SII 12.263: original edition by V. Venkatasubba Ayyar No. 263. (A.R. No. 74 of 1918). VṚIDDHĀCHALAM, VRIDDHACHALAM TALUK, SOUTH ARCOT DISTRICT. ON THE SECOND GŌPURA (RIGHT OF ENTRANCE) OF THE VṚIDDHAGIRĪŚVARA TEMPLE. author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSSIIv12p0i0263 DHARMAbase

This inscription consisting of 11 verses in Tamil and praising the family of Kāḍava chiefs, was engraved under orders of Araśanārāyaṇaṉ Āḷappiṟandāṉ Vīraśēkharaṉ alias Kāḍavarāyaṉ on the ‘Gaṇḍarādittaṉ-vāśal’ in the Vṛiddhagirīśvara temple at Vṛiddhāchalam. The verses themselves do not give any historical information, but the prose passages prefixed to some of them give the following genealogy for the Kāḍava chiefs.

Vaḷandāṉār alias Kāḍavarāyar

Āṭkoḷḷiyār alias Kāḍavarāyar

Ēḻiśaimōgaṉ Kāḍavarāyar, ‘who conquered the four quarters’

Araśanārāyaṇaṉ Kachchiyarāyar alias Kāḍavarāyar

Āḷappiṟandāṉ Vīraśēkharaṉ alias Kāḍavarāyaṉ, ‘who destroyed Kūḍal in Ś 1108 (= A.D. 1186).’

The last-mentioned chief viz., Āḷappiṟandāṉ Vīraśēkharaṉ alias Kāḍavarāyaṉ is also stated to have proceeded due west of the ‘Gaṇḍarādittan-vāśal’ in Śaka 1106 (A.D. 1184), destroyed Kūḍal belonging to Kaṟkaṭaka-Mārāyaṉ and the country of Adiyamāṉ and planted there his flag with the figure of Hanumān on it. From the context we have to take ‘Gaṇḍarādittaṉ-vāśal’ as the gōpura where this inscription is found. The Kūḍal mentioned above may be identified with the village Tīrttāmalai in the Salem District (A.R. No. 660 of 1905).

A copy of the present inscription is also found in the gōpura of the Kṛipāpurīśvara temple at Tiruveṇṇainallūr (No. 264 below).

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svasti śrī .

Aracanārāyaṇaṉ Āḷappiṟantān viracekaranāṉa kāṭavarāyan kaṇṭarāti ttanvācalil kalveṭṭuvittapaṭi .

varivaḷaipolam pūṇkoṭutta maṅkaiyar mayaluṟa maṉantā ṉ tuṭakkukiṉṟaṉa matikati riraṇṭāṅkeṉac ciṟantoḷir vayiramu micaintāṅ kiṭappicaintaṉa parimaḷataḷa ntāṉ camaitta kuṅkuma parivoṭu pacuñcān teḻakkamaḻntaṉa palikoḷa virantāṅ kumikka ciṅkaḷar paravaiyi l viḻuntāṅkeṭat tuṭarntaṉa karipari Uṭaṉ cernteṭutta kaṅkarkaḷ karuvarai yiṭantāṉ pukakkaṭantaṉa kaṉa leṉa vukantāṉ cuṭattuṭaṅkiya kalivali pelantāṉ pukatturantaṉa varipeṟa virantāṉ taṭakkai Oṉṟi ṉi lakaliṭa mukantām puṉaṟcorintaṉa varacarai neṭuñcāṅkiṭak kaikoṇṭaṉa Aḻakiya vaḷantāṉ tiruppu yaṅkaḷe.

Itu vaḷantāṉārāṉa kāṭavarāyar kavi .

Alaṅkulavum vayaṟpeṟukai Āṭkoḷḷi kāṭavarkoṉ palaṅkulavu matacāṉai pattikaḷam viṭukiṉṟā ṉilaṅku maṇimuṭiyaracar yārkolo viṇaiyaṭiyil vilaṅku kaliṉ kaliṉeṉṉa vititoṟum varuvāre.

Itu Ivar makanār Āṭko ḷḷiyārāṉa kāṭavarāyar kavi .

porukāmaṉampu pukuntuyirmelaṉaṉṟic cerukāviṭaiyāmañ cellā torukālum pākā kāmāliyāṉaik kaṇṭu paṇintāṉai mokākā vantipaṭā muṉ .

Itu Ivar maka ṉār nālutikkum veṉṟārāṉa Eḻicaimokaṉ kāṭavarāyar kavi .

tuṭakkumāraṉ coricarappāyal meṟkiṭa kku mivvulakeṉpatuṅ keṭkume vaṭakku meruvun teṟku malaiyamuṅ kaṭakku māṇaiyāṉ kacciyarāyaṉe . mummalai muṉpeṟintāy piṉpu muraṇiraṭṭar temmalai vātāvi ceṉṟeṟintāy meymmaic ceruvara ce piṉṉic cilampā veṟinta toruvaraice meṉāḷuṭaṉṟu .

Itu Ivar tampiyār Araca nārāyaṇaṉ kacciyarāyarāṉa kāṭavarāyar kavi .

Ivar makaṉ cakaraiyāṇṭu Āyirattorunūṟṟeṭṭiṉāl Āṭimā sattup piṟpattil kaṇṭarātittaṉ vācalukku meṟke puṟappaṭṭuk kaṟkaṭakamārāyaṉ kūṭalum Ati yamāṉāṭum Aḻittu veṟṟikkoṭi Uyartta Aṉumaṉum poṟittāṉ Āḷappiṟantāṉ vira cekaraṉāṉa kāṭavarāyaṉ .

pāraḷavalla paṉaittoḷaḷavu pakalavaṉ ponteraḷavalla niṉ ce ṅkolaḷavu tikiricceṅkai kāraḷavalla paraviracekarakāṭava niṉporaḷa vevvaḷavām parave ntar puṟattaḷave . tārār maṇippuyan taṇṇantuḻāy maṇanāṟuñ cantakkārār tiruniṟañ ceyyāḷ tirumaṇanāṟuṅ kacciyārār tikirikkaiyāḷappiṟantāṟ kacañcalaṟkup pārāḷ vaṭamaṉṉar poṉmuṭi nāṟum patāmpuyame . viṭaiyaḷaviṭṭa koṭi viracekara kāṭa va niṉ ṉaṭaiyaḷa viṭṭatu ñālaṅka ḷeḻaiyum vāḻi niṉpoṟppaṭai yaḷaviṭṭatu pa ttut ticaiyum pariyamuttak kuṭaiyaḷaviṭṭa tiricuṭar cūḻaṇṭa kūṭattaiye

svasti śrī Ikkalveṭ ṭaḻippāṉ vallavaraiyaṉ cattiyam .

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