# Tirunaḷḷāṟu, Tarppāraṇyēcuvarar temple, time of Vikrama Cōḻa, year 8

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00118

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00118.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 A⟩ ⟨1⟩ […]

[tribhuvaṉa-ca]⟨2⟩kkara(va)[ttikaḷ śrī-vikkirama-cōḻa-tēvaṟku yāṇṭu 8]
⟨3⟩ (Āva)[tu]

[rāja-nārāyaṇa]-vaḷanā[ṭṭu] [ca. 5+] ⟨4⟩ [ca. 10+]
(v)irutarāja-paya[ṅkara-c-carup]⟨5⟩-[pētimaṅkalattu] [sa]bh[ai]yōm
Ivv-āṇṭai ⌈⟨6⟩[mēṣa-nāyaṟṟu] [ca. 2+] ttikaiyum pati¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ eṭṭām
ti-⟨7⟩[yatiyum na] [ca. 2+] [peṟ]ṟa Aṉuḻatti (nā)ḷ Ivv-ūr ⟨8⟩ [ca. 5+]
[śrī-kulō]ttuṅka-cōḻa-viṇṇakarā⟨9⟩[ḻvār kōyililē] ku(ṟai) v-aṟa-k kūṭi-y
iruntu U⟨10⟩[ṭai]yār tirunaḷḷāṟ-uṭaiyār m¡u!⟨ū⟩la-piruttiyar
Āti-caṇṭēśva[ra]⟨11⟩-[tē]varku [I]ṟai-y-ili-y-āka nāṅkaḷ
nila-vilai-y-āvaṇañ ceyt[u]⟨12⟩[kuṭu](tta) paric-āvatu

... ⟨13–15⟩ ... ⟨16⟩ [ca. 1+] ḻ[ā]kku nel nāḻiyum Upp-amutu Uḻakkukku
nel Ur(i)[yum]

⟨Zone B⟩ ⟨17⟩ [ca. 2+] [mutu] Urikku nel nāḻiyum [ca. 3+] ⟨18⟩ [ca. 2+]
[y-amu](tu)kku nel nāḻiyum [ca. 3+] ⟨19⟩ ka[ṟi-y-amutu] Ilai-Amutukkum
(n)e[l nā] ⟨20⟩ [ca. 3+] Āka santi Onṟukku tiru [ca. 4+] ⟨21⟩ [ca. 1+]
[kattu]kku nāḷ Onṟukku [nel pata] [ca. 1+] ⟨22⟩ [ca. 2+] [nā]ḻi-y-āka
nāḷ [munṉūṟ] [ca. 1+] [kku] ⟨23⟩ […] ⟨24⟩ [patakku Ivvūr para] […]
[ṭaḷaiyil] completely lost ⟨25⟩ [Iṟaiyiliyāka ceytu kuṭutta 𑿦 ½ In] ⟨26⟩
[nilam] […] [kīḻpāṟ]k’ e[llai Uṭai] ⟨27⟩ [yār tirunaḷḷā]ṟ-uṭaiyāṟku Ēkan
⟨28⟩ [ā] […] [ṭi] ceyta tiru-nuntā-vi ⟨29⟩ [ḷakku-p puṟa]m-ā⟨ka⟩ ceyta 𑿦
lattuk⟨30⟩ku mēṟkum teṉ[pāṟk’ ellai] ⟨31⟩ kāṭukāḷ tiṭalukku varu [ca.
2+] rāy ⟨32⟩ varampukku vaṭakkum [mēl] [ca. 4+]⟨33⟩llai Ukamaṉṉiya tēvar
viṣa pō⟨34⟩ka nilattukku kiḻakkum va⟨ṭa⟩-pāṟk’ ellai na ⟨35⟩ [ca. 3+]
vāykkālukku teṟkum Ā⟨36⟩[ka Ivv-i]c[ai]nta peru nānk’ ellaiyu⟨37⟩[ḷ
naṭuvu pa]ṭṭa 𑿦 ½ In-nilam A⟨38⟩[raiyu]n nāṭṭu-k kōli-p paṭa ⟨39⟩ [ca.
4+] veḷḷāḷaṉ cīrriḷaṅ⟨40⟩[kō]-p puṟ(ṟi)ṭaṅ koṇṭāṉ pakka⟨41⟩[l n]āṅ(kaḷ)
koṇṭa kācu 2 10 I⟨42⟩[ca. 8+] [cey](tu)

⟨Zone C⟩ ⟨43–57⟩ ... ⟨58⟩ [ca. 6+] Eḻuti¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ēṉ Ivv-ūr karaṇattā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩
tiru-na⟨59⟩[ca. 6+] ḷā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ piḷḷaiyāṇṭā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-ē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ Ivai E¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ ⟨60⟩
[Eḻuttu]

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ […] • svasti śrī or Iṉṉum.

## Commentary

⟨24–25⟩ Lines 24-25 nowadays entirely lost.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1965–66 (ARIE/1965-1966/B/1965-1966/448).

Edited in Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2006 (PI 467); re-edited in
Vicayavēṇukōpāl 2017 (Tirunaḷḷāṟu 18), with photos. Translated in
Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2010 (PI 467). Both these editions
mistakenly miss here a portion of the inscription (lines 17-42) whih
they edit as lines 102-127 of Tirunaḷḷāṟu 19.

This edition by G. Vijayavenugopal. Revised and curated by Emmanuel
Francis, based on photos (N. Ramaswamy, 2016). Gaps supplied following
ARIE and PI 467.

### 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 497, page TBC.

[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 487,
page TBC.

[V] Vicayavēṇukōpāl, Kō. 2017. tirunaḷḷāṟu aruḷmikku tarppāraṇyecvarar
tirukkōyil kalveṭṭukaḷ. Tirunaḷḷāru: aruḷmikku Tarppāraṇyecvarar
tirukkōyil tēvastānam. Item 18, pages 52–53.

### Secondary

ARIE 1965–66. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1965-66. Edited by
Govind Swamirao Gai. n.p. Page TBC, appendixes B/1965-1966, item 448.