No. 10. (A.R. No. 10 of 1912.) TEṈKĀŚI, TENKASI TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. On the west and south wall, the maṇḍapa in front of the central shrine, Vīśvanāthaśvāmin temple.

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: King: Prākrama Pāṇḍya Year Śaka 1384, Mithuna 28, ba. di. 13, Monday, Mṛigaśīrisha = 25th June 1462 A.D. but the day was Friday.

This incomplete inscription records the creation of a brāhmaṇical settlement, which consisted of forty eight ma wet land twenty four mā of dry land, named after the prince Sheṇbagarāma pāṇḍyadēvar alias Vīrapāṇḍyadēvar, Vīrapāṇḍyach-chaturvēdimaṅgalam by the king infavour of eighteen Vēdic brāhmaṇas and one brāhmaṇa, who was to read Pañchāṅga. It is also stated that they were to recite Vedas and Purāṇas and read Pañchāṅga before the king.

Besides these, land shares were also set apart to five brāhmaṇas. They were Mālādhara Bhaṭṭaṉ in Śaka 1378, Śrī Kṛishṇa Bhaṭṭaṉ in Śaka 1382, Padmanābha Bhaṭṭaṉ, Nārāyaṇa Bhaṭṭaṉ Parākrama Pāṇḍya Brahmādarāyaṉ and Kailāśanātha Bhaṭṭaṉ along with the above nineteen brāhmaṇas in Śaka 1384. The latter, Kailāśanātha Bhaṭṭaṉ, was to expound Purāṇas. The inscription also narrates in detail matters relating to the land shares i.e., boundaries, extent and other details. The nativity of these donees, their gōtras and sūtras are also given.

It is evident that each of them was to get two mā of wet land and one mā of dry land.

Languages: Sanskrit (san), Tamil (tam).

Version: (2ce46a2), last modified (0ec4724).

Edition

⟨1⟩ (śu)bhamastu sandhārdhyametatu sattaṁ samasta sūra maulibhiḥ śāsanaṁ viśvanādhasya śaMbhorjajayati śāśvataM | śa(kā)btham Āyirattu muṉṉūṟṟu Eṇpattu nāliṉ mel cellā niṉṟa midhuna ñāyaṟṟu Irupatteṭṭān tiyatiyum Aparapakṣattu trayodaśiyum tiṅkaṭ kiḻamaiyum peṟṟa mrigaśiṣattu nāḷ nammuṉpu Addhyanamuñ ceytu pañcāṅkamuñ collumpaṭi kaṟpittu teṉvāri nāṭṭu Uttiratirattu dakṣiṇakāśiyil nam kumāraṉ ceṇpakac cuntarapāṇṭiya tevarāṉa virapāṇṭiyatevar perāl vaitta virapāṇṭiya ccuturvvedimaṅkalattu muṉ(ṇā)ḷ śakābdaM Āyirattu muṉṉūṟṟu Aṟupattu Oṉpatiṉ melc cellā niṉṟa siṁhañāyaṟṟu Irupattunālān

⟨2⟩ tiyatiyum pūrvvapakṣattu dvādaśiyum butavāramum peṟṟa tiruvoṇattu nāḷ vaitta nāṉā gotrattu nāṉā sutrattu caturvveda bhaṭṭa⟨r⟩kaḷ per patiṉeṭṭum pañcāṅkañ collum per Oṉṟum Ākap per pattoṉpatu Ivvakarattil kūṭṭi Addhayanañ ceyyumpaṭi kaṟpittuk kuṭuttu śakābdaM Āyirattu muṉṉūṟṟeḻupatteṭṭiṉ meṟ cellā niṉṟak karkaṭaka ñāyiṟṟu Āṟān tiyatiyum pūrvvapakṣattu dvitiyaiyum Āditya vāramum peṟṟa Āyiliyattu nāḷ kūṭṭi vaitta harita gotrattu kraśvalāya sutrattu nālūr mālātharabhaṭṭaṉum śakābdaM Āyirattu muṉṉūṟṟu Eṇpattiraṇṭiṉ meṟ cellā niṉṟa

⟨3⟩ kumbha ñāyiṟṟu Añcān tiyatiyum Aparapakṣattu caturtdhi(yu)M śukravāramum peṟṟa Attattu nāḷ kūṭṭi vaitta harita gotrattu kraśvalāyana sutrattu nālūr śrīkraṣṇabhaṭṭaṉum śakābdaM Āyirattu muṉṉūṟṟu Eṇpattu nāliṉ meṟ cellā niṉṟa midhuna ñāyaṟṟu Irupatteṭṭān tiyatiyum Aparapakṣattu trayodaśiyun tiṅkaṭ kiḻamaiyum peṟṟa mragaśirṣattu nāḷ kūṭṭi vaitta kauśika gotrattu drāhyāyaṇa sutrattu Araṇipuṟattu (su)śrīpatmanābhabhaṭṭaṉum Aghamarṣaṇa kauśikagotrattu baudh(āya)nasutrattu cāttaṉūr tirumāliruñ colai nārāyaṇa bhaṭṭaN parākramapāṇḍya brahmātarāyaṉum

⟨4⟩ purāṇamāka kaṟpitta kāśyapagotrattu Aśvalāyanasūtrattu śākalyakuṭi śrīkailāsanādha bhaṭṭaṉum Ākap per Irupattu Iraṇṭum purāṇam per Oṉṟum pañcāṅkam per Oṉṟum Ākapper Irupattu nālukku bhāgaṁ Irupattu nālukku Udakapūrvva dharmma dānamākak kuṭutta maṉai Irupattu nālukkum Irupattu Oraṭik kolāl bhāgaM Oṉṟukku nilam Iraṇṭumā Āka nilam nāṟpattu Eṭṭu māvukkum Irupattu nālaṭik kolāl puṉcey nilam Irupattu nālu māvukkum viṭṭa (viḷā)kattukkum nattakkūṟṟukkum maṉaikkum maṉaikkūṟṟukkum naṉcey puṉceykkum perunāṉkelkai Āvatu nattatukkuk kiḻ-

⟨5⟩ elkai tuṭṭarāyar kaṭaṉ perunterut teṟkup poṉa nārācattukkum parākramapāṇḍyaN toppil melai veliyil Elkaikku meṟku teṉ Elkai Āṟṟukku vaṭakku mel Elkai Āṟāṭṭu maṇḍapattukkuk kiḻakku vaṭavelkai virapāṇṭiyaṉperunteruvukkut teṟku Āka Iṉṉāṉ kelkaikku Uṭpaṭṭa nattattil teṉ ciṟaku meṟku niṉṟum kauśikaśotrattu drahyāyaṇasutrattu Araṇippuṟattu (suṁ) śrīpatmanābhabhaṭṭaṉ maṉai Oṉṟum bhāga(m) Oṉṟum Itaṉ kiḻakku kāśyagotrattu Āśvalāyana sūtrattu ti [***] raṅkarāja bhaṭṭaN maṉai Oṉṟum bhāgaM Oṉṟum Itaṉ kiḻakku Aghamarṣaṇa kauśika go(tra)-

⟨6⟩ ttu bodhāyanasūtrattu cāttaṉūr tirumāliruñcolai nārāyaṇabhaṭṭaN parākramapāṇḍya brahmātarāyaN maṉai Oṉṟum bhāgaM Oṉṟum Itaṉ kiḻakku bhāradvājagotrattu kraśvalāyana sutrattu tirumarukal tiruveṅkaṭanādhabhaṭṭaN maṉai Oṉṟum bhāgaM Oṉṟum Itaṉ kiḻakku kauśikagotrattu ĀpastaMbasutrattu Iruṅkeṇṭi śrīpatmanābhabhaṭṭaN maṉai Oṉṟum bhāgaM Oṉṟum Itaṉ kiḻakku Inta gotrattu Intasutrattu Ikkuṭi sundararājā bhaṭṭaN maṉai Oṉṟum bhāgaM Oṉṟum Itaṉ kiḻakku pañcāṅka ñcollum paṭi kaṟpitta niddhrapa kāśyapagotrattu bodhayana sutrattu tiruveḷḷaṟai EjjanārāyaṇabhaṭṭaN brahmacakravat=ti maṉai Oṉ-

⟨7⟩ ṟum Itaṉ kiḻakku gotrattu Inta sūtrattu Intakkuṭi viśvanādha śarmmaN maṉai Oṉṟum bhāgaM Oṉṟum Itaṉ kiḻakku kauśika gotrattu ĀpastaMbasutrattu (Iruṅkeṇṭa) śrīkraṣṇa tevabhaṭṭa [*********] maṉai Oṉṟum bhāgaM Oṉṟum Itaṉ kiḻakku vaTsa gotrattu ĀpastaMpasutrattu Aḷḷūr su śrīkraṣṇabhaṭṭa somayāji maṉai Oṉṟum bhāgaM Oṉṟum Itaṉ kiḻakku Ātr⟨⟨e⟩⟩ gotrattu Āśvalāyanasutrattu kaṇiyūr kāḷakaṇṭha bhaṭṭan maṉai Oṉṟum bhāgam Oṉṟum Itaṉ kiḻakku Ātreya gotrattu ĀpastaMba sutrattu māṅkaḷur su śrīveṅkaṭanādhabhaṭṭaN maṉai Oṉṟum bhāgaM Oṉṟum Itaṉ kiḻakku bāradvājagotrattu ĀpastaMba

⟨8⟩ kurovi EjñanārāyaṇabhaṭṭaN maṉai Oṉṟum bhāgaM Oṉṟum Itaṉiṭai Oḻukkaikkuk kiḻakku haritagotrattu Āpastaba sutrat=tu Amaittaṉūr sudarśana(bha)ṭṭasomayāji maṉai Oṉṟum bhā śrībhaṭṭasomayāji maṉai Oṉṟum bhāgam Oṉṟum Itaṉ kiḻakku bhāra(dvāja)gotrattu Āpastambasutrattu kārañcai Ejja nārāyaṇabhaṭṭaN maṉai Oṉṟum bhāgam Oṉṟum Itaṉ kiḻakku kauśikagotrattu Āpastampasutrattu bhāgaM Oṉṟum Itaṉ kiḻakku kautamagotrattu ĀpastaMba sutrattu centiṟattu EjñapuruṣabhaṭṭaN maṉai Oṉṟum bhāgaM Oṉṟum Itaṉ kiḻakku Ātreyagotrattu Āpastambasutrattu māṅkaḷur su śrīpatmanābhabhaṭṭaN maṉai Oṉṟum bhāgaM Oṉṟum Itaṉ kiḻakku harita gotrattu ĀpastaMbasutrattu periyampuṟattu śrīraṁganādhabhaṭṭaN maṉai Oṉṟum bhāgaM Oṉṟum Itaṉ kiḻakku gautamagotrattu ĀpastaMbasutrattu kuravaceri sudarśanabhaṭṭaN maṉai Oṉṟum bhāgaM Oṉṟum Itaṉ kiḻ

⟨9⟩ ni(ddhra)pa kāśyapagotrattu Āśvalāyanasutrattu śākalyakuṭi mahādevabhaṭṭaN maṉai Oṉṟum bhāgaM Oṉṟum Itaṉ kiḻakku kāśyapagotrattu Āśvalāyanasutrattu śākalyakuṭi śrī kailāsanādhabhaṭṭaN maṉai Oṉṟum bhāgaM Oṉṟum Itaṉ kiḻakku haritagotrattu Āśvalāyanasūtrattu nālūr su śrīkraṣṇabhaṭṭaN maṉai Oṉṟum bhāgam Oṉṟum Itaṉ kiḻakku Inta gotrattu Inta sutrattu Ikkuṭi mālādharabhaṭṭaN maṉai Oṉṟum bhāgaM Oṉṟum Āka maṉai Irupattu nālum Itu niṅkalāka Ivvelkaiyil Uḷḷa maṉaikkūṟum nañcey paṟṟukkaḷil teṉkācippaṟṟil viṭṭa nilam Irupattañcu mā Araikkāṇi

⟨10⟩ muntirikaiyiṉ kiḻ kālukkup perunāṉkelkaiyāvatu kiḻelkai Intap paṟṟil kiḻpaṟṟu mutaṟ kaṇṇāṟṟukku meṟku teṉElkai peruṅkālukku vaṭakku mel Elkai Āṟṟukku kiḻakku va(ṭave)lkai paṉain toppukkum Irācākkaḷnāyaṉ tiruttukkum vacantaṉ toppukkum Āṟṟukkum teṟku Āka Iṉṉāṉkelkaikkuṭpaṭṭa paṟṟil vaṭa kiḻaiyāṉ Iṟaiyiliyum pala vakaippaṭi toppuppaṭit tiṟappu nila mākāṇi Araikkāṇik kiḻaraiyum Itu niṅkalāka nañcai tiruttu nilamum nikki nilam Irupattu Añcumā Araikkāṇi muntirikaiyiṉ kāl kuṉṟakkuṭi kuḷappuravil viṭṭa nilam patiṉāṟu mā mukkāṇiyiṉ mukkālu

⟨11⟩ perunāṉkelkaiyāvatu kiḻelkai teṟkaṭaiya Oṭaikkum nam kaṇṭuḻavup paṟṟukkum meṟku teṉ Elkai Āṟṟukkum karumpu vaippu Uṭpaṭap poruḷ muṉṟiṉāl nilam kāṇi Araik kāṇi muntirikaiyil (va)ti varampukkum vaṭakku mel Elkai karaiyil niṉṟum teṉ(va)ṭalākap puṟappaṭṭa kālukkum teṟkaṭaiyat taṭi Iraṇṭu nilam kāṇi muntirikaiyiṉ mukkāle Araikkāl tiṟappil vati varampukku kiḻakku vaṭavelkai kuḷakkaraikkut teṟku Āka Iṉṉāṉkelkaik kuṭpaṭṭa nilam patiṉaiñcu mā mukkāṇi Araikkāṇi muntirikaiyum Ippaṟṟukku vaṭakiḻkkaṭaiya taṭi Oṉṟu nilam kāṇi muntirikaiyiṉ mā kā-

⟨12⟩ (ṇiyum) nam kaṇṭuḻavāṉa nilattukkum kālukkum kiḻakku vaṭavelkai karaikkum tirunantavaṉattukkun teṟku kiḻ Elkai nam kaṇṭuḻavāṉa taṭi Oṉṟu nilam kiḻmukkālukku meṟku teṉ Elkai vaṭak koṭiya kālu(kku) vaṭakku Āka Iṉṉāṉkelkaikkuṭpaṭṭa nilam Araik kāṇi muntirikaiyiṉ [**********] varappukkuk kiḻakku Akarappaṟṟukkum nam kaṇṭuḻavāṉa taṭi Iraṇṭu nilam kiḻ mukkālukkum teṟku Āḻaṅkālukku meṟku Āṟṟukku vaṭakku Āka Iṉṉāṉkelkaikkuṭpaṭṭa (ni)lam Araimā varaikkāṇiyum kālum Āka Ivvakaippaṭi nilam patiṉ-

⟨13⟩ āṟu mā mukkāṇiyiṉ mukkālum Ippaṟṟil naṭuviṟ kāṟpuravil nālāṅ kaṇṇāṟṟil viṭṭa nilam nālu māvukkuk kiḻelkai kuḷappuravu mutaṟ kaṇṇāṟṟukku meṟku teṉ Elkai Āṟṟukku vaṭakku mel Elkai Āṟṟukkum toppukkuṅ kiḻakku vaṭavelkai nam kaṇṭuḻavup paṟṟukkut teṟku Āka Iṉṉā [***********] vūrk kuḷappuravilp patiṉāṟāṅ kaṇṇāṟṟil viṭṭa nilam Iraṇṭu māvukkup perunāṉkelkaiyāvatu kiḻelkai patiṉeḻāṅ kaṇṇāṟṟukku meṟku teṉ Elkai Oṭaikku vaṭakku taṭi Oṉṟum nilam muntirikaik kiḻarai tiṟappukku

⟨14⟩ vaṭakku mel Elkai patiṉañcāṅ kaṇṇāṟṟukkuk kiḻakku vaṭavelkai meṭṭuppaṟṟukkum kiḻ meloṭiya kālukkum teṟku Āka Iṉṉāṉ kelkaikkuṭpaṭṭa nilam Iraṇṭu māvum Āka Ivvelkaikaḷukkuṭpaṭṭa nañcey nilam nāṟpatteṭṭu māvum Iru pūvum payir ceytu koḷḷum paṭiyum puṉcey nilam Irupattu

Apparatus

⟨7⟩ śrīkraṣṇa tevabhaṭṭa [9+] • The engraver has repeated the name Kṛishna Dēvaṉ but erased the same.

Commentary

⟨14⟩ [[after irupattu.]] Erased. Continuation last.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 38.10 (ARIE/1911-1912/C/1912/10) 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 12–16, item 10.

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 10.