Tiruneṭuṅkaḷam, Tiruneṭuṅkaḷanātar temple, time of Māṟañ Caṭaiyaṉ, year 11

Editors: Valérie Gillet, Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPandya00502.

Summary: Tiruneṭuṅkaḷanātar temple, Tiruneṭuṅkaḷam, Tiruveṟumpūr taluk, Trichy district. On a pillar, in the western gallery.

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Language: Tamil.

Repository: Pāṇḍya (tfa-pandya-epigraphy).

Version: 2025-06-30 10:52 (6f16750), last modified 2025-06-15 22:52 (e6d9f0b).

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

⟨2⟩ kō-māṟañ caṭai⟨3⟩yaṟku yāṇṭu ⟨4⟩ 10 1 Āvatu

tiru⟨5⟩-neṭuṅkaḷattu⟨6⟩t tēvar-uṭaiya ⟨7⟩ tēvatāṉam mē⟨8⟩laikkuṟucci (tō)⟨9⟩ṉṟiṉa nāṉṟu ⟨10⟩ tuṭaṅki viḷaint’ a⟨11⟩ṟiyāta kaḷarun tiṭa⟨12⟩lu mayakki tiru-neṭuṅ⟨13⟩kaḷattu kaṇattārōm

⟨14⟩ kōtukulavar-k kāṇi E⟨15⟩ṉṟu pē⟨16⟩r-iṭṭu It⟨17⟩-tēvatāṉa⟨18⟩m uḻuvār I⟨19⟩c-cey pō⟨20⟩kañ ce¿ll?⟨y⟩i⟨21⟩luñ cey⟨22⟩yāviṭilu⟨23⟩m nāḷ vāy ⟨24⟩ munnāḻi kut⟨25⟩talarici cat⟨26⟩tira⟨m⟩ muṭṭā⟨27⟩mai ciṟu-kuṭi ⟨28⟩ celuttuva⟨29⟩t’ āka mayakki ⟨30⟩ vaittēṉ ⟨31⟩ kāmaneṟi⟨32⟩mai(ṉa)ṉ

⟨33⟩ Itu kāttā⟨34⟩ṉ aṭi Eṉ ⟨35⟩ ṟalai mē⟨36⟩laṉa

Translation by Gillet 2017

Hail! Prosperity! This is the 11th year of king Māṟañcaṭaiyaṉ. From (tutaṅki) the day (nāṉṟu) when Mēlaikkiṟucci appeared (tōṉṟiṉa) as a devadāna of the Lord (tēvar-uṭaiya) of Tiruneṭuṅkaḷam, having prepared for cultivation (mayakki) the saline lands (kaḷarun) and the elevated lands (tiṭalum), which were unproductive (viḷaintu aṟiyāta), we of the village assembly (kaṇattārōm) of Tiruneṭuṅkaḷam; having named it (pēriṭṭu) Kōtukulavar kāṇi, I, Kāmaneṟimaiṉāṉ, have endowed (vaittēṉ), having prepared the land for cultivation (mayakki) so that the small farmers (ciṟu-kuṭi) dispatch (celuttuvatu āka) to the cattiram without fail (muṭṭāmai) 3 nāḻis of husked-rice (kuttal-arici) everyday (nāḷ vāy), even if those who plough (uḻuvār) this devadāna do (cellilum, that is, ceyilum) or do not (ceyyāviṭilum) the produce (pōkam) of this land (iccey) [i.e. cultivate]. May the feet of he who protects this be on my head!

Bibliography

Edited in Caṅkītā et al. 1998. Edited and translated in Gillet 2017, based on Caṅkītā et al. 1998.

This edition by Valérie Gillet and Emmanuel Francis, based on Caṅkītā et al. 1998.

Primary

Caṅkītā, Kō., Cu. Muttulaṭcumi, Cō. Mālati, Ara. Akilā and Mu. Naḷiṉi. 1998. “tiruneṭuṅkaḷam kalveṭṭukaḷ.” Vāralāṟu 8, pp. 3–11. Pages 5–6.

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 264–265, item 15.

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