Tirumeyñānam, Jñānaparamēśvara temple, time of Tribhuvanachakravartin Rājarājadēva, year 17

Author of digital edition: Dorotea Operato (doop).

Summary: Registers the resolution of the assembly of Nālūr alias not to engage certain persons for doing the temple services. It further declared that those persons who act against the resolution are enemies of the village.

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

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

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv36p0i0332.

File path: DHARMA_INStfaSIIv36p0i0332.xml.

Version: 2026-10-08 12:16 (dfa95be), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09 (1120f60).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī tiri-puvaṉa-c-cakkara-vattikaḷ śrī-rājarāja⌈-
⟨2⟩ devaṟkku yāṇṭu 10 6 vataṉ Etirām-āṇṭu Āvaṇi
⟨3⟩ mātat⟨t⟩’ oru nāḷ nālūr-āna vānavan-mā-t¡e!vi-caru-p¡e!-
⟨4⟩ ti-maṅkala peruṅ-kuṟi mahā-sabhaiyo nam⟨m⟩ūr pā-
⟨5⟩ ṇṭanēri puḷi-⟨y⟩-aṭiyilē kuṟai-vaṟa-k kūṭi Iruntu (vi)-
⟨6⟩ yavastai paṇṇiṉa paṭi namm-ūril Ūrār na(m)mūrkkum nam-
⟨7⟩ mūril Uṭaiyār tiru-mayānam uṭaiyār k¡o!-
⟨8⟩ yil Uḷḷuṭṭa (kō)yilkaḷukkum tiru-muṟṟaṅkaḷu-
⟨9⟩ kkum kāriya-t¡e!vai-k kūṟu-vakaikku k¡o!yiṟṟa-
⟨10⟩ [**] ṭṭa [**********] tavarai ceyāt’ o-
⟨11⟩ ḻiyavum kāriyañ ce⟨y⟩tār uṇṭ’ ākil kirāma-trohi-
⟨12⟩ kaḷ paṭṭatu paṭutta(vu)m nammūr Āṇṭu t¡o!ṟum
⟨13⟩ Āṭṭai-vāṇam āka niṟka kaṭav¡o!m ākavu-
⟨14⟩ m Ip-paṭikaḷ tavira ceyt’ āruṇṭ’ ākil Ivar-
⟨15⟩ kaḷuṭaṉ śiva{ś}dāśādikaḷ tavira-k kaṭavat’ ākavu-
⟨16⟩ m sarvvarum Eḻuttiṭṭa mahā-sapā niy¡o!kam
⟨17⟩ Ivarkaḷ Aruḷi ceyya Eḻutiṉ¡e!n Ūṟ kaṇakku
⟨18⟩ nālūr-uṭaiyāṉ t¡e!varāna tiru-c-ciṟṟampalam-u-
⟨19⟩ ṭaiyān Uttamappiriyaṉ Eḻuttu

Apparatus

⟨15⟩ śivaśdāśādi ⬦ SII • ś is probably a surplus.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1910–11 (ARIE/1910-1911/B/1910/332).

Edited in Shanmugam 2018 (SII 36.332).

This digital edition by Dorotea Operato, based on Shanmugam 2018.

Primary

[SII] Shanmugam, P. 2018. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XXXVI: Inscriptions collected during the year 1910. South Indian Inscriptions 36. New Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director General). Pages 287–288, item 332.

Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1910–11. G.O. No. 832, 28th July 1911. Epigraphy. Recording the progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for epigraphy, Southern Circle, for the year 1910-1911. Edited by H. Krishna Sastri. No place, 1911. Page 30, appendix B/1910, item 332.

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Ip-paṭikaḷ tavira ceyt' āruṇṭ' ākil Ivar

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