# Tiruppukuḻi, Vijayaraghavaperumāḷ temple, time of Vīra Harihararāya Dorotea Operato Author of digital edition: Dorotea Operato Identifier: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv39p0i0217 Repository: SII adapted (tfa-sii-epigraphy) File path: SII39_adapted/DHARMA_INStfaSIIv39p0i0217.xml Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil] Commit: 2026-11-13 15:30 (078960b), last modified 2026-11-11 17:46 (9feb835) ## Summary This inscription states that the Kaikkōḷars and other members of the Left-Hand caste made some contribution for burning a lamp in the same temple. ## Palaeographic description No distinction between n and ṉ, nor between e and ē. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨1⟩ svasti śrī man·mahā-maṇḍaleśvaran· harirāya vibhāṭan· bhāṣaikku ⟨2⟩ [2+] puva rāyā kaṇṭan· camuttiṟāti-pati śrī v¿i?⟨ī⟩ra-harihara-rāyaṉukku-c cel ⟨3⟩ lā niṉṟa bahutānya saṁ-vaṟsaratta r̥ṣabha-nāyaṟṟ-up pūrva-pakṣattu nā ⟨4⟩ yaṟṟu-k kiḻamaiyum tiṟitikaiyum peṟṟa puṇar-pūcattu nāḷ jayaṅko ⟨5⟩ ṇṭa-c¡o!⟨ō⟩ḻa-maṇṭalattu tāmaṟ-koṭṭattu-t tiruppati tirup⟨6⟩puṭkuḻi nāyaṉāṟku tiru-viḷakkukku Oṉṟu pātiyum Ivv-ūr ⟨7⟩ tiru-k-kaikk¡o!⟨ō⟩ḷaṟkum kaikk¡o!⟨ō⟩ḷaṟkum Em-perumāṉ Aṭi⟨8⟩yāṟkum maṟṟum Iṭaṅkaiyil Uḷḷāṟkum Oṉṟu pātiyum ⟨9⟩ Āka Iṭaṅkai-vari Iṭaṅkaiyai-y n¡o!⟨ō⟩kkivarum pala-vari māniyam ⟨10⟩ Āka viṭṭa Aḷavukkum caṅk¡e!⟨ē⟩ta camaiyattāṟar pukuta-k kaṭavat’ alla ⟨11⟩ Eṉṟu colla-k kallilum cempilum veṭṭi-k kuṭutt¡o!⟨ō⟩m ⟨12⟩ Inta tarmattukku vir¡o!⟨ō⟩tam paṇṇiṉavaṉ keṅkai karaiyil ⟨13⟩ kurāl pacuvai-k koṉṟa pāpamuṅ koṇṭa nā [1+] paṭu-t-tur¡o!⟨ō⟩kam Āka⟨14⟩-k kaṭavatu Inta taṟmam caṉtiṟātitta-varaiyum naṭakka-k kaṭavatu Ippaṭi⟨15⟩kku Ivai {Ivai} Iṭaṅkai kāmaveḷān¡e!⟨ē⟩ṉ Eḻuttu teṟku Āka ticai Iṉ-ṉāṉku Ellaikku Uṭpaṭṭa ⟨16⟩ naṉ-cey 𑿦 6 li In-nilam Aṟu veliyum Ivv-ūr nattamum cettalai-t tiṭallum mēl n¡o!⟨ō⟩kkiṉa mara⟨17⟩mum kīḻ-n¡o!⟨ō⟩kkiṉa kiṇaṟum Uṭpa⟨ṭ⟩ṭatu Ivarkku Iṟṟai-nāḷ viṟṟu-k kuṭuttu-k koḷvat’ āṉa Emmil i⟨18⟩cainta vilai-p-poruḷ [5+] ṭu naṟkāciṉāl Ākra-vāram 𑿞 9 10 Ip-paṇam toṇṇūṟṟukkum Ivv-ūr ⟨19⟩ nāṉku Ellaikku Uṭpaṭṭa naṉ-cey 𑿦 Aṟu veliyum nattamum cettalai-t tiṭarum kuḷamum vilai Āvat’ ākavum ⟨20⟩ Ip-paṇam toṇṇūṟum Ik-kiḻppaṭa paṟṟi-k koṇṭu Intaṅ karuppūr viṟṟu vilai-p piṟamāṇam pa⟨21⟩ṇṇi-k kuṭutt¡e!⟨ē⟩ṉ Uṭaiyār tiru-v-ampalam-uṭaiyār toṇṭai-māṉāṟkku kaḷañ⟨ca⟩lūr kiḻavaṉ ⌈ ⟨22⟩ cellappiḷḷai-y-āṉa koṉār¡e!⟨ē⟩ṉ - Ip-paṭikku Ivai cempiyaṉ t¡e!⟨ē⟩ṟaṉār Eḻuttu - ⟨23⟩ viśvesvara t¡e!⟨ē⟩va¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ puṅkaṉūr kiḻavaṉ Eḻuttu - ⟨24⟩ Ivai tiru-vīraṭṭ’ āṉa muṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu - puṅkaṉūr kiḻavaṉ Umaiyuruva [5+] ⟨25⟩ Eḻuttu - Ivai peru-maṅkala muṭaiyān tiru-meṉi Aḻakiyāṉ Eḻuttu ⟨26⟩ Ip-paṭikku Ivai Ākkāṭu kiḻāṉ cellappiḷḷaiyān¡e!⟨ē⟩n ⟨27⟩ Ip-paṭi Aṟiv¡e!⟨ē⟩ṉ [5+] ṭunan ## Apparatus ⟨15⟩ Ivai ⬦ SII • Probably a surplus. ## Commentary This inscription is dated to A.D. 1398 according to Karuppiah 2020. ## Bibliography Reported in ARIE 1915–16 (ARIE/1915-1916/C/1916/217). Edited in Karuppiah 2020 (SII 36.332). This digital edition by Dorotea Operato, based on Shama Sastry & Lakshminarayan Rao 1939. ### 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 235–236, item 217. ### 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 84, appendix C/1916, item 217.