# Tirunaḷḷāṟu, Tarppāraṇyēcuvarar temple, time of Kulottuṅga I, year 47

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00115

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00115.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⟩ svasti śrī

1. Āciriyappā

pukaḻ-mātu viḷaṅka jaya-mātu virumpa
nila-maka ṇilava malar-makaḷ puṇara
Urimaiyiṟ ciṟanta maṇi-muṭi cūṭi
vīra-siṁhāsanattu
puvaṉa-muḻut-uṭaiyāḷoṭum vīṟṟ-iru(n)
taruḷ(i)ya

kō-v-(i)rāja-kesaripanmar-āṉa tri(bhu)(va)ṉa-(cakkara-va)⟨r⟩(ttikaḷ)
(śrī)-(kulōttuṅka-cōḻa-tēvarkku yāṇṭu) (4 10 7)-Āvatu
rājanārāyaṇa-vaḷanāṭṭu muḻaiyūr-nāṭṭu brahma(de)(ya)m
śrī-v[i]ruta-rāja-(paya)ṅkara-c-catu⟨r⟩vvedi-maṅkalattu-p peruṅ-kuṟ(i)
mahā-sabhaiyōm ... ⟨2⟩ ... ⟨3⟩ ... ⟨4⟩ ...

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1⟩ 47th year of the glorious king Kulottuṅga Cōḻa, the emperor of the
three worlds, alias the king Rājakesarivarman,

⟨1⟩ who ... [meykkīrtti of Kulottuṅga I Cōḻa]

⟨1–4⟩ ...

## Bibliography

Edited in Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2006 (PI 463). Translated in
Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2010 (PI 463). Re-edited in Vicayavēṇukōpāl
2017 (Tirunaḷḷāṟu 15), with photos.

This revised edition by G. Vijayavenugopal. 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 463, pages 411–413.

[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 463,
pages 195–196.

[V] Vicayavēṇukōpāl, Kō. 2017. tirunaḷḷāṟu aruḷmikku tarppāraṇyecvarar
tirukkōyil kalveṭṭukaḷ. Tirunaḷḷāru: aruḷmikku Tarppāraṇyecvarar
tirukkōyil tēvastānam. Item 15, pages 44–47.

### 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 442.