Muttu Cilāpam grant, Śaka year 1461

Author of digital edition: Margherita Trento (matr).

Summary: This plate records the donation of part of the income of the pearl fisheries at Maṉṉār and Tūttukkuṭi to the temple in Āvuṭaiyārkōyil. The donor is allegedly Tirumalai Nāyakkar (r. 1623-1659), but the date on the plate (śaka 1461, A.D. 1539) does not correspond to the period of his reign.

Languages: Sanskrit (san) [Grantha (grantha)], Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)], Telugu (tel) [Telugu (telugu)].

Repository: Tiruvāvaṭutuṟai (tfa-tiruvavatuturai-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTiruvavatuturai00004.

File path: DHARMA_INSTiruvavatuturai00004.xml.

Version: 2026-06-01 20:16 (fe7f565), last modified 2026-05-27 11:31 (90403e8).

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⟨1r1=1⟩ ௳ muttu-c-cilāpa-p-paṭ=ṭayam ௳ civa-yōka-ṉāyaki tuṇai ௳
⟨1r2=2⟩ svasti śrī śā¡vī!vāhana-śakābdaṁ 1000 4 100 6 10 1
⟨1r3=3⟩ Āṇṭu viḷampi-ṉāma-saṃvascarattil Ut=tarā-
⟨1r4=4⟩ yaṇattil śaśira-ṛtuvil māgha-māsaṃ 10 4 ௳
⟨1r5=5⟩ kṛṣṇa-pakṣat=til śukra-vāramuṃ trayōdaśiyu=M śa-
⟨1r6=6⟩ ṣṭa-naṭcat=tiramum yuva-nāma-yōgamuṃ nā(na)var-karaṇa-
⟨1r7=7⟩ muṃ pe¡t=t!a makāśivarātri-puṇya-kālat=til pāṇṭi ma-
⟨1r8=8⟩ ṇṭalam teṭciṇa simmāsanādhipatiyāṉ śrī
⟨1r9=9⟩ matu yēlinavāru svāmi-y-avarkaḷ ceṅkōlē ra-
⟨1r10=10⟩ ṭcikki teṭciṇa pūmikki teṟkku veḷḷāt=tuk-
⟨1r11=11⟩ ku mēṟkku karuṃguḷam celam kāṃgeyamāṉa ma-
⟨1r12=12⟩ laikki kiḻakku Oḻukumalai malaiṅkaṉar karuṅ ku-
⟨1r13=13⟩ ḷam kaṉṉi varaikkum kiḻakku pāṇṭi maṇ-
⟨1r14=14⟩ ṭalam Aṉpattāṟu kartta⟨t⟩tuk=ku māvili vā-
⟨1r15=15⟩ ṇa-makār¡a!ca pāṇṭiya rāma rāma Atirācarāy-
⟨1r16=16⟩ ār Ēlunavār kaṟttākkaḷ avarkaḷ narapatipe-
⟨1r17=17⟩ ppai Eḻupattireṇṭu pāḷaiyat ta¿laṉa?vamāru-
⟨1r18=18⟩ kkum Oru-k-kuṭai-k-kī¡ḷ! ceṅkōl aracu cel¡u!t-
⟨1r19=19⟩ ti Aruḷu⟨m⟩ maturai Ātikkam uṭaiya makā-maṇṭa⌈-
⟨1r20=20⟩ lēcuvaramāṉ pācaikkum tappu varāta kaṇta-
⟨1r21=21⟩ ṉ muvarāya kaṇṭaṉ kaṇṭaṉāṭu koṇṭu koṇ-
⟨1r22=22⟩ ṭa ṉāṭu kuṭātāṉ pāṇṭi-maṇṭalam paramēcuvaraṉ
⟨1r23=23⟩ cō¡ḷa!maṇṭalam y-irupattiṉāṟ-k kātam uṭaiya
⟨1r24=24⟩ maṉṉarai maṭakki Oṭikki navacaiyāl nāṭca-
⟨1r25=25⟩ ya-kōṭṭam aṭakki Aracu kuṭuttu tērai=k= koḷḷu-
⟨1r26=26⟩ m padma-nābha muttu-cilāpam uṭaiya perumāṉ pē-
⟨1r27=27⟩ r atiya mā-malai para-rāca-rāca-muṉi maturai turait--
⟨1r28=28⟩ taṉam Aṣṭa-campaṉṉa-rācātirāyar tiṅkaḷ-c cut-
⟨1r29=29⟩ ta vaṅkiṣa piṟama-teṭcaṇā karaikki ceṅkōl uṭa-
⟨1r30=30⟩ ṉ c-cel¡i!tti y-aruḷum cuvāmiyār avarkaḷ-āṉa
⟨1r31=31⟩ śrī vicaiya kumāra muttureṅka cokkaliṅ-
⟨1r32=32⟩ ka tirumalai ṉāyakkar cuvāmiyār avarkaḷ tiruk-
⟨1r33=33⟩ karuṇai purintu svēta-natī-dakṣiṇa-tīram ākiya p-
⟨1r34=34⟩ āṇṭi-ṉāṭṭi¿s? miḻalai-k-kū¡tt!attil

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⟨1v1=35⟩ naṭuvil kū¡tt!am taṉiyūr brahmadeśaṃ pavitra-māṇikka--
⟨1v2=36⟩ m caturuvēda-maṅkalapuram Āti-kailāsa-śivapura
⟨1v3=37⟩ ukṣētram ākiya tirupperuntuṟaiyil viḷaṅkā
⟨1v4=38⟩ ṉiṉṟa brahma-viṣṇu-rudra-mahecuvara-catāciva-bindunā¡d!a-par-
⟨1v5=39⟩ āśaktikku mēl ākiya parāpara-nirāmaya-nirkkuṇa-nirāla-
⟨1v6=40⟩ mpa-niratisaya-Akhaṇṭākāra-saccidānanda-corūpa-co(ya)[m]
⟨1v7=41⟩ piṟakāsa-vastu-v-ākiya śrī-Ātmanātha-cuvāmiyar canni-
⟨1v8=42⟩ tāṉattukku ṉām nintam āka tāṉam paṇṇik kuṭuttatu ma-
⟨1v9=43⟩ ṉṉār muttu-c-cilāpattil Oru tōṇiyum Añcu kallum
⟨1v10=44⟩ tūttukkuṭi muttu-c-cilāpattil Oru tōṇiyum Añcu kal-
⟨1v11=45⟩ lum caṟuva-māṉṉiyam āka māci ௴m catu⟨r⟩ddaśiyil makā-śi-
⟨1v12=46⟩ va-rātri-puṇya-kālattil miṉāṭci-sundarēśvara-svāmi-san=nidhi-
⟨1v13=47⟩ yil svarṇapuṣkariṇi tīṟtakkaraiyil dāna-pūrvvamāka tāmpira
⟨1v14=48⟩ cātana-p-paṭṭayam paṇṇi-k-kuṭutta paṭiyiṉālē Ātitta-cantirar⟨ka⟩-
⟨1v15=49⟩ ḷ uḷḷa varaikkum Āṇṭu Aṉupavittuk koḷvārkaḷ ākavu-
⟨1v16=50⟩ m Inta-p paṭṭaya-p paṭikki paripālaṉam paṇṇi koṇṭa-
⟨1v17=51⟩ varkaḷ kāciyil keṇkaik karaiyilē kōṭi civa-
⟨1v18=52⟩ liṅka-piratiṣṭaiyum kōṭi viṣṇu-piratiṣṭaiyum kōṭi-
⟨1v19=53⟩ piṟama-piratiṣṭaiyum ceyta puṇṇiya-p pala(ṅka)ḷai peruva-
⟨1v20=54⟩ rkaḷ Itaṟkku yātorutar Akitam paṇṇiṉavarkaḷ ke-
⟨1v21=55⟩ ṅkaik karaiyilē kārāmpacuvai koṉṟa tōṣattilu-
⟨1v22=56⟩ m piṟama-kattiyum śrī-kattiyum cicu-kattiyum māturu-tu-
⟨1v23=57⟩ ṟokamum paṇṇiṉa tōṣattil pōkak kaṭavār ākavum ⌈-
⟨1v24=58⟩ cokkaliṅkam mīṉāṭci reṅkanāyakar Uccimalaippiḷḷaiya-
⟨1v25=59⟩ r māriyammaṉ paḻaṇi murukar potiya-māmalai Akattiya-
⟨1v26=60⟩ r rāmapattara-cuvāmi cīr-pātat=tiṉ āṇai tappātu yeluṉa-
⟨1v27=61⟩ vāru cuvāmiyavarkaḷ kompāṭum Oppam iṭṭu-t tām-
⟨1v28=62⟩ piṟa-cātaṉam Eḻuta-k kaṭṭaḷai y-iṭṭu maturai ṉāṭṭuk=ka-
⟨1v29=63⟩ ṇakku kōṉēriyappa-piḷ=ḷai kampapaka maṭalil va-
⟨1v30=64⟩ raintu kaṇṭa vācakattai-t tāmpira-p-paṭṭaya-
⟨1v31=65⟩ ttil veṭṭi varaintu Eḻutiṉēṉ maturai
⟨1v32=66⟩ c-cōmacunta¡r=ā!m ācāri ௳
⟨1v33=67⟩ cārraliṁgga tirumalanā
⟨1v34=68⟩ larunayasanāru
⟨1v35=69⟩ śrī manā * sahāmala *
⟨1v36=70⟩ sva-dattā⟨d⟩ dvi-guṇaṁ puṇyaṁ para-datt
⟨1v37=71⟩ ānupālanaṁ para-dattāpahāreṇa
⟨1v38=72⟩ sva-dattaṁ niṣphalaṁ bhaveT

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⟨1r1=1⟩ ௳ muttu-c-cilāpa-p-paṭ=ṭayam ௳ civa-yōka-ṉāyaki tuṇai ௳

⟨1r2=2⟩ svasti śrī

śā⟨li⟩vāhana-śakābdaṁ 1000 4 100 6 10 1 ⟨1r3=3⟩ Āṇṭu viḷampi-ṉāma-saṃvascarattil Ut=tarā⟨1r4=4⟩yaṇattil śaśira-ṛtuvil māgha-māsaṃ 10 4 ௳ ⟨1r5=5⟩ kṛṣṇa-pakṣat=til śukra-vāramuṃ trayōdaśiyu=M śa⟨1r6=6⟩ṣṭa-naṭcat=tiramum yuva-nāma-yōgamuṃ nā(na)var-karaṇa⟨1r7=7⟩muṃ pe⟨ṟ=ṟ⟩a makāśivarātri-puṇya-kālat=til

pāṇṭi ma⟨1r8=8⟩ṇṭalam teṭciṇa simmāsanādhipatiyāṉ śrī ⟨1r9=9⟩ matu yēlinavāru svāmi-y-avarkaḷ ceṅkōlē ra⟨1r10=10⟩ṭcikki teṭciṇa pūmikki teṟkku veḷḷāt=tuk⟨1r11=11⟩ku mēṟkku karuṃguḷam celam kāṃgeyamāṉa ma⟨1r12=12⟩laikki kiḻakku Oḻukumalai malaiṅkaṉar karuṅ ku⟨1r13=13⟩ḷam kaṉṉi varaikkum kiḻakku pāṇṭi maṇ⟨1r14=14⟩ṭalam Aṉpattāṟu kartta⟨t⟩tuk=ku māvili vā⟨1r15=15⟩ṇa-makār⟨ā⟩ca pāṇṭiya rāma rāma Atirācarāy⟨1r16=16⟩ār Ēlunavār kaṟttākkaḷ avarkaḷ narapatipe⟨1r17=17⟩ppai Eḻupattireṇṭu pāḷaiyat ta⟨lai⟩vamāru⟨1r18=18⟩kkum Oru-k-kuṭai-k-kī⟨ḻ⟩ ceṅkōl aracu cel⟨i⟩t⟨1r19=19⟩ti Aruḷu⟨m⟩ maturai Ātikkam uṭaiya makā-maṇṭa⌈⟨1r20=20⟩lēcuvaramāṉ pācaikkum tappu varāta kaṇta⟨1r21=21⟩ṉ muvarāya kaṇṭaṉ kaṇṭaṉāṭu koṇṭu koṇ⟨1r22=22⟩ṭa ṉāṭu kuṭātāṉ pāṇṭi-maṇṭalam paramēcuvaraṉ ⟨1r23=23⟩ cō⟨ḻa⟩maṇṭalam y-irupattiṉāṟ-k kātam uṭaiya ⟨1r24=24⟩ maṉṉarai maṭakki Oṭikki navacaiyāl nāṭca⟨1r25=25⟩ya-kōṭṭam aṭakki Aracu kuṭuttu tērai=k= koḷḷu⟨1r26=26⟩m padma-nābha muttu-cilāpam uṭaiya perumāṉ pē⟨1r27=27⟩r atiya mā-malai para-rāca-rāca-muṉi maturai turait-⟨1r28=28⟩taṉam Aṣṭa-campaṉṉa-rācātirāyar tiṅkaḷ-c cut⟨1r29=29⟩ta vaṅkiṣa piṟama-teṭcaṇā karaikki ceṅkōl uṭa⟨1r30=30⟩ṉ c-cel⟨u⟩tti y-aruḷum cuvāmiyār avarkaḷ-āṉa

⟨1r31=31⟩ śrī vicaiya kumāra muttureṅka cokkaliṅ⟨1r32=32⟩ka tirumalai ṉāyakkar cuvāmiyār avarkaḷ tiruk⟨1r33=33⟩karuṇai purintu

svēta-natī-dakṣiṇa-tīram ākiya p⟨1r34=34⟩āṇṭi-ṉāṭṭi⟨l⟩ miḻalai-k-kū⟨ṟṟ⟩attil ⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1v1=35⟩ naṭuvil kū⟨ṟṟ⟩am taṉiyūr brahmadeśaṃ pavitra-māṇikka-⟨1v2=36⟩m caturuvēda-maṅkalapuram Āti-kailāsa-śivapura ⟨1v3=37⟩ ukṣētram ākiya tirupperuntuṟaiyil viḷaṅkā ⟨1v4=38⟩ ṉiṉṟa brahma-viṣṇu-rudra-mahecuvara-catāciva-bindunā⟨th⟩a-par⟨1v5=39⟩āśaktikku mēl ākiya parāpara-nirāmaya-nirkkuṇa-nirāla⟨1v6=40⟩mpa-niratisaya-Akhaṇṭākāra-saccidānanda-corūpa-co(ya)[m] ⟨1v7=41⟩ piṟakāsa-vastu-v-ākiya śrī-Ātmanātha-cuvāmiyar canni⟨1v8=42⟩tāṉattukku

ṉām nintam āka tāṉam paṇṇik kuṭuttatu ma⟨1v9=43⟩ṉṉār muttu-c-cilāpattil Oru tōṇiyum Añcu kallum ⟨1v10=44⟩ tūttukkuṭi muttu-c-cilāpattil Oru tōṇiyum Añcu kal⟨1v11=45⟩lum caṟuva-māṉṉiyam āka māci ௴m catu⟨r⟩ddaśiyil makā-śi⟨1v12=46⟩va-rātri-puṇya-kālattil miṉāṭci-sundarēśvara-svāmi-san=nidhi⟨1v13=47⟩yil svarṇapuṣkariṇi tīṟtakkaraiyil dāna-pūrvvamāka tāmpira ⟨1v14=48⟩ cātana-p-paṭṭayam paṇṇi-k-kuṭutta paṭiyiṉālē

Ātitta-cantirar⟨ka⟩⟨1v15=49⟩ḷ uḷḷa varaikkum Āṇṭu Aṉupavittuk koḷvārkaḷ ākavu⟨1v16=50⟩m

Inta-p paṭṭaya-p paṭikki paripālaṉam paṇṇi koṇṭa⟨1v17=51⟩varkaḷ kāciyil keṇkaik karaiyilē kōṭi civa⟨1v18=52⟩liṅka-piratiṣṭaiyum kōṭi viṣṇu-piratiṣṭaiyum kōṭi⟨1v19=53⟩piṟama-piratiṣṭaiyum ceyta puṇṇiya-p pala(ṅka)ḷai peruva⟨1v20=54⟩rkaḷ Itaṟkku yātorutar Akitam paṇṇiṉavarkaḷ ke⟨1v21=55⟩ṅkaik karaiyilē kārāmpacuvai koṉṟa tōṣattilu⟨1v22=56⟩m piṟama-kattiyum śrī-kattiyum cicu-kattiyum māturu-tu⟨1v23=57⟩ṟokamum paṇṇiṉa tōṣattil pōkak kaṭavār ākavum

⌈⟨1v24=58⟩cokkaliṅkam mīṉāṭci reṅkanāyakar Uccimalaippiḷḷaiya⟨1v25=59⟩r māriyammaṉ paḻaṇi murukar potiya-māmalai Akattiya⟨1v26=60⟩r rāmapattara-cuvāmi cīr-pātat=tiṉ āṇai tappātu yeluṉa⟨1v27=61⟩vāru cuvāmiyavarkaḷ kompāṭum Oppam iṭṭu-t tām⟨1v28=62⟩piṟa-cātaṉam Eḻuta-k kaṭṭaḷai y-iṭṭu maturai ṉāṭṭuk=ka⟨1v29=63⟩ṇakku kōṉēriyappa-piḷ=ḷai kampapaka maṭalil va⟨1v30=64⟩raintu kaṇṭa vācakattai-t tāmpira-p-paṭṭaya⟨1v31=65⟩ttil veṭṭi varaintu Eḻutiṉēṉ maturai ⟨1v32=66⟩ c-cōmacunta⟨ra⟩m ācāri ௳

⟨1v33=67⟩ cārraliṁgga tirumalanā ⟨1v34=68⟩ larunayasanāru ⟨1v35=69⟩ śrī manā * sahāmala *

1. Anuṣṭubh

⟨1v36=70⟩ sva-dattā⟨d⟩ dvi-guṇaṁ puṇyaṁ

para-datt ⟨1v37=71⟩ ānupālanaṁ

para-dattāpahāreṇa

⟨1v38=72⟩ sva-dattaṁ niṣphalaṁ bhaveT

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⟨1r1=1⟩ ௳ muttu-c-cilāpa-p-paṭ=ṭayam ௳ civa-yōka-ṉāyaki tuṇai ௳

⟨1r2=2⟩ svasti śrī

śā¡vī!⟨li⟩vāhana-śakābdaṁ 1000 4 100 6 10 1 ⟨1r3=3⟩ Āṇṭu viḷampi-ṉāma-saṃvascarattil Ut=tarā⟨1r4=4⟩yaṇattil śaśira-ṛtuvil māgha-māsaṃ 10 4 ௳ ⟨1r5=5⟩ kṛṣṇa-pakṣat=til śukra-vāramuṃ trayōdaśiyu=M śa⟨1r6=6⟩ṣṭa-naṭcat=tiramum yuva-nāma-yōgamuṃ nā(na)var-karaṇa⟨1r7=7⟩muṃ pe¡t=t!⟨ṟ=ṟ⟩a makāśivarātri-puṇya-kālat=til

pāṇṭi ma⟨1r8=8⟩ṇṭalam teṭciṇa simmāsanādhipatiyāṉ śrī ⟨1r9=9⟩ matu yēlinavāru svāmi-y-avarkaḷ ceṅkōlē ra⟨1r10=10⟩ṭcikki teṭciṇa pūmikki teṟkku veḷḷāt=tuk⟨1r11=11⟩ku mēṟkku karuṃguḷam celam kāṃgeyamāṉa ma⟨1r12=12⟩laikki kiḻakku Oḻukumalai malaiṅkaṉar karuṅ ku⟨1r13=13⟩ḷam kaṉṉi varaikkum kiḻakku pāṇṭi maṇ⟨1r14=14⟩ṭalam Aṉpattāṟu kartta⟨t⟩tuk=ku māvili vā⟨1r15=15⟩ṇa-makār¡a!⟨ā⟩ca pāṇṭiya rāma rāma Atirācarāy⟨1r16=16⟩ār Ēlunavār kaṟttākkaḷ avarkaḷ narapatipe⟨1r17=17⟩ppai Eḻupattireṇṭu pāḷaiyat ta¿laṉa?⟨lai⟩vamāru⟨1r18=18⟩kkum Oru-k-kuṭai-k-kī¡ḷ!⟨ḻ⟩ ceṅkōl aracu cel¡u!⟨i⟩t⟨1r19=19⟩ti Aruḷu⟨m⟩ maturai Ātikkam uṭaiya makā-maṇṭa⌈⟨1r20=20⟩lēcuvaramāṉ pācaikkum tappu varāta kaṇta⟨1r21=21⟩ṉ muvarāya kaṇṭaṉ kaṇṭaṉāṭu koṇṭu koṇ⟨1r22=22⟩ṭa ṉāṭu kuṭātāṉ pāṇṭi-maṇṭalam paramēcuvaraṉ ⟨1r23=23⟩ cō¡ḷa!⟨ḻa⟩maṇṭalam y-irupattiṉāṟ-k kātam uṭaiya ⟨1r24=24⟩ maṉṉarai maṭakki Oṭikki navacaiyāl nāṭca⟨1r25=25⟩ya-kōṭṭam aṭakki Aracu kuṭuttu tērai=k= koḷḷu⟨1r26=26⟩m padma-nābha muttu-cilāpam uṭaiya perumāṉ pē⟨1r27=27⟩r atiya mā-malai para-rāca-rāca-muṉi maturai turait-⟨1r28=28⟩taṉam Aṣṭa-campaṉṉa-rācātirāyar tiṅkaḷ-c cut⟨1r29=29⟩ta vaṅkiṣa piṟama-teṭcaṇā karaikki ceṅkōl uṭa⟨1r30=30⟩ṉ c-cel¡i!⟨u⟩tti y-aruḷum cuvāmiyār avarkaḷ-āṉa

⟨1r31=31⟩ śrī vicaiya kumāra muttureṅka cokkaliṅ⟨1r32=32⟩ka tirumalai ṉāyakkar cuvāmiyār avarkaḷ tiruk⟨1r33=33⟩karuṇai purintu

svēta-natī-dakṣiṇa-tīram ākiya p⟨1r34=34⟩āṇṭi-ṉāṭṭi¿s?⟨l⟩ miḻalai-k-kū¡tt!⟨ṟṟ⟩attil ⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1v1=35⟩ naṭuvil kū¡tt!⟨ṟṟ⟩am taṉiyūr brahmadeśaṃ pavitra-māṇikka-⟨1v2=36⟩m caturuvēda-maṅkalapuram Āti-kailāsa-śivapura ⟨1v3=37⟩ ukṣētram ākiya tirupperuntuṟaiyil viḷaṅkā ⟨1v4=38⟩ ṉiṉṟa brahma-viṣṇu-rudra-mahecuvara-catāciva-bindunā¡d!⟨th⟩a-par⟨1v5=39⟩āśaktikku mēl ākiya parāpara-nirāmaya-nirkkuṇa-nirāla⟨1v6=40⟩mpa-niratisaya-Akhaṇṭākāra-saccidānanda-corūpa-co(ya)[m] ⟨1v7=41⟩ piṟakāsa-vastu-v-ākiya śrī-Ātmanātha-cuvāmiyar canni⟨1v8=42⟩tāṉattukku

Ātitta-cantirar⟨ka⟩⟨1v15=49⟩ḷ uḷḷa varaikkum Āṇṭu Aṉupavittuk koḷvārkaḷ ākavu⟨1v16=50⟩m

⟨1v33=67⟩ cārraliṁgga tirumalanā ⟨1v34=68⟩ larunayasanāru ⟨1v35=69⟩ śrī manā * sahāmala *

1. Anuṣṭubh

⟨1v36=70⟩ sva-dattā⟨d⟩ dvi-guṇaṁ puṇyaṁ

para-datt ⟨1v37=71⟩ ānupālanaṁ

para-dattāpahāreṇa

⟨1v38=72⟩ sva-dattaṁ niṣphalaṁ bhaveT

Translation

⟨1–2⟩ ....

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1986–87 (ARIE/1986-1987/A/1986-1987/59).

Edited in Kiruṣṇamūrtti 2000 (no. 34). This edition is not taken systematically into account since the editor regularly adapts Sanskrit words to Tamil spelling.

This by Margherita Trento (2024), based on EFEO photographs (2015).

Primary

[K] Kiruṣṇamūrtti, Ca. 2000. Tiruvāvaṭutuṟai ātīṉac ceppēṭu. Citamparam: Ā. Uṇṇāmalai. Page TBC, item TBC.

Secondary

ARIE 1986–87. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1986-87. Edited by Madhav N. Katti. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India, 1998. Page 27, item 59.

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pāṇṭi ma

<lb n="1r8=8" break="no"/>ṇṭalam teṭciṇa <hi rend="grantha">simmāsa</hi>nā<hi rend="grantha">dhipa</hi>tiyāṉ <hi rend="grantha">śrī</hi>

<lb n="1r9=9"/><hi rend="grantha">matu</hi> yēlinavā<hi rend="grantha">ru</hi> <hi rend="grantha">svāmi</hi>-y-avarkaḷ ceṅkōlē ra

<lb n="1r10=10" break="no"/>ṭcikki teṭciṇa pūmikki teṟkku veḷḷāt=tuk

<lb n="1r11=11" break="no"/>ku mēṟkku karu<hi rend="grantha">ṃgu</hi>ḷam celam kā<hi rend="grantha">ṃge</hi>yamāṉa ma

<lb n="1r12=12" break="no"/>laikki kiḻakku Oḻukumalai malaiṅkaṉar karuṅ ku

<lb n="1r13=13" break="no"/>ḷam kaṉṉi varaikkum kiḻakku pāṇṭi maṇ

<lb n="1r14=14" break="no"/>ṭalam Aṉpattāṟu kartta<supplied reason="omitted">t</supplied>tuk=ku māvili vā

<lb n="1r15=15" break="no"/>ṇa-makār<choice><orig>a</orig><reg>ā</reg></choice>ca pāṇṭiya rāma rāma Atirācarāy

<lb n="1r16=16" break="no"/>ār Ēlunavār kaṟttākkaḷ avarkaḷ narapatipe

<lb n="1r17=17" break="no"/>ppai Eḻu<hi rend="grantha">pa</hi>ttireṇṭu pāḷaiyat ta<choice><sic>laṉa</sic><corr>lai</corr></choice>vamāru

<lb n="1r18=18" break="no"/>kkum Oru-k-kuṭai-k-kī<choice><orig>ḷ</orig><reg>ḻ</reg></choice> ceṅkōl aracu cel<choice><orig>u</orig><reg>i</reg></choice>t

<lb n="1r19=19" break="no"/>ti Aruḷu<supplied reason="subaudible">m</supplied> maturai Ātikkam uṭaiya makā-maṇṭa⌈

<lb n="1r20=20" break="no"/>lēcuvaramāṉ pācaikkum tappu varāta kaṇta

<lb n="1r21=21" break="no"/>ṉ muvarāya kaṇṭaṉ kaṇṭaṉāṭu koṇṭu koṇ

<lb n="1r22=22" break="no"/>ṭa ṉāṭu kuṭātāṉ pāṇṭi-maṇṭalam paramēcuvaraṉ

<lb n="1r23=23"/>cō<choice><orig>ḷa</orig><reg>ḻa</reg></choice>maṇṭalam y-irupattiṉāṟ-k kātam uṭaiya

<lb n="1r24=24"/>maṉṉarai maṭakki Oṭikki navacaiyāl nāṭca

<lb n="1r25=25" break="no"/>ya-kōṭṭam aṭakki Aracu kuṭuttu tērai=k= koḷḷu

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<lb n="1r27=27" break="no"/>r atiya mā-malai para-rāca-rāca-muṉi maturai turait-

<lb n="1r28=28" break="no"/>taṉam A<hi rend="grantha">ṣṭa</hi>-campaṉṉa-rācātirāyar tiṅkaḷ-c cut

<lb n="1r29=29" break="no"/>ta vaṅki<hi rend="grantha">ṣa</hi> piṟama-teṭcaṇā karaikki ceṅkōl uṭa

<lb n="1r30=30" break="no"/>ṉ c-cel<choice><orig>i</orig><reg>u</reg></choice>tti y-aruḷum cuvāmiyār avarkaḷ-āṉa

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<lb n="1r31=31"/><hi rend="grantha">śrī</hi> vicaiya kumāra muttureṅka cokkaliṅ

<lb n="1r32=32" break="no"/>ka tirumalai ṉāyakkar cuvāmiyār avarkaḷ tiruk

<lb n="1r33=33" break="no"/>karuṇai purintu

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<hi rend="grantha">svē</hi>ta-natī-<hi rend="grantha">dakṣi</hi>ṇa-tīram ākiya p

<lb n="1r34=34" break="no"/>āṇṭi-ṉāṭṭi<choice><sic>s</sic><corr>l</corr></choice> miḻalai-k-kū<choice><orig>tt</orig><reg>ṟṟ</reg></choice>attil

<lb n="1v1=35"/>naṭuvil kū<choice><orig>tt</orig><reg>ṟṟ</reg></choice>am taṉiyūr <hi rend="grantha">brahmadeśaṃ</hi> <hi rend="grantha">pa</hi>vi<hi rend="grantha">tra</hi>-māṇikka-

<lb n="1v2=36" break="no"/>m caturuvē<hi rend="grantha">da</hi>-maṅkalapu<hi rend="grantha">ra</hi>m <hi rend="grantha">Āti-kailāsa-śi</hi>vapu<hi rend="grantha">ra</hi>

<lb n="1v3=37"/>u<hi rend="grantha">kṣētra</hi>m ākiya tirupperuntuṟaiyil viḷaṅkā

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<lb n="1v8=42" break="no"/>tāṉattukku

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ṉām nintam āka tāṉam paṇṇik kuṭuttatu ma

<lb n="1v9=43" break="no"/>ṉṉār muttu-c-cilāpattil Oru tōṇiyum Añcu kallum

<lb n="1v10=44"/>tūttukkuṭi muttu-c-cilāpattil Oru tōṇiyum Añcu kal

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<lb n="1v12=46" break="no"/>va-<hi rend="grantha">rātri-puṇya-kāla</hi>ttil <hi rend="grantha">miṉāṭci-sundarēśvara-svāmi-sa</hi>n=ni<hi rend="grantha">dhi</hi>

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<lb n="1v14=48"/>cātana-p-paṭṭayam paṇṇi-k-kuṭutta paṭiyiṉālē

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Ātitta-cantirar<supplied reason="omitted">ka</supplied>

<lb n="1v15=49" break="no"/>ḷ uḷḷa varaikkum Āṇṭu Aṉupavittuk koḷvārkaḷ ākavu

<lb n="1v16=50" break="no"/>m

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Inta-p paṭṭaya-p paṭikki paripālaṉam paṇṇi <hi rend="grantha">ko</hi>ṇṭa

<lb n="1v17=51" break="no"/>varkaḷ kāciyil keṇkaik karaiyilē kōṭi civa

<lb n="1v18=52" break="no"/>liṅka-pirati<hi rend="grantha">ṣṭai</hi>yum kōṭi vi<hi rend="grantha">ṣṇu</hi>-pirati<hi rend="grantha">ṣṭai</hi>yum kōṭi

<lb n="1v19=53" break="no"/>piṟama-pirati<hi rend="grantha">ṣṭai</hi>yum ceyta puṇṇiya-p pala<unclear>ṅka</unclear>ḷai peruva

<lb n="1v20=54" break="no"/>rkaḷ

Itaṟkku yātorutar Akitam paṇṇiṉavarkaḷ ke

<lb n="1v21=55" break="no"/>ṅkaik karaiyilē kārāmpacuvai koṉṟa tō<hi rend="grantha">ṣa</hi>ttilu

<lb n="1v22=56" break="no"/>m piṟama-kattiyum <hi rend="grantha">śrī</hi>-kattiyum cicu-kattiyum māturu-tu

<lb n="1v23=57" break="no"/><hi rend="grantha">ṟo</hi>kamum paṇṇiṉa tōṣattil pōkak kaṭavār ākavum

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⌈

<lb n="1v24=58" break="no"/>cokkaliṅkam mīṉāṭci reṅkanāyakar Uccimalaippiḷḷaiya

<lb n="1v25=59" break="no"/> r māriyammaṉ paḻaṇi murukar potiya-māmalai Akattiya

<lb n="1v26=60" break="no"/> r rāmapattara-cuvāmi cīr-pātat=tiṉ āṇai tappātu yeluṉa

<lb n="1v27=61" break="no"/>vāru cuvāmiyavarkaḷ kompāṭum Oppam iṭṭu-t tām

<lb n="1v28=62" break="no"/>piṟa-cātaṉam Eḻuta-k kaṭṭaḷai y-iṭṭu maturai ṉāṭṭuk=ka

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<lb n="1v30=64" break="no"/>raintu kaṇṭa vācakattai-t tāmpira-p-paṭṭaya

<lb n="1v31=65" break="no"/>ttil veṭṭi varaintu Eḻutiṉēṉ maturai

<lb n="1v32=66"/>c-cōmacunta<choice><orig>r=ā</orig><reg>ra</reg></choice>m ācāri <g ref="sym:tam-pillaiyarCuli" type="punctuation">.</g>

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<lb n="1v34=68"/>larunayasanāru

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