Caṅkaramanallūr / Sangrāmanallūr, Cōḷeśvara temple, time of Kōṉēriṉmaikoṇṭāṉ, year 29

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Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī tribhuvana-c-cakrava-

⟨2⟩ t=ti kōṉēri¡m!maikoṇṭāṉ

⟨3⟩ karaivaḻi-nāṭṭu-t

⟨4⟩ tiru-v-ālanturai-

⟨5⟩ -y-āṉa vik(ra)ma-cōḻa-

⟨6⟩ -c-caturvveti-maṅkalat-

⟨7⟩ tu sabhaiyārkku-t taṅ-

⟨8⟩ kaḷ ūr-t tuṟaiyil mahā-

⟨9⟩ -bhāratam vācikkum pēṟku

⟨10⟩ Ivv-ūril irupatt’ eṭṭ-āvatu

⟨11⟩ varaiyuṅ kāṭu pāḻāṉa nilattil

⟨12⟩ tillai-nāyakaṉ tirutti-k kuṭukkum nila-

⟨13⟩ m Arai māvum In-nilattukku varuṅka-

⟨14⟩ ṭamai nellu Ōṭṭaccu Ārāṭci Anta-

⟨15⟩ rāyam Ēlvai Ukavai kāṇikkai maṇ-

⟨16⟩ ṭala mutalmai-p peṟu mutal Eḻuttu

⟨17⟩ viṉiyōkam kāliṅkarāyar viṉi-

⟨18⟩ yōkam cantu-vigraha-p peṟu ko-

⟨19⟩ ṇṭatu mutal kuṟṟateṇṭam kāt-

⟨20⟩ tikai-p-paccai maṟṟum Eppēṟpaṭṭa I-

⟨21⟩ ṟaikaḷum Iru-patt’ oṉpatāvatu mu-

⟨22⟩ tal Iṟai-y-ili-y-āka-t tantōm Ip-

⟨23⟩ -paṭikku Ivv-ōlai piṭipāṭ-āka-k

⟨24⟩ koṇṭu candrātittavaT celvat-ā-

⟨25⟩ ka-k kallilum cempilum veṭṭi-

⟨26⟩ -k-koḷka Ivai villavataraiyaṉ

⟨27⟩ Eḻuttu yāṇṭu 2 10 9 nāḷ 9 10 8 Ivai

Apparatus

⟨15⟩ Ēlvai ⬦ Elavai SII.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–7⟩ The unmatched king, emperor of the three worlds, to the members of the assembly of ...

⟨7–13⟩ In the division of their village, for the person who recites the Mahābhārata ... ⟨there is⟩ a land of half a mā.

⟨14–22⟩ For this land, we have given tax-free from the twenty-ninth ⟨year⟩ ...

⟨22–26⟩ ...

⟨26–27⟩ These ⟨are⟩ the letters1 of Villavataraiyaṉ, year 29, day 98.

⟨27⟩ These ⟨are⟩

Commentary

The inscription is either unfinished or its end is lost.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1909–10 (ARIE/1909-1910/B/1909/163).

Edited in Srinivasan 1990 (SII 26.174).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis based on Srinivasan 1990.

Primary

[SII] Srinivasan, P. R. 1990. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XXVI: inscriptions collected during the year 1908-09. South Indian Inscriptions 26. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director-General). Pages 114–115, item 174.

Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1909–10. G.O. No. 665, 28th July 1910. Epigraphy. Recording the progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for -, Southern Circle, for the year 1909-1910. Edited by H. Krishna Sastri. No place, 1910. Page 19, appendix B/1909, item 163.

Notes

  1. 1. That is, the signature.