Tiruppattūr, Tiruttaḷīśvara, time of Kulaśekhara, year 4

Authors of digital edition: Renato Dávalos (reda), Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Gift of taxes on the donor’s tēvatāṉam birthday festival for food-offerings, reciters (viṇṇapam cevvār) of the holy hymns (tiruppatiyam), and their companions (tēvarāṭiyār), the campāṉ (?), and the drummer (mattaḷakkāraṉ).

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: SII adapted (tfa-sii-epigraphy).

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Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī tri-bhuvana-c-cakra-va⟨r⟩t=tikaḷ kula-śekhara-devaṟku yāṇṭu 2 E(ti)-
⟨2⟩ r-ām āṇṭiṉ etir-ām āṇṭai ciṅka-nāy¡a!ṟṟu mu-p-patān= tiyati nāḷ kēraḷa-ciṅka-vaḷa-
⟨3⟩ nāṭṭu brahma-deyan= tiru-p-puttūr tiru-t-taḷi-y āṇṭa nāyaṉār kōyililē teṉāṟ-
⟨4⟩ ṟu-p pōkku niyamattu-k kaṇṭaṉ Uyya-van=tāṉ-āṉa kāṅkayaṉ-ēṉ Eṉ piṟan=ta nāḷ puṇa-
⟨5⟩ r-pūcattu nāḷ tiṇkaḷ tiru-nāḷ Eḻun=t-aruḷukaikkum Aṟṟai nāḷāl vēṇṭum amutu-paṭi
⟨6⟩ viñjaṉaṅkaḷukkum nittaṟ tiru-p-patiyam viṇṇappañ ce¿v?vārkaḷuṭaṉ kūṭa-c cevik-
⟨7⟩ (ku)-devaraṭiyār [**********] campāṉukkum mattaḷa-k-kāraṉukkum tamiḻ pāṭu-
⟨8⟩ vāṟkum nittal niman=tam-āka-c candrādit=ta-vaṟ celkaikku muṉpē varakuṇa-p perumāḷ kūttāṭu
⟨9⟩ devaṟku devadāṉam-āka-k kuṭutta kīḻ-kuṇtāṟṟu Aticaiya-paṇṭiya-nallūr-āṉa kūtta-
⟨10⟩ -k-kuṭiyil koṇṭu varukiṟa An=tarāyamum nellum maṟṟum eppēṟpaṭa nāṭu-p(ā)ṭu kuṭimai-
⟨11⟩ kaḷum It-taṉmaṅkaḷ celkaikku n¡i!r vārttu-k kuṭuttēṉ kaṇṭaṉ uyya-van=tāṉ-āṉa kāṅ-
⟨12⟩ kayaṉ-ēṉ Itu pal-māheśvara-rakṣai

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–2⟩ Year opposite year opposite year 2¹ of the king Kulaśekhara, the emperor of the three worlds, month of Siṃha, thirtieth lunar day.

⟨2–12⟩ In the temple of the Lord who rules the glorious temple of Tirupputtūr, a brahmadeya in the Kēraḷaciṅkavaḷanāṭu, I, Kāṅkayaṉ, alias, ... on my birthday ... I have given, I, Kāṅkayaṉ, alias, ...

⟨12⟩ This ⟨is under⟩ the protection of the Paṉmāheśvars.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1908–09 (ARIE/1908-1909/B/1908/99).

Edited in Sampath 2012 (SII 25.99). Edited in Kiruṣṇamūrtti 2021.

This digital edition by Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis (2024), based on Sampath 2012. This translation by Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis (2024).

Primary

[SII] Sampath, M. D. 2012. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XXV, Part I: inscriptions collected during the year 1908. South Indian Inscriptions 25.1. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director General). Pages 119–120, item 99.

[K] Kiruṣṇamūrtti, Ca. 2021. Tamiḻnāṭṭuk kalveṭṭukaḷ tokuti XVI. Civakaṅkai māvaṭṭak kalveṭṭukaḷ tokuti I. TNSDA Epigraphical Series 55. Chennai: Government of Tamil Nadu, State Department of Archaeology. Pages 36–37, item 26/2021.

Secondary

ARIE 1908–09. G.O. No. 538, 28th July 1909. Epigraphy. Issuing orders on progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for Epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the year 1908-1909. Edited by V. Venkayya. No place, 1909. Page 15, appendix B/1908, item 99.

Notes

1. That is, year 2 + 1 + 1, that is, year 4.

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Prosperity! Fortune!

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Year opposite year opposite year 2<note>That is, year 2 + 1 + 1, that is, year 4.</note> of the king Kulaśekhara, the emperor of the three worlds, month of Siṃha, thirtieth lunar day.

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on my birthday ...

I have given,

I, Kāṅkayaṉ, <hi rend="italic">alias</hi>, ...

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This <supplied reason="subaudible">is under</supplied> the protection of the Paṉmāheśvars.

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