Pākūr / Vākūr / Bahur, Tirumūlanātar temple, time of Kaṉṉaradeva, year 24

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Ardhamaṇḍapa, east wall. Kaṉṉaradeva = Kṛṣṇa III Rāṣṭrakūṭa, RY 24 = 963 CE.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: Pondicherry (tfa-pondicherry-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSPondicherry00005.

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Version: 2026-11-04 20:32 (e2dd903), last modified 2026-11-04 20:32 (e2dd903).

Edition

⟨1⟩ śvasti śrī-kaṉṉara-tēva⟨r⟩kku yā-
⟨2⟩ ṇṭu 2 10 4-vatu vākūr ¡śi!-m¡u!las¡t!āṉa-
⟨3⟩ ttu-p mahādevarkku tiruvā⟨y⟩ppāṭi Iru-
⟨4⟩ kku⟨m⟩ maṉṟāṭi kōṉūr nakkaṉ vaitta na-
⟨5⟩ ntā-viḷakku Arai{vi}kku vaitta Āṭu
⟨6⟩ nā¿p?-patt’ āṟu Ivai can¡t!rati⟨t⟩taval

Translation by Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2010

⟨1⟩ Hail!

⟨1–2⟩ 24th year of śrī-Kaṉṉara-tēvar.

⟨3–6⟩ For the half perpetual lamp for the great Lord of śrī-Mūlastāṉam of Vākūr, donated by Nakkaṉ of Kōṉūr, a shepherd, who lives in Tiruvāy-p-pāṭi, the sheep endowed (for this) are fourty-six.

⟨6⟩ This is to last till the moon and the sun will last.

Bibliography

Not reported in ARIE.

Edited in Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2006 (PI 5) and translated in Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2010 (PI 5).

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis, based on Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2006. This translation adapted from Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2010.

Primary

[PI] Kuppusamy, Bahour S. & G. Vijayavenugopal. 2006. Pondicherry inscriptions. Part I: Introduction and texts with notes = Putuccēri mānilak kalveṭṭukkaḷ. Pondichéry: Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient; Institut français de Pondichéry. Page 4, item 5.

[PI] Kuppusamy, Bahour S. & G. Vijayavenugopal. 2010. Pondicherry inscriptions. Part II: Translation, appendices, glossary and phrases, [and] preface = Putuccēri mānilak kalveṭṭukkaḷ. Pondichéry: Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient; Institut français de Pondichéry. Page 2, item 5.

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