# Tirunaḷḷāṟu, Tarppāraṇyēcuvarar temple, unspecified reign and year G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00127 Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy) File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00127.xml Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil] Commit: 2026-11-09 18:23 (fbd1441), last modified 2026-09-29 11:10 (5251b7d) ## Summary Kulottuṅga III Cōḻa, 1183 CE. ## Palaeographic description No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨1⟩ tir¿u?⟨i⟩-puvaṉa-c-cakkara-va⟨r⟩tti kō-¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ēriṉmai koṇṭāṉ jayaṅ-koṇṭa-cōḻa-vaḷa-nāṭṭu muḻaiyūr-nāṭṭu-t tiru-naḷḷāṟ-uṭaiyār kōyilil tē[va]r kaṉmikku¿mm?⟨m⟩ c¡i!⟨ī⟩-māyēśvara-k-kaṇk(ā)ṇi ceyvārkaḷukkum (śrī)-kāriyañ ceyvāṉukkum It-tēvarkku-t tiru-maṭai-viḷākamamum tiru-nantavaṉamum Uḷḷiṭṭu vēṇṭuvaṉaṉuyiṟṟukku-t tiru-naḷḷāṟ-āṉa virutarāja-payaṅkara-c-caruppēti-maṅkalattu-p piṭākai tirunaḷḷāṟṟu nilattu-c cāttaciyarkku-p pati¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ āṟāvatu Aḷavil n¡i!⟨ī⟩ṅkal-āka n¡i!⟨ī⟩kkiṉa Ūr-nattattukku mē(l ēṟṟam)-āka pa [ca. 5+]⟨2⟩r nattam-āka-t ceyta nila(t)tu It-tēvar tiru-maṭai-viḷākattukku-c cērvāṉa nilamum kaṭalāṭu tiru-v¡i!⟨ī⟩ti-y-āka-c ceyta nilamum vātucey vāraṇaṉ tiru-na⟨n⟩tavaṉattukkum civamati tiru-nantavaṉattukkum tiru-nāvukkaraiciṉ tiru-na⟨n⟩tavaṉattukkuc cērvāṉa nilamum Uḷpaṭa n¡i!⟨ī⟩r-nilam Iraṇṭ’ araiyē mūṉṟu mā(vu)m kollai nilam Iraṇṭē-y ēḻu mā(vu)m pati¡ṉṉ!⟨ṉ⟩ āṟāvatu Aḷak(ka)-k kuṟainta nilatt’ ōpāti nilam m¡u!⟨ū⟩ṉṟu mā mukkāṇiyum Āka nilam Aiñ cēy m¡u!⟨ū⟩ṉṟu mā mu(k)kāṇiyum Aiñc-āvatu mutal It-tēvarkku-t tēvatāṉa Iṟai-y-ili-y-āka Iṭṭu muṉṉuṭaiyārum paḻam [p](e)⟨3⟩rum Iṟai-kaṭṭu-k kuṭal-āy varu[ki]ṟa paṭiyum tavirntu n¡i!⟨ī⟩ṅkalukku Uṭal-āka n¡i!⟨ī⟩kki variyilārum varikkuk kūṟu ceyvārkaḷum Eḻutt-iṭṭa Uḷvari tara-c coṉṉōm Iṉ-ṉilam Aiñc-āvatu mutal It-tēvarkku-t tēvatāṉa-Iṟai-y-ili-y-āy n¡i!⟨ī⟩ṅkalukku Uṭal-āka kai-k koṇṭu Aṉupavikka Eḻutiṉāṉ ¿(ni)?⟨ti⟩ru-man¿n?⟨t⟩ira-Ōlai I [1+] āciriya-p-pallavaraiyaṉ - Ivai vayirāka-rāyaṉ Eḻuttu - Ivai vilāṭa-rāyaṉ Eḻuttu yāṇṭuḷ 10 3 |||௳ Uḷ virippaṭi yāṇṭu 5 10 ⁓ tēvatāṉa y-iṟaiyiliyāka Iṭṭu n¡i!⟨ī⟩ṅkal-āka n¡i!⟨ī⟩kkiṉa paṭikku Uḷvari jayaṅ-koṇṭa-cōḻa-vaḷanāṭṭu muḻaiyūr-nāṭṭu-t tiru-naḷḷāṟ-Uṭaiyāṟkku-t tiru-maṭai-viḷākamum tiru-na⟨n⟩tavaṉamum Uḷ[li]⟨4⟩ṭṭu vēṇṭuvaṉavaiyiṟṟukku muṉpu nīṅkalāy varukiṟa nilattukku mēl Ēṟṟam-āka-t tiru-naḷḷāṟ-āṉa virutarājapayaṅkara-c-caruppēti-maṅkalattu-p piṭākai tiru-naḷḷāṟṟu viṭukiṟa nilattukku Ūr-k-kaṇakkut tiru-naḷḷāṟ-uṭaiyāṉ kaṇakku-p-paṭi nilamāy muṉṉuṭaiyārum paḻam pērum Iṟai kaṭṭu-k kuṭal-āy varukiṟa paṭiyun tavirntu yāṇṭu Aiñc-āvatu mutal tēvatāṉa-Iṟai-y-ili-y-āka Iṭṭu n¡i!⟨ī⟩ṅkal-āka n¡i!⟨ī⟩kkiṉa Uṭaiyār cuṅkan [ta]vir⟨t⟩ta cōḻa-tēvarkku patiṉ āṟāvatu Aḷavil n¡i!⟨ī⟩ṅkal-āka n¡i!⟨ī⟩kkiṉa Ūr-nattattukku mēl Ēṟṟam-āka-p piṉpu Ūr-nattam-āka-c ceyta nilattu It-tēvar tiru-maṭai-viḷāka⟨5⟩-c cērvāṉa nilamum tiru-k-kaṭalāṭu tiru-v¡i!⟨ī⟩ti-y-āka-c ceyta nilamum vātucey vāraṇaṉ tiru-na⟨n⟩tavaṉattukkum civaṉmati (ti)ru-nantavaṉattukkum tiru-nāvukkaraicaṉ ¿n?⟨t⟩iru-nantavaṉattukkum cērvāṉa nilamum 2 10 va ya ¿ni?⟨In⟩-nilam Iraṇṭ’ araiyē m¡u!⟨ū⟩ṉṟu mā kollai nilam Iraṇṭē-y Ēḻu māvum Āka nilam Aiy-vēlikku pati¡ṉṉ!⟨ṉ⟩ āṟ-āvatu Aḷakka-k kuṟainta nilatt’ ōpāti nilam m¡u!⟨ū⟩ṉṟu mā mu-k-kāṇiyum Āka nilam Aiñ-cēy m¡u!⟨ū⟩ṉṟu mā mu-k-kāṇi⟨yi⟩ṉāl nila⟨m⟩ Ōpāti paḻaviṟai 3 100 2 10 1 100 3 niccayitta Ōpāti [1+] 100 2 10 9 3 [2+] kku-p patiṉ āṟ-āvatu Aḷanta paṭi n¡i!⟨ī⟩ṅkal n¡i!⟨ī⟩kki nilam Ai-v-vēlikku-p {p=}patt’ oṉpat-āvatu niccayitta 2 100 2 10 5 [1+] kku paṭṭ’ aḷanta Ōpāti n¡i!⟨ī⟩r nilattukku ni(c)⟨6⟩cai⟨yitta⟩ Ōpāti ni(la)m kollai nilattukku-k kollai varicai Ōpātiyum Ūr-⟨ni⟩lattukkum paḻa Iṟai 2 100 2 10 5 [3+] 𑿦 [1+] niccayitta 100 5 10 5 [2+] Eḻup=patt’ oṉpat-āvatu niccayitta 100 5 10 7 [3+] m yāṇṭu Aiñc-āvatu mutal tēvatāna Iṟai-y-ili-y-[ā]ka Iṭṭu n¡i!⟨ī⟩ṅkal-āka n¡i!⟨ī⟩kkiṉamaikku - Ivai puravari c¡i!⟨ī⟩-karaṇattu mukaveṭṭi Aruṅ-kuṉṟa-nūḻi(y)āṉ Eḻuttu - Ivai puravari c¡i!⟨ī⟩-karaṇattu mukaveṭṭi Ālaṅkuṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu - Ivai puravari śrī-karaṇa-nāyakam koṟṟa-maṅkalam-uṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu - Ivai puravari śrī-karaṇattu mukaveṭṭi pullāli Uṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu - Ivai puravari śrī-karaṇa-nāyakam marutūr-¿a?⟨u⟩ṭai(y)āṉ Eḻuttu - Ivai puravari śrī-karaṇa [ca. 4+]⟨7⟩ḻalūr-uṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu - Ivai ciṅkaḷa-rāyaṉ Eḻuttu - Ivai n¡i!⟨ī⟩la-kaṅkaraiya¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ Eḻuttu - Ivai puravari śrī-karaṇa-nāyakam ciṟu-paṉṉūr kiḻavaṉ Eḻuttu - Ivai IrāIrāca viḻupparaiyaṉ Eḻuttu - Ivai nikarili cōḻa-p-pallavaraiyaṉ ⟨E⟩ḻuttu - Ivai paṅkāḷa-rāyaṉ Eḻuttu - Ivai puravari śrī-karaṇa-mukaveṭṭi nel-kuṉṟaṅ kiḻāṉ Eḻuttu - Ivai maḻava-rāyaṉ Eḻuttu - Ivai kurukula-rāyaṉ Eḻu⟨t⟩tu ## Apparatus ⟨4⟩ °vaṉamum Uḷ[li]⟨4⟩ṭṭu ⬦ °vaṉam uṭpa⟨4⟩ṭṭu K&V; V. ## Bibliography Reported in ARIE 1968–69 (ARIE/1968-1969/B/1968-1969/113). Edited in Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2006 (PI 478); re-edited in Vicayavēṇukōpāl 2017 (Tirunaḷḷāṟu 27), with photos. Translated in Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2010 (PI 478). 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 478, 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 478, page TBC. [V] Vicayavēṇukōpāl, Kō. 2017. tirunaḷḷāṟu aruḷmikku tarppāraṇyecvarar tirukkōyil kalveṭṭukaḷ. Tirunaḷḷāru: aruḷmikku Tarppāraṇyecvarar tirukkōyil tēvastānam. Item 27, pages 74–77. ### 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 35, appendixes B/1968-1969, item 113.