No.
211 Tirukkalar Plate of Kulottunga-Chola III
No.
206 Two Pandya copper-plate grants from Sinnamanur
No.
207 Tirukkalar Plate of Rajendra Chola I
No.
209 Tirukkalar Plate of Kulottungs-Chola I
No.
211.— Tirukkalar plate of
Kulottunga-Chola III
This
is the fifth inscription in the Tirukkalar set.
It is engraved on both sides of the fourth plate and the
inner side of the fifth. It
is dated in the 29th year of the reign of
Kulottunga-Choladeva (i.e., Kulottunga III) who took Madura, Ceylon,
Karuvur and the crowned head of the Pandya king and furnishes a list
of gold and silver ornaments belonging to the temple at Tirukkalar with their weights as measured by the standard weight called
the kudinai-kal and the fineness in each case.
Hail
! Prosperity ! In the 26th year of (the reign of) the
emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Kulottunga-Choladeva who
had been pleased to take Madura, Ilam (i.e., Ceylon) Karuvur
and the crowned head of the Pandya (king), the following list
of sacred ornaments in the temple of the Nayanar who had sprung at
Tirukkalar, was made weighed with the kudinai-kal : -
1.
tirukkolgai :inclusive of the parama over this, one
hundred and one kalanju and a half of gold of 8 5/8 fineness
; silver fastened to the edges weigh fourteen kalanju and
three-fourths.
By
sixteen gold flowers in the tiruvodaramalai, twelve kalanju
of gold of 8 ½ fineness.
By
1 sacred upper-cloth (tiruvuttariyam), two kalanju,
four manjadi and six ma of gold of 8 ½ fineness.
By
1 sacred crescent (tiruppirai), three-fourth (kalanju)
of gold of 8 and three-fourths fineness.
By
3 ear-flowers (kannapushpam), two kalanju and a quarter of
gold of 8 ½ fineness.
By
1 sacred girdle-plate (tirupattigai-palagai), sixty-four kalanju
and a half of gold of 8 ¼ fineness.
Silver, covering the edges of this, nineteen kalanju
and a half, four manjadi and six ma. The weight of
copper nails fixed in the several parts of this (ornament) in
six and half palam.
By
1 gold flower given by Anniyudaiyar, one kalanju of gold.
By one silver necklace in which this was strung, half a kalanju
of silver.
By
1 sacred diadem (tiruppattam) received in the 20th
(year) from the central treasury of the palace (maligai),
seven kalanju and
a quarter of gold.
By
a small marriage-badge (tali) to be worn by the goddess of
the bed-chamber and one mani (gem), two manjadi
and four ma of gold. This
is of 8 ½ fineness. By
1 necklace on which this was strung, quarter (kalanju) of
silver. Inclusive of 1 string of the marriage-badge, 1
marriage-badge, together with the kokkuvya and padugan,
two kalanju of gold of 9 fineness.
By
1 garland (tiruvasigai) made by Irasandan alias
Solavichchadira Pallavaraiyar of Podimangalam in the 23rd
(year of reign), for being put on (the image of)
Aravabharanadeva, two hundred and fifty-five kalanju and a
quarter, three manjadi and five ma of gold of 8 5/16
fineness.
By
1 abhisheka, sixteen kalanju and a half of gold of 9
½ fineness.
By
1 sacred garland (tiruvaram) of this god, four kalanju
and three-fourths, two manadi and seven ma of gold of
9 ¼ fineness.
By
1 abhisheka, sixteen kalanju and a half of gold of 9
½ fineness.
By
1 sacred garland (tiruvaram) of this god, four kalanju
and three-fourths, two manjadi and seven ma of gold of
9 ¼ fineness.
By
2 sacred ear-rings (tirutodu) of this (god), three kalanju
of gold of 8 ¼ fineness.
By
1 abhisheka of the consort of this (god), ten kalanju
of gold of 8 ½ fineness.
By
1 sacred garland (tiruvaram) of this (god) two kalanju
and a quarter of gold of 8 ½ fineness.
By
2 ear-rings (todu) of this (god), two kalanju
of gold of 8 ½ fineness.
By
24 sacred round beads (tiruvattamani), (one) halanju
and a half of gold of 8 ½ fineness. By 1 string of sacred round beads (tiruvattamani) and
30 beads, (one) kalanju, two manjadi and four ma
of gold of 8 ½ fineness.
By
1 string of sacred round beads and 40 beads, [1 kalanju, 8
manjadi and 2 ma]
of gold of 8 ½ fineness.
By
1 string of sacred round beads and 40 beads, two kalanju of
gold of 8 ½ fineness.
By
1 pair of sacred anklet (tiruchchilambu), four kalanju
of gold of 8 ¾ fineness.
By
1 tiru-abhishekam presented by Tiruvaiyarudaiyan for being
worn by the Nachchiyar (i.e., the goddess Parvati who
performed full penance, fifteen kalanju and a half of gold of
9 fineness.
By
1 tiranai for the forehead, five kalanju and quarter
of gold of 8 ½ fineness.
By
1 string of marriage-badge inclusive of the end-workings of the
marriage-badge, (one) kalanju of gold of 8 ½
fineness.
By
1 sacred foot-string (tiruttavadam), and 41 beads, (one)
kalanju of gold of 9 fineness.
By
4 sacred wristlets, two kalanju and three fourths and (one)
manjadi of gold of 9 fineness.
By
35 silver beads, three-fourths of a (kalanju), two manjadi
and three ma of silver.
By
1 silver bracelet (karai), three fourths (kalanju) and
two (manjadi) of silver.
By
1 marriage-badge strung on this, half a kalanju and a half of
gold of 8 ½ fineness.
By
2sacred ear-rings (tiruttodu), (one) kalanju
and a half of gold of 8 ¾ fineness.
By
1 sacred garland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . gold.
By
1 head circlet (sirachakram), two kalanju of gold of 9
fineness.
By
2 sacred necklaces (tirukkanda-vali), three-fourths (of a
kalanju) of gold of 9 fineness.
By
1 sacred upper cloth presented by Udaiyar
Solavichchadira-Pallavaraiyar to be worn by the god during the
sacred bath, three-fourths (of a kalanju), four manjadi
and six ma of gold.
By
a 1snake in the tiruvasigaippurimam, (one) kalanju
and three-fourths and two ma of gold.
