# Nākappaṭṭiṉam, Kāyārōkaṇam temple, time of Rājendra Cōḻa, year 3

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00166

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00166.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-09 18:23 (fbd1441), last modified 2026-10-20 22:21
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## Summary

Donation of gold by an officer (kaṉmi) of the king of Śrīvijaya
(Śrīvijaiyam) to offer jewels―rubies (māṇikkam) and emeralds
(marakatam)―for a silver statue (veḷḷittirumēṉi) of Nākaiyaḻakaṉ in the
Tirukkārōṇam temple in Nākapaṭṭiṉam.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

kō-p-para-kēcari-panmar-āṉa śrī-rājen¡t!⟨d⟩ra-cōḻa-tēvarku yāṇṭu 3 Āvatu

kṣatriya-cikhāmaṇi-vaḷanāṭṭu [8+] paṭṭiṉa [ca. 10+] rōṇa [8+]
veḷḷi-t-ti⟨2⟩ru-mēṉi nākai-y-aḻakaṟku śrī-vijaiyatt’ araiyar kanmi
rājarāja-maṇṭalattu kīṭcempiṉāṭṭu mēṉṟōṉṟi-paṭṭiṉat [ca. 10+]
(c)[e]yvitta kṣe [6+] ca niṟai (po)⟨3⟩ṉ patiṉ nāl kaḻanc’ arai

Itil vīra-paṭṭattu-k kāṭṭiṉa cāti māṇikkam patiṉ oṉru naṭu[vi]l
makarattu naṭuvu kaṭṭiṉa marataka [ca. 10+] ṉa māṇik [ca. 7+] (upāya)
[ca. 2+]⟨4⟩ṭiṉa māṇikkam m¡u!⟨ū⟩ṉṟu Itiṉ mēl vāy-k kaṭṭiṉa paccai 1
makarattiṉ k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻvāy ka[ṭṭi]ṉa māṇikkam Añcu Itiṉ k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻvāy kaṭṭiṉa
caṟpamotti 1 valapakkat(tu vaṭṭappūvil) kaṭṭiṉa mā [ca. 2+] ⟨5⟩ Ēḻu
Iṭa-p-pakkattu vaṭṭappūvil kaṭṭiṉa māṇikkam Ēḻu piṉpil paruttikkuṟaḷil
kaṭṭiṉa m[ā]ṇikkam nālu cikhāmaṇi-y-āka-k kaṭṭiṉa māṇikkam cāti 1
mākkallu nāṟpa [ca. 4+] veṟṟi [ca. 2+]⟨6⟩m-āka niṟai Āṟu mañcāṭi
kalluṭpaṭa kā(cu) niṟai patināṟ-k kaḻañcē mukkālē ma⟨ñ⟩cāṭi

Ip-paricu kalveṭṭuka v-eṉṟu Ivv-āṇṭu śrī-kāriyañ ceykiṉṟa Arumo[ḻi] [ca.
2+] nāṭṭu [ca. 2+]⟨7⟩-k-kū(ṟṟa)ttu (ka)ṇṭiyūr-uṭai(yā)r cēntaṉ ca [ca.
15+] It-tē[va-kan]mikaḷum colla-k kalveṭṭiṉēṉ nākapaṭṭiṉattu Ēṟaṉ
caṭaiyāṉ-āṉa [tē]⟨8⟩(var ka)ṇṭācāriyaṉēṉ ௳

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ °paṉmarāṉa K ⬦ °panmarāna NK. — ⟨1⟩ °rājentiracōḻatēvarkku K ⬦
°rājentracōḻatēvaṟku NK. — ⟨1⟩ kṣatriyacikāmaṇi° K ⬦ kṣatracikhāmaṇi°
NK. — ⟨1⟩ [8+] paṭṭiṉak [8+] rōṇa [8+] veḷḷitti K ⬦ [6+] veḷḷitti NK.

⟨2⟩ kaṉmi K ⬦ kanmi NK. — ⟨2⟩ kīṭcempiṉāṭṭu K ⬦ kīṭccempiṉāṭṭu NK. — ⟨2⟩
mēṉṟōṉṟipaṭṭiṉat [10+] yvitta kṣe [6+] ca [4+] niṟai (po)⟨3⟩ṉ K ⬦
mēṉṟōṉṟipaṭṭiṉattu [6+] niṟai [6+]⟨3⟩ṉ NK.

⟨3⟩ kaṭṭiṉa marakata [14+] ṉa māṇik [13+] (upāya)⟨4⟩ṭiṉa K ⬦ kaṭṭiṉa
māṇik [6+]⟨4⟩ṉa NK.

⟨4⟩ paccai K ⬦ paccai 1 NK. — ⟨4⟩ kīḻvāyk [8+] ṉa māṇikkam K ⬦ kiḻvāy
kaṭṭiṉa māṇikkam NK. — ⟨4⟩ caṟpamotti K ⬦ ca [6+] potti NK. — ⟨4⟩
valapakkat(tu vaṭṭappūvil) kaṭṭiṉa mara [4+]⟨5⟩Ēḻu K ⬦ valapakkattu
vaṭṭappū [6+] ⟨5⟩ m Ēḻu NK.

⟨5⟩ piṉpil K ⬦ piṉṉāl NK. — ⟨5⟩ paruttakkuṟaḷil K ⬦ parutti kuṟaḷil NK.
— ⟨5⟩ makāmaṇiyākak K ⬦ cikhāmaṇiyāka NK. — ⟨5⟩ māṇikkam cāti mākkallu
nāṟpa [6+] veṟṟi [5+]⟨6⟩m-āka K ⬦ māṇikka [6+] catti 1 mākkallu nāṟpa
[6+]⟨6⟩m-āka NK.

⟨6⟩ mañcāṭi NK ⬦ m [4+] cāṭi K. — ⟨6⟩ Arumo [6+] nāṭṭu [5+] K ⬦ Arumo
[6+] NK.

⟨7⟩ ka [5+]rattu kaṇṭiyūruṭayār cēntaṉ ca [4+] Ittēvakaṉmikaḷum K ⬦
kkūṟṟattu kaṇṭiyūr-uṭaiyāṉ cēn=taṉ cātta [6+] tēva-kaṉmikaḷum NK. — ⟨7⟩
Ēṟaṉ caṭaiyāṉāṉa tēvar kaṇṭācāriyaṉēṉ ௳ NK ⬦ ēṟañcaṭaiyāṉāṉa ⟨8⟩
kaṇṭā(cā)riyaṉēṉ K.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1⟩ 3rd year of the glorious king Rajendra Cōḻa alias the king
Parakesarivarman.

⟨1–3⟩ For Nākaiyaḻakaṉ[1], a glorious body in silver[2], in the
Kṣatriyaśikhāmaṇivaḷanāṭu, ⟨there are⟩ fourteen kaḻañcus and a half [of
gold] that […] from Mēṉṟōṉṟipaṭṭiṉam in the Kīṭcempināṭu, the officer of
the king of Śrivijaya, [gave].

⟨3–6⟩ ...

⟨6–7⟩ While the temple officers said ... that “This should be written in
this manner”, I have engraved it, I, Tēvar Kaṇṭācāriyaṉ alias Ēṟaṉ
Caṭaiyāṉ, from Nākappaṭṭiṉam.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1956–57 (ARIE/1956-1957/B/1956-1957/164).

Edited in Mārkciya Kānti & Irācakōpal 2007, with facsimile. Edited (with
many variants different line-split) and translated in Karashima &
Subbarayalu 2009 (pp. 276-277).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on ASI estampage
available on BharatSHRI.

### Primary

[NK] Mārkciya Kānti, Nā. & Cu. Irācakōpal. 2007. Nākappaṭṭiṉa māvaṭṭak
kalveṭṭukal. Tamiḻnāṭṭu kalvetṭukaḷ 29. Ceṉṉai: Tamiḻnāṭu Aracu Tolporuḷ
Āyvuttuṟai. Pages 224–225, item 30/1998.

[K] Karashima, Noboru & Y. Subbarayalu. 2009. “Ancient and medieval
Tamil and Sanskrit inscriptions relating to Southeast Asia and China.”
In: Nagapattinam to Suvarnadwipa: reflections on Chola naval expeditions
to Southeast Asia. Edited by Hermann Kulke, K. Kesavapany & Vijay
Sakhuja. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, pp. 271–291.

### Secondary

ARIE 1956–57. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1956-57. Edited by
B.C. Chandra. New Delhi: Manager of Publications (Department of
Archaeology), 1957. Page 58, appendixes B/1956-1957, item 164.

[1] That is, the beautiful one (aḻakaṉ) from Nākai.

[2] That is, a silver statue.