Pondicherry Government Museum, bronze statue, time of Tribhuvana-cakravarti Sundara Pāṇḍya, year 10

Author of digital edition: Renato Dávalos (reda).

Summary: Statue brought from Pōlakam (Pondicherry). 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.

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.

Version: 2026-04-17 20:52 (f13bb6a), last modified 2026-04-17 20:48 (281e2dd).

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⟨1⟩ (svasti śrī) tiripuvaṉa-c-cakkara-vattikaḷ śrī cuntara-pāṇṭiya-tēvaṟku yāṇṭu 10 Āvatu kēyya-māṇikka-vaḷaṉāṭṭu vaṭakāl
⟨2⟩ parivaṭṭa nakaram pukalōkattu Uṭaiyār pañcavaṉ mātēvicuvaram uṭaiyār kōyilukku tiruvātavū⟨r⟩-nāyaṉārai Ēṟi aruḷa paṇṇiṉa ṉākaiyāṉa
⟨3⟩ cōḻa ku⟨lava⟩lli paṭṭiṉattu tiruppaḷḷi-p-pāṟṟu ṉāyakattāril Āṇṭāṉ kōtayāṉa kulōttuṅka rāyaṉēṉ Iṉ-ṉāyaṉāṟkku Amutupaṭikkum t¿a?ruviḷakku-
⟨4⟩ m nāyanāṟ¿t?ku koṇṭa(ṭa)kantaṉ uṭaiyān nilamum nattamum Āvatu Ivūr piṭākai cankuṇaveḷi paṇappāṟṟukku vaṭakku taṭi mūṉṟu viṭṭuma-
⟨5⟩ ṟkku Amutupaṭikkum tiruvi
⟨6⟩ Ōṭai Eṉṟu pēr kūvappaṭṭa nilam mā mummāvaraiyum kaṇapati vāykkālukku mēṟkku puṟaṅkarampa-ṉāṭṭu vēḷāṉ maṉaikku valivala-nāṭu vēḷāṉ maṉai Iru-
⟨7⟩ ppukkum 1/10 <symbol>m I-nilamā mummāvaraiyum Iṉ-nāyanāṟku Amutupaṭikkum tiruviḷakkum cant⟨i⟩rātityavarai cella-k kaṭavat’ āka-k koṇṭu Iṭṭēṉ Āṇṭāṉ kō
⟨8⟩ taiyāṉa kulōttuṅka-rāyaṉ ēṉ Ik-kōyil Akrāṇam tiruvārūr ammāṉ eḻuttu - Ik-kōyil tēvakammi piramīcuvara paṭṭaṉ Eḻuttu
⟨9⟩ Ik-kōyil kaṇakkaṉ paṉaṅk’ uṭaiyāṉ vītiviṭaṅka-p perumāṉ Eḻu⟨ttu⟩

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Reported and edited in Avanam31 (Avanam Vol. 16-22:8).

This digital edition by Renato Dávalos, based on printed version.

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