Tiruvāvaṭutuṟai, Gomuktīśvara, time of […], year […]

Editor: Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTiruvavatuturai10020.

Hand description:

No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō.

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

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

Version: (4dd8924), last modified (e0f2e2a).

Edition

⟨Zone A: Moulding⟩ ⟨A1=1⟩ ⟨1⟩ [svasti śrī]

I. āciriyappā

[tirumaṉṉi vaḷara irunila maṭantaiyum]

1

[pōṟ-ce]ya-p pāvaiyuñ c¡i!⟨ī⟩r-t taṉi-c celv(i)yun=

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taṉ perun tēv(i)yar āki Iṉpuṟa

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neṭitiyal ūḻ(i)yu(ḷ) [iṭatuṟai nāṭum]

4

[tuṭarvaṉa vēlip paṭar vaṉavāciyum]

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[cuḷḷi-c cūḻmatil koḷḷi-p-pākkaiyum]

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[naṇṇaṟku arumaraṇ maṇṇaik kaṭakka]mum

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poru-kaṭal ¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻatt’ araiyar ta muṭiyum

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Āṅkavar tēviyar Ōṅk’ eḻil muṭiyum

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muṉṉavar (p)akkal teṉṉavar vaitta

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cun=taraṉ muṭiyum In=t¿ā?⟨i⟩raṉ āramum

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teṇ(t)irai īḻa maṇṭala⟨m⟩ mu ⟨A2=2⟩ [ḻuvatum]

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[eṟipaṭai-k kēraḷar muṟaimaiyiṟ cūṭum]

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[kulataṉam āki]ya palarpu(ka)ḻ muṭiyum

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ceṅkatir mālaiyum caṅk¿e?⟨a⟩tir v¿ai?⟨ē⟩lai-t

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tol peruṅkāval pal(paḻa)n t¡i!⟨ī⟩[vum]

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[…]

[…] -(va)ḷa{ku}ṉāṭṭu-p pērāvūr-ṉā{ā}ṭṭ⟦ār⟧⟨⟨u⟩⟩ brahmadeyam pērāvūr sabhaiyōm viṟṟu-k kuṭutta nila-vilai-y-āvaṇam In-nāṭṭu-t tiraim¡u!⟨ū⟩r-nāṭṭu tiru-v-āvaṭu-tuṟai Uṭaiyār m¡u!⟨ū⟩la-bhṛ{t}tyaṉ-āṉa ¿ś?⟨c⟩aṇḍe⟨A3=3⟩[…] [vi]ṟṟu-k kuṭutta nilattukku

  • k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ-pāṟk’ ellai kō-nilattukkum Iruṅ-kaṇṭa-nārāyaṇa-daśa-viriya-piṭṭaṉ nilattukku mēṟku[m]
  • […]⟨A4=4⟩kum
Āka Ivv-icaitta peru-nāṅk’ ellaiyuḷum naṭuvupaṭṭa nilam Ulak-aḷan=t-aruḷiṉa paṭi nilam 1 <vēli>

In-nilam vēliyum viṟṟu-k kuṭuttu-k koṇṭa vilai-p-poruḷ kācu 4 10

Ik-kācu nārpatum In-nilattukku Irai-kāvalukku⟨A4=4⟩[…] ... Iṟai-y-ili y-āvaṇam āvat’ ākavum

Ip-paricu In-nilam vēlikkum Ik-kācu ṉūṟṟu mu-p-patuṅ koṇṭu In-nilam vēlikku Iṟaiyum Eccōṟum veṭṭi vētiṉaiyum...⟨A5=5⟩[…] ... kuṭuttōm ¡ś!⟨c⟩aṇḍeśvara-devarkku-p pērāv¡u!⟨ū⟩r sabhaiyōm

...⟨A6=6⟩[…] ...

[…] (nūṟ)ṟuvapaṭṭaṉē Ivai y-e¡ṉṉ!⟨ṉ⟩ eḻuttu

  • Ippaṭi Aṟivēṉ pāratāyaṉ caṅkara-nārāyaṇaṉ kaṇavati pitāraṉē
  • Ippaṭi Aṟivēṉ … kaṇavati-y-ēṉ
  • Ippaṭi Aṟivēṉ pāratāyaṉ kaṇavatiyē
  • (Ippaṭi) ⟨Zone B: Moulding⟩ ⟨B1=7⟩ […] (t=ta)¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩
  • Ippaṭi Āṟivēṉ vyāghrapa(da)-nārāyaṇa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ tatta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-ēṉ
  • Ippaṭi […]

Commentary

Venkoba Rao 1926 states that this inscription is dated to the 6th year of Parakesarivarman alias Rājēndra-Cōḷa-deva, but the date phrase is not found. However the other details mentioned in Venkoba Rao 1926 appears to confirm that this inscription is ARIE/1924-1925/B/1925/109.

Bibliography

Reported in Venkoba Rao 1926 as part of ARIE/1924-1925/B/1925/109.

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

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

Secondary

[ARIE] Venkoba Rao, G. 1926. Annual report on South-Indian epigraphy for the year ending 31st March 1925. Calcutta: Government Press. Page 24, appendix B/1925, item 109.