Tamil Pillar Inscription of Rajendra II (Colombo National Museum)

Tamil Pillar Inscription of Rajendra II (Colombo National Museum)

Tamil Pillar Inscription of Rajendra II is one of the Tamil Inscriptions in Sri Lanka . It is presently on the display at the Stone Gallery of the Colombo National Museum . The inscription has been engraved on a narrow stone pillar. It consists of 27 lines and the text of the record is formulated in a poetic style (Pathmanathan, 2005). The texts are in Tamil characters of the 11th century A.D. but Grantha letters are also found in the inscription in three places (Pathmanathan, 2005). In orthography, the inscription exhibits characteristics that are commonly found in medieval Tamil inscriptions (Pathmanathan, 2005). Content The inscription is dated in the second are of a king styled Rajendra Devar who, according to scholars, is King Rajendra II [(1054-1064 A.D.) Pathmanathan, 2005]. It records the establishments of a Visnu temple named Mutikonta Cola Vinnakar in the southern part of Anuradhapura and endowments made to it by a dignitary called Pallavarayan Muventavelan, an agent of the king …