Nallūr, Vilvāraṇyeśvara, time of Kulottuṅga Cōḻa, 9th year
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Edition
⟨1⟩ (sva)st(i) śr[ī] t(i)r(i)-puva¿pā?-c-cakkara-
⟨2⟩ vaṟtikaḷ śrī-k¡o!lōttuṅka-[cō]-
⟨3⟩ ḻa-tēvarkku yāṇṭu 9-Āvatu (U)-
⟨4⟩ ṭaiyār nalla-nāyanār kō(y)i[li]-
⟨5⟩ [l] t(ē)(var A)ṭ[i]yāḷ mātu[***][ca. 3+](m)[.][.]-
⟨6⟩ -Āṉa kōvaṇavarkulāvukku t¿a?ruv¿a?m-
⟨7⟩ pāvai mutal-pāṭṭun tiru-vēṭṭai
⟨8⟩ mu¡nn!ēṟavum tiru-t-tēr mu¡n!ēṟavu-
⟨9⟩ m I⟨vai⟩ Āṇṭu māṟi-c ce(m)
Apparatus
⟨5⟩ mātu[***][ca. 3+](m)[.][.] ⬦ mātu(mai) ARIE.
⟨9⟩ Āṇṭu māṟi-c ce(m) • The inscription appears to stop short here. The intended, but never inscribed text is probably similar to that found in lines 11-12 of inscription Tamil Nadu 29: Ivai Āṇṭu māṟi cempāti.
Translation
⟨1⟩ (Prosperity! Fortune!)
⟨2–3⟩ 9th year of ...
⟨3–9⟩ ...
Bibliography
Reported in ARIE 1939-43 (ARIE/1939-1943/B/1940-1941/144).
This edition by Renato Dávalos, Emmanuel Francis, and Margherita Trento, based on autopsy, photos (E. Francis, 2024), and ASI transcript.
ASI transcript consulted in Mysore by Renato Dávalos (September 2025) with the kind permission of the Director of Epigraphy.
Secondary
[ARIE] ARIE 1939-43. Annual reports on South Indian epigraphy for the years 1939-40 to 1942-43. Edited by C. R. Krishnamacharlu and N. Laksminarayan Rao. Delhi: Government of India, 1952. Page 92, item 144, appendixes B/1940-1941.
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9th year of ...
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<p>ASI transcript consulted in Mysore by Renato Dávalos (September 2025) with the kind permission of the Director of Epigraphy.</p>
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