Muttu Cilāpam grant, Śaka year 1461

Editor: Margherita Trento.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTiruvavatuturai00004.

Summary: This plate records the donation of part of the income of the pearl fisheries at Maṉṉār and Tūttukkuṭi to the temple in Āvuṭaiyārkōyil. The donor is allegedly Tirumalai Nāyakkar (r. 1623-1659), but the date on the plate (śaka 1461, A.D. 1539) does not correspond to the period of his reign.

Hand description:

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

Repository: Tiruvāvaṭutuṟai (tfa-tiruvavatuturai-TN-epigraphy).

Version: (595560b), last modified (0510b6e).

Edition

⟨Page 1r⟩

⟨1r1=1⟩ muttu-cilā-p-paṭṭayam civayōka-ṉāyaki tuṇai

⟨1r2=2⟩ svasti śrī śā¡vī!⟨li⟩hana-śakābdaṁ 1000 4 100 6 10 1 ⟨1r3=3⟩ Āṇṭu viḷampi-ṉāma-saṃvascarattil Utta⟨1r4=4⟩yaṇattil śaśira-ṛ¡kū!⟨tu⟩vil māgha-māsaṃ 10 4 ⟨1r5=5⟩ kṛṣṇa-pakṣat=til śukra-vāramuṃ tradaśiyu=m śa⟨1r6=6⟩ṣṭa-naṭcat=tiramum yuva-nāma-yōgamuṃ(na)var-karaṇa⟨1r7=7⟩muṃ pe¡t=t!⟨ṟ=ṟ⟩a makāśivarātri-¡v!⟨p⟩uṇya-kālat=til

pāṇṭi ma⟨1r8=8⟩ṇṭalam teṭciṇa simmāsadhipatiyāṉ śrī ⟨1r9=9⟩ ma¿kū?⟨t⟩ yēlinavāru svāmiy avarkaḷ ceṅkōlē ra⟨1r10=10⟩ṭcikki teṭciṇa pūmikki teṟkku veḷḷāt=tuk⟨1r11=11⟩ku mēṟkku karuṃkuḷam celam kāṃgeyamāṉa ma⟨1r12=12⟩laikki kiḻakku Oḻukumalai malaiṅkaṉar karuṅ ku⟨1r13=13⟩ḷam kaṉṉi varaikkum kiḻakku pāṇṭi maṇ⟨1r14=14⟩ṭalam Aṉpattāṟu kartattuk=ku māvili vā⟨1r15=15⟩ṇa makār¡a!⟨ā⟩ca pāṇṭiya rāma rāma A¿ki?⟨ti⟩rācarāy⟨1r16=16⟩ār Ēlunavār kaṟttākkaḷ avarkaḷ narapatiṭe-⟨1r17=17⟩ppai Eḻupattireṇṭu pāḷaiyat ta¿laṉa?⟨lai⟩vamāru⟨1r18=18⟩kkum Orukkuṭaikkī¡ḷ!⟨ḻ⟩ ceṅkōl aracu cel¡u!⟨i⟩t⟨1r19=19⟩ti Aruḷumaturai Ātikkam uṭaiya makā maṇṭa⟨1r20=20⟩lēcuvaramāṉ pācaikkum tappu varāta kaṇta⟨1r21=21⟩ṉ mūvarāya kaṇṭaṉ kaṇṭaṉāṭu koṇṭu koṇ⟨1r22=22⟩ṭa ṉāṭu kuṭātāṉ pāṇṭi-maṇṭalam paramēcuvaraṉ ⟨1r23=23⟩¡ḷa!⟨ḻa⟩maṇṭalam yirupattiṉāṟka kātam uṭaiya ⟨1r24=24⟩ maṉṉarai maṭakki Oṭikki navacaiyāl nāṭa ca⟨1r25=25⟩ya koṭṭa maṭakki Aracu kuṭuttu tēraik koḷḷu⟨1r26=26⟩m padmabha muttu cilāpam uṭaiya perumāṉ pē⟨1r27=27⟩r atiya mā malai pararāca rācamuṉi maturai turait-⟨1r28=28⟩ taṉam Aṣṭa-campaṉṉa-rācātirāyar tiṅkaḷc cut⟨1r29=29⟩ta vaṅkiṣa piṟama-teṭcaṇā karaikki ceṅkōl uṭa⟨1r30=30⟩ṉ ccel¡i!⟨u⟩tti yaruḷum cuvāmiyār avarkaḷāṉa

⟨1r31=31⟩ śrī vicaiya kumāra muttureṅka cokkaliṅ⟨1r32=32⟩ka tirumalai ṉāyakkar cuvāmiyār avarkaḷ tiruk⟨1r33=33⟩karuṇai purintu

svēta-natī-dakṣiṇa-tīram ākiya p⟨1r34=34⟩āṇṭi-ṉāṭṭi¿s?⟨l⟩ miḻalaik kū¡tt!⟨ṟṟ⟩attil ⟨Page 1v⟩ ⟨1v1=35⟩ naṭuvil kū¡tt!⟨ṟṟ⟩am taṉiyūr bhrammadeśaṃ pavitra-māṇikka-⟨1v2=36⟩m caturvēda-maṅkalapuram Āti-kailāsa-śivapura ⟨1v3=37⟩ kṣētram ākiya tirupperuntuṟaiyil viḷaṅkā ⟨1v4=38⟩ ṉiṉṟa bhramma-viṣṇu-rudra-mahecuvara-catāciva-bindu¡d!⟨th⟩-para⟨1v5=39⟩śaktikku mēl ākiya papara-nirāmaya-nirkkuṇa-nila⟨1v6=40⟩mpa-niratisaya-Akhaṇṭākāra-saccidānanda-corūpa-coya[m] ⟨1v7=41⟩ piṟakāsa-vastu-v-ākiya śrī Ātmatha cuvāmiyar canni ⟨1v8=42⟩ tāṉattukku

ṉām nintam āka tāṉam paṇṇik kuṭuttatu ma⟨1v9=43⟩ṉṉār muttu-c-cilāpattil Oru tōṇiyum Añcu kallum ⟨1v10=44⟩ tūttukkuṭi muttu-c-cilāpattil Oru tōṇiyum Añcu kal⟨1v11=45⟩lum caṟuva-māṉṉiyam āka māci 2 4ddaśiyil makā-śi⟨1v12=46⟩va-rātri-puṇya-kālattil miṉāṭci-sundarēśvasvāmi-sannidhi⟨1v13=47⟩yil svarṇapuṣkar¡i!⟨a⟩ṇi tīṟtakkaraiyil na-pūrvamāka tāmpira ⟨1v14=48⟩ cātana-p-paṭṭaiyam paṇṇi-k-kuṭutta paṭiyiṉālē

Ātittacantirar⟨ka⟩⟨1v15=49⟩ ḷ uḷḷa varaikkum Āṇṭu Aṉupavittuk koḷvārkaḷ ākavu⟨1v16=50⟩ m

Intap paṭṭaiya-p-paṭikki paripālaṉam paṇṇik koṇṭa⟨1v17=51⟩varkaḷ kāciyil keṇkaik karaiyilē kōṭi civa-⟨1v18=52⟩liṅkam piratiṣṭaiyum kōṭi viṣṇu piratiṣṭaiyum kōṭi⟨1v19=53⟩brahma piratiṣṭaiyum ceyta puṇṇiya-p palaṅkaḷai peruva⟨1v20=54⟩rkaḷ Itaṟku yātorutar Akitam paṇṇiṉavarkaḷ ke⟨1v21=55⟩ṅkaik karaiyilē kārāmpacuvaik koṉṟa tōṣattilu⟨1v22=56⟩m pi⟨ra⟩mmakattiyum śrīkattiyum cicukattiyum māturu tu⟨1v23=57⟩¿śo?⟨ro⟩kamum paṇṇiṉa tōṣattil pōkak kaṭavār ākavum

⟨1v24=58⟩ cokkaliṅkam mīṉāṭci reṅkanāyakar Uccimalaippiḷḷaiya⟨1v25=59⟩ r māriyammaṉ paḻaṇi murukar potiya-māmalai Akattiya⟨1v26=60⟩ r rāmapattara-cuvāmi cīr-pātattiṉāṉai tappātu yeluṉa⟨1v27=61⟩vāru cuvāmiyavarkaḷ kompāṭum Oppam iṭṭu-t tām ⟨1v28=62⟩ pira-cātaṉam Eḻuta-k kaṭṭaḷai y-iṭṭu maturai ṉāṭṭuk=ka⟨1v29=63⟩ṇakku kōṉēriyappa-piḷ=ḷai kamppaka maṭalil va [⟨1v30=64⟩raintu kaṇṭa vācakattai-t tāmpira-p-paṭṭaya⟨1v31=65⟩ttil veṭṭi varaintu Eḻutiṉēṉ maturai ⟨1v32=66⟩ c-cōmacunta¡RĀ!⟨ra⟩m ācāri

I. Anuṣṭubh

⟨1v36=70⟩ sva-dattā⟨d⟩ dvi-guṇaṁ puṇyaṁ

a

para-datt ⟨1v37=71⟩ ānupālanaṁ

b

para-dattāpahāreṇa

c

⟨1v38=72⟩ sva-dattaṁ niṣphalaṁ bhavet·

d

Translation by Margherita Trento

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Bibliography

Reported in Katti 1998 (ARIE/1986-1987/A/1986-1987/59).

Edited in Kiruṣṇamūrtti 2000 (no. 34). This edition is not taken systematically into account since the editor regularly adapts Sanskrit words to Tamil spelling.

This by Margherita Trento (2024), based on EFEO photographs (2015).

Primary

[K] Kiruṣṇamūrtti, Ca. 2000. Tiruvāvaṭutuṟai ātīṉac ceppēṭu. Citamparam: Ā. Uṇṇāmalai. Page TBC, item TBC.

Secondary

Katti, Madhav N. 1998. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1986-87. New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India. Page 27, item 59.