Uttiramērūr, Sundaravaradaperumāḷ temple, time of Rājarāja I Cōḻa, year 17

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

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

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

Repository: Uttiramērūr (tfa-uttiramerur-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSUttiramerur00053.

File path: DHARMA_INSUttiramerur00053.xml.

Version: 2026-09-29 11:10 (4b97baa), last modified 2026-09-29 11:10 (4b97baa).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī tirumakaḷ pōla peru-nilai-c-cel¿vv?iyun= taṉak=kē y-urimai pūṇṭamai maṉakkoḷa kān=taḷūr cālai
⟨2⟩ kalam arutt-aruḷi vēṅkai-nāṭuṅ kaṅka-pāṭiyu¿ṉ? ¿ṉ?uḷampa-pāṭiyum taṭikai-pāṭiyuṅ ¿ṉ?uḷampa-pāṭiyum kollamum kaliṅkamu-
⟨3⟩ m Eṇ-ṭicai pukaḻ ⟨tara⟩ Īḻa-maṇṭalamum tiṇṭiṟal veṉṟi-t taṇṭāṟ koṇṭa taṉṉ eḻil vaḷar ¡u!ḻiUḷḷ ellā yāṇṭun toḻutakai viḷaṅkum yāṇṭē-y ¿t?eḻiyarai
⟨4⟩ tēcu koḷ śrī-kō-v-irāja-rāja-rāja-kesari-panma⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu 10 7 Āvatu kāliyūr-kōṭṭattu taṉ kūṟṟattu Uttira-mē¿(ṉ/ḷ)ūr?-catu⟨r⟩vveti-
⟨5⟩ -maṅkalattu koṅkaraiy śrī-kōyil niṉṟ-aruḷiya parama-suvām¿ī?k=ku nun=tā-viḷa⟨k⟩ku v¿a?ccāṉ mēlkāl Uṭaiyāṉ poṟtāḻi kāmakoṭi ko _
⟨6⟩ Iv-viḷakku can¡t!rādittavar Āricāṇimaṅkalattil sabhaiyār vacam viṭṭa Āṭu toṇṇūṟṟu 6 Ām-
⟨7⟩ cāvā m¿u?vā pēr-āṭu

Apparatus

⟨2⟩ ¿ṉ?⟨n⟩uḷampa-pāṭiyum • The word nuḷampa-pāṭiyum is repeated instead of expected kuṭa-malai-nāṭum.

⟨6⟩ 6 Ām • ASI transcript: 6 ṟum.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–7⟩ …

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1922–23 (ARIE/1922-1923/C/1923/173).

This edition by Emmanuel Francis based on ASI estampage and transcript “AR_C0173_1922-23” available on BharatSHRI, Bharat Shared Repository of Inscriptions (accessed 2026-06-23).

Secondary

ARIE 1922–23. Annual report on South-Indian epigraphy for the year ending 31st March 1923. Edited by G. Venkoba Rao. Madras: Government Press, 1924. Page 77, appendix C/1923, item 173.

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