South Indian Inscriptions

EPIGRAPHIA INDICA

5 nandavanattukkum idil śeyya=kkaḍava śeṅgala(lu)nîr ôḍai 4kkum mêl śeyyum vyavasâyattukkum nâ[ḷ] lkku nirkum âḷ 20kku âṇḍ=onrukku mâḍai 240m tiru[v]ottaśâmattukku ariśikku paṇam 2m sarvva-sugandh[i- dra]vyaṁgaḷukku^[1] paṇam 1½m tiruviḷakkukku paṇam ½ pâl-miḷagukku uṭpaṭṭavaikku paṇa-
6 m 1m âga nâḷ lkku mâḍai [l] âga âṇḍu lkku mâḍai 360m [|*] tiruppaḷḷittâmamu[m*] palamum kari-amudum tirunandavanattilê naḍattavum [|*] [Ch]aiyitra-pavitraṁgaḷukku- mâḍai 20m abi(bhi)shêka-maṇḍapam uḷḷiṭṭa tiruppaṇigaḷukku 382 mâḍaiyum=âga naḍakkavum [|*] Perumâḷukku=ppo[r]- ppaṭṭamum padakkamum
7 . . . . . . . . . . . kkiḍâra-ku[ttu]-v[i]ḷakku 2m [ś]êmakkalam 4m dûpa-dîpa-p[âtraṁga]ḷ kai[y]-maṇi 2m tiruvâla[tti*] 1m kachchu-kkaṭṭil 1m [|*] inda ûr iraṇḍum sakala-prâptigaḷôḍum chandra-âditya-varai sarvva-
8 . . . . . . . . . . . niyô bhavat(d)bhiḥ ||(|) tasmâd=êtân bhâvinaḥ pârtthivêndrân[n*] bhûyô bhûyô yâchatê Râmachandraḥ (Symbol) [5*] Aruḷâḷanâdan kôyilil śe[y*]yum tiruppaṇi âyirakkâl-tirumaṇḍapam Muḍivalaṅginân-tirumaṇi- p[pa]-^[2]
9 . . . . . . . . . . . javvandi alari pichchi śâdi śeṇbagam magil śeṅ[ga]lu[nî]r ô[ḍ]ai 4 mâ=ppilâ tennamaram [m]âdaḷai elumbichchai nârttai marrum=uḷḷa maraṅga[ḷum] vaippadu || Yasy=âjñâ sakala-kshitîśvara-ś[i]rô- ratn-[â*][ṁśu]-sa[m]p[â]-
10 . . . . . . . . . . . â^[3] Varâha[ḥ*] sva-dhanañ=cha [d]âna[m](naṁ) nidyam(tyam) prapû[j]yas=sa cha Sômanâthaḥ ||(|) kiṁ va[rnnya] (rṇya)tê [ta]sya cha bhâgatê(dhê)ya[ṁ] kshôṇitalê Mupp[i]ṭi(ḍi)-nâyakasya || [7*]

TRANSLATION.

(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity !

[Verse 1 contains an invocation of the boar-incarnation of Vishṇu].

(V. 2.) The glorious ruler of a great province (mahâ-maṇḍala-chakravartin), the Kâkatiya Pratâparudra, whose fame is beautiful (and) who possesses valour, conducts the kingdom at Êkaśilânagarî.

(V. 3.) And now his general (nâyaka), the lord Muppiḍi, who has annihilated the party of the enemies by (his) valour, having put to flight also the princes of the South, entered the city of Kâñchî in the Nala year.

(V. 4.) And in the month Śuchi, on the day of the serpents,^[4] in the dark (fortnight), on a Friday, in the afternoon of (this) day, (he) made the glorious Mânavîra possessed of the typing of the fillet (paṭṭabandha)^[5] and (made) Kâñchî obedient to his orders.

(Line 3.) (In) the Śaka year 1238, the Nala-saṁvatsara, (on) a day which corresponded to an eleventh tithi, to a Wednesday, and to the twenty-first solar day (of) the month Âni,─ Hail ! the glorious Muppiḍi-Nâyaka granted, (with a libation of ) water, accompanied by presents (to Brâhmaṇas), as exclusive property (sarva-niyôga), to (the temple of) Perumâḷ Aruḷâḷanâtha in the prosperous Kâñchipuram the revenue (taram) of 2 villages, (viz.) (1) in the land of Paiyyûr-kôṭṭam (the village) Paiyyûr, (having), together with (its) hamlets Âyirachchêrî and Gummiḍippûṇḍi, a revenue of 526 mâḍai of Gaṇḍagôpâla, and (2)

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^[1] The syllable dra seems to be entered below the line.
^[2] Read probably-tirumaṇippandal.
^{[3 ]} Read perhaps Prâptô.
^[4] I.e. the fifth tithi.
^[5] I.e. he invested him with the dignity of governor.