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

Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: Renato Dávalos, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00043

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00043.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

tiri-puva¡n!⟨ṉ⟩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!⟨ṉ⟩
vaḷaiyamaḻakiyā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-ā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩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!⟨ī⟩r vārttu-k kalveṭṭi viṭṭē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ Iva¡n!⟨ṉ⟩
vaḷaiyamaḻakiyā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-āṉa vāṇa-rāya-p-pēr-araiya¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-ēṉ

Itu vilakkivā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ keṅkai-karaiyil āyiraṅ kurāṟ pacu konṟā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ pāvaṅ
koḷvā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩

vallavaraiya¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ 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 & N.
Laksminarayan Rao. Delhi: Government of India, 1952. Page 93, item 157,
appendixes B/1940-1941.