SII 3.211: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri FIVE CHOLA COPPER-PLATES FROM TIRUKKALAR. No. 211.—TIRUKKALAR PLATE OF KULOTTUNGA-CHOLA III. author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0211 DHARMAbase

This is the fifth inscription in the Tirukkaḷar 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 Kulōttuṅga-Chōḷadēva (i.e., Kulōttuṅga III) who took Madura, Ceylon, Karuvūr and the crowned head of the Pāṇḍya king and furnishes a list of gold and silver ornaments belonging to the temple at Tirukkaḷar with their weights as measured by the standard weight called the kuḍiñai-kal and the fineness in each case.

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svasti śrī . tiripuvaṉaccakkaravattikaḷ maturaiyum Īḻamuṅ karuvūrum pāṇṭiyaṉ muṭittalaiyuṅ koṇṭaruḷi ya śrīkulottuṅka coḻatevaṟku yāṇṭu 2 10 6vatu tirukkaḷar muḷaitta nāyaṉār ko yil tiruvāparaṇattukku mutal kuṭiṉaikkalliṭai tirukkoḷkai 1m Itaṉ mel paṟamamum Uṭpaṭa 8 1/2 1/8 māṟipoṉ nūṟṟoru kaḻañcarai Itaṉ viḷimpi ṟ tiraitta veḷḷi patiṉāṟkaḻañce mukkāl .. tiruvotāramālai poṟpū pa tiṉāṟināl 8 1/2 māṟi poṉ paṉṉiru kaḻañcu .. tiruvuttariyam 1ṉāl 8 1/2 māṟi poṉ Irukaḻañce nālu mañcāṭiyum Āṟu mā .. tiruppiṟai 1ṉāl 8 mu kkāl māṟi poṉ mukkāl .. kaṉṉapuṣpam 3ṉāl 8 1/2 māṟi poṉ Irukaḻañ ce kāl .. tiruppaṭṭikaippalakai 1ṉāl 8va māṟi poṉ Aṟupattu nāṟkaḻañcarai Itaṉ viḷimpittiraitta veḷḷi pattoṉpatiṉ kaḻañcaraiy e nālu mañcāṭiyum Āṟumā Itaṉuḷ palaviṭattun taitta ceppāṇi Iṭai Āṟarai palam .. Aṉṉiyuṭaiyā riṭṭa poṟpū 1ṉāl poṉ kaḻañcu Itu kotta veḷḷikkāṟai 1ṉāl veḷḷi Araik kaḻañcu .. 2 10vatu māḷikai mulapaṇṭāra ttiniṉṟum vanta tiruppaṭṭam 1ṉāl poṉ Eḻukaḻañce kāl ..

tiruppaḷḷiyaṟai nācciyārkkuc cāttukiṟa ciṟutāli 1m maṇi 1ṉālum poṉ Ira ṇṭu mañcāṭiyu nālumā Itu māṟṟu 8 1/2 Itu kotta kāṟai 1ṉāl veḷḷi kāl tirumaṅkalanāṇ 1m tāli 1m kokkuvāy paṭukaṇ Uṭpaṭa 9 māṟi poṉ Irukaḻa ñcu .. Aravāparaṇatevaṟkuccāttiyaruḷa 2 10 3vatu potimaṅkalamuṭaiyāṉ Irācāṇṭāṉāna coḻaviccātarappallavaraiyar ceyvitta tiruvācikai 1ṉā l 8vapa māṟi poṉ Irunūṟṟaimpattu Aiṅkaḻañce kāle muṉṟu mañcāṭiyu mañcumā .. Apiṣekam 1ṉāl 9 1/2 māṟi poṉ patiṉāṟu ka ḻañcarai .. Ittevar tiruvāram 1ṉāl 9kha māṟi poṉ nāṟkaḻañce mukkā le Iraṇṭu mañcāṭiyum Eḻumā .. Ivar tiruttoṭu 2ṉāl 8va māṟi poṉ mukkaḻañcu .. Ivar nācciyār Apiṣekam 1ṉāl 8 1/2 māṟi poṉ patiṉ kaḻañ cu .. Ivar tiruvāram 1ṉāl 8 1/2 māṟi poṉ Irukaḻañce kāl . Ivarttoṭu 2ṉā l 8 1/2 māṟi poṉ Irukaḻañcu .. tiruvaṭṭamaṇi 2 10 4ṉāl 8 1/2 māṟi poṉ kaḻañcarai tiruvaṭṭamaṇivaṭam 1ṉāl maṇi 3 10ṉāl 8 1/2 māṟi poṉ kaḻañce Iraṇṭu mañ-cāṭi yu nālu.. tiruvaṭṭamaṇivaṭam 1ṉāl maṇi 4 10ṉāl 8 1/2 māṟi poṉ ..

tiruvaṭṭamaṇivaṭam 1ṉāl maṇi 4 10ṉāl 8 1/2 māṟi poṉ Irukaḻañcu ..tirucci lampu Oraṇaiyiṉāl 8 3/4 māṟi poṉ nāṟkaḻañcu .. niṟaitavañceyta nācciyā ṟkuc cāttiyaruḷa tiruvaiyāṟuṭaiyā riṭṭa tiruvapiṣekam 1ṉāl 9 māṟi poṉ patiṉaiṅkaḻañcarai .. tiruneṟṟittiṟaṉai 1ṉāl 8 1/2 māṟi poṉ Aiṅkaḻañce kāl ..tirumaṅkalanāṇ 1 tāli kaṭaittoḻiluṭpaṭa 8 1/2 māṟi poṉ kaḻañcu .. tiruttāvaṭam 1ṉāl maṇi 4 10 1ṉāl 9 māṟi poṉ kaḻañcu .. tirukkaiccari 4ṉāl 9 mā ṟi poṉ Irukaḻañce mukkāle mañcāṭi .. veḷḷimaṇi 3 10 5ṉāl veḷḷi mukkāle Iraṇṭu mañcāṭiyu muṉṟu mā .. veḷḷikkāṟai 1ṉāl veḷḷi mukkāle Iraṇṭu mañcāṭi Itil kotta tāli 1ṉāl 8 1/2 māṟi poṉ Araik kaḻañcu .. tiruttoṭu 2ṉāl 8 3/4 māṟi poṉ kaḻañcarai . tiruvāram 1ṉāl poṉ . ciraccakkaram 1ṉāl 9 māṟi poṉ Irukaḻañcu . tirukkaṇṭavāḷi 2ṉāl 9 mā ṟi poṉ mukkāl . Uṭaiyāṟku tirumañcaṉattukkuc cāttiyaruḷa Uṭaiyār coḻaviccā tirappallavaraiyar Iṭṭa tiruvuttariyam 1ṉāl poṉ mukkāle nālu mañcāṭiyu m Āṟumā . māṟṟu kācumi . tiruvācikaippurimattil pāmpu 1ṉāl poṉ kaḻañ ce mukkāle Iraṇṭu mā ..

tiruvotā Read ºvutara. The figures engraved here are ���� which may stand for 1 kaḻañju, 8 manjāḍi and 2 . pāmpu This word may also be read parampu.

Hail! Prosperity! In the 26th year of (the reign of) the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious Kulōttuṅga-Chōḷadēva who had been pleased to take Madura, Īḻam (i.e., Ceylon) Karuvūr and the crowned head of the Pāṇḍya (king), the following list of sacred ornaments in the temple of the Nāyaṉār who had sprung at Tirukkaḷar, was made weighed with the kuḍiñai-kal:

1 tirukkoḷgai; inclusive of the paṟama over this, one hundred and one kaḻañju and a half of gold of 8(5/8) fineness; silver fastened to the edges weigh fourteen kaḻañju and three-fourths.

By sixteen gold flowers in the tiruvodaramālai, twelve kaḻañju of gold of 8(1/2) fineness.

By 1 sacred upper-cloth (tiruvuttarīyam), two kaḻañju, four mañjāḍi and six of gold of 8(1/2) fineness.

By 1 sacred crescent (tiruppiṟai), three-fourth (kaḻañju) of gold of 8 and three-fourths fineness.

By 3 ear-flowers (kannapushpam), two kaḻañju and a quarter of gold of 8(1/2) fineness.

By 1 sacred girdle-plate (tiruppaṭṭigai-palagai), sixty-four kaḻañju and a half of gold of 8(1/4) fineness. Silver, covering the edges of this, nineteen kaḻañju and a half, four mañjāḍi and six . The weight of copper nails fixed in the several parts of this (ornament) is six and half palam.

By 1 gold flower given by Anniyuḍaiyār, one kaḻañju of gold. By one silver necklace in which this was strung, half a kaḻañju of silver.

By 1 sacred diadem (tiruppaṭṭam) received in the 20th (year) from the central treasury of the palace (māḷigai), seven kaḻañju and a quarter of gold.

By 1 small marriage-badge (tāli) to be worn by the goddess of the bed-chamber and one maṇi (gem), two mañjāḍi and four of gold. This is of 8(1/2) fineness. By 1 necklace on which this was strung, quarter (kaḻañju) of silver. Inclusive of 1 string of the marriage-badge,

1 marriage-badge, together with the kokkuvāy and paḍugaṇ, two kaḻañju of gold of 9 fineness.

By 1 garland (tiruvāśigai) made by Irāśāṇḍāṉ alias Śōḻavichchādira Pallavaraiyar of Pōdimaṅgalam in the 23rd (year of reign), for being put on (the image of) Aravābharaṇadēva, two hundred and fifty-five kaḻañju and a quarter, three mañjāḍi and five of gold of 8(5/16) fineness.

By 1 abhishēka, sixteen kaḻañju and a half of gold of 9(1/2) fineness.

By 1 sacred garland (tiruvāram) of this god, four kaḻanju and three-fourths, two mañjāḍi and seven of gold of 9(1/4) fineness.

By 2 sacred ear-rings (tirutōḍu) of this (god), three kaḻañju of gold of 8(1/4) fineness.

By 1 abhishēka of the consort of this (god), ten kaḻañju of gold of 8(1/2) fineness.

By 1 sacred garland (tiruvāram) of this (god) two kaḻañju and a quarter of gold of 8(1/2) fineness.

By 2 ear-rings (tōḍu) of this (god), two kaḻañju of gold of 8(1/2) fineness.

By 24 sacred round beads (tiruvaṭṭamaṇi), (one) haḻañju and a half of gold of 8(1/2) fineness. By 1 string of sacred round beads (tiruvaṭṭamaṇi) and 30 beads, (one) kaḻañju, two mañjāḍi and four of gold of 8(1/2) fineness.

By 1 string of sacred round beads and 40 beads, [1 kaḻañju, 8 mañjāḍi and 2 ]Expressed by symbols: see page 474, note 1. of gold of 8(1/2) fineness.

By 1 string of sacred round beads and 40 beads, two kaḻañju of gold of 8(1/2) fineness.

By 1 pair of sacred anklet (tiruchchilambu), four kaḻañju of gold of 8(3/4) fineness.

By 1 tiru-abhishēkam presented by Tiruvaiyāṟuḍaiyāṉ for being worn by the Nāchchiyār (i.e., the goddess Pārvatī) who performed full penance, fifteen kaḻañju and a half of gold of 9 fineness.

By 1 tiraṉai for the forehead, five kaḻañju and quarter of gold of 8(1/2) fineness.

By 1 string of marriage-badge inclusive of the end-workings of the marriage-badge, (one) kaḻañju of gold of 8(1/2) fineness.

By 1 sacred foot-string (tiruttāvaḍam), and 41 beads, (one) kaḻañju of gold of

9 fineness.

By 4 sacred wristlets, two kaḻañju and three fourths and (one) mañjāḍi of gold of 9 fineness.

By 35 silver beads, three-fourths of a (kaḻañju), two mañjāḍi and three of silver.

By 1 silver bracelet (kāṟai), three fourths (kaḻañju) and two (mañjāḍi) of silver.

By 1 marriage-badge strung on this, half a kaḻañju of gold of 8(1/2) fineness.

By 2 sacred ear-rings (tiruttōḍu), (one) kaḻañju and a half of gold of 8(3/4) fineness.

By 1 sacred garland . . . . . gold.Details regarding this item are omitted to be given in the original.

By 1 head circlet (śirachakram), two kaḻañju of gold of 9 fineness.

By 2 sacred necklaces (tirukkaṇḍa-vāḷi), three-fourths (of a kaḻañju) of gold of 9 fineness.

By 1 sacred upper cloth presented by Uḍaiyār Śōḻavichchādira-Pallava-raiyar to be worn by the god during the sacred bath, three-fourths (of a kaḻañju), four (mañjāḍi) and six of gold.After this occurs the phrase māṟṟu kācumi whose significance cannot be made out.

By 1 snake in the tiruvāśigaippurimam, (one) kaḻañju and three-fourths and two of gold.

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