SII 3.169: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri XV.—INSCRIPTIONS OF PARTHIVENDRAVARMAN OR PARTHIVENDRADHIPATIVARMAN, ‘WHO TOOK THE HEAD OF VIRA-PANDYA.’ No. 169.—ON THE SAME WALL. No. 23 of 1898. author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0169 DHARMAbase

The inscription records that in the 3rd year of Pārthivēndrādivarman who took the head of Vīra-Pāṇḍya, the members of the assembly of Uttaramēlūrchaturvēdimaṅgalam made a gift of land to the goddess JyēshṭhāThe worship of Jyēshṭhā is not now popular in the south; see South-Indian Gods and Goddesses, pages 216 ff. at Kumaṇpāḍi, a suburb of this village, for the maintenance of worship and sacred offerings.

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svasti śrī . virapāṇṭiyaṉai talaikoṇṭa pārttiventraratiparmarkku yāṇṭu 3 vatu kāliyūrkoṭṭa ttu taṉkuūṟṟuttritiramelūrccaturvvetimaṅkalattu sabhaiyom Eḻuttu nammūr kumaṇpāṭi ceṭaiyarkku Arccaṉābhogattukkum tiruvamurtukkum vaitta bhūmi mukaṭṭukāli tekku pa tmabhakra 4 kaṇṇāṟṟuk kolavatiyin merkku 3 catukkattu talaittaram 4 100 8 m subramaṇyanārācattu kuḻi 4 100 8 10tu Itiṉ vaṭakku 108 Ā kaṇṇāṟṟu kāvaṉūrerivāy poṉa vatikku teṟku 9patām catukkattu talaitaraṅ ku ḻi 2 100 6 10 m I nilam Iṟai Iḻicci Iṟaiyiliyāka paṇittom mahāsabhai- yo māyalaṭṭiy pakkal rvācāram koṇṭu Iṟaiyiliyāka paṇittom mahaāsabhaiyom virotam ceyiytār kekaiyiṭai ku mariyiṭai ceyiytār pāvam koḷvār .

Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 3rd year of (the reign of) Pārthivēndrādivarman who took the head of Vīra-Pāṇḍya, we (the members) of the assembly of Uttaramēlūr-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, (a village) in its own subdivision in Kāliyūrkōṭṭam wrote (thus):—The land given for the maintenance of worship (archanābhōga) and for sacred offerings of (the goddess) Jyēshṭhā in Kumaṇpāḍi of our village (is as follows):—408 (kuḻi) of first rate (land) in the third square (śadukkam) to the west of (the path called) Kōla-vadi in the fourth kaṇṇāṟu . . . . . (situated) south of the high-level channel (mugaṭṭu-kāl); 480 kuḻi of (the lane called) Subrahmaṇya-nārāśam; and to the north of this, first rate (land) (measuring) 260 kuḻi in the ninth square to the south of the path leading straight to the Kāvaṉūr tank, in the eighteenth kaṇṇāṟu. We, (the members) of the great assembly, exempted (all) this land from tax and declared it tax-free. We, (the members) of the great assembly, having received pūrvāchāram from Māyilaṭṭi declared (the land) tax-free. Those who cause obstruction (to this) shall incur the sins of those who commit (sinful acts) between Gaṅgā (the Ganges) and Kumari (Cape Comorin).

Digital edition of SII 3.169 by converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

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