SII 41.1: original edition by S. Rajagopal – No. 1. (A.R. No. 1 of 1905). Tirukkōyilūr, Tirukkoyilur Taluk, South Arcot District.

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSIIv41p0i0001.

Summary: North wall of the central shrine in the Trivikramaperumāl temple. Vijayanagara, Narasiṁhadēva, Śaka 1393, Vikṟiti, Aṟpaśi 13, Monday, trayōdaśi, Aśvati (irregular) = 1470 A.D. The details of date viz., are irregular as the star Aśvati cannot occur on the 13th tithi in the month of Aippaśi. This inscription refers to the collapse of the mukhamaṇḍapa, outer wall (tirumadiḷ), and the gōpura of the Tiruviḍaikaḻināyanār temple at Tirukkōvalūr, in the Vaḻudilampaṭṭu uśavaḍi for several Years due to the disturbances caused by the Oḍḍiyas (i.e. Oḍḍiya-kalabai) and the repairs to them carried out by Aṉṉamarasagaḷ, the agent of Sāḷuva Narasiṁhadēva. It further records that the lands that once belonged to the temple were restored and made tax-free and the services to the god revived by Aṉṉamarasar. Almost similar copiesof this inscription are found at Nerkunam (ARE. No. 213 of 1935), Arakandanallur (ARE. No. 11 of 1935), Siddalingamadam (ARE. No. 262 of 1937) etc.

Hand description:

Language: Tamil.

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

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

Edition

⟨1⟩ śubhaM Astu || suvasati

śrīmaN mahāmaṇḍhaliśuran śakābtaM 1000 3 100 9 10 3ṉ melcellāniṉṟa vikuṟuti varuṣaM Aṟpaci 10 3 ti(yati) trayodaciyuM comavāramum ⟨2⟩ peṟṟa Aśuvatiṉāḷ śrīmaṉmamaṇḍalicuran metinimicu⟨ra⟩ kaṇṭa kaṭṭāricāḷuva narasiṃhatevamahāviṉ kāriyattu kaṭava Aṉṉamaracarkaḷ vaḻutilam ⟨3⟩ paṭṭu Ucāvaṭi tirukovalūr ṉāyaṉāṟ tiruviṭaikaḻināyaṉāṟ koyil tiruviṭai Āṭṭa ¿ciṉṉam?⟨cīrmai⟩kaḷ Ellām Oṭṭiyak kalapaiĀy⟨4⟩pattu Eṭṭukālamāka puntatalaiyāy muya maṇṭa{ṭa}paṅkaḷ tirumatiḷ tirukkopuram viḻuntu pokaiyil {naṭa} narasiṃhar¿a?⟨ā⟩ja Uṭaiyār tanmamāka Inta ṉāyaṉārkkun ⟨5⟩ pala Iṭa⟨t⟩tilum naṭantuvarum cirmaikaḷum Inta koyilukku naṭantuvarum rekai coṭi viṉiyokamum piṟakka nilavu Uṭpaṭa sarvamānya{ya}māka viṭṭu Aṅ⟨ka⟩raṅka vaipokam catrata⟨6⟩(ra)paṭiyum tiruv¿a?⟨ā⟩rātanamum tiruppaṇiyun tirunāḷu maṟṟu muṇṭāna vaipokaṅkaḷum naṭatti (nara)siṃharāja Uṭaiyār taṉmamāka dharmaM naṭa⟨t⟩tikoṇṭu cukattile yirukkavum cantr¿a?⟨ā⟩ditiya ⟨7⟩ varaiyum naṭattavum

I. Anuṣṭubh

⟨8⟩ dānaghālanayomamatdhye

a

dānā sbreyotupālanaM ||

b

dānāsvargamavāpnoti

c

pālanātaśvutaM padaM ||

d
II. Anuṣṭubh

svadattāM pradattaM vā

a

yo hareti vasandarāṃ

b

ṣaṣṭhi varuṣa sahasrāṇi

c

viṣṭhāyāM jāyate krimi

d

⟨9⟩ Intat dharmmattukku Ayitam pa⟨ṇ⟩ṇinavan ⟨10⟩ kaṅkai karaiyil kārāmpacuvai koṇṇa pāva⟨t⟩tile poka kaṭavan ||

Apparatus

⟨4⟩ ṉāyaṉārkkun • This gap [[presumably following ṉāyaṉārkkun]] may be restored as tiruviṭaiyāṭṭamāka.

Commentary

(8) These imprecatory verses are full of mistakes.

Bibliography

Digital edition of SII 41.1 by Rajagopal 2019 converted to DHARMA conventions by Emmanuel Francis.

Primary

[SII] Rajagopal, S. 2019. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XLI: Inscriptions collected during the year 1905. South Indian Inscriptions 41. New Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director General). Pages 1–2, item 1.