Teṉkāci, Viśvanāthasvāmin temple, gopura inscription of the coronation of Śrīvallabha

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPandya01011.

Summary: Gopinatha Rao [1908] 1988: “This single verse is also engraved on the door-post on the south side of the gopura, and records the date of the coronation of Aḻakaṉ Civala-vēḷ. It took place on Monday, the 20th of Cittirai of the year Raktākṣi, Śaka 1486. This day corresponded with the 6th tithi of the bright half of that month, the nakṣatra being Punarvasu. The king is the well known Ativīrarāma Pāṇḍya of literary fame.”

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Language: Tamil.

Repository: Pāṇḍya (tfa-pandya-epigraphy).

Version: 2025-06-30 10:52 (6f16750), last modified 2025-06-24 14:41 (72f6c22).

I. aṟucīrkkaḻineṭilaṭi yāciriyaviruttam

⟨1⟩ cakaṉ kālam āyirattu nāṉūṟṟ’ e⟨2⟩ṇpatt’ āṟiṟ calati cūḻnta

ceka⟨3⟩ṅkāṇa virattākki cittirai⟨4⟩yil irupatān tēti vēntar

⟨5⟩ pukaḻntēval ceya-p-pūṟuva⟨6⟩-titi y-āṟil mutal vāram puṇar⟨7⟩pūcattiṟ

cukant-āti-puṉai y-aḻakaṉ ⟨8⟩ cīvala-vēḷ eṉa makuṭañ cūṭiṉāṉē

Translation by Gopinatha Rao [1908] 1988

Aḻakaṉ who revels in perfumes etc., wore the crown in the presence, of all the people under the name of Civalavēḷ, on the first day of the week, the sixth tithi of the first fortnight and the twentieth of the month of Cittirai, in the year Raktākṣin corresponding to the Śaka year one thousand four hundred and eighty-six.

Bibliography

Edited in Gopinatha Rao [1908] 1988, with English translation (TAS 1.6.8).

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 161–162.

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