SII 38.256: original edition by S. Swaminathan

Alternative title: “No. 256. (A.R. No. 256 of 1912.) KĀṬṬŪR, PONNERI TALUK, CHINGLEPUT DISTRICT. On a slab lying in the Viṟṟirundaperumāḷ temple.”

Author of digital edition: DHARMA team.

Summary: King: ⎯⎯ Year: 11th century A.D.

This inscription contains two portions i.e., Sanskrit and Tamil.

The first portion eulogises the nānādēśi guild of merchants and states that they were praised by 500 vīra-śāsanas, glorifying their deeds, i.e. were virtuous protectors of the vīra-vaḷañjika. It further states that they were born of Vāśudēva, Kaṇḍaḻi and Vīrabhadra, were the devotees of Bhaṭṭāraki and consisted of various sub-divisions, coming from the 1000 [districts] of the four quarters, the 18 towns, the 32 Veḷapuram and the 64 ghaṭika-sthāna ie, seṭṭis, seṭṭiputras, kavares, kaṇḍaḻis, bhadrakas, gāvuṇḍa-svamins, śiṅgam, sirupuli, valattukkai, vāriyaṉ and others. These nanadēsis met at Mayilāṟpu and decided to convert Kāṭṭūr which was originally Ayyapuḻal into Vīrapaṭṭiṉa and thus exempted its inhabitants of all communal contributions, entitling them to receive what they used to get till then. They resolved also that, hence forward the town was not to be inhabited by such members of mercantile classes. 1. as demanding taxes or tolls by harassing the people with drawn-swords or by capturing them. 2. as deliberately deprived people of their food or otherwise afflicted them. They also declared that those who offended against this decision were placed outside the Vaḷañjiya- community.

Language: Tamil (tam).

Version: (5e30cca), last modified (0ec4724).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svastiśrī ⟨||⟩ svaśrī(śa)mastabhuvana vikhyāta pa-

⟨2⟩ ntuśata vīraśāsa(naM) vyālekaguṇagaṇāla-

⟨3⟩ ṁghrata satya sausāsāri traśili nayana vijñāna

⟨4⟩ samasa saMbhunā vaḷañcika sanmapurapāla havi

⟨5⟩ śaddhagendharvva vāsudeva kaṇḍaḻi vīrabhatrotbhava pa-

⟨6⟩ ramabhaṣṭāraki makkaḷāki nāṉkuticaiyāyiramum pati-

⟨7⟩ ṉeṭṭuppaṭṭiṉamum muppattiraṇṭu veḷāpura-

⟨8⟩ mum Aṟupattunāṉku kaṭikastāvaḷattuc ceṭ-

⟨9⟩ (ṭi)yuñceṭṭi putraNṅ kavaṟaiyuṅ kātrivaṉuṅ

⟨10⟩ kaṇṭaḻiyum bhatrakaṉum kāmuṇḍasvāmiyuñ ciṅ-

⟨11⟩ kamuñ ciṟupuliyum valattukkaiyyum vāriyaN mu-

⟨12⟩ ḷḷi⟨ṭ⟩ṭārkku tirumayilārppil nirāntanāṉāde-

⟨13⟩ śip peruniraviyom Aiyyapuḻalākiya kāṭṭu-

⟨14⟩ rai vīrappaṭṭiṉamākki Ivvirappaṭṭiṉattukku

⟨15⟩ vaitta paricalamāvatu Iṭuvatiṭātatākavum

⟨16⟩ peṟuvatiraṭṭi peṟuvatākavum nammakkaḷippa-

⟨17⟩ ṭṭiṉam pukkuccārikaiyeṉṟum paṇameṉṟu

⟨18⟩ ñ cuṭṭi vāḷmuṟiccāṉum vāṭaṅkiṭantāṉum (vī)-

⟨19⟩ ṭupukkuc coraippaṟiccāṉum nontu koṇṭā-

⟨20⟩ ṉukkum Ivvīrapaṭṭiṉattiṉ meleṟātatākavu-

⟨21⟩ m Iṉṉaṭaiyaḻippāṉ vaḷañciyattukkup pu-

⟨22⟩ ṟakaṉumāy Otirkkaiyyanāvatākavum Ippari-

⟨23⟩ cey sarvvapari(hāra)māka vaitton (tiruma)yilā-

⟨24⟩ ⌉⟨r⟩ppil nirāntanāṉā(te)cipperuniraviyom samai-

⟨25⟩ yam vaiytta paricāl meyvaiyttom virape-

⟨26⟩ runiraviyom paṭṭiṉaṅkaḷ ceyyu naṭaicey

⟨27⟩ ya(p) peṟuvatākavum samaiyamāyum vīrarkaḷāyum

⟨28⟩ [***]ṭaiyaḻittāṉ keṅkaikumariyiṭaic-

⟨29⟩ [***]ṉ ceyta pāvattiṟpaṭuvāṉ Itdhanmam rakṣip-

⟨30⟩ [****]ātam śirasiṉ meliṉa ⟨||⟩

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 38.256 by Swaminathan 2019 converted to DHARMA conventions by Dorotea Operato.

Primary

[SII] Swaminathan, S. 2019. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XXXVIII: Inscriptions collected during the year 1912. South Indian Inscriptions 38. New Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director General). Pages 300–301, item 256.