Nallūr, Vilvāraṇyeśvara temple, time of Vīrarājendra, year 6 author of digital edition Renato Dávalos Emmanuel Francis European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Paris DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00036.xml CC BY-SA 4.0 2019-2026 as per external metadata It records the construction of the temple and the consecration of the kṣetrapāla by Āṭavalla Nampi, who also gave a quarter of wetland from the neighbouring village for a sacred lamp and food offerings.

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svasti śrī

vīra-rājendra-devaṟku yāṇṭu Āṟ-āvatu

Uṭaiyār nal=la-nāyaṉar kōyililē koṭumpuṉavan= tēva nṉ Aṭavallānṉ= nampiyenṉ= nal=la-nāyanṉāṟ-ku kṣet tra-pāla-p piḷḷaiyāṉ Eḻuntaruivittu-k kōyilum eṭuppi ttu-t tiru-v-amutu-paṭikkun= tiruviḷakkukkum Aivar-putukkuṭiyi l v-iṭ=ṭa nanñcey nilaṅ kāl

Itu Ivv-ūr koṭumpuṉavanñ ci ṅkan=tēvar ciriya malaiyamāṉum paṭaiyanṉ ceyaṅ koṇṭa malaiyamāṉum tēvan=tirucciṟṟampala-malaiyamāṉumLine 8 is covered by cement. Reading from ASI transcript Amattai-kūvāṉum paṭiyanṉ nāṭaṉum uḷḷiṭ=ṭa koṭumpuṉava Ū rōm piḷḷaiyar śrī-pātattē nīr vārttu kallu veṭ=ṭivi ṭ=ṭōm Ivv-aṉaivōm

Itumāṟu vāntanuṅkaḷ ammaikku-t tāṉē maṇavāḷanṉ

vallavaraiyanṉ cat=tiyam

can=tirātit=tavaṟl ṟ paṉmaheśvara-rakṣai

Prosperity! Fortune!

Sixth year of king Vīrarājendra.Kulottuṅga III Cōḻa.

I, Koṭumpuṉavantēvaṉ Aṭavallaṉ Nampi, have set up the guardian deity kṣetrapāla piḷḷai for the god Nalla-nāyaṉār of Nallūr, built the shrine kōyilum eṭuppitu, and endowed a quarter of wet-land in AivarputukkuṭiAivatukuṭi is an adjacent village that is situated to the north of Nallūr. for the sacred lamp tiruviḷakku and for the food offering tiruvamutu paṭi in the temple of the Lord Nalla-nāyaṉār.

This itu, in this village ivvūr, We, the residents of Koṭumpuṉavam,We have not been able to identify the village referred to in this record. However, some 30 km east, also on the Manimuktha river, lies the present-day village of Koṭumaṉūr, a possible candidate for Koṭumpuṉavan. Koṭumpuṉavaṉ Ciṅkantēvar Ciriya Malaiyamāṉ, Paṭaiyaṉ Ceyaṅkoṇṭa Malaiyamāṉ, Tēvan Tirucciṟṟampala Malaiyamāṉ, Amattai Kūvāṉ, and Paṭiyaṉ Nāṭaṉ, had it engraved after we, such people ivv-aṉaivōm, poured water on the holy feet of the deity piḷḷai.

Whoever alters this itu māṟuvāṉ will become the husband of his own mother ammaikku tāṉē.Same imprecation appears in .

This is the oath cattiyam of Vallavaraiyaṉ.

This will be under the protection of the Śaiva devotees as long as the sun and the moon remain.

Reported in (ARIE/1939-1943/B/1940-1941/150).

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

92 150 B/1940-1941