Tirukkaḷar plate, time of Rājendra I Cōḻa, year 18

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: A single copper plate found in a group of five copper plates of the Parijātavaneśvara temple of Tirukkaḷar, found altogether strung on a copper ring. Records the extent of a devadāna of the Mahādeva of Tirukkaḷar.

Palaeographic description: No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō, nor between mu and ḻu (see muḻuvatum line 6). cu and ta quite similar. Distinction between ra and kāl (see kaṭāra line 20). Medial i and ī interchangeable. n, ṉ, and ñ interchangeable.

Language: Undetermined (und) [Grantha (grantha), Latin (latin)].

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu01014.

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu01014.xml.

Version: (db72898), last modified (db72898).

Edition

⟨Page 1r⟩

⟨1r1=1⟩ svasti śrī (⁋) tiru maṉṉi vaḷara Iru-nila-maṭantaiyum pōr-c-cāya-p-pāvaiyum cīr-t-ta-

⟨1r2=2⟩ ṉi-c celviyun taṉ perun tēviyar āki y-iṉpuṟa neṭit’ iyal ūḻiyuḷ iṭai-tuṟai-

⟨1r3=3⟩ -nāṭum tuṭar vaṉa vēli-p paṭar vaṉavāciyum c¿ū?ḷḷi-c cū¿ḻū?mati-ṭ koḷḷi-p-pākkaiyu-

⟨1r4=4⟩ m naṇṇaṟk’ arum araṇ maṇṇai-k-kaṭak=kamum poru taṭar īḻatt’ araiyar ta⟨m⟩ muṭiyum āṅkavar tēviya-

⟨1r5=5⟩ r oṅk’ eḻiṉ muṭiyu⟨m⟩ muṉṉavar (pa)kkaṟ ṟeṉṉavar vaitta cuntara-muṭiyum intira¡n! āramun te-

⟨1r6=6⟩ ṇ-ṭirai y-īḻa-maṇṭala-muḻuvatum Eṟi paṭai-k ke⟨ra⟩ḷar muṟaimaiyiṟ cūṭuṅ kula-taṉa-

⟨1r7=7⟩ m-ākiya palar pukaḻ muṭiyum ceṅ-katir mālaiyum caṅ-katir vēlai-t tol-pe-

⟨1r8=8⟩ ruṅ-kāvaṟ pala-paḻantīvum ceruviṟ ciṉavil irupatt’ oru-kāl araicukaḷai kaṭṭa paracurā-

⟨1r9=9⟩ maṉ mēvaruñ cāntimattīv’ araṇ karuti y-iruttiya cem-poṟ ṟiru-t-taku muṭiyum payaṅ-ko-

⟨1r10=10⟩ ṭu paḻ¡i! mika muyaṅkiyil mutukiṭṭ’ oḷitta caya-ciṅkaṉ Aḷa-p perum pukaḻ-oṭu p¡i!ṭiy¿i?l iraṭṭa-pāṭi y-ēḻ a-

⟨1r11=11⟩ rai y-ilakkamum nava-¡ṉ!eti-k-kula-p-peru-malaikaḷum v¡ī!kkirama-vīrar cakkara-kōṭṭamu⟨m⟩ mutir ¡v!aṭa vallai matu-

⟨1r12=12⟩ ra-maṇṭalamum kāmiṭai vaḷa nāmaṇai{y}-k-kōṇaiyum veñ-cilai vīrar pañca-p-paḷḷiyum pācaṭai-p pa-

⟨1r13=13⟩ ḻaṉa mācuṇi-tēcamum Ayarv-il-vaṇ pūrttiyai y-āti¡ñ!akar-avaiyiṟ cantiraṉ ṟol-kulatt’ intira-rataṉai (vi)-

⟨1r14=14⟩ ḷai-y-amar-k-kaḷattu-k kiḷai-y-oṭum piṭittu-p pala-taṉatt-oṭu niṟai-kula-taṉa-k-kuvaiyum kiṭṭ’ aruñ ce-

⟨Page 1v⟩

⟨1v1=15⟩ ṟimiḷai y(o)ṭṭa-viṣaiyamum pūcurar cēr nal-k kōcalai-¡ñ!āṭum taṉmapālaṉai vemmuṉai y-aḻittu va-

⟨1v2=16⟩ ṇṭ’ uṟai cōlai-t taṇṭa-puttiyum Iraṇa-cūraṉai muraṇuka-t tākki-t tikkaṇai kīrtti-t takkaṇa-lāṭamum kō-

⟨1v3=17⟩ vinta-cantaṉ māviḻintōṭat taṅkāta cāral vaṅkāḷa-tēcamum toṭu kaḻaṟ caṅku v-oṭṭal mayipālaṉai ve-

⟨1v4=18⟩ ñcamar viḷākatt’ añcuvitt-aruḷi y-oṇ-ṭiṟal yāṉaiyum peṇṭir paṇṭāramum nittila-neṭuṅ-kaṭal u-

⟨1v5=19⟩ ttira-lāṭamum veṟi malar-t tīratt’ eṟi puṉaṟ kaṅkaiyum Alai kaṭaṉaṭuvaṭ pala-kalañ celutti-c caṅkirāma-

⟨1v6=20⟩ -vijaiyōttuṅka-paṉmaṉ-ākiya kaṭāratt’ araiyaṉai vākaiyam poru (ka)ṭa¿k? ku(mpa)-k-kari-

⟨1v7=21⟩ -y-oṭum aka-p-paṭu(tt’) (uri)maiyiṟ piṟakkiya peru-neti-p-piṟakkamum Ārttavaṉ aka-¡ṉ!akar-p pō-

⟨1v8=22⟩ r-t-toḻil vācalil viccātara-{to}tōraṇamu⟨m⟩ moyttoḷir puṉai-maṇi-p-putavamum kaṉa-

⟨1v9=23⟩ -maṇi-k-katavamum niṟai śrī-vijaiyamum tuṟai nīr-p paṉṉaiyum ⟨na⟩ṉ-malai y-ūr eyiṟ ṟoṉ-malai (y)ū-

⟨1v10=24⟩ rum Āḻ kaṭal akaḻ cūḻ māyiruṭiṅkamum kalaṅkā val viṉai y-ilaṅkācō¿p?amum kāpp’ uṟu niṟai-

⟨1v11=25⟩ puṉal māppa-p-pāḷamum kāval am puricai mēvilim-paṅkamum viḷaippaintūṟ-uṭai vaḷaippaintū-

⟨1v13=26⟩ ṟum kalai-t takkōr (pu)kaḻ talai-t-takkōlamum tīyatamā val viṉai mātamaliṅka(muṅ) (kalā)⟨m⟩ mutir kaṭun tiṟal Ilāmu-

⟨1v14=27⟩ ri-tēcamum teṉakkalar poḻil māṉakkavāramun toṭu kaḻaṟ kāvaṟ (ka)ṭu muraṭ kaṭāramu⟨m⟩ mā-p-poru taṇṭāṟ ko⟨ṇ⟩ṭa kō-

⟨28⟩ p-para-kēcari-paṉmar-āṉa Uṭaiyār śrī-rājentira-cōḻa-tēvarkku yāṇṭu patiṉ Eṭṭāvatu Arumoḻi-tēva-(va)-

⟨29⟩ ḷanāṭṭu puṟaṅ-karampai-nāṭṭu veṅkūr-k-kaḷa-tiru-k-kaḷar mahā-devar devatānam nilam 1/2

⟨30⟩ (10) 9 1/4 1/80 (1/320) ⟨I⟩¡nṉ!ilam vaḷai(yi)ṟ cuṟṟu mik¿i?ti-k-kuṟaivu Uḷḷ-aṭaṅka || ௳

Apparatus

⟨10⟩ paḻ¡i!⟨ī⟩ ⬦ paḻi SII. — ⟨10⟩ p¡i!⟨ī⟩ṭiy¿i?⟨a⟩l ⬦ piṭiy¿i?⟨a⟩l SII.

⟨13⟩ intirarataṉai ⬦ intirātaṉai SII.

⟨30⟩ (10) 9 1/4 1/80 (1/320) ⟨I⟩¡nṉ!⟨nn⟩ilam ⬦ 10 9 kha ma pa nṉilam SII • SII translates the number as “1/2 (vēli) 19 1/4, 1/160 and . . .” and notes: “Here is a figure resembling pa.” We see a figure the left part of which is like a pa and the right part like a t, that is, 1/320.

Bibliography

Edited and translated in Krishna Sastri 1929 (SII 3.207), with visual documentation.

This revised edition by Emmanuel Francis based on Krishna Sastri 1929 and therein published visual documentation.

Primary

[SII] Krishna Sastri, H. 1929. South-Indian inscriptions. Volume III, Part IV: Copper-plate grants from Sinnamanur, Tirukkalar and Tiruchchengodu. Including title page, preface, table of contents, list of plates, addenda and corrigenda, introduction and index of Volume III. South Indian Inscriptions 3.4. Calcutta: Government of India, Central Publication Branch. Pages 465–469, item 207.