Nallūr, Vilvāraṇyeśvara temple, time of Kulottuṅga Cōḻa, year 20 author of digital edition Renato Dávalos Emmanuel Francis European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Paris DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00035.xml CC BY-SA 4.0 2019-2026 as per external metadata Registers the sale of the right to sing the closing verse (kaṭai-k-kāppu) of the Tiruvempāvai in the temple of Nalla-Nāyaṉār to the tēvaraṭiyāḷ Uṭaiyanācci alias Kulōttuṅgacōḻa-māṇikkam, daughter of Tiruvēkampam Naṅkai, alias Peṟṟi (cf. ).

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svasti śrī

tiri-puvaṉa-c-cakkara varttikaḷ śrī-kulōttu ṅka-cōḻa-tēvaṟkku yā ṇṭu Irupatāvatu

Uṭaiy ār nalla nalla nāyaṉār kō ⌉yiliṟ tēvaraṭiyāḷ peṟṟi-y āṉa tiruvaēkampam naṅkai makaḷ Uṭaiya-nācci-y-āṉa kulōttuṅka-cōḻa māṇikkattukku Iṉṉā yaṉār kōyilil tāṉat tōm tiruvaempāvai Ikkaṭaikkāppu

Ivaḷuk ku vilai y-āka k kaḻañca tāṉattōmē kaikkoṇṭu kāṇi-y-ā ka-k kallu veṭṭi-k kuṭu ttōm It-tānṉattōm

tirucāttucāttuLine 20 appears to have been inscribed by another hand, and in a more shallow manner.

makaḷ Uṭaiya-nācci-y-āṉa Reading after ASI transcript.

Prosperity! Fortune!

This is the 20th year of king Kulottuṅga Cōḻa.

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 UṭaiyanācciThere is a village less than 20km. to the northwest of Nallūr that bears this exact name., 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 goldThe amount of gold is lost. estipulated as price vilai āka and engraving it on stone.

Reported in (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.

92 149 B/1940-1941