# Tiruvāvaṭutuṟai, Gomuktīśvara, Caṇḍeśa shrine, time of […], year […]

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTiruvavatuturai10149

Repository: Tiruvāvaṭutuṟai (tfa-tiruvavatuturai-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSTiruvavatuturai10149.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 Puraṭṭāṭi festival time, in the matḥa named after
Civa-lōka-nāyakaṉ. Approved by the members of the great assembly of
Ākōmallaṉai-iru-muṭi-meṉ-koṇṭa-cōḻa-c-caruppēti-maṅkalam.

## 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 śrī

1. Āciriyappā

pū⟨A2=2⟩mālai miṭain=t(u) ⟨A3=3⟩ poṉ-mālai tika⟨A4=4⟩ḻ ⟨tara⟩-p
pā-mālai ma[li]⟨A5=5⟩n=ta paru-maṇi-t tiraḷ-pu(ya)¡ṟṟ!⟨tt⟩’
iru⟨A6=6⟩-ni[la]-(ma)ṭan=taiyoṭu jaya-ma⟨A7=7⟩(kaḷ i)ru(ppa)
... ⟨A8–27=8–27⟩ ...
⟨A28=28⟩ ...

⟨Zone B: Second Wall Portion⟩ ⟨B1=29⟩ (maka)ra-nā¡yy!⟨y⟩aṟṟu
Apa(ra)⟨B2=30⟩(pakṣa)ttu [dv]ādaciyum p[u]⟨B3=31⟩taṉ-kiḻamaiyum
pe⟨B4=32⟩(ṟṟa) U[t]tiraṭṭā(ti nāḷ
viru)⟨B5=33⟩ta-rā(ja-bha)(ya)ṅkara-vaḷanāṭṭu ... ⟨B6=34⟩ ... ⟨B7=35⟩ ...
⟨B8=36⟩ cōḻa-c-caruppētimaṅkalattu [ma]hā⟨B9=37⟩⟨sa⟩bhaiyōm ...
⟨B10–26=10–26⟩ ⟨B27=55⟩ ... ⟨Zone C: Third Wall Portion⟩ ⟨C1=56⟩ ...
⟨C2–25=57–80⟩ ... ⟨C26=81⟩ ... koṇṭa ⟨Zone D: Fourth Wall Portion⟩
⟨D1=82⟩ cōḻa-Aṉan=ta-pālar ⟨D2=83⟩ [U]ṭaiyār tiruvāva[ṭu]⟨D3=84⟩tuṟai
Uṭaiyār tiru⟨D4=85⟩-matai-viḷākattu ce⟨D5=86⟩yvikkiṟa
civa-lō[ka]-(n)⟨D6=87⟩[ā]yakaṉ maṭattukku ... ⟨D7–26=88–108⟩ ⟨Zone E:
Fifth Wall Portion⟩ ⟨E1=109⟩ ... ⟨E2–21=110–129⟩ ... ⟨E22=130⟩ [ca. 15+]
Ippaṭ(i) […]

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨29⟩ On the day of Uttiraṭṭāti,[1] which coincides with a Wednesday,
twelfth day, second forthnight, month of Makaram, ...

⟨33⟩ We, the members of the great assembly of ...
cōḻa-c-caruppēti-maṅkalam alias Mēṟkiḷimaṅkalam, in ..., in
Virutarājabhayaṅkaravaḷanāṭu, ...

...

⟨81–85⟩ ... for 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/1925/149).

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 149.

[1] That is, the 26th nakṣatra.