# Allūr, Pañcanadeśvara, time of Rājakesarivarman Rājādhirāja, year 27

Renato Dávalos

Author of digital edition: Renato Dávalos

Identifier: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv08p0i0675

Repository: SII adapted (tfa-sii-epigraphy)

File path: SII08_adapted/DHARMA_INStfaSIIv08p0i0675.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-13 15:30 (078960b), last modified 2026-11-11 17:46
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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

1. Āciriyappā

tiṅka(ḷēr taru taṉ) toṅkal veṇ-kuṭai-k k¿i?⟨ī⟩(ḻ)
[nila-makaḷ nilava malar]-makaṭ-p (pu)ṇara
[ceṅkol?] ōcci-k karuṅ kali kaṭint[uṭaṉ?]
maṉ(ṉupa)ll ūḻiyuḷ-t teṉ(ṉavar) ⟨2⟩ muvaruḷ
[6+] ṟ
parumatiṭ-p pacu(n)talai [8+]
ṉa Āṉai k-ki [8*]
cuntara-pāṇṭiyaṉai-(t) ticai [4+]
t(ō)llaiyil (mu)llai [2+]⟨3⟩-t turatti Olkalil
vē[ṇāṭṭ’ aracarai-c cō]ṇāṭṭ’ ot¿u?⟨i⟩kki
[10+] muṉi(ntu)
{tu}vēlai (keḻu kā)n=taḷū(r-c) cālai kala(m a)ṟutt’
āhavamallanum Añca-(k) kēvutaṉ
ṟāṅka⟨4⟩rum paṭaiyāl Āṅ(ka)vaṉ kē [5+]
[ca. 6+] ṉu [ca. 7+]
[ca. 9*] (ma)ṭiya-t tiṇ-(ṭiṟal)
vi(ri)taru vikkiyam vicaiyātitta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um
tarumuraṭ c¿a?⟨ā⟩ṅka ma¡i!yyanu⟨m⟩ mutali⟨5⟩ṉar
samara-bhīruvot(t’ uṭ)ai[ya nimi cuṭar]
(ta)ṉṉāṭai yiṟ¿ja?⟨ca⟩yaṅ koṇṭu tuṉṉār
koḷḷi-p-pākkai Oḷḷeri maṭuttu
villavar miṉa⟨6⟩var veñciṉa c¿ā?⟨a⟩ḷ¿ū?⟨u⟩kkiyar
valla(va)r mutal eṉa (viḷaṅka) v¿i?⟨ī⟩ṟṟ-irunta
j¿e?⟨a⟩yaṅ-koṇṭa-cō(ḻa)ṉ Uyarn=ta perum-pukaḻ-k

kō-v-irāja-kēcari-paṉmar-āṉa Uṭaiyār śrī-{ri}rāj¿a?⟨ā⟩dhirāja⟨7⟩-devaṟk’
iyāṇṭu (2 10 ) 7(-Ā)vatu

kō-ṉērimai-koṇtāṉ nan tamar Eppē{r}ṟpaṭṭāṟkum

- kēraḷāntaka-vaḷanāṭṭu Uṟaiyūr-k-kūṟṟattu tiru-vaṭa-kuṭi
  ma(h)⟨8⟩ā-devaṟ stāṉa-(maṭa)m tēvārattukku tiru-p-pa(tiyam vi)ṇṇappam
  ce¡y!⟨yy⟩um Ampalattāṭi tiru-nāvukk-araiyaṉukkum Ivaṉ vaṟkkatārkkum
  tāṉa⟨9⟩-(nimi)ttyam-āka kuṭuttōm (E)ṉṟum

- It-tēvar paṇṭarattē maṭa-pōkam-āka nittam tūṇi nel koḷḷa-⟨c⟩ coṉṉōm
  Eṉṟum

Aiyyar-iṭaiyil I⟨10⟩vaṉ muṉpu peṟṟ-uṭaiya tirumuka-p paṭiyē nāmum
kuṭuttōm

- pala-paṇi-nivantakkāṟaraiyum nivantaṅkaḷum Iva(ṉ) coṉṉa vaṇṇamē-y
  ceyyavum

- It-tēvar ci⟨11⟩va-br{ra}āmaṇar Uḷḷiṭṭa pala-paṇ{y}i-nivantakkāṟaraiyum
  nivantaṅkaḷum Iva¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ē Iṭavum māṟ(ṟa)vum

- peṟuvāṉ ākavum

coṉṉōm

Ivaṉ Aiyya⟨12⟩[r-iṭai] [5+] [tiru-mu]ka-p paṭiyē [4*] ⟨13⟩ [8+] ṟuvaṉ
āka coṉ [7+] ⟨14⟩ [8+] Eḻuttu

yāṇṭu 3 10 7-ḷ 3 (100 3) 10 1

pan-ma[heśvara-ra]kṣai

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ [ceṅkol?] ōccik ⬦ [7+] loccik SII.

⟨3⟩ vē [7+] ṇāṭṭo ⬦ ve[ṇāṭṭaracaraic cō]ṇāṭṭo SII.

⟨11⟩ Aiyya⟨12⟩[riṭai] [5+] ⬦ Aiyya⟨12⟩[8+] SII.

⟨14⟩ panma[heśvara-ra]kṣai ⬦ panma [8+] kṣai SII.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨6–7⟩ 27th year of the glorious Lord Rājādhirāja, alias king
Rājakesarivarman.

⟨1–6⟩ who, ... [meykkīrtti of king Rājādhirāja I]

⟨7–10⟩ To whomever kingsmen of Kōṉēriṉmaikoṇṭāṉ,

- having said that “We have given, for the purpose of a donation
  (tāṉa-nimittyam) to Ampalattāṭi Tirunāvukkaraiyaṉ and his lineage, who
  make recitation of holy hymns (tiruppatiyam viṇṇappam ce¡y!⟨y⟩um)
  at/for the tēvāram[1] of the stāṉa-(maṭa)m ⟨of⟩ Mahādevar ⟨in⟩
  Tiruvaṭakuṭi in the Uraiyūr-kūṟṟam ⟨itself a subdivision⟩ in the
  Kēraḷāntaka-vaḷa-ṇāṭu”

- and having said that “We commanded (coṉṉōm) to take (koḷḷa)
  perpetually (nittam) ⟨one⟩ tūṇi of paddy for the enjoyment (pōkam-āka)
  of the monastery (maṭam) from the treasury of this god.”

We have given ⟨so⟩, according to ⟨our⟩ royal command (tirumukap paṭi),
which he, among respected men/brahmins (aiyariṭaiyil), previously had
(peṟṟuṭaiya).

⟨10–11⟩ So that

- he sets up (ceyyavum[2]) the endowments (nivantaṅkaḷ) and appoints
  (ceyyavum[3]) the temple servants (nivantakkāṟar) who perform various
  services, at the aforementioned way (coṉṉa vaṇṇamē),

- he rotates (māṟṟavum) and sets up (iṭavum[4]) the endowments
  (nivantaṅkaḷ) the endowments and appoints (iṭavum[5]) the temple
  servants who perform different services, including the Śivabrāhmaṇas
  of this god,

- he obtains (peṟuvāṉ) ⟨this⟩,

thus We commanded (coṉṉōm).

⟨12–14⟩ We commanded (coṉ[ṉōm]) that he, among respected men/brahmins
(aiya(riṭai)[yil]), obtains […] according to ⟨our⟩ royal command
((tirumuka)p paṭiyē) […].

⟨13–14⟩ [This is the] signature of […].

⟨14⟩ In the year 37, ⟨day⟩ 311.

⟨14⟩ [This is under the protection of] the Paṉmāheśvaras.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1903–04 (ARIE/1903-1904/A/1903/365A[6]).

Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1937 (SII 8.675).

This digital edition by Renato Dávalos (2024), based on Subrahmanya
Aiyer 1937. This translation by Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis
(2024).

### Primary

[SII] Subrahmanya Aiyer, K.V. 1937. South-Indian inscriptions (texts).
Volume VIII: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil, Malayalam,
Telugu and Kannada countries. South Indian Inscriptions 7. Delhi:
Archaeological survey of India (Manager of Publications). Pages 339–340,
item 675.

### Secondary

ARIE 1903–04. G.O., etc., Nos. 678, 679, 12th August 1904. Epigraphy.
Passing orders on the annual report on – for 1903-1904. Copy to the
Government of India, Department of Revenue and Agriculture. Edited by V.
Venkayya. Madras: Government of Madras, Public Department, 1904. Page
27, appendix A/1903, item 365.

Veluppillai, Uthaya. 2013. “Cikāḻi : hymnes, héros, histoire.
Rayonnement d’un lieu saint shivaïte au Pays Tamoul.” These de doctorat,
Paris 3. Paris. [URL].

[1] On the meaning of tēvāram in this inscription, see Veluppillai 2013
(p. 18).

[2] Literally, "makes".

[3] Literally, "makes".

[4] Literally, "puts".

[5] Literally, "puts".

[6] That is, initially reported as 365 and bifurcated as 365A when
edited in SII.