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

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00110

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00110.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⟩ [s]vasti śrī

1. Āciriyappā

tiruma¡n!⟨ṉ⟩i viḷaṅkum Irukuva ṭa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩aiya ta¡n!⟨ṉ⟩
tōḷum [v](ā)[ḷum] (tu)ṇai-y e¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a-k karuti-k ⟨Zone 2⟩ kē¡ḻ!⟨ḷ⟩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!⟨ṉ⟩u ⟨Zone 5⟩ [t]ai[ya]-t tācaiyil i(ru)kkuṅ
kamalam aṉaiya nila-maka[ḷ ta]ṉ(ai)
muṉ¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ī[r-k kuḷi]tta va¡ṉ!⟨n⟩tāḷ tiru⟨2⟩⟨Zone 1⟩-[māl]
[āti] kēḻal āki Eṭutt’ a¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ṉa
yātuñ caliyā vakai yi¡n!⟨ṉ⟩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)?⟨a⟩(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!⟨ṉ⟩(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!⟨ṉ⟩a U ⟨Zone 2⟩ ṭaiyār śrī-[rā] ⟨Zone 3⟩
jen¿t?⟨d⟩ra-[…]

[je]yaṅ-koṇṭa-(cō) […] (ṟu)-t ⟨Zone 4⟩ […] ⟨Zone 5⟩ […] [.]ai […]
(cca)tupan […] ḷḷāṟu […] (muṅ) k⟨4⟩⟨Zone 1⟩[ā]śyapa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩
(t)iru-(nā)ḷ[ḷāṟṟ-u]ṭ[ai]yāṉuṅ kā(śya)(pa)-nārāyaṇa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ moḻi [ca. 3+]
(k)āśyapaṉ pa(ṭṭa)-nā(ra)ṇa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ ⟨Zone 2⟩ [ca. 4+] ⟨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.