SII 38.13: original edition by S. Swaminathan

Alternative title: “No. 13. (A.R. No. 13 of 1912.) TEṈKĀŚI, TENKASI TALUK, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT. On the west and south walls, the maṇḍapa Viśvanāthaśvāmin temple.”

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: King: Jaṭilavarman Tribhuvanachakravartin Parākrama Pāṇḍyadēva Year 39+8 Mithuna 23; ba. di. 10 Wednesday Śōdi = 1461 A.D. June 3.

This inscription records the construction of the Viśvanātha temple and its complexes, such as garbhagṛiha, ardhamaṇḍapā, iḍai-nāḻigai and sōpānam i.e. from bottom to top (upānādi-stūpi-pariyaṉtham), at Teṉkāśi (Dakshiṇa-kāśi) north of Chitra-nadi in Teṉvāri-nāḍu. Besides it also records the usual festivals, the commencement of the construction of the above complexes and the daily offerings to be made in the temple.

This record also fixes certain rates and collection of taxes on various services such as ferry-service, plough-service, and taxes from the graded lands at the rate of half a koṭṭai per mā for crop, salt quarters, road taxes levied at the rate of one mā and kāṇi per annum and taxes on cattle, commencing from the 30th year. The amount thus accrued from the above collections were added to the deposit (mudal) for the up keep of the temple.

One Kiḍārattūr-uḍaiyāṉ, figures as the signatory of this record.

Language: Tamil (tam).

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Edition

⟨1⟩ svastiśrī ⟨||⟩ kojaṭilavarmmarāna tribhuvanaccakravat=tikaḷ śrīparākramapāṇḍyadevaṟku yāṇṭu muppattoṉṟāvatiṉ Etir Eṭṭāvatu mituna ñāyaṟṟu Irupattu muṉṟān tiyatiyum pūrvvapakṣattu daśamiyum putaṉkiḻamaiyum peṟṟa cotināḷ teṉvārināṭṭu citranadi Uttaratirattu dakṣiṇa kāciyil Uṭaiyār viśvanādhaN koyilil tāṉattāṟku-
⟨2⟩ Uṭaiyār viśvanāthaṉukkut tirukkoyil Upāṉāti sthupi pariyantamāka rgabhagrahaM Arddhamaṇḍapam [*******] kai mahāmaṇḍapam sopānam Ivaiyuṅ kuṟaivarat tiruppaṇiyuñ ceyvittu Utsavapariyantamāka Uḷḷa karmmaṅkaḷum naṭatti Āvaraṇagopurātikaḷum Ārambhittu nityanaimittikaṅkaḷuṅ kaṟpittu Iṉṉāyaṉārkkuṅ kuṇṇūr pākūrkku naṭu-
⟨3⟩ Uḷḷiṭṭa paṟṟukku mākkalattukkuk kaṇṭuḻavukkum kuṭippaṟṟukkum payiṟ niṉṟa nilattukkum māttāl koṭṭai Araiyākavum Āyavakai tāvāyam Uppāyam pātaiyāyam Uṭpaṭṭa vakaikkup paṇam Oṉṟukkup paṇam mākāṇiyākavum paṭṭaṭaikku Āṇṭu Oṉṟukku per Oṉṟukku paṇam Oṉṟākavum koṭikkaṭamai vaṭṭam Oṉṟukkuk
⟨4⟩ kuḻi Oṉṟu⟨⟨kku⟩⟩p paṇam Araik kālākavum kaṟavaik kāṇi vakaikkup pacu Oṉṟukkup paṇam Oṉṟākavum muṉṉāḷ muppatāvatu mutalukkup patintu koḷḷum paṭi kaṟpitta Aḷavukku Immariyātiyile Ivvolai piṭipāṭākak koṇṭu Iṉṉāḷ mutalukku Ivvakaippaṭi paṇam Uḷḷatum nelluḷḷatum taṇṭikkoṇṭu candrādityavatu cellak kalliluñ cempilum veṭṭi Ivvālayam
⟨5⟩ Uḷḷa Aḷavuṅ kaikkoṇṭu pūcaiyun tāḻvara naṭattippotavum pāṟka Ivai kiṭārattūr Uṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu tulyaM ௳

Apparatus

⟨2⟩ [7+] kai • May by restored as Iṭaināḻikai.

⟨4⟩ Oṉṟu⟨⟨kku⟩⟩ • The two letter kku are engraved below.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 38.13 (ARIE/1911-1912/C/1912/13) 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 18–19, item 13.

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 42, appendix C/1912, item 13.

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