# Tiruttaṇi, foundation of temple

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00245

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00245.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-11 17:29 (458e70c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
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## Summary

Foundation of a temple.

## Palaeographic description

Medial i and ī interchangeable.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

1. Uncertain meter

⟨2⟩ tiruntu tiruttaṇiyil ceñ-caṭai Īcarkku
karuṅkallāl kaṟṟaḷiyā niṟka virumpiy¿ā?⟨ē⟩
naṟka⟨3⟩laikaḷ ellām naviṉṟa cīr nampi Appi
poṟpamaiya ceytāṉ purintu ↝

I-veṇpā peru⟨4⟩māṉaṭikaḷ tām pāṭi Aruḷuttu

## Apparatus

⟨2⟩ niṟka ⬦ niṟka SII • SII notes: “The letter ka is corrected from ku.”

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

2–3.

So that ⟨this temple⟩ stands as a stone temple ⟨made⟩ with black stones
for the Lord (īcar[1]) with red matted hairs[2] in
gracious/perfect/eminent Tiruttaṇi
Lovingly/with devotion (virumpi-y-ē[3]), the glorious Nampi Appi, who
has learned all good arts, beautifully (poṟpu amaiya[4]) made it (ceytāṉ
purintu[5]).

⟨3–4⟩ This veṇpa has been graciously sung by Perumāṉaṭikaḷ[6] himself.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1905–06 (ARIE/1905-1906/B/1905/433).

Edited in Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943 (SII 12.94), with
visual documentation. Text and summary in Mahalingam 1988 (IP 245).
Edited in Kiruṣṇamūrtti 2021.

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on previous edition(s).

### Primary

[SII] Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. & C. R. Krishnamacharlu. 1943. South Indian
inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in
English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Pages
41–42, item 94.

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Pages
613–614, item 245.

[K] Kiruṣṇamūrtti, Ca. 2021. Tamiḻnāṭṭuk kalveṭṭukaḷ tokuti XVII.
Tiruvaḷḷūr māvaṭṭak kalveṭṭukaḷ tokuti I. TNSDA Epigraphical Series 56.
Chennai: Government of Tamil Nadu, State Department of Archaeology. Page
129, item 108/2021.

### Secondary

ARIE 1905–06. G.O. No. 492, 2nd July 1906. Epigraphy. Recording the
annual report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for
Epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the year 1905-1906, and directing that
the report be forwarded to the Government of India. Edited by V.
Venkayya. No place, 1906. Page 27, appendix B/1905, item 433.

[1] Sanskrit īśa.

[2] That is, Śiva.

[3] Literally: having desired.

[4] Infinitive form, literally: so that it agrees with beauty.

[5] Literally: made it having made it.

[6] That is, the Pallava king Aparājitavarman according to Venkatasubba
Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943. Alternatively, it could be another,
vassal, king or Śiva.