# Tirunaḷḷāṟu, Tarppāraṇyēcuvarar temple, time of Vīramōkaṉ Kāṭavarāyaṉ

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00131

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00131.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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## Summary

Southern base. Records the tiruppaṇi (temple service or temple
buiding/repairing) by Aḻakiya Nampirāṭṭi, the spouse of Vīramōhaṉ
Kāṭavarāyaṉ.

## Palaeographic description

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

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ (svas)ti śrī

[v]¡[i]!⟨ī⟩ra-mōha¡ṉṉ!⟨ṉ⟩-āṉa kāṭava⟨2⟩-(r)āya¡(ṉṉ)!⟨ṉ⟩ aḻakiya nam
pirāṭṭiyēṉ tiruppa[ṇi]

## Apparatus

⟨2⟩ tiruppa[ṇi] ⬦ tiruppa(ṇi) K&V; tiruppaṇi VVG.

## Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–2⟩ ⟨This is⟩ the (tiruppa[ṇi]) ⟨of⟩ Aḻakiya Nampirāṭṭi, ⟨spouse of⟩
the Kāṭavarāyar alias Vīramōhaṉ.

## Commentary

The same two individuals are mentioned in a nearby inscription (Tamil
Nadu 131).

Vīramōhaṉ Kāṭavarāyaṉ may be Ēḻicaimōhaṉ, the son of the Kāṭavarāya King
Āṭkolliyār.

Since this inscription is found on the base of a small shrine, it may
refer to the construction of this small shrine, as a service.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1965–66 (ARIE/1965-1966/B/1965-1966/458).

Edited in Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2006 (PI 480); re-edited in
Vicayavēṇukōpāl 2017 (Tirunaḷḷāṟu 31), with photos.

Translated in Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2010 (PI 480).

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 480, page 447.

[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 480,
page 209.

[VVG] Vicayavēṇukōpāl, Kō. 2017. tirunaḷḷāṟu aruḷmikku tarppāraṇyecvarar
tirukkōyil kalveṭṭukaḷ. Tirunaḷḷāru: aruḷmikku Tarppāraṇyecvarar
tirukkōyil tēvastānam. Item 31, page 86.

### Secondary

ARIE 1965–66. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1965-66. Edited by
Govind Swamirao Gai. n.p. Page 89, appendixes B/1965-1966, item 458.