Ko Kizhan Adikal alias Tayar Nampirattiyar Kokkilanadigal

The existence of this queen is scientifically confirmed and is known either from religious literature such as Periyapuranam, semi-biographical poems of the later Chola period as well as temple, copper plate and cave inscriptions.

Description

Ko Kizhan Adikal alias Tayar Nampirattiyar Kokkilanadigal was a Chera princess.

Please note: It is possible, that Ko Kizhan Adikal was the same person than Kizhan Adikal Ravi Neeli or his sister. If they were sisters, king Parantaka I married two distinct Chera Perumal princesses (the mothers of his two sons, Rajaditya and Arinjaya Chola).

An inscription of the 20th year of Parantaka I records a gift of land after purchase from the Assembly of Tirutturutti by Kokkilanadigal, queen of Parantaka I, to maintain a lamp and provide for offerings to the image of Trai-lokya-Sundara (Tripurasamhara) set up in the temple in the form assuming which he burnt the three cities of the Asuras.

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Plate IIb.

[15] मनसो नेमुराशाश्वतस्त्र[:*] ǁ [१*] अस्माच्चक्रधरश्रियम् प्रकठयन्प्रत्यक्ष-
[16] ²³मात्मन्यलमान्दवश्शत्रुदवानलस्समजान ²⁴श्रिवीरनारायण[:*] ǁ बाहा-
[17] दण्डगतम् विभत्ति¹ सुचिरम् विश्वम्भरामण्डलम्² सप्तद्वीपसुद्रशैलम-
[18] धुन[⊺] केयूरबुद्धचैव य[:*] ǁ [६*] हेमगर्भतुलाभारब्रह्मदेयसुरा-
[19] लयाः [|*] येन³ प्रवत्तिता⁴ धम्मास्तथा दानान्यनेकश[:*] ǁ [७*] यः पुलोमत-
[20] नयामिव शक्रः पर्वतेन्द्रतनुजामिव शर्वः [|*] कैटभारिरिव सागरक-
[21] न्यां केरळेश्वरसुतामुपयेमे ǁ [८*] समुम्रवातौ बाणक्षिधिधर-⁵
[22] पती येन सहसा जिता बैतुम्बाद्या⁶ दिशि दिशि नरेन्द्राश्व

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(V. 8.) As Śakra (Indra) the daughter of Pulôman, as Śarva (Śiva) the daughter of the lord of mountains, (and) as (Vishnu) the enemy of Kaiṭabha the daughter of the ocean, he married the daughter of the lord of Kêraḷa.

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Please note: Blue emphasis by me!

Kōkkilān was the name of the mother of Rājāditya, called Kōdaṇḍarāma, the eldest son of Parāntaka who died in the battle of Takkōlam.

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The inscription of his 28th year (335 of 1902) records that the temple of Tiruttondisvarar of Tirunavalur was constructed of stone by Rajaditta-devar; and a member of the retinue of his mother (‘Tayar Nampirattiyar Kok-Kilanadigal’) made gift of a lampstand and 90 sheep for a perpetual lamp.

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No. 19.―SIX INSCRIPTIONS AT TIRUNAMANALLUR

By E. Hultzsch, Ph.D.

[…]

A.―INSCRIPTION OF PARANTAKA I.

This inscription (No. 335 of 1902) is dated in the 28th year of “Parakêsarivarman who took Madirai(Madhurâ),” i.e. of the Chôḷa king Parântaka I.⁶ who ruled from about A.D. 900 to abaout 940.⁷ It records the gift of two lamps by a servant of Kôkkil̤ân̤aḍi, the queen of Parântaka I. and the mother of his son Râjâdityadêva. The latter is the Râjâditya who, according to the large Leyden grant⁸ and the Âtakûr inscription of A.D. 949,⁹ was killed in battle by the Râshṭrakûṭa king Kṛishṇa III.

TEXT.

1 Svasti [ś]r[î] [ǁ*] [Madi]r[ai] ko[ṇ]ḍa kô=Pparakêśa-
2 ripa[n̤]ma[r*]kk=i[yâṇ]ḍu irubatteṭṭâvadu [T]irumu-
3 n̤aippâḍi=Ttirunâvalûr Tiruttoṇḍi(ṇḍî)śvara[n]
4 tiru-kkar̤-r̤aḷi śe[y*]vitta Râjâdittadêvar tâ[y]âr na[m]-birâṭṭiyâr
5 Kô[k]kil̤â[n̤a]ḍigaḷ pari[b]â(vâ)rattâḷ Śittirakômaḷam va(vai)tta n[o]ndâ-viḷak-
6 k=[o]n̤r̤ukku va(vai)[tta ś]âvâ m[û]vâ=ppêr᛫âḍ[u] toṇṇûr̤u Îl̤l̤a-¹viḷa-
7 kk=on̤r̤u [|*] idu pan̤-[M]âyâ(hê)śvarar irakshai ǁ―
8 mêr̤paḍiyâḷ Śittirak[ô]maḷam vaitta viḷak-viḷakk=on̤r̤u Îl̤l̤a-¹
9 viḷakku ǁ―

TRANSLATION.

(Line 1.) Hail ! Prosperity ! In thetwenty-eight year of king Parakêsarivarman who
took Madirai, Chitrakômaḷam,― a female attendant of our lady Kôkkil̤ân̤aḍigaḷ, the mother of
Râjâdityadêva who caused to be made the sacred stone temple of Tiruttoṇḍîśvara at
Tirunâvalûr in Tirumun̤aippâḍi,― gave on perpetual lamp.For (this lamp she) gave ninty
undying (and) unaging big sheep² (and) one Îl̤a lamp.³ This (gift is placed under) the protec-
tion of all Mâhâśvaras.
(L. 8.) The same Chitrakômaḷam gave one (other) lamp (and) an Îl̤a lamp(-stand).

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Please note: Blue emphasis by me!

No. 408.

(A. R. No. 111 of 1929.)

Lalgudi, Lalgudi Taluk, Tiruchirapalli District.
On the east wall of the central shrine,
Satarishīśvara temple.

This records a sale of land, 6 mā and odd in extend, free of taxes by the mahāsabhā of Nityavinītamaṅgalam a brahmadēya in Iḍaiyāṛṛu-nāḍu to the temple of Iśvara-Bhaṭāra at Tiruttavattuṛai, for 30 kal̤añju of gold which had been endowed to the temple for burning a perpetual lamp, by Sankaran̤ Kun̤r̤appōḷan̤ of Puttūr in Malai-nāḍu (mentioned in Nos. 363 and 387 above) on behalf of Kōkil̤ānaḍigaḷār the daughter of Sēramān̤ār̤ (Chēra king). This evidently refers to the queen of Parāntaka I of that name, though she is not specifically referred to as such in the record.

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Text

1 𑌸𑌪𑌸𑌿𑌤 ஸ்ரீ (ரி) [ǁ*] கொப்பாகெசரி பன்மற்க்கு யாண்டு
2 பதினாறாவது இவ்வாண்டு இடையாற்றுநாட்டு தி-
3 ருத்தவத்துறை 𑌠𑌰𑌠𑌶𑌪𑌭𑌟𑌟ரர௧ர்[க்*]குச் செரமானார் ம-
4 களார் கொக்கிழானடிகளார் [மலை] நாட்டுப் புத்தூர் ச-
5 ங்கரன் குன்றப்பொழன்    .    .    .    ந்தாவிள்க்கு ஒன்-
6 றினுக்கு இரவும் பகலும் சந்திராதித்தவல் எரிப்பதாக-
7 க் குடுத்த பொன் ௩௰ இம்முப்பதின்கழஞ்சு பொன்-
8 னும் இடையாற்றுநாட்டு 𑌬ஹ𑌮𑌦𑍇யநு நிதவினி-
9 தமங்கலத்து 𑌮ஹ[ர*]𑌸𑌭𑍈யொம் திருத்தவத்துறை 𑌠𑌰𑌠𑌶𑌪𑌰𑌭
10 𑌷𑌾𑌟ரகர்க்குச் சங்கரன் குன்றப்பொழன் ஒரு நொந்தாவிளக்கி
11 னுக்கு வைத்த பொன் ௩௰ முப்பதின்கழெஞ்சு பொன்னும் 𑌮𑌹𑌾𑌸𑌭𑍈யொ.

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Please note: () This is an unidentifiable letter and cannot be displayed with the character set! Blue highlighting shows the father’s name Sēramān̤ār̤.

The selected word Shri (ஸ்ரீ) cannot be displayed with the character set. In the original, it is displayed as follows:

Two other queens of Parântaka I were Kil̤ânaḍigal or Kôkkil̤ânaḍigal, the mother of Ân̤aimêr̤r̤uñjin̤âr Râjâditya and Âdittan Kar̤r̤aḷippirâṭṭi.

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Informations

Preamble: no preamble of the Chola ruler available

Title: no ruler title available

Year of birth: no date available

Place of birth: no location available

Year of death: no date available

Place of death: no location available

Reign: no information about her reign

Seat of government: no location available

Predecessor: no name available

Successor: no name available

Father: Sēramān̤ār̤⁸

Mother: no information about her mother

Husbands: Parantaka Chola I. (Vira-Narayana)

Children: Anaimerrunjinar Rajaditya (Kodandarama)⁹, Adittan Karralippiratti¹⁰

Era: Chola period

Time period: Medieval Cholas

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