# Civaṉ Vāyal, no king, no year

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00372

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00372.xml

Language: Tamil [Tamil]

Commit: 2026-10-08 12:16 (1b1b17c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
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## Summary

See ARIE 1943–45 (p. 40): “In characters of about the 9th century A.D.
Beginning and ends of lines built in. Seems to state that the temple of
Vaikuṇṭanāthar was constructed by a Brāhmaṇa lady named Kumariccāṉi.”
See Nagaswamy 1970 (p. 28): “An inscription in the 8-9th century Tamil
characters recording the construction of a Viṣṇu temple called Śrī kōil
Śrī Vaikuṇṭatēvar by a Brahmin lady Kumāriccāṇi, the wife of a certain
Dharman, is found on a slab built into the ceiling of the ardhamaṇḍapa
of Kariyamāṇikka Vaikuṇṭa Varadarājar temple.”

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## Edition

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## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1943–45 (ARIE/1943-1945/B/1944-1945/10), in Nagaswamy
1970 (Damilica 1, inscription from Civaṉvayil), and in Mahalingam 1988
(IP 372).

ASI transcript and estampage, if any, yet to be consulted.

### Primary

[N] Nagaswamy, R. 1970. Damilica 1. Madras: Tamil Nadu State Department
of Archaeology. Page 22 (Tamil section), page 28 (English section).

[IP] Mahalingam, T. V. 1988. Inscriptions of the Pallavas. New Delhi;
Delhi: Indian Council of Historical Research; Agam Prakashan. Item 372,
page 771.

### Secondary

ARIE 1943–45. Annual reports on South Indian epigraphy for the years
1943-44 and 1944-45. By N. Laksminarayan Rao. Delhi: Government of
India, 1955. Page 40, appendixes B/1944-1945, item 10.