# Tiruvoṟṟiyūr, Ādhipurīśvara temple, time of Pratāpa Devarāya, Krodhin
year

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00008

Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00008.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-15 15:59 (9615181), last modified 2026-09-29 11:10
(5251b7d)

## Summary

Donation of land revenue on salt pans to the treasure (pāṇṭaram) of the
lord of Tiruvoṟṟiyūr by the villagers of Maṇali.

## Palaeographic description

No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō.

Medial i and ī interchangeable.

Spelling na occasionally used instead of expected ṉa.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ vīra-śrī-pratāpa-devarāyaṟkku-c cellā niṉṟa kroti-varuṣam·
kum·bha-nāyaṟṟu ⟨2⟩ pūrvva-pakṣattu paurṇaiy((u))m caṉikkiḻamaiyum peṟṟa
makattu nāḷ

jayaṅ-koṇ⟨3⟩ṭa-cōḻa-maṇṭalattu puḻaṟ-kōṭṭattu nāyiṉār
tiruvoṟṟiyūr-Uṭaiya nāyiṉār ⟨4⟩ śrī-paṇṭārattukku puḻal-nāṭṭil maṇaliyil
Ūravarōm kalveṭṭi-k kuṭutta paṭi

⟨5⟩ śrī-paṇṭāram (paṭa)mpakka-nāyaka-p p(ōḷa)ttil Ell(ai)-k-kallukku
mēṟkku Eṅkaḷ El⟨6⟩laiyil Aḷaṅkaṭṭi Uppuppayiṟ ceyyalāna maṭṭu
It-taṉaiyum kuṭi n¡i!⟨ī⟩ṅkā-t tēvatā⟨7⟩¡n!⟨ṉ⟩am-Āka Uṭaiyavaṟkku nāṅkaḷ
kuṭutta Aḷavukku Inta ellai Uppuppayiṟ-c ceyyalāna maṭṭu It-taṉai⟨8⟩yum
tiru-c-cūla-t-tāpaṉam paṇṇi-k koṇṭu Inta Uppuppayiṟ-c ceyitu kuṭi-vāram
aḷaṅkaḷukku viṭ⟨9⟩ṭu mēl-vāram mutal-k koṇ(ṭu) ṉāyiṉār tiru-māci-t
tiru-nāḷ Ēḻān tiru-nāḷ kuṟai vaṟuppa Uḷḷa⟨10⟩tu Eṅkaḷ Upayam Āka
cantiṟātittavaraikkum kuṭi n¡i!⟨ī⟩ṅkā tēvatā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩am-āka kalveṭṭi-¿t?⟨k⟩
kuṭu⟨11⟩ttōm maṇaliyil Ūravarōm ௳

## Translation

⟨1–2⟩ On the day of makam[1] which coincides with (peṟṟa[2]) ...

⟨2–4⟩ ⟨This is⟩ the manner in which We, the villagers in Maṇali in the
Puḻaṟnāṭu, having ⟨had⟩ engraved[3], we made a donation to the glorious
treasury of the Lord, Lord of Tiruvoṟṟiyūr, in the Puḻaṟkōṭṭam, in the
Jayaṅkoṇṭacōḻamaṇṭalam.

⟨5–11⟩ We, the villagers in Maṇali, having ⟨had⟩ engraved ..., we made a
donation.

## Bibliography

First reported in ARIE 1911–12 (ARIE/1911-1912/B/1911/367).

Edited online by துரை. சுந்தரம் in கொங்கு கல்வெட்டு ஆய்வு (accessed
2024-02-15).

Edited here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis based on
photos (2019).

### Secondary

ARIE 1911–12. 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 26, appendix B/1911, item 367.

[1] Sanskrit maghā, that is the 10th nakṣatra.

[2] Literally "which got, obtained".

[3] That is, having commissioned the engraving of an inscription