Tirumurukaṉpūṇṭi, Muruganātha temple, no king, no year

Author of digital edition: Renato Dávalos (reda).

Summary: Copy of a palm-leaf order. Grant of money (paṇam) by the tēvaraṭiyār Nāṟpatteṇṇāyira-Naṅkai to the temple for the benefit of mendicants (kōvaṇavar), devotees of Vīrabhadra (vīrapattirar) and temple trustees (tāṉattar). In return, she was appointed to perform several services, including flashing the sacred fly-whisk (tiruveṇcāmarai), the sacred mirror (tirukkaṇṇāṭi), the recitation of holy hymns (tiruppāṭṭu) while gesturing with her hands (kaikāṭṭa), as well as certain land rights (urimai kuṭi).

Palaeographic description: ARIE dates the inscription to the 14th century on palaeographical grounds.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv30p0i0054.

File path: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv30p0i0054.xml.

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

Edition

⟨1⟩ taṇṭiśvaraṉ Ōlai cākarañ cūḻ vaiy{y}akattu-t taṇṭiyavara¡n! karumam ārāykai paṇṭē y-aṟañ ceytāṉ {ceytāṉ} Aṟaṅ kāttāṉ pātam tappāmal ceṉṉi mēl vaittu Aruḷāl Āti taṇṭeśvaraṉ Ātēcam nam tirumaṭai-viḷā(ka)ttu tēva(ra)ṭiyār [**] [tirumu]-

⟨2⟩ rukaṉpūṇṭi Āḷuṭaiya-ṉāyaṉār c¿i?-paṇṭārattu Aṭi Uṟaiyār [***] kōvaṇavar⟨k⟩kum tāṉattā⟨rk⟩kum v¿i?rapattira⟨r⟩kkum kuṭutta 𑿞 3 10 Āka 𑿞 8 10 I⟨p⟩-paṇam Eṇpatum Oṭukkukaiyil nām Ivarkaḷukku varicai kuṭutta paṭiyā⟨va⟩tu nāṟpatte⟨ṇ⟩ṇāyira-naṅkai [****]-

⟨3⟩ mum tiruveṇcāmaraiyum tiruka⟨ṇ⟩ṇāṭiyuṅ kāḷāñcamum [****] meṟi cevikka kaṭavar ākavum cevikkum iṭattu ¿Aiñ?cāma¿ṟ?aiyum k¿a?ṭṭi tiru⟨p⟩pā(ṭ)ṭuk⟨ku⟩m kaikāṭṭa kaṭavāḷ ākavum maṟṟum Eppeṟpaṭṭatuvum Urimai kuṭitaṉap peṟum [*****]

Commentary

See parallel inscription from same temple: INStfaSIIv30p0i0014.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1915–16 (ARIE/1915-1916/B/1915/131).

Edited in Marxia Gandhi et al. 2011 (SII 30.54).

This digital edition by Renato Dávalos, based on 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. Page 42, item 54.

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 12, appendix B/1915, item 131.

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See parallel inscription from same temple: <ref target="DHARMA_INStfaSIIv30p0i0014"/>.

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