# Tirunaḷḷāṟu, Tarppāraṇyēcuvarar temple, no king, no year

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00116

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00116.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

⟨Zone 1⟩ ⟨1⟩ [ca. 5×] māṭṭā(mai)⟨2⟩yil-k kaṭamaikku
(tiru-na)⟨3⟩ḷḷāṟ-uṭaiyār m¡u!⟨ū⟩[la]-(bhr̥)⟨4⟩tyyar
śrī-caṇḍe(śva)ra⌈⟨5⟩-devaṟku nāṅkaḷ E[1×]lai ⟨6⟩ niṟaintāṉ [1×]t⟨7⟩tukku
maṭa[4×] k [1×]⟨8⟩śiva-yōg(i)ka(ḷ amutu cey)⌈⟨9⟩kaikku Ivv-ūr iṭākaḷūr
nāṭuṭai⟨10⟩yā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ paṭṭar ceyvikkiṟa maṭattu⟨11⟩kku maṭa-p-puṟam-āka
nāṅkaḷ (I)⌈⟨12⟩(ṟai)-y-ili ceytu koṭutta cu(ṅ)⟨13⟩ka¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ tavirtta
cōḻa-viḷākattu⟨14⟩kku nilam āvatu

Iv(v)-ūr-k k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ-pi⟨15⟩ṭākai putta-k-kuṭi[yi]l nā [1×]⟨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⟩[ca. 5+] ⟨26⟩ [ca. 5+] ⟨27⟩ [ca. 5+] ⟨28⟩
In-nila(m) ⟨Zone 3⟩ ⟨29⟩ Iṟai-y-ili cey⟨30⟩tu koṭuttu Iṭā⟨31⟩kaḷūr
nāṭuṭaiyā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ 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!⟨ṉ⟩ ⟨39⟩ kalam

In-nell iru-nū⟨40⟩ṟṟ’ eṇpati¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ kalamum ⟨41⟩ Ācan¡t!⟨d⟩ratāram
Iṟai-y-ili ⟨42⟩ A¡n!⟨ṉ⟩upavitt’ in-nāṭu⌈⟨43⟩[ṭ]ai [ca. 2+] n pa(ṭṭār) vā
[ca. 2+]⟨44⟩[ca. 12+]⟨45⟩[ca. 12+]⟨46⟩[ca. 12+]⟨47⟩[ca. 12+]⟨48⟩[ca.
10+]yum Ā[ca]⟨49⟩[n¡t!⟨d⟩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 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 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.