Tārācuram/Darasuram, Airavateśvara temple, time of Tribhuvanacakravartin Rājarāja, year 23

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

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

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī tribhuvana-c-cakravat=tikaḷ śrī-rājarāja-devaṟku yāṇṭu I[ru]-pattu m¡u!ṉṟ-āvatu nāḷil Ip-pattiyil śrī-[māheśvara]-k-

⟨2⟩ kaṇkāṇi paḻaiyaṉūr-uṭaiyār po⟨y⟩yā-t-ta(m)iḻ(ar) Eḻunt-aruḷa viṇṇappam ce[yya U]ṭaiyār tiru-Ālaṅkāṭ-uṭaiyārku Ivar pala [*****] (ṉuṭa)

⟨3⟩ vilai koṇṭu kuṭutta tiru-nāmattu-(k)-kāṇi (ni)lam [*] [Ā]vatu Irā(ja)rā(ja)-maṅ[kala]m Ūr-nattatu vaṭa-ciṟakil k¡i!ḻakk ’ aṭ¡a!ya Iṭai [**] m [**] ku mē-

⟨4⟩ ṟkum teṟkum po⟨y⟩yā-⟨t⟩-ta(m)iḻ(ar) U⟨ḷ⟩ḷi⟨ṭ⟩ṭār maṉai(k)ku vaṭa⟨k⟩ku(m kiḷakkum) Iv-uṭpaṭa Iṟaiyili [**] (na)tta tiru (tu) [vi]ḷai-nilam kālum I[n]-nāyaṉārku pū[cai]k(ku) [kuṭut]tatu

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1⟩ Twenty-third year of the glorious king Rājarāja, lord of the three worlds.

⟨1–3⟩ At that time, whereas Poyyāttamiḻar, lord of Paḻaiyaṉūr ... made a petition, there is a land that he (ivar) gave after sale/purchase as temple-land for the Lord, Lord of Tiruvālaṅkāṭu.

⟨3–4⟩ ...

⟨4⟩ The quarter ⟨vēli⟩ of fertile land ... so comprised ⟨between the above-mentioned boundaries⟩, has been given tax-free for the worship of this Lord¹.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1978–79 (ARIE/1978-1979/B/1978-1979/293).

Edited in Subramaniam 1954 (SITI 2.562) after Mackenzie MS (GOML D.2728, 225). Edited and translated in Srinivasan 1987.

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis based on photos (E. Francis, 2025).

Primary

[Su] Subramaniam, T. N. 1954. South Indian temple inscriptions: Volume II. Critically edited with introduction and notes. Madras Government Oriental Series 121. Madras: Government Oriental Manuscripts Library. Page 557, item 562.

[Sr] Srinivasan, P.R. 1987. “Epigraphical study.” In: Darasuram. Epigraphical Study. Étude architecturale. Étude iconographique. Edited by Françoise L’Hernault. Mémoires Archéologiques 16. Paris: EFEO. Pages 27–28, item a.X.

Secondary

ARIE 1978–79. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1978-79. Edited by K. G. Krishnan. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India, 1987. Page 105, appendixes B/1978-1979, item 293.

Notes

1. That is, the Lord of Tiruvālaṅkāṭu.

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Twenty-third year of the glorious king Rājarāja, lord of the three worlds.

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