Nallūr, Vilvāraṇyeśvara temple, no king, no year author of digital edition Renato Dávalos Emmanuel Francis European Research Council (ERC), grant agreement no 809994 DHARMA Paris DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00052.xml CC BY-SA 4.0 2019-2026 as per external metadata Pillar inscription registering the construction (ceyvittāṉ) of a dancing hall nitta-maṇḍapaA pillared hall. by Cuntaṉ Paṭṭaṉ alias Tillai Nāyaka Vēḷāṉ, lord of Āṟṟūr.

No distinction between e and ē, o and ō.

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svasti śrī

Inta nitta -maṇṭapañ ceyvi ttāṉ Āṟṟūr-uṭai yāṉ cuntanṉ paṭṭa nṉ-āṉa tillai-nāyaka -vēḻāṉ

Āṟṟūruṭaiyāṉ See Āṟṟūruṭaiyāṉ in , line 2.

Prosperity! Fortune!

He who had this dancing nittamFrom the Sanskrit nr̥tta/nr̥tya. maṇḍapa made is Tillai Nāyaka Vēḷāṉ alias CuntaṉThat is, Cuntaraṉ? But see Cuntapaṭṭaṉ in . Paṭṭaṉ, lord of Āṟṟūr.

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

Compare with , 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 is on the wall of the mukhamaṇḍapa and this inscription is on a pillar of the open maṇḍapa in front of the mukhamaṇḍapa.

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

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