Teṉkarai, Mūlasthānēśvara temple, time of Jaṭāvarman Śrīvallabhadēva, year 20 + 1

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī tiru-maṭantai [**]

⟨2⟩ jaya-maṭantai [***]

⟨3⟩ [****] ya [***] niti

⟨4⟩ [***] lamum perumai Eyta

⟨5⟩ (Eṇ)-ṭicaiyuṅ kuṭai niḻa-

⟨6⟩ [**] maṉṉavar ellām van-

⟨7⟩ [*] ṟaiñc maraviṉē

⟨8⟩ varu-maṇi-muṭi cūṭi-t

⟨9⟩ teṉ-kumari vaṭa-kaṅ⌈-

⟨10⟩ kai-t ticai-kaṭal¡e! El-

⟨11⟩ lai-y-āka-p pār muḻutum

⟨12⟩ kayal-āṇai parantu ce-

⟨13⟩ ṅ-koluṭaṉ vaḷara ma-

⟨14⟩ ṉṉiya v¿i?ra-siṅkāsaṉa-

⟨15⟩ ttu Ulaka-muḻut’ uṭai-

⟨16⟩ yār¡o!ṭu viṟṟ’ irunt’aru-

⟨17⟩ ḷi mā-mutal mati-k-kula-

⟨18⟩ m viḷakkiya ko-mutal ⌈-

⟨19⟩ koccaṭai-y-panmar-āna tiri--

⟨20⟩ pu(va)ṉa-c-cak-

⟨21⟩ kara-vartti śrī--

⟨22⟩ vallava-t¡e!va-

⟨23⟩ ṟku yāṇṭu 2 10-

⟨24⟩ iru-pat-āvati¡n!

⟨25⟩ Etir ām āṇ-

⟨26⟩ ṭu cattikku naṭa-

⟨27⟩ tta veṇṭi

⟨28⟩ na toṉṟām¡e!

⟨29⟩ teyvam [***]

⟨30⟩ rtta tiṉi [**]

⟨31⟩ (vi)ttiṇṭiya śrī-

⟨32⟩ maturaṉ śrī-va-

⟨33⟩ llavan koṭṭa-

⟨34⟩ ṉāta vāṭuṟai kū-

⟨35⟩ ṭi vaḷa(r)nta Aiy-

⟨36⟩ yapoḻil A-

⟨37⟩ t-tāṇi cittira--

⟨38⟩ moḻi m¿u?ṉṟu

⟨39⟩ [***] ṭṭa [***]

⟨40⟩ [**] ka mācevā [****]

⟨41⟩ [***] kaiyum Oṉ [*]

⟨42⟩ [**] kavum Ivā [**]

⟨43⟩ maka⟨ra⟩ nāyiṟṟu Iraṇṭā [*]

⟨44⟩ (ti)ya(ti)yum veḷḷi-k-kiḻa[.]ai [**]

⟨45⟩ m Uttiraṭṭ’ āti mutal va(la)-

⟨46⟩ ṅkai Iṭaṅkai ciṟu-taṉam (E) [*]

⟨47⟩ kave [**] ṟu colla [**]

⟨48⟩ [***] śrī-kāriyam ceyv¡o!m ā-

⟨49⟩ kavum śrī-kāriya [***]

⟨50⟩ [****] kaiyum Eṭuttu

⟨51⟩ Eṟiñcu nāyiṉār tiru [**]

⟨52⟩ yam ceyv¡o!m ākavum vala-

⟨53⟩ ṅkai Iṭaṅkai ciṟu-taṉam

⟨54⟩ Eṉṟu (p)e(ṟu)māṟu collu-

⟨55⟩ vār (E)ṉṟum [***] ttāl

⟨56⟩ c¡e!ma-c-ceṭiyum kai-y-o-

⟨57⟩ laiyum [*][**] maṟuttār maṟu-

⟨58⟩ tta [****]

⟨59⟩ [****]

Commentary

This inscription, engraved on a stone in the courtyard of the temple, is much damaged.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1910-1911 (ARIE/1909-1910/C/1910/138).

Edited in Ramanatha Ayyar 1962 (SII 14.251).

This digital edition by Dorotea Operato, 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 154–155, item 251.

Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1909-1910. G.O. No. 665, 28th July 1910. Epigraphy. Recording the progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for -, Southern Circle, for the year 1909-1910. Edited by H. Krishna Sastri. No place, 1910. Page 61, appendix C/1910, item 138.