# Cāttūr, Neṉmēṉi, Vaṭamalaiyuram grant, Śaka year 1701 Margherita Trento Identifier: DHARMA_INSTiruvavatuturai00013 Repository: Tiruvāvaṭutuṟai (tfa-tiruvavatuturai-epigraphy) Commit: 2026-09-29 11:10 (f06f6c9), last modified 2026-09-29 11:10 (f06f6c9) ## Summary This plate records a gift to the Murugan temple in Tirucchendur. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨Page 1r⟩ ⟨1r=1⟩ ௳ cāttūr neṉmēṉi vaṭamalaipuram cēkaram pa⟨2r=2⟩ṭṭaiyam ௳ cuvaṣtiṟi cālivākaṉa-cakāṟṟam 1000 7 100 ⟨3r=3⟩ 1 k=ku mēl cellā niṉṟa kollam 9 100 5 10 5 ௵ ⟨4r=4⟩ vikāri ௵ kārttikai ௴ 2 2 10 ௳ ticamiyuṅ kuru⟨5r=5⟩vāramum Uttira-naṭcettiramum Āyuṣṭṭiṇa-ṉāma-yō⟨6r=6⟩kamum keca-karaṇamum rācata-vēḷaiyum cukkiṟavō⟨7r=7⟩raiyum kūṭiṉa maṅkaḷa-cupatiṉattil mākāmēruviṉ ⟨8r=8⟩ cuṟṟuṭaittāṉa na¡m!⟨v⟩a-kaṇṭa-p-piṟitivil-p pārata-kaṇ⟨9r=9⟩ṭattil-p pirinta kumari-kaṇṭattili-c cēra-cōḷa-pā⟨10r=10⟩ṇṭiyar pūmiyil-p pāṇṭi-maṇṭalattil līlā-viṉō⟨11r=11⟩ta-p-piṟiyarāṉa mīṉāṭci cuntarēcurāḷ Eḻunta⟨12r=12⟩ruḷi yirukkum maturāpurikku-t teṉ ticaiyākiya ⟨13r=13⟩ tiruccentūr-c cuppiṟamaṇiya-t-talam tēvar cē⟨14r=14⟩ṉāpatiyā{tiyā}kiya civakumāraṉ centilātipatiyāki⟨15r=15⟩ya Āṟumuka nayiṉār cuppiṟamaṇiya cuvāmi paripūṟaṉa kiṭā ⟨16r=16⟩ ṣa vī¡ṣṭṭ!⟨ṭc⟩aṇamāka Eḷuntaruḷi yirukkum caṉṉitā⟨17r=17⟩ṉa-t tirukkōpura-t tiruppaṇit taṟmam civa-puṇṇiya⟨18r=18⟩ttukku naṭuvu maṇṭalam vaṇita cēkaram cōḷa va⟨19r=19⟩ḷaṉāṭāṉa niṭacēpa nati tīram cāttūr neṉmēṉi ⟨20r=20⟩ vaṭamalaipuram vaṇita cēkaram Acēṣa vi¡ṟṟ!⟨tt⟩uva makācaṉa⟨21r=21⟩ṅkaḷum tāṉāṉattār talattār Āṟāṟu kāḷa piḷḷai⟨22r=22⟩mār mutalimār ṉāyakkamār kavaṟaic ceṭṭiyaḷ ⟨23r=23⟩ reṭṭiyaḷ toṭṭiyar ko{ṉ}ṅkaḷ tēvamār ⟨24r=24⟩ ka¡va!⟨vu⟩ṇṭamār cēṭar kaik¡ka!⟨kō⟩ḷar ka¡ṇ!⟨m⟩māḷar Añ⟨25r=25⟩cu cātiyārum vāṇiyar kāvalakkāṟar viṟṟu vā⟨26r=26⟩ṅkicar tāciyaḷ paṇikkamār cavaḷakāṟar kucavar ṉā⟨27r=27⟩ṭākkaḷ vaṇṇār ṉāvitar cemmāṉ paḷḷaṉ paṟai⟨28r=28⟩yaṉ cakkiliyaṉ yitu mutalākiya ṉāṅku cātiyiluḷ⟨29r=29⟩ḷavarkaḷōm cakala caṉa cammatiyāka Āṟumuka nayiṉa⟨30r=30⟩r caṉṉitāṉat tirukōpura-t-tiruppaṇi-t taṟma⟨31r=31⟩m civapuṇṇiyattukku-t tāṉacātaṉa-p-paṭṭaiyam ā⟨32r=31⟩vatu Eṅkaḷ cēkara vaṇitam mūṉṟukkum ௵ 1 k=ku kaṭ⟨33r=33⟩ṭiṉa vīṭṭukku ௵ 1 k=ku āṟuṅkālppaṭikkuk kuṟu⟨34r=34⟩ṇi-t tavaca-vītam vīṭṭu-t tukaivari ōlaippaṭikku ⟨35r=35⟩ p-piṟavattakañ ceyyiṟa makācaṉaṅkaḷ nāṭṭā⟨36r=36⟩ṇmaikkāṟar kaṇakka-p piḷḷaimār taṇṭalkkā⟨37r=37⟩ṟar muṉṉiṉṟu tavacam niluvai viṭāmal-c cēkarañ ⟨38r=38⟩ ceytu caṉṉitāṉa muttirai maṉuṭar vantarvarkaḷu⟨39r=39⟩kk’ ēṟka Aḷantu kuṭuttu varuvōm ākavum Inta paṭi⟨40r=40⟩kku-c cakala-caṉa-cammatiyāka-t taṟma-cātaṉap paṭṭai⟨41r=41⟩yam eḷuti-k kuṭutta paṭiyiṉālē Aṭṣaram tappāmal ⟨42r=42⟩ naṭantu koḷvōm ākavum Inta taṟmam Ikapara⟨43r=43⟩m raṇṭukkum tikaṭṭāta kaṉiyāka-c cuvāmi vali⟨44r=44⟩ya-t-taṭuttāḷ-k koṇṭ’ aruḷiṉa paṭiyiṉālē ⟨45r=45⟩ yintat taṟmattukku yātām orutar paripāl¡I!⟨a⟩⟨46r=46⟩ṉam paṇṇiṉavarkaḷ tavacam niluvai viṭāma⟨47r=47⟩l-c cēkarañ ceytu vicēṣṭamāka vanta vi⟨48r=48⟩ravuñ ceytu kuṭuttavarkaḷ puttira pavuttira pāra⟨Page 1v⟩⟨1v=48⟩ravuñ ceytu kuṭuttavarkaḷ puttira pavuttira pāra⟨2v=49⟩mparaiyāka yikattilē pākkiyamu parattilē mō⟨3v=50⟩ṭṣamum peṟuvārkaḷ yintat taṟmattukku yātā⟨4v=51⟩m orutar vikātam paṇṇiṉavarkaḷ tuṉpattuka ce⟨5v=52⟩tuvar avārkaḷ tarmattai-p paripālaṉam paṇṇi⟨6v=53⟩ṉavarkaḷ civakkiyāṉamum tīrkkāyicum peṟṟu ⟨7v=54⟩ c-cirañ cīviyāka yiruppārkaḷ y-intappaṭikku ⟨8v=55⟩ c-cammatittu t-tirukkōpura-t-tiruppaṇi-t-taṟmat⟨9v=56⟩tukku-t tāṉa-cātaṉa-p-paṭṭaiyam Eḷuti-k kuṭut⟨10v=57⟩tōm cāttūr neṉmēṉi vaṭalaipuram cēkara⟨11v=58⟩m Aceṣṭa vi¡ṟṟ!⟨tt⟩uva makācaṉaṅkaḷ mutalākiya ⟨12v=59⟩ Uḷāvarkaḷōm y-ippaṭikku y-intappaṭṭaiyam E⟨13v=60⟩ḷutiṉēṉ piṟacaṉṉa varatayyaṉ kumāraṉ kiṟāma⟨14v=61⟩k-kaṇakku c-cītar rāmayyaṉ ௳ y-inta-p paṭikku c-cā⟨15v=62⟩ttūr makācaṉaṅkaḷ Oppam ௳ cuppārāyar makā ⟨16v=63⟩ tēvayyaṉ mukāraṉ cuppārāyar teṉkarai makā ⟨17v=64⟩ rācāvayyaṉ paṭṭāpirāmayyaṉ pāriccivāra⟨18v=65⟩m paṭṭāveṅkiṣṭṭiraṅkayaṉ cuppayaṉ koṉap⟨19v=66⟩payyaṉ Aṉantaṉāṟāyaṇayyaṉ muttaya nampiyār ⟨20v=67⟩ caṅkarayyaṉ teṉmēṉi makācaṉaṅkaḷ Oppam - ⟨21v=68⟩ ceṣayyaṉ kumāraṉ caṅkarayyaṉ - Ātiveṅkiṭa ⟨22v=69⟩ cuppayyaṉ - kūṭappayyaṉ - cuppārāyar muttaṉanta⟨23v=70⟩yyaṉ - perumāḷayyaṉ - kūṭappa caṅkāṉaṟaṇayya⟨24v=71⟩ṉ - vaikuṇṭapati Ayyaṉ - kaṇakku-c-cuppayyaṉ - ⟨25v=72⟩ Āṇṭi Ayyaṉ - tammarāya paṭṭar - ṉāṟaṇapaṭṭa vaṭa ⟨26v=73⟩ malaipuram makācaṉaṅkaḷ Oppam - Appācāmi Ayyaṉ - ⟨27v=74⟩ muttayyaṉ - vēmpūr āṇṭi ayyaṉ - rāmacuvāmi ⟨28v=75⟩ Ayyaṉ - veṅk¡i!⟨a⟩ṭa cuppayyaṉ - mēlk kāntaik kō⟨29v=76⟩pāla Ayyaṉ - ṉākappayyaṉ - ciṟukkuḷam Aṉantayya⟨30v=77⟩ṉ - muṭittalai veṅkiṭāṣalam ayyaṉ - kocu kuṇṭuc ⟨31v=78⟩ cuppayyaṉ - meṭṭil ōṭṭi Aṇṇāvayyaṉ - cāmi Ayya⟨32v=79⟩ṉ - cāttūr vaṇitam maṇiyam vētappa mutaliyār - ⟨33v=80⟩ cokkup piḷḷai - caṅkaraliṅkam piḷḷai - maturanāyakam - cā⟨34v=81⟩ttūr appaṉ - cēruvai ṉāṭṭuk kaṇakku Ayyaṉāpiḷḷai cā⟨35v=82⟩ttūr vaṇita cēkaram mūṉṟukkum nāṭṭāṇmaikkāṟar ⟨36v=83⟩ Oppam - paṭantāl Ayyakar - kaṇakkuc caṅkara mūrt=ti mutali - ⟨37v=84⟩ oṟṟaiyālc caṅkarappa ṉāyakkar - putūrk kumāru reṭṭi - ⟨38v=85⟩ cāttūrk kaṇakkuc cāmi mutali - moṭṭamalaip perumāḷ ⟨39v=86⟩ r - r=ā liṅka r - kaṇakku vīrappa mutali - ciṉṉakkāmaṉ - ⟨40v=87⟩ paṭṭip pōṭi - māyiṉāpuram rāmaya - mēṭṭuppaṭṭik ka⟨41v=88⟩¿ṅai?⟨ṅ⟩kā - ciṟukkuḷam perumāḷ - tirumāl - ko(cu) ⟨42v=89⟩ kuṇṭuk kōṭāṅki - Appā - māvilippaṭṭi Ellappa - ⟨43v=90⟩ nākalāpuram pōṭi - rācāppaṭṭi r=āya - tēcattāril ⟨44v=91⟩ varala kuruvaṉ ceṭṭi - kayilācapuram ṉāṟaṇappa - vallak(ka) ⟨45v=92⟩ nattam veṅkiṭapati - karuppūr vīrappa - mācāripaṭṭi Aḷi⟨46v=93⟩yāt tēvaṉ - vaṭamalaipuram ṉāṟaṇappa - Accaṅkuḷam kiccaya - ⟨47v=94⟩ muttilāpuram Aḷakiri - mēlkkāntaik kōpāla ar - ⟨48v=95⟩ vēmpūrt tammaṇak kavaṇṭaṉ - Akkā - meṭṭi loṭṭi⟨49v=96⟩ppalu - cūrppa - karucakkuḷam caṅkarakkōṉ ticai ⟨50v=97⟩ kāvalac civasamaṇiyam ௳ yinta tāmpira cātaṉam Eḷu⟨51v=98⟩ti nayiṉār caṉṉitāṉattukku vāṅkiṉēṉ kumāra ⟨52v=99⟩ velu-p paṇṭāram yintat tāmpira cātaṉam eḻuti ci⟨53v=100⟩ṉṉa Ayyamperumāṉ ācāri kumāraṉ puṉṉaivaṉ=aM ⟨53v=101⟩ ௳ kūmaraṉ tuṇai ௳ ## Translation ⟨1–2⟩ .... ## Bibliography Reported in ARIE 1986–87 (ARIE/1986-1987/A/1986-1987/69). Edited in Kiruṣṇamūrtti 2000 (no. 61). This edition is not taken systematically into account since the editor regularly adapts Sanskrit words to Tamil spelling. This edition by Margherita Trento (2024), based on EFEO photographs (2015). ### Primary [K] Kiruṣṇamūrtti, Ca. 2000. Tiruvāvaṭutuṟai ātīṉac ceppēṭu. Citamparam: Ā. Uṇṇāmalai. Pages 248–54, item 61. ### 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 29, item 69.