Poṉṉamarāvati, no king, year 1371 of the Śaka era

Editors: Renato Dávalos, Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSSII2600020.

Summary: Gift of village to a kōvaṇavaṉ who sang the hymns of Caṭakōpaṉ (Nammāḻvār) at the request of his army commander (cēṉāpati).

Language: Tamil.

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

Version: (bde1635), last modified (085f0d2).

Edition

⟨1⟩ śubham astu hēmāmarāvati-y īśa sruṣṭhi sthi[tya]n=ta kāraṇa || śrīmat saundara rājasya śāsanam śāśvatam param || svasti śrī

śakā(bda)m 1000 3 100 7 10 4-ṉ meṟ cellā niṉṟa śūkla varuṣattu kumbha nāyaṟṟu Oru nāḷ

mum nam stotram pāṭuvār pattiram piṭippār kuṭavar kovaṇavaruṭaṉ saundararājan maṇdapattu Iruntu nam caṭakōpaṉ pāṭṭu kēḷā niṟka nam cēṉāpati viṇṇappattāl

⟨2⟩ nam v¿i?⟨ī⟩ṭṭukkāriyam ceyyuṅ kovaṇaṉ ātraya gotrattu tiruvaṉantāḻvār pāvikai v-aruḷi dāsarukku nam kalaccoṟṟu-p paṭikku v-iṭṭa nam tiruviṭaiyāṭṭam āṉa poṉṉamarāpati ⟨3⟩ nāṭṭu mulaṅkuṭiyiṟ piṟinta maṉāttār āṉa caṅkāyipuram

nāṉk-ellaikk-uṭpaṭṭa naṉcai puṉcaiyum nattamum maravaṭai māvaṭai kuḷavaṭai uṭpaṭa ivaiyivaṟṟil uṇṭā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a nelmutal poṉmutal cekkiṟai taṇ⟨⟨ṭal⟩⟩ tekai nal Erutu mātavaḻim uṟi puṟakkuṭi kāriyam kāṇikkai viniyōkam maṟṟum

⟨4⟩ Epperpaṭṭa (aṉai-t) tāyaṅkaḷilum nammuṭaiya paṇipārttu ca {symbol?} Oṉṟukāl nikki niṉṟa Oṉṟumukkālum sarvamānnyaṃ ⟨5⟩ Āka-k

kuṭuttom sundararājasya

Apparatus

Translation by Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis

Bibliography

Reported in Venkayya 1909 (ARIE/1908-1909/C/1909/20).

Edited in Srinivasan 1990 (SII 26.20).

This digital edition by Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis (2024), based on Narasimhaswamy 1982. This translation by Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis (2024).

Primary

[SII] Srinivasan, P. R. 1990. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XXVI: inscriptions collected during the year 1908-09. South Indian Inscriptions 26. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director-General). Page 14, item 20.

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 60, appendix C, item 20.