Ātmanāthasvāmi temple, Āvuṭaiyārkōyil, Māra[…] king, no date

Authors of digital edition: Margherita Trento (matr), Renato Dávalos (reda), G. Vijayavenugopal (vija).

Summary: Built in. Seems to record a provision of rights to cultivate ⟨kāraṇmai⟩ for the recitation of the tiruvācakam in front of the image of Tiruvātavūr Mutaliyār. This record seems to provide what may be the earliest inscriptional attestation of the title Tiruvācakam.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00712.

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⟨1⟩ […] maṟka [***] (nti/kki/tti) […] śrī kō-māṟa[*****] tipaṟ […] kumpa-nāyaṟṟu pūrva-p pa(kṣa)ttu
⟨2⟩ […] śan ta¡n!(i)⟨yūr ti⟩rup⟨pe⟩runtu(rai)-y-āṉa-(p pavi)tt(i)ra-⟨mā⟩ṇ(i)kka-¡śa!tu⟨r⟩vēt(i)maṅkalattu Āḷuṭaiya-nāyaṉār kaṉm(i)kaḷukku k¿i?ḻ-kūṟṟu mañcakk' uṭaiyāṉ Uyyavantāṉ tirune
⟨3⟩ […] ai [******] [u]ttama kālattil tiruvantikkāppu y-eṭuttāl tiruvaṭi viḷa⟨k⟩k¡i! Amutu ce¡v!taruḷa y-eṉ pērāl kaṭṭiṉa t(o)ṇṭ(ai)māṉ cantikku Amutupaṭi cāttuppaṭi Uḷḷi⟨ṭṭa⟩ […]
⟨4⟩ […] lil [tiru]vātavūr mutaliyārai y-eṉ pi⟨ṟa⟩nta nāḷ māta-v-āca(ṟu)ti y-avv¡a!t⟨ta⟩ttu nāḷ y-eḻuntaruḷuvikkavum tirumuṉpu tiruvācakam ōta niccayitta nimantattukkum nāṉ kārāṇ⟨m⟩ai […]
⟨5⟩ […] lē kārāṇmai y-āka-k kuṭutt[eṉ] y-ivvūril vīramaṅkalattil n[ā]yaṉār vīracekara y-īsvaram uṭaiyaṉārku payir p¿a?rtta nilattukku muṉpil āṇṭukaḷ kaṭamai y-iṟukkum paṭi (ka)[…]
⟨6⟩ [1 lost line]
⟨7⟩ […] ⟨kallilum cempi⟩(lu)m veṭṭi-k-koḷvat' ākavum Ippaṭi cammatittu piṭipāṭu paṇṇi-k kuṭuttē[ṉ] Āḷuṭaiya nāyaṉārkku ka[ṭa]m[ai]kaḷukku-t t[oṇṭai]māṉ Ippaṭikku Ivai
⟨8⟩ […] ku-p pa(c)cai viṉiyōkam eṉṟu vayyūr maṅkalattil nāṅ k(ai)koṇṭu potumavai y-uṇṭākilun toṇṭaimān cantikku Iṟaiyili y-āka cantirātittavaṟ celvatāka y-iṟai
⟨9⟩ […] Ippaṭikku Ivai mātavarāyaṉ Eḻuttu ௳ poṉakaṉ civakki Eḻuttu ௳ Ippaṭikkuc cīvatēva pāṭṭaṉ Eḻuttu ௳ Ippaṭikku ivai cīmāṟaṉ Eḻuttu ௳ [Ippaṭikku] kumaṇarāyaṉ Eḻuttu [௳]

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1986-87 (ARIE/1925-1926/B/1925/503).

This edition by Renato Dávalos, Margherita Trento, and G. Vijayavenugopal based on autopsy, photographs (N. Ramaswamy, R. Dávalos; M. Trento), and transcripts under the copyright of ASI, kindly supplied by the Director of Epigraphy, Mysore.

Primary

Irācu, Ce. 2008. Aṟantāṅki toṇṭaimāṉkaḷ. First. Ceṉṉai: Ulakat tamiḻārāycci niṟuvaṉam / International institute of Tamil studies. Page 51.

Secondary

ARIE 1986-87. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1986-87. Edited by Madhav N. Katti. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India, 1998. Page 22, item 503.

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