Uttiramērūr, Sundaravaradaperumāḷ temple, time of Rājarāja I Cōḻa, year 22

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Palaeographic description: No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō. Distinction between initial Grantha u and initial Tamil u, between Grantha tu and Tamil tu.

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

Repository: Uttiramērūr (tfa-uttiramerur-epigraphy).

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī tirumakaḷ· pōla-p· peru-nila-c·-celviyun taṉak=kē Urimai pūṇṭamai maṉak=koḷa kāntaḷūr cālai kalam arutt-aruḷi vēṅkai-nāṭuṅ kaṅka-pāṭiyum nuḷampa-pāṭiyum taṭikai-vaḻiyum kuṭa-malai-nāṭum kollamum kaliṅkamum Eṇ-ṭikai pukaḻ tara Īḻa-maṇṭalamum Iraṭṭa-pāṭiyum tiṇṭiṟal veṟṟi taṇṭāl koṇṭa taṉṉ eḻil vaḷar Ūḻi Ellā yāṇṭum

⟨2⟩ toḻutakai viḷaṅkum yāṇṭē ceḻiyarai-t tēcu koḷ śrī-rājarāja-devar-ākiya śrī-kōrāja-kesariparmmaṟk=ku yāṇṭu Irupatt’ iraṇṭ-āvatu kāliyūr-k=-kōṭṭattu taṉ kūṟṟu Uttara-meru-c-caturvvedi-maṃgalattu śrī-veli-viṣṇu-gṛhattu veḷḷai-m¿u?rtti-y-āḷvārk=ku śrī-vāmaṉa-c-cēri-kō-maṭattu nārāyaṇa-kramavittaṉ brahmaṇi pok=kaccāṉi vaitta nantā-viḷak=ku

⟨3⟩ Oṉṟiṉāl Āṭu toṇṇūṟṟ’ āṟu It-toṇṇūṟṟ’ āṟ’ āṭum Ivv-ūr periḷamaiyārē puṇai-y-ā⟨ka⟩-c cāvā mūvā-p pēr-āṭ’ āka candrādityarkaḷ uḷḷa Aḷavum nicatam Uḻak=ku ney muṭṭāmai Aṭṭuvippārkaḷ āka muṭṭil Avv-āṇṭu saMvatsara-vāriyañ ceykiṉṟa peru-makkaḷum śrī-vaiṣṇavar-āṉa Em perumāṇaṭiyārē daṇḍippār āka vaittōm mahāsa[bhaiyōm]

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–3⟩ …

Commentary

The meykkīrtti contains several variants compared to the standard version.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1922–23 (ARIE/1922-1923/C/1923/163).

This edition by Emmanuel Francis based on ASI estampage and transcript “AR_C0163_1922-23” available on BharatSHRI (accessed 2026-06-19).

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 76, appendix C/1923, item 163.

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<p n="1">Prosperity! Fortune!</p>

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