Nallūr, Vilvāraṇyeśvara, time of Vīrarājēndra (Kulottuṅga Cōḻa III) king, year 6

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

Summary: Records an endowment of land for singing the tiruccāḻal and for offerings to the goddess in the temple of Nalla-Nāyaṉār by Kōvaṉ Vaḷaiyamaḻakiyāṉ alias Vāṇarāyappēraiyaṉ.

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).

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⟨1⟩ svasti śrī tiri-puva¡n!a-c-cakkara-vattikaḷ śrī-vīra-rājentira-cōḻa-tēvaṟ⟨ku⟩ yāṇṭu Āṟ-āvatu Uṭaiyār nalla nāyanār Āḷuṭaiya nācciyāṟku-t tiruvamutu-paṭikkum tiruccāḻaṟ-paṭi viṭṭ’ amutu Uḷḷiṭṭaṉ avaiyiṟṟukku kōva¡n! vaḷaiyamaḻakiyā¡n!-ā¡n!a vāṇarāyappēraiyan viṭṭa vipavam āvatu In-nayanaṟ tēvatānaṅkaḷil muṉṉaṭi kūvi Enṟu vēli nalvaṟk’ āka-k koṇṭu varukiṟa vāku

⟨2⟩ y-aṭaṅka v-iṭṭu Āḷuṭaiya-nācciyār śrī-pātattilē n¡i!r vārttu-k kalveṭṭi viṭṭē¡n! Iva¡n! vaḷaiyamaḻakiyā¡n!-āṉa vāṇa-rāya-p-pēr-araiya¡n!-ēṉ Itu vilakkivā¡n! keṅkai-karaiyil āyiraṅ kurāṟ pacu konṟā¡n! pāvaṅ koḷvā¡n! vallavaraiya¡n! cattiyam śrī-māheśvara-rakṣai

Translation

⟨1⟩ Hail! Prosperity! This is the sixth regnal year of king Tribhuvana-cakravarti Vīrarājendra-cōḻa (Kulottuṅga Cōḻa III).

⟨1⟩ The endowment (vipavam) which Vāṇarāyapēraiyaṉ, alias Kōvaṉ Vaḷaiyamaḻakiyāṉ, has allocated (is to be given) for those ⟨ritual articles⟩, including the food supply fixed (paṭi-v-iṭṭu) for the tiruccāḻal (ritual) and for the food offering (tiruvamutu paṭikkum) to the goddess Āḷuṭaiya-Nācciyār ⟨of the temple of⟩ god Nalla-Nāyanār.

⟨1–2⟩ The apportioned (koṇṭuvarukiṟa) share (vāku) is allotted to four people so that the vēli ⟨of land is given⟩, which was previously mentioned (muṉṉaṭi kūvi eṉṟu) as being within the temple endowments (tēvatāṉaṅkaḷil) for this god.

⟨2⟩ I have inscribed it in stone after pouring water over the sacred feet of the goddess Āḷuṭaiya Nācciyār. I, Vāṇarāyapēraiyaṉ, alias Kōvaṉ Vaḷaiyamaḻakiyāṉ, am the one declaring this:

⟨2⟩ “Let the sin of killing one thousand tawny cows on the banks of the Ganges fall upon whoever violates it,” which is under the oath (cattiyam) of Vallavaraiyaṉ.

⟨2⟩ ⟨This is⟩ under the protection of the holy māheśvaras (śrī māheśvara rakṣai)

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1939-43 (ARIE/1939-1943/B/1940-1941/157).

This edition by Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis, based on ASI 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 157, appendixes B/1940-1941.

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Uṭaiyār nalla nāyanār Āḷuṭaiya nācciyāṟku-t tiruvamutu-paṭikkum tiruccāḻaṟ-paṭi viṭṭ’ amutu Uḷḷiṭṭaṉ avaiyiṟṟukku kōva<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> vaḷaiyamaḻakiyā<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>-ā<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>a vāṇarāyappēraiyan viṭṭa vipavam āvatu

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