Tiruvāvaṭutuṟai, Gomuktīśvara, Caṇḍeśa shrine, time of Rājakesarivarman Tribhuvanacakravartin Kulottuṅga, year 47

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Land donation, that is, remission of taxes by provision of gold for tax payment, by Kaṅkai Koṇṭa Cōḻa Anantapālar alias Caṅkaraṉ Civa-lōka-nāyakaṉ, as maṭappuṟam, for feeding devotees who come worshipping, during festival time, in the matḥa named after Civa-lōka-nāyakaṉ. Approved by the members of the great assembly of Karikāla-cōḻa-c-caruppēti-maṅkalam alias Mēṟkiḷimaṅkalam.

Palaeographic description: No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō.

Languages: Sanskrit (san), Tamil (tam).

Version: 2025-09-04 18:37 (f6dda46), last modified 2024-10-31 13:58 (f794acc).

Edition

⟨Zone A: First Wall Portion⟩
⟨A1=1⟩ ௳ | svasti śr(ī) pukaḻ cūḻn=(ta) puṇari Akaḻ
⟨A2=2⟩ cūḻnta puviyil-p poṉ¡n!ēmi yaḷavun= ta¡n!ēmi na-
⟨A3=3⟩ ṭappa viḷaṅkucaya makaḷai Iḷaṅkō-p paruva-
⟨A4=4⟩ ttu-c cakkara-k-kōṭṭattu vikkirama-t toḻilā-
⟨A5=5⟩ l-p putumaṇam puṇarn=tu ma(ta)varai yīṭṭa-
⟨A6=6⟩ (m) v¡ai!r¿ā? karattu vāri Ayilmu(ṉ)ai-k ...
⟨A7–27=7–27⟩ ...

⟨Zone B: Second Wall Portion⟩
⟨B1–19=28–47⟩ ... ... Ēḻicai vallapi [Ēḻ-ulaka]m-u⌈-
⟨B20=48⟩ [ṭaiyāḷ] vāḻikai mala⟨r⟩n=t’ i¡n!it’ iruppa Ūḻiyum ulak-uṭaiyāḷ-oṭu [vīṟṟ-irunt-a]-
⟨B21=49⟩ ruḷiya kō-v-irāca-kēcari-pa¿t?mar-āna tri-bhuvana-cakravarttikaḷ śrī-kulōttuṅka-cōḻa⌈-
⟨B22=50⟩ -tēvarkku yāṇṭu 4 10 7 kaṟkaṭaka-nāyaṟṟu-p pū(r)vva-pakṣattu-(p) [*****]
⟨B23=51⟩ nāyaṟṟu-k-kiḻamai peṟṟa Attatt¿i? nāḷ rāja-nārāyaṇa-vaḷan(ā)ṭṭu-t tiruva-
⟨B24=52⟩ ḻun=tūr-nāṭṭu mēṟ-kiḷi-maṅkalam-āṉa karikāla-cōḻa-c-caruppēti-maṅkalattu
⟨B25=53⟩ mahā-sabhaiyōm Ivv-ūr tiru-c-caṅkaṇi-t-tuṟai Āḻvār kōyi(li)l kūṭṭa-k
⟨B26=54⟩ kuṟai v-aṟa-k kūṭi y-irun=tu Ivv-ūr sabhaikku-c camain=ta piṟān=tūr caṅkara-nārāyaṇa-bhaṭ-
⟨B27=55⟩ ṭa¡n!um ...
⟨B28–31=54–59⟩ ...

⟨Zone C: Third Wall Portion⟩
⟨C1=60⟩ ...
⟨C2–23=61–82⟩ ...
⟨C24=83⟩ ... caṅkara¡n! civa-lōka-nāyaka¡n!-āṉa kaṅkai-koṇṭa-
⟨C25=84⟩ ⟨⟨cō⟩⟩ḻa-Anan=ta(p)ā[lar] Uṭaiyār tiruvāṭutuṟai Uṭaiyār tiru-maṭai-viḷākattu-c cev(v)[vi]-
⟨C26=85⟩ tta civa-lōka-nāyaka¡n! maṭattil It-tēvar tiru-nāḷil ...
⟨C27–32=86–91⟩ ...

⟨Zone D: Fourth Wall Portion⟩

⟨D1=92⟩ ...

⟨D2–27=93–118⟩ ...

Apparatus

⟨50⟩ [ca. 5+] ⬦ (pañcamī) ARIE • ARIE’s tentative reading, that is, pañcamī, makes sense with the p in sandhi at the end of the preceding word (pakṣattu-(p)).

⟨84⟩ °Anan=ta(p)ā[lar] ⬦ °Ananta(pālar) ARIE • See Tiruvavaturai 10005 (line 82): °Aṉan=ta-pālar.

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨49–51⟩ On the day of Attam,¹ which coincides with Sunday, [fifth] day, first forthnight, month of Kaṟkaṭakam, 47th year of the king Rājakesarivarman, the emperor of the three worlds, the glorious king Kulottuṅga,

⟨1–49⟩ who graciously sat with majesty ... [meykkīrtti of Kulottuṅga I Cōḻa].

⟨51⟩ We, the members of the great assembly of Karikāla-cōḻa-c-caruppēti-maṅkalam alias Mēṟkiḷimaṅkalam, in Tiruvaḻuntūrnāṭu, in Rājanārāyaṇavaḷanāṭu, having gathered ... and sitting ...

...

⟨83–85⟩ ... in the maṭha [named] after Civalōkanāyakaṉ, that Kaṅkai Koṇṭa Cōḻa Ananta Pālar alias Civalōkanāyakaṉ had made in the premises of the glorious temple (tiru-maṭai-viḷākam) of the Lord, the Lord of Tiruvāṭuturai ...

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1924-1925 (ARIE/1924-1925/B/1925/148).

Edited here by Emmanuel Francis, based on photos (E. Francis, 2024).

ASI transcript and estampage, if any, yet to be consulted.

Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1924-1925. Annual report on South-Indian epigraphy for the year ending 31st March 1925. Edited by G. Venkoba Rao. Calcutta: Government Press, 1926. Page 29, appendix B/1925, item 148.

Notes

1. Sanskrit hasta, that is, the 13th nakṣatra.

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<p>Edited here by Emmanuel Francis, based on photos (<ref target="https://didomena.ehess.fr/concern/data_sets/2227mz94j">E. Francis, 2024</ref>).</p>

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