South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

identifying Ulagiyagoṇḍa Perumāḷ of the Palaṁgara grant with Ulagiyagoṇḍa-Permāḍi of the Mukhalaṅgam and Nārāyaṇa puram inscriptions and in suggesting that the person was a younger cousin of Gaṅga Anantavarman Chōḍagaṅga on the latter’s mother’s side.^[1] It is well known that the Gaṅga king’s mother was the Chōḷa princess Rājasundarī, daughter of Rājēndrachōḷa (probably) Vīrarājēṇdra, circa 1063-70 A. D.).^[2] Subba Rao’s suggestion^[3] that Permāḍi was a co-uterine younger brother of the Gaṅga king seems to be extremely doubtful.

It appears that Perumāḷ or Permaḍi or Permāḍi or Pramāḍi was serving his relation, the Gaṅga king Anantavarman Chōḍagaṅga, in the capacity of a provincial governor. It may be supposed that he had been originally employed as viceroy of one of the southern districts of the Gaṅga empire but was later transferred to the Puri region. Such a conjecture is not entirely unsupported by the dates of the various inscriptions which record his donations and have been discussed above. The same may also have been the case with his son, Chōḍagaṅga. Of course Pramāḍi and Chōḍagaṅga might have also visited the Kēdārēśvara temple at Bhubaneswar in the course tours of pilgrimage. Another interesting fact is that both the father and the son appear to have remained staunch devotees of the god Śiva even after their relative and patron, Anantavarman Chōḍagaṅga, had renounced his original leanings towards Śaivism and become an ardent devotee of the god Vishṇu in the form of lord Purushōttama-Jagannātha of Puri.^[4]

The inscription mentions two geographical names. They are the district called Païṁdā-vishaya and the village called Nāgagarbhā-grāma. The name of the district no doubt suggests its identification with the Paenda Paragna in the Cuttack District of Orissa. I am not sure about the location of the village.

TEXT^[5]

1 Siddham^[6] Śakasya gata-varshāṇāṁ daśānāṁ śatānāṁ chatu[ḥsha]shṭhi(shṭi)- sa[mva]tā^[7]-
2 m=adhunā Ka[r]kā(rka)ṭaka-māsasya kṛishṇaśche^[8] dasa(śa)-pañcha[k]ē śrīmad-Ananta-
3 varmmaṇaś=Chōḍagaṅg-ādhipasy=ānujō bhagavataḥ^[9] śrī-[Kē]dārēśvarau(r-ai)-
4 ka-paraḥ rājā śrī-Pramāḍi-nāmnaḥ(ṃā) tṛi(tri)bhuvana-vī(vi)bhavē śrī-Kēdārēsarō-^[10]
5 grataḥ di(dī)paṁ prādād=akhaṇḍakaṁ Paï[ṁ]dā-vī(vi)shay[ī]ya-Nāga[gar]bhā-grāmīya-pra-
6 [dh]ānī(na)-[Śa]ṇḍa-prabhṛitibhiḥ grāma-nivāsibhiḥ grīhi(gṛihī)ta-sai(sau)varṇṇaka-pa[ñcha]- māḍhānā[ṁ m]āsa-
7 [pādi]ka-kalā pañcha-pāda k[r]ity=ētai^[11] dēyam^[12]=ā-chandra-tārāya [vai]^[13] || o ||

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^[1] See ARSIE, 1935-36, p. 63 ; SII, Vol. X, p. 359, note.
^[2] Cf. above, Vol. XXIX, p. 46.
^[3] Op. cit., p. 136.
^[4] See above, Vol. XXVIII, pp. 239 ff.
^[5] From impressions.
^[6]Expressed by a symbol.
^[7] Read saṁvatāº. There appear to be traces of an unnecessary anusvāra of the Bengali type after tā.
^[8] Read kṛishṇē cha.
^[9] Better read bhagavach=chhrī.
^[10] Read tribhuvana-vibhu-śrī-Kēdārēśvar-āº.
^[11] Read pañcha-pādaṁ kṛitv-aitaiḥ.
^[12] Read dēy=āº.
^[13] Read ºtāram=iti.