Pirāṉmalai, Cokkanātar

Editors: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00499.

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

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

Version: (f8dc812), last modified (f77b002).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

I. Anuṣṭubh

śrī-bhūmī-devi-putrāṇāṃ

a

kṣāra-kṣīroda-(pū)rvinām·

b

jaya⟨nti⟩ citra-lokānā⟨m·⟩

c

rājya-paripālakānām·

d
II. Anuṣṭubh

sarvva-loka-hitā⟨rtthā⟩ya-

a

citramēḻī⟨śa⟩-śāsanam·

b

tri-bhuvanāśraya-pañca-śata-vīra-śāsanam· lakṣaṇa-lakṣmī-vilāsā⟨2⟩laṃkṛta-vakṣa-sthala-bhuvana-parākrama-śrī-vāsudeva-sahāyakaṉ devī-mūla-patra-lopa-śrī-Aimpoḻiṟ-paramēśvarikkum bhūmi-devikkum makkaḷ āki nikaḻā niṉṟa matitoṭa poṅku māṭa vīti-p patiṉ eṭṭu-p paṭṭiṉamum mu-p-patt’ iraṇṭu vēḷā-puramum Aṟupattu nā⟨3⟩lu kaṭikai-t tāvaḷamum tāvaḷat tiruntu taṉmai vaḷaṟkuñ ceṭṭiyuñ ceṭṭi cirappu-t tāṉun tavaṟ’ oṉṟ’ illāta taṉmai y-oḻukkattu-k kavaṟai taṉṉoṭu kāśyapaṉ viṭutta cāmuṇṭēśvariyum Uruttiraṉ viṭutta Ōlai vāriyaṉum Uṉṉiyatu muṭikkum Oṇṭiṟal vī⟨4⟩rar paṉṉiru taṟattu-p paṇi cey mākkaḷum muṉṉi-y-āka muḻavoli vaḷaṟkum mu-t-tamiṭ pāṭalo ṭāṭa lōvā viḻavum vēḻviyum viḷaṅkiya vitiyuṭai-t teṅkum palāvun tēmāñ cōlaiyuñ cantaṉa vēli-c-caṇpaka-p-poḻilum vāḻaiyuṅ kamukum vaḷarkoṭi mul⟨5⟩laiyum pūvaiyuṅ kiḷḷaiyum polivoṭu cūḻa vāṭṭam iṉṟi-k kūṭṭam peruka Aṟam vaḷara-k kali meliya-p pukaḻ peruka-p pakai paṇiya-t ticai y-aṉaittuñ ceviṭupaṭa-c ceṅkōlē muṉṉ ākavuñ cempoṟ pacumpaiyē teyvam ākavu⟨6⟩

kṣamaiyiṉoṭuṅ karuṇai y-eyta-c camaiya taṉmai y-iṉitu naṭātta nikaḻā niṉṟa nāṉku-ticai-samasta-lōka-p-patiṉ-eṇ-viṣaiyattōmum

  • Eṭṭai-vaṭṭai-y-iṭai-vaṭṭaikaḷiṟ ticai viḷaṅku ticai y-āyiratt’ aiñ-ñūṟṟu(va)rōmum
  • Ēṟu-cātt’ aṟaṅku-cāttu-t ⟨7⟩ ticai viḷaṅku ticai y-āyiratt’ aiñ-ñūṟṟuvarōmum
  • Aṟṟaivaṭṭai y-aruvaṭṭai nārattarai nalvāttarai ticai viḷaṅku tacai y-āyiratt’ aiñ-ñūṟṟuvarōmum
  • Aṟaṅkaḷ taraṅkaḷiṟ ticai viḷaṅku ticai y-āyiratt’ aiñ-ñūṟṟuvarōmum
  • nāṭu nakaraṅkaḷiṟ ticai viḷaṅku ⟨8⟩ ticai y-āyiratt’ aiñ-ñūṟṟuvarōmum
  • kēraḷa-ciṅka-vaḷanāṭṭu Aruvi-mā-ṉakaram-āṉa kula-cēkara-p-paṭṭiṉattu nakarattōmun
  • tuvarāpati-nāṭṭu Eṟi-paṭai-nallūr vaṭa-maṭṭai nakarattōmum
  • puṟa-malai-nāṭṭu putu-t-teru-v-āṉa cēra-nārāyaṇa-purattu nakarattōmum
  • kaṭal-aṭaiyātilaṅkai-koṇṭa-cōḻa-vaḷanā⟨9⟩ṭṭu Uṟattūr kūṟṟa-k koṭumpāḷūr maṇi-k-kirāmattu nakarattōmun
  • tiru-k-kōṭṭiyūr maṇi-y-ampalattu nakarattōmum
  • kēraḷa-ciṅka-vaḷanāṭṭu Aḷakāpuram-āṉa ceḻiya-nārāyaṇa-purattu nakarattōmum
  • (Aiya)poḻil-vaḷanāṭṭu-k kalvāyil-nāṭṭu-c cuntara-pāṇṭiya-purattu nakarattōmum
  • kaḷavaḻi-nāṭṭu Aḷakai ⟨10⟩ mā-ṉakaram-āṉa jayaṅ-koṇṭa-cōḻa-p-perun-teru nakarattōmum
  • maṇṭalikaṉ kempīra-p-perun-teru nakarattōmum
  • paṉṉ-iraṇṭu nakarattu jayaṅ-koṇṭa-cōḻapuram Uḷḷiṭṭa nakarattōmum
  • karuvūr kaṇṇapuram paṭṭāli talaiyūr Irārāpuraṅ kīraṉūr Uḷḷiṭṭa pala nakaraṅkaḷil nakarattōmun
tirumalai-nāṭṭu-t ⟨11⟩ tiru-k-koṭuṅ-kuṉṟattu tiru-malai y-aṭivārattu māṟkka vakai tītta mutaliyār nāyaṉār Uṭaiyār Aḻakiya tiru-c-ciṟṟ-ampalam-uṭaiya nāyaṉār tiru-k-kōyilun tiru-k-kuḷamum maṭamun tirumaṭai viḷākamum patiṉ eṇ viṣaiyattār rakṣai yātalāl Iṉ-ṉāyaṉār kōyil tiru-k-kāva-ṇattu niṟaivaṟa niṟain⟨12⟩tu kuṟaivaṟa-k kūṭa Amaiya-p pēci Icaiya-c ceyta taṉma-camaiya-k-kāriyam āvatu

Iṉ-ṉāyaṉārkku-t tiru-p-paṭimāṟṟukkun tiruppaṇikkun tirupparicaṭṭan tirumēṟpūccukku Inta maṭattukkum maṟṟum Uḷḷa nimantaṅkaḷukkum cantirātitta-vaṟ celvat’ āka vaittuk kuṭutta paṭi Āvatu

  • Uppu-p p⌈⟨13⟩oti Oṉṟukku-k karitikku-k kācu Oṉṟum
  • Uppu-p pākkattukku kācu Araiyum
  • Uppu-t talaiccumai Oṉṟukku kācu Araiyum
  • Uppu vaṇṭi Oṉṟukku-k kācu pattum
  • neṟ poti Oṉṟukku-k kācu Oṉṟum
  • neṟ pākkam Oṉṟukku-k kācu Araiyum
  • nel vaṇṭi Oṉṟukku-k kācu pattum
  • Arici vaṇṭi Oṉṟukku⟨14⟩_k kācu Irupatum
  • Aricip poti Oṉṟukku-k kācu Iraṇṭum
  • Aricip pākkam Oṉṟukku-k kācu Oṉṟum
  • payaṟṟam vaṇṭi Oṉṟukku-k kācu Irupatum
  • payaṟṟam poti oṉṟukku-k kācu Oṉṟum
  • payaṟṟam pākkam poti Oṉṟukku-k kācu Araiyum
  • Avarai tuvarai vaṇṭi Oṉṟukku-k kācu Irupatum
  • Avarai tuva⌈⟨15⟩rai-p poti Oṉṟukku-k kācu Oṉṟum
  • pākkam Oṉṟukku-k kācu Araiyum
  • Āmaṇakkaṅkoṭṭai vaṇṭi Oṉṟukku-k kācu pattum
  • poti Oṉṟukku-k kācu Araiyum pākkam Oṉṟukku-k kācu kālum
  • pākkup poti Oṉṟukku-k kācu nālum
  • pākku-p pākkam Oṉṟukku-k kācu Iraṇṭum
  • miḷaku poti Oṉṟukku⟨16⟩-k kācu Aiñcum
  • miḷaku pākkam Oṉṟukku-k kācu Iraṇṭ’ araiyum
  • mañcaḷ poti Oṉṟukku-k kācu mūṉṟum
  • pākkattukkuk kācu Oṉṟ’ araiyum
  • cukku-p-poti Oṉṟukku-k kācu mūṉṟum
  • pākkattukkuk kācu Oṉṟ’ araiyum
  • veṇkāyaṅ kaṭuku cīrakam poti Oṉṟukku-k kācu Iraṇṭum
  • pākkattukku-k kācu Oṉ⟨17⟩ṟum
  • kaṭunelli tāṉṟi-p poti Oṉṟukku-k kācu Oṉṟum
  • pākkattukku-k kācu Araiyum
  • Iruppu vaṇṭi Oṉṟukku-k kācu Irupatum
  • Iruppup poti Oṉṟukku-k kācu Iraṇṭum
  • pākkattukkuk kācu Oṉṟum
  • parutti vaṇṭi Oṉṟukku-k kācu pattum
  • poti Oṉṟukku-k kācu Iraṇṭum
  • pākkam Oṉṟukku-k kācu O⟨18⟩ṉṟum
  • nūl vaṇṭi Oṉṟukku-k kācu Irupatum
  • nūl poti Oṉṟukku-k kācu Aiñcum
  • pākkam Oṉṟukku-k kācu Iraṇṭ’ araiyum
  • talai-c-cumaikku-k kācu Iraṇṭum
  • parutti talai-c-cumaikku-k kācu Araiyum
  • parum puṭavaip poti Oṉṟukku-k kācu pattum
  • neṉpuṭavaip poti Oṉṟukku-k kācu Irupatum
  • parum puṭavai⟨19⟩p pākkattukku-k kācu Aiñcum
  • neṉpuṭavai-p pākkattukku-k kācu Aiñcum
  • talai-c-cumaikku-k kācu Aiñcum
  • Ulaṇṭu pili talai-c-cumai Oṉṟukku-k kācu Aiñcum
  • meḻuku poti Oṉṟukku-k kācu pattum
  • pākkattukkuk kācu Aiñcum
  • talai-c-cumai Oṉṟukku-k kācu nālum
  • tēṉ kuṭam Oṉṟukku-k kācu nālum
  • Eṭ po⟨20⟩ti Oṉṟukku-k kācu nālum
  • pākkam Oṉṟukku-k kācu Iraṇṭum
  • talai-c-cumai Oṉṟukku-k kācu Oṉṟum
  • kōṇakai-p paṭṭup poti Oṉṟukku-k kācu Iraṇṭum
  • pākkattukkuk kācu Oṉṟum
  • talai-c-cumai Oṉṟukku-k kācu Oṉṟum
  • cantaṉam poti Oṉṟukku-k kācu mu-p-patum
  • Akil cumai Oṉṟukku-k kācu mu-p-patum
  • paṭṭu-p paṭṭ⟨21⟩āvaḷac cumai Oṉṟukku-k kācu mu-p-patum
  • paṉnīr-k kuṭṭam Oṉṟukku-k kācu mu-p-patum
  • avari mayirc cumai Oṉṟukku-k kācu mu-p-patum
  • kaṟpūran tayilañ cumai Oṉṟukku-k kācu Irupatum
  • cāntu puḻuku cavātu kompu Oṉṟukku-k kācu patiṉ aiñcum
Ic-carakkukkaḷukku pākkattil koḷḷum paṭikku-t talai-c-cumai oṉṟu mu-k-kāl koḷvat’ ā ⟨22⟩ kavum

cēmāṭu Oṉṟukku-k kācu Iraṇṭum kutirai Oṉṟukku Accu-k kālum Āṉai Oṉṟukku Accu Araiyum maṟṟum Eppērppaṭṭa carakkukkaḷukkum Im-maccātikaḷilē koḷvat’ āka-c camaiya-piṭipāṭu paṇṇi-k kuṭuttōm ticai viḷaṅku ticai āyiratt’ aiñ-ñūṟṟuvarōmum

Aruvimāṉa ⟨23⟩ karam Eḻuttu pārviḷaṅ[kuku]ṭi kiḻavar tulaiyāta-celvar cokka-maṅkalam-uṭaiyār poḷḷa-nāṭṭu vēḷār poṟ-kaṭṭi-y-uṭaiyā ravaṉi-[c-cū]ḷāmaṇi-nāṭṭu vēḷār Āṉ[ma]ṉūr-uṭaiyār māṇikka-rā[ya]r Ampa[r-k]-kiḻār Aḷakaimāṉār paravai-y-uṭaiyār maṇṭala-v-a[raica]r Uṟattūr-uṭai[yā]ṉ Aḷakaik-k-⌈⟨24⟩ōṉār pālaiyūr-uṭaiyāṉ paṭṭiṉa-cuvāmi pālaiyūr-uṭaiyār vaṇika-rāyar puḷiyaṅk-uṭaiyār pāmpuṇi-nāṭṭu vēḷār kōvalūr-uṭaiyār tamiḻ-atiraiyar [A]rum-pākkiḻār va[ṇi]karātittar kōvalūr-uṭaiyār civa-pattar tuḻār-uṭaiyār namacivāya-tēvar paṭṭam-uṭaiyār Āṇai namateṉṟa perumāḷ Aṇaippāṭi-y-uṭai⟨25⟩yār utaiya-p piḷḷai paravai-(y-u)ṭaiyār ceṭṭiyāṇṭār muṭṭapāṭi Uṭaiyār toṇṭaimāṉār kalaca-p-pāṭi Uṭaiyār tiru-ñāṉa-campantar nāval-uṭaiyār tiru-ñā(ṉa)-campantar Arumpā-k-kiḻār toṇṭai-nāṭu kiḻavar Uṟattūr-uṭaiyār tiru-t-toṇṭa-t-tokaiyar marutūr-uṭaiyār cakkara-va⟨r⟩tti-k kiḷi-p-paṟṟumār tiru-c-(ci)⟨26⟩rā-p-paḷḷi-y-uṭaiyār Aḷakāpura(kara)p paṟṟ-uṭaiyār Utaiya-p piḷḷai-y-āṉa Iru-netikk-u(ṭai)yār maṇṇi-na(ā)ṭṭu vēḷār poṉṉam-pala-k-(kū)ttar pūta-maṅkalam-uṭaiyār (pura)ntarar neṭu-vāyal-uṭaiyār paḷḷiyaṇimār tiru-k-kōṭṭiyūr maṇaṟk-uṭaiyār (Ā)ṉantak kūttāṇṭār ma⟨27⟩ṇaṟk-uṭaiyār tiru-v-ampala-p-perumāḷ peruñ-cēvū(r-u)ṭaiyār A(ṇi)yaraṅkanātar pākka(mu)ṭaiyār śrī-nantakōpar paṇṇai-kiḻavar pāṇṭiya-tarayar Aḻiciṟpākkam-uṭaiyār pattaṟ karuḷ ceyvār Aḷakai māṉakar vaciravaṇar (ci)kkal-uṭaiyār vaḻu(ti)k kōṉār Aḻiciṟpākkam-uṭaiyār pollāta pi⟨28⟩ḷḷai Aṉaippāṭi-y-uṭaiyār tirumuṇṭam-aḻakiyār niyamattil Āvaṇi-y-uṭaiyār ceppa muṭai-c campantar ciṟṟ-ampar-uṭaiyār Amara-kōṉār toṇṭai-nāṭu kiḻavar civa-tavaṉa-p-perumāḷ cuntara-pāṇṭiya-puram veṇṇai-nallūr uṭaiyār tillai-nāyaka-p-piḷḷai cempaṅk-uṭaiyār peṟṟa piḷḷai pām(pu)⟨29⟩ram-uṭaiyār Uṭaiya-piḷḷai pērāmpūr uṭaiyār tātar kāḷaiyar kā(vu)p perun teru paṭṭiṉa cuvāmikaḷ vaṇikar mātākkaḷ cokka-ñāṉa-campantar Eṟi-paṭai-nallūr vēmp-uṭaiyār malai-maṇṭala-māta(ā)kkaḷ maruttuvakk-uṭaiyār kaṉṉā-v-uṭaiyār maruttuvakk-uṭaiyār cokka-ñāṉa-campantar va(ā)ṭāv-uṭaiyār nittar vālaiya⟨30⟩ṉ kūttaṉ-āṉa teṉṉakōṉār māṅk-uṭaiyār maṉṉaṉ-āṉa māṇikka-rāyar ma(ā)ṅk-uṭaiyār poṉ(ṉi)nāṭṭu-k kōṉār koṭumpāḷūr māṭa-t tāṇṭār tillai-vēntar (piḷ)ḷāṇṭā ṉāṉa piḷḷai yeṉātār cuntara-p-perumā(ḷ-ā)ṉa tamiḻakōṉār putu-t teru nāvalūr-uṭaiyār civa-pattar nāṭṭa(ā)r paḷḷi-y-uṭaiyār tiru-nīṟu parappiṉār tiru-nallūr-uṭaiyār U⟨31⟩ṭaiya piḷḷai vāk-uṭaiyār vaḻuti-k kōṉār tiru-veṭpūr-uṭaiyār pāṇṭi-k-kōṉār vāṭāvūr-uṭaiyār taṉma-paripālar Aṭaipp-uṭaiyār Appāṇṭār mātt-uṭaiyār (kan)ta-p-piḷḷai virāṇakk-uṭaiyār Āḷavantāṉ-āṉa maṇṭala-cuvāmi

Ip-patiṉ-eṇ-viṣaiyattār paṇikka Iv-vamai v-eḻutiṉāṉ In-nāyaṉār-kōyiṟ-kaṇa⟨32⟩kkaṉ kaṇṇaṅk-uṭaiyāṉ kēraḷaṉ pattaṟ karuḷ ceyvāṉ-āṉa cuntara-pāṇṭiya-mūvēnta-vēḷān <pc>

Itu paṉ-māheśvara-rakṣai <pc>

  • ceyaṅ-koṇṭa-cōḻa-purattu kāḷi-maṇṭala-maṇikaṉ Eḻuttu
  • camaiya-c-cakkara-va⟨r⟩tti Eḻuttu
  • Āḷkoṇ⟨33⟩ṭāṉ civapattaṉ Eḻuttu
  • kuṭantai piriyaṉ Eḻuttu
  • cōmaṉ viḻumpāṉāṉa Uṟaiyūr uṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu
  • Apimāṉa-cōḻa-purattu Ampalavaṉ ceyaṅ-koṇṭa-cōḻa-c-(ci)lai-ceṭṭi Uḷḷiṭṭār Eḻuttu
  • pēṭṭaiyil Uṭaiyāṉ Āpattukkāttāṉ Eḻuttu toṭṭi⟨34⟩-puram-āṉa rāja-kēcari-purattu tāvaḷa-k-koṇṭāṉ Eḻuttu
  • civa-pāta-cēkara-purattu kāḷi mu-p-pēr-uṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu
  • camaiya-purantaraṉ Uḷḷi [ca. 6+]
  • cōḻa-pāṇṭiya-purattu-k koḻuntaṉ Uṭaiyār camaiya-mantiri Eḻuttu
  • māṇi-k-kāṇṭāṉ Eḻuttu paḷḷi ko⟨35⟩ṅkāṇṭāṉ Eḻuttu
  • kōṭṭai-k-karaiyāṉ kōḷ-ari-cēkari-purattu-k kuṟṟaṉ cēvaṉ Uḷḷiṭṭār Eḻuttu
  • karuvūr vañci mānakaram (muṭi)-vaḻaṅku-cōḻa-purattu piḷḷai kāṉa ṉāṭṭuc ceṭṭi Eḻuttu
  • māṇikkaṉ Eṟipattāṇṭāṉ Eḻuttu
  • talaiyūr-ṉāṭṭu naṉmutta vaṇikaṉ ⟨36⟩ kīraṉūr Uṭaiyāṉ koṅka maṇṭala-c-cilai-ceṭṭi-kaṇṇapurattu tēvaṉ camaiya-mātā muṭikoṇṭattu cōlai-cokka-ñāṉa-campantaṉ koṟṟaṉūr Uṭaiyāṉ maṇṭala-cuvāmi kutirai-c ceṭṭikaḷil vaṇikar nārāyaṇaṉ Eḻuttu

Apparatus

⟨2⟩ vēḷā° ⬦ YS V; vaḷar° SII.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

(1) Prosperity! Fortune!

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....

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(1–12) ... the eighteen paṭṭiṉams ..., the thirty-two vēḷāpuṟams1, the sixty-four ... whereas the rightuous sceptre was in front of us ..., whereas the deity ... We, the people of the eighteen lands (patiṉ-eṇ-viṣaiyattōmum), [which comprises] all the worlds in the four directions, ... [that is]:

  • We, the one thousand five hundred of the shining directions, in Eṭṭaivaṭṭai and Iṭaivaṭṭai,
  • We, the one thousand five hundred of the shining directions, in Ēṟucāttu and Iraṅkucāttu,
  • We, the one thousand five hundred of the shining directions, ...,
this is the taṉma-camaiya-k-kāriyam that we made ...

(12) This is the manner in which [we] have given ...

Bibliography

Reported in Venkayya 1904 (ARIE/1903-1904/A/1903/154).

Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1937 (SII 8.442); text, with the translation by K.V. Subrahmanya Aiyer (Subrahmanya Aiyer 1954-1955, Subrahmanya Aiyer 1955-1956), in Subbarayalu and Shanmugam 2002; edited in Vijayavenugopal 2022 (Pirāṉmalai 99), with photos.

This edition by G. Vijayavenugopal (2022). Reviewed by Emmanuel Francis (2024), based on photos (N. Ramaswamy).

Primary

[SII] Subrahmanya Aiyer, K.V. 1937. South-Indian inscriptions (texts). Volume VIII: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada countries. South Indian Inscriptions 7. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Manager of Publications). Item 442, pages 231–232.

[YS] Subbarayalu, Yellava and P. Shanmugam. 2002. “Texts of select inscription of the merchant guilds.” In: Ancient and medieval commercial activities in the Indian Ocean: testimony of inscriptions and ceramic-sherds, report of the Taisho University research project, 1997-2002. Edited by Noboru Karashima. Tokyo: Taisho University, pp. 227–284. Item 37, pages 275–281.

[V] Vijayavenugopal, G. 2022. Pirāṉmalai (Tirukkoṭuṅkuṉṟam) kalveṭṭukaḷ. Maturai: Pāṇṭiya nāṭṭu varalāṟṟu āyvu maiyam. [URL]. Item 99, pages 204–209.

Secondary

Venkoba Rao, G. 1925. Annual report on South-Indian epigraphy for the year ending 31st March 1924. Madras: Government Press. Page 62, appendix C/1924, item 230.

Subrahmanya Aiyer, K.V. 1954-1955. “Largest provincial organisations in ancient India.” QJMS 45, pp. 29–47, 70–98, 207–286.

Subrahmanya Aiyer, K.V. 1955-1956. “Largest provincial organisations in ancient India.” QJMS 46, pp. 8–22.

Notes

  1. 1. Divergent readings.