Āṭutuṟai, Āpatsahāteśvara temple, time of Māṟaṉ Caṭaiyaṉ, year 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1

Editors: Valérie Gillet, Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPandya00007.

Summary: Āpatsahāteśvara temple, Āṭutuṟai, Tiruviṭaimarutūr taluk, Tañcāvūr district. On the wall in the recess between the sanctuary and the ardha-maṇḍapa of the southern façade.

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

Repository: Pāṇḍya (tfa-pandya-epigraphy).

Version: 2025-06-17 23:36 (c311c11), last modified 2025-06-17 23:36 (c311c11).

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī ⁋

śrī-kō-māṟaṉ ⟨2⟩ caṭaiyaṟku yāṇṭu nāṉk-ām āṇṭi⟨3⟩ṉ Etir ām āṇ(ṭiṉ Eti)r ām ā(ṇṭi)⟨4⟩ṉ Etir ām āṇṭiṉ Etir ām ā(ṇ)⟨5⟩ṭu

tiraimūr-nāṭṭu maruttuva⟨6⟩-k-kuṭi sabhaiyōm In-nāṭṭu tiru-k-ku⟨7⟩[raṅ]kāṭutuṟai mahādevar Iṭai [2+] (tu) ⟨8⟩ [4+] ṇ [1+] cāl [1+] i ⟨9⟩ (nā) [2+] ttāl nicatam Aṭṭa-k kaṭava Eṇṇai (Ur)i

(Itu) ⟨10⟩ (pa)ṉmāheśvarar rakṣai ⁋

Apparatus

⟨6⟩ tirukku⟨7⟩[raṅ]kāṭutuṟai ⬦ tirukku⟨7⟩kāṭutuṟai G • Gillet 2017: “SII 14.7 reads raṅkā at the end of line 6, although in brackets. However, there is no space to accommodate two syllables after the kku, clearly visible. There could have been a ra, no longer visible. The first letter that we clearly read at the beginning of line 7 is kā. But there is enough space to accommodate another letter before, perhaps a ṅ. Since I do not see raṅ at all on the stone, I have not added it in my edition.”

Translation by Gillet 2017

Hail! Prosperity! [This is] the year opposite to the year, opposite to the year, opposite to the year, opposite to the 4th year of illustrious king Māṟañcaṭaiyaṉ. We, the Sabhā of Maruttuvakkuṭi in Tiraimūrnāṭu, [for] the place (iṭai) of Mahādeva of Tirukku⟨raṅ⟩kāṭutuṟai of this country, have to supply (aṭṭakkaṭava) one uri (measure) of oil (eṇṇai) everyday (nicatam) with […] This is under the protection of the Paṉmāheśvaras.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1907-1908 (ARIE/1907-1908/B/1907/358), in Mahalingam 1992 (Tj 3).

Edited in Ramanatha Ayyar 1962 (SII 14.7). Text in Krishnan 2002 (IEP 33). Edited and translated in Gillet 2017, based on autopsy and photographs (Valérie Gillet, 2008).

This revised edition by Valérie Gillet and Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Ramanatha Ayyar, A. S. 1962. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XIV: The Pāṇḍyas. South Indian Inscriptions 14. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Manager of Publications). Page TBC, item 7.

[IEP] Krishnan, K. G. 2002. Inscriptions of the early Pāṇḍyas (from c. 300 B.C. to 984 A.D.) New Delhi: ICHR & Northern Book Centre. Page TBC, item 33.

[G] Gillet, Valérie. 2017. “Devotion and Dominion: Ninth-Century Donations of a Pāṇḍyan King in Temples along the River Kāvēri.” IIJ 60 (3), pp. 219–283. DOI: 10.1163/15728536-06003002. [URL]. Pages 269–270, item 23.

Secondary

ARIE 1907-1908. G.O. No. 574, 17th July 1908. Epigraphy. Recording the progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for Epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the year 1907-1908. Edited by V. Venkayya. No place, 1908. Page 27, appendix B/1907, item 358.

[TLI] Mahalingam, T. V. 1992. A topographical list of inscriptions in the Tamil Nadu and Kerala states. Volume Seven: Thanjavur district. New Delhi: ICHR.

Srinivasa Rao, G.V. 1979. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XXIII: inscriptions collected during the year 1906-07. South Indian Inscriptions 23. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director-General). Page TBC, item 364.

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