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

Renato Dávalos

Author of digital edition: Renato Dávalos

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00076

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00076.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-09 18:23 (fbd1441), last modified 2026-10-05 12:38
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## 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.

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## Edition

⟨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.