SII 38.3: original edition by S. Swaminathan – No. 3. (A.R. No. 3 of 1912.) TEṈKĀŚI, TENKASI TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. On the north wall, central shrine, Vīśvanāthaśvāmin temple.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv38p0i0003.

Summary: King: Parākrama Pāṇḍya Year 31+9, Kanni 1, ba. di. 10 Sunday, Tiruvādirai = Sep. 19, 1462 A.D. However, the star was Magha. This records the construction of temple complexes from base to finial (upāṉādi-sthūpi-pariyaṉtam) such as garba-griha, ardhamaṇḍapā, mahāmaṇḍapā, and sōpānam. It also refers to the temple services, processions and festivals and in order to meet the expenditure for the above services the temple was donated the village of Kāśikkuvāyttanallūr, as dēvadāna. The gift took effect from the 41st regnal year of the king Parākrama Pāṇḍya.

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (Original Edition) (south-indian-inscriptions).

Version: (aca1847), last modified (464f524).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svastiśrī ⟨||⟩

kojaṭilavarmmarāna tribhuvaṉaccakravattikaḷ śrīparākramapāṇḍya ⟨2⟩ tevarkku yāṇṭu muppattoṉṟāvatiṉ Etir Oṉpatāvatu kan=ni nāyaṟṟu mutaṟtiyatiyum Aparapakṣattu daśamiyum nāyaṟṟukkiḻamaiyum peṟṟa tiruvātirainā⟨ḷ⟩ citrinadi Uttara(ti)rattu⟨3⟩[6+] Iṉṉāyaṉārkut tirukkoyil Upānādi stupi pariyantam garbhagrahaM ArddhamaṇḍapaM [6+] mahāmaṇḍapaM ⟨4⟩ copāṉam Ivaiyuṅ kuṟaivaṟat tiruppaṇiyuñ ceyvittu Uttyasvapariyantamāka Uḷḷa karmmaṅkaḷu naṭatti Āvaraṇa gopurātikaḷum Ārambhittu nityanaimittikaṅkaḷuṅ kaṟpikkaiyāle ⟨5⟩ Iṉṉāyaṉā(r) tiruppūcaikkut tevatāṉamāka viṭṭa kuṟumaṟai nāṭṭu nām navamākak(ka)ṇṭa kācikkuvāyttanallūrkkup peru nāṉkelkaiyāvatu kiḻ Elkai kāmañcūr kuḷat(ti)⟨6⟩l nir nakkalukku meṟku teṉ Elkai kāmañcūr kuḷat [6+] peruṅkālukku vaṭakku mel Elkai kiṭārakkuḷattilp puravakkuk kiḻakku vaṭavel kai ceṅkuḷattil Aṇaikku t⟨⟨e⟩⟩ṟku Āka Iṉṉāṉkelkaikkuṭ⟨7⟩paṭṭa māvaṭai maravaṭai paṭṭaṭai koṭittoṭṭam Uṭpaṭṭa vakaiyum muppattoṉṟāvatiṉ Etir Iraṇṭāvatu mutalukkut tevatāṉamāka viṭṭa Aḷavukku Immariyātiyile Ivvolai piṭi⟨8⟩pāṭākak koṇṭu Iṉṉāḷ mutal candrādityava]ṟ cellak kalliluñ cempilum veṭṭi Ivvāṇaiyumuḷḷa Aḷavun tevatāṉamākak kaiyāṇṭu pūcaiyun tāḻvaṟa naṭattippotavum pāṟka Ivai kiṭārattūr Uṭai(yāṉ Eḻuttu) ⟨||⟩

Apparatus

⟨6⟩ vaṭavel _ kai • There is space for three or four letters though the continuity is not lost. — ⟨6⟩ t⟨⟨e⟩⟩ṟku • The mediel e sign is engraved below the line.

⟨7⟩ viṭṭa _ • There is space for three or four letters though the continuity is not lost.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 38.3 (ARIE/1911-1912/C/1912/3) 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 3–4, item 3.

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 3.