Nallūr, Vilvāraṇyeśvara, time of Kulottuṅga Cōḻa, year 20
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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī tiri-puvaṉa-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 tiruv¿a?kampam 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 Uṭaiyanācci2, daughter of Tiruvēkampam 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 gold3 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.
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<supplied reason="lost">Prosperity!</supplied> Fortune!
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<p>Reported in <bibl><ptr target="bib:ARIE1939-1943"/></bibl> (ARIE/1939-1943/B/1940-1941/149).</p>
<p>This edition by Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis, based on autopsy (2024), photos (E. Francis, 2024)</p>
<p>ASI transcript consulted in Mysore by Renato Dávalos (September 2025) with the kind permission of the Director of Epigraphy.</p>
<p>ASI estampage kindly supplied by the Director of Epigraphy in Mysore.</p>
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