Nallūr, Vilvāraṇyeśvara, time of Rājarādeva Cōḻa, year 19

Authors of digital edition: Renato Dávalos (reda), Emmanuel Francis (emfr), Margherita Trento (matr).

Summary: Registers the gift of the whole village of Nallūr consisting of 360 vēli of land and of other pieces elsewhere amounting to ten vēli and odd with their income in taxes like mākkalam, āyam and kīḻiṟaipāṭṭam for the requirements of the temple of Nallanāyaṉār at Nallūr by Āḷappiṟandāṉ Mōgaṉ alias Kāḍavarāyaṉ.

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

Language: Tamil (tam).

Version: 2025-10-06 18:49 (d8a79ed), last modified 2025-09-25 15:57 (a4bd996).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī rāja-rāja-de-
⟨2⟩ (vaṟ)ku yāṇṭu 10 9 Āvatu
⟨3⟩ (Ā)ḷappiṟan=tā¡n! mōkaṉ-āṉa kā-
⟨4⟩ ṭavarāyaṉ-ēṉ nallūr Uṭai-
⟨5⟩ yār nalla-nāyaṉāṟku tiruppa-
⟨6⟩ ṇikkum tiru-p-paṭimāṟṟukkum ā-
⟨7⟩ ka v-iṭṭaṉ nallūr āllai Aṭa-
⟨8⟩ (ṅ)ka n(i)lam munnūṟṟ’ aṟu-[patu vē]li-
⟨9⟩ yum vaṭa-v-āṟṟaṅkarai-t tiru-nan=tava
⟨10⟩ ṉam 5 vēliyum kāccuva-k-kuṭi-
⟨11⟩ yil nilam Ai-vē(l)iyum vali-
⟨12⟩ y(ō)caiyil nilam muṉ(ṟu)
⟨13⟩ māvum puñcaṉūril nilam sama-
⟨14⟩ (yar) putu-k-kuṭi nilam 1/5-(m) nakari
⟨15⟩ nilam 1/4-m Āka In-nilaṅkaḷil pā-
⟨16⟩ ṭi-kāva(l u)ḷḷiṭ=ṭa mākkal naku ḷam (maṟṟuḷ)-
⟨17⟩ ḷa Ā[yaṅkaḷum It-tiru]vēllaiy(il) (mā) [****]
⟨18⟩ kācu taṟi-(y)-[iṟai U]ṭpaṭ=ṭa kīḻ iṟai-p pāṭ[ṭa]-
⟨19⟩ ṅkaḷu(m) Aṭa[ṅka] nalla-nāya¡n!āruk[ku]
⟨20⟩ v-iṭṭēṉ I(tu) [pa]nmāheśva(ra)-rakṣai

Apparatus

⟨17⟩ Ā[yaṅkaḷum It-tiru]vēllaiy(il) (mā) [4+] • Reading based on ASI transcript: Āyaṅkaḷum Ittiruvēlliyil mā [2+]

⟨18⟩ taṟi-(y)-[iṟai U]ṭpaṭ=ṭa • Reading after ASI transcript.

⟨19⟩ Aṭa[ṅka] • Reading after ASI transcript.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

...

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1939-43 (ARIE/1939-1943/B/1940-1941/145).

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 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 145, appendixes B/1940-1941.

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Prosperity! Fortune!

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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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