Thambiluvil Inscription

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Thirukkovil Temple

Thambiluvil Inscription is a

Vijayabahu VII of Kotte mentioning about his donation of "Vōvil" or "Wowil" to a temple.[1][2]

Hugh Nevill

This inscription was observed by

Thirukkovil Murugan Temple and he brought it there.[3]
Thambiluvil Inscription still can be seen in the small "Museum" in that temple.

Epigraphy

The cuboid shaped inscription which is nearly 1.5 m in height, is engraved with a peacock and a pair of

Murugan
in its two sides. Its other two sides contain the old Tamil scripts which state the purpose of the inscription.

ஸ்ரீ

Srī

சங்கபோதி

caṅkapōti

பருமரான

parumarāṉa

திறிபுவனச்

tiṟipuvaṉac

சக்கரவர்த்திகள்

cakkaravarttikaḷ

ஸ்ரீ

srī

விசயபாகு

vicayapāku

தேவற்கு

tēvaṟku

ஆண்டு

āṇṭu

பத்தாவதில்

pattāvatil

தை

tai

மாதம்

mātam

20

20

தியதி,சிவஞான

tiyati,civañāṉa

சங்கரர்

caṅkarar

கோவிலுக்குக்

kōvilukkuk

கொடுத்த

koṭutta

வோவில்.

vōvil.

இந்த

Inta

தன்மத்துக்கு

taṉmattukku

அகித்தம்

akittam

செய்தானாகில்

ceytāṉākil

கெங்கைக்

keṅkaik

கரையில்

karaiyil

காராம்பசுவைக்

kārāmpacuvaik

கொன்ற

koṉṟa

பாவத்தை

pāvattai

அடையக்

aṭaiyak

கடவராகவும்

kaṭavarākavum

Thai month" of 10th year of his reign. If anyone violate this Dharma, they will suffer with the sin of killing a cow in the bank of river Ganges
.

Donor

Most of researchers conclude that the king mentioned in this inscription is

Kannaki Amman Temple premises whereas the inscription was initially found.[6]

Batecalo.[7] Mattakkalappu Purva Carithram, an ancient chronicle of Eastern Sri Lanka, also mention about a lagoon near Sankamankandy made by a Feudatory king named "Manuneya Gajabahu".[8][9] A large brackish lake known as "Thandiyadi Lake" nowadays south to Thambiluvil
is identified as this "Wowil".

It is still unclear that why did the king donated this lake to a temple again. Someone in this area may forcibly caught the paddy fields and the lake of "Vovil" from public usage which may be recaptured by the king and donated to temple.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Hugh, Nevill. (1888), The Taprobanian, A Dravidian Journal of Oriental Studies in and around Ceylon, in Natural History, archaeology, Philology, History, &c, Volume 1, Education Society Press, p. 4
  2. ^ A., Veluppillai (1972), Ceylon Tamil Inscriptions, Part 1, p. 2
  3. ^
    ISBN 978-955-9233-31-2
  4. ^ K., Tangewari (1993), Kulakkottan Darisanam (Tamil), Anbu Publications, pp. 43, 44
  5. ^ V.C, Kandiah (1983), Mattakkalappu Saiva Kovilkal I (Tamil), Koodal Publications, pp. 49–64
  6. ^ Indrabala. "Eezha Naatu Tamil cacanangal". Cindhanai (in Tamil). No. July–October 1968. Peradeniya Cindhanai Publications. p. 42.
  7. ^ Nationaal archief of Nederlaands Ceylon map
  8. ^ F.X.C, Nadarajah (1962), Mattakkalappu Manmiyam, Kala Nilayam, p. 31
  9. ISBN 955-9429-66-3
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