Marutanallūr, Karakkuṭi temple, time of Rājarāja, year 2
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Fragment A
⟨A1⟩ tiripuvaṉa cakkara-vattikaḷ ciri-Irāca-Irā(ca)[*****] yāṇṭu 2=Āvatu m(ī)[ṉa]-nāyaṟṟu Amara-pa¡ṣṣ!attu tirutiyaiyum tiṅkaḷ-kiḻamaiyum peṟṟa cataiyattu nāḷ kulōttuṅka-
⟨A2⟩ -cōḻa-vaḷanāṭṭu-t tiruna(ṟ)aiyūr-nāṭṭu tirukkarukkuṭi Uṭaiyār vi[ḻu]miya-nāyaṉār kōyil Āt(i)taṇṭecura-tēvar tiruvaruḷāl Ik-kōyil tāṉattārōm nilavilai-(p)-
⟨A3⟩ -piramāṇa-Icaivu-t¿i?ṭṭu Iṉ-ṉāṭṭu ceṉṉi-maṅkalattu Uṭaiyār viccēcura-[t]ēvar kōyil tēvaraṭiyāril karaiyēṟaviṭṭāḷ tirunāṭṭa-p-perumāḷukku nāṅkaḷ nila-vilai-p-piramāṇa-
⟨A4⟩ -Icaivu-t¿i?ṭṭu-k kuṭutta paric-ā(vatu) It-tirukkarukkuṭi Uṭaiyār viḻumiya-nā(ya)[ṉ]ār kōyilukku tiruvātav(ū)r-nāyaṉārai Ivar y-eḻunt-aruḷivittu tiruppi⟨ra⟩tiṭṭai paṇṇivittu y-eḻunt-aruḷi
⟨A5⟩ Irukkiṟa Ivarkku muṉpu c¿i?paṇṭ(āra)ttu viṭṭu varukiṟa Arici Uḷpaṭa (kaṉakoṭai?) Iru-ṉāḻi Arici nimantam āka[p]paṭu Ucci-cantiyilē Amutu ceyaru(ḷu)vum Ic-cōṟṟilē nāḻi viprarici cō-
⟨A6⟩ (ṟu) [*********] na [***] [.]e [**] kākka-k kuṭukkavu(m) n¿i?kki (niṉṟa) [.]o(ya Ariyam) [.]e [*] ṟṟiṭaippilē (mutacekavum?) [**] (ṭi)kka Iṉ(ta-t?) tirukka(ru)kk(u)ṭi (Uṭai)yār viḻ(u)miya-nāya¡n!ār tiru(ṉā)mattu (ṭu/I)(ṭa)-
Fragment B
⟨B1⟩ (vō)m puranāṭṭu tiruvalañcu […] ‡ […] -ppu Uyyakoṇṭār-vaḷanāṭṭu […]
⟨B2⟩ -p piṭākai karuppūril kiḻā(n) […] ‡ […] k(ara/ām) Akilanāya-c-caruppēti-maṅkalattu […]
⟨B3⟩ * (li) (vaṭa)mēṟku-c cāra-p puṟa […] ‡ […] tikku kiḻakku 2 <kaṇṇāṟu> (1) catirattu 𑿦 1/4 1/10 (1/5) [*] […]
⟨B4⟩ [*] ciṉṉattiṉāl parappu I(va?) […] ‡ […] (1/10 1/320) 𑿔 (1/5) n¿i?kki tirunāmattukkāṇi 𑿦 (*) […]
⟨B5⟩ tavaṟai perumāḷ tirunāmattu […] ‡ […] yilē kiḻakk’ aṭaiya nālu mā nilam Inta tiru […]
⟨B6⟩ [***] vilai ma [***] Aṉṟāṭu naṟ […] ‡ […] ṇiyāka (viṟṟu-k) k[u]ṭukkavum Iṉnilam [nā]lu […]
Fragment C
⟨C1⟩ ṉṟāṭu-k kācu [*] Uyyāyiramum Iva [*] (cu?)ra-k kaikkoṇṭ […]
⟨C2⟩ Oṭukkum kuṭuttuvāka kaṭavōm ākavum Ippaṭi cantirātitta […]
⟨C3⟩ [*] ñē [**] It-tirukarukkuṭi nāyaṉa[r] kōyil tāṉattō[m]
⟨C4⟩ [***] Eḻuttu Ippaṭi(kki) […]
⟨C5⟩ [*] lava(n) (palā)ṉ eḻuttu […]
Fragment D
⟨D1⟩ (ya/pa) [*] mār vanta Uṭallē kaṭamai kuṭi[m]ai Iṟuttu Iṟai mikuti koṇṭu In(ta) (ni)mantam ce(y) […]
⟨D2⟩ [*] tittu nila-vilai-p-piramāṇa-Icaivutiṭṭu kuṭuttōm Inta-k karaiyēṟaviṭṭāḷ tiru-naṭṭa-p-[p]e[rumāḷ] […]
⟨D3⟩ ṭaiya mattiyattan Aiyyūr-uṭaiyā¡n! U[ṭ]ai(y)ā¡n! nā(ya)ka E[ḻu]ttu (I)ppa(ṭi)kk’ ivai tēvakanmi(ka)[ḷ] […]
⟨D4⟩ (cura?)-p perumāḷ y-eḻuttu Ivai Ītānatēva¡nn! eḻuttu Ippa(ṭikk’ ivai) śrī-kār[i]yam paṭṭi Uṭaiyā¡n! vi […]
Apparatus
⟨A1⟩ 2=Āvatu • The figure 2 and the Ā are written in a ligature.
Bibliography
Reported in ARIE 1926–27 (ARIE/1926-1927/C/1927/285).
This edition by Renato Dávalos, based on ASI estampage kindly supplied by the Director of Epigraphy in Mysore (2025).
Secondary
[ARIE] ARIE 1926–27. Annual report on South-Indian epigraphy for the year ending 31st March 1927. Edited by G. Venkoba Rao. Calcutta: Government of India, 1928. Page 48, item 285, appendixes C/1926-1927.
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<p>On the base of the north wall of the maṇḍapa in front of the central shrine in the Śiva temple.</p>
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kulōttuṅka
<lb n="A2" break="no"/>-cōḻa-vaḷanāṭṭu-t tiruna<unclear>ṟ</unclear>aiyūr-nāṭṭu tirukkarukkuṭi Uṭaiyār vi<supplied reason="lost">ḻu</supplied>miya-nāyaṉār kōyil Āt<unclear>i</unclear>taṇṭecura-tēvar tiruvaruḷāl Ik-kōyil tāṉattārōm nilavilai-<unclear>p</unclear>
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The origin of the name Karaiyēṟaviṭṭāḷ cannot be established with certainty. It may be roughly understood as "She who has reached the shore," and it possibly recalls the episode of Appar's conversion to Śaivism. In the <title>Periya Purāṇam</title> (vv. 1333-1334), Appar asks his elder sister Tilakavati to reveal "the path by which one may be saved and reach the shore" (<foreign>uyntu karai ēṟu neṟi</foreign>). The comparison is, however, uncertain.
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<p>Reported in <bibl><ptr target="bib:ARIE1926-1927"/></bibl> (ARIE/1926-1927/C/1927/285).</p>
<p>This edition by Renato Dávalos, based on ASI estampage kindly supplied by the Director of Epigraphy in Mysore (2025).</p>
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Commentary
The origin of the name Karaiyēṟaviṭṭāḷ cannot be established with certainty. It may be roughly understood as "She who has reached the shore," and it possibly recalls the episode of Appar’s conversion to Śaivism. In the Periya Purāṇam (vv. 1333-1334), Appar asks his elder sister Tilakavati to reveal "the path by which one may be saved and reach the shore" (uyntu karai ēṟu neṟi). The comparison is, however, uncertain.