Tirumaṅkalam, X temple, time of X, year X

Editors: Nicolas Cane, Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCempiyanMahadevi00044.

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

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

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

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

I. āciriyappā

tiru-makaḷ pola peru-ni⟨2⟩la-c-cevviyun=

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taṉakkē y-urimai pūṇ⟨3⟩ṭamai maṉa-k-koḷa-k

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kān=talūr-cālai kalam aṟu⟨4⟩t-aruḷi

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veṅkai-ṉāṭuṅ keṅka-pāṭiyu

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nu⟨5⟩ḷampa-pāṭiyum taṭikai-vaḻiyum

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kuṭa-malai⟨6⟩-ṉāṭun=taṇṭāl koṇṭa taṉṉ

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eḻi⟨7⟩l vaḷar ūḻi yāṇṭil Ellā yāṇṭu

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⟨8⟩ toḻutakai yāṇṭē ceḻiyarai tēcu koḷ

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⟨9⟩ śrī-kō-v-irāja-rāja-rāja-kēcari-panmaṟk=ki yāṇṭu 10 5-Āva(tu)

⟨10⟩ peru-mān-aṭikaḷ śrī-Uttama-cōḻa-devar taṅkaḷḷ ācciyār ⟨11⟩ pirān=takaṉ mā-tēvaṭikaḷā(r)r-āṉa cempiyaṉ mahā-deviyār va⟨12⟩ṭa-karai maḻa-ṉāṭṭu kiḷār-kuṟṟattu miya-kūṟṟu brahma-deyam ti⟨13⟩ru-maṅkalattu śrī-paraśurāmīśvarattudevark=ku śandrātitta-val niṟka ⟨14⟩ vaitt-aruḷiṉa tiru-nondāviḷak=ku Oṉṟuk=kum Uttaram-aya⟨15⟩na-śaṃkirān=tik=kum dakṣaṇam-ayana-śaṃkirān=tikkum cittirai⟨16⟩-viṣuvum Appikai-viṣuvum ṉūṟṟ’ eṭṭu kalaicam koṇ⟨17⟩ṭu tiru-mañcuṇapukavum vaitt-aruḷīṉa nilam āvaṉa

Iv⟨18⟩vūr vaṭa-pulattu śrī-cempiyaṉ mahā-devi-vacakka⟨19⟩luk=ku kiḻ-pāṟk’ ellai pirama-purināllūr kaṇṭattum ⟨20⟩ mahen¡t!⟨d⟩ra-maṅkalattum tiru-maṅkalattu Ellaikkum ⟨21⟩ naṭuvē vaṭakku nōkki-p poṉ Iṭ-ṭeṟkku mēṟkkum te⟨22⟩ṉ-pāṟk’ ellai Ān¡t!⟨d⟩rayaṉ kumaraṉ viṣṇuviṉ nilattukku vaṭa⟨23⟩kkum Ivaṉ nilattu⟨k⟩ke mēṟkkum teṉ-pāṟk’ ellai kālāva⟨24⟩ṉ jāti-vetaṉi(n)n uḷḷiṭṭār nilattukku vaṭakkum(m) i⟨p⟩-pāṟk’ el⟨25⟩lai kālāvaṉ kumaraṉ cuvāmi Uḷḷiṭṭār nilattukkum Ān¡t!⟨d⟩rayaṉ⟨26⟩ṉākan=nārāyaṇaṉ nilattukkum kiḻakkum In=-nākaṉārāyaṇaṉ ⟨27⟩ nilattukkum cuṭukāṭṭukku vaṭakkum(m) i⟨p⟩-pāṟk’ ellai ⟨28⟩ vaṭakku nōkki poṉ vaḻikku kiḻakku Ip-peru-vaḻi⟨k⟩kē teṟkku⟨29⟩m Āka In=naṭuvu-p-paṭṭa nilattuḷ Ivv-ūr Ān¡t!⟨d⟩rayaṉṉākan cuvāmi Uḷḷiṭṭār pa⟨30⟩kkal I⟨p⟩-pirān=takaṉ mā-tēvaṭikaḷā(r)r-āṉa cempiyaṉ mahā-deviyār kuṭutt-aru⟨31⟩ḷiṉa poṉ 10 2 kaḻañ=cu

Ip-poṉ paṉṉ-iru kaḻañcum kuṭuttu koṇṭa ni⟨32⟩lam Eṇmūḻa-k-kōlāl nūṟu kuḻi koṇṭatu Oru mā v-āka van=ta ni⟨33⟩lam Eḻu mā v-araiyum muṉ-devar tamm-uṭaiya nila(m)mum kuṭi-makkaḷ ⟨34⟩ pakkal vilai koṇṭa nila(m)mum kuḷa(m)m uḷpaṭa Āka nilam mu-vē⟨35⟩liyē mu-k-kālē mā-kāṇiyum

I⟨d⟩-devar nilam cuṭu-kāṭṭiṉ ṉiṉṟu⟨36⟩m vaṭakku nōkki poṉ peru-vaḻikku mēṟkkum cuṭu-kāṭṭu⟨k⟩kē vaṭakkum ⟨37⟩ śrī-vāsu-deva-viṇṇakara-devar nilattukku kiḻakkum Ān¡t!⟨d⟩rayaṉ ka⟨38⟩ṇṇaṉ cōmaṉ Uḷḷiṭṭār nilattukku teṟkkum Āka In=ta na‡⟨39⟩ṭuvu-paṭṭa nilam mūṉṟu mā mu-k-kāṇiyum Āka kuḷattin k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ⟨40⟩viḷai nila⟨m⟩ nāl vēli

I⟨n⟩nā⟨l⟩ vēli nilamum I⟨d⟩-devaritē pun-ce⟨y⟩ nila⟨41⟩m pirama-puri-nallūr kaṇṭattu mahen¡t!⟨d⟩ra-maṅkalattukkum tiru-maṅka⟨42⟩lattukkum naṭuvē kitan=ta Iṭ-ṭeriṉ mēlai pun-ce⟨y⟩ Eṇmūḻakōlāl ⟨43⟩ kuḻi nā-nūṟṟu Eṇpattu nāl araiyum I⟨d⟩-devaritē pun-ce⟨y⟩ nila⟨44⟩m veḷḷi paṉaṃ kāṭṭiṉa vaṭa-vākaṇṇaṉ neri pun-ce⟨y⟩ kuḻi nūṟṟu nā⟨45⟩ṟ-patt’ añcum śrī-kōyiliṉ mēl-pakkattu pun-ce⟨y⟩ ⟨47⟩ pirānāṟṟaṃkāl kuḻi mu-p-patu Āka kuḻi toḷāyirattu Aṟupatē mu-k-kāle ⟨48⟩ mūṉṟu m¿a?⟨ā⟩ Arai-k-kāṇiyāl nilam Araiyum āka cuṭṭa-p-paṭṭa nilam I⟨49⟩⟨t⟩taṉaiyilum mu-p-pat’ iraṇṭoṉṟum patiṉṉāṟ’ oṉṟum E⟨50⟩ṭṭ’ onṟum āka Iṟu-p-pat-āka Ic-cuṭṭa-p-paṭṭa nilattukku Ellāttukkum (ā)⟨51⟩ka I⟨t⟩-tiru-maṅkalattu sabhaiyōm Uṭaiyār pirān=takaṉ mā-tēvaṭikaḷār-āṉa ⟨52⟩ cempiyan mahā-deviyāriṭai koṇṭa poṉ 5 10 kaḻañ=cu(cu)m I⟨d⟩-devaṟkku sa⟨53⟩bhaiyōmē muṉ kaṭavōm-ā⟨y⟩ Irun=ta poṉ 6 10 3 kaḻañ=cu(cum)m āka Ivv-aṟu-pattu ⟨54⟩ mu-⟨-k-⟩kaḻañcu po⟨ṉ⟩ṉum sabhaiyōmē koṇṭu Ic-cuṭṭa-⟨p⟩-paṭṭa nilam it⟨55⟩-taṉṉaiyum Iṟai nilattu yāṇṭu 10+ 5-Āvatu taim mutal-āka Iṟai-vāṭṭi ⟨56⟩ Iṟai-y-ili-tēva-tāṉam āvat’ ākavum

In=nilam cuṭṭi van=ta Iṟaiyumm e⟨57⟩ccoṟum vācalil pon=ta kuṭimaiyu maṟṟum Ūriṭu vari-p-pāṭum⟨58⟩m eppēr⟨p⟩paṭṭatum sabhaiyōmē Iṟukka-⟨k⟩-kaṭavōm āka Ip-paricoṭṭi ⟨59⟩ nibandhaṃ ce⟨y⟩tu paṇi paṇiṉāl paṇittu I⟨v⟩v-aṟupattu mu-k kaḻa⟨60⟩ñcu pon=num kai-c cella-k koṇṭu Itiṉāl van=ta palicai cekut⟨tu⟩ ⟨61⟩ śan¡t!⟨d⟩rātitta-val Ic-cuṭṭa-⟨p⟩-paṭṭa nilattukku Iṟai Iṟuttu kuṭukka⟨k- ka⟩ṭavōm āka I⟨62⟩⟨p⟩-paricoṭṭi nibandhaṃ ce⟨y⟩tu kuṭuttōm śrī-paraśurāmīśvarattu devaṟku ti⟨63⟩ru-maṅkalattu sabhaiyōm

I⟨n⟩-nibandhaṃ mahā-sabhaiyā⟨r⟩ rakṣai

pan-māyēśvara⟨64⟩-rakṣai

Bibliography

Reported in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1932 (ARIE/1929-1930/B/1929-1930/251).

Edited in Cane 2017 (no. 44), based on photos (Charlotte Schmid) and on ASI transcript consulted in Mysore.

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

Primary

[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 859–862, item 44, figure TBC.

Secondary

Subrahmanya Aiyer, K. V. 1932. Annual report on South-Indian epigraphy for the year ending 31st March 1930. Calcutta: Government of India Central Publication Branch. Page 26, appendixes B/1929-1930, item 251.