Elvānāśūr, Grāmārdhanātha Temple, time of Vijayarāya Mahārāya

Editor: Dorotea Operato.

Identifier: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv22p0i0161.

Summary: It states that, as a result of the collection of kāṇikkai from the ryots of the Right-hand and Left-hand classes by the officers of state on each change of regime or administration, the former became impoverished and ran away from their homes to other kingdoms consequently worship and festivals in temples ceased and the land became infested with disease causing intense mental anguish to the people.

Hand description:

No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō.

Language: Tamil.

Repository: South Indian Inscriptions (tfa) (tfa-sii-epigraphy).

Version: (05cda97), last modified (dfdf9bb).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrīmamahā-maṇṭal¿i?⟨ī⟩cura Ariyarāya vipāṭaṉ pāṣaikku tappuvarāyar kaṇṭaṉ m¿u?⟨ū⟩-v-arāyar kaṇṭaṉ kaṇṭa-nāṭu koṇṭu koṇṭa-nāṭu koṭātāṉ ⟨2⟩ satu-samuttirāti-pati keca-v¡e!⟨ē⟩ṭṭai kaṇṭ’ aruḷiya śrī v¿i?⟨ī⟩ra-pratāpa vicaiya rāya ma-rāyar piṟutu-v-irācciyam paṇṇi Aruḷā niṉṟa kṣayasa⟨3⟩vaṟsarattu tulā-nāyaṟṟu pūṟuva-pakṣattu veḷḷi-k-kiḻamaiyum tecamiyum peṟṟa Aviṭṭattu nāḷ vaḻutilampaṭṭu cāvaṭi nāṭum k¿a?⟨ā⟩raṇikkarum parivāramum toṇṭaimāṉār kacci⟨ya⟩rāyar kacci⟨ya⟩rāyarum kūṭi (iruntu Irāyar) ⟨4⟩ Irāyatappiṟamā-ṇattukku nākaraca Uṭaiyar nirupa-p paṭi Iṉa-vari Iṭaṅkai-vari kaḻittu kallu-veṭṭivitta paṭi Irācciyattil valaṅkai Iṭaṅkai Inta Iraṇṭu vakaiyil kuṭikaḷaiyum piṟatāṉikaḷ maṉmantaraṅkaḷ t¡o!⟨ō⟩ṟum kāṇikkai ko⟨5⟩ṇṭu Ittāl¡e!⟨ē⟩ kuṭikaḷ Uḷḷatu nalaṅki puṟa irācciyam¡e!⟨ē⟩ Oṭi-p p¡o!⟨ō⟩y Ittāl¡e!⟨ē⟩ t¡e!⟨ē⟩va-tāṉaṅkaḷ pūcai puṉaskāram tiru-nāḷum kulaintu Irācciyam viyātiyum Āy maṉittar Uḷḷam cettu nalaṅkiṉapaṭiāle Intacceyti Irāyar tiruvuḷḷam paṟṟi Aruḷi ⟨6⟩ valaṅkai y-iṭaṅkaiyil Uṇṭu Āṉa kuṭikaḷukkum kāṇikkai koḷḷa-k kaṭavat’ alla Eṉṟu Aṇṇappa Uṭaiyaṟku Irāyar Irāyatam tiru-vuḷḷam-paṟṟi (Aruḷiya) Aḷavil Inta Iṉa-variyum Iṭaṅkai-variyum kaḻittu Aṇṇappa Uṭaiyar cila Iṭa⟨7⟩ttukku-k kallu-veṭṭuvittu cila-cila Iṭattukku-k kallu-veṭṭuviyāta paṭi ⟨y⟩-Āl¡e!⟨ē⟩ Inta-c ceyti nākaraca Uṭaiyaṟku viṇṇappañ ceyta paṭi⟨y⟩āl¡e!⟨ē⟩ Immatiyā (tik)ku nākaraca Uṭaiyar nirupam tarukaiyil Iṉ-ṉāḷ mutalukku valaṅkai ⟨8⟩ Iṭaṅkaiyil palakuṭikaḷukkum Iṉavari Iṭaṅkaivari Eṉṟu koḷḷa-k kaṭavat’ alla-v-ākavum Itukku Irāca-karattukku Uṭkuṭuttu kalaivu vicārittavaṉ civa-t-tur¡o!⟨ō⟩ki paṭṭatum paṭṭu ⟨9⟩ keṅkai-k-karaiyil kapilavatai paṇṇiṉa pāpattil¡e!⟨ē⟩ p¡o!⟨ō⟩ka-k kaṭavarkaḷ Ākavum

Translation by Dorotea Operato

(1) Prosperity!

Commentary

Śaka year 1368 according to ARIE 1906-1907 and Srinivasa Rao 1983.

The date corresponds to A.D.1446, September 30, according to Srinivasa Rao 1983.

This inscription is a copy of No.23 of 1905 without the signatures at the end, as reported by ARIE 1906-1907 and Srinivasa Rao 1983.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1906-1907 (ARIE/1906-1907/B/1906/161).

Edited in Sundaram 2010 (SII 22.161).

This digital edition by Dorotea Operato, based on Srinivasa Rao 1983.

Primary

[SII] Srinivasa Rao, G.V. 1983. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XXII, Part I: inscriptions collected during the year 1905-06. South Indian Inscriptions 22.1. Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director General). Pages 131–132, item 161.

Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1906-1907. G.O. No. 503, 27th June 1907. Epigraphy. Reviewing the annual progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for -, Southern Circle, for the year 1906-1907. Edited by V. Venkayya. No place, 1907. Page 20, appendix B/1906, item 161.