# Tiruvāvaṭutuṟai, Gomuktīśvara temple, time of Rājarāja (?), year 29

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTiruvavatuturai10111bis

Repository: Tiruvāvaṭutuṟai (tfa-tiruvavatuturai-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSTiruvavatuturai10111bis.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

### First Portion

⟨A1=1⟩ ⟨Zone 1⟩ Uyya-k-koṇṭā(r)⟨Zone 2⟩-vaḷanāṭṭu-t ti⟨A2=2⟩⟨Zone
1⟩raim¡u!⟨ū⟩r-nāṭṭu A⌈⟨Zone 2⟩bhaiyāśr¿i?⟨a⟩ya-c-ca(ru)⟨A3=3⟩⟨Zone
1⟩-p-pēti-maṅkala[t]⟨Zone 2⟩tu tiru-Āvaṭu-tu⟨A4=4⟩⟨Zone 1⟩ṟai Uṭaiya
mah[ā]⟨Zone 2⟩-devarkku yāṇ⟨A5=5⟩⟨Zone 1⟩ṭu Irupatt’ o¡n!⟨ṉ⟩pat-[ā]⟨Zone
2⟩vatu mutal ...

### Second Portion

⟨B1=1⟩ ...

### Third Portion

⟨C1=1⟩ ...

## Translation

### First Portion

⟨1–5⟩ For the Mahādeva, Lord of Tiruvāvaṭutuṟai in
Abhaiyāśrayaccaruppētimaṅkalam, in Tiraimūrnāṭu, in Uyyakkoṇṭārvaḷanāṭu,
starting from the twenty-ninth year, ...

### Second Portion

...

### Third Portion

...

## Commentary

The three portions of this inscription are possibly the continuation or
a supplement to the inscription preceding them on the wall, that is,
INSTiruvavatuturai10111 (ARIE/1924-1925/B/1925/111).

The 29th year of an unmentioned king is found in the first portion. This
unmentioned king might be the Rājarāja mentioned in the same first
portion.

## Bibliography

Possibly reported in ARIE 1924–25 as part of ARIE/1924-1925/B/1925/111.

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 25, appendix B/1925, item 111.