# Tirunaḷḷāṟu, Tarppāraṇyēcuvarar temple, time of Rājendra II, year 8

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00108

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00108.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-09 18:23 (fbd1441), last modified 2026-09-29 11:10
(5251b7d)

## Palaeographic description

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

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ ⟨Zone 1⟩ (U)ṭaiyār śrī-rājen¿t?⟨d⟩ra-deva⟨r⟩kku yāṇṭu 8-Āvatu

Ati[rā]jarāja⟨Zone 2⟩-vaḷanāṭ[ṭ]u [mu]ḻaiyūr-nāṭṭu brahmatēyam
śrī-A(ru)moḻi-deva-caruppēt[i]-maṅ⟨ka⟩lattu mahā-sabhai(yōm) ⟨2⟩ ⟨Zone
1⟩ Ivv-āṭṭai tulā-nāyaṟṟu pūrva-pakṣattil navamiyum tiṅka(ḷ)
ki⟨ḻa⟩mai[yum] ⟨Zone 2⟩ peṟṟa catai[ya]tti (ñ)ā(ṉṟu) Iv-ūr
śrī-rājen¿t?⟨d⟩ra-cōḻa-viṇṇakar Āḻvār kōyilil kūṭṭam kuṟai⟨3⟩⟨Zone
1⟩vaṟa-k kūṭi Irun=tu [paṇ]i-(p) paṇiyāl-p paṇittu tiru-naḷ⟨ḷ⟩āṟ-uṭaiya
ma⟨Zone 2⟩hādevar m¡u!⟨ū⟩labh¡ra!⟨r̥⟩[tyar ca]ṇṭēcuvara-devar pakka[l]
nāṅkaḷ koṇṭa kācu ⟨4⟩ ⟨Zone 3⟩ [8] 10

Ik-kācu Eṇpatu [ca. 9+] lam ko ⟨Zone 4⟩ [ca. 3+] ⟨Zone 5⟩ [ca. 4+] makku
Irājen¿t?⟨d⟩ra-cōḻaṉ vā⟨y⟩kkālukku vaṭakku m¡u!⟨ū⟩ṉṟāṅ kaṇṇāṟṟu
Ira(ṇṭā)[ñ] ⟨Zone 6⟩ caturattu mēṟ⟨5⟩⟨Zone 3⟩[1+] (ya/y) nila nālu mā
I¡ṉ!⟨n⟩-ni(la) [ca. 3+] [ni]la mā [ca. 1+] [ca](ṇ)ṭēcura [1+] ⟨Zone 4⟩
[ca. 3+] ⟨Zone 5⟩ [ca. 4+] kam-āka can¿t?⟨d⟩rādittaval Iṟai-y-ili ⟦(ce)⟧
ce⟨y⟩tu kuṭut[ta] [ca. 2+] ṭai nāṅkaḷ (ko)ṇ [ca. 2+] [E] ⟨Zone 6⟩ ṇpatu
(E)ṇpa[tu]⟨6⟩⟨Zone 7⟩ṅ koṇṭu tiru-⟨na⟩ḷḷāṟ-u[ṭ]ai[ya]-t[ē]var
m¡u!⟨ū⟩lapiritiyar ca[ṇṭē⟨Zone 8⟩cura]⟨Zone 9⟩(t)-tēvar tekku
I¡ṉ!⟨n⟩-nilam Iṟai-y-ili ceytu kuṭuttōm Im-mahāsabhaiyōm ⟨Zone 10⟩
[…]⟨7⟩⟨Zone 7⟩ku veḷḷā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ veṭṭi-v (u)ḷḷa(tu) Eppēṟpaṭṭa Iṟai-y-ācci
(nila) ⟨Zone 8⟩ [ca. 3+] ⟨Zone 9⟩ m nāṅkaḷ-ē-y Iṟu⟨k⟩ka kaṭavōm āka Iṭṭu
Iṟai-y-ili ceytu kuṭuttōm mahāsabhaiyō[m] ⟨Zone 10⟩ […]⟨8⟩⟨Zone 7⟩[ca.
2+] ttu karuvarai pōy niṉṟār ntrānum muṭṭiyampākkattu [ca. 2+] ⟨Zone 8⟩
[ca. 3+] ⟨Zone 9⟩ kōvin=ta-dacappiriyarum miḻalai
śrī-turai-s[u][nta]rarum Eḻumaḷ¡u!⟨ū⟩r tiru-vāṉan=ta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ar tēva [ca.
3+] ⟨Zone 10⟩ […]

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ °maṅ⟨ka⟩lattu ⬦ °maṅkalattu K&V V.

⟨3⟩ [ca]ṇṭēcuvara-devar ⬦ caṇṭēśvara-devar K&V V.

⟨6⟩ tiru-⟨na⟩ḷḷāṟ-u° ⬦ […] K&V; tirunaḷḷāṟu V.

⟨7⟩ veṭṭi-v (u)ḷḷa(tu) ⬦ […] ḷḷa […] K&V; veṭṭi Uḷḷa V. — ⟨7⟩ Iṟu⟨k⟩ka ⬦
K&V; Iṟukka V.

⟨0⟩ ntrānum ⬦ K&V; śrītaranum V.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ 8th year of the glorious Rājendra, the lord.

⟨1⟩ This year, ... ⟨there are⟩ 80 gold coins that We, the members of the
great assembly of ...

⟨2–4⟩ […] these gold coins...

⟨4–8⟩ ...

## Bibliography

First edited in Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2006 (PI 458). First
translated in Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2010 (PI 458). Re-edited in
Vicayavēṇukōpāl 2017 (Tirunaḷḷāṟu 8), 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 458, pages 406–407.

[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 458,
page 192.

[V] Vicayavēṇukōpāl, Kō. 2017. tirunaḷḷāṟu aruḷmikku tarppāraṇyecvarar
tirukkōyil kalveṭṭukaḷ. Tirunaḷḷāru: aruḷmikku Tarppāraṇyecvarar
tirukkōyil tēvastānam. Item 8, pages 30–31.

### 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 440.