SII 38.489: original edition by S. Swaminathan No. 489. (A.R. No. 489 of 1912.) ŪṬṬATTŪR, LALGUDI TALUK, TIRUCHIRAPPALLI DISTRICT. On the east wall, <foreign>maṇḍapa</foreign>, in front of the central shrine, Siddharatnēśvara temple. author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSSIIv38p0i0489 DHARMAbase

King: Kulōttuṅga I Year 40: 1110 A.D.

This inscription records the origin of the iḍaṅgai class, as described by themselves. It is said that inorder to destroy the demons (who disturbed) his sacrifices sage Kāśyapa made them (ie, the iḍangai group) to appear from the fire pit. Accordingly they protected the sacrifices. Now it is stated that Chakravartin Arindama honoured the learned sages by carrying them in a chariot and led them to a agarm newly established by him. On this occasion they (ie., the iḍangai class) were made to take their seats at the backside of the car and to carry the slippers and umbrellas of those sages. Eventually, with these brāhamaṇa sages they were also made to settle down in the villages of Tiruveḷḷarai, Pāchchil, Tiruvāśi, Tiruppiḍavūr, Ūṟṟattūr and Kāraikkāḍu of Seṉṉivala-kūṟṟam. They received the generic class name Iḍaṅgai because the sages (while they got down their cars) were supported by them on their left side. The ancestors of their sect had lost everything they had in jungles and bushes and were ignorant of their origin. Having now learnt about their origin the members of 98 sects of the Iḍaṅgai class entered into a compact, in the 40th year of the king, and promised to behave like the sons of the same mother and share what good or evil might befall on any one of them.

If anything derogatory happens to the Iḍaṅgai class, they would jointly assert their rights. It is also recorded that during the congregational meetings of the Iḍaṅgai, insignia like horns, bugle and parasol must be displayed. In order to facilitate identification all were instructed to wear their distinguishing symbols, viz., the feather of crane and the loose-hanging hair. The horn and the conch-shell were to be sounded in front of them and bugle blown. Those who acted in contravention to these rules were to be treated as enemies. One Tirunallūr-uḍaiyāṉ Iḷaiyakōyil Tiruchchiṟṟambalam-uḍaiyān wrote the document at the order of five nāṭṭar.

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Aiñcu nā ṭṭār paṇiyāl Inta Orumaik kaccam Eḻutineṉ tirunallūruṭaiyān Iḷaiya koyil tirucciṟṟampalamuṭaiyān Eḻuttu tiruṇaccurutimā nkaḷukkuc camaintu tukumāmaṇi kulottuṅkacoḻa nāṭāḻvān Eḻuttu taraṇiccuruti mānkaḷukkuc camaintu kollimalai nāṭāḻvān E Uṭaiya curutim[ā*ṉ] Aiñcūrani perumāḷ poṉmalai nāṭāḻvān cayicañātanmaikkum kāḷumaṇiyan vattarāya nāṭāḻvān cayiñātanamai

kaccappiṭipāṭu The letter ‘p’ is found engraved below the next letter ‘pi’.

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Digital edition of SII 38.489 (ARIE/1912-1913/B/1912/489) by converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

See also digital edition by Dorotea Operato ().

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