Quanzhou, installation of Tirukkāṉīccuramuṭaiya Nāyaṉār, Śaka year 1203 author of digital edition Emmanuel Francis European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Aubervilliers DHARMA_INSTamilOutsideTN80001.xml CC BY-SA 4.0 2019-2026 as per external metadata Installation of Tirukkāṉīccuramuṭaiya Nāyaṉār by Tavaccakkaravattikaḷ alias Campantapperumāḷ for the welfare of and with the authorisation Cekacaikāṉ.

No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō. There are several letters akwardly written. The record was possibly engraved by a local Chinese artisan not used to Tamil script.

Encoded in TEI/EpiDoc according to the DHARMA Encoding Guide for Documentary Editions, version 2

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Tamil Portion haraḥ svasti śriī

śagkāptbdaM 1000 2 100 3 vatu cittirai -c cittirai nāḷ

śriī-cekaceaikāṉ tiru-mēṉikku naṉ ṟāka Uṭaiyār tiru-k-kāṉiītacuram-uṭaiya nāyaṉārai Ēṟi-y-aruḷa-p paṇṇiṉār campatnta-p-perumāḷ āṉa tava-c-cakkaravattikaḷ

cekacaikāṉ paramāḷṉ paṭi

Chinese Portion

tirukkāṉiītacuramuṭaiya tirukkāṉīccuramuṭaiya
Tamil Portion

Hara! Prosperity! Fortune!

1203th Śaka year, month of Cittirai, day of cittirai.

For the welfare of the glorious body of the glorious Cekacai Kān, TavaccakkaravattikaḷLiterally: the emperor of asceticism. alias Campantapperumāḷ made, so that he graciously rises, the Lord nāyaṉār, lord of the Tirukkāṉīccuram.That is Tamil tiru-k-kān + Sanskrit īśvara, that is, “the glorious lord of the Kāṉ.”

Done according to a farmān of Cekacai Kān.

Chinese Portion

The Chinese portion starts at the end of the line 6 of the Tamil portion. It has been deciphered but its interpretation is not very clear. It might in fact not be related to the Tamil inscription. See .

Edited in , , . Translated in , .

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

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