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Tamil
Inscriptions
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INSCRIPTIONS
OF THE TANJAVUR TEMPLE
INSCRIPTIONS
ON THE WALLS OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE
No.
2
On
the West Wall
This inscription
is engraved in five sections, each of which occupies a separate face of the
west wall. It consists of two distinct parts.
The first part extends
to about two thirds of line 7 of the first section and describes eleven old
vessels, which were presented on the 310th day of the 25th
year of the reign of Ko-Rajakesarivarman, alias Rajarajadeva, ‘to (the goddess)
Umaparamesvari, who is the consort of our lord Adavallar,’ by the king’s elder
sister,[1]
who was the queen of Vallavaraiyar[2]
Vandyadevar.
The second part
enumerates other gifts of gold vessels and ornaments, which were made by the
same royal lady between the 25th and 29th year of the
king’s reign. The item detailed in paragraphs 14 to 42 were given ‘to (the
goddess) Umaparamesvari, who is the consort of our lord Adavallar
Dakshina-Meru-Vitankar.’ Paragraphs 44 to 59 describe gifts ‘to (the goddess)
Umaparamesvari, who is the consort of our lord Tanjai-Vitankar.
Translation
1. Hail!
Prospperity! On the three-hundred-and-tenth day or the twenty-fifty year (or
the reign) of Ko-Rajakesarivarman, alias Sri-Rajarajadeva, who, — while (his)
heart rejoiced, that, like the goddess of fortune, the goddess of the great
earth had become his wife, — in his life of growing strength, during which,
having been pleased to cut the vessel (in) the hall (at) Kandalur, he conquered
by his army, which was victorious in great battles, Vengai-nadu, Ganga-padi,
Tadigai-padi, Nulamba-padi, Kudamalai-nadu, Kollam, Kalingam, Ira-mandalam, (the
conquest of which) made (him) famous (in) the eight directions, and the seven
and a half lakshas of Iratta-padi, — peprived the Seriyas of their splendour,
while (he) was resplendent (to such a degree) that (he) was worthy to be
worshipped everywhere; — the venerable elder sister of Sri –Rajarajadeva, (who
was) the great queen (mahadevi) of Vallavaraiyar Vandyadevar, gave to (the
goddess) Umaparamesvari, who is the consort of our lord Adavallar, one gold
plate (laligai), weighing three hundred and ninety-eight karanju and a half by
the stone called (after) Adavallan.
2. On the same day (she)
gave one gold plate, weighing four hundred and ninety-six karanju by the same
stone.
3. On the same day (she) gave one gold bowl (mandai),
weighing one hundred and ninety-nine karanju by the same stone.
4. On the same day (she) gave one gold bowl,
weighing three hundred and ninety-nine karanju and three quarters by the same
stone.
5. On the same day (she)
gave one gold water-pot, weighing one hundred and ninety-nine karanju and a
half by the same stone.
6. On the same day (she)
gave one gold water-pot, weighing one hundred and ninety-nine karanju and three
quarters by the same stone.
7. On the same day (she)
gave one gold water-pot, weighing one hundred and ninety-six karanju, seven manjadi
and (one) kunri by the same stone.
8. On the same day (she)
gave one gold water-pot, weighing one hundred and ninety-eight karanju by the
same stone.
9. On the same day (she)
gave one gold cup (vattil), weighing ninety-seven karanju and a half by the
same stone.
10. One the same day (she)
gave one golden receptacle for sacred ashes with lotus-ornaments (pushkarapatti-madal),
together with a stand (adi), — weighing eighty karanju by the same stone.
11. On the same day (she)
gave one golden chunnam box (karandigaichchoppu)[3]
including . . . . . . a bolt (odani) and a pin (nilaiyani), — weighing one
hundred and ninety-nine karanju by the same stone.
Second Part
12. From the
twenty-fifty year to the twenty-ninth year (of the king’s reign), the venerable
elder sister of Sri-Rajarajadeva, (who was) the great queen of Vallavaraiyar Vandyadevar,
gave to (the goddess) Umaparamesvari who is the consort of our lord Adavallar Dakshina-Meru-Vitankar,
and to (the goddess) Umaparamesvari, who is the consort of our lord
Tanjai-Vitankar, the following sacred ornaments (abharana), emblems (chihna), etc.,
of gold, which were weighed by the stone called (after) Adavallan and engraved
on stone –excluding those (gifts of) the twenty-fifty year, which had been
engraved on the adjacent stones before this (part of the inscription) on the
norlth of this upper tier (jagatippadai): -[4]
13. To (the goddess)
Umapaamesvari, who is the consort of our lord Advallar Dakshina-Meru-Vitankar,
(she) gave: -
14. One ottu-vattil, (consisting
of) one hundred and ninety-eight karanju and a half, two manjadi and (one) kunri
of gold.
15. One ottu-vattil,
(consisting of) one hundred and ninety-seven karanju and a half of gold.
16. One tavukkai,[5]
(consisting of) one hundred and forty-seven karanju and six manjadi of gold.
17. One tavukkai, (consisting
of) one hundred and forty-six karanju and three quarters (one) manjadi and (one)
kunri of gold.
18. One censer (kalasappanai),
(consisting of) two hundred and ninety-five karanju and a quarter of gold.
19. One swan (annam),
(consisting of) ninety-eight karanju and a quarter of gold.
20. One parrot (kili),
the gold of which weighed thirty-four karanju, nine manjadi and (one) kunri, —
including two precious stones set into the eyes.
21. One handle for a
white chamara (ven-samarai), (consisting of) nineteen karanju and three
quarters of gold.
22. One handle for a
white chamara, (consisting of) nineteen karanju and a half and two manjadi of
gold.
23. One handle for a flywhisk
(chchoppi), (consisting of) twenty karanju of gold.
24.One handle for a flywhisk,
(consisting of) nineteen karanju and a half of gold.
25.One sacred crown (makuta),
(consisting of) two hundred and seventy-five karanju and a half of gold.
26. One hundred and
sixty-five sacred gold flowers (tirupporpu), consisting of eight hundred and
twenty-five karanju of gold, — each sacred gold flower (consisting of) five karanju
of gold.
27.Thirty-five sacred
gold flowers, consisting of one hundred and seventy-four karanju, two manjadi
and (one) kunri of old, — each sacred gold flower (consisting of) four karanju
and three quarters, four manadi and (one) kunri of gold.
28. One pendant (tukkam),
(consisting of) twenty-nine karanju and a half of gold.
29. One pair of sacred
car-rings (tiru-vali), consisting of six karanju, eight majadi and (one) kunri
of gold.
30. One pair of double
sacred urutlu,[6] consisting
of ten karanju and (one) manjadi of gold.
31. One pair of sacred
ear-rings (tirukkambi) consisting of fourteen karanju and three quarters, (one)
manjadi and (one) kunri of gold.
32. One string (vadam)
of beads for the marriage-badge (tali-mani), set with diamonds (vayiram),
consisting of eleven karanju and (one) manjadi of gold, — including one hundred
and fifty-seven beads for the marriage-badge, . . . . . . four padugan, four kallippu,
one kokkuvay and two square diamonds (savakkam).[7]
33. One neckace (kantha-tudar)
of three (chains) soldered into one, (consisting of) sixty-two karanju of gold.
34. One outer chain (?
Puralludar), including (one) padugan, (one) kallippu and (one) kokkuvay, — (consisting
of) twenty-four karanju and a half, two manjadi and (one) kunri of gold.
35. One Sayalam of
diamonds (vayiram), (containing) one hundred and twenty-two karanju and three quarters
of gold.
36. One pair of pottu[8]
for the arms of the goddess, (consisting of) ninety karanju and a half of gold.
37. One pair of bracelets
(kataka) for the arms of the goddess, (consisting of) fifty-six karanju, two manjadi
and (one) kunri of gold.
38. One pair of rings
for the arms of the goddess (tirukkaikkarai),[9]
with claws[10] (engraved)
on the outside (? Ugirppuravan), (consisting of) one hundred and fifty karanju and
a half of gold.
39.One wrought girdle (toril-pattigai),
(consisting of) three hundred and forty-four karanju of gold.
40.One pair of rings for
the feet of the goddess (tiruvadikkarai), with claws (engraved) on the outside,
(consisting of) of one hundred and fifty karanju and a quarter of gold..
41.One pair of ksayalam
for the feet (pada-sayalam),[11]
(consisting of) one hundred and nine karanju and a half of gold.
42. Ten rings for the
toes of the goddess (tirukkal-modiram), consisting of fourteen karanju and
three quarters, two manjadi and (one) kunri of gold.
43. To (the goddess)
Umaparamesvari, who is the consort of our lord Tanjai-Vitankar, (she) gave: -
44. One plate (taligai),
(consisting of) four hundred and forty-eight karanju and four manjadi of gold.
45. One bowl (mandai), (consisting
of) two hundred and ninety-six karanju and a half of gold.
46. One ottu-vattil, (consisting
of) one hundred and ninety-seven karanju and a half of gold.
47. One tavukkai,
(consisting of) one hundred and forty-eight karanju and nine manjadi of gold.
48. One censer (kalasappanai),
(consisting of) two hundred and ninety-five karanju, seven manjadi and (one)
kunri of gold.
49. One pot (kalasa), (consisting
of) one hundred and ninety-six karanju and a half of gold.
50. One pot, (consisting
of) one hundred and ninety-seven karanju and a quarter of gold.
51. One pot, (consisting
of) one hundred and ninety-seven karanju and eight manjadi of gold.
52. One chunnam box (karandigaichcheppu),
(consisting of) one hundred and ninety-eight karanju and a quarter of gold.
53. One handle for a
white chamara (ven-samarai), (consisting of) nineteen karanju and a half and
four manjadi of gold.
54. One handle for a flywhisk
(chchoppi), (consisting of) nineteen karanju and a half and (one) manjadi of
gold.
55. Forty-eight sacred
gold flowers (tirupporpu), consisting of two hundred and forty karanju of gold,
— each sacred gold flower (consisting of) five karanju of gold.
56. Seventy-two sacred
gold flowers, consisting of three hundred and fifty-eight karanju and four manjadi
of gold, — each sacred gold flower (consisting of) four karanju and three
quarters, four manjadi and (one) kunri of gold.
57. Six sacred gold
flowers, consisting of twenty-nine karanju and a half and four manjadi of gold,
— each sacred gold flower (consisting of) four karanju and three quarters and
four manjadi of gold.
58. Three sacred gold
flowers, consisting of fourteen karanju and three quarters and (one) kunri of
gold – each sacred gold flower (consisting of) four karanju and three quarters,
three manjadi and (one) kunri of gold.
59.One sacred gold
flower, (consisting of) four karanju and three quarters of gold.
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