Tiruvāvaṭutuṟai, Gomuktīśvara temple, time of Parakesarivarman, year 3

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

Summary: Land donation by Kaṟṟaḷi Piccaṉ for appointing reciter(s) of hymns, supplier(s) of water for sacred bath of the idol, and drummer(s).

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

Repository: Tiruvāvaṭutuṟai (tfa-tiruvavatuturai-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTiruvavatuturai10139.

File path: DHARMA_INSTiruvavatuturai10139.xml.

Version: 2026-08-21 18:06 (41737c1), last modified 2026-07-26 15:35 (c54f171).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī kō-p-parakēsar(i)-
⟨2⟩ panma⟨r⟩k=k¡i! yāṇṭu 3-Āva-
⟨3⟩ tu tiru-vāṭutuṟai-k kaṟ-
⟨4⟩ ṟaḷi-p-picca¡n!-ēṉ ciṟṟā-
⟨5⟩ ṉaiccūr ¡n!āṉ vilai-k-
⟨6⟩ -ka(r)a-k koṇṭa mēṟpula-
⟨7⟩ ttu vaṭakk’ aṭaiya-t tiru-p-
⟨7⟩ -patiyam pāṭuvār oruvaṟ-
⟨9⟩ ku Aṟu māvum Itaṉ te-
⟨10⟩ ṟk’ aṭaiya-k kāṟ cey tiru-
⟨11⟩ -mañcaṉam aṭṭuv[ā]rkku kālu-
⟨12⟩ m Itaṉ teṟk’ aṭaiya-t tiru-
⟨13⟩ -Uvaccakaḷukku tāraṇi-paṭakattuk=ku
⟨14⟩ kālu¡mm! ā⟨⟨ka⟩⟩ ¡ṉ!ivantañ cey-
⟨15⟩ tu kuṭuttēṉ kaṟṟaḷi-p-pi-
⟨16⟩ cca¡n!-ē¡n! Itu panmāhe-
⟨17⟩ śvara-r¿i?kṣai

Apparatus

⟨6⟩ °ka(r)ak° ⬦ °kaṟak° SII.

⟨11⟩ aṭṭuv[ā]rkku ⬦ aṭṭuvārkku SII.

⟨14⟩ kālu¡mm!⟨m⟩ ⬦ kālum SII.

⟨17⟩ °r¿i?⟨a⟩kṣai ⬦ °rakṣai SII.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–3⟩ 3rd year of the king Parakesarivarman.

⟨3–16⟩ So that there be (āka), ⟨from the land⟩, which I, Kaṟṟaḷi Piccaṉ ⟨of⟩ Tiruvāṭutuṟai have bought ⟨in⟩ Ciṟṟāṉaiccūr:

where it reaches to the north of the western rice field (mērpulam), six mās for/per one person singing the tiruppatiyam;
where it reaches south of this, … (kāṟ cey), one quarter for/per one who supplies ⟨liquids for⟩ the glorious bath;
and, where it reaches south of this, one quarter (tāraṇi-paṭakattukku) for/per glorious drummer;

I have made and given a permanent endowment, I, Kaṟṟaḷi Piccaṉ.

⟨16–17⟩ This ⟨is under⟩ the protection of the many great devotees of Śiva.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1924–25 (ARIE/1924-1925/B/1925/139).

Edited in Srinivasa Rao et al. 1967 (SII 19.69).

This edition by Renato Davalos, Emmanuel Francis, and Babu N. Ramaswamy (2024), based on photos (EFEO, 2006; E. Francis, 2024).

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

Primary

[SII] Srinivasa Rao, G.V., Dines Chandra Sircar & G.S. Gai. 1967. South-Indian inscriptions. Volume XIX: Inscriptions of Parakesarivarman. South Indian Inscriptions 19. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Manager of Publications). Pages 36–37, item 69.

Secondary

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 28, appendix B/1925, item 139.

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