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The Indian Analyst
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South Indian Inscriptions |
EPIGRAPHIA INDICA 4 hmadēyam Śrī-Vīrasaṅgāda-chaturvēdimangalattu sabhaiyōm
ivar-pakkal koṇḍa pon Parakesari-kkallāl tuḷai-nirai-chchem-
pon aiymbatt-aiyṅ-kalañju [|*] i-ppon aimbatt-aiyṅ-kalañ-
ABSTRACT OF CONTENTS Hail ! Prosperity ! (Issued) with the affixture of royal signature, in the excessively growing prosperous year 41, forty one, current, of (the reign of) king Kalimūrkka tha glorious Vikrama-Chōḷadēva,─who wielded his righteous sceptre, held up his silver-white parasol with splendour, made (the lands of) the country fertile, relieved the sufferings (of) people,[1] received only one sixth (of produce as tax), removed sins (or punished the wicked, i.e. perpetrators of crimes), and who sitting in council (or on the royal throne), protected his subjects from external evils[2] with the intense love of a mother to the child born to her,─ We, (the members of) the assembly of the illustrious Vīrasaṅgāda-chaturvēdimaṅgalam, a brahmadēya in Tenkarai-nāḍu, received from Vīrasaṅgādan Śūrriyadēvan-Vānavan-Uttaramantri, a Nānādēśiya-nāṭṭu-Cheṭṭi and resident of Nandiyanallūr in Vaḍagarai-Tirukkalumalanāḍu, fifty five kalañju, as weighed by (the stone weight called) Parakēsarikal of gold (coins bearing clear) marks (and having proper) weight. With the income of one hundred and ten kalam of paddy, arising, during kār and paśānam of every year, from these fiftyfive kalañju of gold (coins), we, (the members of) the assembly, bound ourselves on behalf of Vānavan-Uttaramantri to give annually (1) ninety kalam of addy as ____________________________________________________________ [1] Kuḍi-ōmbal, according to Parimēlalagar, is done by not levying excessive taxation, receiving the due taxes
when there is on distress and remitting them when necessary. Cf. Kuraḷ, 390.
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