Cōḻapuram, Rājendracōḻīśvara temple, Kollam year 419

Author of digital edition: Renato Dávalos (reda).

Contributors: Renato Dávalos (reda), Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Endowment of a tank and a land for the āṇṭārs (devotees) who recite the Tiruñāṉam in the sacred hall (tirukkaikōṭṭi) of the temple of the Lord of the Rājendracoḷīśvara in Mummuṭicōḻanallūr. The following texts are mentioned: Tiruñāṉam, Tirumuṟai and a text, the title of which begins with Tirukka[…]. Ramanatha Ayyar 1927 (p. 24) understands that the endowment applies to the reciters of the Tiruñāṉam, excluding the Tirumuṟai and the Tirukka[…].

Palaeographic description: No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00005.

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00005.xml.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī kollan tōṉṟi 4 100 10 9-m āṇṭu mēṭa-ñāyiṟṟu nāñci-nāṭṭu-t tiru-k-kōṭṭāṟ-āṉa mu-m-muṭi-cō-
⟨2⟩ ḻa-nallūr Uṭaiyār srī-rājendra-cōḷ¡i!śvaram-Uṭaiya nāyaṉār kōyi¿y?il tiru-k-kai-kōṭṭiyil tiru-ñā-
⟨3⟩ ṉam ōtum Āṇṭāṟku Amutu-paṭikku śrī-pāṇṭi-maṇṭalattu kuṭa-nāṭṭu kaṅkai-maṅkalam-āṉa maturōtaiya-p pe-
⟨4⟩ run-teruvil meṟ-pāṭi y-uṭaiyāṉ y-uṭaiyāṉ Āṭuvāṉ-āṉa Ālāla-cuntara-p-perumāṉ-ēṉ kuṭutta kuḷamun nilamum āvatu Āntā-
⟨5⟩ y-kuṭi-y-āṉa rājendra-cōḻa-nallūr nāṉ vilai koṇṭ-uṭaiya Ālāla-cuntaraṉ ērik(ku) peru-nāṉk’ ellai k¡i!ḻ-ellai vaṭak-
⟨6⟩ ku-p pañcantāṅki-viḷaiyil mēl-vēlikku mēṟkum teṟku-p pañcantāṅki-viḷaiyil k¡i!ḻ-vēlikku mēṟkum teṉ-ṉ-ellai ⌈-
⟨7⟩ -t tēvaṉ ēri-vayalukku vaṭakkum mēl-ellai-p peru-veḷai-k-ku⟨ḷa⟩ttil nīr-(koḷ)-vāy⟨k⟩ku-k kiḻakkum vaṭa-v-ellai peru-vaḻikku teṟkum I-
⟨8⟩ vv-icainta peru-nāṉk’ ellaikk’ uṭ-paṭṭa nilamum viḷaiyum In-nāyaṉārkku kaṭamai n¡i!kki In-nilattāl vantat’ ep-
⟨9⟩ pēṟpaṭṭatatum Aṉupavittu-k koṇṭu tiru-muṟai tiru-k-ka [****] kki tiru-ñāṉam ōtuvārkku Amutu-paṭi kaṟpiccēṉ mēṟpā-
⟨10⟩ ṭi Uṭaiyāṉ-āṉa Ālāla-cuntara-perumāṉ-ēṉ Ip-paṭi(kku Ivai) Ālāla-cuntara-perumāṉ Eḻuttu Ip-paṭikki [*****]

Apparatus

⟨6⟩ ⌈⟨7⟩ttēvaṉ ⬦ TAS • This appears to be an instance where the kompu (-e) is written before a doubled consonant rather than between each single consonant of the doubled consonant, that is tēt for ttē.

⟨9⟩ tirukka [4+] kki ⬦ TAS • TAS’s translation is based on the restoration [nī]kki.

Translation by Ramanatha Ayyar 1927

Hail! Prosperity!

In the Mēṭa month of the year 419 after the appearance of Kollam, Āṭuvāṉ alias Ālālacuntara-Perumāṉ of Mēṟpāṭi ⟨living⟩ in Kaṅkaimaṅkalam alias Maturōtayap-perunteruvu in Kuṭa-nāṭu, a subdivision of Śrī-Pāṇṭi-maṇṭalam, gave for ⟨providing⟩ to the āṇṭār chanting the Tiruñāṉam in the hall (tirukkōṭṭi¹) of the temple of god Śrī-Rājendracōḻēśvaramuṭaiya-Nāyaṉār of Tirukkōṭṭāṟu alias Mummuṭicōḻanallūr in Nāñci-nāṭu, the following tank and land.

The four great boundaries of the ⟨tank called⟩ Ālālacuntaraṉ-ēri, which I have purchased in Āntāykkuṭi alias Rājendracōḻanallūr are ⟨as follows⟩:

the western boundary is to the west of the western hedge of ⟨the field called⟩ the northern Pañcatāṅki-viḷai, and to the west of the eastern hedge of the southern Pañcatāṅki-viḷai;
the southern boundary is to the north of the field ⟨called⟩ Tēvaṉēṟi-vayal;
the western boundary is to the east of the sluice of the Peruvēḷaikkuḷam;
the northern boundary is to the south of the road (peruvaḻi).

The land and high ground (viḷai) comprised within these four great boundaries were exempted from tax, and I, Ālālacuntara-Perumāḷ of Mēṟpāṭi stipulated that the produced from the land was to be enjoyed and rice was to be provided to those whose chant the Tiruñāṉam, exclusive² of Tirumuṟai and Tirukka[…].

This is the writing of Ālālacuntara-Perumāḷ. This […].

Bibliography

Edited Ramanatha Ayyar 1927 (TAS 6.14), with English translation.

This digital edition by Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis (2024), based on Ramanatha Ayyar 1927.

Primary

[TAS] Ramanatha Ayyar, A. S. 1927. Travancore archaeological series: volume 6. Vol. 6.1. Trivandrum: Government Press. Pages 22–24, item 14.

Notes

1. Ramanatha Ayyar 1927 (p. 23, fn. 1) notes: “tirukkaikkoṭṭi seems to refer to the hall in the sacred presence. kōṭṭi is derivable from Skt. gōṣṭī (assembly). kōṭṭi also means ’the tower of a temple’.”
2. Emmanuel Francis: Translation based on the restoration tirukka[3+] [nī]kki.

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nāñci-nāṭṭu-t tiru-k-kōṭṭāṟ-āṉa mu-m-muṭi-cō

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Ip-paṭi<unclear>kku Ivai</unclear> Ālāla-cuntara-perumāṉ Eḻuttu

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Hail! Prosperity!

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