# Karantai Tamil Caṅkam plates, time of Rājendra I Cōḻa, year 8 Emmanuel Francis Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu01006 Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy) File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu01006.xml Languages: Sanskrit [Grantha], Tamil [Grantha, Tamil] Commit: 2026-11-15 15:59 (9615181), last modified 2026-11-12 15:29 (6c94bca) ## Palaeographic description No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ### Seal ⟨1⟩ ... ### Plates: Sanskrit Portion ⟨Page 1r⟩ ⟨1r1=1⟩ svasti śrī ... ⟨1r2=2⟩ ⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1v1=23⟩ ⟨Page 2r⟩ ⟨2r1=46⟩ ⟨Page 2v⟩ ⟨2v1=68⟩ ⟨Page 3r⟩ ⟨3r1=90⟩ ⟨Page 3v⟩ ⟨3v1=112⟩ ... ⟨3v12=123⟩ ... 73. Vasantatilakā Āgāmino nara-pat¿i?⟨ī⟩n abhi¿v?⟨y⟩āca⟨3v13=124⟩te sau rājendra-coḷa-nr̥patir nnamit-ottam-āṅgaḥ grāmo ’yam astu paripālya Iti pratīta- -namr-āvan-īndra-⟨3v14=125⟩makuṭ-ollasad-aṁghripīṭhaḥ ∥ 74. Praharṣiṇī grāmo ’yaM vividha-makha-jvalat·-kr̥śānu- -jvālābhiḥ prakaṭita-divya-puṇya-mārggaḥ Ā⟨3v15=126⟩kalpam vilasatu sat·-path-opadeśa- -vyāpāra-sthira-mati-bhūsur-opasevyaḥ ∥ 75. Sragdharā trailoky-āṇḍ-ātirikta-sva⟨3v16=127⟩-guṇa-maṇi-gaṇas sarva-śāstr-ātirikta- -prajñaḥ prajña⟨ḥ⟩ kalāsu kṣiti-pati-makuṭa-śreṇi-ghr̥ṣṭ-āṁghri-pīṭhaḥ śrī⟨3v17=128⟩mān· rājendra-coḷa⟨s⟩ sphurad-uru-mahima-stutya-paryyāpta-kāvyaḥ pāyād ā- candra-tāraM sakala-vasumatī-maṇḍalaṁ ⟨3v18=129⟩ khaṇḍit-āri⟨ḥ⟩ ∥ 76. Anuṣṭubh śaṁkar-ār¿iy?⟨y⟩>-ātmajen=edaM pārśva-grama-nivāsinā nārāyaṇena kavinā śāsanaṁ śāśvataM kr̥taM ⟨3v19=130⟩ tri-bhuvana-mahā-devi-mahācā⟨r⟩yyo rājendra-siṁha-per-ācāryyaś ca śāsanam idam alikha⟨3v20=131⟩tāM śilp-āgama-tatva-kuṣalau dvau ↝ ↝ ↝ ↝ ### Plates: Tamil Portion 1 of 2 ⟨Page 1r⟩ ⟨1r1=1⟩ svasti śrī ∥ ... ⟨1r2=2⟩ ⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1v1=25⟩ ⟨Page 2r⟩ ⟨2r1=49⟩ ⟨Page 2v⟩ ⟨2v1=73⟩ ⟨Page 3r⟩ ⟨3r1=97⟩ ⟨Page 3v⟩ ⟨3v1=121⟩ ⟨Page 4r⟩ ⟨4r1=145⟩ ⟨Page 4v⟩ ⟨4v1=169⟩ ⟨Page 5r⟩ ⟨5r1=193⟩ ⟨Page 5v⟩ ⟨5v1=217⟩ ⟨Page 6r⟩ ⟨6r1=241⟩ ⟨Page 6v⟩ ⟨6v1=265⟩ ⟨Page 7r⟩ ⟨7r1=289⟩ ⟨Page 7v⟩ ⟨7v1=314⟩ ⟨Page 8r⟩ ⟨8r1=338⟩ ⟨Page 8v⟩ ⟨8v1=362⟩ ⟨Page 9r⟩ ⟨9r1=386⟩ ⟨Page 9v⟩ ⟨9v1=410⟩ ⟨Page 10r⟩ ⟨10r1=434⟩ ⟨Page 10v⟩ ⟨10v1=458⟩ ... ⟨Page 22v⟩ ⟨22v1=1036⟩ ... ⟨22v7=1042⟩ t=ta-maṅkagalam-uṭaiyāṉ Araiya¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ rājarāja¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-āṉa vikrama-cōḻa-c-cōḻiya-v-arai⟨ya⟩ṉu ### Plates: Tamil Portion 2 of 2 = list of donees ⟨Page 1r⟩ ⟨1r1=1⟩ svasti śrī ∥ nittavinōta-vaḷanāṭṭu v¡i!⟨ī⟩racōḻa-vaḷanāṭṭu tribhuvaṉa-mahādevi-c-caturvvedimaṅkalattu⟨1r2=2⟩-p paṅku peṟṟār ∥ rājendra-siṃha-vaḷanāṭṭu-t taṉiyūr v¡i!⟨ī⟩ra-nārāyaṇa-c-caturvvedi-maṅgalattu bhā⟨1r3=3⟩¿ra?⟨r⟩ggava-gotrattu Āśvalāyaṉa-sūtrattu Iṟaiyāṉaraicūr matisūtaṉa-yajña-p-piriya-bhaṭṭaṉukku-p pa⟨1r4=4⟩ṅk’ oṉṟu ∥ ... ⟨Page 31v⟩⟨31v1=1399⟩...⟨31v5=1403⟩... kaṇakka-p-paṅku ... ⟨31v14=1412⟩karattaṉ veṅkāṭaṉukku kaṇakka-p-paṅk’ oṉṟu ∥ kāviti-paṅku nityavinōta-vaḷanāṭṭu muṭiccōṇā⟨31v15=1413⟩ṭṭu ... ⟨31v19=1417⟩... uvacca-p-paṅku ... ⟨Page 32r⟩⟨32r1=1418⟩ ⟨31r9=1426⟩... nāvica-p-paṅku ... ⟨Page 32v⟩ ⟨32v1=1439⟩ ... ⟨32v8=1446⟩ ... ¿mimāṅśa?⟨mimāṃsā⟩a⟨32v9=1447⟩-paṭṭa-vr̥tti nilam ¡Aiy!⟨Ai⟩-vēli ∥ vēdan=ta-bhaṭṭa-virutti nilam ¡Aiy!⟨Ai⟩-vēli ∥ vyākaraṇa-p-paṭṭa-virutti-nila⟨m⟩ nal vē⟨32v10=1448⟩li ∥ paviḻiya-k-kiṭ¿a?⟨ai⟩-p-puṟattukku nilam Iru vēli ∥ taitti⟨ri⟩ya-k-kiṭai-p-puṟam nilam Iru vēli ∥ vājasanē⟨32v11=1449⟩ya-k-kiṭai-p-puṟam Iru vēli ∥ ¡san=tōha!⟨chandoga⟩-k-kiṭai-p-puṟam nilam Iru vēli ∥ A¡dh!⟨th⟩arvva-k-kiṭai-p-puṟam nilam Iru ⟨v⟩ē⟨32v12=1450⟩li ∥ talav¡u!⟨a⟩(kara-k-ki)ṭai-p-puṟam nilam Iru vēli ∥ rūpāvatāra-k-kiṭai-p-puṟam nilam Iru vēli ∥ smr̥ti-mūla⟨32v13=1451⟩-gran¡dh!⟨th⟩am Ōtuvippaṉukku nilam Iru vēli ∥ bhāratam vācippāṉukku nilam Iru vēli ∥ Ampalam (m)e⟨32v14=1452⟩ḻuki-t toṭṭi-niṟaiccu-t taṇṇ¡i!⟨ī⟩r aṭṭuvāṉukku nilam Iru vēli ∥ viṣa-bhogattukku nilam Iru vēli ∥ kucava⟨32v15=1453⟩rkku nilam vēli ∥ t¿(ai)?⟨a⟩ccar kollarkku nilam vēli ∥ Ivv-ūr śāsaṉam veṭṭi pū¿rjj?⟨j⟩ai⟨32v16=1454⟩y-aḵa-p peṟra kāṣthakāri kr̥ṣṇaṉ araṅkan-āṉa tribhuvaṉa-mahā-devi-p-pēr-ācāriyaṉukku-t tuṇi ⟨32v17=1455⟩ nilam vēli ∥ Ivv-ūr śāsaṉam veṭṭi pū¡jj!⟨j⟩ai y-aḵa-p peṟṟa kāṣṭhakāri Ārāvamutu-puruṣo⟨32v18=1456⟩t=tamaṉ-āṉa rājendrasiṃha-p-pēr-ācāriyaṉukku-t tuṇi nilam vēli ∥ ௳ ௳ ∥ ௳ ௳ ## Apparatus ### Plates: Sanskrit Portion ⟨124⟩ paripālaya ⬦ paripālya K. ### Plates: Tamil Portion 2 of 2 = list of donees ⟨1455⟩ Ārāvamutu ⬦ Ārāvamadu K. ## Commentary ### Plates: Sanskrit Portion Nārāyaṇa, the poet of the present Sanskrit praśasti, is also that of the Ecālam plates. Compare stanzas 73 and 76 here with stanzas 33-34 of the Ecālam plates. ### Plates: Tamil Portion 1 of 2 ⟨1042⟩ vikrama-cōḻa-c-cōḻiya-v-arai⟨ya⟩ṉu. Stops short here. ## Bibliography Edited and translated in Krishnan 1984, with visual documentation. This edition by Emmanuel Francis based on Krishnan 1984 and visual documentation therein. ### Primary [K] Krishnan, K.G. 1984. Karandai Tamil Sangam plates of Rajendrachola I. New Delhi, Inde: Archaeological Survey of India.