# Nallūr, Vilvāraṇyeśvara temple, no king, no year

Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: Renato Dávalos, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00052

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00052.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-15 15:59 (9615181), last modified 2026-09-29 11:10
(5251b7d)

## Summary

Pillar inscription registering the construction (ceyvittāṉ) of a dancing
hall nitta-maṇḍapa[1] by Cuntaṉ Paṭṭaṉ alias Tillai Nāyaka Vēḷāṉ, lord
of Āṟṟūr.

## Palaeographic description

No distinction between e and ē, o and ō.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

Inta nitta⟨2⟩-maṇṭapañ ceyvi⟨3⟩ttāṉ Āṟṟ⟨ūr⟩-uṭai⟨4⟩(y)āṉ cunta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩
paṭṭa⟨5⟩¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-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 Cuntaṉ[3] 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).

[1] A pillared hall.

[2] From the Sanskrit nr̥tta/nr̥tya.

[3] That is, Cuntaraṉ? But see Cuntapaṭṭaṉ in INSTamilNadu00045.