# Vr̥ddhācalam / Viruttācalam, Vr̥ddhagirīśvara temple, time of
Parakesarivarman, year 12

Nicolas Cane and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: Nicolas Cane, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCempiyanMahadevi00008

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

File path: DHARMA_INSCempiyanMahadevi00008.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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

## Summary

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

## Palaeographic description

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

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ ☼ 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

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ ☼ • 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 1917–18 (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); in
Swaminathan 2024 (SII 44.47).

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 & 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.

[SII] Swaminathan, S. 2024. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XLIV:
Inscriptions collected during the year 1917-18. South Indian
Inscriptions 44. New Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director
General). Item 47, pages 62–64.

### Secondary

ARIE 1917–18. 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.