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

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00610

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00610.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

tribhuvana-c-cakravat=tikaḷ śrī-rājarāja-devaṟku yāṇṭu I[ru]-pattu
m¡u!⟨ū⟩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 [5+] (ṉuṭa) ⟨3⟩ vilai koṇṭu kuṭutta
tiru-nāmattu-(k)-kāṇi (ni)lam [1+] [Ā]vatu

Irā⟨ja⟩rā⟨ja⟩-maṅ[kala]m Ūr-nattatu vaṭa-ciṟakil k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻakk ’
aṭ¡a!⟨ai⟩ya Iṭai [2+] m [2+] 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 [2+] (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 Lord[1].

## 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.

[1] That is, the Lord of Tiruvālaṅkāṭu.