Tirukkōyilūr, Trivikrama-Perumāḷ temple, Tribhuvana Kulōttuṅga Cōḻa king, year 25

Author of digital edition: Renato Dávalos (reda).

Summary: Mentions that the garden of the temple is named Māṇikkavācakaṉ.

Palaeographic description: Record may be attributed to the 11th century on paleographical grounds.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00075.

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00075.xml.

Version: 2026-11-09 18:23 (fbd1441), last modified 2026-09-29 11:10 (5251b7d).

Edition

⟨1⟩ (tiri)puvaṉa-c cakkaravatti(kaḷ) (śrī) kulōttuṅka cōḻa tēvaṟku yāṇṭu 20 5 ௵ milāṭākiya ceṉṉāta-vaḷanāṭṭuk kuṟukkai kūṟṟattu-t tiru [******]
⟨2⟩ [*****] lūrāṉa maturāntaka-(carup)pēti-maṅkalattu tiruviṭaikaḻi Emperumāṉ Ivvāṇṭai-k kārttikai māsattu pūrva-pakṣattu ti[****]
⟨3⟩ [******] mulai Āṟu nāḷ Uḷppaṭṭa [****] ṉai-c cāḻvārkaḷum pāṭi Aruḷiṉa Icaippāvāy Uḷḷa tirumoḻikaḷ Ellām tiruvattiyaṉam āka-k kēṭṭaruḷak [*********]-
⟨4⟩ ku [*] taṉ mākkālāl Amutupaṭi *1 𑿜 Itukku vēṇṭum kaṟiyamutu Uppamutu miḷakamutum neyya [************]
⟨5⟩ cantaṉa-k kāppum Akilum Aṭaikkāyamutum Ilaiyamutum Uḷḷiṭṭa Amutupaṭi cāttupaṭikaḷum tiruppāvai kēṭṭaruḷi [******]
⟨6⟩ Orunāḷaikku śrī Amutupaṭi kala Ariciyum Itukku vēṇṭum kaṟiyamutum Uppamutum miḷakamutum neyyamutum tayiramutum [**********]-
⟨7⟩ kaḷum Aṭaikkāyamutum Ilaiyamutum cantirātittavarai cella-k kaṭavatāka Ikkōyil-k kāṇi Uṭaiya tiruvaṭipiṭippār [**********]-
⟨8⟩ ṉ nāṭṭu Uṟai Ūrkkūṟṟattu pirammatēcam cekatēvavari caturpētimaṅkalattu Irupattu nālāyiravaṉ periyāṉ Ap [*********]-
⟨9⟩ ṭalaṅkāṟa nampiyum tiruveṅkaṭattu nampiyum Āka-p pēr Iraṇṭevam meṟpaṭi makākuṇṭala-k kātan Uḷḷiṭṭār per ka[*]m [*****]-
⟨10⟩ ṣṇa vapaṭṭaṉuḷḷuṭṭār perka [*] m Ivaṉaivarum Ippaṭi celutti Amutu ceka prasādam (ce/co) mpāti koḷḷakkaṭavom āka Ippaṭi cammatittu-c cuka[*****]

Commentary

The twenty-fifth regnal year discards automatically Kulōttuṅga II. However, the title Tribhuvanacakravartin is insufficient to distinguish with certainty whether it refers to Kulōttuṅga I (the year would be ca. 1095) or Kulōttuṅga III (which would be then ca. 1203).

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1921–22 (ARIE/1921-1922/B/1921/351).

This digital edition by Renato Dávalos, based on transcript kindly provided by the Archaeological Survey of India, Mysore.

Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1921–22. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for the year 1921-1922. Edited by G. Venkoba Rao. Madras: Government Press, 1923. Page 28, item 351, appendix B/1921.

Notes

1. Unidentified sign in the transcript.

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The twenty-fifth regnal year discards automatically Kulōttuṅga II. However, the title <hi rend="italic">Tribhuvanacakravartin</hi> is insufficient to distinguish with certainty whether it refers to Kulōttuṅga I (the year would be ca. 1095) or Kulōttuṅga III (which would be then ca. 1203).</p>

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<p>This digital edition by Renato Dávalos, based on transcript kindly provided by the Archaeological Survey of India, Mysore.</p>

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