Nallūr, Vilvāraṇyeśvara temple, time of Vīrarājēndra, year 6 author of digital edition Renato Dávalos Emmanuel Francis Margherita Trento European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Paris DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00037.xml CC BY-SA 4.0 2019-2026 as per external metadata Registers the endowment of the village named Kāccuvakkuṭi as a devadāṉam to the temple of Nalla-nāyaṉār by the well-known Bāṇa chief and magnate Āṟakaḷūr-uṭaiya Vāṇakōvaraiyār Poṉparappiṉāṉ Rājarājatēvaṉ, alias Makatai-nāṭāḻvāṉ Skt. Makātēcaṉ.

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svasti śrī

tripuvaṉa-c-cakkara-vart=tika ḷ śrī-viīra-rājendra-devaṟku yāṇṭu Ā ṟ-āvatu

milāṭ-ākiya jaṉa-nāta-vaḷanāṭṭu kī ḻ-Āṟṟūṟ-kūṟṟattu Āṟakaḷuūr-uṭaiya-nāyanṉar Irājarāja-tēvaṉ-āṉa vāṇakōvaraiya nṉ-ēnṉ nalluūr Uṭaiyār nalla-nāyannṉāṟku tēvatāṉam āka tiruvariyil Iṭuvittu-k ka llu-veṭ=ṭi-k kuṭutta Ūr āvatu

milāṭ-ākiya ja ṉanāta-vaḷanāṭṭu-k kiīḻārāṟṟūṟ-kūṟṟattu-k kāccuvakkuṭi nanñ-cey punṉ-ceyum Ivv-ūṟ paṭi n=tēvatāṉamum Akappaṭa nānṉk’ ellaikk' uḷḷum Ivv-ūr kiīḻ-iṟai-p-paṭ=ṭamum panṉaṟ-k-kuṭṭaiyum pā ṭi-kāvaluṅ koḷḷa kaṭavat’ allāt’ ākavum

Ip-paṭikku nalla-nāyaṉār śrī-pātattē niīr vārttu-k= kuṭuttē nṉ ṟu-pakkam uṭaiyānṉ makatai-nāṭ-āḻvāṉ vā ṇakkōvaraiyaṉ-ēnṉ

Itu panmāheśvara-rakṣai

ṇakkōvaraiyaṉ-ēnṉ Itu panmāheśvara-rakṣai In 2024, line 16 was covered by cement, except for a few letters at its end, engraved on the right pilaster. We follow here the ASI transcript.

Prosperity! Fortune!

Sixth year of the glorious king VīrarājendraKulottuṅga III Cōḻa., emperor of the three worlds.

I, Vaṇakōvaraiyaṉ, alias Rājarāja-deva, Lord nāyaṉar and land-owner uṭaiya from Āṟakaḷūr situated in Kīḻāṟṟūr, a subdivision kūṟṟattu of the Jananātha-vaḷa-nāṭu, alias Milāṭu, have given as devadana to Nalla-nāyaṉar, Lord of Nallūr, a village ūr āvatu after entering it in the register of the temple tiruvariyil and engraving it on stone.

That is the village of KaccuvakkuṭiNowadays known as Kaccakuṭi, some 5km. to the north of Nallūr. The village is also mentioned in other records from this temple: , , and ., with its wet and dry lands, located in Kīḻāṟṟūr, a subdivision kūṟṟattu of the Jananātha-vaḷanāṭu, alias Milāṭu.

As regards to this village ivvūṟ paṭi, whatever lies in the four boundaries included in the devadanam, the petty taxes kiḻiṟai paṭṭam, tank associated taxes paṉar kuṭṭai, and the village watching tax pāṭikāval, shall not be taken koḷḷa kaṭavatu allātu ākavum.

In this way ippaṭikku, after pouring water on the holy feet of Nalla-nāyaṉar, I, Vāṇakōvaraiyāṉ Makatai Nāṭāḻvāṉ, land-owner from , have given this village.

This is under the protection of the paṉmāheśvaras.

Reported in (ARIE/1939-1943/B/1940-1941/151).

This edition by Renato Dávalos, Emmanuel Francis, and Margherita Trento, 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.

93 151 B/1940-1941