 1 1/2 vēli and 1 mā of land made free of taxes fixed by rāja-niyōgam, nāṭṭuvivattai (vyavasthai), ūr-vivattai, etc., as tirunandāviḷakkupuṟam, by Pāṅganvāy-uḍaiyāṉ alias Rājarāja-mūvēndavēḷāṉ, of Kiḷiyūr for burning a perpetual lamp to the deity Tirumaṟaikkāḍu-uḍaiyār, in Umbaḷa-nāḍu.

In detailing the boundaries of the land the record mentions a piece of land sold by the donor to Āḷuḍai Nāchchi Amudāḻvi, (a dēvaraḍiyār), and a piece of land leased to Arindavaṉ Pallavaraiyaṉ by Chittarāyan.

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

Repository: SII original (south-indian-inscriptions).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0540.

File path: SII_B_clean/SII17/DHARMA_INSSIIv17p0i0540.xml.

Version: (195e216), last modified (5fe4bec).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svastiśrī [∥] (ti)ripuvaṉaccakkaravattikaḷ śrī (rā)(jā)dhirājatevaṟku yāṇṭu 10 4 vatu mituṉa nāyaṟṟu Apara pakṣattup pañcamiyum putaṉ kiḻamaiyum peṟṟa c(o)ti nāḷ Umpaḷa nāṭṭu Uṭaiyār tirumaṟaikkāṭuṭaiyārkku Innāṭṭuk kiḷiyūril pāṅkanvāyuṭai yāṉ

⟨2⟩ tirucciṟṟampalamuṭaiyāṉ kiṭaṅkaṉāṉa rā⟨ja⟩rā⟨ja⟩ muventaveḷāṉ vaitta tirunontā viḷakku Oṉṟukku Ikkiḷiyūril Eṉkāṇiyāṉa nilattu viṭṭa nilattukkuk kiḻpāṟ (k)ellai cittarāyar (kā)ṇiyāy Arintavaṉ pallavarayaṉ paṟṟi yiṟuttu varukiṟa nilattukku meṟkum teṉpāṟkellai

⟨3⟩ karaip(pula)ttellaikku vaṭakkum me(l)pā(ṟkel)lai Āḷuṭainācci Amutāḻvikku nāṉ (vi)ṟṟa nilamāy Innāyaṉāṟku Iva(ḷ) tirunontāviḷakkup puṟamāka viṭṭa nilattukkuk kiḻakkum vaṭapāṟ kellai miṇṭaṉ vāykkālukkut teṟkum naṭuvupaṭṭa kuḻi 5 100-ṉāl 𑿦 va m Itaṉ ki(ḻakku)-

⟨4⟩ Iṭaiviṭṭu viṭṭa nilattukkuk kiḻpāṟkellai cittarāyar kāṇiyāy Arintavaṉ pallavarayaṉ paṟṟi Iṟuttu varukiṟa nilattu{varukiṟa nilattukku} meṟkum teṉpāṟkellai karaippil Ellaikku vaṭakkum melpāṟkellai cittarāyar kāṇiyā yarintavaṉ pallavarayaṉ paṟṟi Iṟukkiṟa nilattukku kiḻakkum (va)-

⟨5⟩ (ṭa)pāṟkellai miṇṭaṉ vāykkālukkut teṟkum naṭuvupaṭṭa kuḻi 2 100 5 10 ṉā⟨l⟩ 𑿦 � m māṉa(vā)r karaippula(t)tu viṭṭa nilattukkuk kiḻpāṟkellai vaṭukaṉṟeṉ nilattukku meṟkum teṉpāṟkellai vaṭukan(ṟ)eṉ nilattukku vaṭakkum melpāṟ kellai Amutāḻvi nilamāy Ivaṉ viṭṭa ni(lat)-

⟨6⟩ [**********] kkum vaṭapāṟkellai [****] nilattellaikkut teṟkum naṭuvupaṭṭa kuḻi 7 100 5 10-ṉā⟨l⟩ 𑿦 va � [******] kuḷattu nāṟṟaṅkālāka viṭṭa kuḻi 5 10ṉāl 𑿦 �m Āka nta �m Ivvūrttevaraṭiyāril Āḷuṭai nācci Amutā-

⟨7⟩ ḻvi vaitta tirunontāviḷakku Oṉṟukku Ikkiḷiyūril Eṉ pakkal vilai koṇṭu ṭaiya nilam [**] va � viṭṭa (kā)raṭi nilattukkuk kiḻpāṟkellai Inta Irā⟨ca⟩rā⟨ca⟩muventaveḷāṉeṉ tirun(ontā)vi(ḷa)kkuppuṟamāka viṭṭa nilattukku meṟkum teṉpāṟkellai karaippula Ellaik(ku vaṭa)kkum-

⟨8⟩ melpāṟkellai tikka [******] llaikkum karumāṇikka viṇṇakarāḻvār tiruviṭaiyāṭṭam rā⟨ja⟩rā⟨ja⟩ muventaveḷāṉ kāṇiyāṉa (ni)lattukkuk kiḻakkum vaṭapāṟkellai miṇṭaṉ vāykkālukku teṟkum naṭuvu(pa)ṭṭa kuḻi-

⟨9⟩ karaippulattu viṭṭa nilattukku kiḻpāṟkellai (I)nta rā⟨ja⟩rā⟨ja⟩ muventaveḷāṉ tiru nontāviḷakkuppuṟamāka viṭṭa nilattukku meṟkum teṉpāṟkellai meṟpaṭiyāṉ kāṇiyāṉa nilattukku vaṭakkum melpāṟkellai cittarāyar kāṇiyā yarintavaṉ (pal)lavarayaṉ

⟨10⟩ paṟṟiyiṟuttu varukiṟa nilattukkuk kiḻakkum vaṭapāṟkellai kāraṭi nilattellaikkut teṟkum naṭuvupaṭṭa kuḻi 7 100 5 10 ṉāl va � m Āka 𑿦 nta � m Āka 𑿦 1 1/2 1/20 Innilam Oṉṟaraiye Oru māvum Innāyaṉāṟkut tirunāmattu-

⟨11⟩ kkāṇiyāka Iṟaiyili ceytamaiyil I(n)ta nilattukku Ūrtarappaṭi ne(llu) Aṟukalaṉe Iru tūṇikkuṟuṇi muṉṉāḻiyum muvuḻakkum (I)nnilattāl vanta (kaṭa)mai kuṭimaikaḷ Irāca niyo(kamu)m nāṭṭu vivattai Ūrvivattai-

⟨12⟩ (paṭi)yum vanta kaṭamai kuṭimai Epperp paṭṭaṉavum Ivvāṇṭu mutal Ivvūril Eṉ kāṇiyāṉa nilattile Eṟṟi Iṟukkakkaṭavatākavum Ivvūril Eṉ kāṇiyāṉa nilam Eṉ pakkal [***] ṟṟuṭaiyārum koṇṭuṭai⟨yā⟩{ṉa}-

⟨13⟩ rum pirāttikaḷāl peṟuvārum nila viḻukkāṭṭuppaṭiye Eṟṟi Iṟukkakkaṭavarāka (ce)tu kuṭu(ttu) Ippaṭi cantirātittavaṟ cellakkaṭavatākavum Ippaṭi c¿ā?mmatittu Iṉṉilam 1 1/2 1/20 m tiru nontāviḷakkuppuṟamāka viṭṭu Iṟaiyili-

⟨14⟩ ceytu kuṭutteṉ pāṅka(n)vāyuṭaiyāṉāṉa rājarāja muventa veḷāṉeṉ [∥]

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 17.540 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 222–223, item 540.