Nallūr, Vilvāraṇyeśvara, Kulotuṅga Cōḻa III, year 24

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

Summary: Seems to record the appointment of Būmāḻvi, daughter of Poṟkōyil-Naṅgai, as the devaraḍiyāḷ of the temple for performing the śākkai on festival occasions and to sing the Tiruvempāvai (kaṭai-k-kāppu), before the deity on certain terms (details lost) on the demise of one Uṭaiyanācci, alias Kulottuṅga Cōḻa-māṇikkam, daughter of Tiruvēkampa-Naṅkai.

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

Language: Tamil (tam) [Tamil (tamil)].

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00046.

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00046.xml.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ t(i)r(i)puvaṉa-c ca⟨k⟩kara-va⟨t⟩ti⟨ka⟩ḷ c¿i?-kulō(t)⟨tu⟩ṅka-cōḻa-tēvaṟku
⟨2⟩ yāṇṭu 2 10 4-vatu muṉ(pil) āṇṭu Ik-kōyi-
⟨3⟩ lil tēvaraṭiyā¿l? t(i)ruvēkampa1-(na)[ṅ]k(ai) makaḷ Uṭaiya-nācci-
⟨4⟩ y-āṉa kulōttuṅka-cō[ḻa]-māṇikkam mari¡cc!u I
⟨5⟩ […] Iṉ-
⟨6⟩ nāyanār-k kōyil tēva[raṭi]yāril nācci-y-āṉa
⟨7⟩ poṟ(kōyil)2-(naṅkai ma)kaḷ pūmāḻvi-y-āṉa
⟨8⟩ Aṉa [***********] kattukku tiruv¡a!mpā-
⟨9⟩ ⟨vai⟩-k kaṭai-(k)-kāppu [tiru]veḻucci tiruccā-
⟨10⟩ kk¡a! kāṇi[ y-āka kuṭuttu] Ivaḷ [c¿i?paṇṭārat]

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ t(i)r(i)puvaṉa-c ca⟨k⟩kara-va⟨t⟩ti • Reading after ASI transcript.

⟨10⟩ kāņi[yāka kuṭuttu] Ivaḷ [c¿i?⟨ī⟩paṇṭārat] • Reading after ASI transcript

Translation

⟨1⟩ This is the 24th year of the glorious king Kulottuṅga Cōḻa III.

⟨2–4⟩ After the demise of Uṭaiyanācci, alias Kulottuṅga Cōḻa Māṇikkam, daughter of the Tiruvēkampa-Naṅkai, who is one among the tēvaraṭiyāḷ of this temple.

⟨5–7⟩ Pumāḻvi, daughter Poṟkōyil Naṅkai, alias Nācci, who is among the tēvaraṭiyār of the temple of this god.³

⟨8–9⟩ She has given to the temple treasury for the hereditary rights (kāṇi) ⟨for performing⟩ the tiruccākkai, the tiruveḻucci and the kaṭaikkāppu of the tiruvempāvai.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1939-43 (ARIE/1939-1943/B/1940-1941/160).

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

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 94, item 160, appendixes B/1940-1941.

Notes

1. The name makes reference to the main Śiva temple at Kañcipuram.
2. The name referes to Chidambaram.
3. Cf. SII08/INSSIIv08p0i0091 and SII12/INSSIIv12p0i0150. These records mention one (or two) homonymous tēvaraṭiyāḷ named Aṟamuṭaiyāḷ associated to the temple of Āṭkoṇṭadēva at Tiruveṇṇainallūr: in SII 8.91 (Rājarāja III, year 21) she is mentioned among the kaikkōḷar of the temple, whereas in SII 12.150 (Kōpperuñciṅka I, year 6) she is mentioned to be a tēvaraṭiyāḷ of the temple. This 13th-century records should not be conflated with the Aṟamuṭaiyāḷ, mother of Nāṟpatteṇṇāyira Naṅkai alias Nācci, in INSTamilNadu00029, which is the tēvaraṭiyāḷ kaṭaikkāppu of the tiruvempāvai in INSTamilNadu00035.

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This is the 24th year of the glorious king Kulottuṅga Cōḻa III.

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After the demise of Uṭaiyanācci, alias Kulottuṅga Cōḻa Māṇikkam, daughter of the Tiruvēkampa-Naṅkai, who is one among the <foreign>tēvaraṭiyāḷ</foreign> of this temple.

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Pumāḻvi, daughter Poṟkōyil Naṅkai, alias Nācci, who is among the <foreign>tēvaraṭiyār</foreign> of the temple of this god.

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