# Kāñcipuram, Mukteśvara, time of Parakesarivarman Rājendra Cōḻa, year
18

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv04p0i0828

Repository: SII adapted (tfa-sii-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv04p0i0828.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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

## Palaeographic description

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

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## Edition

1. Āciriyappā

⟨1⟩ ⟨Zone 1⟩ [tiru maṉṉi vaḷara Iru-nila-maṭa][ca. 9+]ntaiyum
pōṟ-ceya-p-pāvaiyuñ c¡i!⟨ī⟩r-t-taṉi-c celviyum
taṉ (pe)run-tēviyar āki Iṉpura
[ca. 6+] ḻiyuḷ Iṭaituṟai-nāṭun
tuṭarvaṉa vēli-p-paṭar vaṉavāciyuñ
cuḷḷi-c-cūḻ mati [ca. 5+] ⟨Zone 2⟩ [ca. 5+]
⟨2⟩ ⟨Zone 1⟩ [ca. 4+]
poru-kaṭal ¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻatt’ araiyar tam muṭiyum
Āṅkavar tēviyaroṅkeḻil muṭiyum
muṉṉavar pakkal teṉṉavar vaitta
cuntara-muṭiyum Intira¡n!⟨ṉ⟩āramun
teṇṭirai Īḻamaṇṭala muḻuva [ca. 2+]
[ca. 2+] ⟨Zone 2⟩ [ca. 5+] ⟨3⟩ ⟨Zone 1⟩ [ca. 4+]
kula(taṉa)m-ākiya palar-pukaḻ muṭiyuñ
ceṅkatir mālaiyum caṅkatir vēlai-t
tol-peruṅ-kāval pala paḻant¡i!⟨ī⟩vuñ
ceruviṟ ciṉavil Iru-patt’ oru-kāl
Araicuka(ḷai kaṭṭa) paracurāmaṉ
mēvaruñ(cān)tima ⟨Zone 2⟩ [ca. 3+]⟨4⟩⟨Zone 1⟩[ca. 4+]
[ca. 3+]cem-po(ṟ ṟiru)-t-taku muṭiyum
payaṅkoṭu paḻimika muyaṅkiyil mutukiṭṭ’
oḷitta jaya-ciṅkaṉ Aḷapperum pukaḻoṭu
piṭiya Iraṭṭa-pāṭi Ēḻ’ arai
Ilakkamum nava-ne(ti)-k kula-p-peru-malaikaḷum
vik(ki)rama-v¡i!⟨ī⟩ra[r] ⟨Zone 2⟩ (cak)kara-k-kōṭṭamum
mutir(pa)[ṭa va]⟨5⟩⟨Zone 1⟩llai matura-maṇṭalamuṅ
kāmiṭai vaḷar nāmaṇaiy-k kōṇaiyum
veñcilai virar pañca-p-paḷḷiyu
pācaṭai-p paḻaṉa mācuṇi-tēcamum
Ayarvilvaṇ kirtt¡i!⟨ī⟩y yātinakaravaiyiṟ
cantiraṉ ṟol-kulatt’ intirātaṉai
⟨Zone 2⟩ vi(ḷai)yamark kaḷattuk ki⟨6⟩⟨Zone 1⟩(ḷai)yoṭum piṭittu-p
palataṉattoṭu niṟaikulataṉa-k-kuvaiyuṅ
kiṭṭaruñ ceṟimiḷai Oṭṭaviṣaiyamum
pūcurar cer nal-k kōcalai-nāṭun
taṉmapālaṉai vemmuṉai Aḻittu
vaṇṭuṟai cōlai-t taṇṭa-putti(yum)
⟨Zone 2⟩ (Iraṇa) cūraṉai muṟaṇ[uṟat tā]⟨7⟩⟨Zone 1⟩kki-t
tikkaṇa k¡i!⟨ī⟩rtti-t takkaṇa-lāṭamuṅ
kōvintacantaṉ māviḻi(n)[ca. 3+]
[ca. 4+] kāḷa-tēcamun
toṭukaṭaṟ caṅku voṭṭa mahipālaṉai
veñcama [ca. 7+]
[ca. 3+] ṉaiyu(m peṇṭi)r paṇṭā-ramu⟨8⟩⟨Zone 1⟩m
nittila neṭuṅkaṭal Uttara-lāṭamum
veṟimalar-t t¡i!⟨ī⟩rttat’ eṟipuṉaṟ kaṅkaiyum
alaikaṭal(naṭuvuṭ) palakalañ celutti-c
caṅkirāma-vijaiyottuṅka-paṉma(n)
ākiya kaṭāra [ca. 6+]
[ca. 2+] ṭak (kumpa)kkariyoṭum akappa⟨9⟩⟨Zone 1⟩(ṭutt’)
(urimai)yiṟ piṟakkiya peru-neti-p-piṟakkamum
Ārttava¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ akanakar por-t-toḻil vācalil
viccātira-tōraṇamum moyttoḷi
puṉai(ma)ṇi-p putavamuṅ kaṉamaṇi-k-katavamum
(niṟai) [ca. 10+] nirppaṇṇaiyum
¡m!⟨n⟩aṉmalai⟨10⟩⟨Zone 1⟩[ca. 6+] malaiyūrum
Āḻkaṭal Akaḻcūḻ mājiruṭiṅkamuṅ
kalaṅkā valviṉai Ilaṅk(āc)okamuṅ
k¿o?⟨ā⟩ppuṟu niṟaipuṉal māp(papā)ḷamuṅ
kāval puricai mēvilim paṅkamum
vi [ca. 8+] vaḷaip(p)en tūṟuṅ
kalaittak⟨11⟩⟨Zone 1⟩[ca. 4+] lait takkōlamuṅ
ti{la}tamar palviṉai mātamaliṅkamuṅ
kalāmutir kaṭuntiṟal Ilā(muṟi)-tēcamun
tēṉa-k kalarpoḻil māṉakka(vāramum)
toṭukaṭaṟ kāvaṟ kaṭumuraṭ kaṭāramum
mā-p-poru-ta(ṇ)ṭāṟ k(oṇṭa-k)

(kō)-p-parakēcari-panmar-āṉa Ū(ṭaiyār) ⟨12⟩ ⟨Zone 1⟩ [ca. 3+]
jendra-cōḻa-tēvarkku yāṇṭu pati¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-eṭṭ-āvatu

jayaṅ-koṇṭa-cōḻa-maṇṭalattu Uṟṟukk(āṭṭu-k-k)ōṭṭattu mīr-vēḷūr-nāṭṭu
brahmatēyam [ca. 7+] sabh(ai)(yōm) kai-¡yy!⟨y⟩-eḻuttu

Eyiṟ-(kōṭṭattu nakaraṅ) kāñci(purattu) tanma-mātēvi-māṇikka-Īśvara […]

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ [tirumaṉṉi vaḷara Irunila maṭa]ntaiyum ⬦ [ca. 9+] ntaiyum SII.

⟨4⟩ °v¡i!⟨ī⟩ra[r] (cak)kara-k-kōṭṭamum mutir(pa)[ṭa va]⟨5⟩llai ⬦ °vira
⟨5⟩ [9+] llai SII.

⟨5⟩ vi(ḷai)yamark kaḷattuk ki⟨6⟩(ḷai)yoṭum ⬦ ⟨6⟩ [9+] (ḷai)yoṭum SII.

⟨6⟩ (Iraṇa) cūraṉai muṟaṇ[uṟat tā]⟨7⟩kki-t ⬦ taṇṭaputti(yum) ⟨7⟩ [9+]
kkit SII.

⟨11⟩ ti{la}tamar ⬦ ti{la}tamā SII.

## Translation

⟨11–12⟩ Seventeenth year of the Lord, the [glorious] king Rājendra Cōḻa,
alias the king Parakesarivarman,

⟨1–11⟩ who ... [meykkīrtti of Rājendra I Cōḻa].

⟨12⟩ Hand-writing of We, the members of the assembly of […], ⟨which is⟩
a brahmadeya in the Mīrvēḷūrnāṭu, ⟨itself⟩ in the Uṟṟukkāṭṭukkōṭam,
⟨itself⟩ in the Jayaṅkoṇṭacōḻamaṇṭala.

⟨12⟩ In the temple of Tanma-mātēvi-māṇikka-Īśvara[1] in Kāñcipuram, a
nakaram, in the Eyiṟkōṭṭam […]

## Commentary

Lines 1-6 of the inscription continues in fact on a block of the western
base of the maṇḍapa, in continuation of the inscribed blocks of the
northern base of the maṇḍapa. The end of lines 1-3 are too much worn-out
to be deciphered. The lacuna placed by Krishna Sastri 1923 at the
beginning of lines 2-4 is in fact partly at the end of lines 1-3. The
end of lines 4-6 are still almost entirely legible. The inscription
stops abruptly at the end of line 12, in the middle of a word. It is not
clear if the end was ever inscribed or was engraved in continuation on
the western base.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1892–93 (ARIE/1892-1893/B/1893/15).

Edited Krishna Sastri 1923 (SII 4.828).

Encoded here by Emmanuel Francis, based on Krishna Sastri 1923 and, for
the end of lines 4-6, on photos (Nicolas Cane, 2015).

### 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. Pages 286–287, item 828.

### Secondary

ARIE 1892–93. G.O. Nos. 642-43, 14th August 1893. Epigraphy. Directing,
with remarks, Dr. Hultzsch’s report on Epigraphical work done during
1892-93 be forwarded to the Govrnement of India and approving of the
programme for the next field season. Edited by Eugen Julius Theodor
Hultzsch. Madras: Government of Madras, Public Department, 1893. Page
13, appendix B/1893, item 15.

[1] Sanskrit Dharmamahādevimāṇikkeśvara.