Śrīvañciyam, Śrīvāñjināthēśvara temple, time of Kulottuṅga Cōḻa, year 25
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Edition
⟨1⟩ [tribhuva](ṉa)-c-cakkara-vatt[ikaḷ ma]t(ur)(ai)yu(m ī)ḻa(mum) karuvū(rum) [pāṇṭi] [******]
⟨2⟩ [****] śrī-kulōttuṅka-cōḻa-tēvaṟku yāṇṭu 2 10 5 ku[lottuṅ] [******]
⟨3⟩ [kuma][****] ṉ A(ṇu)pāyaṉ cevūr (U)ṭaiy(ā)r tirumaṇa-k-kō(yi)lu(ṭ)ai(yār) (kōyi)[l tirukkāma-k ko] [*****]
⟨4⟩ [yāḷi kai]yil Emperumakkaḷ kōyil m¿u?ṉṟukkum tiruttoṇṭar cīruraittārkku y-āka nāḷ oṉṟu [*****]
⟨5⟩ [m ceyya](m) iṭattu nāḷ o⟨ṉ⟩ṟukku māṇiraṇṭukku cōṟu kuṟuṇi Oru nāḻi Arici-c cōṟu pe(ṟakka)ṭa [******]
⟨6⟩ [kāṇivilai] y-āka c¿i?paṇṭārattil tiru⟨k⟩kaṟṟaḷi tiru(pp/p)aṇikku Oṭukkiṉa kācu (2000 4 100 10 y-i)k-kācu (Iraṇ)[ṭā](yi)[ra] [******]
Apparatus
⟨1⟩ [tribhuva] • Reading after ASI transcript. — ⟨1⟩ [pāṇṭi] [6+] • Reading after ASI transcript. The gap may be restored as pāṇṭiyaṉ muṭittalaiyuṅ koṇṭaruḷiya.
⟨2⟩ ku[lottuṅ] • Reading after ASI transcript.
⟨3⟩ [kuma][4+] • Reading after ASI transcript. — ⟨3⟩ A(ṇu)pāyaṉ ⬦ Aṉapāyaṉ ARIE. — ⟨3⟩ [l tirukkāma-k ko] [5+] • Reading after ASI transcript.
⟨4⟩ [yāḷi kai] • Reading after ASI transcript. — ⟨4⟩ kku y-āka nāḷ oṉṟu [5+] • Reading after ASI transcript. — ⟨4⟩ māṇiraṇṭukku • Reading after ASI transcript.
⟨5⟩ Oru nāḻi ⬦ tirunāḻi ARIE.
⟨6⟩ [kāṇivilai] • Reading after ASI transcript.
Bibliography
Reported in ARIE 1938-39 (ARIE/1938-1939/B/1938-1939/229).
This edition by Renato Dávalos, Emmanuel Francis, and N. Ramaswamy based on autopsy (2024) and photos (E. Francis, 2024; Florinda De Simini, 2024)
ASI transcript consulted in Mysore in January 2026 by Renato Dávalos, with the kind authorisation of the Director of Epigraphy.
ASI estampage, if any, yet to be consulted.
Secondary
[ARIE] ARIE 1938-39. Annual report on South Indian epigraphy for the year ending 31st March 1939. Edited by C. R. Krishnamacharlu. Delhi: Government of India, 1952. Page 3, item 229, appendixes B/1938-1939.
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Commentary
There might also be several character lost at the beginning of all lines.
⟨4⟩ The ARIE identifies tiruttoṇṭar cīruraittār with Māṇikkavācakar. We have not yet found any textual nor epigraphical evidence for this identification. This phrase could refer to the reciter(s) (uraittār) of the glory (cīr) of the holy devotees (tiruttoṇṭar).