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

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00128

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00128.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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

Kulottuṅga III Cōḻa, 1187 CE.

## Palaeographic description

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

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## 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?⟨ṟṟa⟩ 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⟩
[1+] mpa kuṭaiyā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ cāṉṟu pōnānāṉ pakkal nā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ Upaiyattuk{e}ku nāṉ
kai-k-koṇṭa kācu 100 2 10

Ik-kācu nūṟṟu Irupatum kai-⟨k⟩-koṇṭu Ik-k⟨5⟩[6+] kum canti m¡u!⟨ū⟩ṉṟukku
Eriyu(m) tiru-viḷakku(kku viṭu Eṇṇaikku) [2+] ceviṭu Āka [5+] ṇai
san[ti](kku) [4+]⟨6⟩[3×] ṉ vaṅkayattā 4 10 Aḷa⟨k⟩ka kaṭavēṉ āka
sammati⟨t⟩tu Upaiya t¡i!⟨ī⟩ṭṭu kuṭuttēṉ cōṟaṉ nāṭuṭai
nāyaka-māyilaṭṭi-y-ēṉ

cōṟaṉ ⟨7⟩ Āṉa nāṭuṭai nāyaka-māy¿a?⟨i⟩laṭṭi kaiymāṭṭāṅkā [1×]

Ik-kōyilil civa-p-pirāmaṇaṉ kūtta-pirāṉ Āṉa tiyāka-camuttira-paṭṭaṉ
Eḻuttu

I⟨8⟩ppaṭi Aṟivēṉ kōyiṟ-kaṇakku t¿a?⟨i⟩iru-naḷḷāṟ-uṭaiyā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ Eḻuttu ⁓

Ippaṭi Aṟivēṉ śrī-kāriyam cellūr-uṭaiyār Eḻuttu

Ippaṭi Aṟivēṉ ⟨9⟩ tē(va)⟨kaṉ⟩mi Irārā-paṭṭaṉ Eḻuttu ⁓

Ippaṭi Aṟivēṉ c¡i!⟨ī⟩-mākēcura-kaṅkā(ṇi) c¡i!⟨ī⟩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.