Tiruvāvaṭutuṟai, Gomuktīśvara temple, no king, no year
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⟨1⟩ tirukkaḷ kāciyava¡n! Appi
⟨2⟩ veṅkaṭa¡n!ukku cōtaṇa-
⟨3⟩ -kāṇi Āka v-iṭṭa nila⟨m⟩ Āvatu I-
⟨4⟩ n-nāṭṭu neṟkuppai mu-
⟨5⟩ -vēliyi¡n! kiḻai-p-patti-
⟨6⟩ l meṟk’ aṭaiya Eḻu mā-
⟨7⟩ vum cantirāti¿cc?aval
⟨8⟩ cōtaṇa-kāṇi Āka c¡e!tu
⟨9⟩ kuṭuttōm Aruḷāḷ kuṭu-
⟨10⟩ ttōm deva-kanmikaḷōm
Translation
⟨1–3⟩ So that there be a cōtaṇa-kāṇi ⟨there is⟩ a land that has been given.
⟨4–9⟩ So that there be a cōtaṇa-kāṇi, we have given as long as the moon and the sun seven mās ... we, the temple officers.
Bibliography
Reported in ARIE 1924–25 (ARIE/1924-1925/B/1925/114).
Edited here by Emmanuel Francis, based on photos (E. Francis, 2024), and ASI transcript and estampage available on BharatSHRI, Bharat Shared Repository of Inscriptions (accessed 2026-06-21).
Secondary
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 114.
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Commentary
This short inscription contains no date at its beginning. It is inscribed on the bottom part of the pilaster left of zone D of inscription INSTiruvavatuturai10104 (ARIE/1924-1925/B/1925/104) and appears, by its location, to be connected to this inscription INSTiruvavatuturai10104.