Tiruvalīśvaram, Valīśvara, time of Sundara Cōḻapāṇḍya, year 16

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⟨1⟩ [svasti śrī] muḷḷi-nāṭṭu bra-

⟨2⟩ hma-tēyam rājarāja-

⟨3⟩ caturve ti-maṅkalat--

⟨4⟩ tu tiruvāl¿i?śvaram Uṭai-

⟨5⟩ yār mahā-de vaṟ-

⟨6⟩ ku-t tēvatāṉam āka vari-

⟨7⟩ yiliṭṭa [k]e[ḻ]vi 2

⟨8⟩ yāṇṭu [**]eṉ 2

⟨9⟩ Uṭaiyār śrī-sundara-cō-

⟨10⟩ ḻa-pāṇṭiya-devar rāje-

⟨11⟩ ntra-cōḻa-purattu-k kōyili-

⟨12⟩ ṉ uḷḷāl Āṭṭattuveḷi mē-

⟨13⟩ lai-maṇṭapatt’ eḻuntaruḷi Iru-

⟨14⟩ ntu rājaja-p pāṇṭi-nāṭṭu

⟨15⟩ muṭikoṇṭa-cōḻa-vaḷanāṭ-

⟨16⟩ ṭu muḷḷi-nāṭṭu brahmatēyam

⟨17⟩ jaja-c[****]-

⟨18⟩ sabhaiyāṟku kā[cu ku]ṭuttu vilai-

⟨19⟩ ku-k koṇṭa Ivvūr nilattil

⟨20⟩ kākkalūr mēlellai peruṅ-

⟨21⟩ kāliṉ k¿i?ḻkaraikku-k kiḻakkum-

⟨22⟩ vaṭavellai civācutēva-vā⟨ykkā⟩-

⟨23⟩ lukku vaṭakkum [****]-

⟨24⟩ ṟu vaṭavācaṟutikku-t teṟkum k¿i?-

⟨25⟩ ḻellai kaṭiñai Āṟṟukku-

⟨26⟩ ⌈meṟkum teṉṉellai civā-

⟨27⟩ cuteva-vāykkālukku vaṭakku-

⟨28⟩ m Āka Ivv-icaitta perunāṉ-

⟨29⟩ kellaiyuḷ Akappaṭṭa nilam-

⟨30⟩ Aivēliyum brahma teyamāy

⟨31⟩ varukiṉṟapaṭi yāṇṭu 1 10 6 Ā-

⟨32⟩ vatu mutal tavirn=tu veḷḷā-

⟨33⟩ ṉ vakaiyil mutalākki I[nila]-

⟨34⟩ m Iv-v-ūrt tiruvāl¿i?-

⟨35⟩ śvaram uṭaiya ma-

⟨36⟩ hādevaṟkku-t tiruvi-

⟨37⟩ ḻā-p po(t)tavum nittam

⟨38⟩ Irupattaivar br-

⟨39⟩ āhmaṇar Uṇṇavum śiva-dha-

⟨40⟩ rmmam vācippāṉ oruvaṉuk-

⟨41⟩ kum maṟṟum It-tēvaṟku-

⟨42⟩ ⌈vēṇṭum nivan=taṅkaḷukku I-

⟨43⟩ ṟuppatāka-k kuṭukka v-eṉṟu-

⟨44⟩ Ammāṉ Aruḷi-c ceytam

⟨45⟩ ⌈maiyil In-nilattāl In-nāṭu

⟨46⟩ veḷḷāṉ vakai varicai-k k¿i?-

⟨47⟩ ḻ Iṟai-k-kaṭaṉ Aiññāḻi n-

⟨48⟩ ārāyattāl nellu Aṟu-

⟨49⟩ nūṟṟu nāṟppatt’ iru kalaṉē

⟨50⟩ Aṟu-kuṟuṇi y-iru-nāḻi muḻak-

⟨51⟩ kē-y Iru-ceviṭaraiyum

⟨52⟩ U[ruvu-kōl] nilaṉ kācu mup-

⟨53⟩ patt’ Aiñce kālē mukk[ā]--

⟨54⟩ ṇiyum kāṭci Erutu kācu Ai-

⟨55⟩ ñcum Iṟai kaṭṭi Ivviṟ-

⟨56⟩ ai Ivv-ūr tiruvāli īśvaram uṭaiya mahā[tēva]--

⟨57⟩ ṟkku-t tiruviḻā-p po(t)tavum It-tēvar kōyili-

⟨58⟩ l nittam Irupattaivar brāhmaṇar uṇṇavum śiva-taṉma--

⟨59⟩ m vācippāṉ Oruvaṉukkum maṟṟum It-tēvaṟku vēṇṭu--

⟨60⟩ m nivan=taṅkaḷukku yāṇṭu 1 10 6 Āvatu mutal Iṟu-[p]-

⟨61⟩ pat’ ākavum In-nilattāl vanta Iṟai rājarāja-c carup-

⟨62⟩ ⌈pēti-maṅkalattu-c curukkavum In-nila[m] muṉ piyar tavirntu

⟨63⟩ [**********]llū[r] Eṉṉum [***]mam ākavum [**]-

⟨64⟩ riyiliṭṭu-k kuṭukkat tiruvāymoḻintaruḷiṉār eṉṟu tirumanti-

⟨65⟩ ra Ōlai cōḻa-maṇṭalattu nittaviṉota-vaḷa-nāṭṭu Āvūṟ-

⟨66⟩ -k kūṟṟattu Ālattūr Uṭaiyāṉ kuvāvaṉ-jayaṅkoṇ-

⟨67⟩ ṭa cōḻaṉ Eḻuttiṉālum tirumantira Ōlai nāyakam rājenti-

⟨68⟩ ra-cōḻa Atim¿u?rkka-c ceṅkiraiyum cōḻa-maṇṭalattu rāje-

⟨69⟩ ntira-ciṅka-vaḷanāṭṭu Iruṅkōḷa-p-pāṭi-t taṉiyūr muṭiko-

⟨70⟩ ṇṭa cōḻa-c caruppēti-maṅkalattu mātavaṉ maṟavaṭikaḷ maturā-

⟨71⟩ ntakaṉ-āṉa cōḻa-pāṇṭiya brahma-mārāyaṉum Arumoḻitēva-vaḷa-nā-

⟨72⟩ ṭṭu-t takkaḷūr-nāṭṭu brahmatēyam Attikōca-maṅkalattu Arum-

⟨73⟩ ⌈ōḻi Aṉavarata-cuntaraṉ-āṉa vikkirama-pāṇṭiya brahmārāyaṉum Op-

⟨74⟩ piṉālum pukunta keḻvippaṭiyē variyil iṭṭukkoḷka v-eṉṟu A-

⟨75⟩ tikārikaḷ cōḻa-maṇṭalattu kṣattiriya-śikhā maṇi-vaḷa-nāṭṭu veḷ-

⟨76⟩ ā-nāṭṭu karuṅkūṟṟa-nallūr kiḻavar kollai puttaṉār-āṉa Uttama-

⟨77⟩ ⌈cōḻa-p pallavaraiyarum nittavinota-vaḷa-nāṭṭu pa[*******]ttu-

⟨78⟩ ⌈cōḻa-viccaratira-nallūr uṭaiyā[ṉ] centaṉ cūṟṟiyār-āṉa[*****]ṉ cikā-

⟨79⟩ maṇi m¿u?vēntaveḷārum viṭaiyil Atikārikaḷ rācentira-ciṅka-vaḷa-

⟨80⟩ nāṭṭu-t tiruvintaḷ¿u?r-nāṭṭu maturāntaka nallūr Uṭaiyā[*****] kaṭavaṉ-

⟨81⟩ Eṟintoṭiyār-āṉa parakēcari-m¿u?vēnta-veḷārum Arumoḻitēva-vaḷa-nā-

⟨82⟩ ṭṭu vaṇṭāḻai veḷ¿u?r-k kūṟṟattu paṉaṅkāṭi-kuṭi Uṭai[*****]ṭaiyāṉ

⟨83⟩ puttaṉār-āṉa miṉavaṉ m¿u?vēnta-vēḷararum Arumoḻi[tēva-vaḷa]-nāṭṭu-

⟨84⟩ [ne]ṉmali-nāṭṭu [mi]ṉava-nallūr uṭaiyār puṟampiyaṉ paḷḷikoṇṭāṉā-

⟨85⟩ r-āṉa Aḻakiya pāṇṭiya m¿u?vēnta-veḷārum nittavinota-vaḷa-nāṭṭu-p pāmpuṇi-[k]

⟨86⟩ kūṟṟattu vaḷava-nallūr Uṭaiyār nilaṉ-

⟨87⟩ kuṭitāṅkiyār-āṉa vikkirama-ciṅka-m¿u?vēnta-veḷā-

⟨88⟩ ṉum rājentira-ciṅka-vaḷa-nāṭṭu-t tiruvintaḷūr-nāṭṭu-k kaṭuvaṅku-

⟨89⟩ ṭaiyār maṉṟaṉ cuntaraṉār-āṉa teṉṉavaṉ m¿u?-

⟨90⟩ nta-vēḷārum naṭuvirukkum kṣattiriyaśikā-maṇi-va-

⟨91⟩ [ḷa-nā]ṭṭu veḷānāṭṭu rājentira-cōḻa-c caruppēti-maṅka-

⟨92⟩ lattu-c c[ā]ṇṭili⟨ya⟩ kottirattu kāttiyācyaṉa cūttirattu

⟨93⟩ Uppampirāl-c caṅkaraṉ cōlaippirāṉ paṭṭa-c comāciyā-

⟨94⟩ rum [*****] puravuvari tiṇai-k kaḷattukkuk kaṇkāṇi rājaja-p pā-

⟨95⟩ [****]jentira- cōḻa-vaḷa-nāṭṭu-k kiḻkuṇṭāṟṟu-c cōḻa-

⟨96⟩ -cikāmaṇi nallūr Uṭaiyāṉ cāttaṉ eṭṭiyum pura[vu]vari ti-

⟨97⟩ ṇai-k kaḷam maturāntaka-vaḷa-nāṭṭu Āṇmā-nāṭṭu maṇṇai[-k kaṭanta] cōḻa

⟨98⟩ nallūr Uṭaiyāṉ v¿i?ra-pāṇṭiyaṉ cōlaiyum rājentira cōḻa-vaḷa-nāṭṭu

⟨99⟩ miḻalai-k-kūṟṟattu-k k¿i?ḻ-kūṟṟ’ uttama-cōḻa-nallūr Uṭaiyāṉ kaṇṭaṉ

⟨100⟩ Araṅkaṉum maturāntaka-vaḷa-nāṭṭu rājentira-cōḻa-k-kuḷa-k k¿i?ḻkuṟucci U-

⟨101⟩ ṭaiyāṉ kaṇavati pūvaṉum rājentira-cōḻa-vaḷa-nāṭṭu-k kaḷavaḻi-nā-

⟨102⟩ ṭṭu kālāṅkikopa-nallūr Uṭaiyāṉ kiḻavaṉ [**]ṉum va-

⟨103⟩ rippottakam cōḻa-maṇṭalattu Arumoḻitēva- vaḷa-nāṭṭu Āṟvala-

⟨104⟩ -k-kūṟṟattu Uttaraṅk’ uṭaiyāṉ koḻumāṉ piccaṉum rājeje-p-pāṇ-

⟨105⟩ ṭi-nāṭṭu rājentira-cōḻa-vaḷa-nāṭṭu miḻalai-k-kūṟṟattu naṭuviṟ kūṟ-

⟨106⟩ ṟu śrī-parāntaka-nallūr-k kaṭṭi kuṟicci Uṭaiyāṉ parameśvaraṉ ka-

⟨107⟩ ṇṭaṉum mukaveṭṭi matu[rān]taka-vaḷa-nāṭṭu Iruñco-ṇāṭṭu-t tūṟ-

⟨108⟩ ṟukk’ uṭaiyāṉ pakaiyaṉ [catturu]kālaṉum rājentira-cōḻa-vaḷa-nāṭ-

⟨109⟩ ṭu miḻalai-k-kūṟṟattuk k¿i?ḻkūṟṟu rāje-kēcari-nallūr uṭaiyāṉ

⟨110⟩ [**********] nallūr Uṭai

⟨111⟩ yāṉ paṟpaṉāpaṉ kuvalaya-cantiraṉum cōḻa-maṇṭalattu-p pāṇṭikulā-

⟨112⟩ caṉi-vaḷa-nāṭṭu-k kiḷiyūr-nāṭṭu-c curaikkuṭaiyāṉ nakkaṉ viraiyāccilaiyu-

⟨113⟩ m varippottaka-k kaṇakku rājaja-p-pāṇṭi-nāṭṭu maturāntaka-vaḷa-nāṭṭu-p pū-

⟨114⟩ ṅkāṉa-nāṭṭuk karai Irukkai nara-lokasundara-nallūr Uṭaiyāṉ centaṉ cātta1

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ āti-k keḻal āki ⟨eṭut taṉṉa⟩ yātuñ ⬦ āti-k keḻal āki yātuñ SII.

⟨1⟩ piriyā-t ta⟨rā⟩tala⟨m⟩piriyā-t tala SII.

⟨1⟩ c[ā]ṇṭili⟨ya⟩ca[r]ṇṭili⟨ya⟩ SII.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1916-1917 (ARIE/1916-1917/B/1916/327).

Edited in Ramanatha Ayyar 1962 (SII 38.131).

This edition by Renato Dávalos (2025), based on Ramanatha Ayyar 1962.

Primary

[SII] Ramanatha Ayyar, A. S. 1962. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XIV: The Pāṇḍyas. South Indian Inscriptions 14. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Manager of Publications). Pages 85–88, item 160.

Secondary

ARIE 1916-1917. Annual report on epigraphy 1916-1917. Recording, with remarks, the progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the year 1916-1917. Edited by H. Krishna Sastri. No place, 1917. Page 15, appendix B/1916, item 327.

Secondary

Cuppiramaṇiyam, Pu. 1983. Meykkīrttikaḷ. Ceṉṉai: ulakat tamilārāycci niruvaṉam.

Notes

  1. 1. Inscription stops here.