# Nallūr, Vilvāraṇyeśvara temple, time of Sundara Pāṇḍya, year 15

Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: Renato Dávalos, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00041

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00041.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-09 18:23 (fbd1441), last modified 2026-09-29 11:10
(5251b7d)

## Summary

ARIE (standardised): “Begins with the historical introduction
samastajagadādhāra, etc. Records a royal order making a tax-free
dēvadāna endowment of the village Nallūr to the temple of Nalla-Nāyaṉār
for the maintenance of a service in the name of the king and for the
(expenses of the) festival in the month of Tai.”

## Palaeographic description

No distinction between e and ē, o and ō.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī svasti

samasta-jagadādhāra (soma)-kula-tilaka madhurā-puri-mādhava
keraḷa-vaṁśa-ni(r)mmū⟨2⟩lana laṁkā-[dvī]paluṇṭhana dv(ī)tiya-rāma
coḷa-kula śaila-kul(ī)śa ka(r)ṇṇāṭa-rāja-vidrāvaṇa
kāṭaka-karikū¿ṭh?⟨ṭ⟩aṁ pākala ⟨3⟩ vividha-ri(pu)-durgga-ma(r)ddana
vīra-kaṇṭha gopāla-[vi]pula-dāvadahana kāñcīpura-varādhīśvara
gaṇapati-hariṇa-śārdūla ⟨4⟩ nellūra-p(ura) viracita-vīrābhiṣeka
praṇata-(rāja-pra)tiṣṭhāpaka mahārājādhirāja parame(śva)ra
kōccaṭapaṉma⟨5⟩(r-āṉa) tribhuvaṉa-ścakravat=tikaḷ
śrī-sundara-pāṇṭiya-tēvaṟk=ku yāṇ(ṭu) 10 5 Āvatu

puraṭṭ(ā)t[i]-mātattu pras(ā)⟨6⟩dañ cetaruḷiya tiru-muka-p-paṭ[i]
y-aruḷi-c ceyal nallūr-uṭaiyār nalla ṉāyaṉār kōyil tāṉattāṟ-ā⟨7⟩(na)
nammuṭaiya pērāl patiṉañc-āvatu mutal kaṭṭiṉa cantikkum
tai-t-tiru-ṉāḷukkum Uṭal āka Iṉṉāya⟨8⟩ṉār tiru-ṉāmattu-k-kāṇi
tēvatānam-āṉa nallūr naṉcey-puṉceyum kācāya vaṟkamum Uḷḷiṭṭa A⟨9⟩ṉaittu
vaṟkamum mutal aṭaṅka Iṟai-y-ili-y-āka patiṉ aiñcāvatu mutal tantōm

Ippaṭikku ⟨10⟩ Ivv-ōlai muṭipāṭ’ āka-k koṇṭu kalliluñ cempilum veṭṭi-k
koḷka

Ivai cuntara-pāṇṭi⟨11⟩(ya)-viḻupparaiyaṉ Eḻuttu

Itu paṉmāheśvara-rakṣai ௳

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune! Prosperity!

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## Commentary

On the south wall of the mukhamaṇḍapa, left of the door, top of the
wall, above INSTamilNadu00042.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1939–43 (ARIE/1939-1943/B/1940-1941/155).

This edition by Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis, based on autopsy
(2024, 2025, 2026), photos (E. Francis, 2024; R. Dávalos 2026).

ASI transcript consulted in Mysore in January 2026 by Renato Dávalos,
with the kind authorisation of the Director of Epigraphy.

ASI estampage, if any, yet to be consulted.

### 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 155,
appendixes B/1940-1941.