# Teṉkāci, Viśvanāthasvāmin temple, pillar inscription of Arikesarin Parakrama Pāṇḍya Emmanuel Francis Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis Identifier: DHARMA_INSPandya01007 Repository: Pāṇḍya (tfa-pandya-epigraphy) File path: DHARMA_INSPandya01007.xml Languages: Sanskrit [Grantha], Tamil [Grantha, Tamil] Commit: 2026-10-01 13:11 (562e33f), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09 (e2e7d8a) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨Face A: East Face⟩ ⟨1⟩ śubham astu 1. Anuṣṭubh sandhāryam etaṭ satataṁ samasta⟨2⟩-sura-maulibhiḥ | śāsanaṁ 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 mr̥gaśīrṣattu nāḷ janamum patiṉ eṭṭu nāṭṭu ve⟨14⟩ḷḷāḻarum Iraṇṭu pattirivaḻiyum maṟṟum Añcu vakai ⟨15⟩ paṭṭa parikaramuṅ kūṭi-(k) kaṟpitta kāriyam āvatu Uṭaiyā⟨r⟩ ⟨16⟩ viśvanāthaN Ut=tara-kāśiyil eḻunt-aruḷi Irun⟨17⟩ta civālayam jīrṇamākaiyālē teṉṉāri⟨18⟩-nāṭṭu ccitranadī 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 r̥ṣabha-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⟩ viśvanāthaṉaiyum 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-liṁgālayamum śakti-pīṭhālayamum ⟨40⟩ ceytu - r̥ṣabha-devar mutal-āka Uḷḷa pari⟨41⟩vāra-nāyaṉmāraiyum pratiṣṭhittu - sahasra⟨42⟩-liṁgamum 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 pūjāṅkattu⟨64⟩kku vēṇṭum Aṉaittu-k kotti⟨65⟩l-uḷḷaraiyuṅ kaṟpittu tiru-v-āpara⟨66⟩ṇamum parikala-pariśchihnamuṅ kuṭuttu ⟨67⟩ pūjaiyu 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 [1908] 1988, with English translation (TAS 1.6.4). 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 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.