# Āvuṭaiyārkōyil, Ādikailāsanāthasvāmin temple, time of Kulottuṅga III,
year 34

Margherita Trento and Renato Dávalos

Authors of digital edition: Margherita Trento, Renato Dávalos

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00733

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00733.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-15 15:59 (9615181), last modified 2026-10-15 16:24
(1985099)

## Summary

ARIE: Records the royal order, communicated through the feudatory
Kalvāyi-Nāḍāḻvāṉ, remitting the taxes due on a village called Karuṅkāḍu
alias Śaṅkaranārāyaṇa-maṅgalam, a dēvadāna of the temple of
Śrī-Kuvalayachandira-yīśvaram-uḍaiya-Nāyaṉār of Śrī-Kayilāsam at
Tirupperunduṟai alias Pavitramāṇikka-chaturvēdimaṅgalam.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

kal⟨2⟩[v]āyi nāṭāḻvā [3+]⟨3⟩lai tirupperu(n)⟨4⟩tuṟai-y-ā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a
pavi⟨5⟩tra-māṇikka-c-catu⟨6⟩rvēti-maṅkalat⟨7⟩tu śrī kayilāsa⟨8⟩t=tu(ku
va)laya-can⟨9⟩tira-y-¿i?⟨ī⟩śvaram {m}u⟨10⟩ṭaiya nāya¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ā⟨11⟩r kōyilil
de⟨12⟩varkaṉmikaḷum ⟨13⟩ śrī-kāriyañ ce⟨14⟩yvārkaḷum śrī⟨15⟩māheśvara-k
ka⟨16⟩ṇkāṇi cey⟨17⟩yvārkaḷum kaṇ⟨18⟩ṭu y-iṉṉāya¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ār ⟨19⟩ devatāṉamāy
y-i⟨20⟩ṟai y-iṟuttu va⟨21⟩rukiṟa kaṟu⟨22⟩ṅkāṭu
caṅkara-nāra⟨23⟩āyaṇa-maṅ⟨24⟩kalam tiripu⟨25⟩va¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a
v¿i?⟨ī⟩radeva⟨26⟩ṟku yāṇ⟨27⟩ṭu muppattu ⟨28⟩ nāl āvatu mu⟨29⟩tal
y-iṉṉā⟨30⟩ya¡n!⟨ṉ⟩āṟku n⟨31⟩āṭṭ’ ellai⟨32⟩muṉpu y-ill⟨33⟩ā maiyāl
ta⟨34⟩vintōm y-i⟨35⟩vvāṇṭu mu⟨36⟩tal candraditta⟨37⟩vaṟ celvat’ ā⟨38⟩ka
kallilum⟨39⟩cempilum ve⟨40⟩ṭṭi-k ko⟨41⟩ḷka y-ivai ⟨42⟩
v¿i?⟨ī⟩ra-nārayaṇa⟨43⟩muvēnta-ve⟨44⟩ḷāṉ Eḻut⟨45⟩tu Uttama ⟨46⟩ cōḻa
mu⟨47⟩vēnta-(v)e⟨48⟩ḷān Eḻut⟨49⟩tu

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Hail! Prosperity!

⟨2–3⟩ Kalvāyi-Nāḍāḻvāṉ [has ordered the following]:

⟨3–18⟩ The temple officers (tēvarkaṉmi), the temple administrators
(śrīkāryam ceyvar), and the superintendents of the Śaivas (śrīmaheśvara
kaṇkāṇi) at the Śrī Kailāsa temple of the Lord Valayacantirayīśvaram,
located in the Pavitra-caturvedi-maṅgalam, alias Tirupperuntuṟai, have
supervised ⟨this⟩.

⟨18–29⟩ Karuṅkāṭu Saṅkaranārāyaṇa-maṅgalam village, as a devadāna for
this god, and from which taxes are to be exempted exempted (iṟai iṟuttu
varukiṟa) from the 34th regnal year of king Tribhuvana Vīradeva (i.e.,
Kulottuṅga III).

⟨29–41⟩ Because previously (muṉpu) there were no (illāmai) territorial
boundaries (nāṭṭu ellai) for this god, starting from this year onwards,
let this be engraved (veṭṭikoḷka) on copper and stone, as long as the
sun and the moon endure.

⟨41–49⟩ These [are the signatories]: [This is] the writing of
Vīranārāyaṇa Mūvēntavēḷāṇ. [This is] the writing of Uttamacōḻa
Mūvēntavēḷāṇ.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1925–26 (ARIE/1925-1926/B/1925/508).

Edited in Avanam (Āvaṇam 27.15).

This digital edition by Margherita Trento and Renato Dávalos based on
ASI transcripts and estampages kindly supplied (2026) by the Director of
Epigraphy in Mysore and on Avanam.

### Primary

Avanam

### Secondary

ARIE 1925–26. Annual report on South-Indian epigraphy for the year
ending 31st March 1926. Edited by G. Venkoba Rao. Calcutta: Government
of India, 1927. Page 22, item 503.