Saint-Pierre de la Réunion, temple des Casernes, fondation of Māriyammaṉ temple

Authors of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr), Darline Canabady Moutien (daca).

Summary: Inscription on a stone-slab (49,5 x 28,5 cm) recording the construction of the Māriyammaṉ temple, that is, the temple currently known as chapelle des Casernes or temple des Casernes.

Palaeographic description: No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō. No puḷḷi. Spelling n instead of expected ṉ.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: Tamil Outside of Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamil-outside-TN-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilOutsideTN10001.

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilOutsideTN10001.xml.

Version: 2025-12-09 13:13 (6b81e99), last modified 2025-12-09 13:13 (6b81e99).

Edition

⟨1⟩ 1000 8 100 (2) 10 7 cit-
⟨2⟩ tirai (௴) 7 (௳) m¿a?riyam-
⟨3⟩ ma¡n! kōv¡ī!l vē(ṅ)-
⟨4⟩ ka¡ṭ=ṭ!a-reṭṭi(yar) [*****]
⟨5⟩ [**] tammattālē kaṭṭa-
⟨6⟩ -p-paṭṭatu

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ 1000 8 100 (2) 10 7 • The figure "2" is of an unstandard form, which looks like a piḷḷaiyār cuḻi.

⟨2⟩ (௴) • Unstandard form.

⟨3⟩ (௳) • Unstandard form.

Translation

⟨1–2⟩ 1827, month of Cittirai, date 7.

⟨2–6⟩ The Māriyammaṉ temple has been constructed (kaṭṭappaṭṭatu) through the pious act (tammattālē¹) [of] Vēṅkaṭa Reṭṭiyar […].

Translation into French

⟨1–2⟩ 1827, mois de Cittirai, date 7.

⟨2–6⟩ Le temple de Māriyammaṉ a été construit par Vēṅkaṭa Reṭṭiyar […].

Commentary

⟨1⟩ The era of the year 1827 is not specified and this millesime is not followed, as one would expect, by a symbol for year. In the context of production of the inscription (colonial La Réunion, antiquity of the Māriyammaṉ temple), it appears that date is in the common era and not in the Śaka era as one would expect in a inscription from Tamil Nadu itself. It thus appears to correspond, as kindly confirmed to us by Marco Franceschini, to April 18, 1827.

Bibliography

This edition by Emmanuel Francis and Darlini Canabady Moutien, based on autopsy (2025), photos and estampages (E. Francis, 2025). Thanks to Renato Davalos and Margherita Trento for their suggestions.

Notes

1. Instrumental case of tammam, that is, Sanskrit dharma.

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1827, mois de Cittirai, date 7.

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