Madurai, Minākṣi temple, time of Māṟavarmaṉ Sundara Pāṇḍya, year 4

Author of digital edition: Renato Dávalos (reda).

Summary: Remission of taxes on village Nampiyātanallūr by Vāṇātarāyar for the food offerings, for feeding the ascetics (kōvaṇavar) reciting the tiruvempāvai during the festival of Mārkaḻi, and for the procession of the deity so that it listens to the cātāripaṇ at the sacred door (tiruvācal) named after Vāṇātarāyar.

Palaeographic description: No distinction between e and ē, o and ō.

Languages: English (eng) [Latin (latin)], Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00067.

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00067.xml.

Version: 2026-04-17 20:52 (f13bb6a), last modified 2026-04-03 13:18 (2c647e2).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī pūmalar tiruvum poruceyamaṭantaiyum tāmaraikkuvimulai cērppuyattiruppa vētanāviṉ veḷḷi naṭṭāmarai-k kātaṉ mātu kaviṉpeṟat tiṉaippa veṇṭirai yuṭutta maṇṭiṇi kiṭakkait tirunila maṭantai yurimaiyiṟ kaḷippa
⟨2⟩ camaiyamu nītiyuñ tarumamun taḻaippa imaiyavar viḻāk koṭiyiṭantoṟu meṭuppak karuṅkalikkaṉal keṭak kaṭavuṉ vētiyar aruntoḻil vēḷvic ceṅkaṉal ⟨vaḷarppa-c⟩ ⟨porutiṟa lāḻi⟩ pūtalañ cūḻtara orukaiyirucevi mummata nāṟkōṭṭ’ ayirāvata mutaṟ ceyitīr koṟṟatt’ oṇṭicaiyā-
⟨3⟩ ṉaiyerutta mēṟik kaṇṭanāṭā ṭemateṉak kayal kaḷi kūrak kōcalan tuḷūvaṅ kutiram kuccaram pōcal makatam poppaḷam puṇṭaram kaliṅka mīḻaṅ kaṭāraṅ kavuṭam teliṅkañ cōṉakañ cīṉa mutalā vitimuṟai tikaḻa vevvēṟu vakutta mutunilakkiḻamaiyiṉ muṭipuṉai vēntark korutaṉi nāyakaṉe-
⟨4⟩ ṉṟulakēttat tirumuṭi cūṭic ceṅkō lōccik koṟṟat tāḷak kuḷir kuṭainiḻaṟ kaṟṟaik kavari kāvalar vīca miṭaikatir navamaṇi vīraciṅkātaṉattu ⟨u⟩ṭaṉ muṭicūṭi yuyarkulat tiruveṉap paṅkaya malarkaraṅ kuvittup pārttivar paṅkaiyar tiraṇṭu vaṇaṅkuñ ceṉṉi cuṭaroḷi mavuḷic cūṭāmaṇi micaic
⟨5⟩ civanta Iṇaimalarc cīraṭikkamala matukaraṅ kamalameṉṟaṇukum Ulakamuḻutuṭai yārōṭum vīṟṟiruntaruḷiya śrī-kō-māṟapaṉmar-āṉa tiripuvaṉa-c-cakkaravarttikaḷ śrī cuntara-pāṇṭiya-tēvarkku yāṇṭu nālāvatu nāḷ nūṟṟorupattaiñciṉāl maturōtaiya vaḷanāṭṭu māṭa-k kuḷa-k kīḻ maturai-k
⟨6⟩ kōyil paḷḷi-y-aṟai-k kūṭattu-p paḷḷi-pīṭam maḻavarāyaṉil Eḻuntaruḷi Iruntu Uṭaiyār tiruvālavāy uṭaiyār kōyil pati-pāta-mūla-p-paṭṭ-uṭaiya pañcācāriyārkku miḻalai-k kūṟṟattu kīḻ-kūṟṟu taccaṉūr-u-
⟨7⟩ ṭaiyāṉ Aruḷāḷaṉ cēvaka-t tēvaṉāṉa pāṇātarāyaṉ kaṇṭa-cantikku tiruppaṭimāṟṟ’ uḷḷiṭṭu vēṇṭu⟨m⟩ nivantaṅkaḷukkum Ālavāyuṭaiyārai mārkaḻi-t tirunāḷ tiruvempāvai cēvikkum paratēci-k-kōvaṇavarkku-p pōcaṉam uḷḷiṭṭu vēṇṭum avaiyiṟṟukkum Ikkōyil tirukkāma-
⟨8⟩ kōṭṭtattu Āḷuṭaiya-nācciyār kōyil teṟkil vāṇātarāyaṉ tiruvācalil Uṭaiyār Eḻuntaruḷi cātārippaṇ kēṭṭaruḷa vēṇṭuvaṉvayiṟṟukkum Iv-vāṇātirāyaṉ kāṇiyāṉa veṇpaikkuṭi-naṭṭu nampitāyanallūr nāṉkellai-
⟨9⟩ kku Uṭpaṭṭa nīr-nilamum ka¿la?ñcey puṉceyum nattamum tōṭṭamum kuḷamum kuḷappaṟippu muṉpaṭa nīr-nilamum kāraṇmai mīyaṭciyum Antarāyamum viṉiyōkamum taruvat-āṉa Accum kāriya-v-ārāycciyum veṭṭi-⟨p⟩-pāṭṭamum pañcu-⟨p⟩-pīli cantu vikkirama-p pē¡ṟ!um E-
⟨10⟩ ppērppaṭṭaṉavum Uṭpaṭa nālāvatu mutal tēvatāṉa Iṟaiyili y-āka Iṭa-p peṟa vēṇum eṉṟu maḻavarāyaṉ namakku-c coṉṉamaiyil Ivv-uṭaiyāṟku Iv-vāṇātirāyaṉ cantikku tiruppaṭimāṟṟ’ uḷḷiṭṭu vēṇṭum nivantaṅkaḷukkum Ivv-uṭaiyār mārkaḻi-t
⟨11⟩ tirunāḷil-t tiruvempāvai cēvikkum paratēcikkum kōvaṇaṟkum pōcaṉam uḷḷiṭṭu vēṇṭuvaṉavukkum Ik-kōyil tirukkāma-k-kōṭṭattu Āḷuṭaiya-nācciyār kōyil teṟkil vāṇātirāyaṉ tiruvācalil Uṭaiyār Eḻuntaruḷi-c cātāripaṇ kēṭṭaruḷa vēṇtuvaṉavu-
⟨12⟩ kkum Iv-vāṇātirāyaṉ kāṇiyāṉa veṇpai-k-kuṭi-nāṭṭu nampitāyanallūr nāṉkellaikk’ uṭpaṭṭa nīr-nilamum karuñcey puñceyum nattamum tōṭṭamuṅ kuḷamum kuḷapparippum Uṭpaṭṭa nilam kārāṇmai mīyāṭciyum Antārāyamum viṉiyōkamum taruvatāṉa Accum
⟨13⟩ kāriya-v-ārāycciyum veṭṭi-p-pāṭṭamum pañcu-pīli ca¿t?tu vikkiraka-p pēṟum maṟṟum Eppērppaṭṭaṉavum Uṭpaṭa Ivv-āṇṭu mutal tēvatāṉa Iṟaiyili y-āka Iṭṭamaikku Ivv-uṭaiyāṟku vāṇātirāyaṉ cantikku tiruppaṭimāṟṟ’ uḷḷiṭṭu vēṇṭum nivantaṅkaḷukku-
⟨14⟩ {kku}m Ivv-uṭaiyārai mārkaḻi-t tirunāḷ tiruvempāvai cēvikkum paratēci-k kōvaṇavaṟkum pōcaṉam uḷḷiṭṭu vēṇtuvaṉa vayiṟṟukkum Ik-kōyiṟ tirukkāma-k-kōṭṭattu Āḷuṭaiya-nācciyār kōyilil teṟkil vāṇātirāyaṉ tiruvācalil Uṭaiyār cātārippaṇ kēṭṭaruḷa vēṇ-
⟨15⟩ ṭuvaṉavukkum Iv-vāṇātirāyaṉ kāṇiyāṉa veṇpai-k-kuṭi-nāṭṭu nampitāyanallūr nāṉkellai Uṭpaṭa nīr-nilamum karuñcey puṉceyum nattamum tōṭṭamum kuḷamum kuḷa-p-parippum Uṭpaṭṭa nilam kārāṇmai mīyaṭci Antarāyamum viṉiyōkamum taruvatāṉa Accum kāriya-v-ārāycciyum veṭṭi-p-pāṭṭamu-
⟨16⟩ m pañcu-⟨p⟩-pīli cantu vikkiraka-p pēṟum maṟṟum Eppērpaṭṭaṉavum Uṭpaṭa Ivv-āṇṭu mutal tēvatāṉa Iṟaiyili y-āka-t tantōm eṉṟu tiruvāymoḻin
⟨17⟩ taruḷiḷur

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

1. Āciriyappā

pūmalar tiruvum poruceyamaṭantaiyum

tāmaraikkuvimulai cērppuyattiruppa

vētanāviṉ veḷḷi naṭṭāmarai-k

kātaṉ mātu kaviṉpeṟat tiṉaippa

veṇṭirai yuṭutta maṇṭiṇi kiṭakkait

tirunila maṭantai yurimaiyiṟ kaḷippa

⟨2⟩ camaiyamu nītiyuñ tarumamun taḻaippa

imaiyavar viḻāk koṭiyiṭantoṟu meṭuppak

karuṅkalikkaṉal keṭak kaṭavuṉ vētiyar

aruntoḻil vēḷvic ceṅkaṉal ⟨vaḷarppa-c⟩

⟨porutiṟa lāḻi⟩ pūtalañ cūḻtara

orukaiyirucevi mummata nāṟkōṭṭ’

ayirāvata mutaṟ ceyitīr koṟṟatt’

oṇṭicaiyā⟨3⟩ṉaiyerutta mēṟik

kaṇṭanāṭā ṭemateṉak kayal kaḷi kūrak

kōcalan tuḷūvaṅ kutiram kuccaram

pōcal makatam poppaḷam puṇṭaram

kaliṅka mīḻaṅ kaṭāraṅ kavuṭam

teliṅkañ cōṉakañ cīṉa mutalā

vitimuṟai tikaḻa vevvēṟu vakutta

mutunilakkiḻamaiyiṉ muṭipuṉai vēntark

korutaṉi nāyakaṉe⟨4⟩ṉṟulakēttat

tirumuṭi cūṭic ceṅkō lōccik

koṟṟat tāḷak kuḷir kuṭainiḻaṟ

kaṟṟaik kavari kāvalar vīca

miṭaikatir navamaṇi vīraciṅkātaṉattu

⟨u⟩ṭaṉ muṭicūṭi yuyarkulat tiruveṉap

paṅkaya malarkaraṅ kuvittup pārttivar

paṅkaiyar tiraṇṭu vaṇaṅkuñ ceṉṉi

cuṭaroḷi mavuḷic cūṭāmaṇi micaic

⟨5⟩ civanta Iṇaimalarc cīraṭikkamala matukaraṅ

kamalameṉṟaṇukum Ulakamuḻutuṭai

yārōṭum vīṟṟiruntaruḷiya

śrī-kō-māṟapaṉmar-āṉa tiripuvaṉa-c-cakkaravarttikaḷ śrī cuntara-pāṇṭiya-tēvarkku yāṇṭu nālāvatu nāḷ nūṟṟorupattaiñciṉāl

maturōtaiya vaḷanāṭṭu māṭa-k kuḷa-k kīḻ maturai-k ⟨6⟩ kōyil paḷḷi-y-aṟai-k kūṭattu-p paḷḷi-pīṭam maḻavarāyaṉil Eḻuntaruḷi Iruntu Uṭaiyār tiruvālavāy uṭaiyār kōyil pati-pāta-mūla-p-paṭṭ-uṭaiya pañcācāriyārkku miḻalai-k kūṟṟattu kīḻ-kūṟṟu taccaṉūr-u⟨7⟩ṭaiyāṉ Aruḷāḷaṉ cēvaka-t tēvaṉāṉa pāṇātarāyaṉ kaṇṭa-cantikku tiruppaṭimāṟṟ’ uḷḷiṭṭu vēṇṭu⟨m⟩ nivantaṅkaḷukkum Ālavāyuṭaiyārai mārkaḻi-t tirunāḷ tiruvempāvai cēvikkum paratēci-k-kōvaṇavarkku-p pōcaṉam uḷḷiṭṭu vēṇṭum avaiyiṟṟukkum

Ikkōyil tirukkāma⟨8⟩kōṭṭtattu Āḷuṭaiya-nācciyār kōyil teṟkil vāṇātarāyaṉ tiruvācalil Uṭaiyār Eḻuntaruḷi cātārippaṇ kēṭṭaruḷa vēṇṭuvaṉvayiṟṟukkum

Iv-vāṇātirāyaṉ kāṇiyāṉa veṇpaikkuṭi-naṭṭu nampitāyanallūr nāṉkellai⟨9⟩kku Uṭpaṭṭa nīr-nilamum ka⟨ru⟩ñcey puṉceyum nattamum tōṭṭamum kuḷamum kuḷappaṟippu muṉpaṭa nīr-nilamum kāraṇmai mīyaṭciyum Antarāyamum viṉiyōkamum taruvat-āṉa Accum kāriya-v-ārāycciyum veṭṭi-⟨p⟩-pāṭṭamum pañcu-⟨p⟩-pīli cantu vikkirama-p pē⟨r⟩um E⟨10⟩ppērppaṭṭaṉavum Uṭpaṭa nālāvatu mutal tēvatāṉa Iṟaiyili y-āka Iṭa-p peṟa vēṇum eṉṟu maḻavarāyaṉ namakku-c coṉṉamaiyil Ivv-uṭaiyāṟku Iv-vāṇātirāyaṉ cantikku tiruppaṭimāṟṟ’ uḷḷiṭṭu vēṇṭum nivantaṅkaḷukkum Ivv-uṭaiyār mārkaḻi-t ⟨11⟩ tirunāḷil-t tiruvempāvai cēvikkum paratēcikkum kōvaṇaṟkum pōcaṉam uḷḷiṭṭu vēṇṭuvaṉavukkum Ik-kōyil tirukkāma-k-kōṭṭattu Āḷuṭaiya-nācciyār kōyil teṟkil vāṇātirāyaṉ tiruvācalil Uṭaiyār Eḻuntaruḷi-c cātāripaṇ kēṭṭaruḷa vēṇtuvaṉavu⟨12⟩kkum

Iv-vāṇātirāyaṉ kāṇiyāṉa veṇpai-k-kuṭi-nāṭṭu nampitāyanallūr nāṉkellaikk’ uṭpaṭṭa nīr-nilamum karuñcey puñceyum nattamum tōṭṭamuṅ kuḷamum kuḷapparippum Uṭpaṭṭa nilam kārāṇmai mīyāṭciyum Antārāyamum viṉiyōkamum taruvatāṉa Accum ⟨13⟩ kāriya-v-ārāycciyum veṭṭi-p-pāṭṭamum pañcu-pīli ca⟨n⟩tu vikkiraka-p pēṟum maṟṟum Eppērppaṭṭaṉavum Uṭpaṭa Ivv-āṇṭu mutal tēvatāṉa Iṟaiyili y-āka Iṭṭamaikku Ivv-uṭaiyāṟku vāṇātirāyaṉ cantikku tiruppaṭimāṟṟ’ uḷḷiṭṭu vēṇṭum nivantaṅkaḷukku⟨14⟩{kku}m Ivv-uṭaiyārai mārkaḻi-t tirunāḷ tiruvempāvai cēvikkum paratēci-k kōvaṇavaṟkum pōcaṉam uḷḷiṭṭu vēṇtuvaṉa vayiṟṟukkum Ik-kōyiṟ tirukkāma-k-kōṭṭattu Āḷuṭaiya-nācciyār kōyilil teṟkil vāṇātirāyaṉ tiruvācalil Uṭaiyār cātārippaṇ kēṭṭaruḷa vēṇ⟨15⟩ṭuvaṉavukkum

Iv-vāṇātirāyaṉ kāṇiyāṉa veṇpai-k-kuṭi-nāṭṭu nampitāyanallūr nāṉkellai Uṭpaṭa nīr-nilamum karuñcey puṉceyum nattamum tōṭṭamum kuḷamum kuḷa-p-parippum Uṭpaṭṭa nilam kārāṇmai mīyaṭci Antarāyamum viṉiyōkamum taruvatāṉa Accum kāriya-v-ārāycciyum veṭṭi-p-pāṭṭamu⟨16⟩m pañcu-⟨p⟩-pīli cantu vikkiraka-p pēṟum maṟṟum Eppērpaṭṭaṉavum Uṭpaṭa Ivv-āṇṭu mutal tēvatāṉa Iṟaiyili y-āka-t tantōm eṉṟu tiruvāymoḻin ⟨17⟩ taruḷiḷur

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

1. Āciriyappā

pūmalar tiruvum poruceyamaṭantaiyum

tāmaraikkuvimulai cērppuyattiruppa

vētanāviṉ veḷḷi naṭṭāmarai-k

kātaṉ mātu kaviṉpeṟat tiṉaippa

veṇṭirai yuṭutta maṇṭiṇi kiṭakkait

tirunila maṭantai yurimaiyiṟ kaḷippa

⟨2⟩ camaiyamu nītiyuñ tarumamun taḻaippa

imaiyavar viḻāk koṭiyiṭantoṟu meṭuppak

karuṅkalikkaṉal keṭak kaṭavuṉ vētiyar

aruntoḻil vēḷvic ceṅkaṉal ⟨vaḷarppa-c⟩

⟨porutiṟa lāḻi⟩ pūtalañ cūḻtara

orukaiyirucevi mummata nāṟkōṭṭ’

ayirāvata mutaṟ ceyitīr koṟṟatt’

oṇṭicaiyā⟨3⟩ṉaiyerutta mēṟik

kaṇṭanāṭā ṭemateṉak kayal kaḷi kūrak

kōcalan tuḷūvaṅ kutiram kuccaram

pōcal makatam poppaḷam puṇṭaram

kaliṅka mīḻaṅ kaṭāraṅ kavuṭam

teliṅkañ cōṉakañ cīṉa mutalā

vitimuṟai tikaḻa vevvēṟu vakutta

mutunilakkiḻamaiyiṉ muṭipuṉai vēntark

korutaṉi nāyakaṉe⟨4⟩ṉṟulakēttat

tirumuṭi cūṭic ceṅkō lōccik

koṟṟat tāḷak kuḷir kuṭainiḻaṟ

kaṟṟaik kavari kāvalar vīca

miṭaikatir navamaṇi vīraciṅkātaṉattu

⟨u⟩ṭaṉ muṭicūṭi yuyarkulat tiruveṉap

paṅkaya malarkaraṅ kuvittup pārttivar

paṅkaiyar tiraṇṭu vaṇaṅkuñ ceṉṉi

cuṭaroḷi mavuḷic cūṭāmaṇi micaic

⟨5⟩ civanta Iṇaimalarc cīraṭikkamala matukaraṅ

kamalameṉṟaṇukum Ulakamuḻutuṭai

yārōṭum vīṟṟiruntaruḷiya

śrī-kō-māṟapaṉmar-āṉa tiripuvaṉa-c-cakkaravarttikaḷ śrī cuntara-pāṇṭiya-tēvarkku yāṇṭu nālāvatu nāḷ nūṟṟorupattaiñciṉāl

Iv-vāṇātirāyaṉ kāṇiyāṉa veṇpaikkuṭi-naṭṭu nampitāyanallūr nāṉkellai⟨9⟩kku Uṭpaṭṭa nīr-nilamum ka¿la?⟨ru⟩ñcey puṉceyum nattamum tōṭṭamum kuḷamum kuḷappaṟippu muṉpaṭa nīr-nilamum kāraṇmai mīyaṭciyum Antarāyamum viṉiyōkamum taruvat-āṉa Accum kāriya-v-ārāycciyum veṭṭi-⟨p⟩-pāṭṭamum pañcu-⟨p⟩-pīli cantu vikkirama-p pē¡ṟ!⟨r⟩um E⟨10⟩ppērppaṭṭaṉavum Uṭpaṭa nālāvatu mutal tēvatāṉa Iṟaiyili y-āka Iṭa-p peṟa vēṇum eṉṟu maḻavarāyaṉ namakku-c coṉṉamaiyil Ivv-uṭaiyāṟku Iv-vāṇātirāyaṉ cantikku tiruppaṭimāṟṟ’ uḷḷiṭṭu vēṇṭum nivantaṅkaḷukkum Ivv-uṭaiyār mārkaḻi-t ⟨11⟩ tirunāḷil-t tiruvempāvai cēvikkum paratēcikkum kōvaṇaṟkum pōcaṉam uḷḷiṭṭu vēṇṭuvaṉavukkum Ik-kōyil tirukkāma-k-kōṭṭattu Āḷuṭaiya-nācciyār kōyil teṟkil vāṇātirāyaṉ tiruvācalil Uṭaiyār Eḻuntaruḷi-c cātāripaṇ kēṭṭaruḷa vēṇtuvaṉavu⟨12⟩kkum

Iv-vāṇātirāyaṉ kāṇiyāṉa veṇpai-k-kuṭi-nāṭṭu nampitāyanallūr nāṉkellaikk’ uṭpaṭṭa nīr-nilamum karuñcey puñceyum nattamum tōṭṭamuṅ kuḷamum kuḷapparippum Uṭpaṭṭa nilam kārāṇmai mīyāṭciyum Antārāyamum viṉiyōkamum taruvatāṉa Accum ⟨13⟩ kāriya-v-ārāycciyum veṭṭi-p-pāṭṭamum pañcu-pīli ca¿t?⟨n⟩tu vikkiraka-p pēṟum maṟṟum Eppērppaṭṭaṉavum Uṭpaṭa Ivv-āṇṭu mutal tēvatāṉa Iṟaiyili y-āka Iṭṭamaikku Ivv-uṭaiyāṟku vāṇātirāyaṉ cantikku tiruppaṭimāṟṟ’ uḷḷiṭṭu vēṇṭum nivantaṅkaḷukku⟨14⟩{kku}m Ivv-uṭaiyārai mārkaḻi-t tirunāḷ tiruvempāvai cēvikkum paratēci-k kōvaṇavaṟkum pōcaṉam uḷḷiṭṭu vēṇtuvaṉa vayiṟṟukkum Ik-kōyiṟ tirukkāma-k-kōṭṭattu Āḷuṭaiya-nācciyār kōyilil teṟkil vāṇātirāyaṉ tiruvācalil Uṭaiyār cātārippaṇ kēṭṭaruḷa vēṇ⟨15⟩ṭuvaṉavukkum

Translation

⟨1⟩ This is the 115th day of the fourth year of the glorious King Māravarman, alias the Emperor of the three worlds(tribhuvana-cakravarti), the glorious king Sundara Pāṇḍya.

⟨5–7⟩ The Lord (uṭaiyar=most probably, Sundara Pāṇḍya), while being seated upon the Maḻavarāyaṉ throne in the hall (kūṭattu) of the bed-chamber (paḷḷiyaṟai) of the temple at Māṭakuḷakīḻmaturai in the Maturōtaiya vaḷanāṭu ⟨issued the following endowment⟩ to the five ācāryas who own the right of being at the feet of the Lord (pati-pāt-amūla-p-paṭṭ-uṭaiya) in the temple of the Lord of Tiruvālavāy:

to meet the requirements needed for(vēṇṭum nivantaṅkaḷukkum) the food offerings (tiruppaṭimāṟu) ⟨given during⟩ the sandhi in honour of Pāṇātarāyaṉ Kaṇṭa, alias Aruḷāḷaṉ Cēvakatēvaṉ of Taccaṉūr in the eastern subdivision (kūṟṟu) of Miḻalai-kūṟṟam.
for those items needed (avaiyiṟṟukkum vēṇṭum) , including the meals (pōcaṉam) for the wandering mendicants (paratēci kōvaṇavarkku) who recite (cevikkum) the Tiruvempāvai during the festival in Mārkaḻi ⟨i.e., the Tiruvātirai festival⟩ to the Lord of Ālavāy
for those things needed (vēṇṭuvaṉayiṟṟukkum) to listen to the cātāri melody¹ after the Lord was gracefully processed (eḻuntaruḷi) at the sacred gate named after Vāṇātarāyaṉ, in the south side of the temple of the Goddess Āḷuṭaiya-nācciyār in the Kāmākṣi shrine (kāma kōṭṭam) of this temple.

⟨8–9⟩ ⟨This devadāna⟩ includes all of the following: the wetlands (nīr-nilam), dry lands (puṉcey), residential areas (nattam), gardens (tōṭṭam), tanks (kuḷam), tank-bunds and irrigated lands attached to them (kuḷa-p-paṟippu muṉpaṭa nīr nilam), together with the rights of cultivation (kāraṇmai), proprietary right (mīyāṭci), the taxes called antarāyam and viṉiyōkam, which are payable in accu coins, superintendency charges (kāriyavārāycci), the tax on unpaid labor veṭṭi pāṭṭam, the cotton due (pañcuppīli), the fee payable to the village judicial officer cantuvikraka pēṟu, and all other fees whatsoever (eppērppaṭṭaṉavum), within the four boundaries of Nampitāyanallūr in Veṇpaikkuṭi-nāṭu, the hereditary land (kāṇiyāṉa) of this Vāṇātarāyaṉ.

⟨9–12⟩ Since Maḻavarāyaṉ had requested us (coṉṉamaiyil) that, from the fourth year onward, it was assigned that (āka iṭa peṟa) the aforesaid village, with all the lands, rights, taxes, and fees specified above, should be assigned as a tax-free devadāna for the following purposes: the sacred food offerings (tiruppaṭimāṟṟu), the endowments required for the sandhi in the name of this Vāṇātarāyaṉ, for the meals of the wandering ascetics paratēci kōvaṇar who recite the Tiruvempāvai during the Mārkaḻi festival, and for what is required when the Lord graciously comes forth at the Vāṇātarāyaṉ sacred gate to listen to the cātārippaṇ.

⟨12–15⟩ Accordingly, from this very year onward, the aforesaid village, with the same lands, rights, taxes, and appurtenances, was established as a tax-free devadāna for those same purposes.

⟨15–17⟩ ⟨The king ordered then that ⟩ “From this year onward, we have given it as a tax-free devadāna,” namely the aforesaid Nampitāyanallūr with all its appurtenances, for the same purposes as stated above.

Commentary

As the inscription repeats the same content of the endowment, I have translated it in full only in the first instance, while giving an abridged version in the next two occurrences.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1943–45 (ARIE/1938-1939/B/1938-1939/229).

First edited in Vētācālam 1987

This edition by Renato Dávalos, based on previous editions.

Primary

[Ve] Vētācālam, Ve. 1987. Vāṇātirāyarkaḷ. Madurai: Toḷporuḷ Toḻil Nuṭpappaṇiyāḷar Paṇpāṭṭuk Kaḻakam. Pages 183–187, item 2.

Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1943–45. Annual reports on South Indian epigraphy for the years 1943-44 and 1944-45. By N. Laksminarayan Rao. Delhi: Government of India, 1955. Page 28, item 192, appendixes B/1943-1944.

Notes

1. Cātāri is one of the ancient traditional melody types.

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<l n="1">pūmalar tiruvum poruceyamaṭantaiyum</l>

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<l n="6">tirunila maṭantai yurimaiyiṟ kaḷippa</l>

<l n="7"><lb n="2"/>camaiyamu nītiyuñ tarumamun taḻaippa</l>

<l n="8">imaiyavar viḻāk koṭiyiṭantoṟu meṭuppak</l>

<l n="9">karuṅkalikkaṉal keṭak kaṭavuṉ vētiyar</l>

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<l n="11"><supplied reason="omitted">porutiṟa lāḻi</supplied> pūtalañ cūḻtara</l>

<l n="12">orukaiyirucevi mummata nāṟkōṭṭ'</l>

<l n="13">ayirāvata mutaṟ ceyitīr koṟṟatt'</l>

<l n="14">oṇṭicaiyā <lb n="3" break="no"/>ṉaiyerutta mēṟik</l>

<l n="15">kaṇṭanāṭā ṭemateṉak kayal kaḷi kūrak</l>

<l n="16">kōcalan tuḷūvaṅ kutiram kuccaram</l>

<l n="17">pōcal makatam poppaḷam puṇṭaram</l>

<l n="18">kaliṅka mīḻaṅ kaṭāraṅ kavuṭam</l>

<l n="19">teliṅkañ cōṉakañ cīṉa mutalā</l>

<l n="20">vitimuṟai tikaḻa vevvēṟu vakutta</l>

<l n="21">mutunilakkiḻamaiyiṉ muṭipuṉai vēntark</l>

<l n="22">korutaṉi nāyakaṉe<lb n="4" break="no"/>ṉṟulakēttat</l>

<l n="23">tirumuṭi cūṭic ceṅkō lōccik</l>

<l n="24">koṟṟat tāḷak kuḷir kuṭainiḻaṟ</l>

<l n="25">kaṟṟaik kavari kāvalar vīca</l>

<l n="26">miṭaikatir navamaṇi vīraciṅkātaṉattu</l>

<l n="27"><supplied reason="subaudible">u</supplied>ṭaṉ muṭicūṭi yuyarkulat tiruveṉap</l>

<l n="28">paṅkaya malarkaraṅ kuvittup pārttivar</l>

<l n="29">paṅkaiyar tiraṇṭu vaṇaṅkuñ ceṉṉi</l>

<l n="30">cuṭaroḷi mavuḷic cūṭāmaṇi micaic</l>

<l n="31"><lb n="5"/>civanta Iṇaimalarc cīraṭikkamala matukaraṅ</l>

<l n="32">kamalameṉṟaṇukum Ulakamuḻutuṭai</l>

<l n="33">yārōṭum vīṟṟiruntaruḷiya</l>

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<hi rend="grantha">śrī</hi>-kō-māṟapaṉmar-āṉa tiripuvaṉa-c-cakkaravarttikaḷ <hi rend="grantha">śrī</hi> cuntara-pāṇṭiya-tēvarkku yāṇṭu nālāvatu nāḷ nūṟṟorupattaiñciṉāl

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maturōtaiya vaḷanāṭṭu māṭa-k kuḷa-k kīḻ maturai-k

<lb n="6"/>kōyil paḷḷi-y-aṟai-k kūṭattu-p paḷḷi-pīṭam maḻavarāyaṉil Eḻuntaruḷi Iruntu Uṭaiyār tiruvālavāy uṭaiyār kōyil pati-pāta-mūla-p-paṭṭ-uṭaiya pañcācāriyārkku miḻalai-k kūṟṟattu kīḻ-kūṟṟu taccaṉūr-u

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Ikkōyil tirukkāma

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Iv-vāṇātirāyaṉ kāṇiyāṉa veṇpaikkuṭi-naṭṭu nampitāyanallūr nāṉkellai

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<lb n="10" break="no"/>ppērppaṭṭaṉavum Uṭpaṭa nālāvatu mutal tēvatāṉa Iṟaiyili y-āka Iṭa-p peṟa vēṇum eṉṟu maḻavarāyaṉ namakku-c coṉṉamaiyil Ivv-uṭaiyāṟku Iv-vāṇātirāyaṉ cantikku tiruppaṭimāṟṟ' uḷḷiṭṭu vēṇṭum nivantaṅkaḷukkum Ivv-uṭaiyār mārkaḻi-t

<lb n="11"/>tirunāḷil-t tiruvempāvai cēvikkum paratēcikkum kōvaṇaṟkum pōcaṉam uḷḷiṭṭu vēṇṭuvaṉavukkum Ik-kōyil tirukkāma-k-kōṭṭattu Āḷuṭaiya-nācciyār kōyil teṟkil vāṇātirāyaṉ tiruvācalil Uṭaiyār Eḻuntaruḷi-c cātāripaṇ kēṭṭaruḷa vēṇtuvaṉavu

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Iv-vāṇātirāyaṉ kāṇiyāṉa veṇpai-k-kuṭi-nāṭṭu nampitāyanallūr nāṉkellaikk' uṭpaṭṭa nīr-nilamum karuñcey puñceyum nattamum tōṭṭamuṅ kuḷamum kuḷapparippum Uṭpaṭṭa nilam kārāṇmai mīyāṭciyum Antārāyamum viṉiyōkamum taruvatāṉa Accum

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Ivv-uṭaiyārai mārkaḻi-t tirunāḷ tiruvempāvai cēvikkum paratēci-k kōvaṇavaṟkum pōcaṉam uḷḷiṭṭu vēṇtuvaṉa vayiṟṟukkum Ik-kōyiṟ tirukkāma-k-kōṭṭattu Āḷuṭaiya-nācciyār kōyilil teṟkil vāṇātirāyaṉ tiruvācalil Uṭaiyār cātārippaṇ kēṭṭaruḷa vēṇ

<lb n="15" break="no"/>ṭuvaṉavukkum

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<lb n="17"/>taruḷiḷur

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This is the 115th day of the fourth year of the glorious King Māravarman, alias the Emperor of the three worlds<supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>tribhuvana-cakravarti</foreign></supplied>, the glorious king Sundara Pāṇḍya.

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The Lord <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>uṭaiyar</foreign>=most probably, Sundara Pāṇḍya</supplied>, while being seated upon the Maḻavarāyaṉ throne in the hall <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>kūṭattu</foreign></supplied> of the bed-chamber <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>paḷḷiyaṟai</foreign></supplied> of the temple at Māṭakuḷakīḻmaturai in the Maturōtaiya vaḷanāṭu <supplied reason="subaudible">issued the following endowment</supplied> to the five <foreign>ācāryas</foreign> who own the right of being at the feet of the Lord <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>pati-pāt-amūla-p-paṭṭ-uṭaiya</foreign></supplied> in the temple of the Lord of Tiruvālavāy:

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<supplied reason="subaudible">This <foreign>devadāna</foreign></supplied> includes all of the following: the wetlands <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>nīr-nilam</foreign></supplied>, dry lands <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>puṉcey</foreign></supplied>, residential areas <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>nattam</foreign></supplied>, gardens <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>tōṭṭam</foreign></supplied>, tanks <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>kuḷam</foreign></supplied>, tank-bunds and irrigated lands attached to them <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>kuḷa-p-paṟippu muṉpaṭa nīr nilam</foreign></supplied>, together with the rights of cultivation <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>kāraṇmai</foreign></supplied>, proprietary right <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>mīyāṭci</foreign></supplied>, the taxes called <foreign>antarāyam</foreign> and <foreign>viṉiyōkam</foreign>, which are payable in <foreign>accu</foreign> coins, superintendency charges <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>kāriyavārāycci</foreign></supplied>, the tax on unpaid labor <foreign>veṭṭi pāṭṭam</foreign>, the cotton due <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>pañcuppīli</foreign></supplied>, the fee payable to the village

judicial officer <foreign>cantuvikraka pēṟu</foreign>, and all other fees whatsoever <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>eppērppaṭṭaṉavum</foreign></supplied>, within the four boundaries of Nampitāyanallūr in Veṇpaikkuṭi-nāṭu, the hereditary land <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>kāṇiyāṉa</foreign></supplied> of this Vāṇātarāyaṉ.

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Since Maḻavarāyaṉ had requested us <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>coṉṉamaiyil</foreign></supplied> that, from the fourth year onward, it was assigned that <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>āka iṭa peṟa</foreign></supplied> the aforesaid village, with all the lands, rights, taxes, and fees specified above, should be assigned as a tax-free <foreign>devadāna</foreign> for the following purposes: the sacred food offerings <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>tiruppaṭimāṟṟu</foreign></supplied>, the endowments required for the <foreign>sandhi</foreign> in the name of this Vāṇātarāyaṉ, for the meals of the wandering ascetics <foreign>paratēci kōvaṇar</foreign> who recite the <title>Tiruvempāvai</title> during the Mārkaḻi festival, and for what is required when the Lord graciously comes forth at the Vāṇātarāyaṉ sacred gate to listen to the <foreign>cātārippaṇ</foreign>.<note/>

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Accordingly, from this very year onward, the aforesaid village, with the same lands, rights, taxes, and appurtenances, was established as a tax-free <foreign>devadāna</foreign> for those same purposes.

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<supplied reason="subaudible">The king ordered then that </supplied> “From this year onward, we have given it as a tax-free <foreign>devadāna</foreign>,” namely the aforesaid Nampitāyanallūr with all its appurtenances, for the same purposes as stated above.

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As the inscription repeats the same content of the endowment, I have translated it in full only in the first instance, while giving an abridged version in the next two occurrences.

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<p>Reported in <bibl><ptr target="bib:ARIE1943-1945"/></bibl> (ARIE/1938-1939/B/1938-1939/229).</p>

<p>First edited in <bibl><ptr target="bib:Vetacalam_1987"/></bibl></p>

<p>This edition by Renato Dávalos, based on previous editions. </p>

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