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

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPandya01011

Repository: Pāṇḍya (tfa-pandya-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPandya01011.xml

Language: Tamil [Tamil]

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

1. 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.