Tiruvāvaṭutuṟai, Gomuktīśvara, time of Rājakesarivarman Rājarāja, year 24 and 25

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTiruvavatuturai10013.

Hand description:

No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō. Dental n regularly found instead of expected alveolar .

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: Tiruvāvaṭutuṟai (tfa-tiruvavatuturai-TN-epigraphy).

Version: (0d5155c), last modified (e0f2e2a).

Edition

First Part: year 24 of Rājendra

⟨Zone A: Moulding⟩ ⟨A1=1⟩ (svasti śrī)

I. āciriyappā

tiru-makaḷ pōla peru-nila-c-celviyun=

1

taṉakkē y-urimai pūṇṭamai maṉa-k koḷa

2

kān=ta[l]ūr-c-cā(lai kalam arutt-aruḷi)

3

vēṅkai-nāṭuṅ kaṅka-pāṭiyun=

4

taṭikai-pāṭiyum ṉuḷampa-pāṭi(yu)

5

kuṭa-malai-nāṭuṅ kollamuṇ kali(ṅkamum)

6

(muraṭṭoḻil ciṅkaḷar īḻa)maṇṭalamum

7

Iraṭṭa-pāṭi Ēḻ’ arai Ilakkamun

8

tiṇtiṟal veṉṟi-t taṇṭāṟ koṇṭa ta¡ṉṉ!⟨ṉ⟩

9

eḻil (vaḷar ūḻiyuḷ el)lā yāṇṭu

10

toḻutaka viḷaṅkum yāṇṭu

11

ceḻiyarai tēcu koḷ

12

śrī-(kō-v-irā)(ja)-(kē)sari-panmar-āṉa śrī-rājaja-devarkku yāṇṭu 2 10 4-Āvatu

śrī⟨Zone B: Moulding⟩⟨B1=2⟩-rāje⟨ndra⟩-siṃha-vaḷanāṭṭu maṇṇi-nāṭṭu brah(ma)deyam Iḻicci-kuṭi-y-ākiya vikrama-ciṅka-c-catu⟨r⟩vvedi-maṅkalattu c(i)va-purattu nākiyaṇṇa-kramavit=taṉum vātāvi Ādit=ta-krmavi(ttaṉu)m [ca. 10×] ya kramavittaṉum vātāvi śrī-⟨kṛ⟩ṣṇa-kramavittaṉūm […] ...

⟨Zone C: Moulding⟩ ⟨C1=3⟩ ... ⟨C2=4⟩ ... ⟨C3=5⟩ ... ⟨C4=6⟩ ... ⟨C5=7⟩ ... ⟨C6=8⟩ ... <gomūtra>

Second Part: year 25 of Rājendra

I¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ṟum It-tēvarkē yāṇṭu 2 10 5-Āvatu ... ⟨C7=9⟩ ...

Ivai-y e¡ṉn!⟨ṉ⟩ eḻuttu <gomūtra>

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

First Part: year 24 of Rājendra

(1) (Prosperity! Fortune!)

(1) 24th year of the glorious king Rājarāja alias the glorious king Rājakesarivarman,

(1) who, ... [meykkīrtti (12 aṭis) of Rājarāja I Cōḻa]

(1–8) ...

First Part: year 25 of Rājendra

(8) 25th year of this king.

(8–9) ...

Bibliography

Reported in Venkoba Rao 1926 (ARIE/1924-1925/B/1925/101).

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

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

Secondary

[ARIE] Venkoba Rao, G. 1926. Annual report on South-Indian epigraphy for the year ending 31st March 1925. Calcutta: Government Press. Page 23, appendix B/1925, item 101.