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_INSTamilNadu00053.xml CC BY-SA 4.0 2019-2026 as per external metadata Stone inscription (base of wall) providing the length of a measurement rod. Middle tier of northern base of the mukhamaṇḍapa.

No distinction between e and ē, o and ō.

Encoded in TEI/EpiDoc according to the DHARMA Encoding Guide for Documentary Editions, version 2

 Creation of the file
svasti śrī

nila-Aḷavu kōl

Prosperity! Fortune!

Rod for measuring land.

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.

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