Teṉkarai, Mūlasthānēśvara temple, time of Jaṭāvarman Śrīvallabhadēva, year 20 + 1

Editor: Dorotea Operato.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPandya00251.

Summary: It appears to record certain rules framed by the merchant guild of Ayyapoḻil concerning the Right-Hand and Left-Hand castes.

Hand description:

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: Pāṇḍya (tfa-pandya-epigraphy).

Version: (c311c11), last modified (90e6f2a).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

tiru-maṭantai [2+] ⟨2⟩ jaya-maṭantai [3+] ⟨3⟩ [4+] ya [3+] niti ⟨4⟩ [3+] lamum perumai Eyta ⟨5⟩ (Eṇ)-ṭicaiyuṅ kuṭai niḻa⟨6⟩[2+] maṉṉavar ellām van⟨7⟩[1+] ṟaiñc maraviṉē ⟨8⟩ varu-maṇi-muṭi cūṭi-t ⟨9⟩ teṉ-kumari vaṭa-kaṅ⌈⟨10⟩kai-t ticai-kaṭal¡e!⟨ē⟩ El⟨11⟩lai-y-āka-p pār muḻutum ⟨12⟩ kayal-āṇai parantu ce⟨13⟩ṅ-koluṭaṉ vaḷara ma⟨14⟩ṉṉiya v¿i?⟨ī⟩ra-siṅkāsaṉa⟨15⟩ttu Ulaka-muḻut’ uṭai⟨16⟩yār¡o!⟨ō⟩ṭu viṟṟ’ irunt’aru⟨17⟩ḷi mā-mutal mati-k-kula⟨18⟩m viḷakkiya ko-mutal ⌈⟨19⟩koccaṭai-y-panmar-āna tiri-⟨20⟩pu(va)ṉa-c-cak⟨21⟩kara-vartti śrī-⟨22⟩vallava-t¡e!⟨ē⟩va⟨23⟩ṟku yāṇṭu 2 10⟨24⟩iru-pat-āvati¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ ⟨25⟩ Etir ām āṇ⟨26⟩ṭu

cattikku naṭa⟨27⟩tta veṇṭi ⟨28⟩ na toṉṟām¡e!⟨ē⟩ ⟨29⟩ teyvam [3+] ⟨30⟩ rtta tiṉi [2+] ⟨31⟩ (vi)ttiṇṭiya śrī⟨32⟩maturaṉ śrī-va⟨33⟩llavan koṭṭa⟨34⟩ṉāta vāṭuṟai kū⟨35⟩ṭi vaḷa(r)nta Aiy⟨36⟩yapoḻil A⟨37⟩t-tāṇi cittira-⟨38⟩moḻi m¿u?⟨ū⟩ṉṟu ⟨39⟩ [3+] ṭṭa [3+] ⟨40⟩ [2+] ka mācevā [4+] ⟨41⟩ [3+] kaiyum Oṉ [1+] ⟨42⟩ [2+] kavum Ivā [2+] ⟨43⟩ maka⟨ra⟩ nāyiṟṟu Iraṇṭā [1+] ⟨44⟩ (ti)ya(ti)yum veḷḷi-k-kiḻa[.]ai [2+] ⟨45⟩ m Uttiraṭṭ’ āti mutal va(la)⟨46⟩ṅkai Iṭaṅkai ciṟu-taṉam (E) [1+] ⟨47⟩ kave [2+] ṟu colla [2+] mā ⟨48⟩ [3+] śrī-kāriyam ceyv¡o!⟨ō⟩m ā⟨49⟩kavum śrī-kāriya [3+] ⟨50⟩ [4+] kaiyum Eṭuttu ⟨51⟩ Eṟiñcu nāyiṉār tiru [2+] ⟨52⟩ yam ceyv¡o!⟨ō⟩m ākavum vala⟨53⟩ṅkai Iṭaṅkai ciṟu-taṉam ⟨54⟩ Eṉṟu (p)e(ṟu)māṟu collu⟨55⟩vār (E)ṉṟum [3+] ttāl ⟨56⟩ c¡e!⟨ē⟩ma-c-ceṭiyum kai-y-o⟨57⟩laiyum [1+] ṉ [2+] maṟuttār maṟu⟨58⟩tta [4+] ⟨59⟩ [4+]

Commentary

This inscription, engraved on a stone in the courtyard of the temple, is much damaged.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1910-1911 (ARIE/1909-1910/C/1910/138).

Edited in Ramanatha Ayyar 1962 (SII 14.251).

This digital edition by Dorotea Operato, 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 154–155, item 251.

Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1909-1910. G.O. No. 665, 28th July 1910. Epigraphy. Recording the progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for -, Southern Circle, for the year 1909-1910. Edited by H. Krishna Sastri. No place, 1910. Page 61, appendix C/1910, item 138.