Pōlakam bronze statue, time of Sundara Pāṇḍya, year 10

Authors of digital edition: Renato Dávalos (reda), Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: A certain Nāyakattār Āṇṭāṇ Kōtai, alias Kulōttuṅka-rāyaṇ consecrated the image of Tiruvātavūr-Nāyaṉār (Māṇikkavācakar) at the temple of Pōlakam and donated lands for food offerings and the maintenance of sacred lamps.

On the four sides of the pedestal of a bronze statue from Pōlakam and kept in Pondicherry Government Museum since 2020 at the latest.

Palaeographic description: No distinction between e and ē, o and ō.

Languages: Sanskrit (san) [Grantha (grantha)], Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00073.

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00073.xml.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ ௳ (svasti śrī) tirupuvaṉa-c-cakkara-vattikaḷ śrī-cuntara-pāṇṭiya-tēvaṟkku yāṇṭu 10 Āvatu kēyya-māṇikka-vaḷaṉāṭṭu vaṭakāl
⟨2⟩ parivaṭṭa nakaram pukalōkattu Uṭaiyār pañcavaṉ mādeviśvaram-uṭaiyār kōyilukku tiru-vātavū⟨r⟩-nāyaṉārai Ēṟi-Aruḷa paṇṇiṉa ṉākai-y-āṉa ⌈-
⟨3⟩ cōḻa-ku⟨lava⟩lli-paṭ=ṭiṉattu tiru-p-paḷḷi-p-pāṟ¿t?u ṉāyakattāril Āṇṭāṉ kōtayāṉa kulōttuṅka-rāyaṉ-ēṉ Iṉ-ṉāyaṉāṟkku Amutu-paṭikkum t¿a?ruviḷakku-
⟨4⟩ m nāyanā⟦ṉā⟧⟨⟨ṟ⟩⟩¿t?ku koṇṭa{ṭa}⟨⟨kantaṉ uṭaiyā¡n!⟩⟩ nilamum nattamum Āvatu Ivūr piṭākai cankuṇaveḷi paṇappāṟṟukku vaṭakku taṭi mūṉṟu viṭṭuma-
⟨5⟩ ṟkku Amutu-paṭikkum tiruvi
⟨6⟩ Ōṭai Eṉṟu pēr kūvappaṭṭa nila⟨m⟩ mā mu⟨m⟩māvaraiyum kaṇapati vāykkālukku mēṟkku puṟaṅkarampaṉāṭṭu vēḷāṉ maṉaikku valivala-nāṭu vēḷāṉ maṉai Iru-
⟨7⟩ ppukkum 1/10 𑿦 m I-nila⟨m⟩ mā mu⟨m⟩māvaraiyum Iṉ-nāyanāṟku Amutu-paṭikkum tiru-viḷakkum can¡t!rādi(tya)varai cella-k kaṭavat’ āka-k koṇṭu Iṭṭēṉ Āṇṭāṉ kō-
⟨8⟩ taiyāṉa kulōttuṅka-rāyaṉ-ēṉ Ik-kōyil Akāraṇam tiruvārūr ammāṉ Eḻuttu ⁓ Ik-kōyil tēvakammi piram¡i!śvara-paṭṭaṉ Eḻuttu
⟨9⟩ Ik-kōyil kaṇakkaṉ paṉaṅk-uṭaiyāṉ v¡i!tiviṭaṅka-p perumāṉ Eḻu⟨ttu⟩

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ tirupuvaṉa ⬦ tiripuvaṉa Āvaṇam.

⟨3⟩ pāṟ¿t?⟨ṟ⟩u ⬦ pāṟṟu Āvaṇam.

⟨6⟩ nila⟨m⟩ mā mu⟨m⟩māvaraiyum ⬦ nilam mā mummāvaraiyum Āvaṇam.

⟨7⟩ Inila⟨m⟩ mā mu⟨m⟩māvaraiyum ⬦ I nilamā mumāvaraiyum Āvaṇam. — ⟨7⟩ can¡t!⟨d⟩rādityavarai ⬦ candrādityavarai Āvaṇam.

⟨8⟩ Akāraṇam ⬦ Akrāṇam Āvaṇam. — ⟨8⟩ piram¡i!⟨ī⟩śvara ⬦ piramīśvara Āvaṇam.

Bibliography

Reported and edited in Kaṇṇaṉ 2020 (Āvaṇam 31.100).

This digital edition by Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis, based on Kaṇṇaṉ 2020 and visual documentation therein, and on the partila photo of the first side of the bronze statute (E. Francis, 2024).

Primary

[Āvaṇam] Kaṇṇaṉ, Cu. 2020. “māṇikkavācakara cepput tirumēṉi eḷuttup poṟippu.” Āvaṇam 31, pp. 236–238.

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