# Taraṅkampāṭi/Tranquebar, Mācilāmaṇīṣvara temple, Śaka year 1775
(mistake for 1705)

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv04p0i0400

Repository: SII adapted (tfa-sii-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv04p0i0400.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-10-19 18:42 (65fc39d), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
(1120f60)

## Summary

Donation of banner-post and pavement in the temple of
Mācilāmaṇiyīcuvaracuvāmi, that is, the shore temple in Tranquebar, by a
Ceṭṭiyār. “On a stone built on the floor” (ARIE 1890–91 (1/2)) of the
Mācilāmaṇīṣvara temple, kept (2025) in the Danish Fort at Tranquebar.

## Palaeographic description

Double kompu irregularly used.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ ௳ cālivākaṉa-cakā¡pi!ttam 1000 ⟨2⟩ 7 100 7 10 5 kaliyukā¡pi!ttam 4
1000 8⟨3⟩100 8 10 4 Itaṉ m¿e?⟨ē⟩l cellā niṉṟa ⟨4⟩ cōpakiṟutu ௵ Āvaṇi ௴ 3
10 ௳ ⟨5⟩ cukkiṟa-vāramum Uttiraṭṭāti-naṭca⟨6⟩⟨t⟩tiramuṅ kūṭiṉa
cupatiṉat=til

māci⟨7⟩lāmaṇi-y-īcuvara-cuvāmi caṉṉati tu⟨8⟩ca-k=-kampamum taḷavicaiyu=M
cēṉai⟨9⟩-k-kuṭai cuppiṟamaṇiya-ce(ṭṭi)yār ⟨10⟩ kumāraṉ
Āpatuttāraṇa-ceṭṭi⟨11⟩yār ce¡yi!⟨y⟩tu vaitta taṟmam

nitti⟨12⟩yam catāc¿e?⟨ē⟩ṟvai ௳

śubham astu

## Apparatus

⟨7⟩ caṉṉati ⬦ caṉṉa(ti) SII. — ⟨7⟩ tu⟨8⟩ca-k=-kampamum ⬦
tu⟨8⟩ca-t=-tampamum SII.

⟨9⟩ ce(ṭṭi)yār ⬦ ceṭṭiyār SII.

## Translation

⟨1–6⟩ Cālivākaṉa year 1775,[1] Kaliyuka year 4884, year Cōpakiṟutu,
which was then current, month of Āvaṇi, day 30, on the auspicious day
when combined a Friday and the nakṣatra Uttiraṭṭāti.

⟨6–11⟩ ⟨This is the⟩ pious donation (tārmam[2]) that
Āpatuttāraṇa-ceṭṭiyār, son of Cēṉaikkuṭai Cuppiṟamaṇiya-ceṭṭiyār, gave
by making a banner-post and the pavement ⟨for⟩ the temple of
Mācilāmaṇiyīcuvaracuvāmi.

⟨11–12⟩ ⟨This is made in⟩ perpetual devotion.

⟨12⟩ Let prosperity be!

## Commentary

Marco Franceschini kindly assessed the date (email, 2025-11-19), as
follows: “With the exception of the Cālivākaṉa year, all the remaining
calendrical data converge on 12 September 1783 CE, which was Cālivākaṉa
(Śaka) current year 1705, Kaliyuga current year 4884, Jovian year
Cōpakirutu (Śobhana), Friday, 26th nakṣatra (Uttiraṭṭāti). Thus,
Cālivākaṉa 1775 is a mistake for Cālivākaṉa 1705.”

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1890–91 (1/2) (ARIE/1890-1891/A/1890/76).

Edited in Krishna Sastri 1923 (SII 4.400).

This edition by Emmanuel Francis based on Krishna Sastri 1923 and photo
(Margherita Trento, 2025).

### Primary

[SII] Krishna Sastri, H. 1923. South-Indian inscriptions (texts). Volume
IV: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil, Telugu and Kannada
countries and Ceylon. South Indian Inscriptions 4. Madras: Government
Press. Page 120, item 400.

### Secondary

ARIE 1890–91 (1/2). G.O. No. 452, 10th June 1891. Epigraphy. Recording
the Government Epigraphist’s progress report for October 1890 to March
1891. Edited by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch. Madras: Government of
Madras, Public Department, 1891. Page 7, appendix A/1890, item 76.

[1] Read 1705.

[2] Sanskrit dharma.