# Nallūr, Vilvāraṇyeśvara temple, time of Kulottuṅga Cōḻa, no year

Renato Dávalos

Author of digital edition: Renato Dávalos

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00039

Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy)

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00039.xml

Language: Tamil [Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-09 18:23 (fbd1441), last modified 2026-09-29 11:10
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## Summary

Highly damaged. Mentions the inhabitatns (nāṭṭavar) of
Cittiramēḻi-Inaṇṭukarai of Iruṅkōḷapāṭi.

## Palaeographic description

No distinction between e and ē, o and ō.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ (tiri)puva⟨ṉa⟩-c cakravatti⟨ka⟩ḷ [Uttama tevaperuṅka] [4+]
cittiṟameḻi-y ⟨2⟩ [1 lost line] ⟨3⟩ Iraṇṭu karai nā[ṭ]ṭavarōm [8+] ⟨4⟩
Iruṅkoḷapāṭi nā⟨ṭ⟩ṭavarōmum [6+] ⟨5⟩ Ināpāṭi nā⟨ṭ⟩ṭavarōm [6+] ⟨6⟩ Iṅku
[4+] ceytu [8+] kku [6+]⟨7⟩ṭuttavāti Ippaṭi cantirātittavarai celvat’
āka

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1939–43 (ARIE/1939-1943/B/1940-1941/153).

The inscription seems to have been completely lost in 2024. Subsequent
visits to the temple (2025 and 2026) confirm this.

This edition is based on the transcript kindly supplied by the Director
of the ASI, Mysore.

This digital edition by Renato Davalos.

### Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1939–43. Annual reports on South Indian epigraphy for the
years 1939-40 to 1942-43. Edited by C. R. Krishnamacharlu & N.
Laksminarayan Rao. Delhi: Government of India, 1952. Page 93, item 153,
appendixes B/1940-1941.