Viruttācalam, Vr̥ddhagirīśvara temple, time of Parakesarivarman, year 12

Editors: Nicolas Cane, Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCempiyanMahadevi00008.

Summary: Uttama-Cōḻa, 982-83 CE. Sur la bāhyabhitti de la face sud de l’ardhamaṇḍapa.

Hand description:

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

Language: Tamil.

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

Version: 2025-07-21 12:48 (4932a9d), last modified 2025-07-17 17:07 (870de0a).

⟨1⟩ <sun> svasti śrī

kō-p-para-kesari-panma⟨ṟ⟩ku yāṇṭu 10 2-Āvatu

śrī-parān=taka-devar-āṉa pe⟨2⟩riya cōḻaṉar makaṉār śrī-kaṇṭar-āditta-devar deviyār maḻa-perumāṉaṭikaḷ makaḷār ⟨3⟩ śrī-Uttama-cōḻar taṅkaḷ ācci cempiyaṉ mahā-deviyārāl Eṭuppikka-p-pa⟨4⟩{pa}ṭṭatu I-śrī-kōyilum snapana-maṇḍapamum gopuramum cuṟṟālaiyum parivāra-k kōyilkaḷu⟨5⟩m Eṭuppikka-p-paṭṭaṉa

It-tēvarkku Uṭaiya-pirāṭṭiyār kuṭukka-p-paṭṭa ceppu-viḷakku Aiñcu poṟ-paṭṭam oṉṟu ⟨6⟩ kuṭiñai-k-kallāl niṟai mañcāṭi kuṟaiya 5 kaḻañcu veḷḷi-t-taḷikai Oṉṟu munnūṟṟ’ eṇpatt’ oṉpatiṉ kaḻañ⟨7⟩cu veḷḷi-k-keṇṭi nūṟṟu toṇṇūṟṟ’ eṇpatiṉ kaḻañcē mu-k-kāl poṟpū Iraṇṭu niṟai kuṭiñai-k-kallāl kaḻañc’ arai ⟨8⟩ kūtta-p-perumāḷ poṟ-paṭṭam kuṭiñai-k-kallāl kaḻañcu Umā-bhaṭṭāraki poṟṟāli kāl Iṭaikkaṭṭu m¡u!⟨ū⟩nṟun tāḷimpa(m) Iraṇṭu Iṭṭa muṭṭin pañ⟨9⟩ca-cari Oṉṟu poṉṉiṉ palakai veḷḷiyiṉ iṭai-k kaṭṭu Iṭṭa muttiṉ pañca-cari Oṉṟu kūtta-p-perumāḷ poṟpū Oṉṟu kuṭiñai-k-kallāl kaḻañ⟨10⟩cē nālu māñcāṭi Umā-bhaṭṭāraki y-i(tu) palakai Oru-p-pūṟa veḷḷiyiṭai-k kaṭṭu Iṭṭa pañca-cari Oṉṟu Umā-bhaṭṭāraki y-itu muttiṉkaḷ-āka veḷḷiyiṉ iṭai-k kaṭṭu Iṭṭa ⟨11⟩ vaṭa m¡u!⟨ū⟩nṟu muṭṭin kaḷā(ka)varam poṉṉiṉ caṉtāpa(ṉa)-k kaṭaiyun naṭuvu Iṭṭa paṭamu […] paṉṉ-iraṇṭu bhaṭṭārakiyiṉ muttiṉ kutampai y-iraṇṭu ⟨12⟩ muttiṉ vaṭam iraṇṭu tāḷimpam iṭṭaṉa bhaṭṭārakiya tiru-k-kaiyil cāttu vaṭam iraṇṭu kūtta-p-perumāḷ tiru-kaiyil cāttu vaṭa m¡u!⟨ū⟩ṉṟu kūtta-p-perumāḷ muttiṉ kuta⟨13⟩mpai y-iraṇṭu kūtta-p-perumāḷ muttiṉvāḷi Oṉṟu periya tēvar poṟ-paṭṭam kuṭiñai-k-kallāl patiṉ kaḻañcu

⟨1⟩ <sun> svasti śrī   kō-p-para-kesari-panma⟨ṟ⟩ku yāṇṭu 10 2-Āvatu   śrī-parān=taka-devar-āṉa pe-
⟨2⟩ riya cōḻaṉar makaṉār śrī-kaṇṭar-āditta-devar deviyār maḻa-perumāṉaṭikaḷ makaḷār 
⟨3⟩ śrī-Uttama-cōḻar taṅkaḷ ācci cempiyaṉ mahā-deviyārāl Eṭuppikka-p-pa-
⟨4⟩ {pa}ṭṭatu I-śrī-kōyilum snapana-maṇḍapamum gopuramum cuṟṟālaiyum parivāra-k kōyilkaḷu-
⟨5⟩ m Eṭuppikka-p-paṭṭaṉa   It-tēvarkku Uṭaiya-pirāṭṭiyār kuṭukka-p-paṭṭa ceppu-viḷakku Aiñcu poṟ-paṭṭam oṉṟu 
⟨6⟩ kuṭiñai-k-kallāl niṟai mañcāṭi kuṟaiya 5 kaḻañcu veḷḷi-t-taḷikai Oṉṟu munnūṟṟ’ eṇpatt’ oṉpatiṉ kaḻañ-
⟨7⟩ cu veḷḷi-k-keṇṭi nūṟṟu toṇṇūṟṟ’ eṇpatiṉ kaḻañcē mu-k-kāl poṟpū Iraṇṭu niṟai kuṭiñai-k-kallāl kaḻañc’ arai 
⟨8⟩ kūtta-p-perumāḷ poṟ-paṭṭam kuṭiñai-k-kallāl kaḻañcu Umā-bhaṭṭāraki poṟṟāli kāl Iṭaikkaṭṭu m¡u!⟨ū⟩nṟun tāḷimpa(m) Iraṇṭu Iṭṭa muṭṭin pañ-
⟨9⟩ ca-cari Oṉṟu poṉṉiṉ palakai veḷḷiyiṉ iṭai-k kaṭṭu Iṭṭa muttiṉ pañca-cari Oṉṟu kūtta-p-perumāḷ poṟpū Oṉṟu kuṭiñai-k-kallāl kaḻañ-
⟨10⟩ cē nālu māñcāṭi Umā-bhaṭṭāraki y-i(tu) palakai Oru-p-pūṟa veḷḷiyiṭai-k kaṭṭu Iṭṭa pañca-cari Oṉṟu Umā-bhaṭṭāraki y-itu muttiṉkaḷ-āka veḷḷiyiṉ iṭai-k kaṭṭu Iṭṭa 
⟨11⟩ vaṭa m¡u!⟨ū⟩nṟu muṭṭin kaḷā(ka)varam poṉṉiṉ caṉtāpa(ṉa)-k kaṭaiyun naṭuvu Iṭṭa paṭamu […] paṉṉ-iraṇṭu bhaṭṭārakiyiṉ muttiṉ kutampai y-iraṇṭu 
⟨12⟩ muttiṉ vaṭam iraṇṭu tāḷimpam iṭṭaṉa bhaṭṭārakiya tiru-k-kaiyil cāttu vaṭam iraṇṭu kūtta-p-perumāḷ tiru-kaiyil cāttu vaṭa m¡u!⟨ū⟩ṉṟu kūtta-p-perumāḷ muttiṉ kuta-
⟨13⟩ mpai y-iraṇṭu kūtta-p-perumāḷ muttiṉvāḷi Oṉṟu periya tēvar poṟ-paṭṭam kuṭiñai-k-kallāl patiṉ kaḻañcu  

⟨1⟩ <sun> svasti śrī

kō-p-para-kesari-panma⟨ṟ⟩ku yāṇṭu 10 2-Āvatu

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ <sun> • Un symbole en forme de soleil de la taille d’un akṣara est placé à l’ouverture de l’épigraphe. L’a-t-on tracé en référence à la lignée solaire à laquelle appartient la reine mère Cempiyaṉ- Mahādevī ? Autant que l’on puisse en juger par nos lectures in situ et sur estampage, ce soleil n’est associé à aucun symbole de lune. Il semble, par conséquent, ne pas avoir vocation à exprimer graphiquement l’usuelle formule candrādityaval (« aussi longtemps que [brilleront] la lune et le soleil »), comme c’est ordinairement le cas pour les inscriptions sur stèles (vīrakkal et autres naṭukkal). — ⟨1⟩ kōppara° ⬦ kopara° SII S.

⟨2⟩ śrī-kaṇṭar° ⬦ kaṇṭar° SII S.

⟨3⟩ Eṭuppikkappa⟨4⟩{pa}ṭṭatu ⬦ Eṭuppikkap⟨4⟩paṭṭatu SII S.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1917-1918 (ARIE/1917-1918/C/1918/47).

Edited in Srinivasa Rao et al. 1967 (SII 19.302); in Swaminathan 2012 (SII 32.2.114); in Cane 2017 (no. 8), based on autopsy (2011-09).

Commented and translated into French in Cane 2017, p. 496.

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

Primary

[SII] Srinivasa Rao, G.V., Dines Chandra Sircar and 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 302, 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 114.

[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 798–799, item 8, figure TBC.

Secondary

ARIE 1917-1918. G.O. No. 1172, 6th September 1918. Epigraphy. Recording, with remarks, the progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the year 1917-1918. Edited by H. Krishna Sastri. No place, 1918. Page 93, appendixes C/1917-1918, item 47.

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