Tirunaḷḷāṟu, Tarppāraṇyēcuvarar temple, time of Kulottuṅga Cōḻa, year 9

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal (vija), Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Kulottuṅga III Cōḻa, 1187 CE.

Palaeographic description: No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00128.

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00128.xml.

Version: 2026-09-21 23:05 (73546ed), last modified 2026-09-09 14:19 (2b8e588).

Edition

⟨1⟩ ⟨sva⟩sti śrī tiri-puvaṉa-cakkara-va⟨r⟩ttikaḷ maturai koṇṭ-aruḷiṉa kulōttuṅka-cōḻa-tēvaṟkku yāṇṭu 9-vatu Iṣapa-nāyaṟṟu pūrva-pa⟨k⟩ṣat-
⟨2⟩ (tu) tecamiyum tiṅka-ṭ-kiḻamai pe¿vi? Uttirattu nāḷ Uyya-k-koṇṭār-vaḷanāṭṭu muḻaiyūr-nāṭṭu Uṭaiyār tiru-naḷḷāṟ-uṭaiyār kō-
⟨3⟩ (yi)l(i)lē Ik-kōyilil Eṟaviṭum vāṇiyaṉ cōṟaṉ Āṉa nāṭ-uṭaiya nāyaka-māyilaṭṭi-y-ēṉ Irājentira-cōḻa-vaḷa-nāṭṭu Ārvalar-kūṟṟattu
⟨4⟩ [*] mpa kuṭaiyā¡n! cāṉṟu pōnānāṉ pakkal nā¡n! Upaiyattuk{e}ku nāṉ kai-k-koṇṭa kācu 100 2 10 Ik-kācu nūṟṟu Irupatum kai-⟨k⟩-koṇṭu Ik-k-
⟨5⟩ [******] kum canti m¡u!ṉṟukku Eriyu(m) tiru-viḷakku(kku viṭu Eṇṇaikku) [**] ceviṭu Āka [*****] ṇai san[ti](kku) [****]-
⟨6⟩ [***] ṉ vaṅkayattā 4 10 Aḷa⟨k⟩ka kaṭavēṉ āka sammati⟨t⟩tu Upaiya t¡i!ṭṭu kuṭuttēṉ cōṟaṉ nāṭuṭai nāyaka-māyilaṭṭi-y-ēṉ cōṟaṉ
⟨7⟩ Āṉa nāṭuṭai nāyaka-māy¿a?laṭṭi kaiymāṭṭāṅkā [*] Ik-kōyilil civa-p-pirāmaṇaṉ kūtta-pirāṉ Āṉa tiyāka-camuttira-paṭṭaṉ Eḻuttu I-
⟨8⟩ ppaṭi Aṟivēṉ kōyiṟ-kaṇakku t¿a?iru-naḷḷāṟ-uṭaiyā¡n! Eḻuttu ⁓ Ippaṭi Aṟivēṉ śrī-kāriyam cellūr-uṭaiyār Eḻuttu Ippaṭi Aṟivēṉ
⟨9⟩ tē(va)⟨kaṉ⟩mi Irārā-paṭṭaṉ Eḻuttu ⁓ Ippaṭi Aṟivēṉ c¡i!-mākēcura-kaṅkā(ṇi) c¡i!kāḻi-piḷḷai Eḻuttu

Apparatus

⟨2⟩ pe¿vi?⟨ṟṟa⟩ ⬦ me⟨viya⟩ K&V.

⟨3⟩ Eṟa ⬦ Eṟi⟨ya⟩ K&V; V.

⟨6⟩ vaṅkayattā 4 10 ⬦ vaṅkayattālum 4 10 K&V.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1965–66 (ARIE/1965-1966/B/1965-1966/451).

Edited in Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2006 (PI 476); re-edited in Vicayavēṇukōpāl 2017 (Tirunaḷḷāṟu 28), with photos. Translated in Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2010 (PI 476).

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 476, 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 476, page TBC.

[V] Vicayavēṇukōpāl, Kō. 2017. tirunaḷḷāṟu aruḷmikku tarppāraṇyecvarar tirukkōyil kalveṭṭukaḷ. Tirunaḷḷāru: aruḷmikku Tarppāraṇyecvarar tirukkōyil tēvastānam. Item 28, pages 78–79.

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 451.

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cōṟaṉ

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Ippaṭi Aṟivēṉ

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