Tiruviṭaimarutūr, Māhaliṅgasvāmin, time of Rajakesarivarman Tribhuvanacakravartin Kulottuṅga Cōḻa, year 9 intellectual authorship of edition Renato Dávalos DHARMA Paris DHARMA_INSSII0500705

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svasti śrī pūmannṉṉu patumam pūtta Ēḻulakum tāmunñ ceytavattāl paruti-vaḻi-t tōṉṟi neṭumāl ivanṉ eṉa cuṭarmuṭi cūṭi Irunila makaḷai Urimaiyil puṇarn=tu tirumakaḷ paṇaimulai ceñcān taṇḷaintu parumaṇi Āram panṉivarai nikaṟpa jayamakaḷ ceḻumñ-cantaṉa-c cuvaṭṭāl puyam irukaiyilai-p porupp-eṉa-t tōṉṟi nāmakaḷ tāṉum ckōmakaḷ cevvāy-p pavaḻa-c cēyyōḷi paṭaittaṉa niyānṉ eṉa tavaḷa naṉiṟa-t tanittuyai-y enṉ eṉa-p pukaḻ-mati cintai makuḻu nāḷilum Oru kuṭai nilavu porupaṭai-t tikiri velēṉuṅ karuṅkali-y iruḷinṉai-t turappa nīṭu-pallūḻi Ēḻ-kaṭal-p puṟattiṉum kōṭā-t tanṉikkōl inṉit’ ulāva mīnṉamum citaittu vāṉ-uyar poṉ neṭu mēruviṟ puli vīṟṟiruppa Umpar i-yānai Ōr-eṭṭiṉukkum tampam eṉnṉa-t tanṉittanṉi ticai-toṟum vicaiyastambha niṟpa-p pacipakai Ātiyākiya vīcu taṇ-puṉalum mētinṉi vaḷaṉum jāti-y oḻukkamum nīti-y aṟamuma piṟaḻātu nikaḻa pāvum paḻa-p parappum paṇaikkai māvum allatu vaṉ-ṟalai-p paṭutal kaṉaviluṅ karit-eṉa varun=ti punṉalilum palvēṟu puḷḷilum allatu ciṟai-y enṉa-p-paṭutal iṉṟi pallavar teluṅkar māḷavar kaliṅkar teṉnṉar kaṭārar coḷar ciṅkaḷar toṅkaṇar srī-hastar aṅkar vaṅkarar mattam-attirar kaṅkar jonṉakar kaikayar jīnṉar eṉṟ' aṟaikaḻal vēntar mallāva racarum uṟaimaiyil varinta tiṟaikuṇan tiṟain=tñca Amponṉ malaṟkoṭi cempiyanṉ kiḻānaṭi-y orumaruṅ kuṭa namarnt’ iruppa Aruḷpuri camaiya-p poṟkōṭi-y imaiya-p-pāvaiyum civanṉum pōl puvana muḻut-uṭai- yāḷ-ḷōṭum viīṟṟ-irunt-aruḷiya

kō-v-irājakecari-patmar-āna tribhuvana-cakravartikaḷ śrī-kulottuṅ ka-cōḷa-devaṟku yāṇṭu 9 Āvatu

mutal kāṇi peṟṟa paṭikku pāṇaṉ Iru-muṭi-cōḻanṉ pirānṉ-āṉa Acañcala-p pērayaṅnṉukku Uyyakkoṇṭār-vaḷanāṭṭu tiraimuūr-nāṭṭu Uṭaiyār tiruviṭaimarut-uṭaiyāṟku pāṭavum Ik-kōyilil taḷiyillār tēvāraṭiyārai pāṭṭuvikkavum pāṇarai Iṭa-k kaṭavannṉ-āka Ivanṉukkum ivanṉ vaṅ śattāṟkum

Ik-kōyil pāṇapeṟ-āka munṉpu peṟṟu varum kācum nellum uḷpaṭa yāṇṭu Onpat-āvatu mutal nāḷ Onṉṟukku ūr-k-kāllāl nel kalam-āka vanta nellu Ik-kōyilil pala-paṇi nivanta-k-kāṟraroṭuṅ kūṭa nivantaṅ kaṭṭi In-nelukku vēṇṭum nilam

munnṉṉ-uṭaiyārai tavirttu It-tēvar tēvatānṉam-ānṉa ūr kaḷḷillē pāṇa-kāṇiyum nila-jiīvitamum-āka Aṭaittu munṉpu pāṇar kuṭi-y-irupp-ānṉa maṉaiyum Ivanṉukku viṭṭu Ip-paṭikku kalveṭṭi koḷvat' āka Onpat-āvatu mutal prasādam peṟṟamaikku prasātañ ceytaruḷinṉa tiru-mukam

malaiya-p-pirāyarum tiru-mantira-Ōlai putukkuṭaiyārum Eḻuttiṭṭa tirumuka-p paṭiyum

purovari śrī-karaṇattu mukaveṭṭi neṭumaṇam-uṭaiyānṉum purovari śrīkaraṇa-nāyakam pon-nṉ-ṉ-uḻānṉum purovari śrīkaraṇa-mukaveṭṭi paṇṇai nallūr-uṭaiyānṉum purovari śrī-karaṇa-mukaveṭṭi vēḷār-kiḻavanṉum purovari śrī-karaṇa-mukaveṭṭi Aracūr-uṭaiyānṉum purovari śrī-karaṇa-nāyakam ceṟṟūr-uṭaiyānṉum purovari-k kūṟu paṅkaḷa-rāyarum ciṅkaḷa-rāyarum vayanāṭṭ-araiya rum Eḻuttiṭṭa Uḷvari-p paṭi

It-tēvar tēvatānṉam-āna Uyyakoṇṭār-vaḷa-nāṭṭu tiraimuūr-nāṭṭu cempiyanṉ kuḷattūril kulōttuṅka-cōḻa-vatikku kiḻakku muñci-k kaṇṇāṟṟukku teṟku kiṭāraṅ-koṇṭa-cōḻa-vatikku mēṟku tarā-p-paḷḷa-k-kaṇṭattukku vaṭakku naṭuviṟ-kaṇṭattu nilam onṉṟ-ē mu-k-kāl-ē Arai-k-kāṇi muntirikai kiīḻ araiyum

Itan teṟku kiṭāraṅ-ko ṇṭa-cōḻa-vatikku mēṟku brahmatēyam tiraimuūrrr ellaikku vaṭakku pāmpuṇi kiḻānṉ nilattukku kiḻakku nilam mu-k-kāl-ē nālu-mā Arai-k-kāṇi muntirikaiyum Āka

nilam Iraṇṭ' araiyē nālu-mā-k kāṇi Arai-k-kāṇi kiīḻ araikku nilav-ōpātiyāl nel munnūṟṟu nāṟpatt' onṉpatinṉ kalattināl uṟaināḻi-y eṟṟi nel munnūṟṟ' aṟu-patinṉ kalattukkum

Ivai kōyiṟ kaṇakku-k kuṇṭaiyūr kiḻavanṉ eḻuttu Ip-paṭikku Ivai tēvarkanṉmi tirucciṟṟampala-paṭṭanṉ Eḻuttu Ip-paṭikku Ivai śrī-kāriyam mulaṅkuṭaiyān Eḻuttu Ivai tiruviti Anṉpaṟkaracinṉ Eḻuttu

yāṇṭu 6-vatu cempiyanṉ kuḷattūril tārā-p-paḷḷa-kaṇṭattu pāmpuṇi kiḻānṉ nilattukku kiḻakku munṉpu Uṟai nāḻi nellukk' enṉṟu niīkki pinṉpu pukunta nilam {8 symbols = fractions} Āka

nilam Iraṇṭ-ē mu-k-kāl-ē Oru-mā-v arai Arai-k-kāṇiyinṉāl nel munnūṟṟ' aṟu-patinṅ kalattālum

Ivai kōyiṟ kaṇakku kuṇṭaiyūr kiḻavan eḻuttu Ip-paṭikku Ivai tēvarkanmi tirucciṟṟampala-paṭṭan eḻuttu Ip-paṭikku Ivai śrī-kāriyam mulaṅkuṭaiyān eḻuttu Ip-paṭikku I vai śrī-māheśvara-kaṇkāṇi tiruvāti Anpaṟkaracinṉ eḻuttu

°cōḷa° The kompu only is unclear in cōḷḻa. pāṇapeṟ-āka pāṇapeṟāka Palaniappan reads pāṇpeṟāka, supposedly because he expects pāṇa-p-peṟ-āka, but we find below tirucciṟṟampala-paṭṭanṉ, whereas tirucciṟṟampala-p-paṭṭaṉ is the standard expected form. pāṇa-kāṇiyum pāṇakāṇiyum Palaniappan reads pāṇkāṇiyum. kōyiṟ-kaṇakku The kompu only is unclear in kōyiṟ.

Prosperity! Fortune!

who graciously sat with ... [meykkīrtti of Kulottuṅga II Cōḻa]

9th year of the glorious king Kulottuṅgacōḷa, emperor of the three worlds, alias Kōpparakesarivarman.

According to the acquisition of the previous land rights (mutal kāṇi peṟṟa), [it was given] to the singer (pāṇaṉ) Acañcala-p Pērayaṉ, alias Irumuticōḻa Pirān so that he takes charge of appointing singers; teaches (pāṭṭuvikka) the dancing girls (tēvāraṭiyār) attached to the temple (taḷiyillār) to sing; sings to the Lord of Tiruviṭaimarutūr in Tiraimūr-nāṭu within the Uyyakkoṇṭārvaḷa-nāṭu.

The land that is needed for this [amount of] paddy, fixed (kaṭṭi) for the temple affairs (nivanta), was agreed (kūṭa) by the temple staff (nivantakkārar) who perform various services (palapaṇi) in the temple. The paddy that came [will be utilized] so that daily pots of paddy [measured] by the village measure (ūrkkālāl), which, from the ninth year onwards, includes (uḷpaṭa) gold coins and paddy that were received previously (muṉpu peṟṟu varum) for singing (pāṇapeṟ’ āka) in the temple.

From the ninth year [of the king Kulottuṅgacōḻa] onwards, the royal order (tirumukam), which has been gracefully commanded (prasātam ceytaruḷiṉa) for obtaining grace (prāsadam peṟṟamai), is now engraved in stone in this manner: a house (maṉai) is granted (viṭṭu) to him, which was formerly a dwelling place (kuṭiyiruppāṉa) for the singers that have been removed (aṭaittu) so that, after evicting (tavirttu) the previous residents (muṉṉuṭaiyār), [he receives] a land for his subsistance (nila-jīvitam) and land rights for singing (pāṇakāṇi) in these villages, which are a tēvatāṉam (devadāna) for this god.

This is in accordance with the royal order signed by the royal officer (tirumantiravōlai) Putukkuṭaiyār and by Malaiya-p Pirāyar.

This is also according to the tax exemption uḷvari that [the following people] have signed: Neṭumaṇamuṭaiyāṉ, the official of the revenue department purovari śrīkaraṇattu mukaveṭṭi, Poṉṉuḻāṉ, the head of the revenue department purovari śrīkaraṇa-nāyakam Poṉṉuḻāṉ, Paṇṇai Nallūruṭaiyāṉ, the official of the revenue department purovari śrīkaraṇa-mukaveṭṭi, Vēḷār Kiḻavaṉ, the official of the revenue department purovari śrīkaraṇa-mukaveṭṭi, Aracūruṭaiyāṉ, the official of the revenue department purovari śrīkaraṇa-mukaveṭṭi, Ceṟṟūruṭaiyāṉ, the head of the revenue department purovari śrīkaraṇa-nāyakam, Paṅkaḷarāyar, the land revenue official purovari of the kūṟu, Ciṅkaḷarāyar, and Vayanāṭṭāraiyar

It is thus given so that there be āka 1 (oṉṟē) + 3/4 (mukkālē) + 1/160 (araikkāṇi) + 1/320 (muntirikai) + 1/640 (kīḻarai) [amounting to 1127/640] of land in the middle parcel (naṭuviṟ-kaṇṭam), located to the north of the Tarāppaḷḷa parcel (kaṇṭam), west of the Kiṭāraṅkoṇṭacōla channel (vatikku), south of the Muñci branch canal, east of the Kulōttuṅkacōḻa channel, which is in Cempiyaṉ Kuḷattūr in the Tiraimūr-nāṭu, located in the Uyyakoṇṭārvaḷa-nāṭu, which is a land donated (tēvatāṉa) to this god, as well as 3/4 (mukkālē) + 1/5 (nālumā) + 1/160 (araikkāṇi) + 1/320 (muntirikai) [amounting to 307/320] to the east of the land of Pāmpuṇi Kiḻāṉ, which is situated on the northern border of Tiraimūr brahmatēyam (Skt. brahmadeyam), west of of the Kiṭāraṅkoṇṭa-cōḻa channel, south of this [aforementioned boundary]. By the obligation of the land (nila v-ōpāti) [which amounts to] 2 (iraṇṭu) + 1/2 (araiyē) + 1/5 (nālumā) + 1/80 (kāṇi) 1/160 (araikkāṇi) + 1/640 (kīḻaraikku) [amounting to 1741/640] the 349 pots of paddy, which was the share of the village (uṟaināḻi), is increased (eṟṟi) [for a total] of 360 pots of paddy.The total amount could be expressed also as 2 [vēli] and 461/640. This would be the total sum of the two other areas of land described above.

This is the signature of Kuṇṭaiyūr Kiḻavaṉ, the accountant of the temple; in this manner, these is the signature of Tirucciṟṟampalapaṭṭaṉ, the temple official tēvarkaṉmi; in this manner, these is the signature of Mulaṅkuṭaiyān, the temple official śrīkāriyam; these is the signature of TiruvitiTiruvāti in line 13. Aṉpaṟkaracu.

so that {unknown area} of land previously was added in the 6th year by removing the previous the share of the village (uṟaināḻi) of paddy to the east of the land of Pāmpuṇi Kiḻāṉ from the Tarāpaḷḷa parcel, which is in Cempiyaṉ Kuḷattūr.

[To obtain] 360 pots of paddy [that are obtained] by 2 (iraṇṭē) + 3/4 (mukkālē) + 3/40 (orumāvarai) + 1/320 (araikkāṇi) [amounting to 453/160] of land.

This is the signature of Kuṇṭaiyūr Kiḻavaṉ, the accountant of the temple; in this manner, this is the signature of Tirucciṟṟampalapaṭṭaṉ, the temple official tēvarkaṉmi; in this manner, this is the signature of Mulaṅkuṭaiyān, the temple official śrīkāriyam; in this manner, this is the signature of TiruvātiTiruviti in line 12. Aṉpaṟkaracu, the glorious śrī-māheśvara-kaṇkāṇi.

Reported in (ARIE/1894-1895/B/1895/141).

Edited in (SII 5.705); partially translated by and by .

This digital edition by Renato Dávalos (2024), based on . This translation by Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis (2024).

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