Tirukkōṭikkāval, Tirukkōṭīśvara temple, time of Parakesarivarman, year 11

Authors of digital edition: Nicolas Cane (nica), Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Sur l’adhiṣṭhāna de la face sud de l’ardhamaṇḍapa (débute sous la niche d’Agastya et court jusque sous celle de Naṭarāja en passant sous celle de Gaṇeśa). Uttama-Cōḻa, 981-82 CE.

Palaeographic description: No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCempiyanMahadevi00007.

File path: DHARMA_INSCempiyanMahadevi00007.xml.

Version: 2026-07-17 15:31 (9f8bd05), last modified 2026-07-17 15:31 (9f8bd05).

Edition

⟨Zone 1⟩

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī kō-p-para-kēcari-paṉma⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu 10 1-Āvatu vaṭa-karai nallāṟṟūr-nāṭṭu tiru-⟨k⟩-kōṭikāv(i)l (ma)hā-devarkku śrī-Uttama-cōḻa-devarai-⟨t⟩ tiru-vayiṟu vāytta maḻa-v-araiyar mak¿i?ḷār

⟨2⟩ ¿pr?āntakaṉ mā-tēvaṭikaḷār-āna cempiyan m¿ā?h¿a?-deviyār Id-devarkku muṉ-ṉiṭṭikai-p paṭai(yāl u)ḷḷa śrī-kōyilai-t tavirttu kallā(lē) śrī-vimāṉam amaippittu I⟨d⟩-devar-uṭaiya

⟨3⟩ paṭikaḷ muṉpu dharmmattukku (v)ai(t)tu kaṟkaḷil veṭṭi-k kiṭanta Avai vevvēṟu kallāl pala-viṭattil āy-k kiṭanta Avai Ellām Inta śrī-vimāṉatti¡n! mēl muṉ ki […]

⟨4⟩ Ēṟa veṭṭi-k koḷka Eṉṟu Aruḷi-c ceya veṭṭiṉa paṭi muṉ kiṭanta paṭikaḷil Itu Oru paṭi kō-māṟaṉ caṭaiyaṟku yāṇṭu 4-Āvatiṉ etir Oṉpat-āvatu Ā […]-

⟨Zone 2⟩

⟨5⟩ ru-k-kōṭikāvil mahā-devarkku non=tā viḻakkiṉukku (vara)[guṇa-mahārā]jar kuṭutta poṉ ṉūṟṟ’ iru-patiṉ […] (Ip-po)ṉ mahen¡t!ra-kōṭṭūr sabhaiyō(ṅ) […]

⟨6⟩ vicaiyāl nicatam nāḻi ney rāja-māttāṇṭaṉukku śrī-(ko) […] (ko)ṇṭu ceṉṟu tiru-k-kōyil-uṭaiyār […] kuṭup(pō)m āṉōm mahen¡t!ra-kōṭṭūr sabhai […]

⟨7⟩ In=ta śrī-vimānattilē Ēṟa veṭṭinamaiyil muṉṉ iv-vā¡ja!kam veṭṭi-k kiṭanta taṉi-k (kallāl) Upaiyōgam Illāmaiyil Atu tavirntatu

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ °devarai ⬦ °tēvarai SII S.

⟨2⟩ mātēvaṭikaḷārāna ⬦ mātēvaṭikaḷārāna SII S.

⟨5⟩ sabhaiyō(ṅ) […] • Le reste du corpus suggère la restitution de la portion finale de cette lacune par l’une des variantes itu paḻaṅkaṟpaṭi ou itu paḻayakaṟpaṭi.

⟨7⟩ vimānattilē ⬦ vimāṉattilē SII S.

Commentary

Les quatre premières lignes s’étendent sur la paṭṭikā et les trois restantes sur le kumuda. Comme c’est parfois le cas, la casse du svasti śrī est deux fois plus importante que celle utilisée dans le reste de l’inscription.

⟨3–4⟩ Un trait vertical délimite le début de cette ligne ainsi que celui de la suivante sur la pierre.

⟨5–6⟩ Un nouveau trait vertical délimite le début de cette ligne ainsi que celui de la suivante.

⟨7⟩ Cette dernière ligne est elle aussi délimitée par un trait vertical.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1930–31 (ARIE/1930-1931/B/1930-1931/36).

Edited in Srinivasa Rao et al. 1967 (SII 19.292); in Swaminathan 2012 (SII 32.2.93); in Cane 2017 (no. 7), based on autopsy (2013-08).

Commented and partly translated into French in Cane 2017, p. 485ff.

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

Primary

[SII] Srinivasa Rao, G.V., Dines Chandra Sircar & G.S. Gai. 1967. South-Indian inscriptions. Volume XIX: Inscriptions of Parakesarivarman. South Indian Inscriptions 19. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Manager of Publications). Item 292, page TBC.

[S] Swaminathan, S. 2012. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XXXII: inscriptions of the early Chola kings upto Uttama Chola. South Indian Inscriptions 32. New Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director General). Part II, page TBC, item 93.

[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]. Pages 797–798, item 7, figure TBC.

Secondary

ARIE 1930–31. Annual report on South-Indian epigraphy for the year ending 31st March 1931. Edited by K. V. Subrahmanya Aiyer. Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch, 1933. Page 8, appendixes B/1930-1931, item 36.

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