# Tirunaḷḷāṟu, Tarppāraṇyēcuvarar temple, time of Kulottuṅga Cōḻa, no year G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00123 Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy) File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00123.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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨Zone 1⟩ ⟨1⟩ śrī 1. Āciriyappā pū(m)ēvu vaḷar tiru⟨⟨p⟩⟩po¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ mār¡v!⟨p⟩u pu⟨2⟩ṇara nāmēvu kalaimakaḷ nala⟨⟨m peri⟩⟩tu ciṟa⟨3⟩ppa vicaiyamar makaḷ velpuyattu ⟨4⟩ Iruppa Icaiyum celviyum Eṇ⟨5⟩ṭ(i)cai v(i)ḷa(ṅ)ka nirupa(r v)antu I⟨6⟩ṟañci nī¡(n)n!⟨n⟩ila-maṭantaiyai ⟨7⟩ tirumaṇam puṇarntu tiruvaḷar karu ⟨8⟩ [1×] maṇimuṭi kavitte¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a maṇi-muṭi⟨9⟩-cūṭi va(l)lai ¡n!⟨ñ⟩ālattu palluyir⟨10⟩kk’ ellām Ellaiyi(l) I¡n!⟨ṉ⟩pam ⟨11⟩ Iyalvinil Eyta veṇkuṭai ⟨12⟩ ni(ḻa)ṟṟa ceṅkōl ōcci vā⟨13⟩ḻi pall¡u!⟨ū⟩ḻi Āḻi naṭappa cem⌈ ⟨14⟩ po¡n!⟨ṉ⟩-v¡i!⟨ī⟩ra-siṁhāsanattu puva¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a⟨15⟩muḻut-uṭaiyāḷoṭu v¡i!⟨ī⟩ṟṟ-run ⟨16⟩[ta]ruḷiya kō-v-irājakēsari-panma⟨17⟩[r]-ā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a ti⟨ri⟩puva¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a-cakravar⟨t⟩tikaḷ śrī-ku⌈⟨18⟩lōttuṅka-cōḻa-tēvarku yā⟨19⟩ṇṭē [1×] siṁha-nāya⟨ṟ⟩ṟu pūrvva-pakṣa⟨20⟩[t]tu tritiyaiyum ca¡n!⟨ṉ⟩i-k-kiḻamaiyum pe⟨21⟩ṟṟa ci(t)tirai nāḷ Uyya-k-koṇṭār⟨22⟩-[va]ḷa-nāṭṭu kuṟumpūr-nāṭṭu brahmatē⟨Zone 2⟩⟨23⟩yam kāyākkuṭi(yāṉa U)taiya-cant(i)[ra-c]-caruppēti-(ma)[ṅ]⟨24⟩kalattu mahā-sabhaiyōm In-nāṭṭu muḻ[ai]y[ū]⟨25⟩yū[r-nāṭṭu U]ṭ(ai)y(ā)r tiru-naḷḷāṟu[ṭ]ai[yār] kō⟨26⟩[⌉yilil ula](ka)muḻutuṭaiyāḷ tirumaṇṭapat[t]ē⟨27⟩[y kūṭ](ṭam) kuṟaivaṟak kūṭi-y iruntu Uṭaiyār⟨28⟩tiru-[naḷ]ḷāṟuṭaiyār tiruppāl pō¡n!⟨ṉ⟩aka-p⟨29⟩puṟa[māka] Ik-kōyilil m¡u!⟨ū⟩la¡pra!⟨bhr̥⟩tya-(Ā)dicaṇṭē⟨30⟩[śva]ra-(d)evaṟkku nāṅkaḷ Iṟai-y-ili ceytu kuṭutta ⟨31⟩ (ni)lam āvatu Eṅkaḷūr O¡n!⟨ṉ⟩patāṅ kaṭṭaḷai⟨32⟩yil sabhai-p potu-vāy-k kiṭanta nila[m]⟨33⟩* * In-nilam Onṟ’ araiyum Iṟai-y-ili ce⟨34⟩yitu kuṭuppataṟku k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ-pāṟk’ ellai [2×]⟨35⟩ṭi-vāy-k-kālukku mēṟkum te¡n!⟨ṉ⟩pāṟk’ el[lai]⟨Zone 3⟩⟨36⟩r[ē]ri ____________________ āl pō¡n!⟨ṉ⟩aka-p puṟa(m)⟨37⟩namm-¿a?⟨ū⟩r Iva¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ pakkal nāṅkaḷ koṇṭa kācu A⟨⟨y⟩⟩mpattu⟨38⟩(Ā)ṟu Araiyi¡n!⟨ṉ⟩āl māṭai cempo¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ ## Apparatus ⟨3⟩ velpuyattu ⬦ K&V; velpuṟattu V. ⟨6⟩ nī¡(n)n!⟨n⟩ila° ⬦ niṉila K&V; nīnila V. ⟨9⟩ ¡n!⟨ñ⟩ālattu ⬦ ñālattu K&V V. ⟨13⟩ pall¡u!⟨ū⟩ḻi ⬦ pallūḻi K&V V. — ⟨13⟩ Āḻi ⬦ V; yūḻi K&V. ⟨18⟩ yā⟨19⟩ṇṭē [1×] ⬦ yā⟨19⟩ṇṭu 5 K&V V. ⟨29⟩ m¡u!⟨ū⟩la¡pra!⟨bhr̥⟩tya-(Ā)dicaṇṭē⟨30⟩[śva]ra° ⬦ mūlapratya⟨r⟩ yāti caṇṭe⟨30⟩śvara° K&V; mūlabhratyar Ādhi caṇṭē⟨30⟩śvara° V. ## Translation ⟨1⟩ Fortune! ⟨16–21⟩ … year of the glorious king ..., ⟨1–16⟩ who ... ⟨21–31⟩ The land that we have given tax-free ... is ⟨as follow⟩s: ⟨31–33⟩ ... ⟨33–38⟩ ... ## Commentary Record left incomplete. A large space has been left blank between line 35 and line 36, which could accomodate at least five lines. It appears to be a vacat as the expected full description of the boundaries of the endowed land is expected here. There is also a large space left blank in line 35 ## Bibliography Reported in ARIE 1968–69 (ARIE/1968-1969/B/1968-1969/108). Edited in Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2006 (PI 472); re-edited in Vicayavēṇukōpāl 2017 (Tirunaḷḷāṟu 23), with photos. Translated in Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2010 (PI 472). 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 472, pages 430–431. [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 472, pages 202–203. [V] Vicayavēṇukōpāl, Kō. 2017. tirunaḷḷāṟu aruḷmikku tarppāraṇyecvarar tirukkōyil kalveṭṭukaḷ. Tirunaḷḷāru: aruḷmikku Tarppāraṇyecvarar tirukkōyil tēvastānam. Item 23, pages 64–65. ### Secondary ARIE 1965–66. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1965-66. Edited by Govind Swamirao Gai. n.p. Page 34, appendixes B/1968-1969, item 108.