SII 3.159: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri XV.—INSCRIPTIONS OF PARTHIVENDRAVARMAN OR PARTHIVENDRADHIPATIVARMAN, ‘WHO TOOK THE HEAD OF VIRA-PANDYA.’ No. 159.—ON THE NORTH WALL OF THE VAIKUNTHA-PERUMAL TEMPLE AT UTTARAMALLUR. No. 22 of 1898. author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0159 DHARMAbase

In the 3rd year of Pārthivēndrādivarman, who took the head of Vīra-Pāṇḍya, the assembly of Uttaramēru-chaturvēdimaṅgalam declared certain lands of the goddess Durgā-Bhaṭṭārakī of that village to be tax-free, on receiving as pūrvāchāram the interest which accrued to that temple both from the documents held in the name of the goddess and from those held in the name of the assembly of Dāmōdarachchēri as, perhaps, its trustee.

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svasti śrī . vīrapāṇṭiyaṉait talaikoṇṭa pārtthiventrātipatmaṟku yāṇṭu 3 kāliyūrkkoṭṭattu tankūṟṟuttarameruccaturvveti maṅkalattu peruṅkuṟi sabhaiyomeḻuttu nammūr durggābhaṭṭārakiyārkku tiruccennaṭaikkum nandāviḷakkukkum Arccanābhogattukkum śrībalikkum vaitta bhūmikaḷ śrīdevivākkālin teṟku Ekaṇṇāṟṟu pallavanāraṇavatikku kiḻakku 3 catukkattu vaṭakkaṭaiya talaitaram kuḻi 4 100 8 10tumiṅ key 9kaṇṇāṟ=ṟu mārppiṭukuvatikku kiḻakku 3 catukkattu merkkaṭaiya talaitaram kuḻi 4 100 8 10tum subrahmaṇyanārācattin vaṭakku 10 6 kaṇṇāṟṟu viṭelviṭukuvatiyin meṟ ku 1 catukkattu kiḻkkaṭaiya 4 100 kuḻiyum Ūrin teṟkku Ekaṇṇāṟṟu parameśvaravatiyin meṟku 4 catukkattu vaṭatukattu merkkaṭaiya kuḻi 2 100 2 10 5 Āka kuḻi 1000 5 100 8 10 5 kuḻiyum Ibhaṭṭārakiyār tāmuṭaiya kaiyeḻuttālum tāmotaracceri sabhaiyāruṭaiya kaiEḻuttālumuṭaiya poliponneyai pūrvācāramāka koṇṭu Epperppaṭṭa Iṟaiyum Iḻiya paṇittu Iṟaiyiliyāka vaittom sabhaiyom Ipparicup paṇippa Eḻutineṉ madhyastan śrī vīranārāyaṇa brahmapriyanen .

(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! (In) the 3rd year (of the reign) of Pārthivēndrādivarman who took the head of Vīra-Pāṇḍya, (this is) the writing of us (the members) of the great assembly of Uttaramēru-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, (a village) of its own subdivision (kūṟu), in Kāliyūr-kōṭṭam.

(L. 2.) The (following) lands were given to Dūrgā-Bhaṭṭārakī of our village for the sacred current expenses, perpetual lamp, archchanābhōga and śrībali:—

(L. 3.) 480 kuḻi of first rate (land) on the north side of the third square (śadukkam,) east of (the path called) Pallavanāraṇa-vadi in the seventh kaṇṇāṟu, south of Śrīdēvi-vāykkāl; 480 kuḻi of first rate (land) on the west side of the third square (śadukkam) east of (the path called) Māṟapiḍugu-vadi of the ninth kaṇṇāṟu in the same place; 400 kuḻi on the east side of the first square (śadukkam) west of (the path called) Viḍēlviḍugu-vadi of the sixteenth kaṇṇāṟu, north of (the lane called) Subrahmaṇya-nārāśam; 225 kuḻi on the west side of the northern half (dugam ?) of the fourth square (śadukkam) west of (the path called) Paramēśvara-vadi of the seventh kaṇṇāṟu, south of the village. We (the members) of this assembly, having received as pūrvāchāram the interest in gold accruing to this Bhaṭṭārakī from documents (kai-eḻuttu ?) with Her and the documents with (the members of) the assembly of Dāmōdarachchēri, made the (above) 1,585 kuḻi in the aggregate, tax-free ordering (their) exemption from all kinds of taxes.

(L. 7.) I, madhyasthaṉ Vīranārāyaṇa Brahmapriyaṉ wrote this grant by order (of the assembly).

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