Uṭaiyārkuṭi, Ananteśvarasvāmin, time of Parakesarivarman, year 2

Editors: Nicolas Cane, Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCempiyanMahadevi00003.

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: Cempiyaṉ Mahādevī (tfa-cempiyan-mahadevi-epigraphy).

Version: (dc786cb), last modified (aa23e72).

Edition

⟨Zone 1⟩ ⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

kō-para-kesari-varmmark=ku yāṇṭu 2-Āvatu

mēṟ⟨2⟩k’ eḻun=t-aruḷiṉa devar gaṇḍar-āditya-devar deviyār maḻa-v-arai⟨Zone 2⟩⟨3⟩yar makaḷār parān=takaṉ mā-tēvaṭikaḷ-āṉa cempiyaṉ mā-tē⟨4⟩viyār śrī-vīra-nārāyaṇa-c-caturvvedi-maṃgalattu-t tiru-v-anantēśvarat=t’ āḷ⟨5⟩vārk=ku vait=ta non=tā-viḷak=kuk=ku 1-k=ku vait=ta v-āṭu 9 10 6 takar 1

Apparatus

⟨2⟩ gaṇḍaditya° ⬦ gaṇḍarāditya° SII.

⟨4⟩ °vīra° ⬦ °vira° SII. — ⟨4⟩ tiruvanantēśvarat=tāḷ ⬦ tiruvananteśvarat=tāḷ SII.

Translation into French by Cane 2017

Succès ! Prospérité ! [En] la 2e année [de règne] du Roi Parakesarivarman, la vénérable épouse du Roi Gaṇḍarāditya—« le seigneur qui a gracieusement emprunté la direction de l’ouest / qui s’est gracieusement hissé jusqu’au Ciel »—, vénérable fille de Maḻavaraiyar, Parāntakaṉ-Mātēvaṭikaḷ alias la vénérable Cempiyaṉ-Mātēvi a déposé 96 chèvres et 1 bouc (vaitta-v-āṭu 96 takar 1) pour 1 lampe perpétuelle maintenue au profit du Seigneur du glorieux [site d’]Anantēśvaram dans le glorieux [brahmadeya] de Vīranārāyaṇa-caturvedimaṅkalam (śrī-vīranārāyaṇa-caturvedimaṃgalattu-t tiru-v-ananteśvaratt-āḷvārkku vaitta nontā-viḷakkukku 1kku).

Bibliography

Reported in Venkoba Rao 1921 (ARIE/1920-1921/B/1920/540).

Edited in Srinivasa Rao et al. 1967 (SII 19.11); edited in Swaminathan 2012 (SII 32.2.2); edited in Cane 2017 (no. 3), based on autopsy (2012-08).

Commented and translated into French in Cane 2017, p. 207ff.

This edition based on Cane 2017, encoded by Emmanuel Francis (2024).

Primary

[SII] Srinivasa Rao, G.V., Dines Chandra Sircar and G.S. Gai. 1967. South-Indian inscriptions. Volume XIX: Inscriptions of Parakesarivarman. South Indian Inscriptions 19. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Manager of Publications). Items 6-7, page 11.

[S] Swaminathan, S. 2012. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XXXII: inscriptions of the early Chola kings upto Uttama Chola. South Indian Inscriptions 32. New Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director General). Part II, page TBC, item 2.

[C] Cane, Nicolas. 2017. “Cempiyaṉ-Mahādevī, reine et dévote : un « personnage épigraphique » du Xe siècle.” These de doctorat, Paris Sciences et Lettres (ComUE). No place. [URL]. Page 763, item 3.

Secondary

Venkoba Rao, G. 1921. G.O. No. 183, 23rd September 1921, Epigraphy, Annual report for the year 1920-21 of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent, Recorded. No place. Page 37, appendix B/1920, item 540.