# Tirumurukaṉpūṇṭi, Muruganātha temple, no king, no year

Renato Dávalos

Author of digital edition: Renato Dávalos

Identifier: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv30p0i0014

Repository: SII adapted (tfa-sii-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv30p0i0014.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

Copy of a manuscript document (ōlai) grating several rights to three
temple women (tēvaraṭiyār), namely to Cuvaṇṭaya Naṅkai, daughter of
Āṭkoṇṭanācci, and her two daughters: Tiruvuṇāḻiyar Naṅkai, alias Toḻi,
and Ālālacuntara-Naṅkai, alias Kāṅkaya-nācci. Among the privileges they
received was the designation of the hand gestures (kai kāṭṭi) during the
performance of the Tiruvempāvai, in the context of the Tiruvātirai
festival in Mārkaḻi.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

caṇḍeśvaraṉ Ōlai sāgarañ-cūḻ vaiy{y}akattu-k kaṇṭiśvaraṉ karumam ārāyka
paṇṭē y-aṟa [6+] ṉ Aṟaṅ-kāttāṉ pātan tiṟampāmaṟ ceṉṉi mēl vaittu Aruḷāl
Āticaṇḍeśvaraṉ Ādeśam

nam ⟨2⟩ Uṭaiyār tirumurukaṉpūṇṭi y-āḷuṭaiya-nāyaṉār kōyiṟ tēvaraṭiyāril
Āṭkoṇṭanācci maka [7+] māḷ-āṉa cavuṇṭaya naṅkaikkum Ivaḷ taṅkai makkaḷ
toḻi-y-āṉa tiruvuṇāḻiyar naṅkaikkum Ivaḷ ⟨3⟩ taṅkai kāṅkaya-nācci-y-āṉa
Ālālacuntara-naṅkaikkum nam Ōlai kuṭutta paṭiyāvatu Īśvara samvat [7+]

(ti)l Ivarkaḷukku nām tiruvanti-k-kāppu-k kuṭukkaiyil Ivarkaḷ
tiruvanti-k-kāppum Eṭuttu paṇiyumuṟai⟨4⟩yuñ ceytu Uṭaiyārkku paṇimāṟuṅ
kālan tōṟum tirunīṟṟu-k-kāpput tirukkaṇṇāṭi tiruve[ṇcāmaram] Aṭukkoliyil
[5+] taṭṭu-k kāḷāñ(ci) Uḷḷiṭṭavaiyum Eṭuppārkaḷ ākavum

tirunāḷukku n¿a?⟨ā⟩ṭe⟨5⟩śvara-nāyaṉār Eḻuntaruḷum poḻutu muṉṉaraṅku
Ēṟa-k kaṭavarkaḷ ākavum

Ivar tirumuṉpu piccaveṣam [7+] kaḷ ākavum

Inta (ma)hotsavattukku Ēṟi y-aruḷum tiruttēr tirunaṭappuṅ kōyil
tirunaṭai-k-kā⟨6⟩vaṇam uḷḷiṭṭa Āsanaṅkaḷ ēṟa-k kaṭavarkaḷ ākavum

tirumārkaḻi-t tiruvātiraikku muṉṟā [8+] lā y-uḷḷa tiruvempāvaikku kai
¿n?⟨k⟩āṭṭi muṉṟām Aṟai mutalāyuḷḷa Aṟaiyuṅ kaṭṭakkaṭava⟨7⟩rkaḷ ākavum

meṟcāttum parivaṭṭamum peṟakkaṭavarkaḷ ākavum

Intat tiru(va)ntikkāppāl van [9+] sarvvaprāptikaḷāṉa varicaikaḷum
peṟa-k-kaṭavarkaḷ ākavum

Ippaṭikku Ivarkaḷ makkaḷ makkaḷ cantirā⟨8⟩tityavarai Aṉupavittu
varuvārkaḷ ākavum

Ippaṭikkuc cempiluñ cilaiyilum veṭṭi-k koḷvat’ āka nam Ōlai kuṭuttōm

Ippaṭikku Aruḷi-c ceyal paṭikku tēvarkaṉmi cikāḻi-p-piḷḷai Eḻuttu

pāl vaṇṇattāṇṭ{ā} perumāḷ Eḻuttu

Aṇṇāmalaiyaṉ Eḻuttu

Aṭikkiḻttaḷattu-c cera-sa ⟨9⟩ ṉ Eḻuttu

māṭāpattiyam kāñcipurattu comaṉā⟨ta⟩-tēvaṉ Eḻuttu

tāṉattāri(l) namaccivāya-tēvaṉ Eḻuttu

kaṇṭiyatēvaṉ Eḻuttu

Āṉantakkūttaṉ Eḻuttu

muttikku nāyakaṉ Eḻuttu

tiruvam palapaṭṭi kāṭṭiya kaiyyaṉ Eḻuttu

Āṉantakkūttaṉ Eḻuttu

⟨10⟩ Ivai Aruḷāl Āticaṇṭeśvara śrī karaṇattāṉ Eḻuttu ↝

## Apparatus

⟨4⟩ tiruve[ṇcāmaram] ⬦ tiruveṉ [6+] SII • I follow here the wording of a
parallel inscription from the same temple: INStfaSIIv30p0i0054

⟨7⟩ kai ¿n?⟨k⟩āṭṭi ⬦ kai nāṭṭi SII • I follow here the wording of a
parallel inscription from the same temple: INStfaSIIv30p0i0054

## Commentary

ARIE dates the record to the 14th century.

See parallel inscription from same temple: INStfaSIIv30p0i0054.

## Bibliography

First reported in ARIE 1915–16 (ARIE/1915-1916/B/1915/92).

First edited in Marxia Gandhi et al. 2011 (SII 30.14).

Edited and translated by Renato Dávalos based on previous edition Marxia
Gandhi et al. 2011.

### Primary

[SII] Marxia Gandhi, N., A. Padmavathy & S. Swaminathan. 2011. South
Indian inscriptions. Volume XXX: Inscriptions collected during the year
1915. South Indian Inscriptions 30. New Delhi; Chennai: Archaeological
Survey of India; Department of Archaeology, Government of Tamilnadu.
Pages 15–16, item 14.

### Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1915–16. G.O. No. 99, 29th August 1916. Epigraphy.
Recording, with remarks, the progress report of the Assistant
Archaeological Superintendent for epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the
year 1915-1916. Edited by H. Krishna Sastri. No place, 1916. Page 10,
item 92.