# Tiruvāvaṭutuṟai, Gomuktīśvara temple, time of Rājādhirāja, no year

Emmanuel Francis and Renato Dávalos

Authors of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis, Renato Dávalos

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTiruvavatuturai10104

Repository: Tiruvāvaṭutuṟai (tfa-tiruvavatuturai-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSTiruvavatuturai10104.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-10-18 14:25 (53e5dee), last modified 2026-10-03 16:50
(4dd3f1e)

## Summary

List of gold and silver items donated to the Lord of Tiruvāvaṭutuṟai.

## Palaeographic description

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

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## Edition

⟨Zone A: Wall⟩ ⟨1⟩ Uṭaiyār śrī-rājen¡t!⟨d⟩ra-cōḻa-tēvar nam ⟨2⟩
pirāṭṭiyār trailōkkiya-mā-tēviyār ta⟨3⟩ṅkaḷ ācciyār Irāma¡n!⟨ṉ⟩
Apimā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a-toṅkiyār tiru-v-ā⟨4⟩vaṭu-tuṟai Uṭaiyārkku Amutu ceyt-aruḷa
ve(ḷḷi)⟨5⟩-t-taḷikai 1 nāl kuṭiñai-k-kallāl ni⟨⟨ṟai⟩⟩ 2 100 7 10
ti¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ kaḻañcum

mēṟ⟨Zone B: Moulding⟩⟨6⟩-p-pa(ṭi)yāḷē-y Uṭaiyārkku cā⟨r⟩tti y-aruḷa
⌈⟨7⟩(po)¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ koḷkai 1 nāl kuṭiñai-k-kkallāl ⟨8⟩ {n}niṟai cempon
nā-nūṟṟu Oru⟨Zone C: Wall⟩⟨9⟩pattu mu⟨10⟩-k-kaḻañ{c}c’ arai

⟨11⟩ Ip-poṟ-k ko⟨12⟩ḷkai nā-nūṟṟu I⟨13⟩rupattu mu-k-kaḻañ⟨14⟩c’ araiyum

Uṭaiyār śrī⟨15⟩-rājādhirājadevar kuru-devar I⟨16⟩ṭṭa poṉ Irupatt’ aṟu
kaḻañcu⟨17⟩m

periya-vēḷattu Arai⟨18⟩yaṉ Aṇukki Iṭṭa ⟨19⟩ poṉ ṉūṟṟu muppa⟨20⟩tt’ eṇ
kaḻañc’ arai⟨21⟩(yu)m

mēṟpa{ṭ}ṭi vēḷa⟨22⟩ttu-t tūtuvaṉ arumo⟨23⟩ḻi Iṭṭa po¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ muppat⟨24⟩t’
aṟu kaḻañcē mu-k-kālu⟨25⟩m

Uḷpaṭa c¡e!⟨ey⟩ta

- po⟨26⟩ṟpū Irupatt’ ēḻum

- ce⟨27⟩ṅkaḻunīr pū mu-p-pa⟨28⟩tt’ āṟum

- māntaḷir O⟨Zone D: Wall⟩⟨29⟩¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ṟum

- picca-tēvar ⟨30⟩ kaṇṭa-k-kāṟai O¡n!⟨ṉ⟩⟨31⟩ṟum

- poṟ-kai Īc⟨32⟩-cōppi O¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ṟum

- mu⟨33⟩¡n!⟨ṉ⟩pu kaḷveṭṭiṉa ⌈⟨34⟩koḷkaiyilum

Āka ⟨35⟩ It-tēvar aṭiya¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ tiru-nā⟨36⟩vukkaraiya¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ piccaiyāl
va⟨37⟩nta kuṭiñai-k-kallāl mā⌈⟨38⟩ṭai po¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ Aṟu ṉūṟṟu
E⟨39⟩ṉpati¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ kaḻañcē mu-k⟨40⟩-kālē mu¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ṟu mañcāṭi⟨41⟩yum

mu¡n!⟨ṉ⟩p’ uḷla po¡n!⟨ṉ⟩

- ⟨42⟩ Uṭaiyār cārttum ⟨43⟩ tiru-k-k(o)cakamu(n)

- (tiru)-k-⌈⟨44⟩koṭukkum

- paṭṭam O¡n!⟨ṉ⟩⟨45⟩ṟum

- poṟpū nālum

- Āṭa⟨46⟩⟨va⟩llār cā⟨r⟩ttum poṟpū Iru-pat⟨47⟩tt’ o¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ṟum

- Ivarē cā⟨r⟩ttu mut⟨48⟩tu-c-cari nāli¡n!⟨ṉ⟩āl po¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ṉum

- can⟨49⟩tira-cēkara-tēvar tiru-v-abhiṣekam O¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ṟ(u)⟨50⟩m

- tiruvaṭi-nilai Iraṇṭināl pōrtta ⟨51⟩ po¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ṉum

- Uḷḷiṭṭu tiru-mē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ika⟨52⟩ḷ cā⟨r⟩ttum tiru-v-āparaṇaṅkaḷā⟨53⟩lum

- poṟ-kai Ī-c-cōppiyālu⟨54⟩m

Āka kuṭiñai-k-kallāl rāja⟨55⟩rāja¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ māṭai-k k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ O¡n!⟨ṉ⟩patu
māṟi ⟨56⟩ po¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ nā-ṉūṟṟu Aṟuppat’ o⟨57⟩ru-k kaḻañcē O¡n!⟨ṉ⟩patu
mañcāṭiyu⟨58⟩m Āka-p po¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ Āyiratt’ oru ¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ū⟨59⟩ṟṟu nāṟpatt’ iru
kaḷañcē Ēḻu mañ⟨60⟩cāṭi

veḷḷi mutal kuṭiñai-k⟨61⟩kallāl Āyirattu mu-p-pati¡n!⟨ṉ⟩
kaḻa⟨62⟩ñci¡n!⟨ṉ⟩āl tapas(i) tiru-nāvukkaraiyaṉu⟨63⟩m
caṇṭēcuvara-cōkiyum Eḻunt-aruḷu⟨Zone E: Moulding⟩⟨64⟩vitta veḷḷi-t
tiru-mē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-p¡i!⟨ī⟩ṭamum pira⟨65⟩vaiyum uṭpaṭa śrī-pali Eḻunt-aruḷun
tiru-mē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩i Oruvar (veḷ)⟨66⟩ḷi-p parikalam uṭpaṭa Uru O¡n!⟨ṉ⟩patum
mu¡n!⟨ṉ⟩pu kalveṭṭi¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a (ta)⟨67⟩ḷikai O¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ṟum Āka Uru-p
patti¡n!⟨ṉ⟩āl kuṭiñai-k-kallāl veḷḷi Ā⟨Zone F: Moulding⟩⟨68⟩yiratt’
iru-¡ṉ!⟨n⟩ūṟṟu Ēḻupattu ⟨69⟩ nāṟ kaḻañcē mu-k-kālē Iraṇ⟨70⟩ṭu mañcāṭi

- mēṟpaṭi veḷḷi⟨Zone E: Moulding⟩⟨71⟩-maṇṭai Oṉṟum

- vaṭṭil Oṉṟum

Āka nūṟṟu mu-p-patt’ aṟu kaḻañcē mu-k-kāl

- mēṟpaṭi poṟpū⟨72⟩pati¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ ēḻu mantira-puṣpam Onṟum

- ceṅkaḻ¿a?⟨u⟩nīr-pū mu-p-patum

Āka po¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ nūṟṟu pattu nāṟ kaḻañcu

## Apparatus

⟨51⟩ pōrtta ⬦ vārtta ASI •

## Translation

⟨1–5⟩ ⟨From⟩ our Lady of the lord, the glorious king Rājendra Cōḷa,
Trailōkkiya-mā-tēviyār,[1] his mother, ⟨and from⟩ Irāmaṉ Apimāṉa
Toṅkiyār, ⟨for⟩ four silver eating plates (taḷikai), for the Lord ⟨of⟩
Tiruvāvaṭutuṟai, so that he graciously eats (amutu ceyt-aruḷa), ...
kaḻañcus ⟨of⟩ a weight (niṟai) ⟨assessed by the standard measure⟩
kuṭiñai-k-kal ⟨are provisioned⟩.

⟨5–10⟩ For the above-mentioned Lord, ⟨for⟩ 1 golden koḷkai ... four
hundred thirteen and a half kaḻañcus of refined gold ⟨of⟩ a weight
(niṟai) ⟨assessed by the standard measure⟩ kuṭiñai-k-kal ⟨are
provisioned⟩.

⟨11–14⟩ ⟨For⟩ this golden koḷkai four hundred twenty-three and a half
kaḻañcus ⟨are provisioned⟩.

⟨14–17⟩ The gold that the royal guru of the glorious lord, the king
Rājādhirāja, gave ⟨amounts to⟩ twenty-six kaḻañcus.

⟨17–21⟩ The gold that Araiyaṉ Aṇukki of the great palace gave ⟨amounts
to⟩ one hundred thirty-eight kaḻañcus.

⟨21–25⟩ The gold that Tūtuvaṉ Arumoḻi of the above-mentioned palace gave
⟨amounts to⟩ thirty-six kaḻañcus and seven quarters.

⟨24–41⟩ So that there be (āka, line 34) ...

- twenty-seven golden flowers,

- thirty-six water-lily flowers,

- one mango leaf (māntaḷir),

- one necklace (kaṇṭa-k-kāṟai[2]) ⟨for⟩ Piccatēvar,[3]

- one flapper (cōppi) with a golden handle,

... the gold ... ⟨assessed by the standard measure⟩ kuṭiñai-k-kal, that
comes through ... ⟨of⟩ Tirunāvukkaraiyaṉ, a servant/devotee of this god,
⟨amounts to⟩ six hundred eighty kaḻañcus and seven quarters, and three
mañcāṭis.

⟨41–60⟩ So that there be (āka, line 54)

- one ...,

- four golden flowers,

- twenty-one golden flowers,

- gold ...,

- one glorious anointement ...,

- gold ...,

- ...,

⟨and⟩ so that there be (āka, line 58) ... four hundred sixty-one
kaḻañcus and eleven mañcāṭis, one thousand one hundred fourty-two
kalañcus and seven mañcāṭis. ⟨are provisioned⟩.

⟨60–70⟩ So that there be (āka, line 67) one ... one thousand two hundred
seventy-four kalañcus and three quarters ⟨are provisioned⟩.

⟨70–71⟩ So that there be (āka, line 71)

- one silver begging bowl (maṇṭai[4]),

- one plate (vaṭṭil),

... one hundred thirty-six kalañcus and three quarters ⟨are
provisioned⟩.

⟨71–72⟩ So that there be (āka, line 72)

- one flower (puṣpa),

- thirty water-lilies,

... kalañcus ⟨are provisioned⟩.

## Commentary

The present inscription INSTiruvavatuturai10104 contains no date at its
beginning and starts in the same line where inscription
INSTiruvavatuturai10103 ends with a daṇḍa. It refers to contents of
INSTiruvavatuturai10103 (see mēṟpaṭi, “above”) and is thus connected
with it, as a kind of continuation.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1924–25 (ARIE/1924-1925/B/1925/104).

This edition by Emmanuel Francis and Renato Dávalos, based on photos (E.
Francis, 2024 and 2025), and ASI transcript available on BharatSHRI,
Bharat Shared Repository of Inscriptions (accessed 2026-06-21). Thanks
to Centamiḻ Celvaṉ for his feedback.

### Primary

[ASI] No name. N.d. “ASI transcript.”

### 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 24, appendix B/1925, item 104.

[1] Sanskrit Trailokya Mahādevi.

[2] Literally, “a necklet (kāṟai) for throat (kaṇṭam)”.

[3] That is, Śiva as Bhikṣāṭanamūrti.

[4] Literally, “skull,” used as begging bowl.