# Tirumurukaṉpūṇṭi, Muruganātha temple, no king, no year

Renato Dávalos

Author of digital edition: Renato Dávalos

Identifier: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv30p0i0054

Repository: SII adapted (tfa-sii-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv30p0i0054.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## 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.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ taṇṭiśvaraṉ Ōlai cākarañ cūḻ vaiy{y}akattu-t taṇṭiyavara¡n!⟨ṉ⟩
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 [2+] [tirumu]⟨2⟩rukaṉpūṇṭi
Āḷuṭaiya-ṉāyaṉār c¿i?⟨ī⟩-paṇṭārattu Aṭi Uṟaiyār [3+] kōvaṇavar⟨k⟩kum
tāṉattā⟨rk⟩kum v¿i?⟨ī⟩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 [4+]⟨3⟩mum tiruveṇcāmaraiyum
tiruka⟨ṇ⟩ṇāṭiyuṅ kāḷāñcamum [4+] meṟi cevikka kaṭavar ākavum cevikkum
iṭattu ¿Aiñ?⟨veñ⟩cāma¿ṟ?⟨r⟩aiyum k¿a?⟨ā⟩ṭṭi tiru⟨p⟩pā(ṭ)ṭuk⟨ku⟩m
kaikāṭṭa kaṭavāḷ ākavum maṟṟum Eppeṟpaṭṭatuvum Urimai kuṭitaṉap peṟum
[5+]

## 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.