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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
XIV.- Inscriptions of Parakesarivarman Uttama-Chola No. 143 to 147 Adhipurisvara, Apatsahayesvara, Umamahesvara temples No. 123 to 125 Madhuvanesvara, Mahalingasvamin, Varaha-Perumal temples No. 126 to 127 Chandrasekhara & Ghritasthanesvara temples No. 128 Madras Museum plates of Uttama-Chola No. 129 to 133 Nagesvarasvamin, Umambesvara, Adimulesvara temples No. 134 to 137 Virattanesvara, Ujjivanathasvamin, Nagesvarasvamin temples No. 138 to 141 Mahalingasvamin, Vatatirthanatha, Nedungalanatha temples No. 142 Manikanthesvara temples at Tirumullaivayil No. 148 to 150 Sivayoganathasvamin, Siddhanathasvamin temples No. 151 Umamahesvarasvamin temple at Konerirajapuram No. 151-A On the east and north walls of the same shrine No.
143.- ON A SLAB BUILT INTO THE FLOOR OF THE VERANDHA ROUND
THECENTRAL SHRINE IN THE ADHIPURISVARA TEMPLE AT TIRUVORRIYUR[1] This
inscription which is dated in the 15th year of
Parakesarivarman Uttama-Chola mentions Senni-Yeripadaichcholan
Uttamasolan who was probably an officer of the king.
The first part of the name suggests that this chief would
have been connected with Senni-yeri-padai, i.e., the warlike
army of Senni. Hail
! Prosperity ! In the 15th year of (the reign of)
king Parakesarivarman the glorious Uttama-Choladeva, Uttama-Chola
having been pleased to order to make and present in gold to (the
temple of) Mahadeva at Tiruvorriyur, (an image of)
Sribalideva, eight trumpets, and fly-whisks for thetwenty-four
fly-whisk-women from the taxes of the king, (these) were made
and presented (by) Senni-Yeripadaichcholan Uttamasolan . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . .
.. .
No.
144.- ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE
APATSAHAYESVARATEMPLE AT ADUTURAI[2] The
inscription is dated in the 16th year of king
Parakesarivarman alias Madhurantakadeva Uttama-Chola and states that
the temple of Tirukkurangaduturai (i.e., the modern Aduturai near
Tiruvidaimarudur) was built of stone by the kingâs mother
Udaiyapirattiyar Madevadigalar alias Sembiyanmadeviyar and
that certain documents of grants made to the god in former times
having become old and damaged were now re-engraved on the walls of
the newly-constructed temple. The
temple of Tirukkurangaduturai is already mentioned in the Devaram
and as such it should have been in existence to the construction of
it in stone by the kingâs mother there was, perhaps, a smaller
stone structure[3] with inscriptions (laksanha)
on it. Consequently
what is recorded here must refer to the renovation of the temple by
the queen mother. In
this connexion it may be noted that two inscriptions of the Pandya
king Maranjadaiyan[4] which are earlier in point
of time than the present record and are also found on the temple
walls, must have been copies of older grants. Hail
! Prosperity ! In this sacred stone temple which Udaiyapirattiyar
Madevadigalar alias the glorious Sembiyan-Madeviyar who had
obtained in her sacred womb the glorious Madhurantakadeva alias
the glorious Uttama-Chola â had graciously caused to be built to
the god (alvar) at Tirukkurangaduturai in Tiraimur-nadu, were
engraved on stone, in the 16th year of (the reign)
the glorious Uttama-Choladeva alias king Parakesarivarman (such)
lakshanas (i.e., inscriptions ?)
as were made to this god in former times (to last) as
long as the moon and the sun, and which lakshanas on
examination were found to have become old. No.
145.- ON A PILLAR LYING TO THE SOUTH OF THE TANK IN FRONT OF THE
ADHIPURISVARA TEMPLE AT TIRUVORRIYUR[5] This
inscription is dated in the 16th year of Parakesarivarman
Uttama-Chola. It refers
to a scrutiny of accounts of the temple of Tiruvorriyur made in this
year and registers the assignment of a gold salver to the temple at
the headman of Elinur in Purangarambai-nadu.
The district in which Purangarambai-nadu was situated is not
given ; but we know from other records that it was in
Arumolideva-valanadu also called Ten Kaduvay[6].
The village of Elinur mentioned in the record may be
identified with Elalur in the Tirutturaippundi taluk of the Tanjore
district. Hail
! Prosperity ! In the 16th year of (the reign of)
the gloriousUttama-Choladeva alias king Parakesarivarman,
Nandisuran alias Parakesari-Vilupparaiyan, the headman of
Elinur, (a village) in Purangarambia-nadu (which was a
subdivision) of Sola-nadu, who scrutinizes the sacred business
of the god (alvar) at Tiruvorriyur, assigned, after adding up
the kingâs income, one gold salver with pits, weighing eight
hundred and eighty-eight kalanju marked and pure (as
tested by) the stone (weight) of the treasury (pandarakkal),
for offering food to the god, as long as the moon and the sun (endure).
In this (are included) the forty kalanju
marked and pure (as tested by) the stone (weight)
of the treasury (pandarakkal), for offering food to the god,
as long as the moon and sun (endure).
In this (are included) the forty kalanju of
marked and pure gold deposited by Siyan Puravariniranjanan, (one
of the) Valanjiyar, for offering two dishes of superior food (uttamagram),
(in order to secure merit) for Kalan[7]
and Manikkasetti. No.
146.- ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE CENTRAL SHRINE IN THE UMAMAHESVARA
TEMPLE AT KONERIRAJAPURAM[8] This
inscription is engraved below a group of sculptures reproduced on
the accompanying plate. It
states that, during the reign of Madhurantakadeva alias
Uttama-Chola, his mother Madevadigalar alias
Sembiyan-Madeviyar caused to be built in the name of her husband
Gandaradityadeva, a stone temple at Tirunallam, i.e., the
modern Konderirajapuram, which is one of the ancient Saivite places
of worship mentioned in the Devaram.
The inscription serves as a key to understand the sculptures
below which it is engraved. The female figure kneeling down in a worshipping posture is
queen Sembiyan Madeviyar and the one close to the linga is
Gandaradityadeva. The
two figures behind the queen are her attendants.
The name Adityesvara-Mahadeva which occurs in other
inscriptions of Konerirajapuram indicates that it was derived from
Gandaraditya. Hail
! Prosperity ! Madevadigalar alias the glorious
Sembiyan-Madeviyar, queen of Gandaradityadeva, constructed in the
sacred name of her husband (viz.,) the glorious
Gandaradityadeva, a stone temple to the lord (i.e., the god)
of Tirunallam (at the time) when her illustrious son, i.e.,
the glorious Madhurantakadeva alias the glorious Uttama-Chola,
was graciously ruling. This
is (the image of) the glorious Gandaradityadeva which was (caused
to be) made in this sacred stone temple in the posture of
worshipping the sacred feet of the lord (i.e., the god) of
Tirunallam.
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