# Marutanallūr, Karakkuṭi temple, time of Rājarāja, year 2

Renato Dávalos

Author of digital edition: Renato Dávalos

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00068

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00068.xml

Language: Tamil [Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-15 15:59 (9615181), last modified 2026-10-19 18:42
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## Summary

The record is preserved in discontinuous textual segments. The first two
of the four sections record a deed of land sale
(nila-vilai-piramāṇa-icaivu-tīṭṭu) to Karaiyēṟaviṭṭāḷ, a tēvaraṭiyār of
the temple who installed an image of Tiruvātavūr-nāyaṉār
(Māṇikkavācakar). The endowment includes food offerings for Brahmins
(viprarici) and for the sandhi. The other two sections contain further
details on the endowment but several portions are missing, making it
highly unintelligible.

On the base of the north wall of the maṇḍapa in front of the central
shrine in the Śiva temple.

## Palaeographic description

On palaeographical grounds, the record may be assigned to the thirteenth
century.

No distinction between e and ē, o and ō.

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## Edition

### Fragment A

⟨A1⟩ tiripuvaṉa cakkara-vattikaḷ ciri-Irāca-Irā(ca) [tevaṟku] yāṇṭu
2=Āvatu m(ī)[ṉa]-nāyaṟṟu Amara-pa¡ṣṣ!⟨kṣa⟩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?⟨ī⟩ṭṭu
Iṉ-ṉāṭṭu ceṉṉi-maṅkalattu Uṭaiyār viccēcura-[t]ēvar kōyil tēvaraṭiyāril
karaiyēṟaviṭṭāḷ tirunāṭṭa-p-perumāḷukku nāṅkaḷ
nila-vilai-p-piramāṇa⟨A4⟩-Icaivu-t¿i?⟨ī⟩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?⟨ī⟩paṇṭ(āra)ttu
viṭṭu varukiṟa Arici Uḷpaṭa (kaṉakoṭai?) Iru-ṉāḻi Arici nimantam
āka[p]paṭu Ucci-cantiyilē Amutu ceyaru(ḷu)vum Ic-cōṟṟilē nāḻi Uri Arici
cō⟨A6⟩(ṟu) [9+] na [3+] [.]e [2+] kākka-k kuṭukkavu(m) n¿i?⟨ī⟩kki
(niṉṟa) [.]o(ya Ariyam) [.]e [1+] ṟṟiṭaippilē (mutacekavum?) [2+]
(ṭi)kka Iṉ(ta-t?) tirukka(ru)kk(u)ṭi (Uṭai)yār viḻ(u)miya-nāya¡n!⟨ṉ⟩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 𑿦 ¼ ¹⁄₁₀ (⅕) [1+]
[…] ⟨B4⟩ [1+] ciṉṉattiṉāl parappu I(va?) […] ‡ […] (¹⁄₁₀ ¹⁄₃₂₀) 𑿔 (⅕)
n¿i?⟨ī⟩kki tirunāmattukkāṇi 𑿦 (*) […] ⟨B5⟩ tavaṟai perumāḷ tirunāmattu
[…] ‡ […] yilē kiḻakk’ aṭaiya nālu mā nilam Inta tiru […] ⟨B6⟩ [3+]
vilai ma [3+] Aṉṟāṭu naṟ […] ‡ […] ṇiyāka (viṟṟu-k) k[u]ṭukkavum Iṉnilam
[nā]lu […]

### Fragment C

⟨C1⟩ ṉṟāṭu-k kācu [1+] Uyyāyiramum Iva [1+] (cu?)ra-k kaikkoṇṭ […] ⟨C2⟩
Oṭukkum kuṭuttuvāka kaṭavōm ākavum Ippaṭi cantirātitta […] ⟨C3⟩ [1+] ñē
[2+] It-tirukarukkuṭi nāyaṉa[r] kōyil tāṉattō[m] ⟨C4⟩ [3+] Eḻuttu
Ippaṭi(kki) […] ⟨C5⟩ [1+] lava(n) (palā)ṉ eḻuttu […]

### Fragment D

⟨D1⟩ (ya/pa) [1+] mār vanta Uṭallē kaṭamai kuṭi[m]ai Iṟuttu Iṟai mikuti
koṇṭu In(ta) (ni)mantam ce(y) […] ⟨D2⟩ [1×] tittu
nila-vilai-p-piramāṇa-Icaivutiṭṭu kuṭuttōm Inta-k karaiyēṟaviṭṭāḷ
tiru-naṭṭa-p-[p]e[rumāḷ] […] ⟨D3⟩ ṭaiya mattiyattan Aiyyūr-uṭaiyā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩
U[ṭ]ai(y)ā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ nā(ya)ka E[ḻu]ttu (I)ppa(ṭi)kk’ ivai tēvakanmi(ka)[ḷ]
[…] ⟨D4⟩ (cura?)-p perumāḷ y-eḻuttu Ivai Ītānatēva¡nn!⟨n⟩ eḻuttu
Ippa(ṭikk’ ivai) śrī-kār[i]yam paṭṭi Uṭaiyā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ vi […]

## Apparatus

⟨A1⟩ 2=Āvatu • The figure 2 and the Ā of Āvatu are written as a
ligature.

## 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.

## 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.