Tiruvātavūr, Tirumaṟaināta temple, time of king Māṟavarmaṉ Tribhuvana Cakravarti, year 21

Author of digital edition: Renato Dávalos (reda).

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

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

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00076.

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00076.xml.

Version: 2026-11-09 18:23 (fbd1441), last modified 2026-10-05 12:38 (73a4a9e).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī[****] sanaM śāśvataM paraM kō-māṟa-paṉmar-āṉa tiripuvaṉa-cakkaravattikaḷ cōṇāṭu koṇṭu muṭi koṇṭa cōḻa-purattu vijaiyāpiṣekam paṇṇiyaruḷiya sundara pāṇṭiya devaṟku yāṇṭu 20 vatu Etirāmāṇṭu teṉpaṟappu-nāṭṭu tiruvātavūr kuḷam (su)ṉakku
⟨2⟩ nīrpāñcu nelviḷaiyum [kaṇṭa]bhūmiyilē Ivar [tēmāṟṟacati]rukka mūṉṟum taṭika 𑿦 @ Innilam oru māvum koṇṭu Amutu-paṭi cāttu-p-paṭi tirumēṟ-pūccu tiruviḷakku Aṅku vanta tiruppēṟkum tirukkai vaḻakkattukkum aṟṟaikku Aḻiya vēṇṭuvaṉa Ellāttukkum maṟṟai nam nimantaṅkaḷukkum candrātittavarai celvatāka kallilum cempilum [****]-
⟨3⟩ ram uṭaiyāṉ periya mutaliyāṉa devēndravallabhācārya lekhya vayaT jagatraya nirmmāṇa trāṇa saṃhāra-kāraṇaM śrīmatu vādapūrīśasya śāsaṉam śāśvataM varaM nam tācikaḷil kuḻaiñcāḷ Aracaṉ-āṉa Ālāla cuntara naṅkaikku tāṉimakkuc ceyta-paṭi nammuṭaiya taṇṭīcaṉ ceyta-paṭi ceytāṉ tāṉ ceyta-paṭi yāvaṉa nammuṭaiya tirunīṟṟu-t toṇṭa-
⟨4⟩ ṉ teṉṉakaṅka tēvaṉukkuc colla (nāyaṉār) candracekharam-āṉ [***] muṉaiyataraiyaṉ [*******] vītiyākkum paṭi ceyvittamaiyālum nam vītiyiṟ kiṭanta [***] ṭantu nam vīti varampum ceytamaiyālum nam piḷḷai kṣetrapālaṉ paṇṇuvittamaiyālum namakkum palavūrkaḷukkuñ colli tirunīṟṟu-t toṇṭaṉu[kkum] colli vīra-pāṇṭiya nallūrkkum cēmam
⟨5⟩ ceyvittamaiyālum namakku [****] y-eṟintu vīṭṭai kaliyāmalum mārkaḻi ātiraiyil namakku nam vātavūraṉ kō [****] vai vātavūraṉ kēṭpitta nāḷ mutal nammai kēṭpippāṉa [**] y-irukka atuvum namakku ceyvittamaiyālum Ivaḷ Ippaṭi ceytapaṭiyāl nammuṭaiya dā(sar) namakkuc ceyya kaṭava urimaikaḷil I-
⟨6⟩ [**] ṭākavum kuṭuttōm Ippaṭi kallilum cempilum veṭṭik koḷ [**] ḷākavum kuṭuttōm nam kōvaṇavarum Ippaṭikku taṅkaḷ cattimukamum (kuṭukka) Ippaṭi ciṟappāka kuṭutta Immuṟai Ivaṉukkum Ivaḷ vaṟkattārkkum Ivaḷ vaṃśattāṟkkum kuṭuttōm Ippaṭikku tiruvāymoḻintaruḷa tirumantiravōlai Eḻuttu [**] vār āyira nāṟpatteṇṇāyira-paṭṭaṉ Eḻuttu Ippaṭikku [*****]

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī[4+] sanaM śāśvataM paraM kō-māṟa-paṉmar-āṉa tiripuvaṉa-cakkaravattikaḷ cōṇāṭu koṇṭu muṭi koṇṭa cōḻa-purattu vijaiyāpiṣekam paṇṇiyaruḷiya sundara pāṇṭiya devaṟku yāṇṭu 20 vatu Etirāmāṇṭu teṉpaṟappu-nāṭṭu tiruvātavūr kuḷam (su)ṉakku ⟨2⟩ nīrpāñcu nelviḷaiyum [kaṇṭa]bhūmiyilē Ivar [tēmāṟṟacati]rukka mūṉṟum taṭika 𑿦 @

Innilam oru māvum koṇṭu Amutu-paṭi cāttu-p-paṭi tirumēṟ-pūccu tiruviḷakku Aṅku vanta tiruppēṟkum tirukkai vaḻakkattukkum aṟṟaikku Aḻiya vēṇṭuvaṉa Ellāttukkum maṟṟai nam nimantaṅkaḷukkum candrātittavarai celvatāka kallilum cempilum [4+]⟨3⟩ram uṭaiyāṉ periya mutaliyāṉa devēndravallabhācārya lekhya vayaT jagatraya nirmmāṇa trāṇa saṃhāra-kāraṇaM śrīmatu vādapūrīśasya śāsaṉam śāśvataM varaM nam tācikaḷil kuḻaiñcāḷ Aracaṉ-āṉa Ālāla cuntara naṅkaikku tāṉimakkuc ceyta-paṭi nammuṭaiya taṇṭīcaṉ ceyta-paṭi ceytāṉ tāṉ ceyta-paṭi yāvaṉa nammuṭaiya tirunīṟṟu-t toṇṭa⟨4⟩ṉ teṉṉakaṅka tēvaṉukkuc colla (nāyaṉār) candracekharam-āṉ [3+] muṉaiyataraiyaṉ [7+] vītiyākkum paṭi ceyvittamaiyālum nam vītiyiṟ kiṭanta [3+] ṭantu nam vīti varampum ceytamaiyālum nam piḷḷai kṣetrapālaṉ paṇṇuvittamaiyālum namakkum palavūrkaḷukkuñ colli tirunīṟṟu-t toṇṭaṉu[kkum] colli vīra-pāṇṭiya nallūrkkum cēmam ⟨5⟩ ceyvittamaiyālum namakku [4+] y-eṟintu vīṭṭai kaliyāmalum mārkaḻi ātiraiyil namakku nam vātavūraṉ kō [4+] vai vātavūraṉ kēṭpitta nāḷ mutal nammai kēṭpippāṉa [2+] y-irukka atuvum namakku ceyvittamaiyālum Ivaḷ Ippaṭi ceytapaṭiyāl nammuṭaiya dā(sar) namakkuc ceyya kaṭava urimaikaḷil I⟨6⟩[2+] ṭākavum kuṭuttōm Ippaṭi kallilum cempilum veṭṭik koḷ [2+] ḷākavum kuṭuttōm nam kōvaṇavarum Ippaṭikku taṅkaḷ cattimukamum (kuṭukka) Ippaṭi ciṟappāka kuṭutta Immuṟai Ivaṉukkum Ivaḷ vaṟkattārkkum Ivaḷ vaṃśattāṟkkum kuṭuttōm Ippaṭikku tiruvāymoḻintaruḷa tirumantiravōlai Eḻuttu [2+] vār āyira nāṟpatteṇṇāyira-paṭṭaṉ Eḻuttu Ippaṭikku [5+]

Commentary

The record can be assigned to king Māṟavarmaṉ Cuntara Pāṇṭiya I (1237).

Bibliography

First reported in ARIE 1962–63 (ARIE/1962-1963/B/1962-1963/471).

This edition by Renato Dávalos, based on Sridhar 2005.

Primary

[MA] Sridhar, T. S. 2005. Tamiḻnāṭṭuk kalveṭṭukaḷ tokuti XIV. Maturai māvaṭṭak kalveṭṭukaḷ I. Vol. 1. 2 vols. Chennai: Tamil Nadu State Department of Archaeology. Pages 33–34, item 17.

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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