# Tiruvāvaṭutuṟai, Gomuktīśvara temple, no king, no year

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTiruvavatuturai10114

Repository: Tiruvāvaṭutuṟai (tfa-tiruvavatuturai-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSTiruvavatuturai10114.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ tirukkaḷ kāciyava¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ Appi ⟨2⟩ veṅkaṭa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ukku cōtaṇa⟨3⟩-kāṇi
Āka v-iṭṭa nila⟨m⟩ Āvatu

I⟨4⟩n-nāṭṭu neṟkuppai mu⟨5⟩-vēliyi¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ kiḻai-p-patti⟨6⟩l meṟk’ aṭaiya
Eḻu mā⟨7⟩vum cantirāti¿cc?⟨tt⟩aval ⟨8⟩ cōtaṇa-kāṇi Āka c¡e!⟨ey⟩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.

## 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.

## 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.