# Uyyakkoṇṭāṉ Tirumalai, Ujjīvanātha temple, time of Parakesarivarman,
year 34

Nicolas Cane and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: Nicolas Cane, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCempiyanMahadevi00001

Repository: Cempiyaṉ Mahādevī (tfa-cempiyan-mahadevi-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSCempiyanMahadevi00001.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-10-08 12:15 (8953cda), last modified 2026-09-29 11:08
(0117aa1)

## Summary

Sur un pilier au coin sud-est de la véranda ceignant le sanctuaire
principal. Parāntaka Cōḻa I, 940-41 CE.

## Palaeographic description

No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ matirai koṇṭa kō-p-para⟨2⟩-kēcari-panmarkku yāṇṭu mu⟨3⟩-p-pattu
nāl-āvatu

te¡n!⟨ṉ⟩⟨4⟩-karai brahmatēyam nan=ti-panma-ma⟨5⟩ṅkalattu-⟨t⟩
tiru-k-kaṟkuṭi-para⟨6⟩me¡s!⟨ś⟩varaṟkku pirāntaka¡n!⟨ṉ⟩
kaṇ⟨7⟩ṭar-ātitta-tēvar tēviyār ⟨8⟩ maḻa-perumāḷ makaḷār pirā⟨9⟩ntakaṉ
mā-tēvaṭikaḷār ⟨10⟩ Oru tiru-nontā-viḷakku I⟨11⟩ravum pakalum Erivat’
āka nica⟨12⟩tam cūla-Uḻakkāl Uḻakku ⟨13⟩ ne⟨y⟩y aṭṭi
cantirātitta-va⟨14⟩l Erippat’ āka vaitta cāvā ⟨15⟩ mūvā-p pēr-āṭu
toṇṇū⟨16⟩ṟu

pan-māheśvara-⟨ra⟩kṣai

## Translation into French by Cane 2017

⟨En⟩ la trente-quatrième année ⟨de règne⟩ du Roi Parakēcarivarmaṉ qui
s’empara de Madurai (matirai koṇṭa kō-p-parakēcaripanmarkku yāṇṭu
muppattunālāvatu), afin que pour le Seigneur Suprême (Śiva) du glorieux
⟨site de⟩ Kaṟkuṭi à Nantivarma-maṅkalam (nantipanma-maṅkalattu
tiru-kkaṟkuṭi parameśvaraṟkku), un brahmadeya sur la rive sud ⟨de la
Kāverī⟩ (ten-karai brahmatēyam), une lampe perpétuelle sacrée brûle jour
et nuit (oru tiru-nontā-viḷakku iravum pakalum erivatāka) au moyen
d’[une] mesure (uḻakku) quotidienne de beurre clarifié ⟨mesurée à
l’aide⟩ de la mesure au trident (nicatam cūla uḻakkāl uḻakku
ney-y-aṭṭi), de sorte qu’on ⟨la⟩ fasse brûler aussi longtemps que
⟨brilleront⟩ la lune et le soleil (cantirātittaval erippatāka), la
vénérable épouse du seigneur Kaṇṭarātittaṉ ⟨fils⟩ de Pirāntakaṉ,
vénérable fille de Maḻa-Perumāḷ, la vénérable Mātēvaṭikaḷ ⟨belle-fille⟩
de Pirāntakaṉ, a déposé quatre vingt-dix chèvres adultes qui ni ne
périront ni ne vieilliront (vaitta cāvā mūvā-p pēr-āṭu toṇṇūṟu). ⟨Ceci
est sous⟩ la protection des panmāheśvara !

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1891–92 (ARIE/1891-1892/B/1892/96).

Edited and translated in Hultzsch 1895 (SII 2.75); edited in Cane 2017
(no. 1), based on autopsy (2012-09).

Commented and translated into French in Cane 2017, p. 155ff.

This digital edition after Cane 2017, curated by Emmanuel Francis.

### Primary

[SII] Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1895. South-Indian inscriptions:
Tamil inscriptions of Rajaraja, Rajendra-chola, and others in the
Rajarajesvara temple at Tanjavur. Volume II, Part III: Supplement to the
first and second volumes. South Indian Inscriptions 2.3. Madras:
Government Press. Item 75, pages 374–375.

[C] Cane, Nicolas. 2017. “Cempiyaṉ-Mahādevī, reine et dévote : un «
personnage épigraphique » du Xe siècle.” These de doctorat, Paris
Sciences et Lettres (ComUE). No place. [URL]. Page 761, item 1.

### Secondary

ARIE 1891–92. G.O., etc., Nos. 544-45, 6th August 1892. Epigraphy.
Directing that certain reports containing the information called for by
the Government of India in letter No. 1095--27-5, dated 27th May 1891,
in connexion with --, be forwarded to that Govrnement. Edited by Eugen
Julius Theodor Hultzsch. Madras: Government of Madras, Public
Department, 1892. Page 17, appendix B/1892, item 96.

Krishna Sastri, H. 1923. South-Indian inscriptions (texts). Volume IV:
Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil, Telugu and Kannada countries
and Ceylon. South Indian Inscriptions 4. Madras: Government Press. Item
543.