# Nallūr, Vilvāraṇyeśvara temple, no king, no year

Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: Renato Dávalos, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00053

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00053.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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

## Summary

Stone inscription (base of wall) providing the length of a measurement
rod. Middle tier of northern base of the mukhamaṇḍapa.

## Palaeographic description

No distinction between e and ē, o and ō.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

nila-Aḷa⟨⟨vu⟩⟩ kōl

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1⟩ Rod for measuring land.

## Commentary

A "+" sign to the left of the inscription marks the beginning of the
length of the rod, whereas another "+" sign further to the right of the
inscription marks its end. The distance between the two "+" signs, thus
the length of the measurement rod, is 4.35 m.

## Bibliography

This edition by Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis, based on autopsy
(2025), photos (R. Dávalos, 2025).