SII 19.302: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao, Dines Chandra Sircar and G.S. Gai

Alternative title: “No. 302. (A.R. No. 47 of 1918.) VṚIDDHĀCHALAM, VRIDDACHALAM TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE maṇḍapa IN FRONT OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE, VṚIDDHAGIRĪŚVARA TEMPLE.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: This is clearly an inscription of Uttama-Chōḷa. It states that this temple with the snapana-maṇḍapa (bathing hall), gōpura, the śuṛṛālai (enclosed verandah) and the shrines for the parivāra-dēvatas was constructed by queen Śembiyaṉ-Mahādēviyārī mother of Uttama-Chōḷa, the daugther of the chief Maḻapurumānaḍigal and queen of Gaṇḍarādityadēva who was the son of Periya-Śōḻaṉār (the great Chōla king) Śrī Parāntakadēvar. It also gives a list of the several gold and silver ornaments and utensils and other articles of worship presented by her ladyship to the temple. These comprised five copper lamps, one gold diadem five kaḻañju in weight less a mañjāḍi, a silver plate weighing 389 kaḻañju, a silver jar (keṇḍi) of 199 3/4 kaḻañju, 2 gold flowers weighing a kaḻañju and half, a gold fore-head plate (paṭṭam) weighing one kaḻañju for God Naṭarāja (Kūttapperumāḷ), a gold tāli for Goddess Umā-Bhaṭṭārakī, a pearl necklace (pañchasari) fastened with 3 iḍaikkaṭṭu and 2 tāḷimbam and another necklace with a gold middle piece (palagai) and a siver iḍaikkaṭṭu and (lastly) a gold flower for Kūttapperumāḷ.

Language: Tamil (tam).

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī [||] koparakesaripanma⟨ṟ⟩kku yāṇṭu 10 2~Āvatu śrīparān=takadevarāṉa pe-
⟨2⟩ riyacoḻaṉār makaṉār kaṇṭarādittadevar deviyār maḻaperumāṉaṭikaḷ makaḷār
⟨3⟩ śrīUttamacoḻar taṅkaḷācci cempiyaṉmahādeviyārāl Eṭuppikkap-
⟨4⟩ paṭṭatu Iśrīkoyilum snapanamaṇḍapamum gopuramum cuṟṟālaiyum parivārakkoyilkaḷu-
⟨5⟩ m Eṭuppikkappaṭṭaṉa [||] Ittevarkku Uṭaiyapirāṭṭiyār kuṭukkappaṭṭa ceppuviḷakku Aiñcu poṟpaṭṭa moṉṟu
⟨6⟩ kuṭiñaikkallāl niṟai mañcāṭi kuṟaiya 5 kaḻañcu veḷḷittaḷikai Oṉṟu munnūṟṟeṇ pattoṉpatiṉ kaḻañ-
⟨7⟩ cu veḷḷikkeṇṭi nūṟṟuttoṇṇūṟṟoṉpatiṉ kaḻañce mukkāl poṟpū Iraṇṭu niṟai kuṭiñaikkallāl kaḻañcarai
⟨8⟩ kūttapperumāḷ poṟpaṭṭam kuṭiñaikkallāl kaḻañcu Umābhaṭṭāraki poṟṟāli kāl Iṭaik kaṭṭu munṟun tāḷimpa(m) Iraṇṭu Iṭṭa muttiṉ pañ-
⟨9⟩ cacari Oṉṟu poṉṉiṉ palakai veḷḷiyiṉiṭaikkaṭṭu Iṭṭa muttiṉ pañcacari Oṉṟu kūttap perumāḷ poṟpū Oṉṟu kuṭiñaikkallāl kaḻañ-
⟨10⟩ cenālu mañcāṭi Umābhaṭṭārakiyi(tu) palakai Oruppūṟa veḷḷiyiṭaikkaṭṭu Iṭṭa pañcacari Oṉṟu Umābhaṭṭārakiyitu muttiṉkaḷāka veḷḷiyiṉiṭaikkaṭṭu Iṭṭa
⟨11⟩ vaṭa muṉṟu muttiṉ kaḷ(āka)varam poṉṉiṉ caṉtāpa(ṉa)kkaṭaiyun naṭuvu Iṭṭa paṭamu [*****] paṉṉiraṇṭu bhaṭṭārakiyiṉ muttiṉ kutampai yiraṇṭu
⟨12⟩ muttiṉ vaṭa miraṇṭu tāḷimpa miṭṭaṉa bhaṭṭārakiya tirukkaiyil cāttu vaṭa miraṇṭu kūttap perumāḷ tirukkaiyil cāttuvaṭa⟨m⟩ muṉṟu kūttapperumāḷ muttiṉ kuta-
⟨13⟩ mpai yiraṇṭu kūttapperumāḷ muttiṉvāḷi Oṉṟu periyatevar poṟpaṭṭam kuṭiñaikkallāl patiṉ kaḻañcu [||]

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 19.302 by Srinivasa Rao et al. 1967 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Srinivasa Rao, G.V., Dines Chandra Sircar and G.S. Gai. 1967. South-Indian inscriptions. Volume XIX: Inscriptions of Parakesarivarman. South Indian Inscriptions 19. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Manager of Publications). Pages 149–150, item 302.

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