Tiruneṭuṅkaḷam, Tiruneṭuṅkaḷanātar temple, time of Māṟaṉ Caṭaiyaṉ, year 1 + 12

Editors: Valérie Gillet, Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPandya00503.

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

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

Repository: Pāṇḍya (tfa-pandya-epigraphy).

Version: (c311c11), last modified (c311c11).

Edition

⟨1⟩ kō-māṟa⟨2⟩ñ caṭai⟨3⟩ya⟨ṟ⟩kku yā⟨4⟩ṇṭu 1 Ā⟨5⟩m āṭṭaikk’ e⟨6⟩tir <10> 2 Ā⟨7⟩vatu

tiru-ne⟨8⟩ṭuṅkaḷattu ⟨9⟩ mā-tēvar⟨10⟩kku-t tē⟨11⟩vūr-nā⟨12⟩ṭṭu Ē⟨13⟩natta⟨14⟩nkuṭi ⟨15⟩ cātta⟨16⟩ṅ ⌈⟨17⟩cēran ⟨18⟩ vai⟨19⟩tta ⟨20⟩ ponn i⟨21⟩ru kaḻañ⟨22⟩cu

Itu mā⟨23⟩ṅkāṉa⟨24⟩laṉ kaṭa⟨25⟩vatu

Translation by Gillet 2017

This is the 12th [year] opposite to the 1st year of king Māṟañcaṭaiyaṉ. For Mahādeva of Tiruneṭuṅkaḷam, Cāttaṉ Cēraṉ Ēnattaṅkuṭi of Tēvūrnāṭu, endowed (vaitta) 2 kaḻañcus of gold. This is the duty (kaṭavatu) of Māṅkāṉalaṉ.

Commentary

Bibliography

Edited in Caṅkītā et al. 1998. Edited and translated in Gillet 2017, based on Caṅkītā et al. 1998 and partial estampagekindly supplied by Irā. Kalaikkōvaṉ.

This revised edition by Valérie Gillet and Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

Caṅkītā, Kō., Cu. Muttulaṭcumi, Cō. Mālati, Ara. Akilā and Mu. Naḷiṉi. 1998. “tiruneṭuṅkaḷam kalveṭṭukaḷ.” Vāralāṟu 8, pp. 3–11. Page 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 265–266, item 16.