SII 38.1: original edition by S. Swaminathan

Alternative title: “No. 1. (A.R. No. 1 of 1912.) TEṈKĀŚI, TENKASI TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. On the north wall, central shrine, Vīśvanāthaśvāmin temple.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: King: Parākrama Pāṇḍya Year 31+8 Mīna 23, śu. di. 10, Wednesday, Sōdi = 1461 A.D. Other details are irregular.

This inscription records the construction of Vīśvanātha temple and its other complexes from bottom to top (upānādhi-sthūpi-pariyaṉtham) such as garbha-grihā, ardhamaṇḍapa (iḍai-nāḻigai) and sōpānam at Teṉkāsi (Dakshiṇa Kāśi) north of Chitrānadi in Teṉvāri-nāḍu. It is also refers to the performance of temples services, processions and festivals. In order to meet the expenditure for above functions, the temple was given tax free gift of land at Vidaraṇavinōda-vaḷanāḍu after excluding two pieces of dēvadāna lands owned by Aḻagiya-Sokkaṉār temple and Nachchāḍaitavirtt-aruḷiya nāyaṉār temple. One Kiḍarattūr-uḍaiyāṉ figures as a signatory of this record.

Language: Tamil (tam).

Version: (3992bd7), last modified (0ec4724).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svastiśrī ⟨||⟩ kojaṭilavarmmarāna tribhuvanaccakravat=tikaḷ śrīparākramapāṇḍyadevaṟku yāṇṭu muppattoṉṟāvatiṉ Etir Eṭṭāvatu miṉañāyaṟṟu Irupattumuṉṟān tiyatiyum pūrvapakṣattu daśamiyum putaṉkiḻamai-

⟨2⟩ yum peṟṟa cotināḷ teṉvārināṭṭu citranadi Uttiratirattu dakṣiṇakāśiyil Uṭaiya viśvanāthaNkoyililt tānattāṟku Uṭaiyār viśvanāthaṉukkut tirukkoyil Upānādi sthupi pariyantam

⟨3⟩ garbhagrahaM Arddhamaṇḍapam Iṭaināḻikai mahāmaṇḍapam sopānam Ivaiyuṅ kuṟaivaṟat tiruppaṇiyuñ ceyvittu Utsava pariyantamākavuḷḷa karmmaṅkaḷu naṭatti Āvaraṇa gopurādikaḷum ĀraMbhittu nitya nai-

⟨4⟩ mittikaṅkaḷuṅ kaṟpittu Iṉṉāyaṉārkkut tevatānamāka viṭṭa vitaraṇaviṉota vaḷanāṭṭu nām navamākak kaṇṭa viśvanāthap pererikkup perunāṉ kel¿k?aiyāvatu kiḻ El¿k?ai putukkuṟicciyil maṇaṟpiṟantāṉkālukkum pūvaraṇa-

⟨5⟩ putukkuḷam nirnakkalukku meṟkum teṉ El¿k?ai vaṭakāvūr kuḷattil vaṭakaṭaikkompukku vaṭakkum mel El¿k?ai periyamalaikkuk kiḻakkum vaṭavel¿k?ai teviyāṟṟukkut teṟkum Āka Iṉṉāṉkellaikkuṭ paṭṭa paṟ-

⟨6⟩ ṟil Uṭaiyār Aḻakiya cokkaṉār tevatāṉamāṉa vaḻivilliyum Uṭaiyār naccāṭai tavirttaruḷiya nāyaṉār tevatāṉamāṉa kaṭṭaik kuḷamum niṅkalāka Uḷḷa paṟṟil nañcaiy⟨⟨p⟩⟩ puñcey māvaṭai maraviṭai paṭṭaṭai koṭik-

⟨7⟩ kaṭamai Uṭpaṭṭa vakaiyum maṟṟumuḷḷa samastaprāptiyum muppattoṉṟāvatiṉ Etirāvatu mutalukkut tevatāṉamāka viṭṭa Aḷavukku Immariyātiyile Ivvolai piṭipāṭākak koṇṭu Iṉṉāḷ mutalukku candrādityavatu cellak-

⟨8⟩ kalliluñ cempilum veṭṭi Ivvālayam Uḷḷa Aḷavuṅ kaiyāṇṭu pūcaiyucan tāḻvuṟa naṭattippotavum pāṟka Ivai kiṭārattūr Uṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu ௳ tulyaM

Apparatus

⟨6⟩ nañcaiy⟨⟨p⟩⟩ • The pure consonant ‘p’ is engraved below.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 38.1 (ARIE/1911-1912/C/1912/1) by Swaminathan 2019 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

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 1–2, item 1.

Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1911-1912. G.O. No. 919, 29th July 1912. Epigraphy. Recording the progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the year 1911-1912. Edited by H. Krishna Sastri. No place, 1912. Page 41, appendix C/1912, item 1.