SII 3.178: original edition by H. Krishna Sastri XV.—INSCRIPTIONS OF PARTHIVENDRAVARMAN OR PARTHIVENDRADHIPATIVARMAN, ‘WHO TOOK THE HEAD OF VIRA-PANDYA.’ No. 178.—ON A ROCK NEAR THE RUINED SIVA TEMPLE AT TAYANUR. No. 362 of 1909. author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis DHARMA Paris, CEIAS DHARMA_INSSIIv03p0i0178 DHARMAbase

The record states that in the 5th year of king Pārthivēndravarman a certain Nīlakaṇḍaraiyaṉ Aṇṇāvaṉ Nāṭṭaḍigaḷ gave, on the occasion of a solar eclipse, 1 1/2 paṭṭi of land to the god Mahādēva of Taṇakkamalai for conducting śrībali, on behalf of Nīlagaṅgaraiyaṉ Aṇṇāvaṉ Nāṭṭaḍigal who was perhaps his brother. Śrībali is a ceremony performed by sounding drums and throwing cooked rice and flowers all round the temple. The inscription provides for five men to sound the different musical instruments used on the occasion.

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svasti śrī . koppārttiventirapparmaṟku yāṇṭu 5 Āvatu śrīmannīlakaṅkaraiyaṉ Aṇṇāvaṉ nāṭṭaṭikaḷukkuc ciṅkākapuranāṭṭu miyvaḻit tāyaṉūr Ūrār viṇ=ṇappattāl sūryyagrāahaṇavelavaiyil śrīnmannilakaṇṭaraiyaṉ Aṇṇāvaṉ nāṭṭaṭikaḷ taṇakkamalai mahādevarkku Ivvūrin teṉkāṟpaṭṭi paṭṭi nilamun taṟippaṭṭiyil melkūraṭaiya Arainilamum śrīpalippokam Añcāṭkoṇṭu koṭṭuvitāka candrā dittavaṟ cella vaitteṉ śrīmannilakaṇṭaraiyaṉ Aṇṇāvaṉ nāṭṭaṭikaḷeṉ Umpaḷanāṭṭu meṟkuṭi kiḻāṉ tiraṉ mūtaiyaṉum Ivaṉṟampi tiraṉulakaṭikaḷum Ippaṭṭi Oṉṟarai nilamum Ūrārkkup poṉ kuṭuttu vilaiyaṟuti koṇṭu Iṟaiyiḻicci śrīpalippokam Ippaṭiyey ceytom tiraṉ mūtaiyaṉun tiraṉulakaṭikaḷum Ivviruvom Ivai panmāheśvararakṣai .

sūryyagrāṇavelavaiyil Read sūryagrahaṇavēḷaiyil.

Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 5th year of king Pārthivēndravarman, at the request of the residents of Mīyvaḻi-Tāyaṉūr in Śiṅgapura-nāḍu, I, the glorious Nīlakaṇḍaraiyaṉ Aṇṇāvaṉ NāṭṭadigaḷThis name is unnecessarily repeated in the Tamil text in l. 4. gave, for (the merit of) the glorious Nīlagaṅgaraiyaṉ Aṇṇāvaṉ Nāṭṭaḍigaḷ on the occasion of a solar eclipse and to last as long as the moon and sun, to the god Mahādēva (Śiva) of Taṇakkamalai one paṭṭi of land in (the field called) Teṉkāṟpaṭṭi of this village and half (paṭṭi) of land including the western division, in Tarippaṭṭi, as a śrībali-bhōga (in order that the (śrībali) may be sounded by five men. Tīraṉ Mūdaiyaṉ, the chief of Mērkuḍi in Umbaḷa-nāḍu and his younger brother Tīraṉ Ulagaḍigaḷ paid gold to the residents (of the village), took complete possession by purchase of this 1(1/2) paṭṭi of land and had it made tax-free. We two, Tīraṉ Mūdaiyaṉ and Tīraṉ Ulagaḍigaḷ carried out the śrībali-bhōga in the manner (described). This (charity) shall be under the protection of all Māhēśvaras.

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