Tirunaṟaiyūr, X temple, time of X, year X

Editors: Nicolas Cane, Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCempiyanMahadevi00060.

Hand description:

No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō.

Language: Tamil.

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

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

Edition

⟨1⟩ […]ṉa śrī-Uttama-cōḻa-devarai-t tiru-vayiṟu vāytta Uṭaiya-pirāṭṭiyār śrī-pirāntakaṉ mā-tēvaṭikaḷār-ā(ṉa) (śrī)-(cempiyan) mā-tēviyār tiru-(naṟai)yūr-nā(ṭṭu) (brahma)(tē)yam tiru-naṟaiyūr siddheśvaram-uṭaiya-mahā-(tē)varkku tiru-v-amutukkum ti⟨2⟩[…]ta nila (6) vēli

Itaṉāl ceyyum pala nivantamā(vatu) muṉṟu potiṉukku tiru-v-amut-arici […] p(o)ti(ṉu)kkuṅ ka(ṟiyamu)tinukkum […] muṉṟu {po}poti(ṉu)kkum neyy-amutu ṉā […] mu(ṉṟu) potiṉukku Aṭai-k-kāy ⟨3⟩ […] ṇamukkaiciṉā […] muṉṟu potum Amutu-ceyya vāḻai-p-paḻam 13ṉā […] muṉṟu […] (kkum) caṟkarai […] Ārātikkum (pirāma)ṇaṉ 1-kku kappaṭa-mutal uḷpaṭa (8) pati nāḻi nel tiru-nuntā-vi(ḷa)kku […] citārikku kaṟ‡⟨4⟩[…] taṉa […] ney […] pāl […] tayi[r*] […] pori […] tiru […] vaiyiṟṟu (koṇṭu) snapaṉa-¡t!⟨d⟩ravyaṅkaḷukku […] jala-pavitramu ṭpaṭa maṟṟu vēṇṭum […] kalaca⟨5⟩[…]m […] maṟṟum vēṇṭum kalacamu⟨ñ⟩ cey⟨yuṅ⟩ kucavanukku […] tiru-c-cuṇṇamiṭikkum potu […] cuṇṇam iṭi[…] ku […] ṉaiyaṭṭum […] pālikaik kiḻaṭṭa […] muḷaiyk(ki) vēṇṭu⟨m⟩ vastukkaḷuk(ku) […] puṇyāha⟨ñ⟩ ce⟨y⟩yum brāhmaṇa⟨6⟩[…] caṟkarai 5 palattiṉāl […] vāḻai-p-paḻam 3 10+ 5 Aṭai-k-kāy-amutu […] kku […] ṟukku-p pala-kāyam Āka […] saṅkirānti{r}¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ukku […] Āka samkirānti […] ṉā […] Uttama- […]⟨7⟩ Eḻunt-aruḷu(m) tēvaṟkku-c ciyampotaikku tiru-v-amuti¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ukku Arici […] Iv-vaṇṇattāl (10) 5 kaṟi-Amuti¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ukku ⟨8⟩ Āka Ōr āṇṭu […]kku […] tiru-viḻā-ṉāḷāl Uṇṭaḻivinukku […] Āka nittallaḻivukkum saṃ(kirā)⟨9⟩n=ti 12-¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ukkum pariccaṭṭam irāṇaiyinukkum tiru-viḻā Eḻunt-aruḷun tēvarkkum tiru-viḻā Uṇṭaḻivinukkum āka celav-āṉa ⟨10⟩ […] Itu¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ukku nivantam āvatu

tiru-naṟaiyūr-nāṭṭu mēlaṭavāy tēva-tāṉam-āka Iṟai-Ili ceytu ⟨11⟩ Uṭaiyār kuṭutta nilam ā(va)tu

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Bibliography

Reported in Venkayya 1909 (ARIE/1908-1909/B/1908/159).

Edited in Krishna Sastri 1920 (SII 3.149); edited in Swaminathan 2012 (SII 32.2.219); edited in Cane 2017 (no. 60), based on autopsy (2012-09), for the available portions, and on previous editions.

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

Primary

[SII] Krishna Sastri, H. 1920. South-Indian inscriptions. Volume III: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil country. Part III: Inscriptions of Aditya I, Parantaka I, Madiraikonda, Rajakesarivarman, Parantaka II, Uttama-Chola, Parthivendravarman and Aditya-Karikala and the Tiruvalangadu plates of Rajendra-Chola I. South Indian Inscriptions 3.3. Madras: Government Press. Item 149, 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 219.

[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 883–884, item 60, figure TBC.

Secondary

Venkayya, V. 1909. G.O. No. 538, 28th July 1909. Epigraphy. Issuing orders on progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for Epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the year 1908-1909. No place. Page 21, appendix B/1908, item 159.