# Tirunaḷḷāṟu, Tarppāraṇyēcuvarar temple, time of Caṭaiyavarman Śrī
Vallabha, year 3

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00135

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00135.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.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī

kō-c-caṭa-paṉmar tiri-puvaṉa-c-cakkara-va⟨r⟩ttikaḷ
śrī-śrī-valla⟨pa⟩-tēvarkku yāṇṭu mūṉṟ-āvatu tai-mātattu nāḷ

camaiya-paṇṭārattārkku tiru-naḷḷāṟṟu ⟨2⟩ nāṭ-uṭaiya nāyaka-p
pēriḷamaiyārōm t¡i!⟨ī⟩ṭṭu-k kuṭutta paric’ āvatu

Ivv-ūril piḷḷai cuntara-pāṇṭiya-brahmārāyar Eḻunt-aruḷa-p paṇṇiṉa
nāyaṉār ⟨3⟩ Avimukta-nāyaṉār kōyilil nāyaṉār campanta-p-perumāḷ
nāyanārai In-nāḷ mutal perumāḷ tiru-v-ulā-c ceyyum tiru-nāḷum tiṅkaḷ
tiru-nāḷum Eḻunt-aruḷum ⟨4⟩ tiru-nāḷ It-taṉaiyum nāyaṉār
campanta-p-perumāḷ nāyaṉāraiyum tiru-nāḷ viṭāmal kūṭa Eḻunt-aruḷap
paṇṇa-k kaṭavōm ākavum

Eḻunt-aruḷuvikkum Iṭa⟨5⟩ttu cī-pātan tāṅkum pēr Eṭṭum paṇ Eṭukka-p pēr
Iraṇṭum Āka-p pēr-p pattum tiru-viḷakku Āḷum tāḻv’ aṟa Iṭṭu
Eḻunt-aruḷa-p paṇṇa-k kaṭavō⟨6⟩m ākavum

Ip-paṭikku cantirātitta-varaiyum cella Eḻunt-aruḷa-p paṇṇa-k kaṭavōm
ākavum

Ip-paṭikku It-t¡i!⟨ī⟩ṭṭē cātaṉam-āka-k ko⟨7⟩ṇṭu kallilum cempilum
veṭṭi-k koḷḷavum

Ip-paṭikku cammatittu t¡i!⟨ī⟩ṭṭu-k kuṭuttōm camaiya-paṇṭārattārkku
nāṭ-uṭai-nā⟨8⟩yaka-p-pēriḷamaiyārōm ௳

- Ivai nāṭuṭai-nāyaka-vēḷāṉ Eḻuttu ௳

- palkāl naṭanta vēḷāṉ Eḻuttu ௳

- cāṉṟu pōṉa vēḷāṉ Eḻuttu ௳

- pōka mātta⟨9⟩pūnmulai-vēḷāṉ Eḻuttu kāviyaṅ kaṇṇi vēḷāṉ Eḻuttu ௳

- nāvilūṟum perumāḷ vēḷāṉ Eḻuttu ௳

- nāṟ-patt-eṇṇāyira-vēḷāṉ Eḻuttu ௳

- ⟨10⟩ ⟨⟨va⟩⟩ḷaiyam Aḻakiya perumāḷ vēḷāṉ Eḻuttu ௳

- mārāya-maṅkalam-uṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu ௳

- koṟṟa-maṅkalam-uṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu ௳

- Āṉaikkuṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu ௳

- kappa⟨11⟩l-uṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu ௳

- neṟkuppai-y-uṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu ௳

- neṉmali-y-uṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu ௳

- śrī-māheśvara-vēḷāṉ Eḻuttu ௳

- taṇṭalaṅ kiḻavaṉ Eḻuttu

- ⟨12⟩ caṇṭēcura-vēḷāṉ Eḻuttu ௳

- neṉmali-(U)ṭ(ai)yāṉ kantaṉ Ēḻu-k-kumāra-maṅkalam-uṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu ௳

- māṅkuṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu

- cempaṅkuṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu

- ⟨13⟩ Araic-uṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu ௳

- Āṟṟ-uṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu ௳

- piṟaiyāṟu-kiḻavaṉ Eḻuttu

- kuṟukkai-y-uṭaiyāṉ vēḷāṉ Eḻuttu

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ °va⟨r⟩ttikaḷ ⬦ °varttikaḷ VVG.

⟨3⟩ Avimukta° ⬦ Abhimukta° VVG.

⟨5⟩ cīpātan ⬦ śrīpātaṉ VVG.

⟨9⟩ nāvilūṟum ⬦ nāvilūrṟum VVG.

⟨10⟩ ⟨⟨va⟩⟩ḷaiyam Aḻakiya ⬦ vaḷaiyam maḻakiya VVG.

⟨11⟩ śrī-māheśvara° ⬦ [1+] māheśvara° VVG.

⟨12⟩ neṉmali-(U)ṭ(ai)yāṉ ⬦ neṉmaliyuṭaiyāṉ VVG. — ⟨12⟩ Ēḻu-k-kumāra° ⬦
Ēḻuttu kumāra VVG.

⟨13⟩ Āṟṟ-uṭaiyāṉ ⬦ Āṟṟūruṭaiyāṉ VVG.

## Bibliography

Edited in Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2006 (PI 484); re-edited in
Vicayavēṇukōpāl 2017 (Tirunaḷḷāṟu 35), with photos. Translated in
Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2010 (PI 484).

This revised edition by G. Vijayavenugopal. 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 484, 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 484,
page TBC.

[VVG] Vicayavēṇukōpāl, Kō. 2017. tirunaḷḷāṟu aruḷmikku tarppāraṇyecvarar
tirukkōyil kalveṭṭukaḷ. Tirunaḷḷāru: aruḷmikku Tarppāraṇyecvarar
tirukkōyil tēvastānam. Item 35, pages 92–93.