# Nallūr, Vilvāraṇyeśvara temple, time of Vikrama Pāṇḍya, year 8

Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: Renato Dávalos, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00048

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00048.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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

ARIE: “Incomplete. Seems to record a gift of land to the temple of
Kaiyilāsamuṭaiya-Nāyaṉār ⟨at Vaṇṇattūr⟩.”

## Palaeographic description

No distinction between e and ē, o and ō.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

kō-c-caṭ¿a?⟨ai⟩-paṉmar tri-bhuva¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a-c-cakrava‡⟨r⟩ttikaḷ
(śrī)-(vikrama-pāṇḍya)-tēvaṟku * * Āvatu

vaṉā [1+] ttūr ⟨2⟩ Uṭaiyār śrī-kaiyilāsa(r) Uṭaiya ... ⟨3⟩ ... ⟨4⟩ ...

## Commentary

The lines 3-4 are presently (2024) built in the floor. The text is given
after the ASI transcript.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1939–43 (ARIE/1939-1943/B/1940-1941/162).

This edition by Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis, based on autopsy
(2024), photos (E. Francis, 2024), 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 94, item 162,
appendixes B/1940-1941.