SII 22.40: original edition by G.V. Srinivasa Rao

Alternative title: No. 40. (A.R. No. 40 of 1906) TANJAVUR DISTRICT, MAYURAM TALUK, TIRUKKAḌAIYŪR. AMṚITAGHAṬĒŚVARA TEMPLE—ON THE SAME WALL. TRIBH. KULŌTTUṄGA-CHŌḶA III—17th YEAR. (A.D. 1194-5).

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: The king claims to have taken Madurai and the crowned head of the Pāṇḍya. The inscription states that after the demise of Bhāradvāji Kālavinōdapaṇḍitan of Tiruvalañjuḻi who, along with his brother had the right of worship in the temples of Tiruvīraṭṭānam-Uḍaiyār and Tirumayānam-Uḍaiyār at Tirukkaḍavūr, a resident of the village by name Kunikkumpirāṉ Śaiva-vidyādhara-Brahmamahārāja and his father Śaivachintāmaṇi-Brahmamahārājaṛ claimed to have been appointed priests in their place by order of the king which was also got engraved on stone in these two temples and were accordingly performing worship. This reached the ears of Svāmidēvar (evidently the king’s preceptor) who found out their unworthiness and false pretensions and hence dismissed them from service and reappointed the previons and rightful incumbents of the posts, viz. Bhāradvāji Brahmīśvaramuḍaiyāṉ Kūttappirāṉ Kālavinōdapaṇḍitaṉ and Dēvapperumāṉ Śaivasūrya-Brahmamahārajaṉ and others for the conduct of worship in the two temples. He also restored to them the rights and perquisites attached to their posts as they were in practice up to the 16th year of the king. They were given in addition the right of worship of the other deities also set up in the temples like Kālakāladēver, Kūttāḍumdēvar, Kulōttuṅga-Chōḷīśvaramuḍaiyār and Vikrama-Chōḷīśvaramuḍaiyār. On the representation of Vikramaśōḻa-Brahmamahārājaṉ that this appointment may receive royal assent and be engraved on stone, the king now issued his orders to the temple through his officers Rājanārāyaṇa-Mūvēndavēḷāṉ and six others confirming the above arrangements.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv22p0i0040.

File path: SII_B_clean/SII22/DHARMA_INSSIIv22p0i0040.xml.

Version: (8947787), last modified (7693c6b).

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⟨1⟩ ⯼ ||| svasti śrī [∥] tiripuvaṉaccakkaravattikaḷ maturaikoṇṭu pāṇṭiyaṉai muṭittalai koṇṭaruḷiya śrīkulottuṅkacoḻatevaṟku yāṇṭu patineḻāvatu nāḷ Irunūṟṟaṟupattiraṇṭiṉāl prasāda(ñ)ceytaruḷiṉa tirumukappaṭi tribhuvaṉac cakravatti konerinmai koṇṭān

⟨2⟩ jayaṅkoṇṭacoḻavaḷanāṭṭu brahmateyam tirukkaṭavūruṭaiyār tiruviraṭṭāṉamuṭaiyārum tirumayāṉamuṭaiyārum koyilil tevarkaṉmikaḷukkum śrīmā(heśvara)(k) kaṅkāṇi ceyvārkaḷukkum śrīkāriyamceyvārkaḷukkum Ikkoyil kaḷil caiva-

⟨3⟩ vācāriyam bhāradvāji tiruva(la)ñcūḻiyuṭaiyāṉāṉa kālaviṉotapaṇṭitaṉukkum Ivaṉuṭaṉpiṟantāṟkum paḻaicāyk kāṇiyā yivarkaḷ ceytuvaracce⟨y⟩ tey kālaviṉotapaṇ(ṭi)taṉ cettavāṟey Eṅkaḷūr kuṉikkumpir(āṉā)ṉa caiva vijyādhira brahmamahārājaṉum Ivan tamappa⟨n⟩ caiva-

⟨4⟩ cintāmaṇi brahmamahārājaṉum taṅkaḷukku kāṇiyāka nam Olai Eḻutivittu koṇṭu Ippaṭikku Ikkoyilkaḷile kallum veṭṭivittu ceytuvantā⟨r⟩ kaḷeṉṟum Itu Uṭaiyār svāmidevar keṭṭaruḷiṉaiṭattu

⟨5⟩ Ivarkaḷ yogyarallar Enṟum munpu kāṇiyuṭaiya bhāradvāji brahmiśvara muṭaiyān kūttappirāṉāṉa kālaviṉotapaṇṭitaṉuḷḷiṭṭārum tevapperumāṉāṉa śaivasūrya brahmamahārāja(ṉu)m yogyarumāy prāptarumākaiyāle

⟨6⟩ Ivarkaḷe ceyyakkaṭavarkaḷāka Aruḷicce⟨y⟩tār Enṟum Ikkoyilkaḷil śaivvācāriyam nitta naimittikamuḷḷiṭṭa śāstrārtthaṅkaḷum (ś)aivācāriyam cevvārkaḷukkākap pūjittu varukiṟār pūjainilai Uṭaiyār tiruviraṭṭāṉa-

⟨7⟩ muṭaiyār koyilil EḻuntaruḷiAruḷum kālakālatevaraip pūjikkum (pū)jainilai yonṟum kūttāṭuntevarai pūjikkum pūjai(nilai yoṉ)ṟum kulottu(ṅ)kacoḷi(śvara)(mu)ṭaiyāraiyum vikramacoḷi(śvara)muṭaiyārai(yu)m pūjikkum pūjai-

⟨8⟩ nilai yonṟum Ippūjainilaikaḷum Ivarkaḷe kāṇiyākap peṟṟuc ceyyavum Ivaiyiṟṟukkup patiṉāṟāvatuvaraiyum peṟṟuvantapaṭiyāluḷḷa nimantam muḷḷiṭṭa peṟukaḷ peṟavum Ippaṭikku Ikkoyilka(ḷi)le kalve-

⟨9⟩ ṭṭavum kaṭavatāka peṟaveṇum Enṟu vikramacoḻabrahmamahārājaṉ namakku coṉṉamaiyil Ippaṭi ceyyakaṭavatākac coṉṉom Ippaṭi ceyyappaṇṇuka |||௳ Eḻutiṉāṉ tirumantraOlai rājanārāyaṇamuventaveḷāṉ

⟨10⟩ Ivai kurukularājaṉ Eḻuttu Ivai nikarilicoḻapallavataraiyaṉ Eḻuttu ||| Ivai pratikaṅkaraiyaṉ (Eḻuttu ||| I)vai nilakaṅkaraiyaṉ Eḻuttu Ivai Amarakon Eḻuttu ∥ Ivai coḻakaṅkaraiyaṉ Eḻuttu ||| ௳

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 22.40 by Srinivasa Rao 1983 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Srinivasa Rao, G.V. 1983. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XXII, Part I: inscriptions collected during the year 1905-06. South Indian Inscriptions 22.1. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director General). Pages 32–33, item 40.