# Tiruvāvaṭutuṟai, Gomuktīśvara temple, time of Rājarāja
Rājakesarivarman, year 16

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTiruvavatuturai10105

Repository: Tiruvāvaṭutuṟai (tfa-tiruvavatuturai-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSTiruvavatuturai10105.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-10-18 14:25 (53e5dee), last modified 2026-09-29 11:10
(f06f6c9)

## Palaeographic description

No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

1. Āciriyappā

tiru-makaḷ pōla-p peru-nila-c-celviyun
ta[ṉakkē y-urimai pūṇṭamai maṉa-k-koḷa-k]
kāntaḷūr-c cālai kalam a[ṟu]tt’ aruḷi
vēṅkai-nāṭum kaṅka-pāṭiyu⟨m⟩
nuḷampa-pāṭiyum taṭikai vaḻiyuṅ
[kuṭamalai nāṭuṅ] kollamuṅ kaliṅkamuṅ
tiṇ ṭiṟal veṉṟi taṇṭāṟ koṇṭu ta¡ṉṉ!⟨ṉ⟩
eḻil vaḷar Ūḻ[iyuḷ y-e]llā yāṇṭum
toḻutaka viḷaṅkum yāṇṭē
ceḻi⟨2⟩yarai-t tēcu koḷ

kō-v-irāja-rāja-rāja-kēcari-panmaṟku yāṇṭu 10 6-Āvatu

teṉ-karai-t tiruvaḻuntūr-nāṭṭu brahmadeyam ciṟṟāṉaiccūr sabhaiyōṅ
kai-¡yy!⟨y⟩-eḻuttu

tiraimūr-nāṭṭu-p brahmadeyaṅ cātta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ūr tiruvāṭutuṟai mahādevark=ku
mūlabhr̥tyaṉ-āṉa caṇḍeśv¿ā?⟨a⟩ra-kaiyyāl (nā)ṅkaḷ koṇṭu kaṭaviya poṉ
kaḻaiñciṟ pēr{t}ttu kācuk=ku muk=kālē muṉṟu mañcāṭi-y-āka koṇṭa poṉ 2 10
7 m [3×] ṅ ⟨3⟩ koṇṭu kaṭavōm Ip-poṉ koṇṭa paric-āvatu

... ⟨4⟩ ... ⟨5⟩ ... ⟨6⟩ ...

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ (nā)ṅkaḷ • The ASI transcript reads: yāṅkaḷ.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨2⟩ 16th year of the king Rājarāja Rājakesarivarman,

⟨1–2⟩ who took (koḷ) ... [meykkīrtti (7 aṭis) of Rājarāja I Cōḻa]

⟨2–6⟩ ...

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1924–25 as part of ARIE/1924-1925/B/1925/105.

Edited here by Emmanuel Francis, based on photos (E. Francis, 2024), and
ASI transcript and estampage available on BharatSHRI, Bharat Shared
Repository of Inscriptions (“AR_B0105_1924-25” accessed 2026-06-21).

### 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 105.