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

Valérie Gillet and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: Valérie Gillet, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPandya00502

Repository: Pāṇḍya (tfa-pandya-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPandya00502.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-10-01 13:11 (562e33f), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
(e2e7d8a)

## Summary

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

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## Edition

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

### Primary

Caṅkītā, Kō., Cu. Muttulaṭcumi, Cō. Mālati, Ara. Akilā & 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.