# Tiruvāvaṭutuṟai, Gomuktīśvara, Caṇḍeśa shrine, time of
Rājakesarivarman Tribhuvanacakravartin Kulottuṅga, year 47

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTiruvavatuturai10148

Repository: Tiruvāvaṭutuṟai (tfa-tiruvavatuturai-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSTiruvavatuturai10148.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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

## Summary

Land donation, that is, remission of taxes by provision of gold for tax
payment, by Kaṅkai Koṇṭa Cōḻa Anantapālar alias Caṅkaraṉ
Civa-lōka-nāyakaṉ, as maṭappuṟam, for feeding devotees who come
worshipping, during festival time, in the matḥa named after
Civa-lōka-nāyakaṉ. Approved by the members of the great assembly of
Karikāla-cōḻa-c-caruppēti-maṅkalam alias Mēṟkiḷimaṅkalam.

## Palaeographic description

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

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## Edition

⟨Zone A: First Wall Portion⟩ ⟨A1=1⟩ ௳ | svasti śr(ī)

1. Āciriyappā

pukaḻ cūḻn=(ta) puṇari Akaḻ ⟨A2=2⟩ cūḻnta puviyil-p
poṉ¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ēmi yaḷavun= ta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ēmi na⟨A3=3⟩ṭappa
viḷaṅkucaya makaḷai Iḷaṅkō-p paruva⟨A4=4⟩ttu-c
cakkara-k-kōṭṭattu vikkirama-t toḻilā⟨A5=5⟩l-p
putumaṇam puṇarn=tu ma(ta)varai yīṭṭa⟨A6=6⟩(m)
v¡ai!⟨ayi⟩r¿ā?⟨a⟩ karattu vāri Ayilmu(ṉ)ai-k
... ⟨A7–27=7–27⟩ ...
⟨Zone B: Second Wall Portion⟩ ⟨B1–19=28–47⟩ ...
...
Ēḻicai vallapi [Ēḻ-ulaka]m-u⌈⟨B20=48⟩[ṭaiyāḷ]
vāḻikai mala⟨r⟩n=t’ i¡n!⟨ṉ⟩it’ iruppa Ūḻiyum
ulak-uṭaiyāḷ-oṭu [vīṟṟ-irunt-a]⟨B21=49⟩ruḷiya

kō-v-irāca-kēcari-pa¿t?⟨n⟩mar-āna tri-bhuvana-cakravarttikaḷ
śrī-kulōttuṅka-cōḻa⌈⟨B22=50⟩-tēvarkku yāṇṭu 4 10 7 kaṟkaṭaka-nāyaṟṟu-p
pū(r)vva-pakṣattu-(p) [ca. 5+] ⟨B23=51⟩ nāyaṟṟu-k-kiḻamai peṟṟa
Attatt¿i?⟨u⟩ nāḷ

rāja-nārāyaṇa-vaḷan(ā)ṭṭu-t tiruva⟨B24=52⟩ḻun=tūr-nāṭṭu
mēṟ-kiḷi-maṅkalam-āṉa karikāla-cōḻa-c-caruppēti-maṅkalattu ⟨B25=53⟩
mahā-sabhaiyōm Ivv-ūr tiru-c-caṅkaṇi-t-tuṟai Āḻvār kōyi(li)l kūṭṭa-k
⟨B26=54⟩ kuṟai v-aṟa-k kūṭi y-irun=tu Ivv-ūr sabhaikku-c camain=ta
piṟān=tūr caṅkara-nārāyaṇa-bhaṭ⟨B27=55⟩ṭa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um ... ⟨B28–31=54–59⟩ ...
⟨Zone C: Third Wall Portion⟩ ⟨C1=60⟩ ... ⟨C2–23=61–82⟩ ... ⟨C24=83⟩ ...
caṅkara¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ civa-lōka-nāyaka¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-āṉa
kaṅkai-koṇṭa⟨C25=84⟩⟨⟨cō⟩⟩ḻa-Anan=ta(p)ā[lar] Uṭaiyār tiruvāṭutuṟai
Uṭaiyār tiru-maṭai-viḷākattu-c cev(v)[vi]⟨C26=85⟩tta
civa-lōka-nāyaka¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ maṭattil It-tēvar tiru-nāḷil ... ⟨C27–32=86–91⟩
... ⟨Zone D: Fourth Wall Portion⟩ ⟨D1=92⟩ ... ⟨D2–27=93–118⟩ ...

## Apparatus

⟨50⟩ [ca. 5+] ⬦ (pañcamī) ARIE • ARIE’s tentative reading, that is,
pañcamī, makes sense with the p in sandhi at the end of the preceding
word (pakṣattu-(p)).

⟨84⟩ °Anan=ta(p)ā[lar] ⬦ °Ananta(pālar) ARIE.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨49–51⟩ On the day of Attam,[1] which coincides with Sunday, [fifth]
day, first forthnight, month of Kaṟkaṭakam, 47th year of the king
Rājakesarivarman, the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious king
Kulottuṅga,

⟨1–49⟩ who graciously sat with majesty ... [meykkīrtti of Kulottuṅga I
Cōḻa].

⟨51⟩ We, the members of the great assembly of
Karikāla-cōḻa-c-caruppēti-maṅkalam alias Mēṟkiḷimaṅkalam, in
Tiruvaḻuntūrnāṭu, in Rājanārāyaṇavaḷanāṭu, having gathered ... and
sitting ...

...

⟨83–85⟩ ... in the maṭha ⟨named⟩ after Civalōkanāyakaṉ, that Kaṅkai
Koṇṭa Cōḻa Ananta Pālar alias Civalōkanāyakaṉ had made in the premises
of the glorious temple (tiru-maṭai-viḷākam) of the Lord, the Lord of
Tiruvāṭuturai ...

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1924–25 (ARIE/1924-1925/B/1925/148).

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 29, appendix B/1925, item 148.

[1] Sanskrit hasta, that is, the 13th nakṣatra.