Tiruvāvaṭutuṟai, Gomuktīśvara, Caṇḍeśa shrine, time of […], year […]

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⟨Zone A: First Wall Portion⟩

⟨A1=1⟩ ( |) svasti śrī pū--

⟨A2=2⟩ mālai miṭain=t(u)

⟨A3=3⟩ poṉ-mālai tika-

⟨A4=4⟩ ⟨tara⟩-p pā-mālai ma[li]-

⟨A5=5⟩ n=ta paru-maṇi-t tiraḷ-pu(ya)¡ṟṟ!’ iru-

⟨A6=6⟩ -ni[la]-(ma)ṭan=taiyoṭu jaya-ma-

⟨A7=7⟩ (kaḷ i)ru(ppa) ...

⟨A8–27=8–27⟩ ...

⟨A28=28⟩ ...

⟨Zone B: Second Wall Portion⟩

⟨B1=29⟩ (maka)ra-nā¡yy!aṟṟu Apa(ra)-

⟨B2=30⟩ (pakṣa)ttu [dv]ādaciyum p[u]-

⟨B3=31⟩ taṉ-kiḻamaiyum pe-

⟨B4=32⟩ (ṟṟa) U[t]tiraṭṭā(ti nāḷ viru)-

⟨B5=33⟩ ta-(ja-bha)(ya)ṅkara-vaḷanāṭṭu ...

⟨B6=34⟩ ...

⟨B7=35⟩ ...

⟨B8=36⟩ cōḻa-c-caruppētimaṅkalattu [ma]-

⟨B9=37⟩ ⟨sa⟩bhaiyōm ...

⟨B10–26=10–26⟩

⟨B27=55⟩ ...

⟨Zone C: Third Wall Portion⟩

⟨C1=56⟩ ...

⟨C2–25=57–80⟩ ...

⟨C26=81⟩ ... koṇṭa

⟨Zone D: Fourth Wall Portion⟩

⟨D1=82⟩ cōḻa-Aṉan=ta-pālar

⟨D2=83⟩ [U]ṭaiyār tiruvāva[ṭu]-

⟨D3=84⟩ tuṟai Uṭaiyār tiru-

⟨D4=85⟩ -matai-viḷākattu ce-

⟨D5=86⟩ yvikkiṟa civa-lō[ka]-(n)-

⟨D6=87⟩ [ā]yakaṉ maṭattukku ...

⟨D7–26=88–108⟩

⟨Zone E: Fifth Wall Portion⟩

⟨E1=109⟩ ...

⟨E2–21=110–129⟩ ...

⟨E22=130⟩ [***************] Ippaṭ(i) […]

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨29⟩ On the day of Uttiraṭṭāti,1 which coincides with a Wednesday, twelfth day, second forthnight, month of Makaram, ...

⟨33⟩ We, the members of the great assembly of ... cōḻa-c-caruppēti-maṅkalam alias Mēṟkiḷimaṅkalam, in ..., in Virutarājabhayaṅkaravaḷanāṭu, ...

...

⟨81–85⟩ ... for the maṭha [named after] Civalōkanāyakaṉ, that [Kaṅkai] Koṇṭa Cōḻa Ananta Pālar alias Civalōkanāyakaṉ had made in the premises of the glorious temple (tiru-maṭai-viḷākam) of the Lord, the Lord of Tiruvāṭuturai ...

...

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1924-25 (ARIE/1924-1925/B/1925/149).

Edited here by Emmanuel Francis, based on photos (E. Francis, 2024).

ASI transcript and estampage, if any, yet to be consulted.

Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1924-25. Annual report on South-Indian epigraphy for the year ending 31st March 1925. Edited by G. Venkoba Rao. Calcutta: Government Press, 1926. Page 29, appendix B/1925, item 149.

Notes

  1. 1. That is, the 26th nakṣatra.