# Tirunaḷḷāṟu, Tarppāraṇyēcuvarar temple, time of Rājendra Cōḻa, year 4 G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00133 Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy) File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00133.xml Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil] Commit: 2026-11-09 18:23 (fbd1441), last modified 2026-09-29 11:10 (5251b7d) ## Palaeographic description No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō. Some unusual Grantha letters: rā in rājentira (line 1), śvara in caṇṭēśvara° (line 2) as a conjunct letter. Unusual medial -ai in muḻaiyūr (line 2). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨1⟩ ⟨Zone A⟩ svasti śrī tri-bhuvaṉa-c-cakra-{r}va⟨r⟩ttikaḷ śrī-(rā)jen⟨Zone B⟩tira-cō-⌉⟨Zone C⟩ḻa-tēvarkku yāṇṭu nāl-āvatu tulā-nāyaṟṟu Apara-pakṣattu dvitiyaiyum ⟨Zone D⟩ tiṅka⟨Zone E⟩ṭ-kiḻamaiyum peṟṟa rocaṇi-nāḷ Uyya-k-ko⟨2⟩⟨Zone A⟩ṇṭār-vaḷa-nāṭṭu muḻ(ai)yūr-nāṭṭu Uṭaiyār ti⟨Zone B⟩ru-naḷ⟨Zone C⟩ḷāṟ-uṭaiyār kōyil (Ā)ti-caṇṭēśvara-tēva-kaṉmikaḷukku In-nāṭṭu nel-vāy-⟨Zone D⟩-c-cēri A⟨Zone E⟩ṉapāya-maṅkalattu Ūravarōm Ūr-k kiḻ Iṟai⟨3⟩⟨Zone A⟩-y-ili-p piramāṇa Icaivu t¡i!⟨ī⟩ṭṭu-k kuṭutta paric’ āvatu kē⟨Zone B⟩ya-māṇi⟨Zone C⟩kka-vaḷa-nāṭṭu-t tiru-v-ārūr-kūṟṟattu-t t¡i!⟨ī⟩yaṅkuṭaiyāṉ poṉṉāḻvāṉ nacciṉārkki⟨Zone D⟩ṉiyā⟨Zone E⟩ṉ{i} I¡ṉ-ṉ!⟨n-n⟩āyaṉārkku Aippaci-t tiru-p-paraṇiyum citti⌈⟨Zone F⟩rai-t tiru-p-paraṇiyum Amutu ce(y)t-aruḷa Amutu-paṭikkum kaṟi-A⟨mu⟩⟨Zone G⟩tu-paṭi vi […]⟨4⟩⟨Zone A⟩kkum In-nāyaṉār Ēṭetiriṭṭāṉ tiru-nanta-vaṉattu⟨Zone B⟩kkum - ⌈⟨Zone C⟩nelvāy-k-kuṭi nilattukku mēṟkum - teṉ-pāṟk’ ellai Iṭai-y-āṟu kiḻāṉ v¡i!⟨ī⟩ti-viṭaṅ⟨Zone D⟩ka-p-pe⟨Zone E⟩rumāṉ nilattukku vaṭakkum - mēl-pāṟk’ ellai cint⟨Zone F⟩āmaṇi vāy-k-kālukku-k kiḻakkum - vaṭa-pāṟk’ ellai ⟨Zone G⟩ Uṭci […] [Iṟai-y-i]⟨5⟩⟨Zone A⟩li ceytu kuṭuttōm Ivv-ūrkaḷil Ūravarōm I⟨Zone B⟩¡ṉ-ṉ!⟨n-n⟩ila⟨Zone C⟩ttukku nāṅkaḷ Ēṟṟi Iṟukkum iṭa Iv-vūrkaḷil nilaviḻukkāṭṭilē Ēṟṟi Iṟukka ⟨Zone D⟩ kaṭavō⟨Zone E⟩m ākavum I¡ṉ-ṉ!⟨n-n⟩āyaṉārkku cantirāt[i]tta-varaiyum tiru-nā⟨Zone F⟩mattu-k-kāṇiyum Iṟai-y-ili-yum-āka Aṉupavikka⟨Zone G⟩kaṭavat’ ā[kavum] […] ⟨6⟩ ⟨Zone A⟩ Araiyaṉ tiru-c-ciṟṟampalam-uṭaiyāṉ-āṉa Ampar⟨Zone B⟩-nāṭṭu⟨Zone C⟩-k kōṉ eḻuttu I¡ṉ-ṉ!⟨n-n⟩ilam kālē kāṇi Arai-k-kāṇiyum tiru-p-paṭiyil n¡i!⟨ī⟩r v⟨Zone D⟩ārttu-k ⟨Zone E⟩ kuṭutta paṭikkum - Ip-paṭikkum Ivai t¡i!⟨ī⟩yaṅk-u⌈⟨Zone F⟩ṭaiyāṉ poṉṉāḻvāṉ nacciṉārkiṉiyā⟨Zone G⟩ṉ eḻu […] - ⟨7⟩⟨Zone A⟩-cēri Uṭaiyāṉ kuṉṟ-uṭaiya-perumāṉ e⟨Zone B⟩ḻuttu - I⟨Zone C⟩p-paṭikku Ivai nel-vāy-c-cēri Uṭaiyāṉ kāviyaṅ-kaṇṇi-paṅkaṉ eḻuttu - I⟨Zone D⟩p-paṭikku⟨Zone E⟩Ivai k¡i!⟨ī⟩ḻ-māntūr-uṭaiyāṉ Araiyaṉ cōḻa-⌈⟨Zone F⟩kēraḷa-tēvaṉ-āṉa villavatarayaṉ eḻuttu - Ip-pa⟨Zone G⟩ṭikku […] - [Ip]⟨8⟩⟨Zone A⟩-paṭikku Ivai varampiyalūr-uṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu - Ip⟨Zone B⟩-paṭikku I⟨Zone C⟩vai Ayiṟkāvuṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu - Ip-paṭikku Ivai Amp(ū)r-uṭaiyāṉ Iṭaṅkoṇṭāṉ kaimmā⟨Zone D⟩ṭṭāṅ k⟨Zone E⟩āṉamaikku - Ivai civa-p-pirāmmaṇaṉ taḻuva-k-kuḻaintāṉ pa⟨Zone F⟩ṭṭaṉ eḻuttu - Ip-paṭikku Ivai paṟṟakuṭaiyāṉ ṉākatēvaṉ ⌈⟨Zone G⟩kaimāṭṭa […] - […]⟨9⟩⟨Zone A⟩nallampar-uṭaiyāṉ tiru-v-ārūr Āṇṭāṉ-ēṉ Ip-pa⟨Zone B⟩ṭi Aṟivē⟨Zone C⟩ṉ - pulivalam-uṭaiyāṉ tirunaṭṭa-p-perumāṉ kaṇṇuṭai ṉāyaṉ-ēṉ Ip-paṭi Aṟivēṉ - ⟨Zone D⟩(t/k)irānti⟨Zone E⟩-Uṭaiyāṉ peṟṟāṉ Aḻakiya-maṇavāḷa-p-perumā⌈⟨Zone F⟩ṉ-ēṉ Ip-paṭi Aṟivēṉ - nallaḻuntūr-uṭaiyāṉ Ampa⟨Zone G⟩r nāṭṭu-k […] ## Apparatus ⟨3⟩ tiruvārūrkkūṟṟattut ⬦ tiruvārūrkūṟṟattut VVG. — ⟨3⟩ nacciṉārkki⟨Zone D⟩ṉiyāṉ{i} ⬦ nacciṉārkkiṉiyāṉ VVG. — ⟨3⟩ A⟨mu⟩⟨Zone F⟩tupaṭi ⬦ Amutupaṭi VVG. ⟨4⟩ Iṭaiyāṟu ⬦ Iṭaiyāṟ VVG. — ⟨4⟩ °perumāṉ ⬦ °perumāḷ VVG. ⟨5⟩ iṭa ⬦ iṭa VVG. ⟨6⟩ tirucciṟṟampalam° ⬦ ciṟṟampalam° VVG. — ⟨6⟩ I¡ṉ-ṉ!⟨n-n⟩ilam ⬦ In ṉilam VVG. — ⟨6⟩ nacciṉārkiṉiyā⟨Zone G⟩ṉ ⬦ nacciṉārkkiṉiyāṉ VVG. ⟨7⟩ cēri ⬦ nēri VVG. — ⟨7⟩ cōḻa° ⬦ cēḻa° VVG. — ⟨7⟩ villavatarayaṉ ⬦ villatarayaṉ VVG. ⟨8⟩ varampiyalūr° ⬦ varampayalūr° VVG. — ⟨8⟩ Amp(ū)r° ⬦ Ampar° VVG. — ⟨8⟩ kaimmā⟨Zone D⟩ṭṭāṅ ⬦ kaimāṭṭāṅ VVG. — ⟨8⟩ °pirāmmaṇaṉ ⬦ °pirāmaṇaṉ VVG. — ⟨8⟩ paṟṟakuṭaiyāṉ ⬦ pāṟkkuṭaiyāṉ VVG. ⟨9⟩ (t/k)irānti⟨Zone E⟩-Uṭaiyāṉ ⬦ tīrānituyuṭaiyaṉ VVG. ## Bibliography Edited in Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2006 (PI 482); re-edited in Vicayavēṇukōpāl 2017 (Tirunaḷḷāṟu 33), with photos. Translated in Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2010 (PI 482). This edition revised by G. Vijayavenugopal (2019). Curated by Emmanuel Francis (2024), 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 482, page TBC. [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 482, page TBC. [VVG] Vicayavēṇukōpāl, Kō. 2017. tirunaḷḷāṟu aruḷmikku tarppāraṇyecvarar tirukkōyil kalveṭṭukaḷ. Tirunaḷḷāru: aruḷmikku Tarppāraṇyecvarar tirukkōyil tēvastānam. Item 33, pages 88–89. ### 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 455.