Cāḷuvaṉ Kuppam, time of Tribhuvana Vīra, year 37

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSII0400381.

Summary: ...

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (tfa-sii-epigraphy).

Version: (bbe36dc), last modified (d9c7a93).

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

tiru-vā⟨y⟩-k-kēḻvi muṉp-āka ⟨2⟩ tribhuvana-c-cakrava¡t=ti!⟨rt=ti⟩kaḷ maturaiyum ¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻamum karuvū⟨3⟩rum pāṇṭiyaṉ muṭi-⟨t⟩-talaiyum koṇṭu vīra-A⟨4⟩bhiṣekamum vijaya-Abhiṣekamum paṇṇi-y-aruḷiya tri⟨5⟩bhuvaṉa-v¡i!⟨ī⟩ra-devaṟku yāṇṭu 3 10 7-vatu

jayaṅ-koṇṭa-cōḻa⟨6⟩maṇṭalatt’ āmūr-k-kōṭṭattu devatāṉam bra¿h?⟨hma⟩adeyam ⟨7⟩ tiru-v-iḻiccilūr-uṭaiya subrahmaṇya-devar kōyil Ādi-¡ś!⟨c⟩a⟨8⟩ṇḍeśvara-devar aruḷāl ik-kōyil śrī-māheśva⟨ra⟩-kaṅkāṇi ⟨9⟩ Āṇṭār tillai-nāyakarum śrī-kāriyam cempiyaṉ muvē[n=ta]vēḷā⟨10⟩rum ik-kōyil-kāṇi-y-uṭaiya civa-brā¿h?⟨hm⟩aṇaṉ tēvarkaṉmi cen=tiṟattu [āṭko]⟨11⟩ṇṭavilli celva-p-pirāṉ-āṉa paṉmāheśvara-paṭṭaṉum ik-kōyil-kāṇi-y-u⟨12⟩ṭaiya civa-brāhmaṇaṉ devakaṉmi cen=tiṟattu Āḷ-uṭaiyāṉ ñānam pe⟨13⟩[ṟṟā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-ā]ṉa nāṟ-patt-e¡ṇ!⟨ṇṇ⟩āy¿a?⟨i⟩ra-paṭṭaṉum kōyil{i}-kaṇakku tiru-v-iḻiccilū⟨r-u⟩ṭai⟨14⟩yāṉum iv-aṉaivōm ik-kōyilil kumpiṭṭ’ irukkum Āṇṭār ka ⟨15⟩ ruppū{r}r-uṭaiyāṉampi Aṟputa-kūttaṟku nila-vilai-pramāṇam paṇṇi ⟨16⟩ kalveṭṭi kuṭutta paric’ āvatu

piḷḷaiyār tiru-nāma-kāṇi-y-āna ti⟨17⟩ru-v-iḻiccil Uḷḷūril Iṟai-Iṟuppu Aritāy śrī-paṇṭārattil ⟨18⟩ taṭṭ-iṟai Iṟukkaiyāl nāṅkaḷ Ivarkku viṟṟu kuṭutta nilam āva⟨19⟩tu

peri-y-ēri kaḻaṉiyil Āṭaikāṭu te¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-kū[ṟu] kuḻi 100 8 10-m Attip⟨20⟩paṭaṅ <kuḻi> 2 100 5 10-m Ūṟal-Ēri-kaḻaṉiyil ātimallai-nātaṉum ⟨21⟩ Iraṭṭai ceṟuvum teṅ[ka]m kaḻuvalum-ā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a Aṟputakūttaṉum ⟨22⟩ [tāḷ]-ceṟuvum [Uvar]kuṇṭilum [pāva]cāniyum n¡i!⟨ī⟩roṭukaḻuva⟨23⟩lum c¡i!⟨ī⟩-[rāmaṉ] kaḻuvalum Āka <kuḻi> 2 1000 2 100 8 10 m talai-Ēri-[p]-paḷḷa⟨24⟩ttil [U]ṭaiya nampiyum koṟṟi[mā]ṉum kuṭitāṅkiyum civa⟨25⟩-[tācaṉum] paṭṭa viruttiyum Āka <kuḻi> 4 1000 100 4 10-m Āka <kuḻi> 4 1000 ⟨26⟩ 10 5 10-āl <nilam> 2 <undefined> In-nilam Iraṇṭē Oru mā varai⟨27⟩yum Aṟputa-kūttaṉukkum Uvarkkuṇṭil k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ-k-kuṭi Aḷa⟨28⟩[3+] Aḷappaiyum ku [2+] m Ivarkku kāṇi-y-āka p[eru]m vilaikku vi⟨29⟩[5+] yār śrī-paṇṭārattukku kai-k-ko⟨ṇ⟩ṭa putu-k-kācu 3 100 Ik⟨30⟩-kācu mu-ṉ-ṉūṟṟukkum vilai-k kuṟa viṟṟu kalveṭṭi kuṭuttōm

ni⟨31⟩laṅkaḷukku n¡i!⟨ī⟩r-pāya-vēṇṭu[vatu]m Iṟaikka⟨-k ka⟩ṭavatum Ērikaḷilē n¡i!⟨ī⟩r-pā⟨32⟩ya-vēṇṭuṅ kot[ti] n¡i!⟨ī⟩r-pā[ya]vum Ip-paṭi cammati⟨t⟩tu karuppū⟨33⟩{r}r-uṭaiyānampi Aṟputa-k-kūttarkku kalveṭṭi-k kuṭuttōm ik⟨34⟩-kōyil [sth]ānattōm

  • Ip-paṭikku [Ivai] tillai-nāyakaṉ Eḻuttu
  • Ip-paṭikku Ivai Ik-kōyil ⟨35⟩ civa-brāhmaṇa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ centiṟattu Ā[ṭko]ṇṭavilli celva-p-pirā⟨36⟩¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-āṉa panmāheśvara-paṭṭaṉ Eḻuttu
  • Ip-paṭikku [Ivai] Ik-kōyil ⟨37⟩ kāṇi-Uṭaiya civa-brāhmaṇan centiṟattu Āḷuṭaiyā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ [ñāna]⟨38⟩m-peṟṟā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩[ṉa] nāṟ-patt-eṇṇāyira-paṭṭaṉ Eḻuttu
  • Ip-paṭikku Ivai c¡i!⟨ī⟩-[kā]⟨39⟩riyam cempiya-muvēn=tavēḷāṉ Eḻuttu
  • Ip-paṭikku Ivai kōyil-ka⟨40⟩ṇakku tiru-[v-e]ḻiccil-uṭ[aiyā]ṉ Eḻuttu

  • Ip-paṭi Aṟivēṉ tiru-[p]⟨41⟩-pā[ri]yūr nāṟ-patt-eṇṇāyi[ra]-piḷḷai[y-ē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩]
  • Ip-paṭi Aṟivē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ ci ⟨42⟩ ṟutavūr muṟicceṭṭu nārāya[ṇa]-bhaṭṭaṉ-ē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩
  • Ip-paṭi Aṟivē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ ⟨43⟩ ciṟutavūr Āmūr-nāṭṭu-vēḷāṉ-ēṉ
  • ⟨44⟩ Ip-paṭi Aṟivē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ [paiyaṉūr] kurovidoṇaya-paṭṭaṉ-ēṉ
  • ⟨45⟩ Ip-paṭi Aṟivē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ paiyaṉūr [pā]nti-kuṟi-nārāyaṇa-[paṭṭa]ṉ-ēṉ
  • ⟨46⟩ Ip-paṭi Aṟivē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ [vacamurtiru]vaṉ-ē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩
  • Ip-paṭi Aṟivē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ māmalla-purattu [3+] ⟨47⟩ Ām¡u!⟨ū⟩r-nāṭṭu-vēḷāṉ-ēṉ
  • ⟨48⟩ Ip-paṭi Aṟivē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ poṉ[vāra]yāra-tēvata [2+] ⟨49⟩ [6+] kaṇṇimā [5+] ⟨50⟩ [3+]rakiḻāṉ viccātiraṉ-ēṉ

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1) Prosperity! Fortune!

(1–5) 37th year of the king Tribhuvana Vīra who graciously ...

(5–16) This is the manner in which ... have given ...

(16–19) The land that we have given ... is [as follows].

(19–26) ...

(26–30) This land ... we have given ...

(30–34) ... we have given, We, the trustees of this temple.

(34–40)

  • ...

(40–50)

  • ...

Bibliography

First reported in Hultzsch 1890 (ARIE/1889-1890/1890/57).

First edited in Krishna Sastri 1923 (SII 4.381).

Encoded and translated here for DHARMA (ERC n° 809994) by Emmanuel Francis (2024), based on Krishna Sastri 1923.

Primary

[SII] Krishna Sastri, H. 1923. South-Indian inscriptions (texts). Volume IV: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil, Telugu and Kannada countries and Ceylon. South Indian Inscriptions 4. Madras: Government Press. Pages 115–116, item 381.

Secondary

Hultzsch, Eugen Julius Theodor. 1890. G.O. No. 355, 14th May 1890. Archaeology. Recording the progress report of the Epigraphist, Archaeological Survey, for February and April 1890. Madras: Government of Madras, Public Department. Page 6, appendix 1890, item 57.