SII 3.191: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri XV.—INSCRIPTIONS OF PARTHIVENDRAVARMAN OR PARTHIVENDRADHIPATIVARMAN, ‘WHO TOOK THE HEAD OF VIRA-PANDYA.’No. 191.—ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE SELLIYAMMAN TEMPLE AT VELICHCHERI. No. 316 of 1911. author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0191 DHARMAbase

This document records that the assembly of Veḷichchēri exempted taxes on a land granted for the sacred daily offering to the SaptamātṛisSee South-Indian Gods and Goddesses, page 190. of this village, by a native of [Ma]ḻa-nāḍu in Śōḻa-nāḍu. The worship of the Seven Mothers and the designation of the priests who called themselves Mātṛiśivas deserve special attention.

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svasti śrī . koppārtthivendrādhipativarmmaṟku yāṇṭu pattāvatu puliyū rkoṭṭattu veḷicceri mahāsabhaiyom Emmuril saptamātṛkkaḷu kkuc coḻanāṭṭu maḻanāṭṭut tiruveṭpūrt tiruveṭ(p)pūruṭaiyāṉ tevaṭi kaḷ Ācandrakālamum niccaṟpaṭi vaitta tiruvamirtu Oṉṟu Itaṉukku Iva ṉ vilaikoṇṭu vaitta bhūmi Ivvūrt teṉkaḻaṉip pūtipākkaṉ ceṟuvu taṭi nāliṉālum nilam yiriṉiṟṟukkuḻi Iraṇṭeṟṟik kuḻi Aiññūṟṟu muppattoṉṟaraiye Araaikkāṇiyālum Epperppaṭṭa Iṟaiyum Oḻiyappaṇittu Iṟai Iḻiccik kuṭuttom mahāsabhaiyom Ibhūmi nāṅkaḷe koṇṭu nicatam Oru tiruvamirtu ceyvikkakkaṭavom Iśrīko yiluṭaiya mātṛśivarom kaṭaikkūṭṭi veṭṭuviccār kaāḷiyapaṭṭar.

yiriṉiṟṟukkuḻi Read Irunūṟṟukkuḻi.

Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 10th year of (the reign of) king Pārthivēndrādhipativarman, we (the members) of the big assembly of Veḷichchēri in Puliyūrkōṭṭam (wrote this):—Tiruveṭpūr-uḍaiyāṉ Tēvaḍigaḷ of Tiruveṭpūr in [Ma]ḻa-nāḍu, (a subdivision) of Śōḻa-nāḍu provided for one sacred offering each day (to continue) as long as the moon to the Saptamātṛis of our village. For this he purchased and gave two hundred kuḻi of land which comprised four taḍis (and was called) Pūdipākkaṉśeruvu, a paddy field on the southern side of this village and (also) land (kuḻi) (measuring) five hundred and thirty-one and a half and half kāṇi in (the field called) Iraṇḍēṟṟi. We (the members) of the big assembly ordered the exemption of all taxes (on these lands) and made (them) tax-free. We the Mātṛiśivas who own this sacred temple (śrīkōil) shall ourselves take possession of these lands and shall offer one sacred offering daily (to the goddesses). Kāḷiya-bhaṭṭar having effected this (transaction) had it engraved (on stone).

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