# Nallūr, Vilvāraṇyeśvara temple, time of Kulaśekhara king, year 14

Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: Renato Dávalos, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00042

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00042.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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

## Summary

ARIE: “Records a similar royal order issued to the tānattār of the
temple making a tax-free gift of the village Vaṇṇāttūr in the proportion
of three shares to one for the expenses of a festival called after
prince Sundara-Pāṇḍya and of a service in the name of the king and for
the worship of the images of Vīra-pāṇḍīśvaram-uṭaiya-Nāyaṉār and
Dēśamikka-Perumāṇāc-ciyār consecrated by the same prince in the temple
Sundara-Pāṇḍya is called in the inscriptions Ubhaiyadaḷa-kumāraśārdūla.”

## Palaeographic description

No distinction between e and ē, o and ō.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

kōṉerimmai-koṇṭāṉ tribhuvana-(c-cakra)[va](t=ti)[ka]ḷ
rāja-gaja-kesar[i]-[ku](la)śekhara-devaṟku yāṇṭu ⟨2⟩ 10 4-Ā[vatu]
tulā-nāyaṟṟu pūrvva-pakṣat=tu nāyāṟṟu-k-kiḻamai[yu](m) pañcamiyum
pe[ṟ]ṟa mūlattu nāḷ

Aruḷi-c ceyal nal⟨3⟩lū[r -u]ṭaiyār nalla nāyaṉār kōyil-t tāṉattārkku
paruvū[r]-kūṟṟattu-c cāttiyak[ku]-p paṟṟil vaṇṇātṭūr nāṉk’ e⟨4⟩llaikk’
uṭ-paṭṭa naṉ-cey-puṉ-ceykaḷum karai-p-puṉ-cey Ūr-c cūḻnta ¡ṉ!⟨n⟩attamum
Iṉ-ṉilaṅkaḷil nell(u) v(ā)ku ⌈ ⟨5⟩ keḻ vāku vāḻai vaḻutalai koḻuntum
māppalā karumpu kamuku teṉṉa [4×] (ḷḷi)ṭṭa taṇṭalaikaḷum Iṉṉilattāl
varum ka⟨6⟩ṭamai kāṇikkai ¡ṉ!⟨n⟩attavari puṟamutalkaḷum Ācu-potu-makkaḷ
pēr-k-kaṭamaikaḷum māvaṭai maravaṭai kuḷavaṭai ⟨7⟩ Eri-mīṉpāṭṭam
taṟi-y-iṟai kaṭṭ-iṟai taṭṭoli taṭṭā-p-pāṭṭam cekk-iṟai ceṭṭ-iṟai
makaṇmai Āyam nall-erutu naṟ ⟨8⟩ pacu koṇikai kavantikai pañcu-pili
cantu-vikkiṟaka-p-peṟu Āṉai-c-cālai kutirai-p-panti veṭṭi-t tēvaikaḷum
Uḷḷiṭṭa ⟨9⟩ cakala-Upātikaḷum Uṭpaṭa Uḷḷūr-nāyaṉār tēvatāṉam nīkki kuṭi
ṉīṅkā tēvatāṉam mutal aṭaṅka Iṟai-y-ili-y-āka Iv⟨10⟩(vāṭṭai)
(Ai)ppāc(i)-mātam muta(l)
Ubhaiya(-taḷa-kumāra-śar)(dūla)-sundara-pāṇḍyaN ti[ru-nā]ḷukku maṉam
pērāl kaṭṭ(iṉa cantikkum) ⟨11⟩ mukkūṟum Iṉ-ṉāyaṉār kōyilil
cunta[ra]-(p)āṇṭiya-tēvar Eḻunt-aruḷ(u)[vi]tta vīra-pāṇṭīśvaram-uṭaiya
nāyaṉār ⟨12⟩ kkum I(vaḷ) nācciyār tēcamikka-perumāṉācciyārkkum nāl-t
toṉṟum (āka) mutal aṭaṅka Iṟai-y-ili-y-āka-k kuṭuttu (va)riyi ⟨13⟩ lār
kaṇakkilum kaḻikka-c coṉṉōm

[I]ppaṭi candrādityavaT cella kallilu(m) cempilum veṭṭi Atu palippatu
paṉm[ā]he⟨14⟩śvara-rakṣai

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

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## Commentary

On the south wall of the mukhamaṇḍapa, left of the door, bottom of the
wall, below INSTamilNadu00041.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1939–43 (ARIE/1939-1943/B/1940-1941/156).

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 156,
appendixes B/1940-1941.