Tiruvāvaṭutuṟai, Gomuktīśvara temple, time of Rājarāja Rājakesarivarman, year 16

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

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

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

Repository: Tiruvāvaṭutuṟai (tfa-tiruvavatuturai-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTiruvavatuturai10105.

File path: DHARMA_INSTiruvavatuturai10105.xml.

Version: 2026-08-21 18:06 (41737c1), last modified 2026-08-14 13:24 (1479bb0).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī tiru-makaḷ pōla-p peru-nila-c-celviyun ta[ṉakkē y-urimai pūṇṭamai maṉa-k-koḷa-k] kāntaḷūr-c cālai kalam a[ṟu]tt’ aruḷi vēṅkai-nāṭum kaṅka-pāṭiyu⟨m⟩ nuḷampa-pāṭiyum taṭikai vaḻiyuṅ [kuṭamalai nāṭuṅ] kollamuṅ kaliṅkamuṅ tiṇ ṭiṟal veṉṟi taṇṭāṟ koṇṭu ta¡ṉṉ! eḻil vaḷar Ūḻ[iyuḷ y-e]llā yāṇṭum toḻutaka viḷaṅkum yāṇṭē ceḻi-
⟨2⟩ yarai-t tēcu koḷ kō-v-irāja-rāja-rāja-kēcari-panmaṟku yāṇṭu 10 6-Āvatu teṉ-karai-t tiruvaḻuntūr-nāṭṭu brahmadeyam ciṟṟāṉaiccūr sabhaiyōṅ kai-¡yy!-eḻuttu tiraimūr-nāṭṭu-p brahmadeyaṅ cātta¡n!ūr tiruvāṭutuṟai mahādevark=ku mūlabhṛtyaṉ-āṉa caṇḍeśv¿ā?ra-kaiyyāl (nā)ṅkaḷ koṇṭu kaṭaviya poṉ kaḻaiñciṟ pēr{t}ttu kācuk=ku muk=kālē muṉṟu mañcāṭi-y-āka koṇṭa poṉ 2 10 7 m [***] ṅ
⟨3⟩ koṇṭu kaṭavōm Ip-poṉ koṇṭa paric-āvatu ...
⟨4⟩ ...
⟨5⟩ ...
⟨6⟩ ...

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ (nā)ṅkaḷ • The ASI transcript reads: yāṅkaḷ.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨2⟩ 16th year of the king Rājarāja Rājakesarivarman,

⟨1–2⟩ who took (koḷ) ... [meykkīrtti (7 aṭis) of Rājarāja I Cōḻa]

⟨2–6⟩ ...

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1924–25 as part of ARIE/1924-1925/B/1925/105.

Edited here by Emmanuel Francis, based on photos (E. Francis, 2024), and ASI transcript and estampage available on BharatSHRI, Bharat Shared Repository of Inscriptions (“AR_B0105_1924-25” 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 24, appendix B/1925, item 105.

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