# Tirunaḷḷāṟu, Tarppāraṇyēcuvarar temple, time of Vīramōhaṉ Kāṭavarāyaṉ,
no year

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00132

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00132.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

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

Western base. Mentions Aḻakiya Nampirāṭṭi, the spouse of Vīramōkaṉ
Kāṭavarāyaṉ.

## Palaeographic description

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

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## Edition

⟨01⟩ svasti śrī

⟨1⟩ vīra-mōkaṉ kāṭava-rāya[ṉ] ⟨2⟩ Aḻakiya-nampirāṭ(ṭi)

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ kāṭavarāya[ṉ] ⬦ kāṭavarāyaṉ K&V VVG. — ⟨1⟩ nampirāṭ(ṭi) ⬦ K&V;
nampirāṭṭi VVG.

## Translation

⟨01⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–2⟩ Aḻakiya-Nampirāṭṭi, ⟨spouse of⟩ Vīramōkaṉ Kāṭavarāyaṉ

## Commentary

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

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1965–66 (ARIE/1965-1966/B/1965-1966/457).

Edited in Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2006 (PI 481); re-edited in
Vicayavēṇukōpāl 2017 (Tirunaḷḷāṟu 32), with photos.

Translated in Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2010 (PI 481).

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 481, page 448.

[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 481,
page 209.

[VVG] Vicayavēṇukōpāl, Kō. 2017. tirunaḷḷāṟu aruḷmikku tarppāraṇyecvarar
tirukkōyil kalveṭṭukaḷ. Tirunaḷḷāru: aruḷmikku Tarppāraṇyecvarar
tirukkōyil tēvastānam. Item 32, page 87.

### 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 457.