# Śrīvāñjiyam, Śrīvāñjināthēśvara temple, Kulōttuṅka Cōḻa, year 25

Renato Dávalos and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: Renato Dávalos, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00062

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00062.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-09 18:23 (fbd1441), last modified 2026-09-29 11:10
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## Summary

Inscription damaged and incomplete. Endowment of money (kācu) for the
worship of the three nāyaṉmar (emperumakkaḷ) and supposedly for
Māṇikkavācakar (tiruttoṇṭar cīr uraittār).

## Palaeographic description

No distinction between e and ē, o and ō.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ […] (ṉa)cakkara-vatt[i] […] maturaiyum Īḻam[um] karuvūrum […]

⟨2⟩ (śrī)-kulōttuṅka-cōḻa-tēvaṟku yāṇṭu 2 10 5 kku [m]ēl ⟨3⟩ [3+] A ṇu
pa ra ya ṉ cevūril paiyar tirumaṇi-k kōyil(u) [3+] (to/ko)(yi) [3+] ⟨4⟩
kōyil Emperumakkaḷ kōyil mūṉṟukkum tiruttoṇṭar cīr Uraittar […] ⟨5⟩ [3+]
miṭarum n¿a?⟨ā⟩ḷ Oṉṟukku māṇiṉāṭukku cōṟu kuṟuṇi Oru nāḻi Arici-c cōṟu
peṟṟu kēṭta ⟨6⟩ [3+] yarkaḷum [1+] purattil tirukaṟṟaḷi tirum¿a?⟨ā⟩ṇikku
Oṭukkiṉa kācu[k]ku 1 1001 10 1 kācu Ik-[kācu] […]

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1938–39 (ARIE/1938-1939/B/1938-1939/229).

Summary in Patmāvati 1979 (NK 52).

This edition by Renato Davalos and Emmanuel Francis (2025), based on
photos (F. De Simini, 2024).

### Primary

[ARIE] ARIE 1938–39. Annual report on South Indian epigraphy for the
year ending 31st March 1939. Edited by C. R. Krishnamacharlu. Delhi:
Government of India, 1952. Page 33, item 229, appendixes B/1938-1939.

### Secondary

[NK] Patmāvati, Ā. 1979. Naṉṉilam kalveṭṭukkaḷ: mutal tokuti. Tamiḻnāṭṭu
kalvetṭukaḷ 12. Ceṉṉai: Tamiḻnāṭu Aracu Tolporuḷ Āyvuttuṟai. Item 52.