Nallūr, Vilvāraṇyeśvara temple, time of Kulottuṅga Cōḻa, year 18th author of digital edition Renato Dávalos Emmanuel Francis European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Paris DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00038.xml CC BY-SA 4.0 2019-2026 as per external metadata Gift of millet received in specified quantity on each vēli of land in the tēvatāṉam village from the tenants as the pāṭikāval fee by Rājarājadēvaṉ Poṉparappiṉān Vāṇakōvaraiyaṉ for offerings to god Poṉ-parappīśvaraṁ-uṭaiya-Nāyaṉār set up as a shelter for the liṅga (āśrayaliṅga) in the temple by Tillai-nāyaka-vēḷāṉ.

No distinction between e and ē, o and ō.

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tripuvaṉa-c-cakkaravattikaḷ maturaiyum pāṇṭiyaṉai muṭi-t talaiyuṅ koṇṭ-aruḷaiya śrī-kulōttuṅka-cōḻa-tēvaṟ ku yāṇṭu 10 8 Āvatu

śrī-muṭikoṇṭacōḻa-c-caturvvedi-maṁ galattu vaṭa-piṭākai nallūr Uṭaiyār nalla nāyaṉār kōyilil Āśrayaliṁgam-āka tillaināyaka-vēḷāṉ Eḻunt-a ruḷivitta poṉparappiīśvaram-uṭaiya-nāyaṉāṟku

I vv-ūr nalla nāyanṉar tēvatāṉa-nāṉk’ ellaikk' uṭpa ṭ=ṭa nilattu moṇṭaṭ=ṭi kāval vēliyāy In-nilam Uḻakkuṭi makkaḷ Aṉṟāṭu paṟṟāḷaṉ koṇṭu varukiṟa vēli Iru-tūṇi-p-patakk’ āka vantavaṟku koṇṭu Ip- poṉparappīśvaram uṭaiyaṉāṟku tiruppaṭi-māṟṟu candrāti titavarai celvat’ āka

In-nāyaṉār śrī-pātattē niīr vārttu-k kalveṭ=ṭi-k kuṭuttēṉ Irājarāja -tēvan ponṉparappiṉānṉ vāṇakōvaraiyaṉ-ēnṉ

Itu māṟuvanṉ vallavaraiyaṉ cattiyam

Itu palamāheśvara rakṣai

nilattum noṇṭaṭ=ṭi kāval nilattu moṇṭaṭ=ṭi kāval The summary from the ASI seems to suggest that an emmendation was made from the original record nilattum-oṇṭaṭṭi-kāval to read nilattu-pāṭi-kāval, which would be in line with a tax frequently mentioned in other inscriptions from this temple. However, autopsy and photographic documentation clearly show that the inscription reads nilattumoṇṭaṭṭi. We suggest a tentative, yet not conclusive, reading: the segment could be split as nilattum noṇṭu aṭṭi kāval.

Prosperity! Fortune!

18th year of the glorious king Kulottunga Cōla III, emperor of the three worlds, who graciously took the crown head of the Pāṇṭiya king and Maturai.

In the temple of Nalla Nāyaṉār, Lord of Nallūr, a northern hamlet vaṭa-piṭākai of the auspicious Muṭikoṇṭacōḻa-caturvedimaṅgalam, Tillai-nāyaka-vēḷāṇ graciously installed the deity Poṉparappīśvaram-uṭaiya-nāyaṉār a liṅga shrine āśrayaliṅga.Since this is an endowment done by Poṉparappiṉāṉ Vaṇakōvaraiyaṉ for offerings to the god Poṉparappīśvaram in the form of a liṅga shrine, it could be plausible to assume that the name of the liṅga in question was given after this important Bāṇa chieftain.

After digging out noṇṭu the land included within the four boundaries of the devadāna of Nalla-Nāyaṉār of this village and putting in place aṭṭi a protective fence kāval vēliyāy, the cultivating tenants uḻakkuṭimakkaḷ of this land innilam, current lease-holders aṉṟāṭu paṟṟāḷaṉ, will bring two tūṇis and one patakku per vēli of land. After taking koṇṭu that which is accrued at that rate vantavaṟku, it shall be used for the food offerings tiruppaṭi-māṟu given to this Lord Poṉparappīśvaram-uṭaiya-nāyaṉār, as long as the sun and the moon endure.

I, Rājarājatēvaṉ Poṉparappiṉāṉ Vāṇakōvaraiyaṉ, have engraved it on stone after pouring water in the holy feet of this lord.

Whoever alters this .It seems to be an abbreviation of the closing imprecation: Whoever alters this, will become the husband of its own mother ammaikku tāṉē maṇavāḷaṉ. The missing portion is found in two other records from this temple: and . The latter keeps the incestuous penalty, although it contains the variant aḻittu-k kōḷvāṉ. This is the oath of Vallavaraiyaṉ.

This is under the protection of the numerous Śaiva devotees pallamāheśvaras.

Reported in (ARIE/1939-1943/B/1940-1941/152).

This edition by Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis, based on autopsy (2024), photos (E. Francis, 2024), ASI estampage kindly supplied by the Director of Epigraphy in Mysore.

93 152 B/1940-1941