# Tirunaḷḷāṟu, Tarppāraṇyēcuvarar temple, time of Rājendra II, year 3 G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00107 Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy) File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00107.xml Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil] Commit: 2026-11-09 18:23 (fbd1441), last modified 2026-10-19 18:42 (517aec7) ## Palaeographic description No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨Zone 1⟩ ⟨1⟩ svasti śrī 1. Āciriyappā tiru⟨makaḷ⟩ maruviya ceṅ-kō⟨2⟩[l] vaḷavaṉ ṟantirut tamaiyane [ca. 2+]⟨3⟩m I[ra]ṭṭapāṭi Ēḻ-arai-y ilakkamuṅ koṇṭu ko⟨4⟩ll(ā)-purattu jayastambha nāṭṭi Āhavamalla⟨5⟩ṉai (A)ñcuvittu Avaṉ āṉaiyuṅ kutiraiyum peṇ⟨6⟩ṭir (pa)ṇṭāramuṅ koṇṭu vijai⟨ya⟩-Abhiṣekam paṇṇi ⟨7⟩ vīra-siṁhāsanattu vīṟṟ-irun=t-aruḷi¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a kō-p-para[k]ēsari-va⟨8⟩[n]mmar-ā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a Uṭaiyār śrī-rājen¿t?⟨d⟩ra-devarkku yāṇṭu 3-Ā⟨9⟩vatu jayaṅ-koṇṭa-cōḻa-vaḷanāṭṭu-k kuṟumpūr-nāṭṭu brahma⟨10⟩deyam kāyākkuṭi-p peruṅ-kuṟi sabhaiyōm In=ta-v āṇṭai m(ē)⟨11⟩ṣa-n(ā)yaṟṟu Apara-pakṣattu ṣaṣṭiyum Uttirāṭam peṟṟa puta(ṉ)-k[i]ḻa⟨12⟩mai nāṉṟu nammūr-t tiru-vāy-p-pāṭi Āḻvār kōyililē-y kūṭṭa⟨13⟩-k-kuṟaivaṟa-k kūṭi Iruntu In-nāṭṭu muḻaiyūr-nāṭṭu brahma⟨14⟩deyan tiru-naḷḷāṟṟu-t tiru-naḷḷāṟ-uṭaiyār kōyil(i)l Ula⟨15⟩k-uṭaiyār aka-p-parivārattu-p peṇṭāṭṭi tēvaṉ puva¡n!⟨ṉ⟩i-māṇi⟨16⟩kkam Eḻun=t-aruḷuvitta tribhuvana-sun=tara-devarkku nāṅkaḷ iṟai-y-i⟨17⟩li ceytu kuṭutta nilam āvatu Ik-kāyākkuṭi vaṅki-p-puṟattu⟨18⟩-t tiru-v-araṅka-nārāyaṇa-kramavittaṉum Ivaṉ makaṉ kaṇapura-tē⟨19⟩va-kramavittaṉum Ivan tampi Īśvara-kramavittaṉum pakkal vi⟨20⟩ai koṇṭa nilam Ivv-ūr-k kīḻūr-p puḷḷaṭi-vāykkālukku-[t] te⟨21⟩ṉ-karai-k kuḷam uṭpaṭa nilam ½ ¹⁄₁₆ I¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-nilam Araiyē mā(kā)⟨22⟩ṇikkuṅ kīḻ-pāṟk’ ellai vaṅki-p-puṟattu-t tiru-v-araṅka-nārāyaṇa⟨23⟩-kramavittaṉu makkaḷum nilattuk=ku mēṟkum teṉ-pāṟk’ ellai kō⟨24⟩ṭṭaka-vāykkālukku vaṭakkum mēl-pāṟk’ ellai Ir(u) [ca. 3+] ṇi ⟨25⟩ veṇṇaiya-kramavittanum vaṅki-p-puṟattu-t [tiru-v-araṅka]-(n)ār[ā]ya⟨26⟩ṇa-kramavi⟨tta⟩ṉum nilattukku-k kiḻakku vaṭa-pāṟk’ ellai puḷḷa[ṭi]-vā⟨27⟩(y)kkālukku-t t(e)ṟkum Ivv-icaitta peru-nāṉk’ ellaiyi⟨28⟩l{u} naṭuvu-paṭṭa nilam kuḷam uṭpa⟨ṭa⟩ nilam ½ ¹⁄₁₆ I¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-(ni)[lam a](rai)-y-ē ⟨29⟩ mākāṇiyum can¿t?⟨d⟩rādittaval Iṟai-y-ili ceytu kuṭuttu It-tē⟨30⟩var paṇṭārattu sa(bhai)(yō)ṅ koṇṭa kācu 5 (10) Ik-(kā)[cu] ⟨31⟩ Aimpatuṅ koṇṭu I¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-ni[la]ṅ kuḷam[um] ½ (¹⁄₁₆)-yum can¿t?⟨d⟩rā[dit]tava⟨l⟩ ⟨Zone 2⟩ ⟨32⟩ Ivv-ūr-k kaṭikai madhyastaṉ pa⟨33⟩ramēśvaran bhāskaran-ēṉ eḻut⟨tu⟩ ## Translation ⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune! ⟨7–9⟩ 3rd year of the glorious king Rājendra, the Lord, alias the king Parakesarivarman, ⟨1–7⟩ who, ... [meykkīrtti of Rājādhirāja I Cōḻa] ⟨9–17⟩ ... ⟨17–31⟩ ... ⟨32–33⟩ ... ## Bibliography First edited in Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2006 (PI 457). First translated in Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2010 (PI 457). Re-edited in Vicayavēṇukōpāl 2017 (Tirunaḷḷāṟu 7), with photo. 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 457, pages 404–405. [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 457, pages 191–192. [V] Vicayavēṇukōpāl, Kō. 2017. tirunaḷḷāṟu aruḷmikku tarppāraṇyecvarar tirukkōyil kalveṭṭukaḷ. Tirunaḷḷāru: aruḷmikku Tarppāraṇyecvarar tirukkōyil tēvastānam. Item 7, pages 28–29. ### Secondary 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 439.