# Tiruvōṟṟiyūr, Ādhipurīśvara temple, time of Kumāra Kampaṇṇa, cātāraṇa (sādhāraṇa) year Renato Dávalos Author of digital edition: Renato Dávalos Identifier: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv38p0i0195 Repository: SII adapted (tfa-sii-epigraphy) File path: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv38p0i0195.xml Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil] Commit: 2026-10-19 18:42 (65fc39d), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09 (1120f60) ## Summary It records the resolution of a dispute between the iṣapa-taḷiyilār (also called cokka-taḷiyilār) and the tēvaraṭiyār at Tiruvoṟṟiyūr regarding temple service duties, honours, and privileges. The iṣapa-taḷiyilār were assigned service at the shrine of the god, and the tēvaraṭiyār at that of the goddess. The iṣapa-taḷiyilār were to perform dance, akamāṟkam, and cintu at the sacred hall (tirumaṇṭapa) of the God (nāyanār), while the tēvaraṭiyār did the same at the sacred hall (tirumaṇṭapa) of the Goddess (nācciyār). The tēvaraṭiyār were also to sing tiruppatiyam, tiruvempāvai, and the tiruppallāṇṭu, whilst both groups recited tiruccāḻal in turn. It also specifies the honours to be conferred upon vīraṇukkar, kaikkōḷar, and muṭṭukkārar. Tiruñānasambandan, a supervisory official (māhēśvarakkaṇkāṇi) and others figure as signatories. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨1⟩ ¿cuvaṟtta?⟨svasti⟩ ¿tiṟi?⟨śrī⟩ makā-maṇṭali¿ta?⟨cu⟩ra v¡i!⟨ī⟩ra-pokkaṇar kumāra kampaṇa(v-u)ṭaiy¿a?⟨ā⟩r Aruḷi-c ceyal paṭikku cātāraṇa varu{ḻ}cam Aṟpaci-mātam Irupattu nālān tiyati nāḷ viyākaraṇatāṉa(n-ti)rukkāvaṇattil niṟaivaṟa niṟaintu ⟨2⟩ kuṟaivaṟa-k kūṭi ¡ci!⟨śrī⟩-uruttira ¡ci!⟨śrī⟩-mākecura¿na?⟨ru⟩m tāṉattārum nāṭṭārum Ik-kōyil Atikāramāṉa tuṇaiyiruntāṉ-⟨n⟩ampi koṅka-rāyaru⟨m⟩ muṉp’ āka Iraṇṭu niyāyattārum porutta Iḻapa-t-taḷiyilār ⟨3⟩ tevaraṭiyār muṟaimaik kāriyattukku-p pū¿ṟ?⟨r⟩uvamakkāri Ivarkaḷ cevikkum paṭikku nāṅkaḷ Aṟuti y-iṭṭapaṭi cokka-t-taḷiyilār cevittu-p potum muṟaimaikaḷil ⟨4⟩ cokkamum tirukāppunāṇum tirukkaḷapamum tiruccāntum muttirā-maṇṭapattiṟ cey{p}pāvai tar¿i?⟨ā⟩-p-pāvaiyum cokka-t-taḷiyilār cevittu-p pōtavum Itu Oḻinta cevik⟨ku⟩ muṟaimaikaḷ Ellām cevikkum ⟨5⟩ Iṭattu perumāḷ mutaliyār tirukkalliyāṇa cunt¿iri?⟨ara⟩-teva rmuṟṟum Eḻuntaruḷum nāyaṉmāṟkum Iṣa{ca}pattaḷiyilār muṟkeṭatta Ikkuṭiyilum Ivaḷukku piṉp’ āka taivittāri ⟨6⟩ kuṟalliyal paṇimāṟa-k kaṭavarkaḷ ākavum Ivarkaḷ piṉp’āka-t tirumaruṅkile tevaraṭiyār tiruveṇcāmaram paṇiyāṟavum I{ḻa}ṣapa-t-taḷiyilār tiruvantikkāppum tevaraṭiyār puṣpa{p}pattaḷikaiyum tiruniṟṟukkāppum ⟨7⟩ Iṣapa-(t)-taḷiyilār muṉṉum tevaraṭiyār piṉṉum (Atu) Eṭukka kaṭavarka(ḷ) ākavum pu(ṣ)pa-t-taḷikai Eṭukka tevaraṭiyār niṟkum paṭi mutaliyār caṉṉatiyil munnil kāṇalē niṟka⟨8⟩(k) katavu Arukil tūṇilē niṟkavum periya tirumaṇṭapattil melaippattiyil Iraṇṭām tūṇilē niṟkavum Iṣapa-t-taḷiyilār nāyiṉār caṉṉatiyilum tevaraṭiyār nācciyār caṉṉatiyilum canti-k ku⟨9⟩ṉippam Iṭavum malaippum Ippaṭi Āṭavum ¡ci!⟨śrī⟩palikku-p pāṭumatum tiruppavaṉikku-p pāṭumatum Iṣapa-t-taḷiyilār pāṭavum Iraṇṭu tirumaṇṭapattilum Iraṇṭu vakai y-āka muṭṭukkāṟar cevikkavum Uḷḷu-p paṇimāṟa paṇṇiṉa Aḷavilē nācciyārkku vantu paṇṭamāṟappaṇṇavum tiruv¿i?⟨ī⟩ti cevikkumpaṭi nāyaṉār caṉṉatiyilum nācciyār caṉṉatiyilum Iraṇṭu vakai y-āka ⟨10⟩ muṭṭukkāṟar cevikkavum Uḷḷu Iḻa{ca}pa-t-taḷiyilār Akamāṟkamum cintukkumāṭavum tevaraṭiyār nācciyār tirumaṇṭapattilē Akamāṟkamum cintukkum variyumāṭavum tiruttoppukaḷilē tevaraṭiyār Iṭappāri cukattilē tiruvolakkattilē cevittu Irukka Iṣa{ca}pa-t-taḷiyilār varipāṭavum kūtta-p perumāḷ maṇṭapattilē taḷiyilār Āṭakkaṭavarkaḷ Allāvākavum tiruccāḻalukku Iṣa{ca}pa-t-ta⟨11⟩taḷiyilār muṟpāṭu pāṭi-t tevaraṭiyār piṉpupāṭi Iṣa{ca}pa-t-taḷiyilār muṉṉum muṭṭukkāṟar naṭuvum tevaraṭiyār piṉṉum āka-p puṟappaṭṭut taṅkaḷ Ellaikaḷilē pāṭi-p-pōtavum Uṭaiyār kalcatakāpaṉam tirumañcaṉattukku ce(p)puvā(ca)lukkum tuvāravācalukkun ⟨na⟩ṭuvē tiruppatiyam viṇṇappam ceyvārum tevaraṭiyārum tiruppallāṇṭu cevikkavum tiruyeṇṇaikkāppum tiruccuṇṇattukkum muṉp’ ilāṇṭum atikāri tevaraṭi⟨12⟩yār cevikkavum Ippaṭikku Ūrilē cevikkum matikārikaḷum cevittu-p payaṇamum Iṣapa-t-taḷiyilārum tevaraṭiyārum cevikkavum Aricippaṭi Iraṇṭu tiṟavarum peṟavum veṟṟilai cokka-t-taḷiyilār peṟṟāl tevaraṭiyār peṟavum cokka-t-taḷiyilāraiyē Eḻuntu veṟṟilai peṟum Iṭattu Iraṇṭu tiṟavarum mokka-p peṟavum viraṇukkarum kaikkoḷarum veṟṟilaipeṟum Iṭattu muṉṉum piṉṉum āka-p peṟavum kaikkoḷarum Iṣa{ca}pa-t-taḷiyilār makkaḷum veṟṟilai peṟum iṭattu Okkappeṟa-k ka⟨13⟩ṭavarkaḷ Ākavum perumāḷukku-p paṇimāṟa-p paṇṇiṉāl Iṣapa-t-taḷiyilār Āṭippāṭavum nācciyārkku-p paṇimā(ra)-p (pa)ṇṇiṉāl tevaraṭiyār Āṭippāṭavu(n) perumāḷ tirumaṇṭapam tiruttoppu Eṟi Aruḷum poḻutu co [3+] kkuṟaṭṭu Aḷavu Āka-t tiruveṇcāmaram paṇimāṟi Iraṇṭu tiṟavarum paṇṭārattilē kuṭukkavum tiruvātavūr nāyaṉār Eḻuntaruḷina tiru(v)empāvai tiruvitiyum tirumāḷikaiyum cevittu-c ceppuvācalukkum tuvāravācalukkum naṭuttirupāṭṭu (O)⟨14⟩tuvaruṭaṉe paṟṟum pāṭi-t tiruniṟṟum tevaraṭiyār peṟavum (ti)ruvātiraikku Aṟaikaṭṭum Iṭattu-p perumāḷ tirumaṇṭapattilē Iṣa{ca}pa-t-taḷiyilār Aṟaikaṭṭippāṭi Āṭavum nācciyār tirumaṇṭapattilē tevaraṭiyār Aṟaikaṭṭi pāṭi Āṭavum nāyiṉār koyilē Iṣapa-t-taḷiyilār coṟu peṟavum ta [10+] peṟavum Ippaṭi [4+] c cevittu-p pōtavum I [5+] ṭi Imantu kalaintavarkaḷ civatturoki Irā⟨15⟩(ca)tturoki Āka-k kaṭavatākavum Ippaṭikku Ivai śrīmāheśvarak kaṇkāṇi tiruñāṉacampantaṉ Eḻuttu Ivai vāgiśvarapaṇḍitasya Ivai jayaṅkoṇṭacoḻamaṇṭala miṭarkaṉ Eḻuttu Ivai tavaneṟi peṟṟāṉ Eḻuttu Ivai Iṇaittavitavaneṟi peṟṟāṉ Eḻuttu Ivai Ilaikkāṭṭuruṭaiyāṉ nāṟpatteṇṇāyira muṭaiyār koyililē (matuvāṭiyār) [10+] ⟨16⟩ veḷḷāḷa Eḻu [8+] ## Apparatus ⟨4⟩ cey{p}pāvai ⬦ ceya-p-pāvai SII. — ⟨4⟩ tar¿i?⟨ā⟩-p-pāvaiyum ⬦ tari-p-pāvaiyum SII. ## Bibliography Edited in Swaminathan 2019 (SII 38.195). This revised edition by Renato Dávalos. ### Primary [SII] Swaminathan, S. 2019. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XXXVIII: Inscriptions collected during the year 1912. South Indian Inscriptions 38. New Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director General). Pages 222–225, item 195.