svasti śrī
pūmalar tiruvum poruceyamaṭantaiyum
tāmaraikkuvimulai cērppuyattiruppa
vētanāviṉ veḷḷi naṭṭāmarai-k
kātaṉ mātu kaviṉpeṟat tiṉaippa
veṇṭirai yuṭutta maṇṭiṇi kiṭakkait
tirunila maṭantai yurimaiyiṟ kaḷippa
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
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
ṉṟulakēttat
tirumuṭi cūṭic ceṅkō lōccik
koṟṟat tāḷak kuḷir kuṭainiḻaṟ
kaṟṟaik kavari kāvalar vīca
miṭaikatir navamaṇi vīraciṅkātaṉattu
uṭaṉ muṭicūṭi yuyarkulat tiruveṉap
paṅkaya malarkaraṅ kuvittup pārttivar
paṅkaiyar tiraṇṭu vaṇaṅkuñ ceṉṉi
cuṭaroḷi mavuḷic cūṭāmaṇi micaic
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
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
ṭaiyāṉ Aruḷāḷaṉ cēvaka-t tēvaṉāṉa pāṇātarāyaṉ kaṇṭa-cantikku tiruppaṭimāṟṟ' uḷḷiṭṭu vēṇṭum nivantaṅkaḷukkum Ālavāyuṭaiyārai mārkaḻi-t tirunāḷ tiruvempāvai cēvikkum paratēci-k-kōvaṇavarkku-p pōcaṉam uḷḷiṭṭu vēṇṭum avaiyiṟṟukkum
Ikkōyil tirukkāma
kōṭṭtattu Āḷuṭaiya-nācciyār kōyil teṟkil vāṇātarāyaṉ tiruvācalil Uṭaiyār Eḻuntaruḷi cātārippaṇ kēṭṭaruḷa vēṇṭuvaṉvayiṟṟukkum
Iv-vāṇātirāyaṉ kāṇiyāṉa veṇpaikkuṭi-naṭṭu nampitāyanallūr nāṉkellai
kku Uṭpaṭṭa nīr-nilamum kalaruñcey 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 pēṟrum E
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
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
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
kāriya-v-ārāycciyum veṭṭi-p-pāṭṭamum pañcu-pīli catntu vikkiraka-p pēṟum maṟṟum Eppērppaṭṭaṉavum Uṭpaṭa Ivv-āṇṭu mutal tēvatāṉa Iṟaiyili y-āka Iṭṭamaikku Ivv-uṭaiyāṟku vāṇātirāyaṉ cantikku tiruppaṭimāṟṟ' uḷḷiṭṭu vēṇṭum nivantaṅkaḷukku
kkum
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
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
m pañcu-p-pīli cantu vikkiraka-p pēṟum maṟṟum Eppērpaṭṭaṉavum Uṭpaṭa Ivv-āṇṭu mutal tēvatāṉa Iṟaiyili y-āka-t tantōm eṉṟu tiruvāymoḻin
taruḷiḷur
This is the 115th day of the fourth year of the glorious King Māravarman, alias the Emperor of the three worldstribhuvana-cakravarti, the glorious king Sundara Pāṇḍya.
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 forvēṇṭum 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 melodyCātāri is one of the ancient traditional melody types. 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.