Tirunaḷḷāṟu, Tarppāraṇyēcuvarar temple, time of Rājādhirāja, year 30

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Current Version: draft, 2024-05-09Z

Editor: G. Vijayavenugopal.

DHARMA Identifier: INSTamilNadu00103

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

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^{Zone 1} ¹svasti śrī

Āciriyappā

tiṅ²kaḷ-ēr taru taṉ(ṟo)³ṅkal veṇ-kuṭai-k k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ

⁴(n)i(la-ma)kaḷ nilava ma(la)r-(ma)ka(ḷ)

⁵(pu)ṇarn=tu [c]eṅ⟨kō⟩l ōcci-k karuṅ-ka⁶li kaṭintu

tantaiyar tamai⁷(ya)ṉ tampiyar taṉ ṟiru

m¿a?⟨ai⟩nta⁸r eṉṟ’ ivarai maṇi-muṭi cūṭṭi⁹-k

kaṉṉ(i) kāvalar teṉṉavar m¡u!⟨ū⟩¹⁰varuḷ

vāṉakam Oruva¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ukk’ aruḷi¹¹-k kā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩akam

Iruvarukk’ aḷittu-p ¹²porucilai-c cēralaṉ

vēlai ¹³keḻu kāntaḷūr-c-cālai kalam aṟuppitt’

ilaṅkaiyaṟ ¹⁴karaicaiyum Alaṅkal vallavaṉaiyum

kaṉṉa ¹⁵kucciyar-k kāvalaṉaiyum poṉṉaṇi

muṭi-t-talai ¹⁶taṭintu taṉ koṭippaṭai-y ēvi-k

kaṉṉāṭakar viṭu ¹⁷kaṭakari puraḷa-t

taṉṉā(ṭai)yiṟ ṟamiḻp paraṇi koṇṭo¹⁸ṉṉār

vaccira neṭuvāḷ viccayaṉ veru neḷitt’

añci¹⁹-y ōṭattaṉ vañciyam paṭaiyāl

āṅkavaṉ (p)itāvai mā²⁰tāvoṭuñ catarmali

vīṅku n¡i!⟨ī⟩r-p pūṇṭ¡u!⟨ū⟩r veñcama-t taka²¹-p-paṭutt’

ayaṟpaṭai Āhavamallaṉ payattoṭum

vara²²viṭum Oṟṟarai v¿e?⟨o⟩ruvara-p piṭippitt’

āṅkavar mār¿v?⟨p⟩il ²³Āhavamalla¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um

yāṅ¿k?⟨ṅ⟩aṇum añci¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ e¡n!⟨ṉ⟩{(n)}ṉa keḻu²⁴t(i)-[c]

c[e]lu[t]tiya piṉṉai-t taṉ puli-k-koṭi-p pa²⁵ṭaiñar

ōṭṭa vari vāraṇa varaicai-k kaṭal-purai

ciṟu²⁶tuṟai peruntuṟai teyvabhīmaratiy eṉṟ’

uṟu tuṟai ²⁷m¡u!⟨ū⟩ṉṟilu muṇar puna[l] (ā)ṭṭi-y

āṅkava¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ ētta-k kiriyil Ō²⁸ṅku kal

Uḻuvaiyēṟeḻuti Uyarjayastambham

²⁹Eḻil peṟa (n)iṟutti-t taṉ kaḻal paṇin toḻukum

³⁰Araicar(ka)ḷ(o)ṭu ceṇṭāṭi-p porupuli

v¡i!⟨ī⟩ra-k-koṭi³¹yoṭu tiyāka-k-koṭi-y e(ṭu)tt’

oṉṉalar kavarnta ^{Zone 2} ³²toṉ ṉeti-p piṟakkam

Ira(va)³³lar āṉōrkk’ ¡i!⟨ī⟩yntu

viravali lava³⁴ṉ viṭu taṇattukk’

avaṉ velpu(ra)³⁵vi nuḷampa¡(n)!⟨ṉ⟩(u)m kā(ḷ)i

dāsa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um ³⁶viḷamparun= tāṟcāmuṇṭa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um

pōr³⁷kom maṉum villavarājaṉum [mu]]³⁸taliṉar

veñcama-t tiriyal p(o)[ru-]³⁹tavar perun¿e?⟨i⟩ti kavarn=tu

kūccaran u⁴⁰ppaḷa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ koyma(la)r-p

pacun(ta)⁴¹lai tarātatayalappa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ taṭi(n)[tu] ⁴²(mu)¡(n)!⟨ṉ⟩

(koṇ)ṭu takaivana ta[p]pai ⁴³muṉ ṟaippa Appakai ce[k]ut⁴⁴t’

uppaḷa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ vaḻiyiṟ tappila pa[kai-]⁴⁵-v araicarkaḷ

āṅkatu m¡i!⟨ī⟩ṭka māṭṭ(ā)⁴⁶tu ta[¡n!⟨ṉ⟩]

pūṅkaḻal caraṇeṉa-p (pu)⁴⁷ku⟨n⟩ta Araṇava⟨r*⟩kk’ aḷittu

taṭa-muṭi [mī-]⁴⁸ṭṭu-k kuṭuttu-t taṭa-muṭi-k kiṭaṅ

ku(ṭu)t⁴⁹t’ irunta taṭaṅ-kai vanta tappai⁵⁰yai-p

paṟittuṭa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ koṇṭu pōn⁵¹⟨ta⟩ p(i)¡n!⟨ṉ⟩

Aṟattulantañ⁵²ciyum Añcātā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩āy

veñ⁵³camaṅ karuti viṭa vanta peṟkaṭai⁵⁴kaḷ

mu¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ pe[ṟi ta]va⟨r⟩k=ku ⟨ku⟩ṟai varin to⁵⁵rutā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩

cārat [?2+] Aṟaikaḻal taṉ pu⁵⁶kaḻ pā(ta/cu) muṉpa māpiraṭṭaril

Oru⁵⁷vaṉai-p peṇṇuṭai Uṭutti ⁵⁸Or[u]vāṉai

Añcu cikaipaṭa-c ci^{Zone 3}⁵⁹[?1+] rappittavaṉ [vi]ṭutta

⁶⁰pēṟkaṭai taṉṉuṭaṉ ⁶¹pōkki

Āhavamallaṉum ⁶²Āhavamalliyum

Eṉṟu ⁶³piyar Iṭuvittu Aṉṟavaṉ ⁶⁴[viṭu]tta

pēṟkaṭai taṉṉu⁶⁵[ṭ]aṉ pōkk(i) Uṭkuṭaṉ

[?2+] ⁶⁶(nila)viṭātu c(e)ṉṟa [?3+]⁶⁷[?1+ mu]tuk’ iṭa-p

porutu taṉ ⁶⁸[kkay]il muṉ tā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩oru [?1+]⁶⁹[?2+ maṟa] māna-k

kai malai ta⁷⁰[ṭavi]-k ka¡ll!⟨l⟩iyāṇapuram e[ṉ-]⁷¹ṉṉun

toṉṉakar tukaḷe⁷²ḻa-t tukaippit taṉ nakar

A⁷³rai(cuṟai karu) māḷi[k]ai po⁷⁴[ṭi]y[āk]ki

Aṅkatu kākka [ni-]⁷⁵ṉṟa pū [?2+]

[?2+] rākuta⁷⁶ṉ mu[ta ?5+] ḷiṟṟ’

a⁷⁷raicar mu [?5+] r pariyo⁷⁸ṭuṅ

kar[iyoṭum paṭṭuka]-p ^{Zone 4} ⁷⁹[?3+] perunakar

v(i)jaiyarāja(ṉ) e⁸⁰ṉṟu

vīra-Abhiṣekañ ce⁸¹ytu śrī-keḻu

viśvalōkat(tu) ⁸²viḷaṅku maṉu neṟi niṉṟu

⁸³[Aśva]mētañ ceyt’ araicu vī⟨ṟ⟩⁸⁴ṟ-irun[ta]

jayaṅ-koṇṭa-cōḻa¡(n)!⟨ṉ⟩ ⁸⁵(Uyar)n=ta perumpukaḻ

kō-v-irāja-
⁸⁶k[ē](sa)ri Enal āki-p pēca Eṇṭi-
⁸⁷[cai-y ?3+] niṟain=ta kīrtti śrī-vi-
⁸⁸jai⟨ya⟩-(rā)j[e]n¡t!⟨d⟩radevarkku yāṇṭu
⁸⁹3 10 ~ Āva[tu]

Uyya-k-koṇṭār-
⁹⁰-vaḷanāṭṭu muḻaiyūr-[nāṭ](ṭu) brahmadeyan tirunaḷḷāṟ-uṭai-
⁹¹yār śivabrahmaṇaṉ kāśyapaṉ vaikuntaṉ tūvaṭi-
⁹²paṭṭaṉuṅ kāśyapaṉ (kaṇa)[pa]ti vaikuntaṉuṅ kāśyapa
⁹³nakka(ṉ t)iru-nā⟨ra⟩ṇa-paṭṭaṉuṅ kāśyapaṉ tiru-nā⟨ra⟩ṇaṉ ku-
⁹⁴ḷuntāṉ paṭṭaṉuṅ kāśyapaṉ celva-naḷ[ḷāṟu]-tēva-
⁹⁵ṉuṅ kāśyapaṉ (pa)ṭṭa-nāraṇaṉuṅ kāśyapa nārāyaṇa-
⁹⁶¡ṉṉ!⟨ṉ⟩ aru(ḷ)moḻ[i](yu)ṅ kautavaṉ [i]rupattu nālvaṉ
⁹⁷cemmāṉum kautavaṉ kaṭampaṉ cōm[āciyā ?3+]-
⁹⁸raiyaṉ nakkaṉ (m)ātava-paṭṭaṉum ivv-aṉai[vōm ?3+] (c)[i-]
⁹⁹khāmaṇi-vaḷan(ā)ṭṭu muḻaiyūr-nāṭṭu viḻi(yū)r [vēḷḷā]ḷaṉ
¹⁰⁰viḻiyūr-uṭaiyāṉ kommaṉ tātaṉ kaiyāl iyāṅ-
¹⁰¹kaḷ koṇṭu [?2+] Aṉṟāṭu naṟ-kācu 4 10 5

Ik-kācu nā-
¹⁰²ṟpatt’ aiñcuṅ koṇṭu kāc’ oṉṟuk[ku] nellu-k ka-
¹⁰³lam-āka Āṭṭai vaṭṭam nāṟpatt’ aiṅ [?4+] lu-p pa-
¹⁰⁴licai polivat’ ākavum

polin=ta [?5+ U-]
¹⁰⁵ṭaiyār tiru-naḷḷāṟ-uṭaiyārk=ku-c ci(ṟu-kālai) san=t[i]yil ^{Zone 5}
¹⁰⁶[tiru]man=tirapōṉakattukk[u .]a A-
¹⁰⁷yṅ kaṟi-y-amutu Oṉ [?4+ a-]
¹⁰⁸mutu Uriyum Aṭaikkā-y-amu(tu) [?1+]-
¹⁰⁹ttum {finalgomutra}

pūṟvatēśamuṅ k [?2+]-
¹¹⁰ṭ’ aruḷ(i)ṉa periya-tēvaṟku yā [?1+] (ṭ-u)-
¹¹¹ṭaiyāṉ tātaṉ komma(ṉ) [?1+]-
¹¹²tukku-p (pali)cai cekutal [?2+]-
¹¹³kku O¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ṟum poli-y-ūṭṭ-āka [?2+]
¹¹⁴kaṭavōm āṉōm (i)k-kōyi[l-]
¹¹⁵brāhmaṇarōm {finalgomutra}

Ivarkaḷ [aruḷ-]
¹¹⁶moḻitēva-vaḷanāṭṭup pu [?2+]
¹¹⁷veḷḷāḷaṉ kaṇa¿v?⟨p⟩ati kaḷi[ya-]
¹¹⁸¡ṉṉ!⟨ṉ⟩ eḻuttu {finalgomutra}

Translation by Emmanuel Francis

¹ Prosperity! Fortune!

^1-85 [meykkīrtti of Rājādhirāja I Cōḻa]

^85-89 30th year of the glorious and victorious king Rājendra^↓1, [whose] fame fills the eight directions [...] ...

^89-101 [There are] 45 fine gold coins, there should be ...

^101-104 With these fourty-five gold coins...

^104-109 ...

^109-115 We, the Brahmins of this temple have become those who have to ...

^115-118 [signature of witness]

Commentary

For the different versions of the meykkīrtti of Rājādhirāja I Cōḻa, see Cuppiramaṇiyam 1983 (pages 39-45).

Bibliography

First edited in Kuppusamy 2006 (PI 453). First translated in Kuppusamy 2010 (PI 453). Re-edited in Vicayavēṇukōpāl 2017 (Tirunaḷḷāṟu 3), with photos.

This edition revised by G. Vijayavenugopal (2019). Review and updates (based on photos by N. Ramaswamy), encoding, critical apparatus and translation by Emmanuel Francis (2020).

Primary

Kuppusamy, Bahour S. 2006. Pondicherry Inscriptions. Part I: Introduction and Texts with Notes = Putuccēri Mānilak Kalveṭṭukkaḷ. Edited by G. Vijayavenugopal. Pondichéry: Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient; Institut français de Pondichéry.

№ 453, pages 394–399. [siglum K+V]

Kuppusamy, Bahour S. 2010. Pondicherry Inscriptions. Part II: Translation, Appendices, Glossary and Phrases, [and] Preface = Putuccēri Mānilak Kalveṭṭukkaḷ. Edited by G. Vijayavenugopal. Pondichéry: Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient; Institut français de Pondichéry.

№ 453, pages 188–189. [siglum K+al]

Vicayavēṇukōpāl, Kō., ed. 2017. Tirunaḷḷāṟu Aruḷmikku Tarppāraṇyecvarar Tirukkōyil Kalveṭṭukaḷ. Tirunaḷḷāru: aruḷmikku Tarppāraṇyecvarar tirukkōyil tēvastānam.

№ 3, pages 18–21. [siglum V]

Secondary

Cuppiramaṇiyam, Pu. 1983. Meykkīrttikaḷ. Ceṉṉai: ulakat tamilārāycci niruvaṉam.

Pages 39–45.

ARIE 1965-1966. Page 86, appendix B/1965–1966, № 444.

Notes

↑1. Rājādhirāja, in fact.