# Utayēntiram plates, time of Parāntaka I Cōḻa, year 15 Emmanuel Francis Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu01001 Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy) File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu01001.xml Language: Sanskrit [Grantha] Commit: 2026-11-15 15:59 (9615181), last modified 2026-09-29 11:10 (5251b7d) ## Palaeographic description No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ### Seal ⟨1⟩ prabhu-meru ### Plates: Sanskrit portion 1 of 2 ⟨Page 1r⟩ ⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1v1=1⟩ svasti śr¡i!⟨ī⟩ 1. Vasantatilakā yasy-āṣṭa-mū⟨r⟩ttir abhavat· svayam-arddha-mū⟨r⟩tti⟨r⟩ yyan-nābhi-paṁ⟨1v2=2⟩kaja-bh¿ū?⟨a⟩v¿o?⟨ā⟩ jagatāM prasūtiḥ yasy-āniśaM prathama-vāg vivr̥⟨1v3=3⟩ṇoti tatvaṁ sa śr¿i?⟨ī⟩-dharo diśatu viśva-pati⟨ḥ⟩ śriya¡M!⟨ṁ⟩ va⟨ḥ⟩ ||| ⟨1v4=4⟩ ... ⟨Page 2r⟩ ⟨2r1=8⟩ ... ⟨Page 2v⟩ ⟨2v1=15⟩ ... ⟨2v4=18⟩ ... 8. Svāgatā yaḥ pulo-mata⟨2v5=19⟩nayām iva śakraḥ parvvat-endra-tanujām iva śarvvaḥ kaiṭabh-ārir iva sāgara-ka⟨2v6=20⟩nyām keraḷ-eśvara-sutām upayeme ↝ ⟨Page 3r⟩ ⟨3r1=23⟩ ... ⟨3r7=29⟩ ... 12. Vasantatilakā yasy-ābhavat pravara-kāśyapa-vaṁśa-jo ’gre ka⟨3r8=30⟩ṇvo mahā-mun¿ī?⟨i⟩r analpa-tapaḥ prabhāva⟨ḥ⟩ ya⟨h⟩ siṁha-nandi-mahi⟨ma⟩-pra⟨3r9=31⟩tilabdha-v¿it?⟨r̥d⟩dhir ggaṁg-ānvayo vijayatāñ (ca) jayatāM vara(s saḥ) 13. Vasantatilakā ⟨Page 3v⟩ ⟨3v1=32⟩ śrī-vāsa-dhāmni kuvaḷāla-pure viśāle k(ā)ṇvāyanas sakala⟨3v2=33⟩-gaṅga-kul-ā¿t?⟨d⟩i-bhūtaḥ rāja babhūva bhuvi koṁkaṇ¿ī?⟨i⟩-nāmadhe⟨3v3=34⟩yo yo bāṇa-maṇḍala-jayāya kr̥t-ābhiṣeka⟨ḥ⟩ ↝ ⟨Page 4r⟩ ⟨4r1=40⟩ ⟨Page 4v⟩ ⟨4v1=48⟩ ⟨Page 5r⟩ ⟨5r1=56⟩ ⟨Page 5v⟩ ⟨5v1=64⟩ ṇā nr̥ipeṇa ↝ 25. Vasantatilakā puṇyaṁ samaṁ kr̥itavatāM parirakṣatāñ ca ta⟨5v2=65⟩d raksat=eti sa parāntaka Eka-vīra⟨ḥ⟩ Āgāmina⟨ḥ⟩ kṣiti-patin· ⟨5v3=66⟩ praṇamaty ajasram mūrddhnā sm¿ā?⟨a⟩r-āri-caraṇ-āMbuja-śekhareṇa ∥ 26. Anuṣṭubh ⟨5v4=67⟩ bhūmiṁ sa dattavān asmai ka¿ṭ?⟨ḍ⟩aikkoṭṭūr iti śrutāM Udayendu-caturvve⟨5v5=68⟩di- maṁgalāya ca pārtthiva⟨ḥ⟩ 27. Anuṣṭubh Atra vidyādh¿i?⟨a⟩rī-paṭṭi⟨r⟩ ddeva-paṭṭir iti ⟨5v6=69⟩ śrutaM Etat paṭṭi-dvayaṁ pūrvvaṁ bhujyamānan digam¿p?⟨b⟩araiḥ 28. Anuṣṭubh dvayam eta¿t·?⟨d⟩ ⟨5v7=70⟩ vihāyātra dattavāṁś ca sa pārtthivaḥ Eta¿t·?⟨d⟩ dvayaṁ prasiddhaṁ hi pūrvvaṁ ⟨5v8=71⟩ kṣapaṇak-ānvitaM ### Plates: Tamil portion ⟨Page 5v⟩ ⟨5v8=71⟩ matirai koṇṭa kō-p-parakēsarivarmmaṟku yāṇṭu ⟨Page 6r⟩ ⟨6r1=72⟩ patiṉ aint-āvataṟku cempiyaṉ māvalivāṇarāyar viṇṇappattā⟨6r2=73⟩ṟ perumāṉaṭikaḷ tam pērāṟ ceyta brahmadeyam paṭuvūr-k-kōṭṭattu mēl-aṭai⟨6r3=74⟩yāṟu-nāṭṭu-k kaṭai-k-koṭṭūrai Udayacantira-maṅkalattoṭēy kūṭa vīra-nārāyaṇa-c-ceri⟨6r4=75⟩y-eṉṟu brahmadeyañ ceytamaiyill itaṟku-k - kīḻ-pāṟk’ ellai pālāṟṟiṉ ki⟨6r5=76⟩ḻakkil iṭaiyāṟṟukkollaiyiṉ kīḻai yālamumm itaṉ teṟku nōkki-c ce⟨6r6=77⟩lla marutumm itaṉ ṟeṟku nōkki-c cella viṇṇamaṅkalattār-ērik⟨6r7=78⟩ku-p pāynta vayirakkālun - teṉ-kīḻ-pāṟk’ ellai pālāṟun - teṉ-pāṟk’ el⟨6r8=79⟩lai Eṭṭippuñciyumm itaṉ mēṟku nōkki y-ēṟi-c ciṟṟariyūr-p-pāḻiṉ vaṭa⟨6r9=80⟩kkiṟ paḷḷamumm itaṉ mēṟku nōkki y-ēṟa viṇṇa-p-puliyaṉ-ēriyiṉ kīḻ⟨6r10=81⟩kaṭaikkompiṉ ālamumm itaṉ mēṟku nōkki y-ēṟa neṭuṅ-kaḷar muṭa-vem(pu)⟨Page 6v⟩⟨6v1=82⟩mm itaṉ mēṟk’ ēṟap puṉaṟceṭumm itaṉ mēṟk’ eṟa Iṇṭaṅkuṟukkiyiṉ ⟨6v2=83⟩ teṟkiṟ p¿(ū)?⟨u⟩talumm itaṉ mēṟk’ ēṟa periya malai-y-aḷavum - mēl-pāṟk’ e⟨6v3=84⟩llai Olikkum pāṟaiyumm itaṉ vaṭakku nōkki-c ceṉṟu mu-p-peṇ⟨6v4=85⟩ṭirkuṟukkiyumm itaṉ vaṭakku nōkki-c ceṉṟu kutirai-vaṭiyumm i⟨6v5=86⟩taṉ - vaṭa-pāṟk’ ellai y-atiyamāṉ-muṇṭaiyumm itaṉ kiḻakku ⟨6v6=87⟩ nōkki y-iḻiyap piṭāmpuḻaiyumm itaṉ kiḻakku nōkki y-iḻiya⟨6v7=88⟩-k kurāṅkuṭṭaiyumm itaṉ kiḻakku nokki y-iḻiya v-or-erumai-c-cariyumm i⟨6v8=89⟩taṉ kiḻakku nōkki y-iḻiya kaṅkāyaṉ-ēri vaṭakkil ālattōṭ’ aṭai mēṭumm i⟨6v9=90⟩taṉ kiḻakku nōkki y-iḻiya periya kaṉṉarampumm itaṉ kiḻakku nōkki y-iḻiya-k⟨6v10=91⟩kallāli-y-ōṭ’ aṭai-p paṭar pāṟaiyumm itaṉ kiḻakku nōkki y-iḻiya periya turi⟨Page 7r⟩⟨7r1=92⟩ñcilumm itaṉ kiḻakku nōkki y-iḻiya-p paṭar pāṟaiyumm itaṉ kiḻakku nōkki⟨7r2=93⟩y-iḻiya turiñcilōṭ’ aṭai-k kaṟkuṟumpumm itaṉ kiḻakku nōkki y-iḻiya moṭṭai⟨7r3=94⟩-k-kuṟukkiyiṉ vaṭa-mēṟkiṟ ṟaṇa-k-koṭṭai-k-kuṭṭaiyum moṭṭai-k-kuṟukkiyiṉ ⟨7r4=95⟩ mattakattu-p paṭar pāṟaiyumm itaṉ kiḻakku nōkki y-iḻiya-k kārai kaṭaṟumm ita⟨7r5=96⟩ṉ kiḻakku nōkki y-iḻiya-p pālāṟṟ’ aḷavum Ip-paricu nāṭṭaikkūṭṭi nila⟨7r6=97⟩naṭappittu-k kalluṅ kaḷḷiyu nāṭṭi paḻam paḷḷiccantam-āṉa viccā⟨7r7=98⟩tiripaṭṭiyun tēvarpaṭṭiyum-āṉa Ivv-iraṇṭu paṭṭiyu⟨m⟩ nīkki In-nāṟ-pāl-el⟨7r8=99⟩laiyuḷḷum Uṇṇilam oḻiv’ iṉṟi Āyirappuraviṉāl Utaya⟨ca⟩ntiramaṅka⟨7r9=100⟩lattāṟkēy kūṭa Ip-paricēy Aṟai-y-ōlai-p-paṭi śāsaṉañ ceyvittu-k⟨7r10=101⟩kuṭuttēṉ cempiyaṉ māvalivāṇarāyaṉ-ēṉ ### Plates: Sanskrit portion 2 of 2 ⟨Page 7r⟩ ⟨7r10=101⟩ On namo nārāyaṇāya (∥) ⟨Page 7v⟩ ## Bibliography Edited and translated in Hultzsch 1895 (SII 2.76), with visual documentation. This edition by Emmanuel Francis. ### Primary [SII] Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1895. South-Indian inscriptions: Tamil inscriptions of Rajaraja, Rajendra-chola, and others in the Rajarajesvara temple at Tanjavur. Volume II, Part III: Supplement to the first and second volumes. South Indian Inscriptions 2.3. Madras: Government Press. Pages 375–390, item 76.