Nallūr, Vilvāraṇyeśvara, time of Kulottuṅga Cōḻa, year 20

Editors: Renato Dávalos, Emmanuel Francis.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00035.

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.

Hand description:

No distinction between e and ē, o and ō.

Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

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

Version: (b3b3a47), last modified (eac90f4).

Edition

⟨1⟩ [svas]t[i] śrī

t[i]r[i]-puva(ṉa -c)-ca[kkara] ⟨2⟩ [va]rtt(i)kaḷ [śrī]-(kulō)[ttuṅ]⟨3⟩(ka)-[cō](ḻa)-tēva[ṟku] [yā]⟨4⟩[ṇṭu]

[Uṭaiy] ⟨5⟩ ār nalla-[nāyaṉār kō] ⟨6⟩ ⌉yiliṟ tē[var-aṭiyāl] […] ⟨7⟩ (āṉa) tiru-(v)¡a!⟨e⟩)[mpāvai]⟨8⟩ [1 lost line] ⟨9⟩ [1 lost line] ⟨10⟩ māṇikka [1 lost line] ⟨11⟩ [1 lost line] ⟨12⟩ [1 lost line] ⟨13⟩ [3+] k […] Ivaḷuk ⟨14⟩ [ku] […] lai y-āka ⟨15⟩ […] kaḻañc’ a ⟨16⟩ […] (ra)ttē ye ⟨17⟩ […] ṇiya ⟨18⟩ k(k)[allil] veṭṭi-[k kuṭu]⟨19⟩ttōm It-tānattōm ⟨20⟩ (ti/ta)ru-c […] [c](ara/ā)ttu

Apparatus

⟨6⟩ […] • Following the summary in ARIE, the name of the female singer should appear here: Uṭaiyanācci.

⟨8⟩ […] • Following the summary in ARIE, the section of the text to be recited appears here: kaṭai-k-kāppu.

⟨9⟩ […] • Following the summary in ARIE, the other part of the name should appear here: kulōttuṅka-cōla.

Translation by Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis

(1) [Prosperity!] Fortune!

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Bibliography

Reported in Krishnamacharlu and Laksminarayan Rao 1952 (ARIE/1939-1943/B/1940-1941/149).

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

ASI transcript and estampage, if any, yet to be consulted.

Primary

[ARIE] Krishnamacharlu, C. R. and N. Laksminarayan Rao. 1952. Annual reports on South Indian epigraphy for the years 1939-40 to 1942-43. Delhi: Government of India. Page 92, item 149, appendixes B/1940-1941.