Tiruvaṇṇāmalai, Aruṇācaleśvara, time of Kṛishṇadeva Mahārāya, Śaka year 1438

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

Contributors: Renato Dávalos (reda), Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Gift of land for performing various services during festival, including adhyayana.

Palaeographic description: Medial i and ī interchangeable.

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

Repository: SII adapted (tfa-sii-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv08p0i0165.

File path: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv08p0i0165.xml.

Version: 2026-07-30 11:15 (b32453d), last modified 2026-07-17 15:32 (1e5ce35).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrīman·-mahārācāti-Irāja-Irāca-paramēśvaran·
⟨2⟩ muvarāyar kaṇṭa⟨ṉ⟩ Ariya-Irāya-vipāṭa⟨ṉ⟩ Aṣṭa-tikku-
⟨3⟩ -Irāya-maṉōpayaṅkara⟨ṉ⟩ pāṣaikku-t tappu-
⟨4⟩ varāyar kaṇṭa⟨ṉ⟩ pūṟuva-t¡e!kṣiṇa-paccima-ca-
⟨5⟩ muttirāt¡i!cura⟨ṉ⟩ yamuṉai-Irācciya-⟨sth⟩āpaṉā-
⟨6⟩ cāriya⟨ṉ⟩ kēca-pati-vipāṭa⟨ṉ⟩ śrī-vīra-p-pira-
⟨7⟩ tāpa⟨ṉ⟩ śrī-vīra-kiṣṇa-tēva-mahā-rāyar vicai-
⟨8⟩ y¿ā?-nakarattilē Eḻunt-aruḷi Iruntu
⟨9⟩ pūṟuva-tikku vicaiyam āka Eḻunt-aruḷi U-
⟨10⟩ taiya-kiri-tuṟkkam koṇṭu Ira-Uttarāya-mahā-
⟨11⟩ -pāttirattaiyum pi(ṭi)t=tu-k koṇṭu Attaṅki
⟨12⟩ viṉi-k-koṇṭai velaṅ-koṇṭai nākāccu-
⟨13⟩ ṉi-tuṟkkam taṅkeṭa-k-kētavaram mutal āka ma-
⟨14⟩ laituṟ-k-kaṅkaḷ Oru tāṭi y-āka-k kai-k-koṇ-
⟨15⟩ ṭu koṇṭaviṭṭil tuṟkkattiṉ pērilē I-
⟨16⟩ (varilē peri)ya viṭṭu caṟuva-yilakkai piṭittu-
⟨17⟩ -t tuṟkkam kai-k-koṇṭu piṟatāpa-ruttiraṉ
⟨18⟩ kēca-pati-rāyaṉ kumāra-vīra-pattirarāyaṉ kum
⟨19⟩ āra-Ammira-pāttiraṉ makaṉ nara-kari-tēva⟨ṉ⟩ rāc-
⟨20⟩ cūr mallukāṉaṉ Uttaṇṭakāṉaṉ caṉṉi-
⟨21⟩ yāla-kacavā-p¿a?ttira⟨ṉ⟩ pūcala-p-pāṭi rācirācu śrī-nā-
⟨22⟩ tarācu Ilakṣmi-patirācu paccima-vāla-cantiṟa-mahā-pā-
⟨23⟩ ttiram y-ivarkaḷ mutal-āṉa pāttiṟa-cāmantarka{ḷ}-
⟨24⟩ (ḷai) pirāṇa(vu)ṭaṉē piṭittu-k koṇṭu y-ivarkaḷu-
⟨25⟩ kku A(bha)yastam· koṭuttu taraṇi-kōṭṭam Ama⟨rē⟩-
⟨26⟩ curattil tulā-puruṣa-mahātāṉam ceyt-aruḷi-t
⟨27⟩ tirumpi vicaiya-nakarattukku Eḻunt-aruḷi mīḷa-k (ka)-
⟨28⟩ ḷiṅka-tēca-tikku-vicaiyam āka (p)¿e?cavāṭaikku Eḻu-
⟨29⟩ nt-aruḷi koṇṭa-paḷḷi-tuṟkkam koṇṭu Anta tuṟ
⟨30⟩ kattilē piṟakarāca-ciṟa-c-cantiṟa-mahā-pāttira [****]-
⟨31⟩ mahā-pāttiram pijilikkāṉaṉ y-ivarkaḷ mutal-āṉa
⟨32⟩ pāttiṟaṅkaḷai c¡i!vat=tuṭaṉē piṭittu-k koṇṭu A
⟨33⟩ paiyastam· koṭuttu Aṉantakiri Uṇṭaṟ-koṇṭa
⟨34⟩ Uruḷa-k-koṇṭa Aruva-p-paḷḷi calli-p-paḷ⟨ḷi⟩ (At)-
⟨35⟩ ti-k-koṇṭa (ka)ppaluvāyi nallaṅ-koṇṭa [**]
⟨36⟩ [***] kaṉaka-kiri caṅkara-kiri [******]
⟨37⟩ [**********] tiṟamal(li) kai-k-koṇṭu
⟨38⟩ ciṅkāttiri poṭṭuṉūrkku Eḻunt-aruḷi Aṅkē ce-
⟨39⟩ yattampam (nā)ṭṭi (cim)hātti [******] (tiru)m-
⟨40⟩ (pi) Irāca-mayēntiṟāvarattukku Eḻunt-aruḷi [**]
⟨41⟩ [**] tēviyār ciṉṉācci-Ammaṉ tiru-malai-tēvi-A(m)-
⟨42⟩ maṉ y-ivarkaḷum mahātānam paṇṇi vicaiya-na-
⟨43⟩ karattukku Eḻunt-aruḷi
⟨1⟩ svasti śrī vicaiyāṟputa-
⟨44⟩ ya-cālivākaṉa-caka ௵ 1 1000 4 100 3 10 8-l mēl cell-
⟨45⟩ ā niṉṟa tātu ௵ makara-nāyaṟṟu pūṟuva-pakṣattil
⟨46⟩ tiraiyoteciyum cōma-vārattu nāḷ śrī-kāḷa-
⟨47⟩ stikku vant-aruḷi kāḷatti-(nāta)ṉai c-cevittu U-
⟨48⟩ ṭaiyavaṟku nū⟨ṟ⟩ṟukkāl maṇṭapamum periya-
⟨49⟩ -kōpuramum kaṭṭivittu Aruḷi ⌈-
⟨50⟩ [.]ai [*********]-
⟨51⟩ [***] camama [****]-
⟨52⟩ [***********] Uṭaiyār tiru-v-aṇṇāma-
⟨53⟩ lai Uṭaiya n¡a!yiṉāṟkum nācciyār (U)ṇṇā-
⟨54⟩ mulai-nācciyāṟkum Irāyar kiṣṇa-rāya-mahā-
⟨55⟩ ⌉-rāyar taṉmam-āka p-paṇṇuvitta tiru-p-
⟨56⟩ -paṇi Āyira-k-kāl-maṇṭapam Itukku
⟨57⟩ muṉṉ-āka vasantaṉ teṟpai tiru-nā-
⟨58⟩ ḷukku veṭṭiṉa tiru-k-kuḷam y-itukku-t
⟨59⟩ taṇṇi(ṉ) varattu viḻa veṭṭiṉa tiru-ma-
⟨60⟩ lai-tēvi-Ammaṉ camuttiram patiṉ oru
⟨61⟩ nilai-k kōpuram Eḻān tiru-nāḷ maṇ-
⟨62⟩ ṭapam viṉāyakaṉukku-p paṇṇuvitta
⟨63⟩ tiru-t-tēr [*****] (tiru)vīti vāṉa-
⟨64⟩ vataraiyaṉ cōḻaṉ vācal katavu katavu-
⟨65⟩ kāl mēṟ-paṭi Uttama-cōḻaṉ tiru-vā-
⟨66⟩ calkāl katavu mēṟ-paṭi pala-kaṇi-vācal
⟨67⟩ poṉpūciṉatum y-inta vācal muṉ ṉā-
⟨68⟩ kamu(m) pattiramāttiṟ keṭṭi koṭuṅkai-
⟨69⟩ takaṭu poṉpūciṉatum Uṇṇāmulai-
⟨70⟩ -nācciyār-kōyil (ca)ṭai-perumāḷ nayi-
⟨71⟩ ṉār caṉṉatikku mēṟku vācalkāl takavu
⟨72⟩ mēṟ-paṭi veṇkalamum vācal-kāl ka-
⟨73⟩ tavu mēṟ-paṭi poṉpūciṉatum tūvi po-
⟨74⟩ ṉpūciṉatum nācciyār-kōyil maṭa-⟨p⟩-paḷ-
⟨75⟩ ḷi muṉ veṭṭiṉa Ārāvamuta-k-kiṇaṟum ti-
⟨76⟩ ru-v-āparaṇam kiruṣṇa-rāyaṉ patakkam
⟨77⟩ nākāparaṇam poṉniṟ cilai vākupuri
⟨78⟩ Uttar¡i!yam y-intiṟa vimāṉam veḷ-
⟨79⟩ ḷi vintikai poṉṉiṉ cēkaṇṭi⌈-
⟨80⟩ kai A(stra)-tēva-nayiṉāṟku veḷḷi-t-
⟨81⟩ takaṭu mucci mēl poṉpūciṉatum
⟨82⟩ tiru-mañ(ca)ṉam (Eṭuk)ka-p paṇṇuvi-
⟨83⟩ tta veḷḷi-k-ku(ṭam) kiṣṇa-rāya-mahā-rā-
⟨84⟩ yar canti y-āka (cantirātitta)-varaiyum
⟨85⟩ naṭakka-k kaṭṭaḷai y-iṭṭa nāḷ Oṉṟu-
⟨86⟩ kku Ūṟ-k-kālāl Arici 6 <kalam>
⟨87⟩ Eṇṇai-k kāppu 2 <nāḻi> paḻam <nāḻi>
⟨88⟩ [**********]
⟨89⟩ kaṟpūram (pala)⟨m⟩ 1/2 pu-
⟨90⟩ ḻuku (pala)⟨m⟩ 1/2 tiru-ma-
⟨91⟩ ñcaṉam Eṭupp-
⟨92⟩ ār periya tiru-p-
⟨93⟩ -pāṭṭu Otuvār
⟨94⟩ pēr 2 tēvaraṭi-
⟨95⟩ yār 6 [**]
⟨96⟩ A=ttiyayaṉam
⟨97⟩ pēr 2 pallak-
⟨98⟩ ku-c cērvai A-
⟨99⟩ tti-Ayaṉa pēr
⟨100⟩ 2

⟨1⟩ svasti

śrīman·-mahārācāti-Irāja-Irāca-paramēśvaran· ⟨2⟩ muvarāyar kaṇṭa⟨ṉ⟩ Ariya-Irāya-vipāṭa⟨ṉ⟩ Aṣṭa-tikku⟨3⟩-Irāya-maṉōpayaṅkara⟨ṉ⟩ pāṣaikku-t tappu⟨4⟩varāyar kaṇṭa⟨ṉ⟩ pūṟuva-t⟨a⟩kṣiṇa-paccima-ca⟨5⟩muttirāt⟨ī⟩cura⟨ṉ⟩ yamuṉai-Irācciya-⟨sth⟩āpaṉā⟨6⟩cāriya⟨ṉ⟩ kēca-pati-vipāṭa⟨ṉ⟩ śrī-vīra-p-pira⟨7⟩tāpa⟨ṉ⟩ śrī-vīra-kiṣṇa-tēva-mahā-rāyar vicai⟨8⟩y⟨a⟩-nakarattilē Eḻunt-aruḷi Iruntu

⟨9⟩ pūṟuva-tikku vicaiyam āka Eḻunt-aruḷi U⟨10⟩taiya-kiri-tuṟkkam koṇṭu Ira-Uttarāya-mahā⟨11⟩-pāttirattaiyum pi(ṭi)t=tu-k koṇṭu Attaṅki ⟨12⟩ viṉi-k-koṇṭai velaṅ-koṇṭai nākāccu⟨13⟩ṉi-tuṟkkam taṅkeṭa-k-kētavaram mutal āka ma⟨14⟩laituṟ-k-kaṅkaḷ Oru tāṭi y-āka-k kai-k-koṇ⟨15⟩ṭu koṇṭaviṭṭil tuṟkkattiṉ pērilē I⟨16⟩(varilē peri)ya viṭṭu caṟuva-yilakkai piṭittu⟨17⟩-t tuṟkkam kai-k-koṇṭu piṟatāpa-ruttiraṉ ⟨18⟩ kēca-pati-rāyaṉ kumāra-vīra-pattirarāyaṉ kum ⟨19⟩ āra-Ammira-pāttiraṉ makaṉ nara-kari-tēva⟨ṉ⟩ rāc⟨20⟩cūr mallukāṉaṉ Uttaṇṭakāṉaṉ caṉṉi⟨21⟩yāla-kacavā-p⟨ā⟩ttira⟨ṉ⟩ pūcala-p-pāṭi rācirācu śrī-nā⟨22⟩tarācu Ilakṣmi-patirācu paccima-vāla-cantiṟa-mahā-pā⟨23⟩ttiram y-ivarkaḷ mutal-āṉa pāttiṟa-cāmantarka⟨24⟩(ḷai) pirāṇa(vu)ṭaṉē piṭittu-k koṇṭu y-ivarkaḷu⟨25⟩kku A(bha)yastam· koṭuttu taraṇi-kōṭṭam Ama⟨rē⟩⟨26⟩curattil tulā-puruṣa-mahātāṉam ceyt-aruḷi-t ⟨27⟩ tirumpi vicaiya-nakarattukku Eḻunt-aruḷi

mīḷa-k (ka)⟨28⟩ḷiṅka-tēca-tikku-vicaiyam āka (p)⟨a⟩cavāṭaikku Eḻu⟨29⟩nt-aruḷi koṇṭa-paḷḷi-tuṟkkam koṇṭu Anta tuṟ ⟨30⟩ kattilē piṟakarāca-ciṟa-c-cantiṟa-mahā-pāttira [4+]⟨31⟩mahā-pāttiram pijilikkāṉaṉ y-ivarkaḷ mutal-āṉa ⟨32⟩ pāttiṟaṅkaḷai c⟨ī⟩vat=tuṭaṉē piṭittu-k koṇṭu A ⟨33⟩ paiyastam· koṭuttu Aṉantakiri Uṇṭaṟ-koṇṭa ⟨34⟩ Uruḷa-k-koṇṭa Aruva-p-paḷḷi calli-p-paḷ⟨ḷi⟩ (At)⟨35⟩ti-k-koṇṭa (ka)ppaluvāyi nallaṅ-koṇṭa [2+] ⟨36⟩ [3+] kaṉaka-kiri caṅkara-kiri [6+] ⟨37⟩ [10+] tiṟamal(li) kai-k-koṇṭu ⟨38⟩ ciṅkāttiri poṭṭuṉūrkku Eḻunt-aruḷi Aṅkē ce⟨39⟩yattampam (nā)ṭṭi (cim)hātti [6+] (tiru)m⟨40⟩(pi) Irāca-mayēntiṟāvarattukku Eḻunt-aruḷi [2+] ⟨41⟩ [2+] tēviyār ciṉṉācci-Ammaṉ tiru-malai-tēvi-A(m)⟨42⟩maṉ y-ivarkaḷum mahātānam paṇṇi vicaiya-na⟨43⟩karattukku Eḻunt-aruḷi

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

vicaiyāṟputa⟨44⟩ya-cālivākaṉa-caka ௵ 1 1000 4 100 3 10 8-l mēl cell⟨45⟩ā niṉṟa tātu ௵ makara-nāyaṟṟu pūṟuva-pakṣattil ⟨46⟩ tiraiyoteciyum cōma-vārattu nāḷ śrī-kāḷa⟨47⟩stikku vant-aruḷi kāḷatti-(nāta)ṉai c-cevittu U⟨48⟩ṭaiyavaṟku nū⟨ṟ⟩ṟukkāl maṇṭapamum periya⟨49⟩-kōpuramum kaṭṭivittu Aruḷi ⌈⟨50⟩[.]ai [9+]⟨51⟩[3+] camama [4+]⟨52⟩[11+]

Uṭaiyār tiru-v-aṇṇāma⟨53⟩lai Uṭaiya n⟨ā⟩yiṉāṟkum nācciyār (U)ṇṇā⟨54⟩mulai-nācciyāṟkum Irāyar kiṣṇa-rāya-mahā⟨55⟩⌉-rāyar taṉmam-āka p-paṇṇuvitta tiru-p⟨56⟩-paṇi

Āyira-k-kāl-maṇṭapam
Itukku ⟨57⟩ muṉṉ-āka vasantaṉ teṟpai
tiru-nā⟨58⟩ḷukku veṭṭiṉa tiru-k-kuḷam
y-itukku-t ⟨59⟩ taṇṇi(ṉ) varattu viḻa veṭṭiṉa tiru-ma⟨60⟩lai-tēvi-Ammaṉ camuttiram
patiṉ oru ⟨61⟩ nilai-k kōpuram
Eḻān tiru-nāḷ maṇ⟨62⟩ṭapam
viṉāyakaṉukku-p paṇṇuvitta ⟨63⟩ tiru-t-tēr
[5+] (tiru)vīti vāṉa⟨64⟩vataraiyaṉ cōḻaṉ vācal katavu katavu⟨65⟩kāl
mēṟ-paṭi Uttama-cōḻaṉ tiru-vā⟨66⟩calkāl katavu
mēṟ-paṭi pala-kaṇi-vācal ⟨67⟩ poṉpūciṉatum
y-inta vācal muṉ ṉā⟨68⟩kamu(m) pattiramāttiṟ keṭṭi koṭuṅkai⟨69⟩takaṭu poṉpūciṉatum
Uṇṇāmulai⟨70⟩-nācciyār-kōyil (ca)ṭai-perumāḷ nayi⟨71⟩ṉār caṉṉatikku mēṟku vācalkāl takavu
⟨72⟩ mēṟ-paṭi veṇkalamum vācal-kāl ka⟨73⟩tavu
mēṟ-paṭi poṉpūciṉatum
tūvi po⟨74⟩ṉpūciṉatum
nācciyār-kōyil maṭa-⟨p⟩-paḷ⟨75⟩ḷi muṉ veṭṭiṉa Ārāvamuta-k-kiṇaṟum
ti⟨76⟩ru-v-āparaṇam kiruṣṇa-rāyaṉ patakkam ⟨77⟩ nākāparaṇam poṉniṟ cilai vākupuri
⟨78⟩ Uttar⟨ī⟩yam
y-intiṟa vimāṉam
veḷ⟨79⟩ḷi vintikai
poṉṉiṉ cēkaṇṭi⌈⟨80⟩kai
A(stra)-tēva-nayiṉāṟku veḷḷi-t⟨81⟩takaṭu mucci mēl poṉpūciṉatum
⟨82⟩ tiru-mañ(ca)ṉam (Eṭuk)ka-p paṇṇuvi⟨83⟩tta veḷḷi-k-ku(ṭam)

kiṣṇa-rāya-mahā-rā⟨84⟩yar canti y-āka (cantirātitta)-varaiyum ⟨85⟩ naṭakka-k kaṭṭaḷai y-iṭṭa nāḷ Oṉṟu⟨86⟩kku

Ūṟ-k-kālāl Arici 6 <kalam>
⟨87⟩ Eṇṇai-k kāppu 2 <nāḻi>
paḻam <nāḻi>
⟨88⟩ [10+]
⟨89⟩ kaṟpūram (pala)⟨m⟩ 1/2
pu⟨90⟩ḻuku (pala)⟨m⟩ 1/2
tiru-ma⟨91⟩ñcaṉam Eṭupp⟨92⟩ār periya tiru-p⟨93⟩-pāṭṭu Otuvār ⟨94⟩ pēr 2
tēvaraṭi⟨95⟩yār 6 [2+]
⟨96⟩ A=ttiyayaṉam ⟨97⟩ pēr 2
pallak⟨98⟩ku-c cērvai
A⟨99⟩tti-Ayaṉa pēr ⟨100⟩ 2

⟨1⟩ svasti

śrīman·-mahārācāti-Irāja-Irāca-paramēśvaran· ⟨2⟩ muvarāyar kaṇṭa⟨ṉ⟩ Ariya-Irāya-vipāṭa⟨ṉ⟩ Aṣṭa-tikku⟨3⟩-Irāya-maṉōpayaṅkara⟨ṉ⟩ pāṣaikku-t tappu⟨4⟩varāyar kaṇṭa⟨ṉ⟩ pūṟuva-t¡e!⟨a⟩kṣiṇa-paccima-ca⟨5⟩muttirāt¡i!⟨ī⟩cura⟨ṉ⟩ yamuṉai-Irācciya-⟨sth⟩āpaṉā⟨6⟩cāriya⟨ṉ⟩ kēca-pati-vipāṭa⟨ṉ⟩ śrī-vīra-p-pira⟨7⟩tāpa⟨ṉ⟩ śrī-vīra-kiṣṇa-tēva-mahā-rāyar vicai⟨8⟩y¿ā?⟨a⟩-nakarattilē Eḻunt-aruḷi Iruntu

⟨9⟩ pūṟuva-tikku vicaiyam āka Eḻunt-aruḷi U⟨10⟩taiya-kiri-tuṟkkam koṇṭu Ira-Uttarāya-mahā⟨11⟩-pāttirattaiyum pi(ṭi)t=tu-k koṇṭu Attaṅki ⟨12⟩ viṉi-k-koṇṭai velaṅ-koṇṭai nākāccu⟨13⟩ṉi-tuṟkkam taṅkeṭa-k-kētavaram mutal āka ma⟨14⟩laituṟ-k-kaṅkaḷ Oru tāṭi y-āka-k kai-k-koṇ⟨15⟩ṭu koṇṭaviṭṭil tuṟkkattiṉ pērilē I⟨16⟩(varilē peri)ya viṭṭu caṟuva-yilakkai piṭittu⟨17⟩-t tuṟkkam kai-k-koṇṭu piṟatāpa-ruttiraṉ ⟨18⟩ kēca-pati-rāyaṉ kumāra-vīra-pattirarāyaṉ kum ⟨19⟩ āra-Ammira-pāttiraṉ makaṉ nara-kari-tēva⟨ṉ⟩ rāc⟨20⟩cūr mallukāṉaṉ Uttaṇṭakāṉaṉ caṉṉi⟨21⟩yāla-kacavā-p¿a?⟨ā⟩ttira⟨ṉ⟩ pūcala-p-pāṭi rācirācu śrī-nā⟨22⟩tarācu Ilakṣmi-patirācu paccima-vāla-cantiṟa-mahā-pā⟨23⟩ttiram y-ivarkaḷ mutal-āṉa pāttiṟa-cāmantarka{ḷ}⟨24⟩(ḷai) pirāṇa(vu)ṭaṉē piṭittu-k koṇṭu y-ivarkaḷu⟨25⟩kku A(bha)yastam· koṭuttu taraṇi-kōṭṭam Ama⟨rē⟩⟨26⟩curattil tulā-puruṣa-mahātāṉam ceyt-aruḷi-t ⟨27⟩ tirumpi vicaiya-nakarattukku Eḻunt-aruḷi

mīḷa-k (ka)⟨28⟩ḷiṅka-tēca-tikku-vicaiyam āka (p)¿e?⟨a⟩cavāṭaikku Eḻu⟨29⟩nt-aruḷi koṇṭa-paḷḷi-tuṟkkam koṇṭu Anta tuṟ ⟨30⟩ kattilē piṟakarāca-ciṟa-c-cantiṟa-mahā-pāttira [4+]⟨31⟩mahā-pāttiram pijilikkāṉaṉ y-ivarkaḷ mutal-āṉa ⟨32⟩ pāttiṟaṅkaḷai c¡i!⟨ī⟩vat=tuṭaṉē piṭittu-k koṇṭu A ⟨33⟩ paiyastam· koṭuttu Aṉantakiri Uṇṭaṟ-koṇṭa ⟨34⟩ Uruḷa-k-koṇṭa Aruva-p-paḷḷi calli-p-paḷ⟨ḷi⟩ (At)⟨35⟩ti-k-koṇṭa (ka)ppaluvāyi nallaṅ-koṇṭa [2+] ⟨36⟩ [3+] kaṉaka-kiri caṅkara-kiri [6+] ⟨37⟩ [10+] tiṟamal(li) kai-k-koṇṭu ⟨38⟩ ciṅkāttiri poṭṭuṉūrkku Eḻunt-aruḷi Aṅkē ce⟨39⟩yattampam (nā)ṭṭi (cim)hātti [6+] (tiru)m⟨40⟩(pi) Irāca-mayēntiṟāvarattukku Eḻunt-aruḷi [2+] ⟨41⟩ [2+] tēviyār ciṉṉācci-Ammaṉ tiru-malai-tēvi-A(m)⟨42⟩maṉ y-ivarkaḷum mahātānam paṇṇi vicaiya-na⟨43⟩karattukku Eḻunt-aruḷi

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

Uṭaiyār tiru-v-aṇṇāma⟨53⟩lai Uṭaiya n¡a!⟨ā⟩yiṉāṟkum nācciyār (U)ṇṇā⟨54⟩mulai-nācciyāṟkum Irāyar kiṣṇa-rāya-mahā⟨55⟩⌉-rāyar taṉmam-āka p-paṇṇuvitta tiru-p⟨56⟩-paṇi

Āyira-k-kāl-maṇṭapam
Itukku ⟨57⟩ muṉṉ-āka vasantaṉ teṟpai
tiru-nā⟨58⟩ḷukku veṭṭiṉa tiru-k-kuḷam
y-itukku-t ⟨59⟩ taṇṇi(ṉ) varattu viḻa veṭṭiṉa tiru-ma⟨60⟩lai-tēvi-Ammaṉ camuttiram
patiṉ oru ⟨61⟩ nilai-k kōpuram
Eḻān tiru-nāḷ maṇ⟨62⟩ṭapam
viṉāyakaṉukku-p paṇṇuvitta ⟨63⟩ tiru-t-tēr
[5+] (tiru)vīti vāṉa⟨64⟩vataraiyaṉ cōḻaṉ vācal katavu katavu⟨65⟩kāl
mēṟ-paṭi Uttama-cōḻaṉ tiru-vā⟨66⟩calkāl katavu
mēṟ-paṭi pala-kaṇi-vācal ⟨67⟩ poṉpūciṉatum
y-inta vācal muṉ ṉā⟨68⟩kamu(m) pattiramāttiṟ keṭṭi koṭuṅkai⟨69⟩takaṭu poṉpūciṉatum
Uṇṇāmulai⟨70⟩-nācciyār-kōyil (ca)ṭai-perumāḷ nayi⟨71⟩ṉār caṉṉatikku mēṟku vācalkāl takavu
⟨72⟩ mēṟ-paṭi veṇkalamum vācal-kāl ka⟨73⟩tavu
mēṟ-paṭi poṉpūciṉatum
tūvi po⟨74⟩ṉpūciṉatum
nācciyār-kōyil maṭa-⟨p⟩-paḷ⟨75⟩ḷi muṉ veṭṭiṉa Ārāvamuta-k-kiṇaṟum
ti⟨76⟩ru-v-āparaṇam kiruṣṇa-rāyaṉ patakkam ⟨77⟩ nākāparaṇam poṉniṟ cilai vākupuri
⟨78⟩ Uttar¡i!⟨ī⟩yam
y-intiṟa vimāṉam
veḷ⟨79⟩ḷi vintikai
poṉṉiṉ cēkaṇṭi⌈⟨80⟩kai
A(stra)-tēva-nayiṉāṟku veḷḷi-t⟨81⟩takaṭu mucci mēl poṉpūciṉatum
⟨82⟩ tiru-mañ(ca)ṉam (Eṭuk)ka-p paṇṇuvi⟨83⟩tta veḷḷi-k-ku(ṭam)

kiṣṇa-rāya-mahā-rā⟨84⟩yar canti y-āka (cantirātitta)-varaiyum ⟨85⟩ naṭakka-k kaṭṭaḷai y-iṭṭa nāḷ Oṉṟu⟨86⟩kku

Ūṟ-k-kālāl Arici 6 <kalam>
⟨87⟩ Eṇṇai-k kāppu 2 <nāḻi>
paḻam <nāḻi>
⟨88⟩ [10+]
⟨89⟩ kaṟpūram (pala)⟨m⟩ 1/2
pu⟨90⟩ḻuku (pala)⟨m⟩ 1/2
tiru-ma⟨91⟩ñcaṉam Eṭupp⟨92⟩ār periya tiru-p⟨93⟩-pāṭṭu Otuvār ⟨94⟩ pēr 2
tēvaraṭi⟨95⟩yār 6 [2+]
⟨96⟩ A=ttiyayaṉam ⟨97⟩ pēr 2
pallak⟨98⟩ku-c cērvai
A⟨99⟩tti-Ayaṉa pēr ⟨100⟩ 2

Apparatus

⟨86⟩ Arici 6 <kalam> ⬦ SII; arici 6 kalam (kalam) S.

⟨87⟩ 2 <nāḻi> ⬦ SII; 2 patakku (nāḻi) S.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity!

⟨1–8⟩ The illustrious supreme lord, king of kings among great kings (mahārācāti-irāja-irāca-paramēśvaraṉ), the vanquisher of the three kings (mūvarayar kaṇṭaṉ), the destroyer of the enemy kings (ariya-irāya-vipāṭaṉ), the frightener of the minds of the kings in the eight directions (aṣṭa-tikku-irāya-maṉōpayaṅkaraṉ), the vanquisher of the kings who are not faithfull to their words (pāṣaikkut tappu varāyar kaṇṭaṉ), the lord of the oceans in the east, the south and the west (pūruva-takṣiṇa-paccima-camuttirāticuraṉ), the preceptor who established the kingdom of the Yamunā (yamuṉai-irācciya-sthāpaṉācāriyaṉ), the destroyer of the Kecapati¹ (kecapati-vipāṭaṉ), the glorious Vīra Piratāpaṉ, the glorious Vīra Kiṣṇatēvamahārāyar, having graciously appeared in Vicaiyanakaram²;

⟨9–27⟩ having graciously appeared so that there be (āka) victory in the eastern direction, he took the fort of Utaiyakiri³, he captured Irā-uttarāya-mahāpattiram, he captured at once (oru tāṭi) Attaṅki, Viṉikkoṇṭai, Velaṅkoṇṭai, the fort of Nākāccuṉi, Taṅkeṭakkētavaram, etc., he captured the fort of Koṇṭavīṭu after attacking it …, he captured alive (pirāṇavuṭaṉē) the competent chiefs/ministers pāttira-cāmantars Piṟatāparuttiraṉ, Kecapatirāyaṉ, Kumāra Vīrapattirarāyaṉ, Narakaritēvaṉ,⁴ the son of Kumāra Ammirapāttiraṉ,⁵ Mallukāṉaṉ⁶ of Rāccūr, Uttaṇṭakāṉaṉ⁷, Kacavāpāttiraṉ of Caṉṉiyālam, Pūcalappāṭi Rācirācu, Śrīnātarācu and Ilakṣmipatirācu and Paccima Vālacantira Mahāpāttiram, etc., and gave them a secure position, he graciously performed the tulāpuruṣa-mahādānain the Amarēcuram ⟨temple in⟩ Taraṇikōṭṭam, he then returned and graciously appeared in Vicaiyanakaram⁸;

⟨27–43⟩ furthermore (mīḷa), so that there be (āka) victory in the direction of the Kaliṅga country, he graciously appeared in Pacavāṭai, he took the fort of Koṇṭapaḷḷi, in that fort, he captured alive (cīvattuṭaṉē) the pāttirams such Piṟakarāca Ciṟaccantira Mahāpāttiraṉ, […] Mahāpāttiraṉ, Pijilikkāṉaṉ,⁹ etc., and gave them a secure position, he captured Aṉantakiri, Uṇṭaṟkoṇṭa, Uruḷakkoṇṭa, Aruvappaḷḷi, Callippaḷḷi, Attikkoṇṭa, Kappaluvāyi Nallaṅkoṇṭa, […], Kaṉakakiri, Caṅkarakiri, […], and tiṟamalli, he graciously appeared in Ciṅkāttiri Poṭṭuṉūr and there erected a victory pillar, he returned […] Cimhātti, he graciously appeared in Irācamayēntiṟāvaram, he performed mahādāna ⟨for the sake of⟩ […] his queens Ciṇṇācci Ammaṉ ⟨and⟩ Tirumalaitēvi Ammaṉ, he then graciously appeared in Vicaiyanakaram¹⁰.

⟨43⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨43–56⟩ In the year Tātu, in the month of Makara, in the bright fortnight, tirteenth day, a Monday, which currently corresponds with the year 1438 of the victorious and wonderful Cālivākaṉa Cakas,¹¹ he graciouly went to Śrī-Kāḷasti,¹² worshipped Kāḷatti-nātaṉ, had graciously a hundred-pillared hall (maṇṭapam) and a big entrance pavillion (kōpuram) built for the Lord, […]

⟨52–56⟩ The temple sevices that the king Kṛṣṇarāyamahārāyar had made as pious donation (taṉmam-āka) for the Lord, the Lord who owns Tiruvaṇṇāmalai and for his consort Uṇṇāmalai Nācciyār, ⟨are as follows⟩:

⟨56–83⟩

a hundred-pillared hall (maṇṭapam),
in front of it, ... (vasantaṉ teṟpai),
a glorious pond dug for festival time,
for this ... the ocean (camuttiram) ⟨named⟩ Tirumalaitēvi Ammaṉ,¹³
an eleven-storied entrance pavillion,
... (tēr),
... (tiruvīti),
... (katavu-kāl),
... (katavu),
... (poṉpūciṉatum),
in front of this door, snakes (nākamum),¹⁴
... (poṉpūciṉatum),
... (poṉpūciṉatum),
... (tūvi poṉpūciṉatum),
... (kiṇarum),
... (nākāparaṇam),
... (vākupuri),
... (uttarīyam),
... (vimāṉam),
... (vintikai),
... (cēkaṇṭikai),
... (poṉpūciṉatum),
a silver pot(veḷḷikkuṭam) ...

⟨83–100⟩ So that there be a canti ⟨named⟩ Kiṣṇarāyamahārāyar, so that this proceeds as long as the moon and the sun, per day when endowment is given, ⟨provisions are as follows⟩:

6 kalams of rice ⟨measured according to⟩ the village stone,¹⁵,
2 nāḻis ... ⟨for⟩ oil,¹⁶
2 nāḻis ⟨for⟩ fruits,
[…]
1/2 palam ⟨for⟩ camphor,
1/2 palam ⟨for⟩ civet/musk,
2 persons who undertake the sacred bath and who recite the great sacred poems (periya tiruppāṭṭu),¹⁷
6 tēvaraṭiyārs,
2 persons ⟨for⟩ recitation (attiyāyaṉam),¹⁸
2 persons ⟨for⟩ recitation (attiyāyaṉam) ⟨during⟩ service of the palanquin.

Commentary

According to Srinivasan & Reiniche 1990, the slab bearing this inscription has been lost.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1902–03 (ARIE/1902-1903/A/1902/573).

Edited in Subrahmanya Aiyer 1937 (SII 8.165). Edited and translated in Srinivasan & Reiniche 1990 (TVM 388).

This digital edition by Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis (2024), based on Venkatasubba Ayyar & Krishnamacharlu 1943. This translation by Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis (2024).

Primary

[SII] Subrahmanya Aiyer, K.V. 1937. South-Indian inscriptions (texts). Volume VIII: Miscellaneous inscriptions from the Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada countries. South Indian Inscriptions 7. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Manager of Publications). Pages 74–76, item 165.

[S] Srinivasan, Pullur Ramasubrahmanya & Marie-Louise Reiniche. 1990. Tiruvannamalai: A Śaiva sacred complex of South India. Vol. 1: Inscriptions. Publications de l’Institut français d’Indologie 75. 2 vols. Pondichéry: Institut français de Pondichéry. [URL]. Pages 479–482, item 388.

Secondary

[SII] ARIE 1902–03. G.O., etc., Nos. 655-656, 24th July 1903. Epigraphy. Passing orders on the annual report on – for 1902-1903. Copy to the Government of India, Department of Revenue and Agriculture. Edited by Eugen Julius Theodor Hultzsch. Madras: Government of Madras, Public Department, 1903. Page 14, appendix A/1902, item 573.

Notes

1. Gajapati.
2. Vijayanagara.
3. Udayagiri.
4. Naraharideva.
5. Hammirabhādra.
6. Malluk Khān.
7. Uttaṇṭa Khān.
8. Vijayanagara.
9. Pijili Khān.
10. Vijayanagara.
11. Srinivasan & Reiniche 1990: “January 5, 1517”.
12. Śrīkālahasti.
13. A big tank called as such, according to Srinivasan & Reiniche 1990.
14. Srinivasan & Reiniche 1990: “nāka design for the front of this door”.
15. A standard mesure.
16. Srinivasan & Reiniche 1990: “oil for oil-bath”.
17. Srinivasan & Reiniche 1990: “perhaps the ⟨T⟩ēvāram.”
18. Srinivasan & Reiniche 1990: “the chanting of the V⟨e⟩da.”

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<lb n="23" break="no"/>ttiram y-ivarkaḷ mutal-āṉa pāttiṟa-cāmantarka<surplus>ḷ</surplus>

<lb n="24" break="no"/><unclear>ḷai</unclear> pirāṇa<unclear>vu</unclear>ṭaṉē piṭittu-k koṇṭu y-ivarkaḷu

<lb n="25" break="no"/>kku A<hi rend="grantha"><unclear>bha</unclear></hi>ya<hi rend="grantha">stam·</hi> koṭuttu taraṇi-kōṭṭam Ama<supplied reason="omitted">rē</supplied>

<lb n="26" break="no"/>curattil tulā-puru<hi rend="grantha">ṣa-mahā</hi>tāṉam ceyt-aruḷi-t

<lb n="27"/>tirumpi vicaiya-nakarattukku Eḻunt-aruḷi

</p>

<p>

mīḷa-k <unclear>ka</unclear>

<lb n="28" break="no"/>ḷiṅka-tēca-tikku-vicaiyam āka <unclear>p</unclear><choice><sic>e</sic><corr>a</corr></choice>cavāṭaikku Eḻu

<lb n="29" break="no"/>nt-aruḷi koṇṭa-paḷḷi-tuṟkkam koṇṭu Anta tuṟ

<lb n="30"/>kattilē piṟakarāca-ciṟa-c-cantiṟa-ma<hi rend="grantha">hā</hi>-pāttira <gap reason="lost" quantity="4" unit="character"/>

<lb n="31" break="no"/>ma<hi rend="grantha">hā</hi>-pāttiram pi<hi rend="grantha">ji</hi>likkāṉaṉ y-ivarkaḷ mutal-āṉa

<lb n="32"/>pāttiṟaṅka<hi rend="grantha">ḷai</hi> c<choice><orig>i</orig><reg>ī</reg></choice>vat=tuṭaṉē piṭittu-k koṇṭu A

<lb n="33"/>paiya<hi rend="grantha">stam·</hi> koṭuttu Aṉantakiri Uṇṭaṟ-koṇṭa

<lb n="34"/>Uruḷa-k-koṇṭa Aruva-p-paḷḷi calli-p-paḷ<supplied reason="omitted">ḷi</supplied> <unclear>At</unclear>

<lb n="35" break="no"/>ti-k-koṇṭa <unclear>ka</unclear>ppaluvāyi nallaṅ-koṇṭa <gap reason="lost" unit="character" quantity="2"/>

<lb n="36"/><gap reason="lost" unit="character" quantity="3"/> kaṉaka-kiri caṅkara-kiri <gap reason="lost" unit="character" quantity="6"/>

<lb n="37"/><gap reason="lost" unit="character" quantity="10"/> tiṟamal<unclear>li</unclear> kai-k-koṇṭu

<lb n="38"/>ciṅkāttiri poṭṭuṉūrkku Eḻunt-aruḷi Aṅkē ce

<lb n="39" break="no"/>yattampam <unclear>nā</unclear>ṭṭi <unclear>cim</unclear><hi rend="grantha">hā</hi>tti <gap reason="lost" unit="character" quantity="6"/> <unclear>tiru</unclear>m

<lb n="40" break="no"/><unclear>pi</unclear> Irāca-mayēntiṟāvarattukku Eḻunt-aruḷi <gap reason="lost" unit="character" quantity="2"/>

<lb n="41"/><gap reason="lost" unit="character" quantity="2"/> tēviyār ciṉṉācci-Ammaṉ tiru-malai-tēvi-A<unclear>m</unclear>

<lb n="42" break="no"/>maṉ y-ivarkaḷum ma<hi rend="grantha">hā</hi>tānam paṇṇi vicaiya-na

<lb n="43" break="no"/>karattukku Eḻunt-aruḷi

</p>

<ab>

<lb n="1"/><hi rend="grantha">svasti śrī</hi>

</ab>

<p>

vicaiyāṟputa

<lb n="44" break="no"/>ya-cālivākaṉa-caka <g ref="sym:tam-varusam"/> <num value="1438">1 <g type="numeral">1000</g> 4 <g type="numeral">100</g> 3 <g type="numeral">10</g> 8</num>-l mēl cell

<lb n="45" break="no"/>ā niṉṟa tātu <g ref="sym:tam-varusam"/> makara-nāyaṟṟu pūṟuva-pa<hi rend="grantha">kṣa</hi>ttil

<lb n="46"/>tiraiyoteciyum cōma-vārattu nāḷ

<lb n="47" break="no"/><hi rend="grantha">sti</hi>kku vant-aruḷi kāḷatti-<unclear>nāta</unclear>ṉai c-cevittu U

<lb n="48" break="no"/>ṭaiyavaṟku nū<supplied reason="omitted">ṟ</supplied>ṟukkāl maṇṭapamum periya

<lb n="49" break="no"/>-kōpuramum kaṭṭivittu Aruḷi ⌈

<lb n="51" break="no"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="3" unit="character"/> camama <gap reason="lost" quantity="4" unit="character"/>

</p>

<p>

Uṭaiyār tiru-v-aṇṇāma

<lb n="53" break="no"/>lai Uṭaiya n<choice><orig>a</orig><reg>ā</reg></choice>yiṉāṟkum nācciyār <unclear>U</unclear>ṇṇā

<lb n="54" break="no"/>mulai-nācciyāṟkum Irāyar ki<hi rend="grantha">ṣṇa</hi>-rāya-<hi rend="grantha">mahā</hi>

<lb n="55" break="no"/>⌉-rāyar taṉmam-āka p-paṇṇuvitta tiru-p

<lb n="56" break="no"/>-paṇi

<list>

<item>Āyira-k-kāl-maṇṭapam</item>

<item>Itukku

<lb n="57"/>muṉṉ-āka va<hi rend="grantha">sa</hi>ntaṉ teṟpai</item>

<item>tiru-nā

<lb n="58" break="no"/>ḷukku veṭṭiṉa tiru-k-kuḷam</item>

<item>y-itukku-t

<lb n="59"/>taṇṇi<unclear>ṉ</unclear> varattu viḻa veṭṭiṉa tiru-ma

<lb n="60" break="no"/>lai-tēvi-Ammaṉ camuttiram</item>

<item>patiṉ oru

<lb n="61"/>nilai-k kōpuram</item>

<item>Eḻān tiru-nāḷ maṇ

<lb n="62" break="no"/>ṭapam</item>

<item>viṉāyakaṉukku-p paṇṇuvitta

<item><gap reason="lost" unit="character" quantity="5"/> <unclear>tiru</unclear>vīti vāṉa

<lb n="64" break="no"/>vataraiyaṉ cōḻaṉ vācal katavu katavu

<item>mēṟ-paṭi Uttama-cōḻaṉ tiru-vā

<lb n="66" break="no"/>calkāl katavu</item>

<item>mēṟ-paṭi pala-kaṇi-vācal

<lb n="67"/>poṉpūciṉatum</item>

<item>y-inta vācal muṉ ṉā

<lb n="68" break="no"/>kamu<unclear>m</unclear> pattiramāttiṟ keṭṭi koṭuṅkai

<lb n="69" break="no"/>takaṭu poṉpūciṉatum</item>

<item>Uṇṇāmulai

<lb n="70" break="no"/>-nācciyār-kōyil <unclear>ca</unclear>ṭai-perumāḷ nayi

<lb n="71" break="no"/>ṉār caṉṉatikku mēṟku vācalkāl takavu</item>

<item><lb n="72"/>mēṟ-paṭi veṇkalamum vācal-kāl ka

<item>mēṟ-paṭi poṉpūciṉatum</item>

<item>tūvi po

<lb n="74" break="no"/>ṉpūciṉatum</item>

<item>nācciyār-kōyil maṭa-<supplied reason="omitted">p</supplied>-paḷ

<lb n="75" break="no"/>ḷi muṉ veṭṭiṉa Ārāvamuta-k-kiṇaṟum</item>

<item>ti

<lb n="76" break="no"/>ru-v-āparaṇam kiru<hi rend="grantha">ṣṇa</hi>-rāyaṉ patakkam

<lb n="77"/>nākāparaṇam poṉniṟ cilai vākupuri</item>

<item>

<lb n="78"/>Uttar<choice><orig>i</orig><reg>ī</reg></choice>yam</item>

<item>y-intiṟa vimāṉam</item>

<item>veḷ

<lb n="79" break="no"/>ḷi vintikai</item>

<item>poṉṉiṉ <hi rend="grantha">cēkaṇṭi</hi>⌈

<item>A<hi rend="grantha"><unclear>stra</unclear></hi>-tēva-nayiṉāṟku veḷḷi-t

<lb n="81" break="no"/>takaṭu mucci mēl poṉpūciṉatum</item>

<item><lb n="82"/>tiru-mañ<unclear>ca</unclear>ṉam <unclear>Eṭuk</unclear>ka-p paṇṇuvi

<lb n="83" break="no"/>tta veḷḷi-k-ku<unclear>ṭam</unclear></item>

</list>

</p>

<p>

ki<hi rend="grantha">ṣṇa</hi>-rāya-ma<hi rend="grantha">hā</hi>-rā

<lb n="84" break="no"/>yar canti y-āka <unclear>cantirātitta</unclear>-varaiyum

<lb n="85"/>naṭakka-k kaṭṭaḷai y-iṭṭa nāḷ Oṉṟu

<lb n="86" break="no"/>kku

<list>

<item>Ūṟ-k-kālāl Arici 6 <g ref="sym:tam-kalam"/></item>

<item><lb n="87"/>Eṇṇai-k kāppu 2 <g ref="sym:tam-nali"/></item>

<item>paḻam <g ref="sym:tam-nali"/></item>

<item><lb n="89"/>kaṟpūram <unclear>pala</unclear><supplied reason="omitted">m</supplied> 1/2</item>

<item>pu

<item>tiru-ma

<lb n="91" break="no"/>ñcaṉam Eṭupp

<lb n="92" break="no"/>ār periya tiru-p

<lb n="93" break="no"/>-pāṭṭu Otuvār

<item>tēvaraṭi

<item><lb n="96"/>A=ttiyayaṉam

<item>pallak

<lb n="98" break="no"/>ku-c cērvai</item>

<item>A

<lb n="99" break="no"/>tti-Ayaṉa pēr

</list>

</p>

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<lem>Arici 6 <g ref="sym:tam-kalam"/></lem>

<rdg source="bib:Srinivasan+Reiniche1990_01">arici 6 kalam (kalam)</rdg>

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<rdg source="bib:Srinivasan+Reiniche1990_01">2 patakku (nāḻi)</rdg>

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

The illustrious supreme lord, king of kings among great kings <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>mahārācāti-irāja-irāca-paramēśvaraṉ</foreign></supplied>,

the vanquisher of the three kings <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>mūvarayar kaṇṭaṉ</foreign></supplied>,

the destroyer of the enemy kings <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>ariya-irāya-vipāṭaṉ</foreign></supplied>,

the frightener of the minds of the kings in the eight directions <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>aṣṭa-tikku-irāya-maṉōpayaṅkaraṉ</foreign></supplied>,

the vanquisher of the kings who are not faithfull to their words <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>pāṣaikkut tappu varāyar kaṇṭaṉ</foreign></supplied>,

the lord of the oceans in the east, the south and the west <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>pūruva-takṣiṇa-paccima-camuttirāticuraṉ</foreign></supplied>,

the preceptor who established the kingdom of the Yamunā <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>yamuṉai-irācciya-sthāpaṉācāriyaṉ</foreign></supplied>,

the destroyer of the Kecapati<note>Gajapati.</note> <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>kecapati-vipāṭaṉ</foreign></supplied>,

the glorious Vīra Piratāpaṉ, the glorious Vīra Kiṣṇatēvamahārāyar,

having graciously appeared in Vicaiyanakaram<note>Vijayanagara.</note>;

</p>

having graciously appeared so that there be <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>āka</foreign></supplied> victory in the eastern direction,

he took the fort of Utaiyakiri<note>Udayagiri.</note>,

he captured Irā-uttarāya-mahāpattiram,

he captured at once <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>oru tāṭi</foreign></supplied> Attaṅki, Viṉikkoṇṭai, Velaṅkoṇṭai, the fort of Nākāccuṉi, Taṅkeṭakkētavaram, etc.,

he captured the fort of Koṇṭavīṭu after attacking it <gap reason="ellipsis"/>,

he captured alive <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>pirāṇavuṭaṉē</foreign></supplied> the competent chiefs/ministers <foreign>pāttira-cāmantar</foreign>s Piṟatāparuttiraṉ, Kecapatirāyaṉ, Kumāra Vīrapattirarāyaṉ, Narakaritēvaṉ,<note>Naraharideva.</note> the son of Kumāra Ammirapāttiraṉ,<note>Hammirabhādra.</note> Mallukāṉaṉ<note>Malluk Khān.</note> of Rāccūr, Uttaṇṭakāṉaṉ<note>Uttaṇṭa Khān.</note>, Kacavāpāttiraṉ of Caṉṉiyālam, Pūcalappāṭi Rācirācu, Śrīnātarācu and Ilakṣmipatirācu and Paccima Vālacantira Mahāpāttiram, etc., and gave them a secure position,

he graciously performed the <foreign>tulāpuruṣa-mahādāna</foreign>in the Amarēcuram <supplied reason="subaudible">temple in</supplied> Taraṇikōṭṭam,

he <foreign>then</foreign> returned and graciously appeared in Vicaiyanakaram<note>Vijayanagara.</note>;

</p>

furthermore <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>mīḷa</foreign></supplied>, so that there be <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>āka</foreign></supplied> victory in the direction of the Kaliṅga country,

he graciously appeared in Pacavāṭai,

he took the fort of Koṇṭapaḷḷi,

in that fort, he captured alive <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>cīvattuṭaṉē</foreign></supplied> the <foreign>pāttiram</foreign>s such Piṟakarāca Ciṟaccantira Mahāpāttiraṉ, <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown"/> Mahāpāttiraṉ, Pijilikkāṉaṉ,<note>Pijili Khān.</note> etc., and gave them a secure position,

he captured Aṉantakiri, Uṇṭaṟkoṇṭa, Uruḷakkoṇṭa, Aruvappaḷḷi, Callippaḷḷi, Attikkoṇṭa, Kappaluvāyi Nallaṅkoṇṭa, <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown"/>, Kaṉakakiri, Caṅkarakiri, <gap reason="lost" extent="unknown"/>, and tiṟamalli,

he graciously appeared in Ciṅkāttiri Poṭṭuṉūr and there erected a victory pillar,

he returned <gap reason="lost"/> Cimhātti,

he graciously appeared in Irācamayēntiṟāvaram,

he performed <foreign>mahādāna</foreign> <supplied reason="subaudible">for the sake of</supplied> <gap reason="lost"/> his queens Ciṇṇācci Ammaṉ <supplied reason="subaudible">and</supplied> Tirumalaitēvi Ammaṉ,

he <foreign>then</foreign> graciously appeared in Vicaiyanakaram<note>Vijayanagara.</note>.

</p>

Prosperity! Fortune!

</p>

In the year Tātu, in the month of Makara, in the bright fortnight, tirteenth day, a Monday,

which currently corresponds with the year 1438 of the victorious and wonderful Cālivākaṉa Cakas,<note><bibl><ptr target="bib:Srinivasan+Reiniche1990_01"/></bibl>: <quote>January 5, 1517</quote>.</note>

he graciouly went to Śrī-Kāḷasti,<note>Śrīkālahasti.</note>

worshipped Kāḷatti-nātaṉ,

had graciously a hundred-pillared hall <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>maṇṭapam</foreign></supplied> and a big entrance pavillion <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>kōpuram</foreign></supplied> built for the Lord,

</p>

The temple sevices that

the king Kṛṣṇarāyamahārāyar had made as pious donation <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>taṉmam-āka</foreign></supplied>

for the Lord, the Lord who owns Tiruvaṇṇāmalai

and for his consort Uṇṇāmalai Nācciyār, <supplied reason="subaudible">are as follows</supplied>:

</p>

<list>

<item>a hundred-pillared hall <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>maṇṭapam</foreign></supplied>,</item>

<item>in front of it, ... <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>vasantaṉ teṟpai</foreign></supplied>,</item>

<item>a glorious pond dug for festival time,</item>

<item>for this ... the ocean <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>camuttiram</foreign></supplied> <supplied reason="subaudible">named</supplied> Tirumalaitēvi Ammaṉ,<note>A big tank called as such, according to <bibl><ptr target="bib:Srinivasan+Reiniche1990_01"/></bibl>.</note></item>

<item>an eleven-storied entrance pavillion,</item>

<item>... <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>tiruvīti</foreign></supplied>,</item>

<item>... <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>katavu-kāl</foreign></supplied>,</item>

<item>... <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>katavu</foreign></supplied>,</item>

<item>... <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>poṉpūciṉatum</foreign></supplied>,</item>

<item>in front of this door, snakes <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>nākamum</foreign></supplied>,<note><bibl><ptr target="bib:Srinivasan+Reiniche1990_01"/></bibl>: <quote><foreign>nāka</foreign> design for the front of this door</quote>.</note></item>

<item>... <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>poṉpūciṉatum</foreign></supplied>,</item>

<item>... <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>tūvi poṉpūciṉatum</foreign></supplied>,</item>

<item>... <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>kiṇarum</foreign></supplied>,</item>

<item>... <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>nākāparaṇam</foreign></supplied>,</item>

<item>... <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>vākupuri</foreign></supplied>,</item>

<item>... <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>uttarīyam</foreign></supplied>,</item>

<item>... <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>vimāṉam</foreign></supplied>,</item>

<item>... <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>vintikai</foreign></supplied>,</item>

<item>... <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>cēkaṇṭikai</foreign></supplied>,</item>

<item>... <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>poṉpūciṉatum</foreign></supplied>,</item>

<item>a silver pot<supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>veḷḷikkuṭam</foreign></supplied> ...</item>

</list>

</p>

So that there be a <foreign>canti</foreign> <supplied reason="subaudible">named</supplied> Kiṣṇarāyamahārāyar, so that this proceeds as long as the moon and the sun, per day when endowment is given, <supplied reason="subaudible">provisions are as follows</supplied>:

<list>

<item>6 <foreign>kalam</foreign>s of rice <supplied reason="subaudible">measured according to</supplied> the village stone,<note>A standard mesure.</note>,</item>

<item>2 <foreign>nāḻi</foreign>s <supplied reason="subaudible">for</supplied> fruits,</item>

<item>1/2 <foreign>palam</foreign> <supplied reason="subaudible">for</supplied> camphor,</item>

<item>1/2 <foreign>palam</foreign> <supplied reason="subaudible">for</supplied> civet/musk,</item>

<item>2 persons who undertake the sacred bath and who recite the great sacred poems <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>periya tiruppāṭṭu</foreign></supplied>,<note><bibl><ptr target="bib:Srinivasan+Reiniche1990_01"/></bibl>: <quote>perhaps the <reg>T</reg>ēvāram.</quote></note></item>

<item>6 <foreign>tēvaraṭiyār</foreign>s,</item>

<item>2 persons <supplied reason="subaudible">for</supplied> recitation <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>attiyāyaṉam</foreign></supplied>,<note><bibl><ptr target="bib:Srinivasan+Reiniche1990_01"/></bibl>: <quote>the chanting of the V<reg>e</reg>da.</quote></note></item>

<item>2 persons <supplied reason="subaudible">for</supplied> recitation <supplied reason="explanation"><foreign>attiyāyaṉam</foreign></supplied> <supplied reason="subaudible">during</supplied> service of the palanquin.</item>

</list>

</p>

</div>

<p>According to <bibl><ptr target="bib:Srinivasan+Reiniche1990_01"/></bibl>, the slab bearing this inscription has been lost.</p>

</div>

<p>Reported in <bibl><ptr target="bib:ARIE1902-1903"/></bibl> (ARIE/1902-1903/A/1902/573).</p>

<p>Edited in <bibl><ptr target="bib:SubrahmanyaAiyer1937_01"/></bibl> (SII 8.165). Edited and translated in <bibl><ptr target="bib:Srinivasan+Reiniche1990_01"/></bibl> (TVM 388).</p>

<p>This digital edition by Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis (2024), based on <bibl><ptr target="bib:VenkatasubbaAyyar1943_01"/></bibl>. This translation by Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis (2024).</p>

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