Nallūr, Vilvāraṇyeśvara temple, time of Kulottuṅga Cōḻa, year <unclear>9</unclear> author of digital edition Renato Dávalos Emmanuel Francis European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Paris DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00029.xml CC BY-SA 4.0 2019-2026 as per external metadata Sale of rights to five tēvaraṭiyār to sing the first song mutal pāṭṭu of the Tiruvempāvai, carry out the hunting festival tiruvēṭṭai and climbing up the processional car tiruttēr.

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svasti śrī

tiri-puvaṉa-c-cak kara-varttikaḷ śrī-kulōttu ṅka-cōḻa-tēvarkku yāṇṭu 9 Āvatu

Uṭaiyār nalla-nāyya nṉār tēvaraṭiyāril Aṟam-uṭaiy āḷ makaḷ nācciyy-āṉa nāṟpatte ṇṇāyira-naṅkaik=kku kōvikkum tiru-v -Uṭaiyaḷḷḷukkum tiru-mēnṉikkiu naḷḷukku m Iṉṉālvaṟkkum

In-nāyanṉār kōyilil tiruvaempaāvai mutal pāṭṭum tiru-vēṭṭai muṉnṉēṟṟamum tiru-t-tēr munṉēṟavum Ivai AĀṇṭu māṟi cempāti ceyyāṭavarkaḷ

1 poṉ kaḻaiañc’ araiyum ciī-paṇṭaārattu Oṭukku-k-koṇṭu taṇṭēcura-vilai y āka Ivarkaḷukku kuṭuttōm Ik-kōyilalilil t ānṉattōm *

AĀṇṭu Compare Āṇṭu māṟi-c cem in (line 9).

Prosperity! Fortune!

9th year of the glorious king Kulottuṅga Cōḻa, emperor of the three worlds.

These iṉṉāvaṟkkum were the women who were granted rights: Nācci, daughter of Aṟam-uṭaiyāḷ, also known as Nāṟpatteṇṇāyira Naṅkai, and for these four women: Kōvi, Tiruvuṭaiyāḷ, Tirumēṉi, and Naḷḷu. The beneficiaries are indicated by a chain of datives, partly coordinated by -um: nācci-āṉa nāṟpatteṇṇāyira naṅkaikku i.e., Nāṟpatteṇṇāyira Naṅkai, alias Nācci, daughter of Aṟamuṭaiyāḷ, followed by kōvikkum, tiruvuṭaiyaḷukkum, tirumēṉikki, and naḷḷukkum. The syntax is ambiguous because of the inconsistent distribution of -um, which makes the segmentation of names interpretative. ARIE summarizes the transaction as involving two tēvaraṭiyāḷ, but without mentioning the segmentation of their names. Alternatively, another reading could restrict the enumeration to items explicitly marked by -um, yielding three coordinated beneficiaries: 1) naṅkaikku kōvikkum, 2) tiruvuṭaiyaḷukkum, and 3) tirumēṉikki naḷḷukkum.

We, the temple trustees tāṉattār, have received one and a half kaḻañcu of gold as fixed price by Taṇṭēcurar,Sanskrit Caṇḍeśvara. and deposited it into the temple treasury, thereby granting the right to sing the first song mutal pāṭṭu, of the Tiruvempāvai, to carry out muṉṉēṟṟam the hunting festival tiruvēṭṭai, and to climb on the sacred chariot tiruttēr. These duties are to be performed by them in rotation every other year in the temple of this Lord.

Reported in (ARIE/1939-1943/B/1940-1941/143).

This edition by Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis, based on autopsy (2024), photos (E. Francis, 2024), ASI estampage kindly supplied by the Director of Epigraphy in Mysore, and online documentation (photo by Aragalur Pon Venkatesan, accessed 2025-11-05).

92 143 B/1940-1941