# Tiruvalīśvaram, Valīśvara, time of Sundara Cōḻapāṇḍya, year 16 Renato Dávalos, Margherita Trento and G. Vijayavenugopal Authors of digital edition: Renato Dávalos, Margherita Trento, G. Vijayavenugopal Identifier: DHARMA_INSPandya00160 Repository: Pāṇḍya (tfa-pandya-epigraphy) File path: DHARMA_INSPandya00160.xml Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil] Commit: 2026-10-01 13:11 (562e33f), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09 (e2e7d8a) ## Summary See SII 14.161 for a summary of both inscriptions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨1⟩ [svasti śrī] muḷḷi-nāṭṭu bra⟨2⟩hma-tēyam rājarāja⟨3⟩caturve ti-maṅkalat-⟨4⟩tu tiruvāl¿i?⟨ī⟩śvaram Uṭai⟨5⟩yār mahā-de vaṟ⟨6⟩ku-t tēvatāṉam āka vari⟨7⟩yiliṭṭa [k]e[ḻ]vi ↝ 2 ⟨8⟩ yāṇṭu [2+]eṉ 2 ⟨9⟩ Uṭaiyār śrī-sundara-cō⟨10⟩ḻa-pāṇṭiya-devar rāje⟨11⟩ntra-cōḻa-purattu-k kōyili⟨12⟩ṉ uḷḷāl Āṭṭattuveḷi mē⟨13⟩lai-maṇṭapatt’ eḻuntaruḷi Iru⟨14⟩ntu rājarāja-p pāṇṭi-nāṭṭu ⟨15⟩ muṭikoṇṭa-cōḻa-vaḷanāṭ⟨16⟩ṭu muḷḷi-nāṭṭu brahmatēyam ⟨17⟩ rājarāja-c[4+]⟨18⟩sabhaiyāṟku kā[cu ku]ṭuttu vilai⟨19⟩ku-k koṇṭa Ivvūr nilattil ⟨20⟩ kākkalūr mēlellai peruṅ⟨21⟩kāliṉ k¿i?⟨ī⟩ḻkaraikku-k kiḻakkum⟨22⟩vaṭavellai civācutēva-vā⟨ykkā⟩⟨23⟩lukku vaṭakkum [4+]⟨24⟩ṟu vaṭavācaṟutikku-t teṟkum k¿i?⟨ī⟩⟨25⟩ḻellai kaṭiñai Āṟṟukku⟨26⟩⌈meṟkum teṉṉellai civā⟨27⟩cuteva-vāykkālukku vaṭakku⟨28⟩m Āka Ivv-icaitta perunāṉ⟨29⟩kellaiyuḷ Akappaṭṭa nilam⟨30⟩Aivēliyum brahma teyamāy ⟨31⟩ varukiṉṟapaṭi yāṇṭu 1 10 6 Ā⟨32⟩vatu mutal tavirn=tu veḷḷā⟨33⟩ṉ vakaiyil mutalākki I[nila]⟨34⟩m Iv-v-ūrt tiruvāl¿i?⟨ī⟩⟨35⟩śvaram uṭaiya ma⟨36⟩hādevaṟkku-t tiruvi⟨37⟩ḻā-p po(t)tavum nittam ⟨38⟩ Irupattaivar br⟨39⟩āhmaṇar Uṇṇavum śiva-dha⟨40⟩rmmam vācippāṉ oruvaṉuk⟨41⟩kum maṟṟum It-tēvaṟku⟨42⟩⌈vēṇṭum nivan=taṅkaḷukku I⟨43⟩ṟuppatāka-k kuṭukka v-eṉṟu⟨44⟩Ammāṉ Aruḷi-c ceytam ⟨45⟩ ⌈maiyil In-nilattāl In-nāṭu ⟨46⟩ veḷḷāṉ vakai varicai-k k¿i?⟨ī⟩⟨47⟩ḻ Iṟai-k-kaṭaṉ Aiññāḻi n⟨48⟩ārāyattāl nellu Aṟu⟨49⟩nūṟṟu nāṟppatt’ iru kalaṉē ⟨50⟩ Aṟu-kuṟuṇi y-iru-nāḻi muḻak⟨51⟩kē-y Iru-ceviṭaraiyum ⟨52⟩ U[ruvu-kōl] nilaṉ kācu mup⟨53⟩patt’ Aiñce kālē mukk[ā]-⟨54⟩ṇiyum kāṭci Erutu kācu Ai⟨55⟩ñcum Iṟai kaṭṭi Ivviṟ⟨56⟩⌈ai Ivv-ūr tiruvāli īśvaram uṭaiya mahā[tēva]-⟨57⟩ṟkku-t tiruviḻā-p po(t)tavum It-tēvar kōyili⟨58⟩l nittam Irupattaivar brāhmaṇar uṇṇavum śiva-taṉma-⟨59⟩m vācippāṉ Oruvaṉukkum maṟṟum It-tēvaṟku vēṇṭu-⟨60⟩m nivan=taṅkaḷukku yāṇṭu 1 10 6 Āvatu mutal Iṟu-[p]- ⟨61⟩ pat’ ākavum In-nilattāl vanta Iṟai rājarāja-c carup⟨62⟩⌈pēti-maṅkalattu-c curukkavum In-nila[m] muṉ piyar tavirntu ⟨63⟩ [10+]llū[r] Eṉṉum [3+]mam ākavum [2+]⟨64⟩riyiliṭṭu-k kuṭukkat tiruvāymoḻintaruḷiṉār eṉṟu tirumanti⟨65⟩ra Ōlai cōḻa-maṇṭalattu nittaviṉota-vaḷa-nāṭṭu Āvūṟ⟨66⟩-k kūṟṟattu Ālattūr Uṭaiyāṉ kuvāvaṉ-jayaṅkoṇ⟨67⟩ṭa cōḻaṉ Eḻuttiṉālum tirumantira Ōlai nāyakam rājenti⟨68⟩ra-cōḻa Atim¿u?⟨ū⟩rkka-c ceṅkiraiyum cōḻa-maṇṭalattu rāje⟨69⟩ntira-ciṅka-vaḷanāṭṭu Iruṅkōḷa-p-pāṭi-t taṉiyūr muṭiko⟨70⟩ṇṭa cōḻa-c caruppēti-maṅkalattu mātavaṉ maṟavaṭikaḷ maturā⟨71⟩ntakaṉ-āṉa cōḻa-pāṇṭiya brahma-mārāyaṉum Arumoḻitēva-vaḷa-nā⟨72⟩ṭṭu-t takkaḷūr-nāṭṭu brahmatēyam Attikōca-maṅkalattu Arum⟨73⟩⌈ōḻi Aṉavarata-cuntaraṉ-āṉa vikkirama-pāṇṭiya brahmārāyaṉum Op⟨74⟩piṉālum pukunta keḻvippaṭiyē variyil iṭṭukkoḷka v-eṉṟu A⟨75⟩tikārikaḷ cōḻa-maṇṭalattu kṣattiriya-śikhā maṇi-vaḷa-nāṭṭu veḷ⟨76⟩ā-nāṭṭu karuṅkūṟṟa-nallūr kiḻavar kollai puttaṉār-āṉa Uttama⟨77⟩⌈cōḻa-p pallavaraiyarum nittavinota-vaḷa-nāṭṭu pa[7+]ttu⟨78⟩⌈cōḻa-viccaratira-nallūr uṭaiyā[ṉ] centaṉ cūṟṟiyār-āṉa[5+]ṉ cikā⟨79⟩maṇi m¿u?⟨ū⟩vēntaveḷārum viṭaiyil Atikārikaḷ rācentira-ciṅka-vaḷa⟨80⟩nāṭṭu-t tiruvintaḷ¿u?⟨ū⟩r-nāṭṭu maturāntaka nallūr Uṭaiyā[5+] kaṭavaṉ⟨81⟩Eṟintoṭiyār-āṉa parakēcari-m¿u?⟨ū⟩vēnta-veḷārum Arumoḻitēva-vaḷa-nā⟨82⟩ṭṭu vaṇṭāḻai veḷ¿u?⟨ū⟩r-k kūṟṟattu paṉaṅkāṭi-kuṭi Uṭai[5+]ṭaiyāṉ ⟨83⟩ puttaṉār-āṉa miṉavaṉ m¿u?⟨ū⟩vēnta-vēḷararum Arumoḻi[tēva-vaḷa]-nāṭṭu⟨84⟩[ne]ṉmali-nāṭṭu [mi]ṉava-nallūr uṭaiyār puṟampiyaṉ paḷḷikoṇṭāṉā⟨85⟩r-āṉa Aḻakiya pāṇṭiya m¿u?⟨ū⟩vēnta-veḷārum nittavinota-vaḷa-nāṭṭu-p pāmpuṇi-[k] ⟨86⟩ kūṟṟattu vaḷava-nallūr Uṭaiyār nilaṉ⟨87⟩kuṭitāṅkiyār-āṉa vikkirama-ciṅka-m¿u?⟨ū⟩vēnta-veḷā⟨88⟩ṉum rājentira-ciṅka-vaḷa-nāṭṭu-t tiruvintaḷūr-nāṭṭu-k kaṭuvaṅku⟨89⟩ṭaiyār maṉṟaṉ cuntaraṉār-āṉa teṉṉavaṉ m¿u?⟨ū⟩vē⟨90⟩nta-vēḷārum naṭuvirukkum kṣattiriyaśikā-maṇi-va⟨91⟩[ḷa-nā]ṭṭu veḷānāṭṭu rājentira-cōḻa-c caruppēti-maṅka⟨92⟩lattu-c c[ā]ṇṭili⟨ya⟩ kottirattu kāttiyācyaṉa cūttirattu ⟨93⟩ Uppampirāl-c caṅkaraṉ cōlaippirāṉ paṭṭa-c comāciyā⟨94⟩rum [5+] puravuvari tiṇai-k kaḷattukkuk kaṇkāṇi rājarāja-p pā⟨95⟩[4+] rājentira- cōḻa-vaḷa-nāṭṭu-k kiḻkuṇṭāṟṟu-c cōḻa⟨96⟩-cikāmaṇi nallūr Uṭaiyāṉ cāttaṉ eṭṭiyum pura[vu]vari ti⟨97⟩ṇai-k kaḷam maturāntaka-vaḷa-nāṭṭu Āṇmā-nāṭṭu maṇṇai[-k kaṭanta] cōḻa ⟨98⟩ nallūr Uṭaiyāṉ v¿i?⟨ī⟩ra-pāṇṭiyaṉ cōlaiyum rājentira cōḻa-vaḷa-nāṭṭu ⟨99⟩ miḻalai-k-kūṟṟattu-k k¿i?⟨ī⟩ḻ-kūṟṟ’ uttama-cōḻa-nallūr Uṭaiyāṉ kaṇṭaṉ ⟨100⟩ Araṅkaṉum maturāntaka-vaḷa-nāṭṭu rājentira-cōḻa-k-kuḷa-k k¿i?⟨ī⟩ḻkuṟucci U⟨101⟩ṭaiyāṉ kaṇavati pūvaṉum rājentira-cōḻa-vaḷa-nāṭṭu-k kaḷavaḻi-nā⟨102⟩ṭṭu kālāṅkikopa-nallūr Uṭaiyāṉ kiḻavaṉ [2+]ṉum va⟨103⟩rippottakam cōḻa-maṇṭalattu Arumoḻitēva- vaḷa-nāṭṭu Āṟvala⟨104⟩-k-kūṟṟattu Uttaraṅk’ uṭaiyāṉ koḻumāṉ piccaṉum rājerāje-p-pāṇ⟨105⟩ṭi-nāṭṭu rājentira-cōḻa-vaḷa-nāṭṭu miḻalai-k-kūṟṟattu naṭuviṟ kūṟ⟨106⟩ṟu śrī-parāntaka-nallūr-k kaṭṭi kuṟicci Uṭaiyāṉ parameśvaraṉ ka⟨107⟩ṇṭaṉum mukaveṭṭi matu[rān]taka-vaḷa-nāṭṭu Iruñco-ṇāṭṭu-t tūṟ⟨108⟩ṟukk’ uṭaiyāṉ pakaiyaṉ [catturu]kālaṉum rājentira-cōḻa-vaḷa-nāṭ⟨109⟩ṭu miḻalai-k-kūṟṟattuk k¿i?⟨ī⟩ḻkūṟṟu rāje-kēcari-nallūr uṭaiyāṉ ⟨110⟩ [10+] nallūr Uṭai ⟨111⟩ yāṉ paṟpaṉāpaṉ kuvalaya-cantiraṉum cōḻa-maṇṭalattu-p pāṇṭikulā⟨112⟩caṉi-vaḷa-nāṭṭu-k kiḷiyūr-nāṭṭu-c curaikkuṭaiyāṉ nakkaṉ viraiyāccilaiyu⟨113⟩m varippottaka-k kaṇakku rājarāja-p-pāṇṭi-nāṭṭu maturāntaka-vaḷa-nāṭṭu-p pū- ⟨114⟩ ṅkāṉa-nāṭṭuk karai Irukkai nara-lokasundara-nallūr Uṭaiyāṉ centaṉ cātta[1] ## Apparatus ⟨1⟩ āti-k keḻal āki ⟨eṭut taṉṉa⟩ yātuñ ⬦ āti-k keḻal āki yātuñ SII. ⟨1⟩ piriyā-t ta⟨rā⟩tala⟨m⟩ ⬦ piriyā-t tala SII. ⟨1⟩ c[ā]ṇṭili⟨ya⟩ ⬦ ca[r]ṇṭili⟨ya⟩ SII. ## Translation ⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune! ## Bibliography Reported in ARIE 1916–17 (ARIE/1916-1917/B/1916/327). Edited in Ramanatha Ayyar 1962 (SII 38.131). This edition by Renato Dávalos (2025), based on Ramanatha Ayyar 1962. ### 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). Pages 85–88, item 160. ### Secondary ARIE 1916–17. Annual report on epigraphy 1916-1917. Recording, with remarks, the progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the year 1916-1917. Edited by H. Krishna Sastri. No place, 1917. Page 15, appendix B/1916, item 327. ### Secondary Cuppiramaṇiyam, Pu. 1983. Meykkīrttikaḷ. Ceṉṉai: ulakat tamilārāycci niruvaṉam. [1] Inscription stops here.