Ceytuṅkanallūr/Seydunganallur, Vyāghrapatīśvara temple, Māṟavarmaṉ Kulaśēkhara Pāṇḍya, year (28)

Author of digital edition: Renato Dávalos (reda).

Summary: It records that the temple administrators (tēvakaṉmi) and the māheśvaras should carry out the worshipping and food offering of Tiruvātavūr-Nāyaṉār (Māṇikkavācakar), whose image was installed by a certain Tiruveḷḷaṟai-cōkkaṉ Uyyavantāṉ, alias Sundara-pāṇṭiya-brahmatarāyaṉ.

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

Languages: Sanskrit (san) [Grantha (grantha)], Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00071.

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00071.xml.

Version: 2026-11-14 18:01 (dea0bb1), last modified 2026-09-29 11:10 (5251b7d).

Edition

⟨1⟩ (śrī) kō-māṟa-(pa)ṉmār-āṉa (ti)ripuvaṉa-c ca⟨k⟩karavattikaḷ E(mma)ṇṭalamuṅ koṇṭ-aruḷ(i)ya śrī-ku(la)ce-
⟨2⟩ kara-devaṟkku yāṇ⟨tu⟩ 2 10 (8) vatu r̥ṣabha-nāyaṟṟu 1 ௳ murappu-nāṭṭu bra(hma)deyam ceñalūr kiḷāma-
⟨3⟩ ṅkalam-āṉa tiruvaraṅka-c-catu⟨r⟩vēdimaṅkalattu nāyaṉār tirupp(u)l(ī)śvara¡mm!-uṭaiya-nāyaṉār
⟨4⟩ kō(yilil) devakaṉ¡mm!(i)ka¡(ḷ?)ḷ!u{ra}m śrī-māheśvara-kaṇkāṇ(i) ce[yv]ārkaḷum Ivaṉaivōmu-
⟨5⟩ m tiruve⟨ḷ⟩ḷaṟai-c cōkkaṉ Uy⟨⟨ya⟩⟩vantā¡ṉṉ!-āṉa cuntara-pāṇṭiya-piram(m)ātarāyaṉ-ēṉ In-nāyaṉār
⟨6⟩ kōyi(lil) nāṉ Eḻunt-aruḷuvitta nāyaṉār tiruvātavūr nā(ya)ṉārkku tā(ṉa)ttar muppatu vaṭṭattāḷu⟨m⟩
⟨7⟩ Emmi(l i)cainta p(o)ruḷ koṇṭu In-nāyaṉārkku Amutu cēvikkum Arici ௳ (Iṭu?)vari Ivv
⟨8⟩ [****] na ka [**] m Aḷantu Ēṟa(ṭ?)ṭumutu cēvittu koḷvōm[ā]kavu⟨m⟩ Ippaṭi cantirātitta-
⟨9⟩ [va]l cel(u)ttu(vam)-āka kallilum cempilum veṭ(ṭi)-k kuṭut(t)ōm muppatu vaṭṭat(tū)rō(m)
⟨10⟩ (Āyaṉ) t(i)ru(mēṟraḷi) Uṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu ci-kaṇṭ¿i?cuvaram uṭaiyāṉ poṉṉ(a/i)-p (piḷayaṉ) Eḻu-
⟨11⟩ (t)tu paṭṭaṉ [*****] (ṉaṉaraṉāṉa?) tuṟai-maṟinta-paṭṭaṉ Eḻuttu naṅ(kai ti)ru(p)pul¿i?cuvaram uṭaiyāṉ-ā-
⟨12⟩ ṉa Ulaku⟨y⟩[ya](va)nta-pāṇṭiya-brahmātarāyaṉ Eḻuttu ௳

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1959–60 (ARIE/1959-1960/B/1959-1960/360).

This edition by Renato Dávalos, based on ASI estampage kindly supplied by the Director of Epigraphy in Mysore (2025).

Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1959–60. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1959-60. Edited by Dines Chandra Sircar. Delhi: Manager of Publications (Department of Archaeology), 1963. Page 82, item 360, appendixes B/1959-1960.

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