Tirunaḷḷāṟu, Tarppāraṇyēcuvarar, no king, no year

Author of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal (vija).

Contributor: 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_INSTamilNadu00116.

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00116.xml.

Version: (69e3379), last modified (b80acdf).

Edition

⟨Zone 1⟩

⟨1⟩ [*****] māṭṭā(mai)-

⟨2⟩ yil-k kaṭamaikku (tiru-na)-

⟨3⟩ ḷḷāṟ-uṭaiyār m¡u![la]-(bhṛ)-

⟨4⟩ tyyar śrī-caṇḍe(śva)ra⌈-

⟨5⟩ -devaṟku nāṅkaḷ E[*]lai

⟨6⟩ niṟaintāṉ [*]t-

⟨7⟩ tukku maṭa[****] k [*]-

⟨8⟩ śiva-yōg(i)ka(ḷ amutu cey)⌈-

⟨9⟩ kaikku Ivv-ūr iṭākaḷūr nāṭuṭai-

⟨10⟩ yā¡n! paṭṭar ceyvikkiṟa maṭattu-

⟨11⟩ kku maṭa-p-puṟam-āka nāṅkaḷ (I)⌈-

⟨12⟩ (ṟai)-y-ili ceytu koṭutta cu(ṅ)-

⟨13⟩ ka¡n! tavirtta cōḻa-viḷākattu-

⟨14⟩ kku nilam āvatu Iv(v)-ūr-k k¡i!ḻ-pi-

⟨15⟩ ṭākai putta-k-kuṭi[yi]l nā [*]-

⟨Zone 2⟩

⟨16⟩ paṭṭa ni-

⟨17⟩ lam vē-

⟨18⟩ li In-ni-

⟨19⟩ lam (v)ēli-

⟨20⟩ yum I(ṟai)-

⟨21⟩ yili cey-

⟨22⟩ tu ko[ṭut]-

⟨23⟩ tōm śrī-ca⌈-

⟨24⟩ ṇḍeśvara-

⟨25⟩ [*****]

⟨26⟩ [*****]

⟨27⟩ [*****]

⟨28⟩ In-nila(m)

⟨Zone 3⟩

⟨29⟩ Iṟai-y-ili cey-

⟨30⟩ tu koṭuttu Iṭā-

⟨31⟩ kaḷūr nāṭuṭaiyā¡n! paṭṭa⟨r⟩

⟨32⟩ pakkal nāṅkaḷ ko-

⟨33⟩ ṇṭa nellu *

⟨34⟩ * In-nellu *-

⟨35⟩ * ḷattukkuṅ kala-

⟨36⟩ ttū-p patakk-āka-p po-

⟨37⟩ linta palicai nellu

⟨38⟩ Iru-nūṟṟ’ eṇpati¡n!

⟨39⟩ kalam In-nell iru-nū-

⟨40⟩ ṟṟ’ eṇpati¡n! kalamum

⟨41⟩ Ācan¡t!ratāram Iṟai-y-ili

⟨42⟩ A¡n!upavitt’ in-nāṭu⌈-

⟨43⟩ [ṭ]ai [**] n pa(ṭṭār) vā [**]-

⟨44⟩ [************]-

⟨45⟩ [************]-

⟨46⟩ [************]-

⟨47⟩ [************]-

⟨48⟩ [**********]yum Ā[ca]-

⟨49⟩ [n¡t!ratā]ram [i](ṟai)-y-ili ve [unknown number of lost lines]

Translation

⟨1–14⟩ The land ... that we have given tax-free as land free of assesment for a maṭam ... is ⟨as follows⟩:

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1965–66 (ARIE/1965-1966/B/1965-1966/443).

Edited (lines 28ff. only) in Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2006 (PI 499); re-edited (44 lines) in Vicayavēṇukōpāl 2017 (Tirunaḷḷāṟu 16), with photos. Translated in Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2010 (PI 499).

This edition by G. Vijayavenugopal (2019). Curated by Emmanuel Francis (2024), 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 499, pages 479–480.

[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 499, pages 220–21.

[V] Vicayavēṇukōpāl, Kō. 2017. tirunaḷḷāṟu aruḷmikku tarppāraṇyecvarar tirukkōyil kalveṭṭukaḷ. Tirunaḷḷāru: aruḷmikku Tarppāraṇyecvarar tirukkōyil tēvastānam. Item 16, pages 48–49.

Secondary

ARIE 1965–66. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1965-66. Edited by Govind Swamirao Gai. n.p. Page 87, appendixes B/1965-1966, item 443.