# Tirunaḷḷāṟu, Tarppāraṇyēcuvarar temple, time of Vikrama Cōḻa, year 15

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00119

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00119.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-09 18:23 (fbd1441), last modified 2026-09-29 11:10
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## Summary

Mahāmaṇḍapa, on various zones of west and south walls. A very lacunose
inscription starting with the meykkīrtti of Vikrama Cōḻa (r. 1118-1135
CE).

## Palaeographic description

No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō.

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## Edition

⟨Zone A⟩ ⟨1–14⟩ […]

⟨Zone B⟩ ⟨28⟩ ...

⟨Zone C⟩ ⟨76⟩ yāṉ-āṉa tiru-c-ciṟṟampala⟨77⟩-paṭṭaṉum kāśyapa¡n!⟨ṉ⟩
ciṟiy⟨78⟩[ā]ṉ nāṭ-uṭaiyāṉ-ā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a
nā⟨79⟩[ṟ]patt-eṇṇ-āyira-paṇṭi⟨80⟩taṉum Iva¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ tampi ciṟiyā⟨81⟩¡n!⟨ṉ⟩
...

⟨Zone D⟩ ⟨107⟩ muppatin kalamum cantirātittaval [3+] va⟨108⟩ṟ [4+]
[tāṉu]m In-nel [Eḻu-pat]t’ iru ⟨109⟩ kalattukkum palicai poliyum
nel⟨110⟩lu muppati¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ kalamuṅ koṇṭu It-tiru-nu⟨111⟩ntā-viḷakku Onṟum
cantirātittavaṟ ⟨112⟩ cōḻarkaḷ tiru-k-kulam vattikkavum ca⟨113⟩tturu
jayam paṇṇi Aruḷavum śrī-māyē⟨114⟩curam vattikkavum śrī-kirāmam
vatti⟨115⟩[kkavu]m It-tiru-nun[tā]-(viḷakku vatti)[kkavum] ⟨116⟩ ...

## Commentary

⟨1–14⟩ This gap is estimated to 9 lines in the previous editions. Some
letters are in fact still readable.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1965–66 (ARIE/1965-1966/B/1965-1966/447).

Edited in Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2006 (PI 468); re-edited in
Vicayavēṇukōpāl 2017 (Tirunaḷḷāṟu 19), with photos. Translated in
Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2010 (PI 468). Both these editions
mistakenly include here a portion of the inscription Tirunaḷḷāṟu 18
(their lines 102-127).

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 468, 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 468,
page TBC.

[V] Vicayavēṇukōpāl, Kō. 2017. tirunaḷḷāṟu aruḷmikku tarppāraṇyecvarar
tirukkōyil kalveṭṭukaḷ. Tirunaḷḷāru: aruḷmikku Tarppāraṇyecvarar
tirukkōyil tēvastānam. Item 19, pages 54–56.

### 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 447.