Epigraphia Indica Vol 05

SR No.: 032559
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: E Hultzsch
Publisher: Archaeological Survey of India
Publication Year: 1998
Total Pages: 458
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 22 MB

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No. 6.]
VATTELUTTU INSCRIPTIONS OF CHOLA KINGS.
ke
pattu
TEXT. 1 Svagti [śri) [] Kandaļûr-Salai k alam=arattu 2 [Kajige-påờiyum Nulamba-pådiyum Tadi3 [y]ga-vaļi[y]um
Vengai-nidum 4 [D]da
ko
Rajaraja-[K]esarivanma5 [r]ku
ya[n]du padi-palu
ivv-&6 ndu
Vi[ru]ch[ch]iga-nå[yi"][/u] [rajaraja7 [va]lanåtta Nanji-ne[t]ţa
brahmad8 yam Sujintirattu
Emmeramå[.] 9 têvadâņam
Niruba[6]êgara[V]ļanallü10 Teppal [T]ņvaļanallûr
mûna 11 kil-kkârâņmai
adaiya
[k]uļi. 12 ga! tâneda udaiyår
ndaiya 13 [nila Jóga! [Nêr]i[yan)-Mûvêndaveļa[r] solla [Najõji14 [na]t(tu]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
TRANSLATION. Hail! Prosperity! In the year fourteen (of the reign) of king RÂjarija-Kesarivarman, who, having destroyed the ships (at) Kindalur-Salai, conquered Glanga-padi, Nuļamba-padi, Tadiga-vali' and Vengai-nadu-in the month of Vrischika of this year, the cultivators who were formerly sub-tenants of Teşvaļanallur, a portion of Nřipasekharavaļanallûr, a déradana (of the temple) of Emberaman (Vishņu) at Sujindiram, a brahmaddya in Nanjinadu, (a district) of Rajaraja-valanadu,. .
. . ..at the bidding of Nəriyan-Mûvêndavéļår . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
E.-Inscription in the Sthåņunátha temple at Suchindram. This inscription is dated in the 15th year of the reign of the same king as the two preceding inscriptions (C. and D.). It consists of 22 lines, of which lines 9 to 22 are here omitted because I cannot make them out in full.
TEXT. 1 Svasti r[i] [11] Tira-maga[!] pôla=pper[a]-ni[la]-chchelvi y Jun-danak[k@y-uri)2 mai [p]ûndamai mana-k[k]8!=Ekân[da]ļur-Chchalai kalam=aputt-araļi=K[ka]3 nga-padi[u]mo Nuļambar-p[á]di[u]mo Tadilyar-pâ[a]i[u]m [Vējó[gai)
nådu[m Ku)4 dagamalai-nadu[n] dan[dår)-kko[n]du tann-e[1]il vilanga aliyile[1] [8-ya)5 ndun-doll-Udag][i] vila[n]gum yândêy [se]liyarai tesu kolko Irigara[éa)6 Kêsari[vanma]rkku (ya]ndu padiş-ainCju) iv[v]-&nda Kanni-[nàylitru mav[v-a)7 n[diy=&g]i []e[v]vây-[k]kilamai perra [Pû]rayirattádi-na!' Iråsarisa-va[la] 8 nåttu [Nanj]i-náțţu brahmadêyam T[iruch]chivi[nd]irattu mah[&®]
sabhaiyôm kaļa
Rend Emberumdr. • Rend .
Read kil.. • Other inscriptions have the forms Tadigaipadi, tad igapadi, T'adiyapadi and Tadiyadali ; see South-Ind. Inser. Vol. III. p. 29.
This designation was bestowed by Bajardja I. on the Pandya country: see ibid. Vol. II. p. 149, note 7, and Vol. III. p. 15, note 4.
• The same person is mentioned again in the unpublished portion of the same inscription, 1. 161. I No. 85 of the Government Epigrapbist's collection for 1896. . Read for
Bead -padiyum.