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Kumbarahalli 1033CE Vamanayya's Siddeshwara Temple Lands Boundary Inscription (Tamil)
[edit]This inscription was discovered at the same place as the Kumbarahalli 1033CE Vamanayya's Siddeshwara Temple Lands Boundary Inscription (Tamil).
Discovery and Dating
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In March 2021, Mr. Srinivas of Kumbarahalli and his friend, Mr. Dileep Simha of Chikkabanavara, discovered the inscription. They contacted the Mythic Society Bengaluru Inscriptions 3D Digital Conservation Project Team[1], leading to the relocation of the two stone inscriptions to a nearby warehouse. Following that, the same crew conducted a 3D scan of the inscription. Dating from approximately 1033 CE, the inscription was later documented in the Quarterly Journal of the Mythic Society ( Vol 113, issue 2, April- July 2022)[2].
Characteristics of the inscription
[edit]The inscription is inscribed in Tamil language and Tamil-Grantha script and is dated to the 1033CE . The inscription stone measures 250 cm tall and 37 cm wide, while the characters themselves are approximately 3.0 cm tall and 4.8 cm wide and 0.5cm deep.
There is a depiction of Cow and calf and above of them there is a Trishula (Trident)
Transliteration of the text
[edit]The inscription is a total of 21 lines with 9 lines in front and 12 on the back side of the stone.
Characters in bold are in Grantha Script.
| IAST | Kannada Transliteration | ||
| 1 | சோளீசம்புற | col̤īcampuṟa | ಚೋಳೀಚಂಪುಱ |
| 2 | சையில் ஶித்தே* | caiyil śitte* | ಚೈಯಿಲ್ ಶಿತ್ತೇ* |
| 3 | ஶ்வர தேவற்கு தே | śvara tevaṟku te | ಶ್ವರ ತೇವಱ್ಕು ತೇ |
| 4 | வதாநமாக யு | vatānamāka yu | ವತಾನಮಾಕ ಯು |
| 5 | த்த மல்லர் தண்ட | tta mallar taṇṭa | ತ್ತ ಮಲ್ಲರ್ ತಂಟ |
| 6 | நாயகன் அப்ப | nāyakaṉ appa | ನಾಯಕನ಼್ ಅಪ್ಪ |
| 7 | ய்யன் வாமண | yyaṉ vāmaṇa | ಯ್ಯನ಼್ ವಾಮಣ |
| 8 | ய்யன் விண்ண | yyaṉ viṇṇa | ಯ್ಯನ಼್ ವಿಣ್ಣ |
| 9 | ப்பஞ் செய்ய | ppañ cĕyya | ಪ್ಪಞ್ ಚೆಯ್ಯ |
| 10 | Back Side | Back Side | Back Side |
| 11 | Text is illegible as surface is worn out | Text is illegible as surface is worn out | Text is illegible as surface is worn out |
| 12 | |||
| 13 | |||
| 14 | வற்கு தேவதாநமா | vaṟku tevatānamā | ವಱ್ಕು ತೇವತಾನಮಾ |
| 15 | க ஸ்ரீ ராஜேந்திர சோழ தே | ka śrī rājentira coḻa te | ಕ ಶ್ರೀ ರಾಜೇಂತಿರ ಚೋೞ ತೇ |
| 16 | வர் திருவாய்மொழிந் | var tiruvāymŏḻin | ವರ್ ತಿರುವಾಯ್ಮೊೞಿನ್ |
| 17 | தருளின நிலம் வட | tarul̤iṉa nilam vaṭa | ತರುಳಿನ಼ ನಿಲಂ ವಟ |
| 18 | பாற்கெல்லைக் கல் | pāṟkĕllaik kal | ಪಾಱ್ಕೆಲ್ಲೈಕ್ ಕಲ್ |
| 19 | லு சாமுன்டய்ய | lu cāmuṉṭayya | ಲು ಚಾಮುನ಼್ಟಯ್ಯ |
| 20 | ன் செறுவென | ṉ cĕṟuvĕṉa | ನ಼್ ಚೆಱುವೆನ಼ |
| 21 | பேர் கூறப்பட்ட நிலத் | per kūṟappaṭṭa nilat | ಪೇರ್ ಕೂಱಪ್ಪಟ್ಟ ನಿಲತ್ |
| 22 | துக்கு தெற்கும் | tukku tĕṟkum | ತುಕ್ಕು ತೆಱ್ಕುಂ |
Summary of the Inscription
[edit]The inscription is a record of land donations made by Appayyan Vamanayyan to the Siddeshwara temple at Cholisampurasai. These donated lands were to the south of the Chamundayya's fields and the inscription stone marked the northern boundary of the donated land. The inscription additionally mentions that Vamanayyan had obtained verbal approval from the reigning king Rajendra Chola to donate the lands.