# Tiruvāvaṭutuṟai, Gomuktīśvara temple, time of Parakesarivarman, year
39

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTiruvavatuturai10140

Repository: Tiruvāvaṭutuṟai (tfa-tiruvavatuturai-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSTiruvavatuturai10140.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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

## Summary

Land donation, after sale/purchase, by Kaṟṟaḷi Piccaṉ for executing
various temple services.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

mat¡i!⟨u⟩raiyum Īḻamu⟨2⟩ṅ koṇṭa kō-p-para-kēcari-panma⟨ṟ⟩ku yā⟨3⟩ṇṭu 3
10 9-Āvatu

vaṭa-karai tēva⟨4⟩tāṉaṅ kār-nāṭṭu taḷi-k-kaṭampūr U⟨5⟩ṭaiyāṉ
kaṇṇi-puliyūṟ nakkaṉ tiruvā⟨6⟩vaṭutuṟai Āḷvārkku caṅkirānti
to(ṟu)⟨7⟩mukkuruṇi [ca. 6×] Ariciyāl Am(u)⟨8⟩tu cevippat’ ākavum

I(ra)ṇṭ’ ayaṉa-sa[ṁ]⟨9⟩¡g!⟨k⟩rān=tikkum any(a/ā)ṟṟ’ e(ṭ)ṭu
kalacatt[ā]⟨10⟩l sna¿m?⟨p⟩aṉam cey(va)t’ ākavum

ne⟨11⟩y ¡ṉ!⟨n⟩āḻiyum teṉṉāḻi[yu]m (v/p)añca-kā [1×] ⟨12⟩ Uṭpaṭṭu
snamaṉa-dravyam ṉā-ṉāḻi (c)e⟨13⟩ytum Ācā⟨r⟩yya-pū(jai) kāl
[2×]⟨14⟩(vai)k=ku kālum kalacatt[i]ṉ kaḻaṟṟ [1×] ⟨15⟩ nellu nāṟ ṟūṇikku
māk ku [1×]⟨16⟩ta poṉ Eṇ kaḻañcu

Ip-poṉ⟨17⟩ṉukku vilai koṇṭa nilam

- Uva⟨18⟩carkaḷ tōṭṭattukku mēṟkum

- ka⟨19⟩ṭampaṉ vāykku vaṭakkum

- U[va]⟨20⟩carkaḷ Arai māvukku kiḻakkum

- vē⟨21⟩ḷāṉ t tāṇi cālaikku teṟkum

Uṭ(pa)⟨22⟩ṭṭa n[i]lam mu(ṉṟu) mā [ca. 2×] ca¡ṉ!⟨n⟩t[irāti]⟨23⟩ttavaṟ
nivan=tañ ce(y)tu kuṭuttō⟨24⟩m kaṟṟaḷi-piccaṉum devar-kaṉmikaḷu[m] ⟨25⟩
Ivaṉaivvōm

Itu panmāhēśva⟨26⟩ra-rakṣai

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–3⟩ 39th year of the king Parakesarivarman who took Maturai and Īḻam.

⟨3–8⟩ There should be service of food-offering with rice … at every
caṅkirānti[1] for the lord of Tiruvāvaṭutuṟai, ⟨at the initiative of⟩
Nakkaṉ ⟨of⟩ Kaṇṇipuliyūr, lord of Taḷikkaṭampūr in Kārnāṭu, ⟨which is⟩ a
devadāna on the northern bank.

⟨9–10⟩ There should be sprinkling (sna¿m?⟨p⟩aṉam[2]) with eight pots for
two ayana-saṁkrāntis ...

⟨10–16⟩ ⟨There are⟩ eight kaḻañcus of gold ...

⟨16–21⟩ The land bought for this gold ⟨is⟩

- west of ...,

- north of ...,

- east of ...,

- south of ... .

⟨21–25⟩ [For] the three mās of land ⟨comprised within these boundaries⟩
we have given a permanent endowment as long as the moon and the sun,
⟨that is⟩ Kaṟṟaḷi Piccaṉ and the temple officers, we such persons.

⟨25–26⟩ This ⟨is under⟩ the protection of the many great devotees of
Śiva.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1924–25 (ARIE/1924-1925/B/1925/140).

This edition by Emmanuel Francis (2024), based on photos (EFEO, 2006; E.
Francis, 2024).

ASI transcript and estampage, if any, yet to be consulted.

### 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 28, appendix B/1925, item 140.

[1] Sanskrit saṁkrānti.

[2] Sanskrit snapana.