# Tirunaḷḷāṟu, Tarppāraṇyēcuvarar temple, time of Rājādhirāja, year 27

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00101

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00101.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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

A fragment recording the change of status of a land.

## Palaeographic description

No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō. Medial i and ī
interchangeable. Occasional distinction between mū and mū.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

yāṇṭu Irupatt’ ēḻ-āvatu nāḷ toṇṇūṟiṉāl kō-v¡i!⟨ī⟩ra-pāṇṭiyaṉ talaiyum
[…]

[…] ⟨2⟩ yiṉāl Arumoḻi-tēva-c-caruppēti-maṅkalam pū(r)vva-tēcamum
kaṅkaiyum kaṭāramum koṇṭ-aruḷiṉa […] ⟨3⟩ vakaiyālaṉ veḷḷāṉvakai
varicai-k k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ Iṟai-k kuṭal-āka nilattukku-t tavirntu I¡ṉ!⟨n⟩-nila
munnāḷ […] ⟨4⟩ variyil iṭa-t tiru-vāy-moḻi¡ṉ!⟨n⟩t-aruḷiṉā{r}r eṉṟu
tirumantira-Ōlai caḷukki-kulakāla-mūvē¡ṉ!⟨n⟩tavēḷāṉ […] ⟨5⟩ cēkaranallūr
kiḻavar Arai(yar) [ca. 3+] yilūraṉ maṇṇai koṇṭa cōḻa-mūvē¡ṉ!⟨n⟩[tavēḷāṉ]
[…] ⟨6⟩ ḷārum kṣattra-cikāmaṇi-vaḷa(nāṭṭu) [ca. 11+]
(cōḻa-mūvē)[tavēḷā]ṉ Aiya [ca. 7+] ḷar […]

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ talaiyum […] ⬦ talaiyum [.]e K&V.

⟨2⟩ pū(r)vva° ⬦ pūḻu⟨va⟩° K&V; pūḻu(va)° VVG. — ⟨2⟩ koṇṭ-aruḷiṉa […] ⬦
koṇṭ-aruḷi [7+] K&V; pūḻu(va)° VVG.

⟨3⟩ vakaiyālaṉ ⬦ va Ayiravaṉ K&V. — ⟨3⟩ k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ ⬦ kiḻ VVG; kīḻ K&V. —
⟨3⟩ Iṟai-k kuṭal-āka nilattukku-t ⬦ VVG; Innāṭṭu paṭa [3+] lattukku-t
K&V. — ⟨3⟩ munnāḷ […] ⬦ muṉtiri(k)ai [5+] K&V.

⟨4⟩ caḷukki ⬦ caḷukkik K&V VVG. — ⟨4⟩ kulakāla-mūvē¡ṉ!⟨n⟩tavēḷāṉ […] ⬦
VVG; kulakāla-muve¡ṉ!⟨n⟩ta [12+] K&V.

⟨5⟩ Arai(yar)[ca. 3+] ⬦ A[.]ai [4+] K&V; Araiyar [6+] VVG. — ⟨5⟩
cōḻa-mūvē¡ṉ!⟨n⟩[tavēḷāṉ][…] ⬦ coḻa-muveṉta(v)e(ḷār) [9+] K&V;
cōḻa-mūvēṉta [6+] VVG.

⟨6⟩ kṣattra-cikā-vaḷa(nāṭṭu) ⬦ kūṭi tirumaṇi-vaḷa [3+] K&V;
kṣattriya-cikāmaṇi-vaḷanāṭṭu VVG. — ⟨6⟩ [ca. 11+](cōḻa-mūvē)[tavēḷā]ṉ ⬦
[2+] Irumaṭi mu [3+] ṉ K&V; [4+] ṉ cōḻa mūvē [6+] ṉ VVG. — ⟨6⟩ Aiya [ca.
7+] ḷar […] ⬦ Aiya(ṉ) [6+] K&V; Aiya [5+] VVG.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1⟩ Twenty seventh year, ninetieth day of […] [who took] the head of the
heroic Pāṇḍya king.

⟨1–6⟩ … Arumoḻitēvaccaruppētimaṅkalam … who graciously took the Eastern
country, the Ganges and Kaṭāram … Vakaiyālaṉ … of the veḷḷāṉvakai
category (varicai) … the tirumantiravōlai Caḷukki-kulakāla-mūvēntavēḷāṉ,
having said (eṉṟu) that, so that it is put in the account (variyil iṭa),
he[1] graciously uttered with his glorious mouth … the chief (araiyar),
lord (kiḻavar) of Cēkaranallūr, […]yilūraṉ Cōḻa-mūvēntavēḷāṉ, who took
Maṇṇai … of the Kṣatra-cikāmaṇi-vaḷanāṭu …

## Commentary

⟨2⟩ Kaṭāram is a port in Southeast Asia. The phrase "who graciously took
the Eastern country, the Ganges and Kaṭāram" is formulaic and found in
many cōḻa inscriptions.

## Bibliography

First edited in Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2006 (PI 451). First
translated in Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2010 (PI 451). Re-edited in
Vicayavēṇukōpāl 2017 (Tirunaḷḷāṟu 1), with photo and the text (most
probably unrelated) on the next two blocks of the base edited in
continuation for lines 1-5.

This edition by G. Vijayavenugopal. Revised and curated by Emmanuel
Francis, based on photos (N. Ramaswamy, 2016).

### Primary

[K&V] Kuppusamy, Bahour S. & G. Vijayavenugopal. 2006. Pondicherry
inscriptions. Part I: Introduction and texts with notes = Putuccēri
mānilak kalveṭṭukkaḷ. Pondichéry: Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient;
Institut français de Pondichéry. Item 451, pages 392–393.

[K] Kuppusamy, Bahour S. & G. Vijayavenugopal. 2010. Pondicherry
inscriptions. Part II: Translation, appendices, glossary and phrases,
[and] preface = Putuccēri mānilak kalveṭṭukkaḷ. Pondichéry: Ecole
française d’Extrême-Orient; Institut français de Pondichéry. Item 451,
page 188.

[VVG] Vicayavēṇukōpāl, Kō. 2017. tirunaḷḷāṟu aruḷmikku tarppāraṇyecvarar
tirukkōyil kalveṭṭukaḷ. Tirunaḷḷāru: aruḷmikku Tarppāraṇyecvarar
tirukkōyil tēvastānam. Item 1, pages 14–15.

### Secondary

ARIE 1965–66. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1965-66. Edited by
Govind Swamirao Gai. n.p. Page 85, appendixes B/1965-1966, item 435.

[1] That is, the king.