# Tirukkōyilūr, Trivikrama-Perumāḷ temple, Tribhuvana Kulōttuṅga Cōḻa
king, year 25

Renato Dávalos

Author of digital edition: Renato Dávalos

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00075

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00075.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-09 18:23 (fbd1441), last modified 2026-09-29 11:10
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## Summary

Mentions that the garden of the temple is named Māṇikkavācakaṉ.

## Palaeographic description

Record may be attributed to the 11th century on paleographical grounds.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ (tiri)puvaṉa-c cakkaravatti(kaḷ) (śrī) kulōttuṅka cōḻa tēvaṟku yāṇṭu
20 5 ௵

milāṭākiya ceṉṉāta-vaḷanāṭṭuk kuṟukkai kūṟṟattu-t tiru [6+] ⟨2⟩ [5+]
lūrāṉa maturāntaka-(carup)pēti-maṅkalattu tiruviṭaikaḻi Emperumāṉ
Ivvāṇṭai-k kārttikai māsattu pūrva-pakṣattu ti[4+] ⟨3⟩ [6+] mulai Āṟu
nāḷ Uḷppaṭṭa [4+] ṉai-c cāḻvārkaḷum pāṭi Aruḷiṉa Icaippāvāy Uḷḷa
tirumoḻikaḷ Ellām tiruvattiyaṉam āka-k kēṭṭaruḷak [9+]

⟨4⟩ku [1+] taṉ mākkālāl Amutupaṭi *[1] 𑿜 Itukku vēṇṭum kaṟiyamutu
Uppamutu miḷakamutum neyya [12+] ⟨5⟩ cantaṉa-k kāppum Akilum
Aṭaikkāyamutum Ilaiyamutum Uḷḷiṭṭa Amutupaṭi cāttupaṭikaḷum tiruppāvai
kēṭṭaruḷi [6+]

⟨6⟩ Orunāḷaikku śrī Amutupaṭi kala Ariciyum Itukku vēṇṭum kaṟiyamutum
Uppamutum miḷakamutum neyyamutum tayiramutum [10+]⟨7⟩kaḷum
Aṭaikkāyamutum Ilaiyamutum cantirātittavarai cella-k kaṭavatāka

Ikkōyil-k kāṇi Uṭaiya tiruvaṭipiṭippār [10+]⟨8⟩ṉ nāṭṭu Uṟai Ūrkkūṟṟattu
pirammatēcam cekatēvavari caturpētimaṅkalattu Irupattu nālāyiravaṉ
periyāṉ Ap [9+]⟨9⟩ṭalaṅkāṟa nampiyum tiruveṅkaṭattu nampiyum Āka-p

pēr Iraṇṭevam meṟpaṭi makākuṇṭala-k kātan Uḷḷiṭṭār per ka[1+]m
[5+]⟨10⟩ṣṇa vapaṭṭaṉuḷḷuṭṭār perka [1+] m Ivaṉaivarum Ippaṭi celutti
Amutu ceka prasādam (ce/co) mpāti koḷḷakkaṭavom āka Ippaṭi cammatittu-c
cuka[5+]

## Commentary

The twenty-fifth regnal year discards automatically Kulōttuṅga II.
However, the title Tribhuvanacakravartin is insufficient to distinguish
with certainty whether it refers to Kulōttuṅga I (the year would be ca.
1095) or Kulōttuṅga III (which would be then ca. 1203).

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1921–22 (ARIE/1921-1922/B/1921/351).

This digital edition by Renato Dávalos, based on transcript kindly
provided by the Archaeological Survey of India, Mysore.

### Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1921–22. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for the year
1921-1922. Edited by G. Venkoba Rao. Madras: Government Press, 1923.
Page 28, item 351, appendix B/1921.

[1] Unidentified sign in the transcript.