Tiruvāvaṭutuṟai, Gomuktīśvara temple, time of Parakesarivarman Rājendra Cōḻa, year 6

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

Summary: Vimāna, northern base, middle 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_INSTiruvavatuturai10102.

File path: DHARMA_INSTiruvavatuturai10102.xml.

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

Edition

First Part: year 6 of Rājendra Cōḻa

⟨Zone A⟩

⟨1⟩ ↜ svasti śrī tiru maṉṉi vaḷara Iru-nila-maṭa(n)=t¿e?yum pōr-c-ceya-p-pāvaiyum c¡i!_r-t taṉi-c celviyun= taṉ perun tēviyar āki y-iṉpuṟa neṭutiyal ūḻiyuḷ Iṭaitu¿t?ai-nāṭun= tuṭarvaṉa vē¡r!i-p paṭar vaṉavāsiyuñ cuḷḷi-c cūḻ-mati-ṭ koḷḷi-p-pākkaiyu⟨m⟩ naṇṇaṟk’ arumuraṇ maṇṇai-k kaṭakkamum poru-kaṭal ¡i!ḻatt’ ariya⟨r⟩ tam muṭiyu[m]{u} Āṅkavar tēviyar Ōṅkeḻil muṭiyum mu¡n!ṉavar pakkaṟ ṟeṉṉavar vaiytta cun=taraṉ muṭiyum In=tiraṉ āramun teṇṟicai Īḻa-maṇṭala-muḻu⟨va⟩tum Eṟi-paṭai-k

⟨2⟩ kēralaṉ muṟaimaiyiṟ cūṭuṅ kulataṉam ākiya palarpukaḻ muṭiyum ⟨c⟩eṅkatir mālaiyum (caṅ)katir vē⟨lai⟩-t tol peruṅkāval palpaḻan= t¡ī!vu⟨m⟩ mā-p-poru taṇṭāṟ koṇṭa kō-p-parakēsari-panmar-āṉa śrī-rājendra-cōḻa-devarkku yāṇṭu 6-Āvatu Uyya-k-ko⟨ṇ⟩ṭār-vaḷanāṭṭu-t tiraim¡u!r-nāṭṭu brahmade⟨ya⟩m cāttaṉūr-ākiya Abhaiyāśraya-c-catu⟨r⟩vvedi-maṅkalattu-p peruṅ-kuṟi-p perumakkaḷōm Ivv-āṇṭu mithuna-nāyaṟṟu pū⟨r⟩vva-pakṣattu nāyaṟru-k kiḻamaiyum saptamiyu⟨m⟩ peṟṟa Uttiratti ṉāṉṟu tiru-vāvaṭu-tuṟai y-uṭaiyār kōyiliṉ vaṭa-pakkatt¿a? Ulak’ aḷan=tāṉ e⟨ṉ⟩ṟu pērkuvappaṭṭa māṭattilē kūṭṭa-k kuṟai v-aṟa-k kūṭi y-irun=tu śrī-tiru-vāvaṭu-tuṟai Iṉit’ eḻunt-aruḷiya tribhuvana-patikku

⟨3⟩ m¡u!labhr̥tyār-āṉa ¿ś?aṇḍeśvara-devaṟk=ku viṟṟu-k kuṭutta nilam āvatu Eṅkaḷ¡u!r vaṭa-piṭakai ciṟṟāṉaiccūr U⟨y⟩ya-k-koṇṭāṉ eṉṟu pēr-kuvappaṭṭa katampa¡n! vāykālukku vaṭakku sabhai-p potu-v-āṉa nilaṅkaḷ viṟṟu-k kuṭutta nilattukku-k k¡i!ḻ-pāṟk’ ellai It-tēvar nilaṅkaḷ paḷḷi-t tām avar vaikkum pāṭupaṅkukku mēṟkun= teṉ-pāṟk’ ellai Uyya-k koṇṭāṉ-āṉa kaṭampaṉ vāykkuṅ kaviṇ(i)yaṉ nār¿a?yaṇaṉ cēn=taṉ nilattukkuṅ kaviṇiya¡n! muttā¡n! paramēśvara¡n! nilattukkum vaṭakkum mēl-pāṟk’ ellai kavi¡ṉ!iyaṉ muttattaṉ cōmaṉum kaviṇiyaṉ nan=ti nārāyaṇaṉum nilattukkum ¿k¡i!ḻ?-pāṟk’ ellai It-tiru-v-āvaṭutuṟai y-uṭaiyār tiru-viḻā-

⟨Zone B⟩

⟨4⟩ v-eḻun=taruḷum vaḻikku-t teṟkum In-nāṉk’ ellaiyuḷḷum Akappaṭṭa nilaṉ n¡i!r-nilamum puṉ-cey nilamum kuḷamum uṭpaṭa nilan 2 ¼ 3⁄20 In-nila¡n! Iraṇṭē y-eṭṭu mā(vu)[m] nilam 2 ¼ (m) pu(ṉ ce ?)y n(i)la¡n! [********] nilan 2 ¼ 3⁄20 In-nilaṉ Iraṇṭē y-eṭṭu māvum m(i)kuti-k kuṟaimai Uḷḷ aṭaṅka Uṇ-ṇ(i)lam oḻiv’ iṉṟi-k kuṭi-y-oṭu kuṭi peṟum vi(lai) v(i)ṟṟu-k kuṭutta paric’ āvatu In-nilattukku viḷai-p poruḷ kācu 10 Ik-kācu pattum In-nilattukku-c candrādittavaṟ sa[bhai]y(ō)mē Iṟai y-(i)ṟukka In-nilattukku Iṟai-kāvalukku sabhaiyōm koṇṭa kācu 100 9 10 Āka-k kācu 2 100 Ik-kācu Iru ¡n!ūṟum kai-c cela-k koṇṭu In-nila¡n! candrādittavaṟ

⟨5⟩ Iṟai-Ili-y-āka viṟṟu-k kuṭuttōm sabhaiyōm Ituvē vilai-y-āvaṇamum Iṟai-kāvaṟ pramāṇamum Āvat’ āka Oṭṭi-p pramāṇañ ceytu kuṭuttōm sabhaiyōm Ip-paricu In-nilañ cuṭṭi van=ta Iṟaiyum Eccōṟum veṭṭi-vētiṉaiyum maṟṟum vācalil pōnta kuṭimai Eppērppaṭ(ṭ?)atum kāṭṭa pēṟātōm āka Oṭṭi v(i)ṟṟu-k kuṭuttōm sabhaiyōm In-nila¡n! Ip-paricu cempilum kallilum veṭṭi-k koḷ⟨ḷ⟩a-p peṟuvat’ ākavum Ip-paricu tiru-v-āvaṭu-tuṟaiyiṉ tirun=t-aruḷiya tribhuvaṉa-patikku m¡u!labhr̥ty(ar-ā)ṉa ¿ś?aṇḍeśvara-devarkku cāttaṉūr-ākiya Abhaiyāśraya-c-caturvedi-maṅkalattu sabhaiyōm I(p)-par(i)cu pramāṇañ ceytu kuṭukka v-eṉṟu paṇittār kāmak-

⟨6⟩ kāṇi Aṅki-nārāyaṇāṉum kāyaṭṭi-nārāyaṇāṉ tattaṉum kayaṭṭi kaṇṇaṉ paṟpaṉāpaṉum k¿i?viṇiyaṉ Aṅki cēn=taṉum māṭalaṉ nārāyaṇa-kūttaṉum kavicikaṉ geṁgādharan kr̥ṣṇaṉum kāmakkāṇi nakka¡n! vāsudevaṉum kavi(ṇi/ci)ya¡n! śrī-dharaṉ nākaṉum pāratāyaṉ (ku/kr̥)ṣṇa¡n! (pa)[ṟpaṉ]āpaṉum kavicika¡n! putaṉ eḻuvayoṉum kāyaṭṭi [****] kaṉum kaviciyaṉ tiru-c-citrakūṭaṉ nārāyaṇaṉum kaviciyaṉ Iḷaiyāṉ ⟨ta⟩tta¡n! cōmaṉum kaviṇiya¡n! (I)ḷaiya Aṅki-nārāyaṇaṉum kavic¿a?yaṉ [****] (ru?)vvāha¡n! nārāyaṇaṉum kociya¡n! nārā¿ṇaya?ṉ Irāmaṉum kāyaṭṭi nārāyaṇaṉ svāmi nārāyaṇaṉum kaviciya¡n! kēcava¡n! nārāyaṇaṉum pāratāyaṉ nārāyaṇaṉ ka⟨ṇ⟩ṇaṉum

⟨Zone C⟩

⟨7⟩ pāratayaṉ nārāyaṇaṉ ⟨su⟩brahmaṇya-devaṉum vācci(yaṉ) kaṇṭaṉ Araṅkaṉum kavicika¡n! Iḷaiya pūtaṉ kaṇṇaṟum kocikaṉ muttataṉ cōmaṉum pāratāyaṉ cāttaṉ (Irā)kavaṉum kaviciyaṉ vāsudevaṉ svāmi nārāyaṇaṉum kaviṇiyaṉ caṅkara-naṅk[i]yum kavi[ṇi]yaṉ kan=tam pāṇṭaṉum kav[i]c[i]yaṉ na=nt(iṭa)ṉum [********] (kaṇ)ṭaṉ tēvaṉ aṅkiyum pāratāyaṉ nārāyaṇaṉ Araṅkaṉum pāratāyaṉ kaṇṇa¡n! cāttaṉum kaviṇiyaṉ divakaraṉ Araṅkaṉum kaviciyaṉ śrī-kurukūr nārāya⟨ṇa⟩ṉum kaviṇiyaṉ cēn=taṉan=tiyum kaviciyaṉ nantaṉ śrī-dharaṉum kāmakkāṇi paṟpan(āpa)ṉ vāsudevaṉum kav[i]ṇ[i]yaṉ {n}nakkaṉ karumāṇ(i)kkamum Āka Ivvaṉaivaru⟨m⟩

⟨8⟩ paṇiyāṟ paṇi kēṭṭu Eḻutiṉē¡n! Ivv-ūr vai¡gh!ānasa¡n! kr̥ṣṇa¡n! śrī-māraṉē¡n! Ivai y-e¡ṉn! e⟨ḻu⟩ttu Ip-paṭi Aṟivē¿l? ma{t}dhyasta¡n! cōma¡n! āṅkaṉē⟨ṉ⟩ Ip-paṭi Aṟivēṉ Ivv-ūr-t taṭṭāṉ ā [*] (mu)t=ti Āyiravaṉ-ā¡n!a Ucita cin=tā[ma]ṇi-p perutaṭṭā¡n!ē¡n! Ip-paṭi Aṟivēṉ Ivv-ūr veḷḷaṉ cilākuraṉ ciṅka¡n!ē¡n! Ip-paricu E¡n!nuṭai n(i)lam (sabhaiyār) viṟka Iṟai [********] ¡n! kaviṇiyaṉan=ti-nār¿a?yaṇa¡n!ēṉ Ip-paṭi Aṟivē¡n! sarvvaṇa bhoyaṉ śrī-parvvata-veṇkāṭu tēva¡n!ē¡n! Ip-paric’ oṭṭi y-iṭṭu-k kuṭuttē ṉ kaviṇiya¡n! tatta-nārāyaṇaṉē⟨ṉ⟩ Ip-paricu paṇi kēṭṭ’ eḻutt’ iṭṭēṉ Ivv-ūr vēḷ kova¡n! Ettār kuppaiyēṉ ↝

Second Part: year 5 of Rājendra Cōḻa

I¡nn!um [Id]devarkkē yāṇṭu 5-Āvatu Uyya-k-koṇṭār-vaḷanāṭṭu-t tiraim¡u!r-nāṭṭu
⟨9⟩ tiru-v-āvaṭu-tuṟai Uṭaiya mahādevarkku In-nāṭṭu-p pērāvūr-nāṭṭu-k kāṟaṉūr-kāṟaṉūrār kiḻavaṉ kāḷaṉ caṅkara-nārāyaṇaṉum kāṟaṉūr kiḻavaṉ kaṉan=ti Aṭikaḷum kāṟaṉūr kiḻava¡n! civa¡n! tēvaṭikaḷum kāṟaṉūr kiḻava¡n! nākaṉ vēḷaṅ kōṉum niṉṟāṉ m¡u!vāyiravaṉum Ampalavaṉ niccaṉum cātta¡n! kūttāṭiyum cāttaṉ coṉum cātta¡n! kayi [********] m Ivvaṉaivōm Uḷḷiṭṭa Ūrōṁ It-tiruvavāṭutuṟai Uṭaiya mahādevaṟkku tirunon=tā-viḷakku 1 ṉukku nāṅkaḷ ceytu kuṭutta nila¡n! Eṅkaḷ¡u!r-t (t)eṉṟ’ ūril nakaṉ vāy y-eṉṟu pērkuvappaṭum vāykkāluk=kum eṉṟu per-kūvappaṭum vāykkāluk=ku teṟku Ik-kāṟaṉūr jeṣṭaiyār nilattukku mēṟkum Ik-kāṟaṉūr tiru-vaṅk¡i!śvaram-uṭaiya mahā-devar śrī-bali-p-puram-āṉa nilattukku vaṭakku
⟨10⟩ Ik-kāṟaṉūr-k kōnilattukku kiḻakkum Araṅkaṉ vāy eṉṟu pēr-kūvappaṭum vāykkalukku teṟku Āka Ivv-icaitta peru-nāṅk’ ellaiyilum Akappaṭṭa nila¡n! māḷikai-k-kōlāl ¡ṉ!ūṟu kuḻi koṇṭatu Oru mā v-āka Ulak’ aḷan=ta paṭi nilattiṉ k¡i!ḻ nilan 3 1⁄20 In-nilan muṉṟu māvum candrādit=tavaṟ Iṟaiyil nivan=tam āka-t tiru-nontā [********] 1 ṟu ceytu kuṭuttōm kāṟaṉūr Ivvaṉaivōm Uḷḷiṭṭa Ūrōm In-nilañ cuṭṭi-t tirukkoṟa-vācalil pō(nta) kuṭim(ai) Eppērppaṭṭatu In-nilan cuṭṭi vantu nāṅkaḷē kāttu-k kuṭukka In-nilan Iṟai-Iḻi Aṉupavittu It-tiru-nontā-viḷakku candrādit(=ta)vaṟ E(ri)kka Oru-kāl-āvatum Iru-kāl-¿a?vatum mu-k-kāl-āvatum Iṟai-
⟨11⟩ -Ili nivan=tām-āka-c candrādit=tavaṟ ceytu kuṭuttōm kāṟaṉūr kīḻavaṉ kāḷaṉ caṅkara-nārayaṇaṉum kāṟaṉūr kiḻavaṉ kaṉakaṉan=ti Aṭikaḷum kāṟaṉūr kiḻava¡n! civa¡n! tēvaṭikaḷum kāṟaṉūr kiḻavaṉ nākaṉ vēḷaṅ kōṉum niṉṟāṉ mūvāyiravaṉum Ampalavaṉ piccaṉum cāttaṉ kūttāṭiyum cāttaṉ can=tiraṉum cāttaṉ kayila [********] Ivvaṉaivōm Uḷḷiṭṭa Ūrōm Ivarkaḷ colla Ivv-āvaṇam Eḻuti¡n!ē¡n! Ik-kāṟaṉūr karaṇattāṉ vēl kovaṉ tāḻi civa Iraṇatt-ēṉ Ivai ye¡ṉṉ! eḻuttu Ip-paṭi Aṟivēṉ kavāli cuṟṟiyaṉ-āṉa kāṟaṉūr-p peruṅ-kollaṉ-ēṉ Ip-paṭi Aṟivē¡n! kāṟaṉūr kiḻavaṉ nākaṉ vēḷḷaṅ-kōṉ-ēṉ {Ip-pa}
⟨12⟩ (I)ppaṭi Āṟivēṉ niṉṟāṉ muvāyiravēṉ Ip-paṭi Āṟivēṉ kāṟaṉūr ki-
⟨13⟩ ḻava¡n! kan=tiyaṭikaḷe¡n! Itu panmaheśvara-rakṣai

First Part: year 6 of Rājendra Cōḻa

⟨Zone A⟩ ⟨1⟩ ↜ svasti śrī

1. Āciriyappā

tiru maṉṉi vaḷara Iru-nila-maṭa(n)=t⟨ai⟩yum

pōr-c-ceya-p-pāvaiyum c⟨ī⟩_r-t taṉi-c celviyun=

taṉ perun tēviyar āki y-iṉpuṟa

neṭutiyal ūḻiyuḷ Iṭaitu⟨ṟ⟩ai-nāṭun=

tuṭarvaṉa vē⟨l⟩i-p paṭar vaṉavāsiyuñ

cuḷḷi-c cūḻ-mati-ṭ koḷḷi-p-pākkaiyu⟨m⟩

naṇṇaṟk’ arumuraṇ maṇṇai-k kaṭakkamum

poru-kaṭal ⟨ī⟩ḻatt’ ariya⟨r⟩ tam muṭiyu[m]

Āṅkavar tēviyar Ōṅkeḻil muṭiyum

mu⟨ṉ⟩ṉavar pakkaṟ ṟeṉṉavar vaiytta

cun=taraṉ muṭiyum In=tiraṉ āramun

teṇṟicai Īḻa-maṇṭala-muḻu⟨va⟩tum

Eṟi-paṭai-k ⟨2⟩ kēralaṉ muṟaimaiyiṟ cūṭuṅ

kulataṉam ākiya palarpukaḻ muṭiyum

⟨c⟩eṅkatir mālaiyum (caṅ)katir vē⟨lai⟩-t

tol peruṅkāval palpaḻan= t⟨i⟩vu⟨m⟩

mā-p-poru taṇṭāṟ koṇṭa

kō-p-parakēsari-panmar-āṉa śrī-rājendra-cōḻa-devarkku yāṇṭu 6-Āvatu

Uyya-k-ko⟨ṇ⟩ṭār-vaḷanāṭṭu-t tiraim⟨ū⟩r-nāṭṭu brahmade⟨ya⟩m cāttaṉūr-ākiya Abhaiyāśraya-c-catu⟨r⟩vvedi-maṅkalattu-p peruṅ-kuṟi-p perumakkaḷōm Ivv-āṇṭu mithuna-nāyaṟṟu pū⟨r⟩vva-pakṣattu nāyaṟru-k kiḻamaiyum saptamiyu⟨m⟩ peṟṟa Uttiratti ṉāṉṟu tiru-vāvaṭu-tuṟai y-uṭaiyār kōyiliṉ vaṭa-pakkatt⟨u⟩ Ulak’ aḷan=tāṉ e⟨ṉ⟩ṟu pērkuvappaṭṭa māṭattilē kūṭṭa-k kuṟai v-aṟa-k kūṭi y-irun=tu śrī-tiru-vāvaṭu-tuṟai Iṉit’ eḻunt-aruḷiya tribhuvana-patikku ⟨3⟩ m⟨ū⟩labhr̥tyār-āṉa ⟨c⟩aṇḍeśvara-devaṟk=ku viṟṟu-k kuṭutta nilam āvatu

Eṅkaḷ⟨ū⟩r vaṭa-piṭakai ciṟṟāṉaiccūr U⟨y⟩ya-k-koṇṭāṉ eṉṟu pēr-kuvappaṭṭa katampa⟨ṉ⟩ vāykālukku vaṭakku sabhai-p potu-v-āṉa nilaṅkaḷ viṟṟu-k kuṭutta nilattukku-k

k⟨ī⟩ḻ-pāṟk’ ellai It-tēvar nilaṅkaḷ paḷḷi-t tām avar vaikkum pāṭupaṅkukku mēṟkun=
teṉ-pāṟk’ ellai Uyya-k koṇṭāṉ-āṉa kaṭampaṉ vāykkuṅ kaviṇ(i)yaṉ nār⟨ā⟩yaṇaṉ cēn=taṉ nilattukkuṅ kaviṇiya⟨ṉ⟩ muttā⟨ṉ⟩ paramēśvara⟨ṉ⟩ nilattukkum vaṭakkum
mēl-pāṟk’ ellai kavi⟨ṇ⟩iyaṉ muttattaṉ cōmaṉum kaviṇiyaṉ nan=ti nārāyaṇaṉum nilattukkum
⟨vaṭa⟩-pāṟk’ ellai It-tiru-v-āvaṭutuṟai y-uṭaiyār tiru-viḻā⟨Zone B⟩⟨4⟩v-eḻun=taruḷum vaḻikku-t teṟkum

In-nāṉk’ ellaiyuḷḷum Akappaṭṭa nilaṉ n⟨ī⟩r-nilamum puṉ-cey nilamum kuḷamum uṭpaṭa nilan 2 ¼ 3⁄20

In-nila⟨ṉ⟩ Iraṇṭē y-eṭṭu mā(vu)[m] nilam 2 ¼ (m) pu(ṉ ce ?)y n(i)la⟨ṉ⟩ [ca. 8+] nilan 2 ¼ 3⁄20

In-nilaṉ Iraṇṭē y-eṭṭu māvum m(i)kuti-k kuṟaimai Uḷḷ aṭaṅka Uṇ-ṇ(i)lam oḻiv’ iṉṟi-k kuṭi-y-oṭu kuṭi peṟum vi(lai) v(i)ṟṟu-k kuṭutta paric’ āvatu

In-nilattukku viḷai-p poruḷ kācu 10

Ik-kācu pattum In-nilattukku-c candrādittavaṟ sa[bhai]y(ō)mē Iṟai y-(i)ṟukka In-nilattukku Iṟai-kāvalukku sabhaiyōm koṇṭa kācu 100 9 10 Āka-k kācu 2 100 Ik-kācu Iru ⟨ṉ⟩ūṟum kai-c cela-k koṇṭu In-nila⟨ṉ⟩ candrādittavaṟ ⟨5⟩ Iṟai-Ili-y-āka viṟṟu-k kuṭuttōm sabhaiyōm

Ituvē vilai-y-āvaṇamum Iṟai-kāvaṟ pramāṇamum Āvat’ āka Oṭṭi-p pramāṇañ ceytu kuṭuttōm sabhaiyōm

Ip-paricu In-nilañ cuṭṭi van=ta Iṟaiyum Eccōṟum veṭṭi-vētiṉaiyum maṟṟum vācalil pōnta kuṭimai Eppērppaṭ(ṭ?)atum kāṭṭa pēṟātōm āka Oṭṭi v(i)ṟṟu-k kuṭuttōm sabhaiyōm

In-nila⟨ṉ⟩ Ip-paricu cempilum kallilum veṭṭi-k koḷ⟨ḷ⟩a-p peṟuvat’ ākavum

Ip-paricu tiru-v-āvaṭu-tuṟaiyiṉ tirun=t-aruḷiya tribhuvaṉa-patikku m⟨ū⟩labhr̥ty(ar-ā)ṉa ⟨c⟩aṇḍeśvara-devarkku cāttaṉūr-ākiya Abhaiyāśraya-c-caturvedi-maṅkalattu sabhaiyōm I(p)-par(i)cu pramāṇañ ceytu kuṭukka v-eṉṟu paṇittār kāmak⟨6⟩kāṇi Aṅki-nārāyaṇāṉum kāyaṭṭi-nārāyaṇāṉ tattaṉum kayaṭṭi kaṇṇaṉ paṟpaṉāpaṉum k⟨a⟩viṇiyaṉ Aṅki cēn=taṉum māṭalaṉ nārāyaṇa-kūttaṉum kavicikaṉ geṁgādharan kr̥ṣṇaṉum kāmakkāṇi nakka⟨ṉ⟩ vāsudevaṉum kavi(ṇi/ci)ya⟨ṉ⟩ śrī-dharaṉ nākaṉum pāratāyaṉ (ku/kr̥)ṣṇa⟨ṉ⟩ (pa)[ṟpaṉ]āpaṉum kavicika⟨ṉ⟩ putaṉ eḻuvayoṉum kāyaṭṭi [ca. 4+] kaṉum kaviciyaṉ tiru-c-citrakūṭaṉ nārāyaṇaṉum kaviciyaṉ Iḷaiyāṉ ⟨ta⟩tta⟨ṉ⟩ cōmaṉum kaviṇiya⟨ṉ⟩ (I)ḷaiya Aṅki-nārāyaṇaṉum kavic⟨i⟩yaṉ [ca. 4+] (ru?)vvāha⟨ṉ⟩ nārāyaṇaṉum kociya⟨ṉ⟩ nārā⟨yaṇa⟩ṉ Irāmaṉum kāyaṭṭi nārāyaṇaṉ svāmi nārāyaṇaṉum kaviciya⟨ṉ⟩ kēcava⟨ṉ⟩ nārāyaṇaṉum pāratāyaṉ nārāyaṇaṉ ka⟨ṇ⟩ṇaṉum ⟨Zone C⟩ ⟨7⟩ pāratayaṉ nārāyaṇaṉ ⟨su⟩brahmaṇya-devaṉum vācci(yaṉ) kaṇṭaṉ Araṅkaṉum kavicika⟨ṉ⟩ Iḷaiya pūtaṉ kaṇṇaṟum kocikaṉ muttataṉ cōmaṉum pāratāyaṉ cāttaṉ (Irā)kavaṉum kaviciyaṉ vāsudevaṉ svāmi nārāyaṇaṉum kaviṇiyaṉ caṅkara-naṅk[i]yum kavi[ṇi]yaṉ kan=tam pāṇṭaṉum kav[i]c[i]yaṉ na=nt(iṭa)ṉum [ca. 8+] (kaṇ)ṭaṉ tēvaṉ aṅkiyum pāratāyaṉ nārāyaṇaṉ Araṅkaṉum pāratāyaṉ kaṇṇa⟨ṉ⟩ cāttaṉum kaviṇiyaṉ divakaraṉ Araṅkaṉum kaviciyaṉ śrī-kurukūr nārāya⟨ṇa⟩ṉum kaviṇiyaṉ cēn=taṉan=tiyum kaviciyaṉ nantaṉ śrī-dharaṉum kāmakkāṇi paṟpan(āpa)ṉ vāsudevaṉum kav[i]ṇ[i]yaṉ nakkaṉ karumāṇ(i)kkamum Āka Ivvaṉaivaru⟨m⟩ ⟨8⟩ paṇiyāṟ paṇi kēṭṭu Eḻutiṉē⟨ṉ⟩ Ivv-ūr vai⟨kh⟩ānasa⟨ṉ⟩ kr̥ṣṇa⟨ṉ⟩ śrī-māraṉē⟨ṉ⟩ Ivai y-e⟨ṉ⟩ e⟨ḻu⟩ttu

Ip-paṭi Aṟivē⟨ṉ⟩ madhyasta⟨ṉ⟩ cōma⟨ṉ⟩ āṅkaṉē⟨ṉ⟩

Ip-paṭi Aṟivēṉ Ivv-ūr-t taṭṭāṉ ā [1+] (mu)t=ti Āyiravaṉ-ā⟨ṉ⟩a Ucita cin=tā[ma]ṇi-p perutaṭṭā⟨ṉ⟩ē⟨ṉ⟩

Ip-paṭi Aṟivēṉ Ivv-ūr veḷḷaṉ cilākuraṉ ciṅka⟨ṉ⟩ē⟨ṉ⟩

Ip-paricu E⟨ṉ⟩nuṭai n(i)lam (sabhaiyār) viṟka Iṟai [ca. 8+] ⟨ṉ⟩ kaviṇiyaṉan=ti-nār⟨ā⟩yaṇa⟨ṉ⟩ēṉ

Ip-paṭi Aṟivē⟨ṉ⟩ sarvvaṇa bhoyaṉ śrī-parvvata-veṇkāṭu tēva⟨ṉ⟩ē⟨ṉ⟩

Ip-paric’ oṭṭi y-iṭṭu-k kuṭuttē ṉ kaviṇiya⟨ṉ⟩ tatta-nārāyaṇaṉē⟨ṉ⟩

Ip-paricu paṇi kēṭṭ’ eḻutt’ iṭṭēṉ Ivv-ūr vēḷ kova⟨ṉ⟩ Ettār kuppaiyēṉ ↝

Second Part: year 5 of Rājendra Cōḻa

I⟨ṉṉ⟩um [Id]devarkkē yāṇṭu 5-Āvatu

Uyya-k-koṇṭār-vaḷanāṭṭu-t tiraim⟨ū⟩r-nāṭṭu ⟨9⟩ tiru-v-āvaṭu-tuṟai Uṭaiya mahādevarkku In-nāṭṭu-p pērāvūr-nāṭṭu-k kāṟaṉūr-kāṟaṉūrār kiḻavaṉ kāḷaṉ caṅkara-nārāyaṇaṉum kāṟaṉūr kiḻavaṉ kaṉan=ti Aṭikaḷum kāṟaṉūr kiḻava⟨ṉ⟩ civa⟨ṉ⟩ tēvaṭikaḷum kāṟaṉūr kiḻava⟨ṉ⟩ nākaṉ vēḷaṅ kōṉum niṉṟāṉ m⟨ū⟩vāyiravaṉum Ampalavaṉ niccaṉum cātta⟨ṉ⟩ kūttāṭiyum cāttaṉ coṉum cātta⟨ṉ⟩ kayi [ca. 8+] m Ivvaṉaivōm Uḷḷiṭṭa Ūrōṁ It-tiruvavāṭutuṟai Uṭaiya mahādevaṟkku tirunon=tā-viḷakku 1 ṉukku nāṅkaḷ ceytu kuṭutta nila⟨ṉ⟩

Eṅkaḷ⟨ū⟩r-t (t)eṉṟ’ ūril nakaṉ vāy y-eṉṟu pērkuvappaṭum vāykkāluk=kum eṉṟu per-kūvappaṭum vāykkāluk=ku teṟku Ik-kāṟaṉūr jeṣṭaiyār nilattukku mēṟkum Ik-kāṟaṉūr tiru-vaṅk⟨ī⟩śvaram-uṭaiya mahā-devar śrī-bali-p-puram-āṉa nilattukku vaṭakku ⟨10⟩ Ik-kāṟaṉūr-k kōnilattukku kiḻakkum Araṅkaṉ vāy eṉṟu pēr-kūvappaṭum vāykkalukku teṟku Āka Ivv-icaitta peru-nāṅk’ ellaiyilum Akappaṭṭa nila⟨ṉ⟩ māḷikai-k-kōlāl ⟨n⟩ūṟu kuḻi koṇṭatu Oru mā v-āka Ulak’ aḷan=ta paṭi nilattiṉ k⟨ī⟩ḻ nilan 3 1⁄20

In-nilan muṉṟu māvum candrādit=tavaṟ Iṟaiyil nivan=tam āka-t tiru-nontā [ca. 8+] 1 ṟu ceytu kuṭuttōm kāṟaṉūr Ivvaṉaivōm Uḷḷiṭṭa Ūrōm In-nilañ cuṭṭi-t tirukkoṟa-vācalil pō(nta) kuṭim(ai) Eppērppaṭṭatu In-nilan cuṭṭi vantu nāṅkaḷē kāttu-k kuṭukka In-nilan Iṟai-Iḻi Aṉupavittu It-tiru-nontā-viḷakku candrādit(=ta)vaṟ E(ri)kka Oru-kāl-āvatum Iru-kāl-⟨ā⟩vatum mu-k-kāl-āvatum Iṟai⟨11⟩-Ili nivan=tām-āka-c candrādit=tavaṟ ceytu kuṭuttōm kāṟaṉūr kīḻavaṉ kāḷaṉ caṅkara-nārayaṇaṉum kāṟaṉūr kiḻavaṉ kaṉakaṉan=ti Aṭikaḷum kāṟaṉūr kiḻava⟨ṉ⟩ civa⟨ṉ⟩ tēvaṭikaḷum kāṟaṉūr kiḻavaṉ nākaṉ vēḷaṅ kōṉum niṉṟāṉ mūvāyiravaṉum Ampalavaṉ piccaṉum cāttaṉ kūttāṭiyum cāttaṉ can=tiraṉum cāttaṉ kayila [ca. 8+] Ivvaṉaivōm Uḷḷiṭṭa Ūrōm Ivarkaḷ colla Ivv-āvaṇam Eḻuti⟨ṉ⟩ē⟨ṉ⟩ Ik-kāṟaṉūr karaṇattāṉ vēl kovaṉ tāḻi civa Iraṇatt-ēṉ

Ivai ye⟨ṉ⟩ eḻuttu

Ip-paṭi Aṟivēṉ kavāli cuṟṟiyaṉ-āṉa kāṟaṉūr-p peruṅ-kollaṉ-ēṉ

Ip-paṭi Aṟivē⟨ṉ⟩ kāṟaṉūr kiḻavaṉ nākaṉ vēḷḷaṅ-kōṉ-ēṉ

⟨12⟩ (I)ppaṭi Āṟivēṉ niṉṟāṉ muvāyiravēṉ

Ip-paṭi Āṟivēṉ kāṟaṉūr ki⟨13⟩ḻava⟨ṉ⟩ kan=tiyaṭikaḷe⟨ṉ⟩

Itu panmaheśvara-rakṣai

First Part: year 6 of Rājendra Cōḻa

⟨Zone A⟩ ⟨1⟩ ↜ svasti śrī

1. Āciriyappā

tiru maṉṉi vaḷara Iru-nila-maṭa(n)=t¿e?⟨ai⟩yum

pōr-c-ceya-p-pāvaiyum c¡i!⟨ī⟩_r-t taṉi-c celviyun=

taṉ perun tēviyar āki y-iṉpuṟa

neṭutiyal ūḻiyuḷ Iṭaitu¿t?⟨ṟ⟩ai-nāṭun=

tuṭarvaṉa vē¡r!⟨l⟩i-p paṭar vaṉavāsiyuñ

cuḷḷi-c cūḻ-mati-ṭ koḷḷi-p-pākkaiyu⟨m⟩

naṇṇaṟk’ arumuraṇ maṇṇai-k kaṭakkamum

poru-kaṭal ¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻatt’ ariya⟨r⟩ tam muṭiyu[m]{u}

Āṅkavar tēviyar Ōṅkeḻil muṭiyum

mu¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ṉavar pakkaṟ ṟeṉṉavar vaiytta

cun=taraṉ muṭiyum In=tiraṉ āramun

teṇṟicai Īḻa-maṇṭala-muḻu⟨va⟩tum

Eṟi-paṭai-k ⟨2⟩ kēralaṉ muṟaimaiyiṟ cūṭuṅ

kulataṉam ākiya palarpukaḻ muṭiyum

⟨c⟩eṅkatir mālaiyum (caṅ)katir vē⟨lai⟩-t

tol peruṅkāval palpaḻan= t¡ī!⟨i⟩vu⟨m⟩

mā-p-poru taṇṭāṟ koṇṭa

kō-p-parakēsari-panmar-āṉa śrī-rājendra-cōḻa-devarkku yāṇṭu 6-Āvatu

Uyya-k-ko⟨ṇ⟩ṭār-vaḷanāṭṭu-t tiraim¡u!⟨ū⟩r-nāṭṭu brahmade⟨ya⟩m cāttaṉūr-ākiya Abhaiyāśraya-c-catu⟨r⟩vvedi-maṅkalattu-p peruṅ-kuṟi-p perumakkaḷōm Ivv-āṇṭu mithuna-nāyaṟṟu pū⟨r⟩vva-pakṣattu nāyaṟru-k kiḻamaiyum saptamiyu⟨m⟩ peṟṟa Uttiratti ṉāṉṟu tiru-vāvaṭu-tuṟai y-uṭaiyār kōyiliṉ vaṭa-pakkatt¿a?⟨u⟩ Ulak’ aḷan=tāṉ e⟨ṉ⟩ṟu pērkuvappaṭṭa māṭattilē kūṭṭa-k kuṟai v-aṟa-k kūṭi y-irun=tu śrī-tiru-vāvaṭu-tuṟai Iṉit’ eḻunt-aruḷiya tribhuvana-patikku ⟨3⟩ m¡u!⟨ū⟩labhr̥tyār-āṉa ¿ś?⟨c⟩aṇḍeśvara-devaṟk=ku viṟṟu-k kuṭutta nilam āvatu

Eṅkaḷ¡u!⟨ū⟩r vaṭa-piṭakai ciṟṟāṉaiccūr U⟨y⟩ya-k-koṇṭāṉ eṉṟu pēr-kuvappaṭṭa katampa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ vāykālukku vaṭakku sabhai-p potu-v-āṉa nilaṅkaḷ viṟṟu-k kuṭutta nilattukku-k

k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ-pāṟk’ ellai It-tēvar nilaṅkaḷ paḷḷi-t tām avar vaikkum pāṭupaṅkukku mēṟkun=
teṉ-pāṟk’ ellai Uyya-k koṇṭāṉ-āṉa kaṭampaṉ vāykkuṅ kaviṇ(i)yaṉ nār¿a?⟨ā⟩yaṇaṉ cēn=taṉ nilattukkuṅ kaviṇiya¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ muttā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ paramēśvara¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ nilattukkum vaṭakkum
mēl-pāṟk’ ellai kavi¡ṉ!⟨ṇ⟩iyaṉ muttattaṉ cōmaṉum kaviṇiyaṉ nan=ti nārāyaṇaṉum nilattukkum
¿k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ?⟨vaṭa⟩-pāṟk’ ellai It-tiru-v-āvaṭutuṟai y-uṭaiyār tiru-viḻā⟨Zone B⟩⟨4⟩v-eḻun=taruḷum vaḻikku-t teṟkum

In-nāṉk’ ellaiyuḷḷum Akappaṭṭa nilaṉ n¡i!⟨ī⟩r-nilamum puṉ-cey nilamum kuḷamum uṭpaṭa nilan 2 ¼ 3⁄20

In-nila¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ Iraṇṭē y-eṭṭu mā(vu)[m] nilam 2 ¼ (m) pu(ṉ ce ?)y n(i)la¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ [ca. 8+] nilan 2 ¼ 3⁄20

In-nilaṉ Iraṇṭē y-eṭṭu māvum m(i)kuti-k kuṟaimai Uḷḷ aṭaṅka Uṇ-ṇ(i)lam oḻiv’ iṉṟi-k kuṭi-y-oṭu kuṭi peṟum vi(lai) v(i)ṟṟu-k kuṭutta paric’ āvatu

In-nilattukku viḷai-p poruḷ kācu 10

Ik-kācu pattum In-nilattukku-c candrādittavaṟ sa[bhai]y(ō)mē Iṟai y-(i)ṟukka In-nilattukku Iṟai-kāvalukku sabhaiyōm koṇṭa kācu 100 9 10 Āka-k kācu 2 100 Ik-kācu Iru ¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ūṟum kai-c cela-k koṇṭu In-nila¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ candrādittavaṟ ⟨5⟩ Iṟai-Ili-y-āka viṟṟu-k kuṭuttōm sabhaiyōm

Ituvē vilai-y-āvaṇamum Iṟai-kāvaṟ pramāṇamum Āvat’ āka Oṭṭi-p pramāṇañ ceytu kuṭuttōm sabhaiyōm

In-nila¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ Ip-paricu cempilum kallilum veṭṭi-k koḷ⟨ḷ⟩a-p peṟuvat’ ākavum

Ip-paricu tiru-v-āvaṭu-tuṟaiyiṉ tirun=t-aruḷiya tribhuvaṉa-patikku m¡u!⟨ū⟩labhr̥ty(ar-ā)ṉa ¿ś?⟨c⟩aṇḍeśvara-devarkku cāttaṉūr-ākiya Abhaiyāśraya-c-caturvedi-maṅkalattu sabhaiyōm I(p)-par(i)cu pramāṇañ ceytu kuṭukka v-eṉṟu paṇittār kāmak⟨6⟩kāṇi Aṅki-nārāyaṇāṉum kāyaṭṭi-nārāyaṇāṉ tattaṉum kayaṭṭi kaṇṇaṉ paṟpaṉāpaṉum k¿i?⟨a⟩viṇiyaṉ Aṅki cēn=taṉum māṭalaṉ nārāyaṇa-kūttaṉum kavicikaṉ geṁgādharan kr̥ṣṇaṉum kāmakkāṇi nakka¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ vāsudevaṉum kavi(ṇi/ci)ya¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ śrī-dharaṉ nākaṉum pāratāyaṉ (ku/kr̥)ṣṇa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ (pa)[ṟpaṉ]āpaṉum kavicika¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ putaṉ eḻuvayoṉum kāyaṭṭi [ca. 4+] kaṉum kaviciyaṉ tiru-c-citrakūṭaṉ nārāyaṇaṉum kaviciyaṉ Iḷaiyāṉ ⟨ta⟩tta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ cōmaṉum kaviṇiya¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ (I)ḷaiya Aṅki-nārāyaṇaṉum kavic¿a?⟨i⟩yaṉ [ca. 4+] (ru?)vvāha¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ nārāyaṇaṉum kociya¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ nārā¿ṇaya?⟨yaṇa⟩ṉ Irāmaṉum kāyaṭṭi nārāyaṇaṉ svāmi nārāyaṇaṉum kaviciya¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ kēcava¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ nārāyaṇaṉum pāratāyaṉ nārāyaṇaṉ ka⟨ṇ⟩ṇaṉum ⟨Zone C⟩ ⟨7⟩ pāratayaṉ nārāyaṇaṉ ⟨su⟩brahmaṇya-devaṉum vācci(yaṉ) kaṇṭaṉ Araṅkaṉum kavicika¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ Iḷaiya pūtaṉ kaṇṇaṟum kocikaṉ muttataṉ cōmaṉum pāratāyaṉ cāttaṉ (Irā)kavaṉum kaviciyaṉ vāsudevaṉ svāmi nārāyaṇaṉum kaviṇiyaṉ caṅkara-naṅk[i]yum kavi[ṇi]yaṉ kan=tam pāṇṭaṉum kav[i]c[i]yaṉ na=nt(iṭa)ṉum [ca. 8+] (kaṇ)ṭaṉ tēvaṉ aṅkiyum pāratāyaṉ nārāyaṇaṉ Araṅkaṉum pāratāyaṉ kaṇṇa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ cāttaṉum kaviṇiyaṉ divakaraṉ Araṅkaṉum kaviciyaṉ śrī-kurukūr nārāya⟨ṇa⟩ṉum kaviṇiyaṉ cēn=taṉan=tiyum kaviciyaṉ nantaṉ śrī-dharaṉum kāmakkāṇi paṟpan(āpa)ṉ vāsudevaṉum kav[i]ṇ[i]yaṉ {n}nakkaṉ karumāṇ(i)kkamum Āka Ivvaṉaivaru⟨m⟩ ⟨8⟩ paṇiyāṟ paṇi kēṭṭu Eḻutiṉē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ Ivv-ūr vai¡gh!⟨kh⟩ānasa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ kr̥ṣṇa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ śrī-māraṉē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ Ivai y-e¡ṉn!⟨ṉ⟩ e⟨ḻu⟩ttu

Ip-paṭi Aṟivē¿l?⟨ṉ⟩ ma{t}dhyasta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ cōma¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ āṅkaṉē⟨ṉ⟩

Ip-paṭi Aṟivēṉ Ivv-ūr-t taṭṭāṉ ā [1+] (mu)t=ti Āyiravaṉ-ā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a Ucita cin=tā[ma]ṇi-p perutaṭṭā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩

Ip-paṭi Aṟivēṉ Ivv-ūr veḷḷaṉ cilākuraṉ ciṅka¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩

Ip-paricu E¡n!⟨ṉ⟩nuṭai n(i)lam (sabhaiyār) viṟka Iṟai [ca. 8+] ¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ kaviṇiyaṉan=ti-nār¿a?⟨ā⟩yaṇa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ēṉ

Ip-paṭi Aṟivē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ sarvvaṇa bhoyaṉ śrī-parvvata-veṇkāṭu tēva¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩

Ip-paric’ oṭṭi y-iṭṭu-k kuṭuttē ṉ kaviṇiya¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ tatta-nārāyaṇaṉē⟨ṉ⟩

Ip-paricu paṇi kēṭṭ’ eḻutt’ iṭṭēṉ Ivv-ūr vēḷ kova¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ Ettār kuppaiyēṉ ↝

Second Part: year 5 of Rājendra Cōḻa

I¡nn!⟨ṉṉ⟩um [Id]devarkkē yāṇṭu 5-Āvatu

Uyya-k-koṇṭār-vaḷanāṭṭu-t tiraim¡u!⟨ū⟩r-nāṭṭu ⟨9⟩ tiru-v-āvaṭu-tuṟai Uṭaiya mahādevarkku In-nāṭṭu-p pērāvūr-nāṭṭu-k kāṟaṉūr-kāṟaṉūrār kiḻavaṉ kāḷaṉ caṅkara-nārāyaṇaṉum kāṟaṉūr kiḻavaṉ kaṉan=ti Aṭikaḷum kāṟaṉūr kiḻava¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ civa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ tēvaṭikaḷum kāṟaṉūr kiḻava¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ nākaṉ vēḷaṅ kōṉum niṉṟāṉ m¡u!⟨ū⟩vāyiravaṉum Ampalavaṉ niccaṉum cātta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ kūttāṭiyum cāttaṉ coṉum cātta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ kayi [ca. 8+] m Ivvaṉaivōm Uḷḷiṭṭa Ūrōṁ It-tiruvavāṭutuṟai Uṭaiya mahādevaṟkku tirunon=tā-viḷakku 1 ṉukku nāṅkaḷ ceytu kuṭutta nila¡n!⟨ṉ⟩

Eṅkaḷ¡u!⟨ū⟩r-t (t)eṉṟ’ ūril nakaṉ vāy y-eṉṟu pērkuvappaṭum vāykkāluk=kum eṉṟu per-kūvappaṭum vāykkāluk=ku teṟku Ik-kāṟaṉūr jeṣṭaiyār nilattukku mēṟkum Ik-kāṟaṉūr tiru-vaṅk¡i!⟨ī⟩śvaram-uṭaiya mahā-devar śrī-bali-p-puram-āṉa nilattukku vaṭakku ⟨10⟩ Ik-kāṟaṉūr-k kōnilattukku kiḻakkum Araṅkaṉ vāy eṉṟu pēr-kūvappaṭum vāykkalukku teṟku Āka Ivv-icaitta peru-nāṅk’ ellaiyilum Akappaṭṭa nila¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ māḷikai-k-kōlāl ¡ṉ!⟨n⟩ūṟu kuḻi koṇṭatu Oru mā v-āka Ulak’ aḷan=ta paṭi nilattiṉ k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ nilan 3 1⁄20

In-nilan muṉṟu māvum candrādit=tavaṟ Iṟaiyil nivan=tam āka-t tiru-nontā [ca. 8+] 1 ṟu ceytu kuṭuttōm kāṟaṉūr Ivvaṉaivōm Uḷḷiṭṭa Ūrōm In-nilañ cuṭṭi-t tirukkoṟa-vācalil pō(nta) kuṭim(ai) Eppērppaṭṭatu In-nilan cuṭṭi vantu nāṅkaḷē kāttu-k kuṭukka In-nilan Iṟai-Iḻi Aṉupavittu It-tiru-nontā-viḷakku candrādit(=ta)vaṟ E(ri)kka Oru-kāl-āvatum Iru-kāl-¿a?⟨ā⟩vatum mu-k-kāl-āvatum Iṟai⟨11⟩-Ili nivan=tām-āka-c candrādit=tavaṟ ceytu kuṭuttōm kāṟaṉūr kīḻavaṉ kāḷaṉ caṅkara-nārayaṇaṉum kāṟaṉūr kiḻavaṉ kaṉakaṉan=ti Aṭikaḷum kāṟaṉūr kiḻava¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ civa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ tēvaṭikaḷum kāṟaṉūr kiḻavaṉ nākaṉ vēḷaṅ kōṉum niṉṟāṉ mūvāyiravaṉum Ampalavaṉ piccaṉum cāttaṉ kūttāṭiyum cāttaṉ can=tiraṉum cāttaṉ kayila [ca. 8+] Ivvaṉaivōm Uḷḷiṭṭa Ūrōm Ivarkaḷ colla Ivv-āvaṇam Eḻuti¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ Ik-kāṟaṉūr karaṇattāṉ vēl kovaṉ tāḻi civa Iraṇatt-ēṉ

Ivai ye¡ṉṉ!⟨ṉ⟩ eḻuttu

Ip-paṭi Aṟivēṉ kavāli cuṟṟiyaṉ-āṉa kāṟaṉūr-p peruṅ-kollaṉ-ēṉ

Ip-paṭi Aṟivē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ kāṟaṉūr kiḻavaṉ nākaṉ vēḷḷaṅ-kōṉ-ēṉ {Ip-pa}

⟨12⟩ (I)ppaṭi Āṟivēṉ niṉṟāṉ muvāyiravēṉ

Ip-paṭi Āṟivēṉ kāṟaṉūr ki⟨13⟩ḻava¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ kan=tiyaṭikaḷe¡n!⟨ṉ⟩

Itu panmaheśvara-rakṣai

Apparatus

⟨7⟩ na=nt(iṭa)ṉum [8+] • The gap here and in the following lines is due to the later insertion of the praṇāla (gutter, drain) for the libation waters from the garbagr̥ha.

Translation

First Part: year 6 of Rājendra

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨2⟩ 6th year of the glorious king Rājendra Cōḻa alias the king Parakesarivarman

⟨1–2⟩ who took ... [meykkīrtti of Rājendra I Cōḻa].

...

Second Part: year 5 of ...

⟨8⟩ Moreover, in 5th year of this king.

...

⟨13⟩ This ⟨is under⟩ the protection of the many great devotees of Īśvara.¹

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1924–25 (ARIE/1924-1925/B/1925/102).

This edition 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).

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 102.

Notes

1. That is, Śiva.

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kaviṇiyaṉ cēn=taṉan=tiyum

kaviciyaṉ nantaṉ <hi rend="grantha">śrī-dha</hi>raṉum

kāmakkāṇi paṟpan<hi rend="check"><unclear>āpa</unclear></hi>ṉ vā<hi rend="grantha">sude</hi>vaṉum

kav<supplied reason="lost">i</supplied>ṇ<supplied reason="lost">i</supplied>yaṉ <surplus>n</surplus>nakkaṉ karumāṇ<unclear>i</unclear>kkamum

Āka

Ivvaṉaivaru<supplied reason="subaudible">m</supplied>

<lb n="8"/>paṇiyāṟ paṇi kēṭṭu Eḻutiṉē<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> Ivv-ūr vai<hi rend="grantha"><choice><orig>gh</orig><reg>kh</reg></choice>ā</hi>nasa<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> <hi rend="grantha">kr̥ṣṇa</hi><choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> <hi rend="grantha">śrī</hi>-māraṉē<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> Ivai y-e<choice><orig>ṉn</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> e<supplied reason="omitted">ḻu</supplied>ttu

Ip-paṭi Aṟivē<choice><sic>l</sic><corr>ṉ</corr></choice> <hi rend="grantha">ma<surplus>t</surplus>dhyasta</hi><choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> cōma<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> āṅkaṉē<supplied reason="omitted">ṉ</supplied>

Ip-paṭi Aṟivēṉ Ivv-ūr-t taṭṭāṉ <hi rend="check">ā <gap reason="lost" quantity="1" unit="character"/> <unclear>mu</unclear>t=ti</hi> Āyiravaṉ-ā<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>a Ucita cin=tā<supplied reason="lost">ma</supplied>ṇi-p perutaṭṭā<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>ē<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>

Ip-paṭi Aṟivēṉ Ivv-ūr veḷḷaṉ cilākuraṉ ciṅka<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>ē<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>

Ip-paricu E<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>nuṭai n<unclear>i</unclear>lam <hi rend="grantha"><unclear>sabhaiyār</unclear></hi> viṟka Iṟai

<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> kaviṇiyaṉan=ti-nār<choice><sic>a</sic><corr>ā</corr></choice>yaṇa<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>ēṉ

Ip-paṭi Aṟivē<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> <hi rend="grantha">sarvva</hi>ṇa <hi rend="grantha">bho</hi>yaṉ <hi rend="grantha">śrī</hi>-parvvata-veṇkāṭu tēva<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>ē<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>

Ip-paric’ oṭṭi y-iṭṭu-k kuṭuttē ṉ kaviṇiya<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> tatta-nārāyaṇaṉē<supplied reason="omitted">ṉ</supplied>

Ip-paricu paṇi kēṭṭ’ eḻutt’ iṭṭēṉ Ivv-ūr vēḷ <hi rend="check">kova<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> Ettār</hi>

kuppaiyēṉ <g ref="sym:flourish-taperOut" type="punctuation">.</g>

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<head xml:lang="eng">Second Part: year 5 of Rājendra Cōḻa</head>

I<choice><orig>nn</orig><reg>ṉṉ</reg></choice>um <hi rend="grantha"><supplied reason="lost">Id</supplied>de</hi>varkkē yāṇṭu 5-Āvatu

Uyya-k-koṇṭār-vaḷanāṭṭu-t tiraim<choice><orig>u</orig><reg>ū</reg></choice>r-nāṭṭu

<lb n="9"/>tiru-v-āvaṭu-tuṟai Uṭaiya <hi rend="grantha">mahāde</hi>varkku In-nāṭṭu-p pērāvūr-nāṭṭu-k kāṟaṉūr-kāṟaṉūrār kiḻavaṉ kāḷaṉ caṅkara-nārāyaṇaṉum kāṟaṉūr kiḻavaṉ <hi rend="check">ka</hi>ṉan=ti Aṭikaḷum kāṟaṉūr kiḻava<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> civa<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> tēvaṭikaḷum kāṟaṉūr kiḻava<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> nākaṉ vēḷaṅ kōṉum niṉṟāṉ m<choice><orig>u</orig><reg>ū</reg></choice>vāyiravaṉum Ampalavaṉ niccaṉum cātta<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> kūttāṭiyum cāttaṉ coṉum cātta<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> kayi

m Ivvaṉaivōm Uḷḷiṭṭa Ūrōṁ It-tiruvavāṭutuṟai Uṭaiya ma<hi rend="grantha">hāde</hi>vaṟkku tirunon=tā-viḷakku 1 ṉukku nāṅkaḷ ceytu kuṭutta nila<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>

<hi rend="check">Eṅkaḷ<choice><orig>u</orig><reg>ū</reg></choice>r-t <unclear>t</unclear>eṉṟ’ ūril</hi>

nakaṉ vāy y-eṉṟu pērkuvappaṭum vāykkāluk=kum eṉṟu per-kūvappaṭum vāykkāluk=ku teṟku Ik-kāṟaṉūr <hi rend="grantha">jeṣṭai</hi>yār nilattukku mēṟkum Ik-kāṟaṉūr tiru-vaṅk<choice><orig>i</orig><reg>ī</reg></choice><hi rend="grantha">śva</hi>ram-uṭaiya ma<hi rend="grantha">hā-de</hi>var <hi rend="grantha">śrī-ba</hi>li-p-puram-āṉa nilattukku vaṭakku

<lb n="10"/>Ik-kāṟaṉūr-k kōnilattukku kiḻakkum Araṅkaṉ vāy eṉṟu pēr-kūvappaṭum vāykkalukku teṟku

Āka

Ivv-icaitta peru-nāṅk’ ellaiyilum Akappaṭṭa nila<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> māḷikai-k-kōlāl <choice><orig>ṉ</orig><reg>n</reg></choice>ūṟu kuḻi koṇṭatu Oru mā v-āka

Ulak’ aḷan=ta paṭi nilattiṉ k<choice><orig>i</orig><reg>ī</reg></choice>ḻ nilan 3 <g type="numeral">1/20</g>

In-nilan muṉṟu māvum ca<hi rend="grantha">ndrādi</hi>t=tavaṟ Iṟaiyil nivan=tam āka-t tiru-nontā

1 ṟu ceytu kuṭuttōm kāṟaṉūr Ivvaṉaivōm Uḷḷiṭṭa Ūrōm In-nilañ cuṭṭi-t tirukkoṟa-vācalil pō<unclear>nta</unclear> kuṭim<unclear>ai</unclear> Eppērppaṭṭatu In-nilan cuṭṭi vantu nāṅkaḷē kāttu-k kuṭukka In-nilan Iṟai-Iḻi Aṉupavittu It-tiru-nontā-viḷakku <hi rend="grantha">candrādi</hi>t<unclear>=ta</unclear>vaṟ E<unclear>ri</unclear>kka Oru-kāl-āvatum Iru-kāl-<choice><sic>a</sic><corr>ā</corr></choice>vatum mu-k-kāl-āvatum Iṟai

<lb n="11" break="no"/>-Ili nivan=tām-āka-c can<hi rend="grantha">drādi</hi>t=tavaṟ ceytu kuṭuttōm

kāṟaṉūr kīḻavaṉ kāḷaṉ caṅkara-nārayaṇaṉum

kāṟaṉūr kiḻavaṉ kaṉakaṉan=ti Aṭikaḷum

kāṟaṉūr kiḻava<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> civa<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> tēvaṭikaḷum

kāṟaṉūr kiḻavaṉ nākaṉ vēḷaṅ kōṉum

niṉṟāṉ mūvāyiravaṉum

Ampalavaṉ piccaṉum

cāttaṉ kūttāṭiyum

cāttaṉ can=tiraṉum

cāttaṉ kayila

Ivvaṉaivōm Uḷḷiṭṭa Ūrōm Ivarkaḷ colla Ivv-āvaṇam Eḻuti<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>ē<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> Ik-kāṟaṉūr karaṇattāṉ vēl kovaṉ tāḻi civa Iraṇatt-ēṉ

Ivai ye<choice><orig>ṉṉ</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> eḻuttu

Ip-paṭi Aṟivēṉ kavāli cuṟṟiyaṉ-āṉa kāṟaṉūr-p peruṅ-kollaṉ-ēṉ

Ip-paṭi Aṟivē<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> kāṟaṉūr kiḻavaṉ nākaṉ vēḷḷaṅ-kōṉ-ēṉ <surplus>Ip-pa</surplus>

<lb n="12"/><unclear>I</unclear>ppaṭi Āṟivēṉ niṉṟāṉ muvāyiravēṉ

Ip-paṭi Āṟivēṉ kāṟaṉūr ki<lb n="13" break="no"/>ḻava<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> kan=tiyaṭikaḷe<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>

Itu pa<hi rend="grantha">nmaheśva</hi>ra-ra<hi rend="grantha">kṣai</hi>

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

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<head xml:lang="eng">First Part: year 6 of Rājendra</head>

Prosperity! Fortune!

6th year of the glorious king Rājendra Cōḻa alias the king Parakesarivarman

who took ... [<foreign>meykkīrtti</foreign> of Rājendra I Cōḻa].

...

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<head xml:lang="eng">Second Part: year 5 of ...</head>

Moreover, in 5th year of this king.

...

This <supplied reason="subaudible">is under</supplied> the protection of the many great devotees of Īśvara.<note>That is, Śiva.</note>

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This edition 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).

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