# Teṉkāci, Viśvanāthasvāmin temple, central shrine inscription of
Arikesarin Parakrama Pāṇḍya

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPandya01005

Repository: Pāṇḍya (tfa-pandya-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPandya01005.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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

⟨1⟩ śubham astu

1. Āciriyappā

pūmicaivaṉitai mārpiṉiṟpoliya
nāmicaikalaimakaḷ nalaṉuṟviḷaṅkap
puyavaraimītu cayamakaḷ puṇarak
kayaliṇaiyulakiṉ kaṇṇeṉattikaḻac
cantirakulattu vantavata(ri)ttu
muntaiyōr tavattiṉmuḷaiyeṉa vaḷarntu
teṉkalai vaṭakalai teḷivuṟatterintu
maṉpataipurakka maṇimuṭi puṉaintu
caṅkaracaraṇapaṅkayañcūṭic
ceṅkōlōcci veṇkuṭainiḻaṟṟi
vāṉavāriyu maṉṉaruḷ vāriyun
tāṉavāri yuntappātaḷittu
maṟakkaḷaipaṟittu nallaṟappayir viḷaittuc
ciṅkaiyi laṉuraiyilirācaiyiṟ ceṇ¿ṭ?⟨p⟩aiyil
vintaiyilantaiyil mutalaiyil vīraiyil
vaippāṟ [.]e […] ṉṉaraiveṉ kaṇṭ’
eppāṟṟicaiyu micaiviḷakkēṟṟip
patiṉeṇ […] kampōṟṟap
patiṉeṇpāṣaip pārttiparaṉai varun
tiṟaiyuñ ciṉṉamu muṟaimuṟai kuṇarntu
kuṟaipalavirantu kuraikaḻaliṟaiñca
v-avaravar vēṇṭiyata varavarkkaruḷi
Antaṇaraṉēkar centaḻalōmpa
vintaimutal Akaram Aintiṭattiyaṟṟic
civaneṟiyōṅkac civāṟcaṉai purintu
marutūrāṟku maṇṭapamamaittu
muṉ Oru tūr mūṅkiluḷ pukkirunta
ciṟparar tammaittiruvatta cāmattup
poṟkalattamutu polivittaruḷic
caṇpakavaṉattuc caṅkarar tamakku
maṇṭapamamaittu maṇimuṭi cūṭṭi
⟨2⟩ viḻāvaṇi naṭātti viraippuṉalāṭal
vaḻāvakai naṭātta niṉmaṉṉaruḷtaṉāl
vaṟṟāvaruviyum vaṟṟivaṟkaṭam
uṟṟavik kālattuṟupuṉal nalkeṉa
vēṇṭiyappoḻutē vēṟiṭattiṉṟi-c
cēṇṭarupuṉaliṟ ceḻumpuṉalāṭṭi
miṉkāl vēṇi viśvanātarkku-t
teṉkācip peruṅkōyil ceytu
nallākama vaḻi naimittikamuṭaṉ
Ellāppūcaiyum Ekkōyiliṉum
poruḷ mutalaṉaittum puraiyaṟa naṭātti-t
tirumali cempoṟciṅkācaṉamicai
Ulakamuḻutum Uṭaiyāruṭaṉē
Ilaku karuṇaiyiraṇṭuruveṉṉa
Ammaiyum Appaṉu māyaṉaittuyirkkum
Immaippayaṉu maṟumaikkuṟutiyu
mēmpaṭa nalki vīṟṟiruntaruḷiya

śrī-Ari . . . . . . devar-āṉa parākramapāṇḍyadevaṟku yāṇṭu Irupatt’
eṭṭāvatiṉ Etirāvatu . . . . . . . . . . ṟṟu Irupatt’ oṉṟ-ān tiyatiyum
pūṟṇaiyum veḷḷikkiḻamaiyum peṟṟa cōti nāḷ

teṉvārināṭṭu citranadi Uttaratīrattil dakṣiṇakāśiyilē Uṭaiyār
viśvanāthaṉukku Abhinavamāka Upānādi sthūpiparyan=tamun tiru-p-paṇi
ceytu Uṭaiyār viśvanāthaṉaiyum pratiṣṭhittu ArddhamaṇḍapaM Iṭaināḻikai
mahāmaṇḍapaM sopānaM Ivaiyun tiru-p-paṇi ceytu tiru-p-paḷḷiAṟai-nācciyār
mutalāka Uḷḷa tiru-v-uṭampukaḷum Ēṟi Aruḷa-p-paṇṇuvittu Avaraṇa
gopuraradikaḷum AraMbhittu mēl ⟨3⟩ Uṭaiyār viśvanāthaN pūjaikku
Amutu-paṭi cāttu-p-paṭi tirumālai-t tiru-p-parivaṭṭan tiru-viḷakku
Uṭpaṭṭa pala nitya-niyamaṅkaḷukkum pala viśeṣa-pūjai-tirunāṭ celavukkum
muṉṉāḷ Iraṇṭāvatiṉ Etir Irupattu mūṉṟāvatu mutalukku nām tēvatāṉam-āka
viṭṭa paṟṟukaḷil teṉvārināṭṭu-t teṉkācikku-p peru-nāṉk’ elkai y-āvatu

- kīḻ Elkai puliyūṟpaṟṟāṉa kārāṇ kuḷattil nīrnakkalukkum parimpukkum
  puliyūr Akarappaṟṟil puñcaikkum nārāyaṇa srīpādaṅkaḷ maṭappuṟattil mēl
  Elkaikku mēṟkum

- teṉ Elkai citranatikku vaṭakku

- mēl Elkai kuṉṟakkuṭipparimpukku-k kiḻakkum

- va . . . . . . . . . . . . . ceṉṉāypppoṟṟaikkum kuttukkallukkum teṟkum

Āka Iṉ-ṉāṉk’ el . . . . . . . .⟨4⟩ṭṭapaṟṟum inta nadikku dakṣiṇatīrattil
vāyuḷāṉkuṭi-p-paṟṟukku-p peru-nāṉk’ elkai y-āvatu

- kīḻ Elkai puliyūr Aṇaikkum tiru-c-cālaikkuṭi-p paṟṟukkum Āḻaṅkālukku
  mēṟkum

- teṉ Elkai tiru-c-cālai-k-kuṭi-p-paṟṟukkum
  parākrama-pāṇḍya-caturvedi-maṅkalattu bhaṭṭakaḷ Akarappaṟṟil
  vaṭa-v-elkaikkum Uṭaiyār tiru-k-kuṟṟālam-uṭaiya nāyaṉār
  paḻan-tēvatāṉattukku vaṭakkum

- mēl Elkai vāyuḷāṉkuṭi Aṇaikku-k kiḻakkum

- vaṭa Elkai citranadikku-t teṟkum

Āka Iṉ-ṉāṉk’ elkaikk’ uṭpaṭṭa paṟṟum kuṉṟakkuṭi paṟṟukku-p
peru-nāṉ⟨5⟩...

... ⟨7⟩ kaiyāṇṭu kalliluñ cempilum veṭṭi-p pūcaiyun tāḻvaṟa naṭatti-p
pōtavum pāṟka

Ivai kiṭārattūṟ-uṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu ௳

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## Translation by Gopinatha Rao [1908] 1988

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## Bibliography

Edited in Gopinatha Rao [1908] 1988, with English translation (TAS
1.6.2).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on Gopinatha Rao [1908]
1988.

### Primary

[TAS] Gopinatha Rao, T. A. [1908] 1988. Travancore archaeological
series: Volume I. Reprint. Trivandrum: Government of Kerala. Pages
145–151.