Nallūr, Vilvāraṇyeśvara temple, time of Kulottuṅga Cōḻa, 9th year author of digital edition Renato Dávalos Emmanuel Francis Margherita Trento European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Paris DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00030.xml CC BY-SA 4.0 2019-2026 as per external metadata Sale of rights to the tēvaraṭiyār Mātumai, alias Kōvaṇavarkulā, to sing the first song (mutal pāṭṭu) of the Tiruvempāvai, carry out the hunting festival (tiruveṭṭai) and climbing up the processional car (tiruttēr).

Consonants aligned horizontally rather than vertically in Grantha ligature sva. No distinction between Tamil e and ē, o and ō.

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tiri-puvaṉa-c-cakkara vaṟtikaḷ śrī-koulōttuṅka-cō ḻa-tēvarkku yāṇṭu 9-Āvatu

U ṭaiyār nalla-nāyanṉār kōyi l tēvar-Aṭiyāḷ mātumai mṭi -Āṉa kōvaṇavarkulāvukku tairuvaem pāvai mutal-pāṭṭun pāṭavumpāṭavum is supplied on the basis of the parallel passage in . tiru-vēṭṭai munnṉṉēṟavum tiru-t-tēr munṉṉēṟavu m

Ivai Āṇṭu māṟi-c cemInscription stops short.

mātumai mṭi mātumai Āṇṭu māṟi-c cem The inscription appears to stop short here. The intended, but never inscribed text is probably similar to that found in ll. 11-12 of inscription : Ivai Āṇṭu māṟi cempāti cey āṭavarkaḷ.

Prosperity! Fortune!

This is the 9th year of king Kulottuṅga Cōḻa III.

For Kōvaṇavarkulā, alias Mātumai, a tēvaraṭiyāḷ from the temple of Lord Nalla Nāyaṉār, so that she would sing the first song mutal-pāṭṭu of the Tiruvempāvai, carry out the hunting festival tiruvēṭṭai, and lead the sacred car tiruttēr muṉṉēṟavum.

These duties shall be carried out in alternating years.

Reported in (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.

92 144 B/1940-1941