Tirukkaḷar plate, time of Rājādhirāja, year 31

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: A single copper plate found in a group of five copper plates of the Parijātavaneśvara temple of Tirukkaḷar, found altogether strung on a copper ring. Records a donation of land for the expenses of two officiating Brahmins. Time of Rājādhirāja I Cōḻa.

Palaeographic description: No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō. Medial i and ī interchangeable. n and ñ interchangeable.

Language: Undetermined (und) [Grantha (grantha), Latin (latin)].

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu01015.

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu01015.xml.

Version: 2026-02-14 13:04 (ff8fbf7), last modified 2026-02-14 13:04 (ff8fbf7).

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⟨1⟩ v¡i!ra-pāṇṭi⟨ya⟩ṉ ṟalaiyum cerala⟨ṉ⟩ cālaiyu⟨m⟩ Ilaṅkaiyum taṇṭāṟ koṇṭa kō-Irāja-(kē)-
⟨2⟩ cari-pa(n)mar-ā¡n!a Uṭaiyār śrī-rājādhirāja-deva⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu 3 10 1 Āvatu Araiya(ṉ) nākaraiyaṉ-ā¡n!a
⟨3⟩ mahipāla-kula-kāla-p-peraiya(ṉ-ā)¡n!a tiru-maṇa{p}-p-piccaṉ Uṭaiyārkku muṉpu tiru-v-ār¿a?t¿i?ṉai ce-
⟨4⟩ yum pirāmaṇa¡n! Oruvaṉum tiru-maṇa{ṭa}-p-piccaṉ c¡ē!ta ¡ṉ!ivan=taṅ koṇṭu ceyum pirāma-
⟨5⟩ ṇaṉ Oruvaṉum āka Iruvark=ku <nāḷ> 1~k=ku <tūṇi> <kuṟuṇi> Āka <nāḷ> 3 100 6 10k=ku <kalam> 100 5 10 (7) k=kuviṭṭani 1 1/4 Itu
⟨6⟩ Aḻipp¿a?r tiruvāṇai ||<triangle>

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Apparatus

⟨3⟩ tiruvār¿a?⟨a⟩t¿i?⟨a⟩ṉai ⬦ tiruva⟨r⟩rātiṉai SII.

⟨5⟩ 3 100 6 10k=ku • The numbers 100 and 6 are quite similar. — ⟨5⟩ <kalam> 100 5 10 (7)k=kuviṭṭani ⬦ I 100 5 10 Eḷak=kuviṭṭani SII.

Bibliography

Edited and translated in Krishna Sastri 1929 (SII 3.208), with visual documentation.

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis based on Krishna Sastri 1929 and therein published visual documentation.

Primary

[SII] Krishna Sastri, H. 1929. South-Indian inscriptions. Volume III, Part IV: Copper-plate grants from Sinnamanur, Tirukkalar and Tiruchchengodu. Including title page, preface, table of contents, list of plates, addenda and corrigenda, introduction and index of Volume III. South Indian Inscriptions 3.4. Calcutta: Government of India, Central Publication Branch. Pages 465–469, item 207.

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