Nallūr, Vilvāraṇyeśvara, time of Kulottuṅga Cōḻa, year 10

Authors of digital edition: Renato Dávalos (reda), Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Damaged. Records an endowment of 7 mā of land after purchasing it from the temple itself by Tappili Tāḻviyāḻvi alias Tirukkaḷiṟṟuppaṭi-Naṅkai, a dēvaraḍiyāḷ of the temple for special worship on festival days..

Palaeographic description: No distinction between e and ē, o and ō.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00040.

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Version: 2026-02-17 12:49 (d5fceca), last modified 2026-02-03 06:33 (9452339).

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⟨1⟩ (svasti śrī) kulōttuṅka-(cō)ḻa-tēvar⟨k⟩ku (yā)ṇṭu 10-vatu
⟨2⟩ U(ṭ)ai(y)ār nalla nāyaṉa⟨ṟ⟩ kōyil Āticaṇ⟨ṭe⟩(su)⟨ra⟩-[t]ē(va)r ka-
⟨3⟩ ṉmika(ḷ)⟨ō⟩m Iṉ-ṉāya¡ṉy!ā[ṟ] kōyil tēvaraṭiyāl [ta](p)pil(i)-
⟨4⟩ [t]āḷ(vi)yāḻvi-y-āṉa tiru-k-kaḷiṟṟuppaṭi-naṅkaikk(u I)[ṉ]-(ṉāya)
⟨5⟩ (ṉār tēvatāṉat)tu-[p puṉ]-cēy [ni]lattu vaṇāttūr peruva(ḻikku) karuṅkaḻik(ku)
⟨6⟩ ceṉtaṭittē-y viṭṭa nilam Eḻu māvukkum Ivaḷ śrī-paṇṭārat⟨t⟩u Oṭukki Eḻu mā(vu)
⟨7⟩ (kaḻañcē muṟṟu)m (ma)[ñ](c)ā(ṭi)yu nālu māvu⟨m⟩ śrī-(paṇtāra)⟨t⟩tu Oṭukk(i)-
⟨8⟩ [k ko]ṇṭa (nilam E)[ḻu] māvu(ṅ) kaikkoṇṭu Iṉṉ¿ū?yaṉār-t(itta) [**]

Translation

⟨1⟩ (Prosperity! Fortune!)

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Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1939-43 (ARIE/1939-1943/B/1940-1941/154).

This edition by Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis, based on autopsy (2024), photos (E. Francis, 2024), ASI estampage and transcript kindly supplied by the Director of Epigraphy in Mysore (2025).

Secondary

[ARIE] ARIE 1939-43. Annual reports on South Indian epigraphy for the years 1939-40 to 1942-43. Edited by C. R. Krishnamacharlu and N. Laksminarayan Rao. Delhi: Government of India, 1952. Page 93, item 154, appendixes B/1940-1941.

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