Nākappaṭṭiṉam, Kāyārōkaṇam temple, time of Rājendra Cōḻa, year 3

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Donation of gold by an officer (kaṉmi) of the king of Śrīvijaya (Śrīvijaiyam) to offer jewels―rubies (māṇikkam) and emeralds (marakatam)―for a silver statue (veḷḷittirumēṉi) of Nākaiyaḻakaṉ in the Tirukkārōṇam temple in Nākapaṭṭiṉam.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00166.

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00166.xml.

Version: (fbd1441), last modified (d4f398f).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī kō-p-para-kēcari-panmar-āṉa śrī-rājen¡t!ra-cōḻa-tēvarku yāṇṭu 3 Āvatu kṣatriya-cikhāmaṇi-vaḷanāṭṭu [********] paṭṭiṉa [**********] rōṇa [********] veḷḷi-t-ti-

⟨2⟩ ru-mēṉi nākai-y-aḻakaṟku śrī-vijaiyatt’ araiyar kanmi rājarāja-maṇṭalattu kīṭcempiṉāṭṭu mēṉṟōṉṟi-paṭṭiṉat [**********] (c)[e]yvitta kṣe [******] ca niṟai (po)-

⟨3⟩ ṉ patiṉ nāl kaḻanc’ arai Itil vīra-paṭṭattu-k kāṭṭiṉa cāti māṇikkam patiṉ oṉru naṭu[vi]l makarattu naṭuvu kaṭṭiṉa marataka [**********] ṉa māṇik [*******] (upāya) [**]-

⟨4⟩ ṭiṉa māṇikkam m¡u!ṉṟu Itiṉ mēl vāy-k kaṭṭiṉa paccai 1 makarattiṉ k¡i!ḻvāy ka[ṭṭi]ṉa māṇikkam Añcu Itiṉ k¡i!ḻvāy kaṭṭiṉa caṟpamotti 1 valapakkat(tu vaṭṭappūvil) kaṭṭiṉa mā [**]

⟨5⟩ Ēḻu Iṭa-p-pakkattu vaṭṭappūvil kaṭṭiṉa māṇikkam Ēḻu piṉpil paruttikkuṟaḷil kaṭṭiṉa m[ā]ṇikkam nālu cikhāmaṇi-y-āka-k kaṭṭiṉa māṇikkam cāti 1 mākkallu nāṟpa [****] veṟṟi [**]-

⟨6⟩ m-āka niṟai Āṟu mañcāṭi kalluṭpaṭa kā(cu) niṟai patināṟ-k kaḻañcē mukkālē ma⟨ñ⟩cāṭi Ip-paricu kalveṭṭuka v-eṉṟu Ivv-āṇṭu śrī-kāriyañ ceykiṉṟa Arumo[ḻi] [**] nāṭṭu [**]-

⟨7⟩ -k-kū(ṟṟa)ttu (ka)ṇṭiyūr-uṭai(yā)r cēntaṉ ca [***************] It-tē[va-kan]mikaḷum colla-k kalveṭṭiṉēṉ nākapaṭṭiṉattu Ēṟaṉ caṭaiyāṉ-āṉa [tē]-

⟨8⟩ (var ka)ṇṭācāriyaṉēṉ ௳

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ °paṉmarāṉa K ⬦ °panmarāna NK. — ⟨1⟩ °rājentiracōḻatēvarkku K ⬦ °rājentracōḻatēvaṟku NK. — ⟨1⟩ kṣatriyacikāmaṇi° K ⬦ kṣatracikhāmaṇi° NK. — ⟨1⟩ [8+] paṭṭiṉak [8+] rōṇa [8+] veḷḷitti K ⬦ [6+] veḷḷitti NK.

⟨2⟩ kaṉmi K ⬦ kanmi NK. — ⟨2⟩ kīṭcempiṉāṭṭu K ⬦ kīṭccempiṉāṭṭu NK. — ⟨2⟩ mēṉṟōṉṟipaṭṭiṉat [10+] yvitta kṣe [6+] ca [4+] niṟai (po)⟨3⟩ṉ K ⬦ mēṉṟōṉṟipaṭṭiṉattu [6+] niṟai [6+]⟨3⟩ṉ NK.

⟨3⟩ kaṭṭiṉa marakata [14+] ṉa māṇik [13+] (upāya)⟨4⟩ṭiṉa K ⬦ kaṭṭiṉa māṇik [6+]⟨4⟩ṉa NK.

⟨4⟩ paccai K ⬦ paccai 1 NK. — ⟨4⟩ kīḻvāyk [8+] ṉa māṇikkam K ⬦ kiḻvāy kaṭṭiṉa māṇikkam NK. — ⟨4⟩ caṟpamotti K ⬦ ca [6+] potti NK. — ⟨4⟩ valapakkat(tu vaṭṭappūvil) kaṭṭiṉa mara [4+]⟨5⟩Ēḻu K ⬦ valapakkattu vaṭṭappū [6+] ⟨5⟩ m Ēḻu NK.

⟨5⟩ piṉpil K ⬦ piṉṉāl NK. — ⟨5⟩ paruttakkuṟaḷil K ⬦ parutti kuṟaḷil NK. — ⟨5⟩ makāmaṇiyākak K ⬦ cikhāmaṇiyāka NK. — ⟨5⟩ māṇikkam cāti mākkallu nāṟpa [6+] veṟṟi [5+]⟨6⟩m-āka K ⬦ māṇikka [6+] catti 1 mākkallu nāṟpa [6+]⟨6⟩m-āka NK.

⟨6⟩ mañcāṭi NK ⬦ m [4+] cāṭi K. — ⟨6⟩ Arumo [6+] nāṭṭu [5+] K ⬦ Arumo [6+] NK.

⟨7⟩ ka [5+]rattu kaṇṭiyūruṭayār cēntaṉ ca [4+] Ittēvakaṉmikaḷum K ⬦ kkūṟṟattu kaṇṭiyūr-uṭaiyāṉ cēn=taṉ cātta [6+] tēva-kaṉmikaḷum NK. — ⟨7⟩ Ēṟaṉ caṭaiyāṉāṉa tēvar kaṇṭācāriyaṉēṉ ௳ NK ⬦ ēṟañcaṭaiyāṉāṉa ⟨8⟩ kaṇṭā(cā)riyaṉēṉ K.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1⟩ 3rd year of the glorious king Rajendra Cōḻa alias the king Parakesarivarman.

⟨1–3⟩ For Nākaiyaḻakaṉ1, a glorious body in silver2, in the Kṣatriyaśikhāmaṇivaḷanāṭu, ⟨there are⟩ fourteen kaḻañcus and a half [of gold] that […] from Mēṉṟōṉṟipaṭṭiṉam in the Kīṭcempināṭu, the officer of the king of Śrivijaya, [gave].

⟨3–6⟩ ...

⟨6–7⟩ While the temple officers said ... that “This should be written in this manner”, I have engraved it, I, Tēvar Kaṇṭācāriyaṉ alias Ēṟaṉ Caṭaiyāṉ, from Nākappaṭṭiṉam.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1956–57 (ARIE/1956-1957/B/1956-1957/164).

Edited in Mārkciya Kānti & Irācakōpal 2007, with facsimile. Edited (with many variants different line-split) and translated in Karashima & Subbarayalu 2009 (pp. 276-277).

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on ASI estampage available on BharatSHRI.

Primary

[NK] Mārkciya Kānti, Nā. & Cu. Irācakōpal. 2007. Nākappaṭṭiṉa māvaṭṭak kalveṭṭukal. Tamiḻnāṭṭu kalvetṭukaḷ 29. Ceṉṉai: Tamiḻnāṭu Aracu Tolporuḷ Āyvuttuṟai. Pages 224–225, item 30/1998.

[K] Karashima, Noboru & Y. Subbarayalu. 2009. “Ancient and medieval Tamil and Sanskrit inscriptions relating to Southeast Asia and China.” In: Nagapattinam to Suvarnadwipa: reflections on Chola naval expeditions to Southeast Asia. Edited by Hermann Kulke, K. Kesavapany & Vijay Sakhuja. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, pp. 271–291.

Secondary

ARIE 1956–57. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1956-57. Edited by B.C. Chandra. New Delhi: Manager of Publications (Department of Archaeology), 1957. Page 58, appendixes B/1956-1957, item 164.

Notes

  1. 1. That is, the beautiful one (aḻakaṉ) from Nākai.

  2. 2. That is, a silver statue.