Tiruvāvaṭutuṟai, Gomuktīśvara temple, time of Rājakesarivarman Rājarāja, year 24 and 25

Authors of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr), Renato Dávalos (reda).

Summary: Vimāna, northern base, lowest part.

Palaeographic description: No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō. Dental n regularly found instead of expected alveolar ṉ.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: Tiruvāvaṭutuṟai (tfa-tiruvavatuturai-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTiruvavatuturai10101.

File path: DHARMA_INSTiruvavatuturai10101.xml.

Version: 2026-10-14 15:20 (dd8c36a), last modified 2026-10-03 16:50 (4dd3f1e).

Edition

First Part: year 24 of Rājendra

⟨Zone A⟩

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī tiru-makaḷ pōla-p peru-nila-c-celviyun= taṉakkē y-urimai pūṇṭamai maṉa-k koḷa kān=ta(l)ūr-c-cā[lai] kalam aṟutt-aruḷi vēṅkai-nāṭuṅ kaṅka-pāṭiyun= taṭikai-pāṭiyum ṉuḷampa-pāṭi(yu)ṅ kuṭa-malai-nāṭuṅ kollamuṇ kal(i)ṅka[mum] [Eṇ ṭi]c(ai) pukaḻ tara Īḻa-maṇṭalamum Iraṭṭa-pā⟨ṭi⟩ Ēḻ’ arai Ilakkamun tiṇtiṟal veṉṟi-t taṇṭāṟ koṇṭa ta¡ṉṉ! eḻil [vaḷar ū]ḻiyu⟨ḷ e⟩llā yāṇṭun= toḻutaka viḷaṅkum yāṇṭu ceḻiyarai-t tēcu koḷ śrī-[k](ō)-[v-i]rā(ja)-(kē)sari-panmar-āṉa śrī-rājarāja-devarkku yāṇṭu 2 10 4-Āvatu śrī-

⟨Zone B⟩

⟨2⟩ -rāje⟨ndra⟩-siṁha-vaḷanāṭṭu maṇṇi-nāṭṭu brah(ma)deyam Ilacci-kuṭi-y-ākiya vikrama-ciṅka-c-catu⟨r⟩v(v)edi-maṅkalattu c(i)va-purattu nākiyaṇṇa-kramavit=taṉum vātāvi Ādit=ta-kramavittaṉum (Uḷḷuppāḻatēviya?)-kramavittaṉum vātāvi śrī-⟨kr̥⟩ṣṇa-kramavittaṉūm Ivvaṉaivōm Uḷḷiṭṭa sa[bh]ai [********] (nāṭṭu-t tirai)m¡(u)!r-nāṭṭ(u) (bra)h(m)adeyam cāttāṉūr-t tiru-v-āvaṭu-tuṟai Uṭaiya parama-s(v)āmikku Ā(di)-dāsaṉ-ākiya tribhuvaṉa-¿ś?aṇḍeśvara-devarkku Oṭṭi-k kai-t-t¡i!ṭṭu Oṭṭu-k kuṭutta paric’ āvatu Eṅkaḷūr It-tiru-v-āvaṭu-tuṟai Uṭaiya mahādevar paḻam paṭi Uṭaiya n¡i!r-nilam ½ In-ni-

⟨Zone C⟩
⟨3⟩ {ṉ}lam Araikkum k¡i!ḻ-pārk’ ellai sabhai-p potuvukku mēkkum teṉ-pāṟk’ ellai trailōkkya-mahā-dev¡[i]!(maṅ)kalattu-t tiru-p-pal¡i!śvaram uṭaiya mahādevar nilattukku vaṭakkum mēl-pāṟk’ ellai vaṭakkoṭiṇṇāṟṟukku kiḻakkum vaṭa-pāṟk’ ellai Ik-kaṇāṟṟukkē tērkum Ivv-icaitta peru-nāṉk’ ellai-Ilum Akapp¿i?ṭa nilam Eṅkaḷ¡u!r (Ū)[r-a]ḷavu kōlāl ¡ṉ!ūṟu kuḻi koṇṭatu Oru mā-v āka van=ta nilaṉ ½ Iṉ-ṉila(m)Araiyum m[i]kut[i]-k kuṟaimai Uḷḷ atāṅka (nila)m pattu māvum Uṇṇ[i]lam Oḻiv’ iṉṟiyē Iṉ-ṉilam muṉpu devar itē Ātaṉmai-
⟨4⟩ Il śrī-rājarāja-devar Ulak-aḷan=t-aruḷi Iṟai y-eṟi¡n!a pi¡n!pu Itukku Iṟai-kāval āka It-tē var pakkal nāṅkaḷ muṉpu koṇṭa po¡n! kuṭukka māṭṭāmaiyil Innilattāl van=ta Iṟai-y(u)m Eccōṟum veṭṭi-vētiṉaikaḷum maṟṟu sābhai y-iṭu vari-p-pāṭum ce¡nn!¡i!r-veṭṭiyum tiru-k-ko⟨ṟ⟩ṟa-vācalil pōn=ta kuṭimai Eppērppaṭṭatum sabhaiyōmē Iṉ-ṉāṅku simai-Ilum Akappaṭṭa nilattukku Iṟai Iṟuttu-k kāttu-k kuṭuppat’ ākavum Ip-poṉ tiruvaiyāṟṟu-maṭam-uṭaiya sadācivabhaṭār Irun=tu It-tēvar kāmmikaḷai Iṭṭu Ip-poṉ taravallirkaḷō Eṉṟu kēḻkka nāṅkaḷ Ip-poṉ kuṭukka māṭ-
⟨5⟩ ṭāmaiyil Ip-poṉṉukku-p palicai cekuttu In-nilattukku Ip-paricu Eppērpaṭṭa Iṟaiyum Iṟuttu It-devar Iṟai-y-ili Aṉupavikka Oṭṭi-k k¿a?-t-t¡i!ṭṭu Iṭṭu-k kuṭuttōm tiruvāṭutuṟai y-uṭ(ai)ya parama-svāmikku Ādi-dāsa¡n!-ākiya tribhuva¡n!a-caṇṭēśvara-devarkku Ilacci-kuṭi-y-ākiya vikrama-ciṅka-c-caturvvedi-maṅkalattu sabhaiyōm Itaṟ ṟiṟampiṉārai pēr-p poṉ ¡ṉ!ūṟṟu-k kaḻañcu poṉ maṉṟa-p peṟuvat’ ākavu¡mm! aṉṟiyum It-devarē Iṉ-ṉilam Ip-paricu Iṟ¡ai-I!li Aṉupavikka-p peṟuva(t’ ākavum) Ip-paric’ oṭṭi-k kai-t-t¡i!ṭṭu Iṭṭu-k kuṭuttōm tiruv(ā)vaṭutuṟai-y-uṭaiya paramasvāmikku m¡u!labhr̥tyar-ākiya tribhuva¡n!a-¿ś?aṇḍeśvara-devarkku Ilaccu-kuṭi-y-ākiya vikrama-ciṅka-
⟨6⟩ -c-caturvvedimaṅkalattu sabhaiyōm sabhaiyuḷḷ eḻuttu civa-purattu nākiyaṇṇa-krama-vittaṉum vātāvi Ādit=ta-kramavit=taṉum paṇiyāl kṣatriyaśikāmaṇi vaḷa-nāṭṭu-p paṉ(ai)y¡u!r-nāṭṭu-t devadāṉam Iṟ¡ai-I!li śrī-pukalūr mahādevar paṇṭāra-k-karaṇattāṉ Iṉ-ṉāṭṭu brahmadeyam kākkai-maṅkalattu sabhai y-iṭu karaṇattāṉ vēḻakkōvaṉ grāman śrī-rākavaṉ-ēṉ Ivai-y e¡ṉṉ! eḻuttu Ip-paṭi Aṟivēṉ Uyya-k-koṇṭār-vaḷanāṭṭu-p pērāvūr-nāṭṭu-c ciṟu-puliyūr vākkiyan pa(ra)meśvaraṉ pāṇṭa¡n!-ē(ṉ) Ip-paṭi Aṟivēṉ teṉ-karai-p-pāṇṭikulācaṉi-vaḷanāṭṭu brahmadeyam ci-kaṇṭa-c-caturvvedi-maṅkalattu ma¿tsy?as⟨t⟩an Āyirava⟨ṉ⟩ Udayadi vākāṉ-ā¡n!a civa-patta¡n!-ē¡n! ⟨Ip-paṭi Aṟivēṉ⟩ Uyyak⌈-
⟨7⟩ koṇtār-vaḷanāṭṭu-p pērāvūr-nāṭṭu-p pira⟨ma⟩tēyam ciṟu-puliyūr ma¿tsy?asta¡n! (5) 100 4 10 ti⟨n⟩man kāḷaṉēṉ Ip-paṭi Aṟivē¡n! pērāvūr-nāṭṭu-p piramatēyam ciṟupuliyūr kāccavaṉ nārāya[ṇa]¡n! (m)ātava¡n!-ē¡n! Ip-paṭi Aṟivē(ṉ) teṉ-karai-p pāṇṭikulācani-vaḷanāṭṭu-p piramatēyam c¡i!-kaṇṭa-c-caturvvedi-maṅkalattu civa-p-pirāmaṇa¡n! nakkaṉ Āyirapaṭṭa¡n!-ē¡n! Ip-paṭi Aṟivēṉ kṣatriyacikāmaṇi-vaḷanāṭṭu maruka⟨l⟩-nāṭṭu-k kākkai-maṅkalatt’ āḻuṅkaṇattāruḷ marun=turākāṟi-nārāyaṇa-kramavitta¡n!-ē¡n! Ip-paṭi Arivē¡n! pāṇtikulācani-vaḷanāṭṭu c¡i!-kaṇṭa-c-catu⟨r⟩vvedi-maṅkalattu kāvaṉūr Iḷaiy(a-n)ārāya(ṇa)-kramavitta¡n!-ē¡n! Ip-paṭi Arivēṉ¡n! curavi Ādit=ta-krama-vit=ta¡n!-ē¡n! Ip-paṭi Aṟivēṉ Ivv-ūr ciyapurattu nākiyaṇṇa-kramavit=ta¡n!-ē¡n! Ip-pa-
⟨8⟩ ṭi Aṟivē¡n! Arumoḻi-tēva-vaḷanāṭṭu-p puṟampaināṭṭu-t tinakkaḷar-k-karaṇattā¡n! vārakk(i)ya¡n! Īśvara-nak(ka?)-tāṭi-y-ē¡n! ↝

Second Part: year 25 of Rājendra

I¡n!ṟum It-tēvarkē yāṇṭu 2 10 5-Āvatu U⟨y⟩ya-k-koṇṭār-vaḷanāṭṭu-p pērāvūr-nāṭṭu Iḷaṅkāri-kuṭi Ūrōm In-nāṭṭu-t tiraim¡u!⟨r⟩-nāṭṭu-t tiruvāva⟨ṭu⟩tuṟai mahādevarkku nāṅkaḷ candrādit=tavaṟ tiru-non=tā-viḷakku 1 ṉukku Erippataṟku-k kuṭutta nila¡n! ¼ In-nilam kālukkum k¡i!ḻ-pārk’ ellai Ivv-ūr nilattukku mērkum teṉ-pārk’ ellai kiḷanallūr-vāykālukkum It-tēva-caṇṭai-paṅkuk=kum vaṭakkum m(ē)l-pāṟk’ ellai-y brahmadeyam ciru-puliyūr nilattuk=ku kiḻakkum vaṭa-pā{pa}ṟk’ ellai Ivv-iḷaṅkāri-kuṭi nilattukku teṟkum Ivv-icaitta peru nāṉk’ ellaiyilum Akappaṭṭa nila¡n! kālum Uḷḷi ¿ṇ?i-

⟨9⟩ lam oḻiv’ iṉṟi Iṟai-y-ili-y-āka-c candrādit=tavaṟ Iṟai-y-ili ceytu kuṭuttōm Ivv-iḷaṅkāriki Ūrōm In-nilaṅ kāluṅ koṇṭu It-tiru-vāvaṭutuṟai śrī-kōyil Uṭaiyār(k) _______________ pparic’ oṭṭi In-nilam Iṟai-Ili-y-āka-c ceytu ⟨ku⟩ṭuttōm tiru-vāvaṭuturai mahādevarkku Iḷaṅkāri-kuṭi Ūrōm In-nilam kallilum cempilum veṭṭi-k koḷḷa-p peṟuvār ākavum Ip-paricu Ivv-ā⟨va⟩ṇam Eḻutiṉē¡n! Ivv-ūṟ-k karaṇattā¡n! vēḷ kōvaṉ kāṟaṉimpaṭṭa¡n!-ē¡n! Ivai-y e¡ṉn! eḻuttu ↝

First Part: year 24 of Rājendra

⟨Zone A⟩ ⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

1. Āciriyappā

tiru-makaḷ pōla-p peru-nila-c-celviyun=

taṉakkē y-urimai pūṇṭamai maṉa-k koḷa

kān=ta(l)ūr-c-cā[lai] kalam aṟutt-aruḷi

vēṅkai-nāṭuṅ kaṅka-pāṭiyun=

taṭikai-pāṭiyum ṉuḷampa-pāṭi(yu)ṅ

kuṭa-malai-nāṭuṅ kollamuṇ kal(i)ṅka[mum]

[Eṇ ṭi]c(ai) pukaḻ tara Īḻa-maṇṭalamum

Iraṭṭa-pā⟨ṭi⟩ Ēḻ’ arai Ilakkamun

tiṇtiṟal veṉṟi-t taṇṭāṟ koṇṭa ta⟨ṉ⟩

eḻil [vaḷar ū]ḻiyu⟨ḷ e⟩llā yāṇṭun=

toḻutaka viḷaṅkum yāṇṭu

ceḻiyarai-t tēcu koḷ

śrī-[k](ō)-[v-i]rā(ja)-(kē)sari-panmar-āṉa śrī-rājarāja-devarkku yāṇṭu 2 10 4-Āvatu

śrī⟨Zone B⟩⟨2⟩-rāje⟨ndra⟩-siṁha-vaḷanāṭṭu maṇṇi-nāṭṭu brah(ma)deyam Ilacci-kuṭi-y-ākiya vikrama-ciṅka-c-catu⟨r⟩v(v)edi-maṅkalattu c(i)va-purattu nākiyaṇṇa-kramavit=taṉum vātāvi Ādit=ta-kramavittaṉum (Uḷḷuppāḻatēviya?)-kramavittaṉum vātāvi śrī-⟨kr̥⟩ṣṇa-kramavittaṉūm Ivvaṉaivōm Uḷḷiṭṭa sa[bh]ai [8+] (nāṭṭu-t tirai)m⟨u⟩r-nāṭṭ(u) (bra)h(m)adeyam cāttāṉūr-t tiru-v-āvaṭu-tuṟai Uṭaiya parama-s(v)āmikku Ā(di)-dāsaṉ-ākiya tribhuvaṉa-⟨c⟩aṇḍeśvara-devarkku Oṭṭi-k kai-t-t⟨ī⟩ṭṭu Oṭṭu-k kuṭutta paric’ āvatu

Eṅkaḷūr It-tiru-v-āvaṭu-tuṟai Uṭaiya mahādevar paḻam paṭi Uṭaiya n⟨ī⟩r-nilam ½

In-ni⟨Zone C⟩⟨3⟩lam Araikkum

k⟨ī⟩ḻ-pārk’ ellai sabhai-p potuvukku mēkkum
teṉ-pāṟk’ ellai trailōkkya-mahā-dev⟨ī⟩(maṅ)kalattu-t tiru-p-pal⟨ī⟩śvaram uṭaiya mahādevar nilattukku vaṭakkum
mēl-pāṟk’ ellai vaṭakkoṭiṇṇāṟṟukku kiḻakkum
vaṭa-pāṟk’ ellai Ik-kaṇāṟṟukkē tērkum

Ivv-icaitta peru-nāṉk’ ellai-Ilum Akapp⟨a⟩ṭa nilam Eṅkaḷ⟨ū⟩r (Ū)[r-a]ḷavu kōlāl ⟨n⟩ūṟu kuḻi koṇṭatu Oru mā-v āka van=ta nilaṉ ½

Iṉ-ṉila(m)Araiyum m[i]kut[i]-k kuṟaimai Uḷḷ atāṅka (nila)m pattu māvum Uṇṇ[i]lam Oḻiv’ iṉṟiyē Iṉ-ṉilam muṉpu devar itē Ātaṉmai⟨4⟩Il śrī-rājarāja-devar Ulak-aḷan=t-aruḷi Iṟai y-eṟi⟨ṉ⟩a pi⟨ṉ⟩pu Itukku Iṟai-kāval āka It-tē var pakkal nāṅkaḷ muṉpu koṇṭa po⟨ṉ⟩ kuṭukka māṭṭāmaiyil Innilattāl van=ta Iṟai-y(u)m Eccōṟum veṭṭi-vētiṉaikaḷum maṟṟu sābhai y-iṭu vari-p-pāṭum ce⟨ṉṉ⟩⟨ī⟩r-veṭṭiyum tiru-k-ko⟨ṟ⟩ṟa-vācalil pōn=ta kuṭimai Eppērppaṭṭatum sabhaiyōmē Iṉ-ṉāṅku simai-Ilum Akappaṭṭa nilattukku Iṟai Iṟuttu-k kāttu-k kuṭuppat’ ākavum

Ip-poṉ tiruvaiyāṟṟu-maṭam-uṭaiya sadācivabhaṭār Irun=tu It-tēvar kāmmikaḷai Iṭṭu Ip-poṉ taravallirkaḷō Eṉṟu kēḻkka nāṅkaḷ Ip-poṉ kuṭukka māṭ⟨5⟩ṭāmaiyil Ip-poṉṉukku-p palicai cekuttu In-nilattukku Ip-paricu Eppērpaṭṭa Iṟaiyum Iṟuttu It-devar Iṟai-y-ili Aṉupavikka Oṭṭi-k k⟨ai⟩-t-t⟨ī⟩ṭṭu Iṭṭu-k kuṭuttōm tiruvāṭutuṟai y-uṭ(ai)ya parama-svāmikku Ādi-dāsa⟨ṉ⟩-ākiya tribhuva⟨ṉ⟩a-caṇṭēśvara-devarkku Ilacci-kuṭi-y-ākiya vikrama-ciṅka-c-caturvvedi-maṅkalattu sabhaiyōm

Itaṟ ṟiṟampiṉārai pēr-p poṉ ⟨n⟩ūṟṟu-k kaḻañcu poṉ maṉṟa-p peṟuvat’ ākavu⟨m⟩

aṉṟiyum It-devarē Iṉ-ṉilam Ip-paricu Iṟ⟨ai-y-i⟩li Aṉupavikka-p peṟuva(t’ ākavum)

Ip-paric’ oṭṭi-k kai-t-t⟨ī⟩ṭṭu Iṭṭu-k kuṭuttōm tiruv(ā)vaṭutuṟai-y-uṭaiya paramasvāmikku m⟨ū⟩labhr̥tyar-ākiya tribhuva⟨ṉ⟩a-⟨c⟩aṇḍeśvara-devarkku Ilaccu-kuṭi-y-ākiya vikrama-ciṅka⟨6⟩-c-caturvvedimaṅkalattu sabhaiyōm

sabhaiyuḷḷ eḻuttu

civa-purattu nākiyaṇṇa-krama-vittaṉum vātāvi Ādit=ta-kramavit=taṉum paṇiyāl

kṣatriyaśikāmaṇi vaḷa-nāṭṭu-p paṉ(ai)y⟨ū⟩r-nāṭṭu-t devadāṉam Iṟ⟨ai-y-i⟩li śrī-pukalūr mahādevar paṇṭāra-k-karaṇattāṉ Iṉ-ṉāṭṭu brahmadeyam kākkai-maṅkalattu sabhai y-iṭu karaṇattāṉ vēḻakkōvaṉ grāman śrī-rākavaṉ-ēṉ Ivai-y e⟨ṉ⟩ eḻuttu

Ip-paṭi Aṟivēṉ Uyya-k-koṇṭār-vaḷanāṭṭu-p pērāvūr-nāṭṭu-c ciṟu-puliyūr vākkiyan pa(ra)meśvaraṉ pāṇṭa⟨ṉ⟩-ē(ṉ)
Ip-paṭi Aṟivēṉ teṉ-karai-p-pāṇṭikulācaṉi-vaḷanāṭṭu brahmadeyam ci-kaṇṭa-c-caturvvedi-maṅkalattu ma⟨dhy⟩as⟨t⟩an Āyirava⟨ṉ⟩ Udayadi vākāṉ-ā⟨ṉ⟩a civa-patta⟨ṉ⟩-ē⟨ṉ⟩
⟨Ip-paṭi Aṟivēṉ⟩ Uyyak⌈⟨7⟩koṇtār-vaḷanāṭṭu-p pērāvūr-nāṭṭu-p pira⟨ma⟩tēyam ciṟu-puliyūr ma⟨dhy⟩asta⟨ṉ⟩ (5) 100 4 10 ti⟨n⟩man kāḷaṉēṉ
Ip-paṭi Aṟivē⟨ṉ⟩ pērāvūr-nāṭṭu-p piramatēyam ciṟupuliyūr kāccavaṉ nārāya[ṇa]⟨ṉ⟩ (m)ātava⟨ṉ⟩-ē⟨ṉ⟩
Ip-paṭi Aṟivē(ṉ) teṉ-karai-p pāṇṭikulācani-vaḷanāṭṭu-p piramatēyam c⟨ī⟩-kaṇṭa-c-caturvvedi-maṅkalattu civa-p-pirāmaṇa⟨ṉ⟩ nakkaṉ Āyirapaṭṭa⟨ṉ⟩-ē⟨ṉ⟩
Ip-paṭi Aṟivēṉ kṣatriyacikāmaṇi-vaḷanāṭṭu maruka⟨l⟩-nāṭṭu-k kākkai-maṅkalatt’ āḻuṅkaṇattāruḷ marun=turākāṟi-nārāyaṇa-kramavitta⟨ṉ⟩-ē⟨ṉ⟩
Ip-paṭi Arivē⟨ṉ⟩ pāṇtikulācani-vaḷanāṭṭu c⟨ī⟩-kaṇṭa-c-catu⟨r⟩vvedi-maṅkalattu kāvaṉūr Iḷaiy(a-n)ārāya(ṇa)-kramavitta⟨ṉ⟩-ē⟨ṉ⟩
Ip-paṭi Arivēṉ⟨ṉ⟩ curavi Ādit=ta-krama-vit=ta⟨ṉ⟩-ē⟨ṉ⟩
Ip-paṭi Aṟivēṉ Ivv-ūr ciyapurattu nākiyaṇṇa-kramavit=ta⟨ṉ⟩-ē⟨ṉ⟩
Ip-pa⟨8⟩ṭi Aṟivē⟨ṉ⟩ Arumoḻi-tēva-vaḷanāṭṭu-p puṟampaināṭṭu-t tinakkaḷar-k-karaṇattā⟨ṉ⟩ vārakk(i)ya⟨ṉ⟩ Īśvara-nak(ka?)-tāṭi-y-ē⟨ṉ⟩ ↝

Second Part: year 25 of Rājendra

I⟨ṉ⟩ṟum It-tēvarkē yāṇṭu 2 10 5-Āvatu

U⟨y⟩ya-k-koṇṭār-vaḷanāṭṭu-p pērāvūr-nāṭṭu Iḷaṅkāri-kuṭi Ūrōm In-nāṭṭu-t tiraim⟨ū⟩⟨r⟩-nāṭṭu-t tiruvāva⟨ṭu⟩tuṟai mahādevarkku nāṅkaḷ candrādit=tavaṟ tiru-non=tā-viḷakku 1 ṉukku Erippataṟku-k kuṭutta nila⟨ṉ⟩ ¼

In-nilam kālukkum

k⟨ī⟩ḻ-pārk’ ellai Ivv-ūr nilattukku mērkum
teṉ-pārk’ ellai kiḷanallūr-vāykālukkum It-tēva-caṇṭai-paṅkuk=kum vaṭakkum
m(ē)l-pāṟk’ ellai-y brahmadeyam ciru-puliyūr nilattuk=ku kiḻakkum
vaṭa-pāṟk’ ellai Ivv-iḷaṅkāri-kuṭi nilattukku teṟkum

Ivv-icaitta peru nāṉk’ ellaiyilum Akappaṭṭa nila⟨ṉ⟩ kālum Uḷḷi ⟨n⟩i⟨9⟩lam oḻiv’ iṉṟi Iṟai-y-ili-y-āka-c candrādit=tavaṟ Iṟai-y-ili ceytu kuṭuttōm Ivv-iḷaṅkāriki Ūrōm

In-nilaṅ kāluṅ koṇṭu It-tiru-vāvaṭutuṟai śrī-kōyil Uṭaiyār(k) _______________ pparic’ oṭṭi In-nilam Iṟai-Ili-y-āka-c ceytu ⟨ku⟩ṭuttōm tiru-vāvaṭuturai mahādevarkku Iḷaṅkāri-kuṭi Ūrōm

In-nilam kallilum cempilum veṭṭi-k koḷḷa-p peṟuvār ākavum

Ip-paricu Ivv-ā⟨va⟩ṇam Eḻutiṉē⟨ṉ⟩ Ivv-ūṟ-k karaṇattā⟨ṉ⟩ vēḷ kōvaṉ kāṟaṉimpaṭṭa⟨ṉ⟩-ē⟨ṉ⟩ Ivai-y e⟨ṉ⟩ eḻuttu ↝

First Part: year 24 of Rājendra

⟨Zone A⟩ ⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

1. Āciriyappā

tiru-makaḷ pōla-p peru-nila-c-celviyun=

taṉakkē y-urimai pūṇṭamai maṉa-k koḷa

kān=ta(l)ūr-c-cā[lai] kalam aṟutt-aruḷi

vēṅkai-nāṭuṅ kaṅka-pāṭiyun=

taṭikai-pāṭiyum ṉuḷampa-pāṭi(yu)ṅ

kuṭa-malai-nāṭuṅ kollamuṇ kal(i)ṅka[mum]

[Eṇ ṭi]c(ai) pukaḻ tara Īḻa-maṇṭalamum

Iraṭṭa-pā⟨ṭi⟩ Ēḻ’ arai Ilakkamun

tiṇtiṟal veṉṟi-t taṇṭāṟ koṇṭa ta¡ṉṉ!⟨ṉ⟩

eḻil [vaḷar ū]ḻiyu⟨ḷ e⟩llā yāṇṭun=

toḻutaka viḷaṅkum yāṇṭu

ceḻiyarai-t tēcu koḷ

śrī-[k](ō)-[v-i]rā(ja)-(kē)sari-panmar-āṉa śrī-rājarāja-devarkku yāṇṭu 2 10 4-Āvatu

śrī⟨Zone B⟩⟨2⟩-rāje⟨ndra⟩-siṁha-vaḷanāṭṭu maṇṇi-nāṭṭu brah(ma)deyam Ilacci-kuṭi-y-ākiya vikrama-ciṅka-c-catu⟨r⟩v(v)edi-maṅkalattu c(i)va-purattu nākiyaṇṇa-kramavit=taṉum vātāvi Ādit=ta-kramavittaṉum (Uḷḷuppāḻatēviya?)-kramavittaṉum vātāvi śrī-⟨kr̥⟩ṣṇa-kramavittaṉūm Ivvaṉaivōm Uḷḷiṭṭa sa[bh]ai [8+] (nāṭṭu-t tirai)m¡(u)!⟨u⟩r-nāṭṭ(u) (bra)h(m)adeyam cāttāṉūr-t tiru-v-āvaṭu-tuṟai Uṭaiya parama-s(v)āmikku Ā(di)-dāsaṉ-ākiya tribhuvaṉa-¿ś?⟨c⟩aṇḍeśvara-devarkku Oṭṭi-k kai-t-t¡i!⟨ī⟩ṭṭu Oṭṭu-k kuṭutta paric’ āvatu

Eṅkaḷūr It-tiru-v-āvaṭu-tuṟai Uṭaiya mahādevar paḻam paṭi Uṭaiya n¡i!⟨ī⟩r-nilam ½

In-ni⟨Zone C⟩⟨3⟩{ṉ}lam Araikkum

k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ-pārk’ ellai sabhai-p potuvukku mēkkum
teṉ-pāṟk’ ellai trailōkkya-mahā-dev¡[i]!⟨ī⟩(maṅ)kalattu-t tiru-p-pal¡i!⟨ī⟩śvaram uṭaiya mahādevar nilattukku vaṭakkum
mēl-pāṟk’ ellai vaṭakkoṭiṇṇāṟṟukku kiḻakkum
vaṭa-pāṟk’ ellai Ik-kaṇāṟṟukkē tērkum

Ivv-icaitta peru-nāṉk’ ellai-Ilum Akapp¿i?⟨a⟩ṭa nilam Eṅkaḷ¡u!⟨ū⟩r (Ū)[r-a]ḷavu kōlāl ¡ṉ!⟨n⟩ūṟu kuḻi koṇṭatu Oru mā-v āka van=ta nilaṉ ½

Iṉ-ṉila(m)Araiyum m[i]kut[i]-k kuṟaimai Uḷḷ atāṅka (nila)m pattu māvum Uṇṇ[i]lam Oḻiv’ iṉṟiyē Iṉ-ṉilam muṉpu devar itē Ātaṉmai⟨4⟩Il śrī-rājarāja-devar Ulak-aḷan=t-aruḷi Iṟai y-eṟi¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a pi¡n!⟨ṉ⟩pu Itukku Iṟai-kāval āka It-tē var pakkal nāṅkaḷ muṉpu koṇṭa po¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ kuṭukka māṭṭāmaiyil Innilattāl van=ta Iṟai-y(u)m Eccōṟum veṭṭi-vētiṉaikaḷum maṟṟu sābhai y-iṭu vari-p-pāṭum ce¡nn!⟨ṉṉ⟩¡i!⟨ī⟩r-veṭṭiyum tiru-k-ko⟨ṟ⟩ṟa-vācalil pōn=ta kuṭimai Eppērppaṭṭatum sabhaiyōmē Iṉ-ṉāṅku simai-Ilum Akappaṭṭa nilattukku Iṟai Iṟuttu-k kāttu-k kuṭuppat’ ākavum

Ip-poṉ tiruvaiyāṟṟu-maṭam-uṭaiya sadācivabhaṭār Irun=tu It-tēvar kāmmikaḷai Iṭṭu Ip-poṉ taravallirkaḷō Eṉṟu kēḻkka nāṅkaḷ Ip-poṉ kuṭukka māṭ⟨5⟩ṭāmaiyil Ip-poṉṉukku-p palicai cekuttu In-nilattukku Ip-paricu Eppērpaṭṭa Iṟaiyum Iṟuttu It-devar Iṟai-y-ili Aṉupavikka Oṭṭi-k k¿a?⟨ai⟩-t-t¡i!⟨ī⟩ṭṭu Iṭṭu-k kuṭuttōm tiruvāṭutuṟai y-uṭ(ai)ya parama-svāmikku Ādi-dāsa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-ākiya tribhuva¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a-caṇṭēśvara-devarkku Ilacci-kuṭi-y-ākiya vikrama-ciṅka-c-caturvvedi-maṅkalattu sabhaiyōm

Itaṟ ṟiṟampiṉārai pēr-p poṉ ¡ṉ!⟨n⟩ūṟṟu-k kaḻañcu poṉ maṉṟa-p peṟuvat’ ākavu¡mm!⟨m⟩

aṉṟiyum It-devarē Iṉ-ṉilam Ip-paricu Iṟ¡ai-I!⟨ai-y-i⟩li Aṉupavikka-p peṟuva(t’ ākavum)

Ip-paric’ oṭṭi-k kai-t-t¡i!⟨ī⟩ṭṭu Iṭṭu-k kuṭuttōm tiruv(ā)vaṭutuṟai-y-uṭaiya paramasvāmikku m¡u!⟨ū⟩labhr̥tyar-ākiya tribhuva¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a-¿ś?⟨c⟩aṇḍeśvara-devarkku Ilaccu-kuṭi-y-ākiya vikrama-ciṅka⟨6⟩-c-caturvvedimaṅkalattu sabhaiyōm

sabhaiyuḷḷ eḻuttu

civa-purattu nākiyaṇṇa-krama-vittaṉum vātāvi Ādit=ta-kramavit=taṉum paṇiyāl

kṣatriyaśikāmaṇi vaḷa-nāṭṭu-p paṉ(ai)y¡u!⟨ū⟩r-nāṭṭu-t devadāṉam Iṟ¡ai-I!⟨ai-y-i⟩li śrī-pukalūr mahādevar paṇṭāra-k-karaṇattāṉ Iṉ-ṉāṭṭu brahmadeyam kākkai-maṅkalattu sabhai y-iṭu karaṇattāṉ vēḻakkōvaṉ grāman śrī-rākavaṉ-ēṉ Ivai-y e¡ṉṉ!⟨ṉ⟩ eḻuttu

Ip-paṭi Aṟivēṉ Uyya-k-koṇṭār-vaḷanāṭṭu-p pērāvūr-nāṭṭu-c ciṟu-puliyūr vākkiyan pa(ra)meśvaraṉ pāṇṭa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-ē(ṉ)
Ip-paṭi Aṟivēṉ teṉ-karai-p-pāṇṭikulācaṉi-vaḷanāṭṭu brahmadeyam ci-kaṇṭa-c-caturvvedi-maṅkalattu ma¿tsy?⟨dhy⟩as⟨t⟩an Āyirava⟨ṉ⟩ Udayadi vākāṉ-ā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a civa-patta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-ē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩
⟨Ip-paṭi Aṟivēṉ⟩ Uyyak⌈⟨7⟩koṇtār-vaḷanāṭṭu-p pērāvūr-nāṭṭu-p pira⟨ma⟩tēyam ciṟu-puliyūr ma¿tsy?⟨dhy⟩asta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ (5) 100 4 10 ti⟨n⟩man kāḷaṉēṉ
Ip-paṭi Aṟivē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ pērāvūr-nāṭṭu-p piramatēyam ciṟupuliyūr kāccavaṉ nārāya[ṇa]¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ (m)ātava¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-ē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩
Ip-paṭi Aṟivē(ṉ) teṉ-karai-p pāṇṭikulācani-vaḷanāṭṭu-p piramatēyam c¡i!⟨ī⟩-kaṇṭa-c-caturvvedi-maṅkalattu civa-p-pirāmaṇa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ nakkaṉ Āyirapaṭṭa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-ē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩
Ip-paṭi Aṟivēṉ kṣatriyacikāmaṇi-vaḷanāṭṭu maruka⟨l⟩-nāṭṭu-k kākkai-maṅkalatt’ āḻuṅkaṇattāruḷ marun=turākāṟi-nārāyaṇa-kramavitta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-ē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩
Ip-paṭi Arivē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ pāṇtikulācani-vaḷanāṭṭu c¡i!⟨ī⟩-kaṇṭa-c-catu⟨r⟩vvedi-maṅkalattu kāvaṉūr Iḷaiy(a-n)ārāya(ṇa)-kramavitta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-ē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩
Ip-paṭi Arivēṉ¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ curavi Ādit=ta-krama-vit=ta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-ē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩
Ip-paṭi Aṟivēṉ Ivv-ūr ciyapurattu nākiyaṇṇa-kramavit=ta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-ē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩
Ip-pa⟨8⟩ṭi Aṟivē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ Arumoḻi-tēva-vaḷanāṭṭu-p puṟampaināṭṭu-t tinakkaḷar-k-karaṇattā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ vārakk(i)ya¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ Īśvara-nak(ka?)-tāṭi-y-ē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ ↝

Second Part: year 25 of Rājendra

I¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ṟum It-tēvarkē yāṇṭu 2 10 5-Āvatu

U⟨y⟩ya-k-koṇṭār-vaḷanāṭṭu-p pērāvūr-nāṭṭu Iḷaṅkāri-kuṭi Ūrōm In-nāṭṭu-t tiraim¡u!⟨ū⟩⟨r⟩-nāṭṭu-t tiruvāva⟨ṭu⟩tuṟai mahādevarkku nāṅkaḷ candrādit=tavaṟ tiru-non=tā-viḷakku 1 ṉukku Erippataṟku-k kuṭutta nila¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ ¼

In-nilam kālukkum

k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ-pārk’ ellai Ivv-ūr nilattukku mērkum
teṉ-pārk’ ellai kiḷanallūr-vāykālukkum It-tēva-caṇṭai-paṅkuk=kum vaṭakkum
m(ē)l-pāṟk’ ellai-y brahmadeyam ciru-puliyūr nilattuk=ku kiḻakkum
vaṭa-pā{pa}ṟk’ ellai Ivv-iḷaṅkāri-kuṭi nilattukku teṟkum

Ivv-icaitta peru nāṉk’ ellaiyilum Akappaṭṭa nila¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ kālum Uḷḷi ¿ṇ?⟨n⟩i⟨9⟩lam oḻiv’ iṉṟi Iṟai-y-ili-y-āka-c candrādit=tavaṟ Iṟai-y-ili ceytu kuṭuttōm Ivv-iḷaṅkāriki Ūrōm

In-nilam kallilum cempilum veṭṭi-k koḷḷa-p peṟuvār ākavum

Ip-paricu Ivv-ā⟨va⟩ṇam Eḻutiṉē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ Ivv-ūṟ-k karaṇattā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ vēḷ kōvaṉ kāṟaṉimpaṭṭa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-ē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ Ivai-y e¡ṉn!⟨ṉ⟩ eḻuttu ↝

Apparatus

First Part: year 24 of Rājendra

⟨2⟩ sa[bh]ai [8+] • The gap is due to the later insertion of the praṇāla (gutter, drain) for the libation waters from the garbagr̥ha.

⟨7⟩ (5) 100 4 10 ti⟨n⟩man kāḷaṉēṉ • We follow here the reading of the ASI transcript. — ⟨7⟩ nakkaṉ ⬦ nākaṉ ASI. — ⟨7⟩ marun=turākāṟi ⬦ marun=turākāri ASI.

⟨8⟩ tinakkaḷarkkaraṇattā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ ⬦ tirukkaḷar-karaṇattān ASI. — ⟨8⟩ Īśvara-nak(ka?)tāṭiyē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ ⬦ nakkattāṭiyēṉ ASI.

Second Part: year 25 of Rājendra

⟨8⟩ In-nilam kālukkum ⬦ In-nila⟨m⟩ kālukkum ASI.

⟨9⟩ Uṭaiyār(k) _______________ pparic’ oṭṭi • This portion where text is expected has not been engraved.

Translation

First Part: year 24 of Rājendra

⟨1⟩ (Prosperity! Fortune!)

⟨1⟩ 24th year of the glorious king Rājarāja alias the glorious king Rājakesarivarman,

⟨1⟩ who, ... [meykkīrtti (12 aṭis) of Rājarāja I Cōḻa]

⟨1–8⟩ ...

First Part: year 25 of Rājendra

⟨8⟩ 25th year of this king.

⟨8–9⟩ ...

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1924–25 (ARIE/1924-1925/B/1925/101).

Edited here by Emmanuel Francis and Renato Dávalos, based on photos (E. Francis, 2024 and 2025), and ASI transcript and estampage available on BharatSHRI, Bharat Shared Repository of Inscriptions (accessed 2026-06-21).

Primary

[ASI] No name. N.d. “ASI transcript.”

Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1924–25. Annual report on South-Indian epigraphy for the year ending 31st March 1925. Edited by G. Venkoba Rao. Calcutta: Government Press, 1926. Page 23, appendix B/1925, item 101.

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<lb n="2" break="no"/>-rā<hi rend="grantha">je<supplied reason="omitted">ndra</supplied>-siṁha</hi>-vaḷanāṭṭu maṇṇi-nāṭṭu <hi rend="grantha">brah<unclear>ma</unclear>de</hi>yam Ilacci-kuṭi-y-ākiya vikrama-ciṅka-c-catu<hi rend="grantha"><reg>r</reg>v<unclear reason="eccentric_ductus">v</unclear>edi</hi>-maṅkalattu c<unclear>i</unclear>va-purattu nākiyaṇṇa-<hi rend="grantha">kra</hi>mavit=taṉum vātāvi Ā<hi rend="grantha">di</hi>t=ta-<hi rend="grantha">kra</hi>mavittaṉum <unclear cert="low">Uḷḷuppāḻatēviya</unclear>-<hi rend="grantha">kra</hi>mavittaṉum vātāvi <hi rend="grantha">śrī-<supplied reason="omitted">kr̥</supplied>ṣṇa-kra</hi>mavittaṉūm Ivvaṉaivōm Uḷḷiṭṭa <hi rend="grantha">sa<supplied reason="lost">bh</supplied>ai</hi> <gap reason="lost" quantity="8" unit="character"/> <unclear>nāṭṭu-t tirai</unclear>m<choice><orig><unclear>u</unclear></orig><reg>u</reg></choice>r-nāṭṭ<unclear>u</unclear> <hi rend="grantha"><unclear reason="eccentric_ductus">bra</unclear>h<unclear>m</unclear>ade</hi>yam cāttāṉūr-t tiru-v-āvaṭu-tuṟai Uṭaiya <hi rend="grantha">parama-s<unclear>v</unclear>ā</hi>mikku Ā<hi rend="grantha"><unclear reason="eccentric_ductus">di</unclear>-dāsa</hi>ṉ-ākiya <hi rend="grantha">tribhu</hi>vaṉa-<hi rend="grantha"><choice><sic>ś</sic><corr>c</corr></choice>aṇḍeśvara-de</hi>varkku Oṭṭi-k kai-t-t<choice><orig>i</orig><reg>ī</reg></choice>ṭṭu Oṭṭu-k kuṭutta paric’ āvatu</p>

<p>

Eṅkaḷūr It-tiru-v-āvaṭu-tuṟai Uṭaiya ma<hi rend="grantha">hāde</hi>var paḻam paṭi Uṭaiya n<choice><orig>i</orig><reg>ī</reg></choice>r-nilam <g type="numeral">1/2</g>

</p>

<p>

In-ni

<lb n="3"/><surplus>ṉ</surplus>lam Araikkum

<list>

<item>k<choice><orig>i</orig><reg>ī</reg></choice>ḻ-pārk’ ellai <hi rend="grantha">sabhai</hi>-p potuvukku mēkkum</item>

<item>teṉ-pāṟk’ ellai <hi rend="grantha">trai</hi>lō<hi rend="grantha">kkya</hi>-ma<hi rend="grantha">hā-de</hi>v<choice><orig><supplied reason="lost">i</supplied></orig><reg>ī</reg></choice><unclear>maṅ</unclear>kalattu-t tiru-p-pal<choice><orig>i</orig><reg>ī</reg></choice><hi rend="grantha">śva</hi>ram uṭaiya ma<hi rend="grantha">hāde</hi>var nilattukku vaṭakkum</item>

<item>mēl-pāṟk’ ellai vaṭakkoṭiṇṇāṟṟukku kiḻakkum</item>

<item>vaṭa-pāṟk’ ellai Ik-kaṇāṟṟukkē tērkum</item>

</list>

</p>

<p>

Ivv-icaitta peru-nāṉk’ ellai-Ilum Akapp<choice><sic>i</sic><corr>a</corr></choice>ṭa nilam Eṅkaḷ<choice><orig>u</orig><reg>ū</reg></choice>r <unclear>Ū</unclear><supplied reason="lost">r-a</supplied>ḷavu kōlāl <choice><orig>ṉ</orig><reg>n</reg></choice>ūṟu kuḻi koṇṭatu Oru mā-v āka van=ta nilaṉ <g type="numeral">1/2</g>

</p>

<p>

Iṉ-ṉila<unclear>m</unclear>Araiyum m<supplied reason="lost">i</supplied>kut<supplied reason="lost">i</supplied>-k kuṟaimai Uḷḷ atāṅka <unclear>nila</unclear>m pattu māvum

Uṇṇ<supplied reason="lost">i</supplied>lam Oḻiv’ iṉṟiyē Iṉ-ṉilam muṉpu <hi rend="grantha">de</hi>var itē Ātaṉmai<lb n="4" break="no"/>Il <hi rend="grantha">śrī</hi>-rā<hi rend="grantha">ja</hi>rā<hi rend="grantha">ja-de</hi>var Ulak-aḷan=t-aruḷi Iṟai y-eṟi<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>a pi<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>pu Itukku Iṟai-kāval āka

It-tē var pakkal nāṅkaḷ muṉpu koṇṭa po<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> kuṭukka māṭṭāmaiyil Innilattāl van=ta Iṟai-y<unclear>u</unclear>m Eccōṟum veṭṭi-vētiṉaikaḷum maṟṟu <hi rend="grantha">sābhai</hi> y-iṭu vari-p-pāṭum ce<choice><orig>nn</orig><reg>ṉṉ</reg></choice><choice><orig>i</orig><reg>ī</reg></choice>r-veṭṭiyum tiru-k-ko<supplied reason="omitted">ṟ</supplied>ṟa-vācalil pōn=ta kuṭimai Eppērppaṭṭatum <hi rend="grantha">sabhai</hi>yōmē Iṉ-ṉāṅku <hi rend="grantha">si</hi>mai-Ilum Akappaṭṭa nilattukku Iṟai Iṟuttu-k kāttu-k kuṭuppat’ ākavum

</p>

<p>

Ip-poṉ tiruvaiyāṟṟu-maṭam-uṭaiya <hi rend="grantha">sadā</hi>civa<hi rend="grantha">bha</hi>ṭār Irun=tu It-tēvar kāmmikaḷai Iṭṭu Ip-poṉ taravallirkaḷō Eṉṟu kēḻkka nāṅkaḷ Ip-poṉ kuṭukka māṭ<lb n="5" break="no"/>ṭāmaiyil Ip-poṉṉukku-p palicai cekuttu In-nilattukku Ip-paricu Eppērpaṭṭa Iṟaiyum Iṟuttu It-<hi rend="grantha">de</hi>var Iṟai-y-ili Aṉupavikka Oṭṭi-k k<choice><sic>a</sic><corr>ai</corr></choice>-t-t<choice><orig>i</orig><reg>ī</reg></choice>ṭṭu Iṭṭu-k kuṭuttōm tiruvāṭutuṟai y-uṭ<unclear>ai</unclear>ya parama-<hi rend="grantha">svā</hi>mikku Ā<hi rend="grantha">di-dāsa</hi><choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>-ākiya <hi rend="grantha">tribhu</hi>va<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>a-caṇṭē<hi rend="grantha">śva</hi>ra-<hi rend="grantha">de</hi>varkku Ilacci-kuṭi-y-ākiya vi<hi rend="grantha">kra</hi>ma-ciṅka-c-catu<hi rend="grantha">rvvedi</hi>-maṅkalattu <hi rend="grantha">sabhai</hi>yōm

</p>

<p>Itaṟ ṟiṟampiṉārai pēr-p poṉ <choice><orig>ṉ</orig><reg>n</reg></choice>ūṟṟu-k kaḻañcu poṉ maṉṟa-p peṟuvat’ ākavu<choice><orig>mm</orig><reg>m</reg></choice>

</p>

<p>

aṉṟiyum It-<hi rend="grantha">de</hi>varē Iṉ-ṉilam Ip-paricu Iṟ<choice><orig>ai-I</orig><reg>ai-y-i</reg></choice>li Aṉupavikka-p peṟuva<unclear>t’ ākavum</unclear>

</p>

<p>

Ip-paric’ oṭṭi-k kai-t-t<choice><orig>i</orig><reg>ī</reg></choice>ṭṭu Iṭṭu-k kuṭuttōm tiruv<unclear>ā</unclear>vaṭutuṟai-y-uṭ<hi rend="grantha">ai</hi>ya parama<hi rend="grantha">svā</hi>mikku m<choice><orig>u</orig><reg>ū</reg></choice>la<hi rend="grantha">bhr̥tya</hi>r-ākiya <hi rend="grantha">tribhu</hi>va<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>a-<hi rend="grantha"><choice><sic>ś</sic><corr>c</corr></choice>aṇḍeśva</hi>ra-<hi rend="grantha">de</hi>varkku Ilaccu-kuṭi-y-ākiya vi<hi rend="grantha">kra</hi>ma-ciṅka<lb n="6" break="no"/>-c-catu<hi rend="grantha">rvvedi</hi>maṅkalattu <hi rend="grantha">sabhai</hi>yōm

</p>

<p>

<hi rend="grantha">sabhai</hi>yuḷḷ eḻuttu

</p>

<p>

civa-purattu nākiyaṇṇa-<hi rend="grantha">kra</hi>ma-vittaṉum vātāvi Ā<hi rend="grantha">di</hi>t=ta-<hi rend="grantha">kra</hi>mavit=taṉum paṇiyāl

</p>

<p>

<hi rend="grantha">kṣatri</hi>ya<hi rend="grantha">śi</hi>kāmaṇi vaḷa-nāṭṭu-p paṉ<unclear>ai</unclear>y<choice><orig>u</orig><reg>ū</reg></choice>r-nāṭṭu-t <hi rend="grantha">de</hi>va<hi rend="grantha">dā</hi>ṉam Iṟ<choice><orig>ai-I</orig><reg>ai-y-i</reg></choice>li <hi rend="grantha">śrī</hi>-pukalūr ma<hi rend="grantha">hāde</hi>var paṇṭāra-k-karaṇattāṉ Iṉ-ṉāṭṭu <hi rend="grantha">brahmade</hi>yam kākkai-maṅkalattu <hi rend="grantha">sabhai</hi> y-iṭu karaṇattāṉ vēḻakkōvaṉ <hi rend="grantha">grā</hi>man <hi rend="grantha">śrī</hi>-rākavaṉ-ēṉ Ivai-y e<choice><orig>ṉṉ</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> eḻuttu

</p>

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<item>

Ip-paṭi Aṟivēṉ Uyya-k-koṇṭār-vaḷanāṭṭu-p pērāvūr-nāṭṭu-c ciṟu-puliyūr vākkiyan pa<unclear>ra</unclear>me<hi rend="grantha">śva</hi>raṉ pāṇṭa<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>-ē<unclear>ṉ</unclear>

</item>

<item>Ip-paṭi Aṟivēṉ teṉ-karai-p-pāṇṭikulācaṉi-vaḷanāṭṭu <hi rend="grantha">brahmade</hi>yam ci-kaṇṭa-c-catu<hi rend="grantha">rvvedi</hi>-maṅkalattu ma<hi rend="grantha"><choice><sic>tsy</sic><corr>dhy</corr></choice>as<supplied reason="omitted">t</supplied>a</hi>n Āyirava<supplied reason="omitted">ṉ</supplied> U<hi rend="grantha">da</hi>ya<hi rend="grantha">di</hi> vākāṉ-ā<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>a civa-patta<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>-ē<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>

</item>

<item>

<supplied reason="omitted">Ip-paṭi Aṟivēṉ</supplied> Uyyak⌈<lb n="7" break="no"/>koṇtār-vaḷanāṭṭu-p pērāvūr-nāṭṭu-p pira<supplied reason="omitted">ma</supplied>tēyam ciṟu-puliyūr ma<hi rend="grantha"><choice><sic>tsy</sic><corr>dhy</corr></choice>asta</hi><choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> <hi rend="check"><num value="40"><unclear reason="eccentric_ductus">5</unclear> <g type="numeral">100</g> 4 <g type="numeral">10</g></num> ti<supplied reason="omitted">n</supplied>man kāḷaṉēṉ</hi>

</item>

<item>

Ip-paṭi Aṟivē<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> pērāvūr-nāṭṭu-p piramatēyam ciṟupuliyūr kāccavaṉ nārāya<supplied reason="lost">ṇa</supplied><choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> <unclear>m</unclear>ātava<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>-ē<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>

</item>

<item>

Ip-paṭi Aṟivē<unclear>ṉ</unclear> teṉ-karai-p pāṇṭikulācani-vaḷanāṭṭu-p piramatēyam c<choice><orig>i</orig><reg>ī</reg></choice>-kaṇṭa-c-catu<hi rend="grantha">rvvedi</hi>-maṅkalattu civa-p-pirāmaṇa<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> nakkaṉ Āyirapaṭṭa<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>-ē<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>

</item>

<item>

Ip-paṭi Aṟivēṉ <hi rend="grantha">kṣatri</hi>yacikāmaṇi-vaḷanāṭṭu maruka<supplied reason="omitted">l</supplied>-nāṭṭu-k kākkai-maṅkalatt’ āḻuṅkaṇattāruḷ marun=turākāṟi-nārāyaṇa-<hi rend="grantha">kra</hi>mavitta<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>-ē<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>

</item>

<item>

Ip-paṭi Arivē<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> pāṇtikulācani-vaḷanāṭṭu c<choice><orig>i</orig><reg>ī</reg></choice>-kaṇṭa-c-catu<hi rend="grantha"><supplied reason="omitted">r</supplied>vvedi</hi>-maṅkalattu kāvaṉūr Iḷaiy<unclear>a-n</unclear>ārāya<unclear>ṇa</unclear>-<hi rend="grantha">kra</hi>mavitta<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>-ē<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>

</item>

<item>

Ip-paṭi Arivēṉ<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> curavi Ā<hi rend="grantha">di</hi>t=ta-<hi rend="grantha">kra</hi>ma-vit=ta<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>-ē<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>

</item>

<item>Ip-paṭi Aṟivēṉ Ivv-ūr ciyapurattu nākiyaṇṇa-<hi rend="grantha">kra</hi>mavit=ta<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>-ē<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>

</item>

<item>

Ip-pa<lb n="8" break="no"/>ṭi Aṟivē<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> Arumoḻi-tēva-vaḷanāṭṭu-p puṟampaināṭṭu-t tinakkaḷar-k-karaṇattā<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> vārakk<unclear>i</unclear>ya<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> Ī<hi rend="grantha">śvara</hi>-nak<unclear cert="low">ka</unclear>-tāṭi-y-ē<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> <g ref="sym:flourish-taperOut" type="punctuation">.</g>

</item>

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</div>

<head xml:lang="eng">Second Part: year 25 of Rājendra</head>

<p>

I<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>ṟum It-tēvarkē yāṇṭu <num value="25">2 <g type="numeral">10</g> 5</num>-Āvatu</p>

<p>

U<supplied reason="omitted">y</supplied>ya-k-koṇṭār-vaḷanāṭṭu-p pērāvūr-nāṭṭu Iḷaṅkāri-kuṭi Ūrōm In-nāṭṭu-t tiraim<choice><orig>u</orig><reg>ū</reg></choice><supplied reason="omitted">r</supplied>-nāṭṭu-t tiruvāva<supplied reason="omitted">ṭu</supplied>tuṟai ma<hi rend="grantha">hāde</hi>varkku nāṅkaḷ ca<hi rend="grantha">ndrādi</hi>t=tavaṟ tiru-non=tā-viḷakku 1 ṉukku Erippataṟku-k kuṭutta nila<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> <g type="numeral">1/4</g></p>

<p>

In-nilam kālukkum

<list>

<item>k<choice><orig>i</orig><reg>ī</reg></choice>ḻ-pārk’ ellai Ivv-ūr nilattukku mērkum</item>

<item>teṉ-pārk’ ellai kiḷanallūr-vāykālukkum It-tēva-caṇṭai-paṅkuk=kum vaṭakkum</item>

<item>m<unclear>ē</unclear>l-pāṟk’ ellai-y <hi rend="grantha">brahmade</hi>yam ciru-puliyūr nilattuk=ku kiḻakkum</item>

<item>vaṭa-pā<surplus>pa</surplus>ṟk’ ellai Ivv-iḷaṅkāri-kuṭi nilattukku teṟkum</item>

</list>

</p>

<p>

Ivv-icaitta peru nāṉk’ ellaiyilum Akappaṭṭa nila<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> kālum Uḷḷi <choice><sic>ṇ</sic><corr>n</corr></choice>i<lb n="9" break="no"/>lam oḻiv’ iṉṟi Iṟai-y-ili-y-āka-c ca<hi rend="grantha">ndrādi</hi>t=tavaṟ Iṟai-y-ili ceytu kuṭuttōm Ivv-iḷaṅkāriki Ūrōm

</p>

<p>

In-nilaṅ kāluṅ koṇṭu It-tiru-vāvaṭutuṟai <hi rend="grantha">śrī</hi>-kōyil Uṭaiyār<unclear>k</unclear> <space quantity="15" unit="character" type="vacat"/>

pparic’ oṭṭi In-nilam Iṟai-Ili-y-āka-c ceytu <supplied reason="omitted">ku</supplied>ṭuttōm tiru-vāvaṭuturai ma<hi rend="grantha">hāde</hi>varkku Iḷaṅkāri-kuṭi Ūrōm

</p>

<p>

In-nilam kallilum cempilum veṭṭi-k koḷḷa-p peṟuvār ākavum

</p>

<p>

Ip-paricu Ivv-ā<supplied reason="omitted">va</supplied>ṇam Eḻutiṉē<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> Ivv-ūṟ-k karaṇattā<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> vēḷ kōvaṉ kāṟaṉimpaṭṭa<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>-ē<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> Ivai-y e<choice><orig>ṉn</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> eḻuttu <g ref="sym:flourish-taperOut" type="punctuation">.</g>

</p>

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<head xml:lang="eng">First Part: year 24 of Rājendra</head><listApp>

<lem/>

<note/>

</app>

<note>The gap is due to the later insertion of the <foreign>praṇāla</foreign> (gutter, drain) for the libation waters from the <foreign>garbagr̥ha</foreign>.</note>

</app>

<lem><hi rend="check"><num value="40"><unclear reason="eccentric_ductus">5</unclear> <g type="numeral">100</g> 4 <g type="numeral">10</g></num> ti<supplied reason="omitted">n</supplied>man kāḷaṉēṉ</hi></lem>

<note>We follow here the reading of the ASI transcript.</note>

</app>

<lem>nakkaṉ</lem>

<rdg source="bib:ASI">nākaṉ</rdg>

</app>

<lem>marun=turākāṟi</lem>

<rdg source="bib:ASI">marun=turā<hi rend="grantha">kā</hi>ri</rdg>

</app>

<lem>tinakkaḷarkkaraṇattā<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice></lem>

<rdg source="bib:ASI">tirukkaḷar-karaṇattān</rdg>

</app>

<lem>Ī<hi rend="grantha">śvara</hi>-nak<unclear cert="low">ka</unclear>tāṭiyē<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice></lem>

<rdg source="bib:ASI">nakkattāṭiyēṉ</rdg>

</app>

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</div>

<head xml:lang="eng">Second Part: year 25 of Rājendra</head>

<lem>In-nilam kālukkum </lem>

<rdg source="bib:ASI">In-nila<supplied reason="omitted">m</supplied> kālukkum</rdg>

</app>

<lem>Uṭaiyār<unclear>k</unclear> <space quantity="15" unit="character" type="vacat"/>

pparic’ oṭṭi</lem>

<note>This portion where text is expected has not been engraved.</note>

</app>

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</div>

<head xml:lang="eng">First Part: year 24 of Rājendra</head>

<unclear>Prosperity! Fortune!</unclear>

</p>

24th year of the glorious king Rājarāja alias the glorious king Rājakesarivarman,

</p>

who, ... [<foreign>meykkīrtti</foreign> (12 <foreign>aṭi</foreign>s) of Rājarāja I Cōḻa]

</p>

...

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<head xml:lang="eng">First Part: year 25 of Rājendra</head>

25th year of this king.

</p>

...

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<p>Reported in <bibl><ptr target="bib:ARIE1924-1925"/></bibl> (ARIE/1924-1925/B/1925/101).</p>

<p>Edited here by Emmanuel Francis and Renato Dávalos, based on photos (E. Francis, 2024 and 2025), and ASI transcript and estampage available on <ref>BharatSHRI, Bharat Shared Repository of Inscriptions</ref> (accessed 2026-06-21).</p>

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