Tirumurukaṉpūṇṭi, Muruganātha temple, no king, no year

Author of digital edition: Renato Dávalos (reda).

Summary: Copy of a manuscript document (ōlai) grating several rights to three temple women (tēvaraṭiyār), namely to Cuvaṇṭaya Naṅkai, daughter of Āṭkoṇṭanācci, and her two daughters: Tiruvuṇāḻiyar Naṅkai, alias Toḻi, and Ālālacuntara-Naṅkai, alias Kāṅkaya-nācci. Among the privileges they received was the designation of the hand gestures (kai kāṭṭi) during the performance of the Tiruvempāvai, in the context of the Tiruvātirai festival in Mārkaḻi.

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv30p0i0014.

File path: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv30p0i0014.xml.

Version: (7a4d20d), last modified (7a4d20d).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī caṇḍeśvaraṉ Ōlai sāgarañ-cūḻ vaiy{y}akattu-k kaṇṭiśvaraṉ karumam ārāyka paṇṭē y-aṟa [******] ṉ Aṟaṅ-kāttāṉ pātan tiṟampāmaṟ ceṉṉi mēl vaittu Aruḷāl Āticaṇḍeśvaraṉ Ādeśam nam

⟨2⟩ Uṭaiyār tirumurukaṉpūṇṭi y-āḷuṭaiya-nāyaṉār kōyiṟ tēvaraṭiyāril Āṭkoṇṭanācci maka [*******] māḷ-āṉa cavuṇṭaya naṅkaikkum Ivaḷ taṅkai makkaḷ toḻi-y-āṉa tiruvuṇāḻiyar naṅkaikkum Ivaḷ

⟨3⟩ taṅkai kāṅkaya-nācci-y-āṉa Ālālacuntara-naṅkaikkum nam Ōlai kuṭutta paṭiyāvatu Īśvara samvat [*******] (ti)l Ivarkaḷukku nām tiruvanti-k-kāppu-k kuṭukkaiyil Ivarkaḷ tiruvanti-k-kāppum Eṭuttu paṇiyumuṟai-

⟨4⟩ yuñ ceytu Uṭaiyārkku paṇimāṟuṅ kālan tōṟum tirunīṟṟu-k-kāpput tirukkaṇṇāṭi tiruve[ṇcāmaram] Aṭukkoliyil [*****] taṭṭu-k kāḷāñ(ci) Uḷḷiṭṭavaiyum Eṭuppārkaḷ ākavum tirunāḷukku n¿a?ṭe-

⟨5⟩ śvara-nāyaṉār Eḻuntaruḷum poḻutu muṉṉaraṅku Ēṟa-k kaṭavarkaḷ ākavum Ivar tirumuṉpu piccaveṣam [*******] kaḷ ākavum Inta (ma)hotsavattukku Ēṟi y-aruḷum tiruttēr tirunaṭappuṅ kōyil tirunaṭai-k-kā-

⟨6⟩ vaṇam uḷḷiṭṭa Āsanaṅkaḷ ēṟa-k kaṭavarkaḷ ākavum tirumārkaḻi-t tiruvātiraikku muṉṟā [********] lā y-uḷḷa tiruvempāvaikku kai ¿n?āṭṭi muṉṟām Aṟai mutalāyuḷḷa Aṟaiyuṅ kaṭṭakkaṭava-

⟨7⟩ rkaḷ ākavum meṟcāttum parivaṭṭamum peṟakkaṭavarkaḷ ākavum Intat tiru(va)ntikkāppāl van [*********] sarvvaprāptikaḷāṉa varicaikaḷum peṟa-k-kaṭavarkaḷ ākavum Ippaṭikku Ivarkaḷ makkaḷ makkaḷ cantirā-

⟨8⟩ tityavarai Aṉupavittu varuvārkaḷ ākavum Ippaṭikkuc cempiluñ cilaiyilum veṭṭi-k koḷvat’ āka nam Ōlai kuṭuttōm Ippaṭikku Aruḷi-c ceyal paṭikku tēvarkaṉmi cikāḻi-p-piḷḷai Eḻuttu pāl vaṇṇattāṇṭ{ā} perumāḷ Eḻuttu Aṇṇāmalaiyaṉ Eḻuttu Aṭikkiḻttaḷattu-c cera-sa

⟨9⟩ ṉ Eḻuttu māṭāpattiyam kāñcipurattu comaṉā⟨ta⟩-tēvaṉ Eḻuttu tāṉattāri(l) namaccivāya-tēvaṉ Eḻuttu kaṇṭiyatēvaṉ Eḻuttu Āṉantakkūttaṉ Eḻuttu muttikku nāyakaṉ Eḻuttu tiruvam palapaṭṭi kāṭṭiya kaiyyaṉ Eḻuttu Āṉantakkūttaṉ Eḻuttu

⟨10⟩ Ivai Aruḷāl Āticaṇṭeśvara śrī karaṇattāṉ Eḻuttu ↝

Apparatus

⟨4⟩ tiruve[ṇcāmaram] ⬦ tiruveṉ [6+] SII • I follow here the wording of a parallel inscription from the same temple: INStfaSIIv30p0i0054

⟨7⟩ kai ¿n?⟨k⟩āṭṭi ⬦ kai nāṭṭi SII • I follow here the wording of a parallel inscription from the same temple: INStfaSIIv30p0i0054

Commentary

ARIE dates the record to the 14th century.

See parallel inscription from same temple: INStfaSIIv30p0i0054.

Bibliography

First reported in ARIE 1915–16 (ARIE/1915-1916/B/1915/92).

First edited in Marxia Gandhi et al. 2011 (SII 30.14).

Edited and translated by Renato Dávalos based on previous edition Marxia Gandhi et al. 2011.

Primary

[SII] Marxia Gandhi, N., A. Padmavathy & S. Swaminathan. 2011. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XXX: Inscriptions collected during the year 1915. South Indian Inscriptions 30. New Delhi; Chennai: Archaeological Survey of India; Department of Archaeology, Government of Tamilnadu. Pages 15–16, item 14.

Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1915–16. G.O. No. 99, 29th August 1916. Epigraphy. Recording, with remarks, the progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the year 1915-1916. Edited by H. Krishna Sastri. No place, 1916. Page 10, item 92.