Mēlpāṭi, Cōḻēśvara temple, time of Rājakesarivarman Rājarāja, year 29

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Current Version:  draft, 2024-09-06Z

Editors:   Eugen Hultzsch and Emmanuel Francis.

DHARMA Identifier: INSSII0300016

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¹svasti śrī

śrī-kō-[v-i]rāja-rājakēsaripa⟨r⟩mmar-āṉa śrī-rāja-rāja-devaṟku yāṇṭu 2 10 9-[Ā]vatu

jayaṅ-koṇṭa-cōḻa-maṇṭalattu-p perum-pāṇa-p-pāṭi-t-t¿ura?⟨ū⟩-ñāṭṭu mēṟ-pāṭi-y-āṉa rājāśraya-purattu nakarattōm [Ā]ṟṟ¡u!⟨ū⟩rar-t tu[ñ]ciṉa tevarkku-p paḷḷi-paṭai-y-āka Uṭ[ai]yār śrī-rāja-rāja-devar Eṅkaḷ nakarattil Eṭuppitt-aruḷiṉa Aṟiñcikai-Īśvarattu mahādevarkku vēṇṭu nivantaṅkaḷukku-t tēvatāṉam-āka nāṅkaḷ kuṭutta nilam āva[tu] Eṅkaḷ¿a?⟨ū⟩rkku-p piṭākai-y-āka-p pe[ṟ]ṟ-uṭaiya [v-ūru]kaḷil maṉai-vaḻi kūṟ-iṭātu nakara-p-potu-vāy-k kiṭanta [pu]li-[k]-kuṉṟattu{kku}kku-k

• k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ-[p]āṟk’ ellai nu[k]ā v-eṉṉum āṟṟukku mēṟku⟨m⟩
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  ²te[ṉ-pāṟ]k’ ellai kukkaṉ¡ū!⟨ū⟩r Ellaikku vaṭakkum
• [m]ēl-pāṟk’ ellai te[ṉ]-koḷḷi Ellaikku-k kiḻakkum
• vaṭa-pāṟk’ ellai pālai-nell¡ū!⟨ū⟩r Ellaikku-t teṟkum

In-nāṟ-[p]ēr-ellaiyu¡ḷ[ḷu]!⟨ḷu⟩ naṭu[vu]-paṭṭa puli-k-kuṉṟam n¡i!⟨ī⟩r-nila[mu]ṅ kollaiyuṅ kāṭum Uṭ-paṭa [v-uṇṇilam o]ḻiv’ iṉṟi Ip-puli-k-kuṉṟattu ni¿[y]ai?⟨lam⟩ Epp[ē]rpap[pa]⟨ṭṭa⟩tum It-tēvar⟨k⟩ku vēṇṭu nivantaṅkaḷukku-t tēvatāṉa-I[ṟ]ai-y-ili-y-āka-c cilā-lēkai ceytu kuṭuttōm mēṟ-pā[ṭi]-y-āṉa rājāśraya-purattu nakarattōm

nakarattār colla Eḻutiṉēṉ In-nakara-k-kara⟨ṇa⟩tt[ā]ṉ nārāyaṇaṉ a[ṭai]kkalava[ṉ-ēṉ]

[I]vai y-e¡ṉṉ!⟨ṉ⟩ e[ḻu]ttu |

Itu paṉ-mā¿bh?⟨h⟩eśva⟨ra⟩-rakṣai |

Apparatus

¹ maṉakkoḷak ◇ maṉakkoḷk SII — ¹ -[c cālai] ¿kkem?⟨kalam⟩ ◇ ¿[3+]kkem?⟨c cālai kalam⟩ SII — ¹ taṭ¿ī?⟨i⟩k¿a?⟨ai⟩-pā[ṭi]yuṅ ◇ taṭīka-pā[ṭi]yuṅ SII

Translation by Hultzsch 1899

¹Hail! Prosperity! In the 29th year [of the reign] of the glorious king Rājarāja-Kesarivarman, alias Śrī-Rājarājadeva, who, etc.,,^↓1——we, the citizens of Mēṟpāṭi, alias Rājāśrayapuram, in Tūñāṭu, [a subdivision] of Perumpaṇa-pāṭi in Jayaṅkoṇṭa-Cōḻa-maṇḍalam, gave the following land as temple land for the expenses(nibandha) required by [the god] Mahādeva of the Aṟiñcikai-Īśvara [temple], which the lord Śrī-Rājarājadeva had been pleased to build in our city as a resting-place for the king who fell asleep at Āṟṟūr. The eastern boundary of Pulikkuṉṟam,——[which is one] among the villages that were acquired and belong to our village as hamlets (piṭākai), which is not divided into house-sites (maṉai),^↓2 and which is the common property of the city,——[is] to the west of the river called Nukā; the southern boundary [is] to the north of the boundary of Kukkaṉūr; the western boundary [is] to the east of the boundary of Te[ṉ]koḷḷi; andthe northern boundary [is] to the south of the boundary of Pālainellūr.

²[The village of] Pulikkuṉṟam, enclosed within these four great boundaries,——the whole land of this Pulikkuṉṟam, including wet land, dry land and jungle, [and] not excluding the cultivated land,^↓3——we, the citizens of Mēṟpāṭi, alias Rājāśrayapuram, gave for the expenses required by this god, as tax-free temple land, having engraved [this] on stone. At the bidding of the citizens, I, the accountant of this city, Nārāyaṇaṉ Aṭaikkalavaṉ, wrote [this]. This is my writing. This [gift is placed under] the protection of all Māheśvaras.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

¹Prosperity! Fortune!

¹29th year of the glorious king Rājarāja, alias the glorious king Rājarājakesarivarman,

¹who ... [meykkīrtti of Rājarāja I Cōḷa]

^1-2The land that ... has given ... is [as follows]: [as] for Pullikkuṉṟam ...,

• the eastern boundary is to the west of the river named Nukā;
• the southern boundary is to the north of ...;
• the western boundary is to the east of ...;
• the northern boundary is to the south of ....

²The land comprised between these four great boundaries ... We have given, We, the members of nakaram of ...

²...

²...

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Bibliography

Edited in Hultzsch 1899, with English translation (SII 3.16).

This edition by Emmanuel Francis (2024), based on Hultzsch 1899 and photos (E. Francis, 2024).

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Notes

↑1. The historical introduction of this inscription is identical with that of No. 15.
↑2. See Vol. I. p. 66, note 3.
↑3. The same expression uṇṇilamoḻiviṉṟi occurs in line 99 of the Udayēntiram plates of Pr̥thivīpati II.; above, Vol. II. p. 386.