Marudanallūr, Karakkuṭi temple, time of Rājarāja, year 2
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Fragment A
⟨1⟩ tiripuvaṉa cakkara-vattikaḷ ciri Irā(ca) [******] yāṇṭu 2=௵ vatu m(ī)[ṉa] nāyaṟṟu Amarapa¡ṣṣ!attu tirutiyaiyum tiṅkaḷ-kiḻamaiyum peṟṟa cataiyattu nāḷ kulōttuṅka
⟨2⟩ cōḻa-vaḷanāṭṭu-t tiruna(ṟ)aiyūr-nāṭṭu tirukkarukkuṭi Uṭaiyār vi[ḻu]miya-nāyaṉār kōyil Āt(i)taṇṭecura-tēvar tiruvaruḷāl Ik-kōyil tāṉattārōm nilavilai-(p)-
⟨3⟩ piramāṇa Icaivu-t¿i?ṭṭu Iṉ-ṉāṭṭu ceṉṉi-maṅkalattu Uṭaiyār viccecura[t]ēvar kōyil tēvaraṭiyāril karaiyēṟaviṭṭāḷ tirunāṭṭa-p perumāḷukku nāṅkaḷ nila-vilai-p-piramāṇa
⟨4⟩ Icaivut¿i?ṭṭu-k kuṭuttu paricā[va](tu) It-tirukkarukkuṭi Uṭaiyār viḻumiya-nāyaṉār kōyilukku tiruvātav(ū)r-nāyaṉārai Ivar y-eḻuntaruḷivittu tiruppi⟨ra⟩tiṭṭai paṇṇivittu y-eḻuntaruḷi
⟨5⟩ Irukkiṟa Ivarkku muṉpu c¿i?paṇṭ(āra)ttu viṭṭu varukiṟa Arici Uḷpaṭa (kaṉakoṭai?) Iruṉāḻi Arici nimantam āka[p]paṭu Arici cantiyilē Amutu ceyaru(ḷu)vum Ic-cōṟṟilē nāḻi viprarici cō-
⟨6⟩ ṟ [*********] na [***] e [**] k(ar/ā)ka-k kuṭukkavu(m) (n)¿i?kki (niṉṟa) [.]o(ya Ariyam) [.]e [*] ṟṟiṭaippilē (mutacekavum?) [**] (ṭi)kka Iṉ(ta-t?) tirukka(ru)kk(u)ṭi (Uṭai)yār viḻ(u)miya-nāya¡n!ār tiru(ṉā)mattu (ṭu)(I)e-
Fragment B
⟨7⟩ (v)ōm puranāṭṭu tiruvalañcu […] ‡ […] -ppu Uyyakoṇṭār-vaḷanāṭṭu […]
⟨8⟩ -p piṭākai karuppūril (kiḻā)(n) […] ‡ […] k(ar/ām) Akilanāya-c-caruppeti-maṅkalattu […]
⟨9⟩ *(li) (vaṭa)mēṟku-c cāra-p puṟa […] ‡ […] tikku kiḻakku 2 1/10 catirattu <symbol> 2 1/10 (1/5) [*] […]
⟨10⟩ [*] ciṉṉattiṉāl parappu I(va?) […] ‡ […] (10 vaku?) <symbol> 2 (1/5) n¿i?kki tirunāmattukkāṇi <symbol> (*) […]
⟨11⟩ tavaṟai perumāḷ tirunāmattu […] ‡ […] yilē kiḻakkaṭaiya nālumā nilam Inta tiru […]
⟨12⟩ [***] vilai ma [***] Aṉṟāṭu naṟ […] ‡ […] iyāka [**] ka k[u]ṭuk[k]vum Iṉnilam [nā]lu […]
Fragment C
⟨13⟩ Iṉāṭu-k kācu [*] Uyyāyiramum Iva [**] (cu?)ra-k kaikkoṇṭ […]
⟨14⟩ Oṭukku kuṭuttuvar-k kaṭavōm ākavum Ippaṭi cantirātitta […]
⟨15⟩ [*] ñē [**] It-tirukarukkuṭi nāyaṉa[r] kōyil tāṉattō[m]
⟨16⟩ [*] Eḻuttu Ippaṭi [*] (ki) […]
⟨17⟩ lava(n) pa [***] aṉ eḻuttu […]
Fragment D
⟨18⟩ (ya/pa) [*] mār (mū)venta vaṭallē kaṭamai kuṭi[m]ai Iṟuttu Iṟai mikuti koṇṭu In[ta] (ni)¡(ya)!ntam ce(y) […]
⟨19⟩ t(e)ttu nilavilai-p-piramāṇa Icaivutiṭṭu kuṭuttōm Inta-k karaiyēṟaviṭṭāḷ tirunaṭṭa-p (p)e[rumāḷ][…]
⟨20⟩ ṭaiya mattiyatan Aiyyūr uṭaiyāṉ U[ṭ]ai(y)ā¡n! nā(ya)ka [*] ettu (I)ppa(ṭi)kk ivai tēvakanmi(ka)[ḷ]
⟨21⟩ (ār)-p perumāḷ y-eḻuttu Ivai Ītānatēvan neḻuttu Ippa(ṭikk) [****] caka[*]āyam paṭṭi Uṭaiyān vi […]
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Reported in ARIE 1926-27 (ARIE/1926-1927/C/1927/285).
This edition by Renato Dávalos, based on ASI estampage kindly supplied by the Director of Epigraphy in Mysore (2025).
Secondary
[ARIE] ARIE 1926-27. Annual report on South-Indian epigraphy for the year ending 31st March 1927. Edited by G. Venkoba Rao. Calcutta: Government of India, 1928. Page 48, item 285, appendixes C/1926-1927.
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The origin of the name Karaiyēṟaviṭṭāḷ cannot be established with certainty. It may be roughly understood as "She who has reached the shore," and it possibly recalls the episode of Appar's conversion to Śaivism. In the <title>Periya Purāṇam</title> (vv. 1333-1334), Appar asks his elder sister Tilakavati to reveal "the path by which one may be saved and reach the shore" (<foreign>uyntu karai ēṟu neṟi</foreign>). The comparison is, however, uncertain.
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<p>Reported in <bibl><ptr target="bib:ARIE1926-1927"/></bibl> (ARIE/1926-1927/C/1927/285).</p>
<p>This edition by Renato Dávalos, based on ASI estampage kindly supplied by the Director of Epigraphy in Mysore (2025).</p>
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Commentary
The origin of the name Karaiyēṟaviṭṭāḷ cannot be established with certainty. It may be roughly understood as "She who has reached the shore," and it possibly recalls the episode of Appar’s conversion to Śaivism. In the Periya Purāṇam (vv. 1333-1334), Appar asks his elder sister Tilakavati to reveal "the path by which one may be saved and reach the shore" (uyntu karai ēṟu neṟi). The comparison is, however, uncertain.