Tiruveṇkāṭu, X temple, time of X, year X

Editors: Nicolas Cane, Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCempiyanMahadevi00029.

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

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

Version: (dc786cb), last modified (c754e6c).

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

śrī-kō-rājasari-parmaṟku yāṇṭu 6-Āvatu

⟨2⟩ tiru-veṇkāṭa-devarkku śrī-kaṇṭar-ātitta-devar deviyār śrī-U⟨3⟩ttama-cōḻa-devar taṅkaḷ ācciyār parāntakaṉ mā-tēviyā⟨4⟩r-āṉa śrī-cempiyaṉ mā-tēviyār ceyta paṇikaḷ kalli⟨l⟩ veṭṭi⟨5⟩ṉa paric’ āvatu

śrī-Uttama-cōḷa-tēvarkku yāṇṭu 4-Āvatu snapana⟨6⟩ñ ceyya-k kuṭutta ceppu-k kalacam 106 ceppu-k kuṭam 1 ceppu-k⟨7⟩-karakam 1 Ivaiccukku mūṭacceppakal 108 Ivai It-taṉaiyu⟨8⟩māykkūṭṭuniṟai Ik-kōyilil veḷḷikkolāl Iraṇṭ’ āyirattu nā⟨9⟩ṟpatt’ eṇ palam

It-tēvarkkē yāṇṭu 6-Āvatu Ivv-uṭaiyārēy ⟨10⟩ kuṭutta poṉṉiṉ koḷkai 1 niṟai Āyiratt’ aññūṟṟu-k kaḻañcu Itil cikara⟨11⟩ttilum nālu mukattilum āka Ēṟiṉa māṇikkam Añcu vaiyiram Añpa⟨12⟩tt’ iraṇṭu muttu mu-vā-y-irattu Iru-nūṟṟu Aṟu-patt’ oṉṟu

kō-rāja-kēsari⟨13⟩-parmaṟku yāṇṭu 3 Āvataṉiṟ perāḷar veṇkāṭar taṅ kōyil meloru ⟨14⟩ paiñpoṟkuṭam Or āyirattoṭaiññūṟṟu kaḻañciṉāl vaittu kantāḷ cirā⟨15⟩r maḻavarkō¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ peṟṟa nañ cempiyan mā-tēviyē

Ivv-āṇṭēy Ik-kōyi⟨16⟩lil vacca poṉṉiṉ candra-śe¡k!⟨kh⟩ara-t tiru-mēṉi 1 niṟai nālāyiratteṇṇū⟨17⟩ṟṟuttoṇṇūṟṟeṇkaḻañcey mukkāl Ittevarkkuccempinā⟨18⟩ṟ ceyta pātapiṭattin meṟportta takaṭu nālu māṇiyumuṭpaṭappo⟨19⟩ṉ niṟai nūṟṟorupattoru kaḻañcu Ivarkkey cempināṟ ceyta panma⟨20⟩ttinmeṟ portta takaṭiraṇṭukku māṇikkumāka ponṉiṟai Irupatton⟨21⟩patin kaḻañcey mukkāl Ittevarkkey ceyta veḷḷip=rabhai 1 veḷḷi ⟨22⟩ Irunūṟṟeṇpattaṟu kaḻañcey mūnṟu mañcāṭi Itinmeṟ portta pon⟨23⟩ṉiṟai nūṟṟaiñpattonpatin kaḻañcey kāl Ittevarkku ceyta Āpa⟨24⟩raṇaṅkaḷ kuppi Iraṇṭum Uḻuttu Īraṇaiyum vāḷi Oṉṟumāka ponṉiṟai Iru ka⟨25⟩ḻañcu muttu Añcu Ēkāvallivaṭamiraṇṭu muttu Irupatteṭṭu pavaḻam I⟨26⟩raṇṭum rājāvan=tam Iraṇṭu māṇikkamālai Oṉṟu poṉ Oṉpatin kaḻañcu Iti⟨27⟩ṉ meleṟina māṇikkam Āṟu paḷiṅku taṭavikkaṭṭin muppattāṟu vai⟨28⟩yiram Irupattumūnṟu muttu muppatteṭṭu maratakam Iruppatto⟨29⟩ṉṟu net=rattin poṟ tāṇicca paṭṭikai 1 pon Añkaḻañcu māṇikka⟨30⟩m 1 paḷiṅkumāṇikkam pattonpatu paḷiṅkuvaiyiram pattu potti ⟨31⟩ mūnṟu muttu Irunūṟṟorupattiraṇṭu Ittevaruṭaiya bhahuvalayam I⟨32⟩raṇṭinār poṉ niṟai kaḻañcu Itil māṇikkam Iraṇṭu vaiyiram Āṟu mu⟨33⟩tu toṇṇūṟṟiraṇṭu veṇcāmarai Onṟu Itin kai ponṉiṟai muppatt’ o⟨ru⟩ ⟨34⟩ kaḻañcey mañcāṭiyumiruparaṇ ceppuppiṭam 1 niṟai nūṟṟ’ aiñpatin palam Iv⟨35⟩vāṇṭē kuṭutta poṟpū v-oṉṟināl niṟai mu-k-kaḻañc’ arai Ivv-āṇṭē-y ⟨36⟩ tām eḻunt-aruḷuvicca cantira-cēkara-p-perumāḷukku Amutuceyyakku⟨37⟩ṭutta veḷḷittaḷikai Oṉṟu niṟai muṉṉūṟṟaiñ⟨38⟩pattoru kaḻañcu

Ivvāṇṭey śrīUttamacōḻadevar de⟨39⟩viyār ceṭṭaṉcorappaiyārāna t=ribhuvaṉamā-tēviyār kuṭutta ve⟨40⟩ḷḷikkalacappāṉai Oṉṟu niṟai Iruppatteḻu palam Itu virukka I⟨41⟩varey kuṭutta ta(navin) kaṟikkāl Oṉṟu Ivvāṇṭey Ivare ku⟨42⟩ṭutta poṟpū Onṟināl niṟai Iru kaḻañcaraiyeyaraikkāl Ivvā⟨43⟩ṇṭe Uṭaiyār śivaś=rāddhañceyya nilavilaiyāka kuṭutta poṟpū O⟨44⟩nṟināl niṟai nāṟkaḻañcey mukkāle Iraṇṭu mañcāṭi

kō-p-para-kēca⟨45⟩ri-parmaṟkku yāṇṭu pattāvatu Uṭaiyār Āparaṇattukkum poṟpū⟨46⟩vukkumāka varakkāṭṭina kācumāṟicceyta poṟpū Iruppattumūnṟu I⟨47⟩vai tevar paṇṭārattil vāṅkiya muttinkalloṭu niṟai nūṟṟo⟨48⟩rupatteṇkaḻañcu Ivarey varakkāṭṭina kācumāṟi nāmpirāṭṭiyārkku ⟨49⟩ ceyta tāliyum tālinūlumāy niṟai Añkaḻañcu

yāṇṭu 11 Āva⟨50⟩tu kuṭutta paḷḷittoṅkal 1 Itil taccamoṭṭoṉṟu paṟaḷai 1 pana(ñ)⟨51⟩[…]mum muṭpaṭa ponṉiṟai nāṟpatin kaḻañcu

śrīUttamacōḻadevar⟨52⟩kku yāṇṭu 4-Āvatu koyiṟpiḷḷaiyār Ittevarkku varakkāṭṭina ⟨53⟩ ponṉin paṭṭam niṟai nāṟkaḻañceyeṭṭu mañcāṭiyum kunṟi It⟨54⟩tevarkkey parāntakanmā-tevi kuṭutta tarānilaiviḷakku Ē⟨55⟩ḻu cāṇuḷḷa toṉṟum Aṟu cāṇuḷḷa toṉṟumāka Iraṇṭu Ittevar⟨56⟩kkey kaṇṭanmaturāntakatevarāna śrīUttamacōḻadevar kuṭutta ta⟨57⟩rānilaiviḷakku Ēḻu cāṇuḷḷa tonṟum Aṟu cāṇuḷḷa toṉṟumāka ⟨58⟩ Iraṇṭu

korājakesariparmaṟku yāṇṭu Āṟāvatu nāṅkūrnāṭṭu nā⟨59⟩ṅkūr sabhaiyom śrīkaṇṭarādittadevar deviyār śrīUttamaco(ḷa)de⟨60⟩var taṅkaḷācciyār maḻavaraiyarmakaḷār parāntakaṉmā-tēvaṭikaḷārāki⟨61⟩ya śrīcempiyaṉmā-tēviyār śrīkaṇṭarādittadevarākiya śrīmum⟨62⟩muṭiccōḻadevarkku yāṇṭu Iraṇṭāvatu śrītiruveṇkāṭatevarkku ⟨63⟩ tiṅkaṭoṟum saṃk=rān=ti snapanañcan=d=rādittavaṟ ceyya varakkā⟨64⟩ṭṭina kācu nāṉūṟum nāṅkaḷe koṇṭu bhūmi ceytilāmaiyil I⟨65⟩kkācukku sabhaiyom viṟṟukkuṭutta tenpiṭākai nilattukku El⟨66⟩lai sabhaiyār nilattukkukkiḻakkum periyanantavāṉattukkummuṭai⟨67⟩yār camaippitta cempiyanmā-tēviyenṟu perkūvappaṭum na⟨n⟩tavāna⟨68⟩ttukku teṟkum Innantavānattukkey kiḻakkum kaviciya […] / ⟨69⟩ […] nantavānappuṟamāṉa nilattukku teṟk⟨70⟩[…]r nilattukku meṟkum śrītiruveṇkāṭa⟨71⟩[…]ṅ kālukkum kāvirippūmpaṭṭinattu pati ⟨72⟩ […]kku vaṭakkum Ivvicaitta perunāṉkellai ⟨73⟩ […]nila[…]meṉṟu perkūvappaṭu mu[…]l⟨74⟩[…]ru cuṅkaḷukkuppāyum vākkāliṉ melkaraip⟨75⟩[…]veṉṟu perkūvappaṭum nilam Oṉṟaraiyilum ⟨76⟩ […] ceyyumāka Immuṉṟe Eḻu mācceyyum Ikkācu nā⟨77⟩[…]ṟukkuṭuttom parāntakaṉmā-tēvaṭikaḷārākiya śrī⟨78⟩[…]viyārkku nāṅkūr sabhaiyom Ipparicu paṇik⟨79⟩[…]veṉakatevan tāḻiyis=varaṉeṉ Ivaiyeṉ ⟨80⟩ […]kecariparmaṟkku yāṇṭu 6-Āvatu nāṅkūrnāṭ⟨81⟩[…]yom śrīkaṇṭarātittadevar deviyār śrīUttama⟨82⟩[…](ḷā)cciyār maḻavaṟaiyarmakaḷār parāṉtakaṉmāte⟨83⟩[…]mpiyaṉmā-tēviyār śrīUttamacōḻadevarkku ⟨84⟩ […] taṅkaḷaṭiyāḷ Ilaicciyaṉ maḻapāṭikkāka ni⟨85⟩[…]maṇaruṇṇa vara-k kāṭṭiṉa pon nūṟṟ’ iru-patt’ eñ⟨86⟩[…]ṇṭu śrītiru-veṇkāṭ-uṭaiyārkku […] ⟨87⟩ […]raṉukāka śrīcempiyaṉ mā-tēviyārkku viṟṟuk⟨88⟩[…]ka marutaṅkālukkuppāyum vāykkālukku meṟ⟨89⟩[…]māvenṟu perkūvappaṭum nilam Onṟaraiyilu⟨90⟩[…]vuṭaiyā⟨r⟩kkē-y sabhaiyom viṟṟa nilam Eḻu mā ⟨91⟩ […]maṭaiya me⟨r⟩kku onṟey muṉṟu mācceyyum ⟨92⟩ […]rāntakaṉ mā-tēvaṭikaḷār-āṉa śrī-cempiyaṉ māte⟨93⟩[…] sabhaiyōm paṇiyāll eḻutiṉēn nāṅkūr veṉ⟨94⟩[…]ṉ-ēn Ivai y-enṉ eḻuttu yāṇṭu (6)-Āvatu Iv⟨95⟩[…]ku cevitta[…] niṟai muṉṉūṟṟu mu-⟨p⟩-patu

Bibliography

Reported in Krishna Sastri 1919 (ARIE/1918-1919/B/1918/444).

Edited in Srinivasa Rao 1952 (SII 13.44); edited in Swaminathan 2012 (SII 32.2.234); edited in Cane 2017 (no. 29), based on autopsy (2012-09).

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

Primary

[SII] Srinivasa Rao, G.V. 1952. South-Indian inscriptions (texts) (with introductory notes in English). Volume XIII: The Cholas. South Indian Inscriptions 13. Madras: Archaeological Survey of India. Item 44, page TBC.

[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 234.

[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]. Pages 823–827, item 29, figure TBC.

Secondary

Krishna Sastri, H. 1919. G.O. No. 1003, 16th August 1919. Epigraphy. Recording, with remarks, the progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the year 1918-1919. No place. Page 37, appendix B/1918, item 444.