Nallūr, Vilvāraṇyeśvara, no king, no year

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Edition

⟨1⟩ [svas]ti śrī It-dakṣiṇām¡u!⟨r⟩tti te(va)[⌈]-

⟨2⟩ [rai] Eḻu¡ṉ!taruḷi vittāṉ cātti[yak]-

⟨3⟩ [kam u]ṭaiyāṉ maṇṭai-poṉ¡n!aṉ (śrī)

⟨4⟩ [****] cōḻa- (malai)yamāṉ [**]

⟨5⟩ [***] vat’ āka [canti]rātittavaṟ cel‡vat’ āka Amu-

⟨6⟩ [tu-pa]ṭi cel(va)[***] (c)āttiyakka⟨t⟩tu ‡ v-iṭṭa naṉ ⌈

⟨7⟩ [c]ai [ni]lam kā [***] viṭṭē⟨ṉ⟩ ‡ cāttiyakka

⟨8⟩ [m uṭai][ṉ ma]ṇṭai-po¡nn!a ‡ (n) muṭi [*]

⟨9⟩ [*] [cōḻa malaiyam]ā¡n!ē(ṉ) Itu [**]

⟨10⟩ [1 lost line]

Translation

⟨1⟩ [Prosperity!] Fortune!

⟨1–4⟩ Maṇṭai Poṉṉaṉ from Cāttiyakkam built this image of Dakṣiṇā.

⟨5⟩ […] as long as the sun and the moon remain […]

⟨5–7⟩ I have given […] a field of wetland, which was taken from Cāttiyakkam […] as food offering (amutu-paṭi) […]

⟨7–9⟩ I, Muṭi*cōḻa Malaiyamāṉ, alias Maṇṭai Poṉṉaṉ, land-owner (uṭaiyāṉ) from Cāttiyakkam […]

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1939-43 (ARIE/1939-1943/B/1940-1941/148).

This edition by Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis, based on autopsy (2024), photos (E. Francis, 2024), ASI estampage and transcript kindly supplied (2025) by the Director of Epigraphy in Mysore.

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 148, appendixes B/1940-1941.