# Nallūr, Vilvāraṇyeśvara temple, Kulottuṅga Cōḻa king, year 22

Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: Renato Dávalos, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00047

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00047.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-10-23 16:15 (5e3a6fe), last modified 2026-09-29 11:10
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## Summary

Records a similar appointment by the tānattār of the temple, of Āḻvi
Vaḷaiyamaḷakiyāḷ Patineṇpūmi-Naṅkai, a dēvaraḍiyāḷ, to sing the
Tiruvempāvai (iraṇṭām-tiruppāṭṭu) and to dance before the deity on
specified occasions, for three kaḻañju of gold received by them.

## Palaeographic description

No distinction between e and ē, o and ō.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

tiribhuvaṉa-c-ca(k)kara-vatt(i)ka⟨2⟩ḷ śrī-kulōttuṅka-(c)ōḻa-tēvaṟku
yā[ṇ]⟨3⟩ṭu 2 10 2 Āvatu

Uṭaiy(ār) nalla nāya¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ār kō⟨4⟩[yil tēvar Aṭiy]āril
Ā[ḻ](vi)-(vaḷaiyam?) aḻaki( y-ā)⟨5⟩ṉa pati[ṉ]eṇ-p(ū)mi-naṅkai

- In{ā}-nāya¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ar kōyil (tiru)⟨6⟩v¡a!⟨e⟩mpā(v)ai [I](ra)ṇṭā[n]
  tiru-p-pāṭṭu pāṭavum

- tiruvē[ṭṭai] ⟨7⟩ Iravōla[kka]m pāttiram [iṭa]-k kaṭavaḷ ākavum

tiruvēṭ(ṭ)ai ⟨8⟩ Iraṇṭā[m] p[āṭ]ṭ[ai] v-eṉṟa-k kaṭavaḷ āka Ippaṭikku
In-⟨nā⟩⟨9⟩yaṉār c¿i?⟨ī⟩-pa[ṇṭāra]tt’ oṭukkiṉa veṭṭu māṟi po(ṉ)
mu-(k-ka)⟨⟨ḻañ⟩⟩⟨10⟩⟨⟨cum⟩⟩ c¿i?⟨ī⟩-paṇṭ(ārat)t’ oṭukki-k-koṇ(ṭu)
Āticaṇṭēcura-tē[var] ⟨11⟩ tiruvaruḷḷāl ivaḷukku kāṇiyā(ka ku)ṭuttōm
I¡ṉ!⟨n⟩-nāya¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ā⟨12⟩r kōyil tāṉattōm

⟨13⟩ ⟨⟨[3+] ṉa ga tu ⟨14⟩ leka [1+] mu Iva ⟨15⟩ [1+] ka ka ta ya ta ya⟩⟩

## Apparatus

⟨4⟩ [yil tēvar Aṭiy] • Reading after ASI transcript.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–7⟩ Āḻvi Vaḷaiyam Aḻaki, also known as Patiṉeṇpūmi Naṅkai, a
tevaraṭiyār from the temple of the Lord Nalla Nāyaṉār will

- sing (pāṭavum) the second song (iraṇṭām-pāṭṭu) of the tiruvempāvai
  ⟨in⟩ the temple of this god, as well as

- become responsible (kaṭavaḷ ākavum) for placing the vessel (pāttiram
  iṭa) during the night assembly of the hunting festival (tiruvēṭṭai
  iravu ōlakkam) (tiruvēṭṭai,)

in order for her to become the responsible (kaṭavaḷ āka) of the second
song (irāṇṭām pāṭṭai) ⟨during⟩ the hunting festival (tiruvēṭṭai).

After we have received and deposited three kaḻañcus of gold into the
temple treasury of this god in exchange for the hunting activities, and
having deposited and received it from the temple treasury through the
holy grace of the administrators of the Caṇḍeśa shrine, we, the temple
administrators of the temple of this god, have granted the hereditary
rights of land to her.

## Commentary

At the bottom right edge, below the end of the text, a few shallow
strokes are written on the last three lines of the inscription (here ll.
13-15). Their ductus differs from that of the main inscription, although
they may well be contemporaneous, at least on paleaographic grounds. The
material is not reported in ARIE nor in the transcripts and is therefore
treated here as a graffito.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1939–43 (ARIE/1939-1943/B/1940-1941/161).

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 & N.
Laksminarayan Rao. Delhi: Government of India, 1952. Page 94, item 161,
appendixes B/1940-1941.