Teṉkāci, Viśvanāthasvāmin temple, pillar inscription of Arikesarin Parakrama Pāṇḍya

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⟨Face A: East Face⟩

⟨1⟩ śubham astu sandhāryam etaṭ satataṃ samasta-

⟨2⟩ -sura-maulibhiḥ | śāsanaṃ viśvanāthasya saM-

⟨3⟩ (bho) ⟨r⟩jjayati śāśvataM | śakabdaM Āyirattu muṉ-

⟨4⟩ ṉūṟṟu Eṇpattu nāliṉ mēṟ cellā niṉṟa

⟨5⟩ svasti śrī kojaṭilavarmmar-āna tribhuvanaccakrava-

⟨6⟩ rtikaḷ perumāḷ Arikesaridevar Eṉṟu tiru--

⟨7⟩ nāmam Uṭaiya poṉṉiṉ perumāḷ

⟨8⟩ parākrama-pāṇḍyadevar Irunt-aruḷiya Iṭat-

⟨9⟩ tukku yāṇṭu muppattu oṉṟāvatiṉ Etir Oṉ-

⟨10⟩ patāvatu mithuna-nāyaṟṟu Irupatt’ eṭṭān tiya-

⟨11⟩ tiyum Apara-pakṣattu trayodaśiyum śukra-vāramum

⟨12⟩ peṟṟa namm-uṭaiya Irunt-aruḷiya Iṭattiṉ tiru-nāḷ

⟨13⟩ Āṉa mṛgaśīrṣattu nāḷ janamum patiṉ eṭṭu nāṭṭu ve-

⟨14⟩ ḷḷāḻarum Iraṇṭu pattirivaḻiyum maṟṟum Añcu vakai

⟨15⟩ paṭṭa parikaramuṅ kūṭi-(k) kaṟpitta kāriyam āvatu Uṭaiyā⟨r⟩

⟨16⟩ viśvathaN Ut=tara-kāśiyil eḻunt-aruḷi Irun-

⟨17⟩ ta civālayam jīrṇamākaiyālē teṉṉāri-

⟨18⟩ -nāṭṭu ccitrana Ut=tara-tīrattilē namakku dakṣi-

⟨19⟩ ṇa-kāśi-y-āka Ālaiyañ ceytu tara vēṇum

⟨20⟩ Eṉṟu Eṅkaḷ-uṭaiya karttar perumāḷ Arikēsari-

⟨21⟩ -devar Eṉṟu tiru-nāmam-uṭaiya poṉṉiṉ peru-

⟨22⟩ māḷ parākrama-pāṇḍya-devar Irunt-aruḷiya Iṭa-

⟨23⟩ ttiṉ Uṭaṉē (sva)pnattilē tiruvuḷḷam paṟṟi A-

⟨24⟩ ruḷukaiyālē muṉṉāḷ śakābdaM Āyirattu muṉ-

⟨25⟩ ṉūṟṟu Aṟupatt’ eṭṭiṉ mēl ṛṣabha-ñāyaṟṟu-

⟨26⟩ -p pattān tiyatiyum pūrva-pakṣattu daśamiyum śukra-

⟨27⟩ -vāramum peṟṟa Uttirattu nāḷ mīṉa-muhurttam-ā-

⟨28⟩ ka karṣaṇaiyum ceytu dakṣiṇa-kāśi-y-āka-t ti-

⟨29⟩ ruppaṭaivīṭum Uṇṭu Ākki Uṭaiyā(r)

⟨30⟩ viśvathaṉaiyum nācciyār Ulakamuḻut-u-

⟨31⟩ ṭaiya nācciyāraiyum pratiṣṭhittu Iṉ-ṉāya-

⟨32⟩ ṉārkku-t tiru-k-kōyil Upānādi stūpy-a-

⟨33⟩ n=tam ākavum Arddha-maṇḍapam Iṭaināḻikai

⟨34⟩ mahā-maṇḍapam so(pā)nam Āvaraṇa-go-

⟨35⟩ purādikaḷun tiru-p-paṇi ceytu nācciyār

⟨36⟩ Ulakamuḻut-uṭaiya nācciyārkkun ti-

⟨37⟩ ru-k-kōyilum Āvaraṇamuṅ kuṟaivaṟa tiru-

⟨38⟩ -p-paṇiyuñ ceytu gopuramum āraMbhittu

⟨39⟩ sahasra-liṃgālayamum śakti-pīṭhālayamum

⟨40⟩ ceytu ṛṣabha-devar mutal-āka Uḷḷa pari-

⟨41⟩ vāra-nāyaṉmāraiyum pratiṣṭhittu sahasra-

⟨42⟩ -liṃgamum śakti-pīṭhamum pratiṣṭhittu Arikēsari-

⟨43⟩ -naṅkai Eṉṟu tiru-nāmam-uṭaiya piṭāriyai-

⟨44⟩ yum pratiṣṭhittu piṭāri-kōyilum mēlai Añ-

⟨45⟩ cān tiru-vītiyil Arikēsari-p piḷḷaiyār tiru-

⟨Face B: North Face⟩

⟨46⟩ -k-kōyilum Āṟāṭṭu maṇṭapamum

⟨47⟩ veccamutu maṇṭamum maṟṟum ik-

⟨48⟩ -kōyilkaḷil-uḷḷa tiruppaṇikaḷum

⟨49⟩ mahā-gopuramum Eṅkaḷ karttar Iru-

⟨50⟩ nt-aruḷiya Iṭam muṉṉāḷ Iraṇṭā-

⟨51⟩ vatiṉ Etir Iru-patt’ iraṇṭāvatu vai-

⟨52⟩ kāci-mātan tuṭaṅki muppattu Oṉṟā-

⟨53⟩ vatiṉ Etir Oṉpatāvatu varai patiṉ ē-

⟨54⟩ ḻu varṣattukk-uḷḷu-t tiru-p-paṇi ceytu ni-

⟨55⟩ ṟai vēṟṟiṉa Itu māṉuṣamalla dai-

⟨56⟩ vīkam eṉṟu Ellārum a(ṟi)ntu koḷ-

⟨57⟩ ḷavum Eṅkaḷ-uṭaiya karttar Irunt-aruḷi-

⟨58⟩ ya Iṭam tiruvuḷḷam paṟṟiyaruḷa nāṅka-

⟨59⟩ ḷum karṣaṇai tuṭaṅki Inta-t tiru-p-pa-

⟨60⟩ ṇi y-ellāṅ kūṭa-c ceykaiyuñ

⟨61⟩ ceytu Eṅkaḷ Irunt-aruḷiya Iṭam I-

⟨62⟩ ṉ-ṉāyaṉārkkum nāccimārkkum maṟṟ-u-

⟨63⟩ ḷḷa (n)āyaṉmārkkum pūṅkattu-

⟨64⟩ kku vēṇṭum Aṉaittu-k kotti-

⟨65⟩ l-uḷḷaraiyuṅ kaṟpittu tiru-v-āpara-

⟨66⟩ ṇamum parikala-pariśchihnamuṅ kuṭuttu

⟨67⟩ jaiyu kuṟaivuṟa naṭatti māci-mā-

⟨68⟩ tattil mahattunāḷ tīrttham-āka naṭantu

⟨69⟩ pōtukiṟa tiru-nāḷu naṭatti pūjai-

⟨70⟩ kku vēṇṭum Amutu-paṭi kaṟi-y-amutu

⟨71⟩ cāttu-p-paṭi kaṟpūram kuṅkumam paṉ-

⟨72⟩ nīr tiru-mālai tiru-p-parivaṭṭam tiru-vi-

⟨73⟩ ḷakku Uṭpaṭṭa pala vakaikkum maṟṟu-

⟨74⟩ m vēṇṭum nityanaimittikaṅkaḷuk-

⟨75⟩ kum tēvatāṉam-āka viṭṭa teṉṉāri-

⟨76⟩ -nāṭṭu-t teṉkāciyum Ilañci kuṉṟa-

⟨77⟩ kkuṭi puliyūr pāṭṭa-k-kuṟucci vīra-pā-

⟨78⟩ ṇṭiya-nallūr Uḷḷiṭṭa paṟṟum nal-

⟨79⟩ lūrppaṟṟil tañcāvūr kāṭēṟṟivaḷ-

⟨80⟩ (ḷai) muṭṭam paṉṟimuṭṭam taṇṇa-

⟨81⟩ pai kaṟṟucceṟṟai Uḷḷiṭṭa maṟṟum

⟨82⟩ kuṟumaṟai nāṭṭuttuvaraṅkāṭum Iṭai-

⟨83⟩ tavaṇaiyum kākkuṭi-nāṭṭu māṉanilai-

⟨84⟩ nallūril Akavayalil naṭuvil-t-talai kū-

⟨85⟩ ṟṟil viṭṭa paṟṟum Ippaṟṟil teṉkarai-

⟨86⟩ kāri-kuṟicci piḷḷaiyār-kuḷam Uḷḷiṭṭa pa-

⟨87⟩ ṟṟum Āka Ip-paṟṟukkaḷum viṭṭu Ivai nī-

⟨88⟩ ṅkal-āka Itukku muṉpu kuḷamuṅkālum

⟨89⟩ Aṇaiyum Aṉṟi vaṉkāṭāy-k kiṭan-

⟨90⟩ ta kāṭukaḷilē pala Iṭattilum Ērvai…

Apparatus

⟨90⟩ Ērvai…• TAS: “The rest of the inscription is omitted in the transcript, as it is not of great importance to the history attempted in the earlier pages.”

Bibliography

Edited in Gopinatha Rao [1908] 1988, with English translation (TAS 1.6.4).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on Gopinatha Rao [1908] 1988.

Primary

[TAS] Gopinatha Rao, T. A. [1908] 1988. Travancore archaeological series: Volume I. Reprint. Trivandrum: Government of Kerala. Pages 155–158.

Secondary

Pierdominici Leão, David. 2025. Breaking the crown of Indra: the Pāṇḍyas and their dynastic identity in the South Indian context. Leiden, Pays-Bas. Pages 229–230.