Teṉkāci, Viśvanāthasvāmin temple, pillar inscription of Arikesarin Parakrama Pāṇḍya

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⟨Face A: East Face

⟨1⟩ śubham astu sandhāryam etaṭ satataṃ samasta-

⟨2⟩ -sura-maulibhiḥ | śāsanaṃ viśvanāthasya saM-

⟨3⟩ (bho) ⟨r⟩jjayati śāśvataM | śakabdaM Āyirattu muṉ-

⟨4⟩ ṉūṟṟu Eṇpattu nāliṉ mēṟ cellā niṉṟa

⟨5⟩ svasti śrī kojaṭilavarmmar-āna tribhuvanaccakrava-

⟨6⟩ rtikaḷ perumāḷ Arikesaridevar Eṉṟu tiru--

⟨7⟩ nāmam Uṭaiya poṉṉiṉ perumāḷ

⟨8⟩ parākrama-pāṇḍyadevar Irunt-aruḷiya Iṭat-

⟨9⟩ tukku yāṇṭu muppattu oṉṟāvatiṉ Etir Oṉ-

⟨10⟩ patāvatu mithuna-nāyaṟṟu Irupatt’ eṭṭān tiya-

⟨11⟩ tiyum Apara-pakṣattu trayodaśiyum śukra-vāramum

⟨12⟩ peṟṟa namm-uṭaiya Irunt-aruḷiya Iṭattiṉ tiru-nāḷ

⟨13⟩ Āṉa mṛgaśīrṣattu nāḷ janamum patiṉ eṭṭu nāṭṭu ve-

⟨14⟩ ḷḷāḻarum Iraṇṭu pattirivaḻiyum maṟṟum Añcu vakai

⟨15⟩ paṭṭa parikaramuṅ kūṭi-(k) kaṟpitta kāriyam āvatu Uṭaiyā⟨r⟩

⟨16⟩ viśvathaN Ut=tara-kāśiyil eḻunt-aruḷi Irun-

⟨17⟩ ta civālayam jīrṇamākaiyālē teṉṉāri-

⟨18⟩ -nāṭṭu ccitrana Ut=tara-tīrattilē namakku dakṣi-

⟨19⟩ ṇa-kāśi-y-āka Ālaiyañ ceytu tara vēṇum

⟨20⟩ Eṉṟu Eṅkaḷ-uṭaiya karttar perumāḷ Arikēsari-

⟨21⟩ -devar Eṉṟu tiru-nāmam-uṭaiya poṉṉiṉ peru-

⟨22⟩ māḷ parākrama-pāṇḍya-devar Irunt-aruḷiya Iṭa-

⟨23⟩ ttiṉ Uṭaṉē (sva)pnattilē tiruvuḷḷam paṟṟi A-

⟨24⟩ ruḷukaiyālē muṉṉāḷ śakābdaM Āyirattu muṉ-

⟨25⟩ ṉūṟṟu Aṟupatt’ eṭṭiṉ mēl ṛṣabha-ñāyaṟṟu-

⟨26⟩ -p pattān tiyatiyum pūrva-pakṣattu daśamiyum śukra-

⟨27⟩ -vāramum peṟṟa Uttirattu nāḷ mīṉa-muhurttam-ā-

⟨28⟩ ka karṣaṇaiyum ceytu dakṣiṇa-kāśi-y-āka-t ti-

⟨29⟩ ruppaṭaivīṭum Uṇṭu Ākki Uṭaiyā(r)

⟨30⟩ viśvathaṉaiyum nācciyār Ulakamuḻut-u-

⟨31⟩ ṭaiya nācciyāraiyum pratiṣṭhittu Iṉ-ṉāya-

⟨32⟩ ṉārkku-t tiru-k-kōyil Upānādi stūpy-a-

⟨33⟩ n=tam ākavum Arddha-maṇḍapam Iṭaināḻikai

⟨34⟩ mahā-maṇḍapam so(pā)nam Āvaraṇa-go-

⟨35⟩ purādikaḷun tiru-p-paṇi ceytu nācciyār

⟨36⟩ Ulakamuḻut-uṭaiya nācciyārkkun ti-

⟨37⟩ ru-k-kōyilum Āvaraṇamuṅ kuṟaivaṟa tiru-

⟨38⟩ -p-paṇiyuñ ceytu gopuramum āraMbhittu

⟨39⟩ sahasra-liṃgālayamum śakti-pīṭhālayamum

⟨40⟩ ceytu ṛṣabha-devar mutal-āka Uḷḷa pari-

⟨41⟩ vāra-nāyaṉmāraiyum pratiṣṭhittu sahasra-

⟨42⟩ -liṃgamum śakti-pīṭhamum pratiṣṭhittu Arikēsari-

⟨43⟩ -naṅkai Eṉṟu tiru-nāmam-uṭaiya piṭāriyai-

⟨44⟩ yum pratiṣṭhittu piṭāri-kōyilum mēlai Añ-

⟨45⟩ cān tiru-vītiyil Arikēsari-p piḷḷaiyār tiru-

⟨Face B: North Face

⟨46⟩ -k-kōyilum Āṟāṭṭu maṇṭapamum

⟨47⟩ veccamutu maṇṭamum maṟṟum ik-

⟨48⟩ -kōyilkaḷil-uḷḷa tiruppaṇikaḷum

⟨49⟩ mahā-gopuramum Eṅkaḷ karttar Iru-

⟨50⟩ nt-aruḷiya Iṭam muṉṉāḷ Iraṇṭā-

⟨51⟩ vatiṉ Etir Iru-patt’ iraṇṭāvatu vai-

⟨52⟩ kāci-mātan tuṭaṅki muppattu Oṉṟā-

⟨53⟩ vatiṉ Etir Oṉpatāvatu varai patiṉ ē-

⟨54⟩ ḻu varṣattukk-uḷḷu-t tiru-p-paṇi ceytu ni-

⟨55⟩ ṟai vēṟṟiṉa Itu māṉuṣamalla dai-

⟨56⟩ vīkam eṉṟu Ellārum a(ṟi)ntu koḷ-

⟨57⟩ ḷavum Eṅkaḷ-uṭaiya karttar Irunt-aruḷi-

⟨58⟩ ya Iṭam tiruvuḷḷam paṟṟiyaruḷa nāṅka-

⟨59⟩ ḷum karṣaṇai tuṭaṅki Inta-t tiru-p-pa-

⟨60⟩ ṇi y-ellāṅ kūṭa-c ceykaiyuñ

⟨61⟩ ceytu Eṅkaḷ Irunt-aruḷiya Iṭam I-

⟨62⟩ ṉ-ṉāyaṉārkkum nāccimārkkum maṟṟ-u-

⟨63⟩ ḷḷa (n)āyaṉmārkkum pūṅkattu-

⟨64⟩ kku vēṇṭum Aṉaittu-k kotti-

⟨65⟩ l-uḷḷaraiyuṅ kaṟpittu tiru-v-āpara-

⟨66⟩ ṇamum parikala-pariśchihnamuṅ kuṭuttu

⟨67⟩ jaiyu kuṟaivuṟa naṭatti māci-mā-

⟨68⟩ tattil mahattunāḷ tīrttham-āka naṭantu

⟨69⟩ pōtukiṟa tiru-nāḷu naṭatti pūjai-

⟨70⟩ kku vēṇṭum Amutu-paṭi kaṟi-y-amutu

⟨71⟩ cāttu-p-paṭi kaṟpūram kuṅkumam paṉ-

⟨72⟩ nīr tiru-mālai tiru-p-parivaṭṭam tiru-vi-

⟨73⟩ ḷakku Uṭpaṭṭa pala vakaikkum maṟṟu-

⟨74⟩ m vēṇṭum nityanaimittikaṅkaḷuk-

⟨75⟩ kum tēvatāṉam-āka viṭṭa teṉṉāri-

⟨76⟩ -nāṭṭu-t teṉkāciyum Ilañci kuṉṟa-

⟨77⟩ kkuṭi puliyūr pāṭṭa-k-kuṟucci vīra-pā-

⟨78⟩ ṇṭiya-nallūr Uḷḷiṭṭa paṟṟum nal-

⟨79⟩ lūrppaṟṟil tañcāvūr kāṭēṟṟivaḷ-

⟨80⟩ (ḷai) muṭṭam paṉṟimuṭṭam taṇṇa-

⟨81⟩ pai kaṟṟucceṟṟai Uḷḷiṭṭa maṟṟum

⟨82⟩ kuṟumaṟai nāṭṭuttuvaraṅkāṭum Iṭai-

⟨83⟩ tavaṇaiyum kākkuṭi-nāṭṭu māṉanilai-

⟨84⟩ nallūril Akavayalil naṭuvil-t-talai kū-

⟨85⟩ ṟṟil viṭṭa paṟṟum Ippaṟṟil teṉkarai-

⟨86⟩ kāri-kuṟicci piḷḷaiyār-kuḷam Uḷḷiṭṭa pa-

⟨87⟩ ṟṟum Āka Ip-paṟṟukkaḷum viṭṭu Ivai nī-

⟨88⟩ ṅkal-āka Itukku muṉpu kuḷamuṅkālum

⟨89⟩ Aṇaiyum Aṉṟi vaṉkāṭāy-k kiṭan-

⟨90⟩ ta kāṭukaḷilē pala Iṭattilum Ērvai …

Apparatus

⟨90⟩ Ērvai …TAS: “The rest of the inscription is omitted in the transcript, as it is not of great importance to the history attempted in the earlier pages.

Bibliography

Edited in Gopinatha Rao 1988, with English translation (TAS 1.6.4).

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

Primary

[TAS] Gopinatha Rao, T. A. 1988. Travancore archaeological series: Volume I. Reprint. Trivandrum: Government of Kerala. Pages 155–158.

Secondary

Pierdominici Leão, David. 2025. Breaking the crown of Indra: the Pāṇḍyas and their dynastic identity in the South Indian context. Leiden, Pays-Bas. Pages 229–230.