Tiruvōṟṟiyūr, time of king Rājādhirāja, year 28

Editors: Renato Dávalos, Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSII3800128.

Summary: Gift of money for special offerings on the day following the festival of Paṅkuṉi-Uttiram. The assembly of Kāvaṉūr alias Kamalanārāyaṇa-caturvēdimaṅkalam received the amount, i.e., 30 kācu and agreed to pay as interest 75 kalams of paddy every year for the expenses of that day.

Hand description:

Medial i remains consistently short almost in all cases.

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (tfa-sii-epigraphy).

Version: (edd67e8), last modified (edd67e8).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

vīramē tuṇaiyākavuṉ tiyākamē-y aṇi-y ākavum ceṅkō(l)-l occi-k karuṅkali kaṭin=tu kūṭal caṅka[ma]ttu ākava-malla(ṉ)ṉai y-añcuvittu vikkalaṉaiyuñ ciṅkaṇaṉaimuṭai puṟaṅkaṇṭu maṟṟavar mātēviyarōṭum vasta-vāha¡n!⟨ṉ⟩am kaikk[o]ṇṭu iraṇṭām vicaiyi¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um kuṟitta kaḷatt-ākava mallaṉai-y añcuvittu veṅkai nāṭum iṭṭu-k-koṇṭu taṉṉuṭan piṟan=ta mu¡nn!⟨ṉṉ⟩ avar viratamum muṭittu muṉṟām vicaiyiṉum comiśvaraṉ kaṭṭiya kaṇṭikai aviḻppataṉ mu¡nn!⟨ṉṉ⟩am kampili cuṭṭu-k kaṟaṭikkallil jayastampa nāṭṭi-t tēvanātaṉ mutalmā cumantarai cakkara-kōṭṭattu turatti maṟṟavariṉattār muṭi piṭittukkoṇṭu kucci m¿i?⟨ī⟩ṭṭu ellai kaṭa=ntu nilai y-iṭṭu vije Abhiṣekam paṇṇi v¿i?⟨ī⟩rasiṃhāsanattu ulakam uḻutu [9+] ⟨2⟩ koṇṭa-cōḻa-maṇṭalattu-(p) puḻaṟ-kōṭṭattu-p puḻa[r]-nāṭṭu Uṭaiyār tiru Oṟṟiyūr uṭaiyār tevatāṉa(m)-āṉa Ūrkaḷil muṉpu niva¡ṉ!⟨n⟩tañ ceyyātu kiṭakkum nilattilum nellilum po¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ilum kācilum Uḷḷaṉa Aṟin=tu namakkum naṅkulattukkum nam piḷḷaikaḷukkum naṉṟāka tiruvōṟṟiyūr uṭaiyārkkum aṅkuḷḷa taḷ¿u?⟨i⟩¿ṅ?⟨m⟩kaḷukkum nivantañ ceyya veṇṭuvaṉa aṟintu nivantañ ceytu kalveṭṭu (vik)ka v-eṉṟu tiruvāymoḻintaruḷa It-tevatāṉam-āṉa Ūrkaḷil ciṅkaviṣṇa-c caruppeti-maṅkalattu ¡uvañcaḻa!⟨ucca⟩ kaḻikoppumāy-t taram peṟātu kiṭakkum nilattu nilaṉ aṟupati¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ aṟu vēliyum v¿i?⟨ī⟩rarājenta(ra) viḷākam eṉṟu nāmattāl putu tiruttākki Iṉ nilattāl vēli oṉṟiṉukku rāja-kecariyāl nel arupatiṉ [7+] ⟨3⟩ pu nivantañ ceyyātu niṉṟa kācu Aiñ nūṟṟ’aṟupatt-eṭṭuṅ koṇṭu cakkaravatti śrī-v¡i!⟨ī⟩ra-rājentra tēvar tirumēṉi kalliyāṇa tirumēṉi y-ākavum tirukkulam vat=tikkavum nampirāṭṭimār tirumaṅkalliyam perukavum piḷḷaikaḷ ti(ru)mēṉi kalliyāṇa tirumēṉi y-ākavum cōḻa-maṇṭalattu tiruveṇkāṭṭu poṉṉūr uṭaiyāṉ ta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩i māheśvaraṉ Āccaṉ civa-lōka-nātaṉ Ik-kōyilil patipātamula-p paṭṭuṭai-p pañc-ācāriya tēvakaṉmikaḷaiyum śrī-kāriyam k[ā]va¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ [ru]ṭaiyāṉ piccaṉ jayaṅkoṇṭāṉaiyum Ik-kōyilil mutaṟ kaṇakku nūṟṟeṇmaṉ oruppaṉayaṉaiyum Ik-kōyilil maṭam uṭaiya-catur-āṉa paṇṭitaraiyum kūṭa vaittu-k ko[ṇ]ṭiruntu ni(vanta)ñ ceytum uṭaiyār tiruvōṟṟiyūr uṭaiyār (kōyilil) vaikācit tiṅkaḷ tiruviḻā v-eḻuntaruḷit tiruvāyilaiya nāḷāl tīrttam āṭiyaruḷa vēṇṭum nivantaṅkaḷukku-k kācu Irunūṟṟ’ i(rupatu Ākavum) v¡i!⟨ī⟩rarājen tra¡ṉ!⟨n⟩ tirucā(ṉ) [6+] vēṇṭum nivanta(ṅ)ka¡ḷ!⟨ḷ⟩ukku kācu nūṟṟ-eṇpatt-eṭṭu [12+]

Apparatus

Translation by Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis

Bibliography

Reported in Krishna Sastri 1913 (ARIE/1912-1913/B/1912/137).

Edited in Swaminathan 2019 (SII 38.137).

This digital edition by Renato Dávalos. This translation by Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis (2025).

Primary

[SII] Swaminathan, S. 2019. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XXXVIII: Inscriptions collected during the year 1912. South Indian Inscriptions 38. New Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director General). Pages 142–145, item 137.

Secondary

Krishna Sastri, H. 1913. G.O. No. 961, 2nd August 1913. Epigraphy. Recording the progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for [Epigraphy], Southern Circle, for the year 1912-1913. No place. Page 21, appendix B, item 137.