# Tirunaḷḷāṟu, Tarppāraṇyēcuvarar temple, time of Kulottuṅga II Cōḻa,
year 3

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00122

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00122.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⟩ ⟨Zone 1⟩ svasti śrī (⯼)>

1. Āciriyappā

puma¡nn!⟨ṉṉ⟩u patumam ⟨2⟩ pūtta-v ēḻ-ulakun
... ⟨26⟩ ⟨Zone 2⟩ ...

kō⟨49⟩ ⟨Zone 3⟩ -v-[i]rājakēca¿k?⟨r⟩i-panmar-āṉa tr[i]
bhuva¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a⟨50⟩-cakkarava⟨r⟩tthikaḷ ...⟨76⟩m e¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ṟu
vikkirama-cōma-k-kāśyapparāya

[unknown number of lost lines]

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–48⟩ [meykkīrtti of Kulottuṅga II Cōḻa]

⟨48–52⟩ 3rd year of ...

⟨53–76⟩ ...

## Bibliography

First edited in Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2006 (PI 471). First
translated in Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2010 (PI 471). Re-edited in
Vicayavēṇukōpāl 2017 (Tirunaḷḷāṟu 22), with photo.

This edition revised 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 471, pages 426–429.

[K] 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 471,
pages 201–202.

[VVG] Vicayavēṇukōpāl, Kō. 2017. tirunaḷḷāṟu aruḷmikku tarppāraṇyecvarar
tirukkōyil kalveṭṭukaḷ. Tirunaḷḷāru: aruḷmikku Tarppāraṇyecvarar
tirukkōyil tēvastānam. Item 22, pages 62–63.

### Secondary

ARIE 1968–69. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1968-69. Edited by
G. S. Gai. New Delhi: Archaeological survey of India, 1974. Page 33,
appendixes B/1968-1969, item 107.