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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
EPIGRAPHIA INDICA V.─Piramiyam Inscription of the 32nd year of Kalimūrkka-Vikrama-Chōḷa The following inscription[1] of king Kalimūrkka śrī-Vikrama-Chōḷadēva is engraved in Vaṭṭeluttu characters and Tamil language on the base of the south wall of the central shrine of Tiruvalañjulināthasvāmin temple at Piramiyam. It is dated in the 32nd year of reign of the king (1037 A.D.) and registers a gift of twelve kalañju of gold, as tested by Parakēsarikkal and having proper impress and weight, made by Aṇukkan Śēndan alias Eriyum Viṭaṅka-Cheṭṭi of Maṇikaṇṭhamaṅgalam in Ollaiyūr-Kūrram, a subdivision of Kōnāḍu, for burning a perpetual lamp in the temple of Tiruvalañjuli-Paramēśvara at Vīrasaṅgāda-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a brahmadēya in Tenkarai-nāḍu. This inscription evinces the interest taken by the people of Kōnāḍu in the country under the rule of this king. Grantha letters are used in svasti śrī, śrī-Vikrama-Chōº and dēº (l. 1), brahmaº and śrī-Vīº (l. 2), Paramēśvara and Chandrādiº (l. 3), sabhaiyāº (l. 4), ºntra and sabhaiyāº (l. 5), sabhai (l. 6) and i dharma Panmāyēśvaº, rakshai (l. 7). The peculiar use of idanukku tiruvilakkukku for i-ttiruº is noteworthy.
TEXT 1 Svasti śrī [|*] Kō-Kalimūrkka- śrī-Vikrama-Chōḷadēvarkku=
ttiruvelutt=iṭṭu=chchellāninra yāṇḍu 32 āvadu Kōnāṭṭu
O[l*]layūr-
TRANSLATION Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 32nd year of the reign of king Kalimūrkka Vikrama Chōḷadēva, I, Aṇukkan Śēndan alias Eriyum Viṭaṅka-Cheṭṭi of Maṇikaṇṭhamaṅgalam in Ollaiyür-kūrram of Kōnāḍu provided for the maintenance of one sacred perpetual lamp till the moon and the sun endure in the temple of Tiruvalañjuli-Paramēśvara at Śrī-Vīrasaṅgāda-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a ______________________________________________________________ [1] ARSIE, 1920, No. 190. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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