# Tirunaḷḷāṟu, Tarppāraṇyēcuvarar temple, time of Rājādhirāja, year 30

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00103

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00103.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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

No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō.

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## Edition

⟨Zone 1⟩ ⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

1. Āciriyappā

tiṅ⟨2⟩kaḷ-ēr taru taṉ(ṟo)⟨3⟩ṅkal veṇ-kuṭai-k k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ
⟨4⟩(n)i(la-ma)kaḷ nilava ma(la)r-(ma)ka(ḷ)
⟨5⟩(pu)ṇarn=tu [c]eṅ⟨kō⟩l ōcci-k karuṅ-ka⟨6⟩li kaṭintu
tantaiyar tamai⟨7⟩(ya)ṉ tampiyar taṉ ṟiru
m¿a?⟨ai⟩nta⟨8⟩r eṉṟ’ ivarai maṇi-muṭi cūṭṭi⟨9⟩-k
kaṉṉ(i) kāvalar teṉṉavar m¡u!⟨ū⟩⟨10⟩varuḷ
vāṉakam Oruva¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ukk’ aruḷi⟨11⟩-k kā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩akam
Iruvarukk’ aḷittu-p ⟨12⟩ porucilai-c cēralaṉ
vēlai ⟨13⟩ keḻu kāntaḷūr-c-cālai kalam aṟuppitt’
ilaṅkaiyaṟ ⟨14⟩ karaicaiyum Alaṅkal vallavaṉaiyum
kaṉṉa ⟨15⟩ kucciyar-k kāvalaṉaiyum poṉṉaṇi
muṭi-t-talai ⟨16⟩ taṭintu taṉ koṭippaṭai-y ēvi-k
kaṉṉāṭakar viṭu ⟨17⟩ kaṭakari puraḷa-t
taṉṉā(ṭai)yiṟ ṟamiḻp paraṇi koṇṭo⟨18⟩ṉṉār
vaccira neṭuvāḷ viccayaṉ veru neḷitt’
añci⟨19⟩-y ōṭattaṉ vañciyam paṭaiyāl
āṅkavaṉ (p)itāvai mā⟨20⟩tāvoṭuñ catarmali
vīṅku n¡i!⟨ī⟩r-p pūṇṭ¡u!⟨ū⟩r veñcama-t taka⟨21⟩-p-paṭutt’
ayaṟpaṭai Āhavamallaṉ payattoṭum
vara⟨22⟩viṭum Oṟṟarai v¿e?⟨o⟩ruvara-p piṭippitt’
āṅkavar mār¿v?⟨p⟩il ⟨23⟩ Āhavamalla¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um
yāṅ¿k?⟨ṅ⟩aṇum añci¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ e¡n!⟨ṉ⟩{(n)}ṉa keḻu⟨24⟩t(i)-[c]
c[e]lu[t]tiya piṉṉai-t taṉ puli-k-koṭi-p pa⟨25⟩ṭaiñar
ōṭṭa vari vāraṇa varaicai-k kaṭal-purai
ciṟu⟨26⟩tuṟai peruntuṟai teyvabhīmaratiy eṉṟ’
uṟu tuṟai ⟨27⟩ m¡u!⟨ū⟩ṉṟilu muṇar puna[l] (ā)ṭṭi-y
āṅkava¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ ētta-k kiriyil Ō⟨28⟩ṅku kal
Uḻuvaiyēṟeḻuti Uyarjayastambham
⟨29⟩ Eḻil peṟa (n)iṟutti-t taṉ kaḻal paṇin toḻukum
⟨30⟩ Araicar(ka)ḷ(o)ṭu ceṇṭāṭi-p porupuli
v¡i!⟨ī⟩ra-k-koṭi⟨31⟩yoṭu tiyāka-k-koṭi-y e(ṭu)tt’
oṉṉalar kavarnta ⟨Zone 2⟩ ⟨32⟩ toṉ ṉeti-p piṟakkam
Ira(va)⟨33⟩lar āṉōrkk’ ¡i!⟨ī⟩yntu
viravali lava⟨34⟩ṉ viṭu taṇattukk’
avaṉ velpu(ra)⟨35⟩vi nuḷampa¡(n)!⟨ṉ⟩(u)m kā(ḷ)i
dāsa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um ⟨36⟩ viḷamparun= tāṟcāmuṇṭa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩um
pōr⟨37⟩kom maṉum villavarājaṉum [mu]]⟨38⟩taliṉar
veñcama-t tiriyal p(o)[ru]⟨39⟩tavar perun¿e?⟨i⟩ti kavarn=tu
kūccaran u⟨40⟩ppaḷa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ koyma(la)r-p
pacun(ta)⟨41⟩lai tarātatayalappa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ taṭi(n)[tu] ⟨42⟩ (mu)¡(n)!⟨ṉ⟩
(koṇ)ṭu takaivana ta[p]pai ⟨43⟩ muṉ ṟaippa Appakai ce[k]ut⟨44⟩t’
uppaḷa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ vaḻiyiṟ tappila pa[kai]⟨45⟩-v araicarkaḷ
āṅkatu m¡i!⟨ī⟩ṭka māṭṭ(ā)⟨46⟩tu ta[¡n!⟨ṉ⟩]
pūṅkaḻal caraṇeṉa-p (pu)⟨47⟩ku⟨n⟩ta Araṇava⟨r*⟩kk’ aḷittu
taṭa-muṭi [mī]⟨48⟩ṭṭu-k kuṭuttu-t taṭa-muṭi-k kiṭaṅ
ku(ṭu)t⟨49⟩t’ irunta taṭaṅ-kai vanta tappai⟨50⟩yai-p
paṟittuṭa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ koṇṭu pōn⟨51⟩⟨ta⟩ p(i)¡n!⟨ṉ⟩
Aṟattulantañ⟨52⟩ciyum Añcātā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩āy
veñ⟨53⟩camaṅ karuti viṭa vanta peṟkaṭai⟨54⟩kaḷ
mu¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ pe[ṟi ta]va⟨r⟩k=ku ⟨ku⟩ṟai varin to⟨55⟩rutā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩
cārat [ca. 2+] Aṟaikaḻal taṉ pu⟨56⟩kaḻ pā(ta/cu) muṉpa māpiraṭṭaril
Oru⟨57⟩vaṉai-p peṇṇuṭai Uṭutti ⟨58⟩ Or[u]vāṉai
Añcu cikaipaṭa-c ci⟨Zone 3⟩⟨59⟩[ca. 1+] rappittavaṉ [vi]ṭutta
⟨60⟩ pēṟkaṭai taṉṉuṭaṉ ⟨61⟩ pōkki
Āhavamallaṉum ⟨62⟩ Āhavamalliyum
Eṉṟu ⟨63⟩ piyar Iṭuvittu Aṉṟavaṉ ⟨64⟩ [viṭu]tta
pēṟkaṭai taṉṉu⟨65⟩[ṭ]aṉ pōkk(i) Uṭkuṭaṉ
[ca. 2+] ⟨66⟩ (nila)viṭātu c(e)ṉṟa [ca. 3+]⟨67⟩[ca. 1+] [mu]tuk’ iṭa-p
porutu taṉ ⟨68⟩ [kkay]il muṉ tā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩oru [ca. 1+]⟨69⟩[ca. 2+] [maṟa]
māna-k
kai malai ta⟨70⟩[ṭavi]-k ka¡ll!⟨l⟩iyāṇapuram e[ṉ]⟨71⟩ṉṉun
toṉṉakar tukaḷe⟨72⟩ḻa-t tukaippit taṉ nakar
A⟨73⟩rai(cuṟai karu) māḷi[k]ai po⟨74⟩[ṭi]y[āk]ki
Aṅkatu kākka [ni]⟨75⟩ṉṟa pū [ca. 2+]
[ca. 2+] rākuta⟨76⟩ṉ mu[ta] [ca. 5+] ḷiṟṟ’
a⟨77⟩raicar mu [ca. 5+] r pariyo⟨78⟩ṭuṅ
kar[iyoṭum paṭṭuka]-p ⟨Zone 4⟩ ⟨79⟩ [ca. 3+] perunakar
v(i)jaiyarāja(ṉ) e⟨80⟩ṉṟu
vīra-Abhiṣekañ ce⟨81⟩ytu śrī-keḻu
viśvalōkat(tu) ⟨82⟩ viḷaṅku maṉu neṟi niṉṟu
⟨83⟩ [Aśva]mētañ ceyt’ araicu vī⟨ṟ⟩⟨84⟩ṟ-irun[ta]
jayaṅ-koṇṭa-cōḻa¡(n)!⟨ṉ⟩ ⟨85⟩ (Uyar)n=ta perumpukaḻ

kō-v-irāja⟨86⟩k[ē](sa)ri Enal āki-p pēca Eṇṭi⟨87⟩[cai-y] [ca. 3+]
niṟain=ta kīrtti śrī-vi⟨88⟩jai⟨ya⟩-(rā)j[e]n¡t!⟨d⟩radevarkku yāṇṭu ⟨89⟩
3 10 ~ Āva[tu]

Uyya-k-koṇṭār⟨90⟩-vaḷanāṭṭu muḻaiyūr-[nāṭ](ṭu) brahmadeyan
tiru-naḷḷāṟ-uṭai⟨91⟩yār śivabrahmaṇaṉ kāśyapaṉ vaikuntaṉ
tūvaṭi⟨92⟩paṭṭaṉuṅ kāśyapaṉ (kaṇa)[pa]ti vaikuntaṉuṅ kāśyapa ⟨93⟩
nakka(ṉ t)iru-nā⟨ra⟩ṇa-paṭṭaṉuṅ kāśyapaṉ tiru-nā⟨ra⟩ṇaṉ ku⟨94⟩ḷuntāṉ
paṭṭaṉuṅ kāśyapaṉ celva-naḷ[ḷāṟu]-tēva⟨95⟩ṉuṅ kāśyapaṉ (pa)ṭṭa-nāraṇaṉuṅ
kāśyapa nārāyaṇa⟨96⟩¡ṉṉ!⟨ṉ⟩ aru(ḷ)moḻ[i](yu)ṅ kautavaṉ [i]rupattu nālvaṉ
⟨97⟩ cemmāṉum kautavaṉ kaṭampaṉ cōm[āciyā] [ca. 3+]⟨98⟩raiyaṉ nakkaṉ
(m)ātava-paṭṭaṉum ivv-aṉai[vōm] [ca. 3+] (c)[i]⟨99⟩khāmaṇi-vaḷan(ā)ṭṭu
muḻaiyūr-nāṭṭu viḻi(yū)r [vēḷḷā]ḷaṉ ⟨100⟩ viḻiyūr-uṭaiyāṉ kommaṉ tātaṉ
kaiyāl iyāṅ⟨101⟩kaḷ koṇṭu [ca. 2+] Aṉṟāṭu naṟ-kācu 4 10 5

Ik-kācu nā⟨102⟩ṟpatt’ aiñcuṅ koṇṭu kāc’ oṉṟuk[ku] nellu-k ka⟨103⟩lam-āka
Āṭṭai vaṭṭam nāṟpatt’ aiṅ [ca. 4+] lu-p pa⟨104⟩licai polivat’ ākavum

polin=ta [ca. 5+] [U]⟨105⟩ṭaiyār tiru-naḷḷāṟ-uṭaiyārk=ku-c ci(ṟu-kālai)
san=t[i]yil ⟨Zone 5⟩ ⟨106⟩ [tiru]man=tirapōṉakattukk[u] [.]a A⟨107⟩yṅ
kaṟi-y-amutu Oṉ [ca. 4+] [a]⟨108⟩mutu Uriyum Aṭaikkā-y-amu(tu) [ca.
1+]⟨109⟩ttum {finalgomutra}

pūṟvatēśamuṅ k [ca. 2+]⟨110⟩ṭ’ aruḷ(i)ṉa periya-tēvaṟku yā [ca. 1+]
(ṭ-u)⟨111⟩ṭaiyāṉ tātaṉ komma(ṉ) [ca. 1+]⟨112⟩tukku-p (pali)cai cekutal
[ca. 2+]⟨113⟩kku O¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ṟum poli-y-ūṭṭ-āka [ca. 2+] ⟨114⟩ kaṭavōm āṉōm
(i)k-kōyi[l]⟨115⟩brāhmaṇarōm {finalgomutra}

Ivarkaḷ [aruḷ]⟨116⟩moḻitēva-vaḷanāṭṭup pu [ca. 2+] ⟨117⟩ veḷḷāḷaṉ
kaṇa¿v?⟨p⟩ati kaḷi[ya]⟨118⟩¡ṉṉ!⟨ṉ⟩ eḻuttu {finalgomutra}

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–85⟩ [meykkīrtti of Rājādhirāja I Cōḻa]

⟨85–89⟩ 30th year of the glorious and victorious king Rājendra[1],
⟨whose⟩ fame fills the eight directions […] ...

⟨89–101⟩ ⟨There are⟩ 45 fine gold coins, there should be ...

⟨101–104⟩ With these fourty-five gold coins...

⟨104–109⟩ ...

⟨109–115⟩ We, the Brahmins of this temple have become those who have to
...

⟨115–118⟩ [signature of witness]

## Commentary

For the different versions of the meykkīrtti of Rājādhirāja I Cōḻa, see
Cuppiramaṇiyam 1983 (pages 39-45).

## Bibliography

First edited in Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2006 (PI 453). First
translated in Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2010 (PI 453). Re-edited in
Vicayavēṇukōpāl 2017 (Tirunaḷḷāṟu 3), with photos.

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 453, pages 394–399.

[K&al] 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 453,
pages 188–189.

[V] Vicayavēṇukōpāl, Kō. 2017. tirunaḷḷāṟu aruḷmikku tarppāraṇyecvarar
tirukkōyil kalveṭṭukaḷ. Tirunaḷḷāru: aruḷmikku Tarppāraṇyecvarar
tirukkōyil tēvastānam. Item 3, pages 18–21.

### Secondary

Cuppiramaṇiyam, Pu. 1983. Meykkīrttikaḷ. Ceṉṉai: ulakat tamilārāycci
niruvaṉam. Pages 39–45.

ARIE 1965–66. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1965-66. Edited by
Govind Swamirao Gai. n.p. Page 86, appendixes B/1965-1966, item 444.

[1] Rājādhirāja, in fact.