Nallūr, Vilvāraṇyeśvara, time of Kulottuṅga Cōḻa, year 20

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

Summary: Registers the sale of the right of singing the Tiruvembā[vai] kaṭai-k-kāppu in the temple of Nalla-Nāyaṉār to the dēvaraṭiyāḷ by name Uḍaiyanāchchi alias Kulōttuṅgaśōḻa-māṇikkam by the tānattār of the temple.

Palaeographic description: No distinction between e and ē, o and ō.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00035.

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00035.xml.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ [svas]t[i] śrī t[i]r[i]-puva(ṉa-c)-ca(kka)[ra]
⟨2⟩ (va)rttikaḷ śrī-kulōt(tu)-
⟨3⟩ (ṅ)ka-cōḻa-tēvaṟk[ku yā]-
⟨4⟩ ṇṭu (I)[ru]pat[āva]tu U(ṭ)ai[y]-
⟨5⟩ ār nalla nalla nāyaṉār kō-
⟨6⟩ ⌉yiliṟ tēva[raṭi]yāḷ peṟṟi-y-
⟨7⟩ (ā)ṉa tiruvakampaṭi naṅkai
⟨8⟩ (ma)kaḷ U(ṭ)ai(ya-nā)cci-(y-āṉa)
⟨9⟩ [ku]lōttuṅ(ka)-[cōḻa]
⟨10⟩ māṇikkattu(kku) [Iṉṉā]-
⟨11⟩ yaṉār kōyili(l) [tāṉat]-
⟨12⟩ tōm tiruv¿a?mpā(vai) [*]
⟨13⟩ (Ik)ka[ṭ]ai[k](kā)p(pu) Ivaḷuk-
⟨14⟩ k(u) [****] vilai y-āka
⟨15⟩ (k)[******] kaḻañca
⟨16⟩ [****] [tā]ṉattōmē
⟨17⟩ (kai)kkoṇṭu kāṇi-y-(ā)-
⟨18⟩ ka-k kallu veṭṭi-(k ku)[ṭu]-
⟨19⟩ ttōm It-tā¡n!attōm
⟨20⟩ (ti)rucā[t]tucāttu1

Apparatus

⟨8⟩ (ma)kaḷ U(ṭ)ai(ya-nā)cci-(y-āṉa) • Reading after ASI transcript.

Translation

⟨1⟩ [Prosperity!] Fortune!

⟨1–4⟩ This is the 20th year of king Kulottuṅga Cōḻa.

⟨4–13⟩ We, the temple administrators in the temple of this god, ⟨have given the rights to sing⟩ the closing stanza (kaṭai kāppu) of the tiruvempāvai, to Kulottoṅga Cōḻa Māṇikkam, alias Uṭaiyanācci, daughter of Tiruvakampaṭi Naṅkai, alias Peṟṟi, a tēvaraṭiyāḷ in the temple of the Lord Nalla Nāyaṉār.

We, these temple administrators, have granted the hereditary rights (kāṇi) to her after accepting (kaikkoṇṭu) the gold² estipulated as price (vilai āka) and engraving it on stone.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1939-43 (ARIE/1939-1943/B/1940-1941/149).

This edition by Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis, based on autopsy (2024), photos (E. Francis, 2024)

ASI transcript consulted in Mysore by Renato Dávalos (September 2025) with the kind permission of the Director of Epigraphy.

ASI estampage kindly supplied by the Director of Epigraphy in Mysore.

Primary

[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 149, appendixes B/1940-1941.

Notes

1. Line 20 appears to have been inscribed by another hand, and in a more shallow manner.
2. The amount of gold is lost.

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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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