Saint-Pierre de la Réunion, temple des Casernes, fondation of Māriyammaṉ temple
Version: (a35c05d), last modified (9d7e3e7).
Edition
⟨1⟩ 1000 8 100 (2) 10 7 cit-
⟨2⟩ tirai (௴) 7 (௳) m¿a?riyam-
⟨3⟩ ma¡n! kōv¡ī!l vē(ṅ)-
⟨4⟩ ka¡ṭ=ṭ!a-reṭṭi(yar) [*****]
⟨5⟩ [**] tammattālē kaṭṭa-
⟨6⟩ -p-paṭṭatu
Apparatus
⟨1⟩ 1000 8 100 (2) 10 7 • The figure "2" is of an unstandard form, which looks like a piḷḷaiyār cuḻi.
⟨2⟩ (௴) • Unstandard form.
⟨3⟩ (௳) • Unstandard form.
Translation
⟨1–2⟩ 1827, month of Cittirai, date 7.
⟨2–6⟩ The Māriyammaṉ temple has been constructed (kaṭṭappaṭṭatu) through the pious act (tammattālē1) ⟨of⟩ Vēṅkaṭa Reṭṭiyar […].
Translation into French
⟨1–2⟩ 1827, mois de Cittirai, date 7.
⟨2–6⟩ Le temple de Māriyammaṉ a été construit suite à l’acte pieux (tammattālē2) ⟨de⟩ Vēṅkaṭa Reṭṭiyar […].
Bibliography
This edition by Emmanuel Francis and Darlini Canabady Moutien, based on autopsy (2025), photos and estampages (E. Francis, 2025). Thanks to Renato Davalos and Margherita Trento for their suggestions.
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1827, month of Cittirai, date 7.
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1827, mois de Cittirai, date 7.
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<p>This edition by Emmanuel Francis and Darlini Canabady Moutien, based on autopsy (2025), photos and estampages (<ref target="https://didomena.ehess.fr/concern/data_sets/p2677481n">E. Francis, 2025</ref>). Thanks to Renato Davalos and Margherita Trento for their suggestions.</p>
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Commentary
⟨1⟩ The era of the year 1827 is not specified and this millesime is not followed, as one would expect, by a symbol for year. In the context of production of the inscription (colonial La Réunion, antiquity of the Māriyammaṉ temple), it appears that the date is in the common era and not in the Śaka era as one would expect in a inscription from Tamil Nadu itself. It thus appears to correspond, as kindly confirmed to us by Marco Franceschini, to April 18, 1827.