# Tiruniṟaṅkoṉṟai, cave, no king, no year

Emmanuel Francis

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPallava00455

Repository: Pallava (tfa-pallava-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSPallava00455.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-11 17:29 (458e70c), last modified 2026-09-29 11:09
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## Summary

Construction of a hall (maṇṭakam) for the Jain temple of Tirunaṟuṅ
Koṇṭai and of the Jain temple (kōyil) of Caturmukaṉ.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ śrī

tirunaṟuṅ koṇtai-k kiḻai-p-paḷḷikku ⟨2⟩ k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ maṇṭakamu⟨ñ⟩
caturmuka-t tiru-k-kōyiluñ ceyvittār ⟨3⟩ (kā)viri-t-te(ṉ)-karai
mirai-nāṭṭu tala-k-kuṭi vicaiya-nalluḻāṉ-ākiya ⟨4⟩ kumaraṉ tēvaṉ

nilamum ñāyaṟum [ca. 4+]

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity!

⟨1–4⟩ He who had the hall (maṇṭakam[1]) east of the Kiḷaippaḷḷi[2] of
the glorious one with a fragrant (naṟum) tuft (koṇṭai[3]) and the
glorious temple of Caturmukaṉ[4] built ⟨is⟩ Kumaraṉ Tēvaṉ alias
Vicaiyanalluḻaṉ of Talakkuṭi in the Miraināṭu ⟨on⟩ the northern bank of
the Kāvēri (kāviri).

⟨4⟩ The earth and the sun […][5]

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1939–43 (ARIE/1939-1943/B/1939-1940/306).

Edited in Dayalan 2005.

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on Dayalan 2005. The
distinction between initial and medial vowels, and between Grantha and
Tamil letters could not be implemented with full confidence. The present
digital edition is thus provisional and should be revised with proper
visual documentation.

### Primary

[D] Dayalan, D. 2005. Computer application in Indian epigraphy (Pallava
period). 3 vols. New Delhi: Bharatiya Kala Prakashan. Volume 3, appendix
I, page 1317, item 80.

### Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1939–43. Annual reports on South Indian epigraphy for the
years 1939-40 to 1942-43. Edited by C. R. Krishnamacharlu & N.
Laksminarayan Rao. Delhi: Government of India, 1952. Page 66, appendixes
B/1939-1940, item 306.

[1] Sanskrit maṇḍapa.

[2] That is, a Jain shrine named kiḷai, that is, “sprout, shoot, bud,
bunch of flowers.”

[3] We presume that tirunaṟuṅ koṇtai is the name of a major deity of the
site.

[4] See MTL, s.v.: “Lit., the four-faced. 1. Brahmā; 2. Arhat.”

[5] Possibly a formula wishing that these constructions last as long as
the earth and the sun.