# Tirukkoṭikkāval, time of Kōpperuñciṅka, year 22 Renato Dávalos Author of digital edition: Renato Dávalos Identifier: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv12p0i0222 Repository: SII adapted (tfa-sii-epigraphy) File path: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv12p0i0222.xml Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil] Commit: 2026-10-19 18:42 (65fc39d), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09 (1120f60) ## Summary (under construction) ARIE: This inscription, also dated in the 22nd year, registers a remission deed (iṟaimuṟaipramāṇa-iśaivu-tīṭṭu) given by the dēvakaṉmis of the temple at Tirukkōḍikā in Nallāṟṟūr-nāḍu, a subdivision of Virudarājabhayaṅkara-vaḷanāḍu, to Maṉuvūruḍaiyār Varantarum Kūttapperumāḷ residing at Gaṅgaikoṇḍaśōḻapuram. The latter set up the image of Tirupperunduṟai-Āḷuḍaiyār in the temple and presented 200 kuḻi of tax-free land and 150 kāśu for expenses to the temple authorities. The date of the record, according to the details given, is A.D. 1264, October 9, Thursday, the month being Tulā which is damaged in the inscription. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨1⟩ svasti (śrī) cakala-puvaṉa-c-cakkaravattikaḷ śrī-kō-p-peruñciṅka-tēvarkku yāṇṭu 2 10 2⁓(*) Irupatt-iraṇṭ-āvatu [5+] Aparapakṣattu tritiyaiyum viyāḻakkiḻa⟨2⟩maiyum peṟṟa Urōcaṇināḷ viruta-rāja-payaṅkara-vaḷa-nāṭṭu nallāṟṟūr-nāṭṭu Uṭaiyār tirukkoṭikā-v-uṭaiyār k(o) [8+] var tē(vaka)ṉmika(ḷō)m Iṟai-muṟai⟨3⟩-p piramāṇa Icaivutiṭṭu gaṅkaikoṇṭacōḻa-purattu Irukkum maṉuvūr-uṭaiyār varantarum kūtta-p-perumāḷukku Iṉ-ṉāyaṉār (tēva)tāṉam tirukkoṭikāvil (tiyā)⟨4⟩ka-viṉōta-viḻupparaiyar kāṇi-y-āṉa Aṟupatu varicaiyum Antar(ā)yamum Iṟukkum kollaiyil Ivar pakkal vilaikoṇṭa nilam Araimāvum Ivar taṅkaḷ kurukkaḷ (varam)⟨5⟩tarum kūtta-p-perumāḷukku-t dāṉam āka-k kuṭutta nilam Araimāvum Āka nilam Oru māviṉāl kuḻi nūṟum Ik-kuḻi nūṟum Ip-paṭiyāl koṇṭu kurustāṉam āka-t tiruppe⟨6⟩runtuṟai Āḷuṭaiyārai-t tēvar svāmitēvar tirumukamum koṇṭuvantu Iṉ-ṉāyaṉār kōyil stāṉattārkkum Ivv-ūr-t tirukkākkaḷḷi niyāyattārkkum kāṭṭi Ivar⟨7⟩kaḷōṭum kūṭa-t tirupperuntuṟai Āḷuṭaiyārai pratiṣṭittamaiyil Iṉ-ṉila-k-kuḻi nūṟṟukkum nellu Aṟu-kalattukkum Iṉ-ṉila-k-kuḻi nūṟum śrī kōyilum tirumuṟṟamum Ākaiyi⟨8⟩l Iṉ-ṉilattāl nellu Iṟaiyili ceyya veṇṭukaiyil In-nellu Aṟu-kalattukkum Iṉ-ṉā⟨ya⟩ṉār tēvatāṉam kaṇṇa-maṅkalam nūṟṟu Aṟupatin kalavaricai Iṟukkum nilattu tē⟨9⟩varkku Iṟai-muṟaimaiyāl varum nellu n¿i?⟨ī⟩kki I(ṟ)ai-(mi)kuti varum nellu Aṟu-kalattukkum paṟṟi In-nila-k-kuḻi nūṟṟukku koṇṭu viṭṭa nila-k-kuḻi Irunūṟṟiṉāl 𑿦 [6+] ⟨10⟩ lukku Uṭalāka koṇṭu Ik-ko(llai nila-k-)kuḻi nūṟum Ivar Eḻuntaruḷuvitta tirupperuntuṟai Āḷuṭaiyār Iṟaiyili y-āka Aṉupavikka kaṭavar ākavum Ik-ko(llai) [7+] ⟨11⟩ ṉāl Iṟukkum nellu Aṟu-kalattukku Iṉ-ṉāyaṉār tēvatāṉam kaṇṇa-maṅkalattu-k koṇṭu viṭṭa kuḻi Irunūṟṟiṉāl nilam Iraṇṭu māvum tirunāmattukkāṇi y-āka Iṉ-ṉāyaṉār Aṉu(pavikka)⟨12⟩kaṭ(ai)var ākavum cammatittu Iṟai-muṟaimai pramāṇam paṇṇiṉamaiyil Iṉ-ṉilam Iraṇṭu māvukkum Uyyakkoṇṭār-va(ḷanāṭṭu) tirunākiśvarattu Irukkum viyāpārikaḷil cirā⟨ma⟩ṉ (marutā)ntu kiḻavaṉ viti viṭaṅka-p⟨13⟩perumāḷ pakkal vilaikoṇṭa pramāṇam Uṭaiyār tirukkoṭikā-v-uṭaiya-nāyaṉār śrīpaṇṭārattu Oṭukkiṉamaiyil muṉṉāḷil tirupperuntuṟai Āvuṭaiyārai pratiṣṭikkiṟa Iṭattu Iṉ-ṉāyaṉār tēvatāṉam tiru⟨14⟩kkoṭikāvil kollai nilattu vilaikoṇṭa tāṉattālum tiyākaviṉōta viḻupparaiyar pakkal peṟṟa kuḻi nūṟṟiṉāl nellu Aṟu-kalattukkum nellu Iṟuttal Iṉ-ṉilattukku (niṅka)lāka vanta 𑿦 (2 @) (In-nila)⟨m⟩ ⟨15⟩ Iraṇṭu māvum tirunāmattukkāṇi y-ākak koṇṭu tarutal ceyyaveṇum Eṉṟu Ik-kōyil tāṉattārum śrīmāhēśvararum co [8+] (Ip-paṭi)y-āka vanta nilam Ira⟨ṇ⟩ṭu māvum Iṉ-ṉāyaṉār tēvatā⟨16⟩ṉatte tirunāmattukkāṇi y-ākak koṇṭu viṭuvat’ ākavum Ik-kollai nila-k-kuḻi nūṟṟiṉāl Iṟukkum nellu It-tirupperuntuṟai Āvuṭaiyārkku I [5+] kaṭavutākavum Itti y-āka viṉōta viḻupparaiyar śrī-paṇṭārattukku tiṭṭu⟨17⟩-t tarukaiyil Iṉ-ṉila-k-kuḻi Irunūṟṟukkum marutāntu kiḻavaṉ vitiviṭaṅka-p-perumāṉ pakkal koṇṭu tirunāmattukkāṇi y-āka viṭṭu vilaikoṇṭa [4+] mum c¿i?⟨ī⟩-paṇṭārattu Oṭukki Itti y-āka viṉōta viḻupparai(yar) Iṭṭa tiṭṭum śrī-pa⟨18⟩ṇṭārattiniṉṟum Ivarkku-p puṟa-p-piṭukaiyil-k kuḻi nūṟṟiṉāl Iṟukkum nellu Aṟu-kalamum Iṉ-ṉilattāl varuvaṉavum It-tirupperuntuṟai Āvuṭaiyārkku Iṟaiyili ceytu kuṭuttamaikkum Iṟukkum nellukku-t talaimāṟu Iraṭṭi y-āka ⟨19⟩ koṇṭu tanta nila-k-kuḻi Irunūṟum kai{y}kkoṇṭamaikkum Uṭaiyār tiru⟨k⟩koṭikā-v-uṭaiya nāyaṉār tirunaṭaimāḷikaiyilē (kallum) veṭṭi It-tiru(pperu)ntuṟai Āvuṭaiyār śrīkōyililē In-nila-k-kuḻi nūṟṟiṉāl nellu Aṟu-kalattu⟨20⟩kkum Iṟaiyili ceytu kuṭuttamaikkum nellukku Iraṭṭi y-āka paṟṟi tirunāmattakāṇi y-āka koṇṭu tanta viḷai nila-k-kuḻi Irunūṟum kaikoṇṭamaikkum (tirupperun)tuṟai Āvuṭaiyār tirumatuḷilē kalveṭṭik kuṭukka-k-kaṭavat’ ākavum cammatittu ⟨21⟩ Iṟai-muṟaimai tiṭṭu-k kuṭut⟨ta⟩maikku Uṭaiyār tirukkoṭikā-v-uṭaiyārkku tiruppaṇikku Uṭal-āka tanta kācu nūṟṟu Aim⟨pa⟩tu Ik-kācu nūṟṟu aimpatum Iṉ-(ṉāyaṉār) [6+] kak (koṇṭu) Iṟai-muṟaimait tiṭṭu-k kuṭuttom It-tiru⟨22⟩pperuntuṟai Āvuṭaiyārai Eḻuntaru⟨ḷu⟩vitta maṉuv¿u?⟨ū⟩r uṭaiyār varantarum kūtta-p-perumāḷukku Uṭai(yār tirukkoṭikā)-v-uṭaiyār kōyil Āticaṇṭeśvara tēvarkaṉmikaḷom Ip-paṭikku Ivai kōyil-kaṇakkaṉ kaṇṇama(ṅ)kalam uṭaiyāṉ śrīmā⟨23⟩heśvara-p piriyaṉ Eḻuttu Ippaṭikku Ivai tēvarkaṉmi ko [2+] ppaṭṭaṉ Eḻuttu Ivai tēvarkaṉmi tirucciṟṟampala-p paṭṭaṉ Eḻuttu Ip-paṭikku śrīkāriyam ka [3+] ṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu Ip-paṭikku Ivai Ik–kōyil cai{y}vā-cāriyam (t)ē⟨24⟩varājapaṇṭitaṉ Eḻuttu Ip-paṭikku Ivai periya nampi paṭṭaṉ Eḻuttu Ip-paṭikku Ivai tiruñāṉacampantaṉ Eḻuttu Ip-paṭikku Ivai ti⟨ru⟩cciṟṟampala paṭṭaṉ makaṉ Āvu [4+] yaṉ Eḻuttu Ip-paṭikku Ivai śrīmāheśvara-k kaṇkāṇi koṭṭāṟu⟨25⟩ṭaiyāṉ tiruñāṉacampantaṉ Eḻuttu Ip-paṭikku Ivai tēvarkaṉmi Uttama paṭṭaṉ Eḻuttu Ip-paṭi Aṟivēṉ kaḷattuṭaiyāṉ puliyūr-nāṭṭu viḻupparaiyaṉēṉ ௳ ## Translation ⟨1⟩ [under construction] This is the 22th year of king Sakala-bhuvana-cakravarti Kōpperuñciṅka. ⟨1⟩ This is the 22th year of king Sakala-bhuvana-cakravarti Kōpperuñciṅka. ⟨1–3⟩ On the second fortnight, third day of the Rohiṇī month, which is a Thursday, we, administrators of the temple tēvakaṉmikaḷōm of the Lord of Tirukkoṭikā, who reigns in Nallāṟṟūr-nāṭu, a subdivision of Virutarājapayaṅkara vaḷanāṭu, [have issued] an agreement deed authorising exemption of tax iṟaimuṟai piramāṇa icaivutiṭṭu to Varantarum Kūttapperumāḷ, a land-owner uṭaiyār from Maṉuvūr residing in Gaṅgaikoṇṭacōḻapuram. ⟨3–4⟩ The land of sixty mās, which was purchased from him ivar pakkal that are paid on dry lands, the antarāyam [tax], the sixty [types] of taxes as hereditary rights for Tiyāka Viṉōta Viḻupparaiyar in the tēvatāṉam for this god [called] Tirukkoṭikkā. ## Bibliography Edited by Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943 (SII 12.222). This digital edition by Renato Dávalos, based on Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943. ### Primary [SII] Venkatasubba Ayyar, V. & C. R. Krishnamacharlu. 1943. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XII: The Pallavas (with introductory notes in English). South Indian Inscriptions 12. Madras: Government Press. Pages 135–137, item 222. ### Secondary ARIE 1930–31. Annual report on South-Indian epigraphy for the year ending 31st March 1931. Edited by K. V. Subrahmanya Aiyer. Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch, 1933. Page 9, appendix B/54, item 54.