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South Indian Inscriptions |
EPIGRAPHIA INDICA 2 nd[â]-viḷakk[i]nukku
TRANSLATION. (Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! In the fifth year of king Parakêsarivarman,─ Naṅgai Kulamâṇikkattâr, the queen of Vâṇakôvaraiyar (and) the daughter of Ilâḍaigaḷ,[1] gave fifteen kalañju of gold for a perpetual lamp to the god of the Tiruvîraṭṭânam (temple). (L. 3.) For this gold, we, the citizens, shall cause to burn a perpetual lamp night and day, at the rate of one uri (of oil) per month for each kalañju. (L. 5.) This (gift is placed-under) the protection of all Mâhêśvaras.
E. and F.- INSCRTIONS OF PARANTAKA I. These two Tamil inscriptions (Nos. 279 and 280 of 1902) belong to the reign of “Parakêsarivarman who took Madirai (Madhurâ),” i.e. of the Chôḷa king Parântaka I.[2] The first is dated in his 28th and the second, which follows it in line 4, in his 33rd year. The inscription E. records the gift of a lamp by a daughter of Kayirûr Perumânâr, a chief of Milâḍu, and the inscription F. refers to a similar gift by the regiment of prince Arikulakêsarin. The same prince is mentioned as ‘the royal son of the Chôḷa king’ in an inscription of the 24th year of Parântaka I. at Tiruppandurutti near Tanjore.[3] He is perhaps identical with Ariṁjaya, the third son of Parântaka I.[4] TEXT OF E. AND F. 1 Svasti śrî [||*] Madirai koṇḍa kô=Pparakêśaripanma[r*]kk=iyâṇḍu 28âvadu
Malâṭṭu=Kkurukkai- TRANSLATION OF E. Hail ! Prosperity ! In the 28th year of king Parakêsarivarman who took Madirai,─ Râjadêviyâr Teśaḍakki[5] Perumânâr, the daughter of the lord of Milâḍu, Kayirûr __________________________ |
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