Quanzhou, installation of Tirukkāṉīccuramuṭaiya Nāyaṉār, Śaka year 1203

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Installation of Tirukkāṉīccuramuṭaiya Nāyaṉār by Tavaccakkaravattikaḷ alias Campantapperumāḷ for the welfare of and with the authorisation Cekacaikāṉ.

Palaeographic description: No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: Tamil Outside of Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamil-outside-TN-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilOutsideTN80001.

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Version: 2026-01-26 16:22 (e122feb), last modified 2026-01-26 16:22 (e122feb).

Edition

⟨1⟩ haraḥ svasti śrī śa¡g!ā¡pt!aM 1000 2 100 3 vatu cittirai-
⟨2⟩ -c cittirai nāḷ śrī-cekac¿ē?kāṉ tiru-mēṉikk(u) naṉ-
⟨3⟩ ṟāka Uṭaiyār tiru-k-k(ā)ṉ¿i?(cu)ram-uṭaiya nāyaṉārai
⟨4⟩ Ēṟi-y aruḷa-p paṇṇiṉār campa(n)tap perumāḷ-
⟨5⟩ āṉa tava-c-cakkaravattikaḷ _ cekacaikāṉ paramā¿ḷ?
⟨6⟩ paṭi …

Translation

⟨1⟩ Hara! Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–2⟩ 1203th Śaka year, [month of] Cittirai, day of cittirai.

⟨2–5⟩ For the welfare of the glorious body of the glorious Cekacai Kān, Tavaccakkaravattikaḷ¹ alias Campantapperumāḷ made, so that he graciously rises, the Lord (nāyaṉār), lord of the Tirukkāṉīccuram.²

⟨6⟩ [Done] according to a farmān of Cekacai Kān.

…

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This edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on published visual documentation.

Notes

1. Literally the emperor of asceticism.
2. That is Tamil tiru-k-kān + Sanskrit īśvara, that is, “the glorious lord of the Kāṉ.”

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