South
Indian Inscriptions, Volume 2
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Tamil
Inscriptions
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OTHER
INSCRIPTIONS OF THE RAJARAJESVARA TEMPLE AT TANJAVUR
No.79
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three pillars of the south enclosure
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This inscription records that a native of Nallur alias
Panchavanmadevi-chaturvedimangalam in Nallur-Nadu, a district of Nittavinoda-valanadu,
set up a copper image of Durga-Paramesvari and presented a number of ornaments
to it.
The preservation of the inscription is not very good. The
second, third and fourth faces of the first pillar are mutilated. But the
missing aksharas have been supplied in the majority of cases from the
context.
Translation
Hail!
Prosperity! The following copper image,â which had been set up in the temple of
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sri-Rajarajesvaramudaiyar until the
twenty-ninth year (of the kingâs reign) by . . . . . . . . . . . . . ni
Vadugan, (a native) of Nallur alias Panchavanmadevi â
[chaturvedimangalam] in Nallur-nadu, (a subdivision) of
Nitta-vinodavalanadu.â was engraved (i.e., recorded) on stone, after (it)
had been measured by the cubit measure (preserved) in the temple of the
lord,[1]
after the jewels (given to it) had been weighed without the threads and
copper nails by the stone called Dakshina-Meru-Vitankan, and after the gold had
been weighed by the stone called Adavallan:-
2. One solid image of Durga-Paramesvari, with four divine
arms, (measuring) three quarters (of a muram), four viral
and six torai in height from the feet to the hair.
3. On lotus on which this (image) stood, set with
jewels, and (measuring) three viral and two torai in
height.
4. One pedestalâ [having] an auspicious marks (? bhadra[2]),
[ten] viral in length, three viral . . . . . . . . . . . in its
middle,â on which this (image) stood, (measuring) three fourths (of
a muram), four viral and six torai in length, eight viral
in breadth and five viral in height.
5. One solid aureola covering this (image and measuring)
three muram and six viral and a half in circumference.
6. To this (image) were given:-
7. One Telugu ear-ring (vaduga-vali) (which)
weighed,â inclusive of the gold, and the six pearls in all strung on (it),
(viz.) round pearls and roundish pearls, â three quarters (of a
karanju) and (which was) worth one kasu and a half.
8. One Telugu ear-ring, (which) weighed,â inclusive of
the gold and the six pearls in all strung on (it), (viz.,) round
pearls and roundish pearls,â three quarters (of a karanju) and (which
was) worth one kasu and a half.
9. One pearl ornament (muttu-mattirai[3])
weighing . . . . . . . . . . kunri,â inclusive of the gold and [one]
pearl, (viz.,) a sappatti strung on (it),â and worth
seven-twentieths of a kasu and one-fortieth.
10. One pearl ornament weighing,â inclusive of the [gold]
and one pearl, (viz.,) a [sappatti] strung on (it),â a
quarter (karanju), and worth seven-twentieths of a kasu and
one-fortieth.
11. One pearl ornament weighing,â inclusive of the gold and
one pearl, (viz.,) a sappatti strung on (it),â a quarter (karanju),
and worth seven-twentieths of a kasu and one-fortieth.
12. One pearl ornament weighing,-inclusive of the gold and
one pearl, (viz.,) a sappatti strung on (it),â a quarter (karanju),
and worth seven-twentieths of a kasu, and one-fortieth.
13. One panchasari with the two paligai[4]
of the middle gold clasp, (each consisting of) five (pieces)
soldered into one and each having a single small eye (siru-padugan), weighing
six karanju inclusive of the lac and the one hundred and eighty-seven
pearls in all strung on (it), (viz.,) polished pearls, small
pearls, crude pearls and sakkattu. (Its) price (was) four kasu.
14. One [girdle (kalavam)],â with the eighty-one
pearls in all, (viz.,) round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls
and small pearls strung on (its) three [strings] and with the two paligai,
(each consisting of) three (pieces) soldered into one and (each)
having a single eye (padugan),â weighing, inclusive of the lac, two karanju
and three quarters, seven manjadi and (one) kunri, and
worth two kasu and a half.
15. One (ornamental consisting of a) single string (ekavalli[5])
weighing (one) karanju, four manjadi and (one) kunri,
inclusive of the twenty-eight pearls in all strung on (it), (viz.,)
round pearls, roundish pearls, polished pearls and small pearls, and the two talimbam
each having a single eye (padugan). (Its) price (was) one kasu
and a half.
16. One ruby marriage badge (tali), having a small sanbangarai[6]
of gold, worth three kasu. On (it) were set five diamonds in all, (viz.)
kakavrinta and urulai; and one ruby with komalam and kudi.
m. (It had) one eye (padugan) and one hook (kokkuvay) round
the collar (karai). (Its total) weight including the lac (was)
(one) karanju and three manjadi.
17. One pearl bracelet (muttin-sudagam) with balls
soldered on a band of gold, weighing four karanju and three quarters and
four manjadi, inclusive of one gold pin[7],
and the two hundred and fifty pearls in all strung on (it), (viz.,)
crude pearls, sappatti and sakkattu. (Its) price (was)
four kasu.
18. One pearl bracelet with balls soldered on a band of
gold, weighing four karanju and six manjadi inclusive of one gold
pin, land the two hundred and eighty-four pearls in all strung on (it),
(viz.,) crude pearls and pearls in clusters (punjai-muttu[8])
and crude pearls. (Its) price (was) four kasu.
19. One pearl bracelet with balls soldered on a band of
gold, weighing five karanju and a quarter, inclusive of one gold pin,
and the two hundred and ninety-two pearls in all strung on (it), (viz.)
pearls in clusters (punjai-muttu) and crude pearls. (Its) price (was)
four kasu and a half.
20. One pearl bracelet with balls soldered on a band of
gold, weighing five karanju and a quarter, inclusive of one gold pin,
and the two hundred and five pearls in all strung on (it), (viz.)
crude pearls and pearls in clusters (punjai-muttu). (Its) price (was)
four kasu and a half.
21. One sacred foot-string (tirukkalvadam) with the
twenty-seven pearls in all strung on (it), (viz.) round pearls,
roundish pearls, crude pearls and sappatti, weighing half a karanju,
three manjadi and two tenths[9]and worth seven-twentieths of a kasu and
one-fortieth.
22. One sacred foot-string with the thirty pearls in all
strung on (it), (viz.,) round pearls, roundish pearls, crude
pearls and sappatti, weighing half a karanju, two manjadi
and (one) kunri, and worth seven-twentieths of a kasu and
one-fortieth.
23. One pair of sacred ear-rings (tirukkambi), (consisting
of) two karanju and three quarters and four manjadi of gold.
24. One string of beads for the marriage badge (tali-manivadam),
(consisting of) (one) karanju and three manjadi of
gold.
25. One sacred girdle (tiruppattigai), (consisting
of) two karanju of gold.
26. One pair of sacred foot rings, (consisting of)
five karanju and six manjadi of gold.
27. One handle for a flywhisk, (consisting of)
nineteen karanju and nine manjadi of gold.
28. One handle for a flywhisk, (consisting of)
nineteen karanju and a half and four manjadi of gold.
No. 80. On a pillar
of the south enclosure
This inscription records that Prithi[i]vimahadeviyar, a
queen Rajarajadeva, set up a copper image of Srikanthamurtigal, and presented
some ornaments to it. An endowment in favor of the same image is registered in
No. 82 below.
The pillar on which the inscription is engraved is
considerably damaged, especially the first face.
Translation
Hail! Prosperity! The
following copper image,â which had been set up in the temple of
Sri-Rajarajesvaramudaiyar until the twenty-ninth year (of the kingâs reign)
by Prith[I]vimahadeviyar, the consort of the lord Sri-Rajarajadeva,â was
engraved (i.e., recorded) on stone, after (it) had been measured by the
cubit measure (preserved) in the temple of the lord and after the gold
had been weighed by the stone called [Adavallan]: -
2. One solid image of Srikanthamurtigal with four divine
arms comfortably seated and (measuring) three quarters (of a muram)
and four viral in height from the feet to the hair.
3. One lotus on which this (image) was seated set
with jewels (and measuring) four viral in height.
4. One pedestal (pitha), one cubit and a half and
one-eighth in length, three quarters (of a cubit) and four viral and
a half in breadth, and six viral and a half in height.
5. One solid aureola covering this (image and measuring)
three (cubits) and three-quarters and one viral and a half in
circumference.
6. To this (image) were given: -
7. One pair of sacred ear-rings, (consisting of) two karanju
and (one) kunri of gold.
8. Two sacred arm-rings, (consisting of) nine karanju
and a half of gold â at four karanju and three quarters for each.
9. One sacred arm-ring, (consisting of) four karanju
and three quarters and two manjadi of gold.
10. one sacred arm-ring, (consisting of) four karanju
and a half and three manjadi of gold.
No. 81. on a pillar
of the south enclosure.[10]
This inscription records that the son of an officer of rajarajadeva
set up a copper image of the goddess Kala-Pidari. A temple (srikoyil) of
this goddess and its sacred court (tiru-murram) at Maganikudi in
Venkonkudikkandam, a subdivision of Maranadu alias Rajasraya-valanadu
are mentioned in No. 5 above, paragraph 13, and another at Turaiyur in
Kir-Palaru, a subdivision of Pachchir-kurram in the same nadu, in
paragraph 15 of the same inscription.[11]
Translation
Hail! Prosperity! The (following) copper image, set
up in the temple of the lord Sri-Rajarajaesvaramudaiyar until the twenty-ninth
year (of the kingâs reign) by Kandayan alias
Rajaraja-Kattiyaraiyan, son of Kattiyaraiyan, a Perundanam[12]
of the lord Sri-Rajarajadeva, was engraved (i.e., recorded) on stone after (it)
had been measured by the cubit measure (preserved) in the temple of the
lord:-
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2. One solid image of (the goddess) Kala-Pidari with
four divine arms, (measuring) sixteen viral in height from the
seat reaching up to the hair.
3. One pedestal on which this (image) was seated, (measuring)
twenty-two viral and two torai in length, eleven viral in
breadth and eight viral and two torai in height.
4. One solid aureola covering this (image and measuring)
two cubits and fifteen viral in circumference.
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