# Ceṉṉivaṉam, Sāliyavanēśvarar temple, Māṟavarman Kulaśekhara, year 38

Renato Dávalos

Author of digital edition: Renato Dávalos

Identifier: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv39p0i0030

Repository: SII adapted (tfa-sii-epigraphy)

File path: SII39_adapted/DHARMA_INStfaSIIv39p0i0030.xml

Languages: Sanskrit [Grantha], Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-13 15:30 (078960b), last modified 2026-11-11 17:46
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## Summary

Land grant made by the residents of Viyātaraiyaṉ-kōṭṭai to the
authorities of the temple Tiruccaṉṉavaṉam-uṭaiya-nāyaṉār at
Tiruttiyūr-Muṭṭam for the maintenance of the image of
Tiruvātavūr-Nāyaṉār (Māṇikkavācakar), which had been installed there by
a certain Sundara-Pāṇṭiiya-Paṭṭaṉ alias Imametaruvān, one of the thirty
Śivabrāhmaṇa vaṭṭam. The tax-free land shall cover the expenses for the
food offerings (amutupaṭi) and the adornment of the idol (cāttuppaṭi).
The record was to be engraved on stone and copper.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ śrī

makkittikku meṟ śrī komāṟapaṉmar-āṉa tirupuvaṉa-c-cakkaravattikaḷ
Emmaṇṭala muṅkoṇṭaruḷiya śrīkulacēkara-tēvaṟkku yāṇṭu 3 10 8 vatu
Ai(p)paci śrī

tiruttiyū(r)-mu(ṭ)ṭattu tiruccaṉṉavaṉattu Uṭaiyā(r)
tiruccaṉṉavaṉam-uṭaiya-nāyiṉār kōyilil tēvakaṉmi c¿i?⟨ī⟩kāriyañcevār śrī
māheśvara-kaṇkāṇi cevārkaḷukku I(n)-nāṭu viyātaraiyaṉ-kōṭṭai [7+]
ḻaiñcca Ū(ra)varōm piṭipāṭu paṇṇi kuṭutta paricāvatu

I(n)ta nāyiṉār kōyilil muppatu vaṭṭattu civa-p-pirāmaṇaril ceya ⟨2⟩ yāṉ
Imametaruvāṉ-āṉa cuntarapāṇṭiya-paṭṭaṉ In-nāyaṉār kōyilil Ēṟiaruḷa-p
paṇṇiṉa tiruvātavūr nāyaṉāṟku Amutupaṭi cāttupaṭi (U)ḷḷiṭṭaṉ itta
nimantatukku [4+] vakaḷ viṭ(ṭa nila)m āvatu viyataraiyaṉ kōṭṭai vayalil
periya-kuḷatil veḷḷuruva maṭaiyāl nirpāyum E [1+] kaḷ kāṇi (ci)la viṭṭa
nilam Iraṇṭu [6+] patu kiḻpāṟkellai naṭuvillempa-k kuḷattil nānā(ḷu)kku
meṟkum teṉ (pā)ṟkellai paṟaiyaṉ kāṇi ⟨3⟩ tēvaṉ kāḷaiyār Uḻutu pōtukiṟa
taṭi Iraṇṭum mututaricāṉa taṭi Iraṇṭukkum vaṭakkum melpāṟkellai muṉpu
tiruvilaiku-p-puṟam āka viṭṭa tēvatāṉa-paṟṟil vā [2+] ttuṭaval [4+]
varampukku kiḻakkum pa [3+] tēvatāṉam Ālāla cuntaraṉ vaykkal kiḻ [2+]
rampukku kiḻakkum vaṭapāṟk kellai It-(tēva)tāṉam vaṭavarampuvanta
cevuṟaikkut teṟkkum Āka (I)c(ai)nta perunāṉkellaikk’ uṭpaṭṭa palataṭiyāl
Ēṟṟa-c curukkam Uṭpaṭa nilam Iraṇṭumāvum In-nāyaṉāṟkku
kārā¿ḻv?⟨ṇm⟩ai⟨4⟩kavum Inta cuntarāpāṇṭiya paṭṭaṇukku kāṇi Āvatu Ākavum
In-nāyaṉāṟku Amutupaṭi cāttuppaṭi Uḷḷiṭṭa viñcaṉattukkum Iṟaiyili
kārā¿ḻ?⟨ṇ⟩mai Āka n¿i?⟨ī⟩rvārttu Eṅkaḷ¿u?⟨ū⟩r puravil kaḻittu
viṭṭamai(kku) cantirāticcavaṟ celvatāka kallilum cempilum veṭṭi-k
kuṭuttōm tiruvātavūr-nāyiṉārku viyātaraiyaṉ kōṭṭai Ūrkku camainta
Ūravarōm Ip-paṭikku Añcāta kaṇṭapparaiyaṉ Eḻuttu Ippaṭikku
muṭitāṅkirāmaṉ Eḻuttu

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ maka kittukku ⬦ makkittikku SII • See parallel inscription in the
same temple, following regnal year.

⟨3⟩ kārā¿ḻv?⟨ṇm⟩ai ⬦ kārāḻvai SII • The reference that comes afterwards
is to kāṇi rights, so it might be well possible that this is a scribal
mistake and that the record here refers to the kāraṇmai rights.
Moreover, another variation appears in line 4 (kārāḻmai).

⟨4⟩ kārā¿ḻ?⟨ṇ⟩mai ⬦ kārāḻmai SII.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1915–16 (ARIE/1915-1916/C/1916/30).

First edited in Karuppiah 2020 (SII 39.30).

This edition by Renato Dávalos (2026), based on Karuppiah 2020.

### Primary

[SII] Karuppiah, K. 2020. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XXXIX:
Inscriptions collected during the year 1916. South Indian Inscriptions
39. New Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director General). Pages
37–38, item 30.

### 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 66,
item 30, appendixes C/1915-1916.