Tirunaḷḷāṟu, Tarppāraṇyēcuvarar temple, time of Kulottuṅga I, year lost

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal (vija), Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Palaeographic description: No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00110.

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Edition

⟨1⟩ ⟨Zone 1⟩ [s]vasti śrī tiruma¡n!i viḷaṅkum Irukuva ṭa¡n!aiya ta¡n! tōḷum [v](ā)[ḷum] (tu)ṇai-y e¡n!a-k karuti-k ⟨Zone 2⟩ kē¡ḻ!alar vañca ⟨Zone 3⟩ ṉai kaṭantu vayirā(ka)rattu-[k] kuñcara-k kuḻāmpala v(āri ye)ñcalil cakkara k(ō)[ṭṭattu-t tārā varacaṉai-t] (ti)k=ku nikaḻata⟨r⟩ (t)iṟai ko ⟨Zone 4⟩ ṇt-aruḷi Arukka¡n!u ⟨Zone 5⟩ [t]ai[ya]-t tācaiyil i(ru)kkuṅ kamalam aṉaiya nila-maka[ḷ ta]ṉ(ai) muṉ¡n!ī[r-k kuḷi]tta va¡ṉ!tāḷ tiru-

⟨2⟩ ⟨Zone 1⟩-[māl] [āti] kēḻal āki Eṭutt’ a¡n!ṉa yātuñ caliyā vakai yi¡n!it’ eṭu[ttu]-t taṉ kuṭai [ni](ḻa)l i ⟨Zone 2⟩ ṉpuṟa-v irutti[l] ⟨Zone 3⟩ (t)ikiriyum p(ul)i(yun t)i(c)aitoṟu n¿(i)?(ṭā)tti-p pukaḻun taru(ma)mum puvito(ṟ)um (ni)[ṟutti] […] (ka)[ru]ṉaiy[u]m [U]rimaic c[u] ⟨Zone 4⟩ ṟ[ṟam]-āka-p piriyā ⟨Zone 5⟩ ta[rā]ta(lam) n(ika)ḻa jaya(mu)[m t]ā¡n!(um) vīṟṟ-irun=tu kula-maṇi (ma)kuṭa muṟai[m]ai[yil] cūṭi-t taṉ[ka]ḻal (ta)-

⟨3⟩ ⟨Zone 1⟩rāt(i)par cūṭa-c ceṅkōl nāvalam pu(vi)to⟨ṟu⟩m naṭāttiya kō-v-i[rā]jakēsari-varmmar-ā¡n!a U ⟨Zone 2⟩ ṭaiyār śrī-[rā] ⟨Zone 3⟩ jen¿t?ra-[…] [je]yaṅ-koṇṭa-(cō) […] (ṟu)-t ⟨Zone 4⟩ […] ⟨Zone 5⟩ […] [.]ai […] (cca)tupan […] ḷḷāṟu […] (muṅ) k-

⟨4⟩ ⟨Zone 1⟩[ā]śyapa¡n! (t)iru-(nā)ḷ[ḷāṟṟ-u]ṭ[ai]yāṉuṅ kā(śya)(pa)-nārāyaṇa¡n! moḻi [***] (k)āśyapaṉ pa(ṭṭa)-nā(ra)ṇa¡n! ⟨Zone 2⟩ [****] ⟨Zone 3⟩ […] ⟨Zone 4⟩ […] ⟨Zone 5⟩ […]

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–3⟩ [meykkīrtti of Kulottuṅga I Cōḻa]

⟨3⟩ [year] of ...

⟨3–4⟩ ...

Bibliography

First edited in Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2006 (PI 460). First translated in Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2010 (PI 460). Re-edited in Vicayavēṇukōpāl 2017 (Tirunaḷḷāṟu 10), 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 460, page 409.

[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 460, page 194.

[V] Vicayavēṇukōpāl, Kō. 2017. tirunaḷḷāṟu aruḷmikku tarppāraṇyecvarar tirukkōyil kalveṭṭukaḷ. Tirunaḷḷāru: aruḷmikku Tarppāraṇyecvarar tirukkōyil tēvastānam. Item 10, pages 34–35.

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