Nallūr, Vilvāraṇyeśvara, no king, no year

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

Summary: Pillar inscription registering the construction (ceyvittāṉ) of a dancing hall nitta-maṇḍapa¹ by Cuntaṉ Paṭṭaṉ alias Tillai Nāyaka Vēḷāṉ, lord of Āṟṟūr.

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).

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00052.

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00052.xml.

Version: 2026-04-17 20:52 (f13bb6a), last modified 2026-04-16 15:15 (8f9202d).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī Inta nitta-
⟨2⟩ -maṇṭapañ ceyvi-
⟨3⟩ ttāṉ Āṟṟ⟨ūr⟩-uṭai-
⟨4⟩ (y)āṉ cunta¡n! paṭṭa-
⟨5⟩ ¡n!-āṉa tillai-nāyaka-
⟨6⟩ -vēḻāṉ

Apparatus

⟨3⟩ Āṟṟ⟨ūr⟩uṭai⟨4⟩(y)āṉ • See Āṟṟūruṭaiyāṉ in INSTamilNadu00045, line 2.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–6⟩ He who had this dancing (nittam)² maṇḍapa made is Tillai Nāyaka Vēḷāṉ alias Cuntaṉ³ Paṭṭaṉ, lord of Āṟṟūr.

Commentary

Compare with INSSIIv12p0i0178, a 13th century inscription from Jambai (Tirukkōvilūr) where another construction of a dancing hall (nitta maṇḍapa) is registered.

Compare with INSTamilNadu00045, of similar content, of the time of Poṉparappināṉ alias Rājarāja. It is not clear if the maṇḍapa referred to in both inscriptions is the same one as INSTamilNadu00045 is on the wall of the mukhamaṇḍapa and this inscription is on a pillar of the open maṇḍapa in front of the mukhamaṇḍapa.

Bibliography

Not reported, but see ARIE 1939-43 (ARIE/1939-1943/B/1940-1941/159), that is, INSTamilNadu00045, of similar content.

This edition by Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis, based on autopsy (2024) and photos (E. Francis, 2024).

Notes

1. A pillared hall.
2. From the Sanskrit nṛtta/nṛtya.
3. That is, Cuntaraṉ? But see Cuntapaṭṭaṉ in INSTamilNadu00045.

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Prosperity! Fortune!

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