# Tirunaḷḷāṟu, Tarppāraṇyēcuvarar temple, no king (lost), year 13

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00139

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00139.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⟩ [ca. 10+] tr(i-bhu)(va)[ṉa-c-ca]krava⟨r⟩(ttikaḷ) [ca. 25+]

⟨2⟩ [ca. 8+] nāyanār kōyil tāṉattārkku I¡ṉ-ṉ!⟨n-n⟩āyaṉār […] kāṇi Uṭaiya
vaṉṉiyar […] perumāṉukkum nācciyār pōkamār ⟨3⟩ […] kku kutta-maṅkalattu
Iṉ-ṉāyaṉār tiru […] ⟨4⟩ [ca. 6+] kiyāṉ nilattilē Ivarkaḷukku
Iṟai-y-ili-y-āka v-iṭṭa nilam Iru-vēliyum I¡ṉ-ṉ!⟨n-n⟩āyaṉārkku
tiru-c-cuṟṟil Ivar ceyvikkiṟa tiru-nanta-vaṉat=tuk=ku ⟨5⟩ me [ca. 8+]
nilam Iru-vēliyum Āka 𑿦 3 𑿣

I¡ṉ-ṉ!⟨n-n⟩ilam mū-vēliyum patiṉ mūṉ¿ṉ?⟨ṟ⟩-āvatu Etir-āvatu
tai-¡mm!⟨m⟩āta-mutal tēva-tāṉa-Iṟai⟨6⟩y-ili-y-āka kuṭuttōm

I¡ṉ-ṉ!⟨n-n⟩ilattāl varum kaṭamaiyum Antar=āyam kāriya-Ār=āṭ¡cc!⟨c⟩i
nel-vari poṉ-vari kā(cu)-[ka]ṭamai [ca. 4+] (Eppē)rppaṭṭa I⟨7⟩ṟaikaḷum
tēvaikaḷum var[i]yilār kaṇakk[i]lum kaḻittatu

Ip-paṭik=ku Ivv-ōlai piṭi-pāṭ-āka-k koṇṭu cant[i]rātitta-varaiyum
celva⟨8⟩t’ āka kallilum cempilum veṭṭi-k koḷḷavum

I¡ṉ-ṉ!⟨n-n⟩ilam kārumpicāṉamum vampum kaṭai-p-pūvum mañcaḷ Iñc(i)
vā⟨9⟩ḻai kamuku koḻuntu maṟṟum E¿ṟ?⟨p⟩pēṟpaṭṭa pay[i]r ceytu koṇṭu
I¡ṉ-ṉ!⟨n-n⟩āḷ mutal muṭaṭaṅka Iṟai-y-ili-y-āka A⟨10⟩ṉupavittu-p
pōtavu(m) pāṟka (yāṇṭu) [10 3]-vatu E(ti)r ām āṇṭu nāḷ 100 8 10 2

- Ivai Iḷā(yā)kuṭi Uṭaiyāṉ ⟨11⟩ Eḻut=tu

- Ivai kāl(iṅka-rāyaṉ Eḻuttu ௳)

## Apparatus

⟨5⟩ me [ca. 8+] nilam ⬦ […] nilam VVG.

⟨6⟩ kā(cu)[ka]ṭamai ⬦ kāṭu kaṭamai VVG. — ⟨6⟩ (Eppē)rppaṭṭa ⬦
Eṟpērppaṭṭa VVG. — ⟨6⟩ I⟨7⟩ṟaikaḷum ⬦ ⟨7⟩ Iṟaikaḷum VVG.

⟨7⟩ kaḻittatu ⬦ kaḻittu VVG.

⟨8⟩ mañcaḷ ⬦ mañcaḷum. VVG.

## Bibliography

Edited (8 lines) in Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2006 (PI 501); re-edited
(with mingled text; intended edition starts in actual line 8 and
continues in a second group of lines numbered 3-11; line 1 not edited)
in Vicayavēṇukōpāl 2017 (Tirunaḷḷāṟu 39), with photos. Translated in
Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2010 (PI 501).

This revised edition by G. Vijayavenugopal. Curated by Emmanuel Francis,
based on photos (N. Ramaswamy, 2016). Lines 2-3 illegible on photos.

### 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 501, 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 501,
page TBC.

[VVG] Vicayavēṇukōpāl, Kō. 2017. tirunaḷḷāṟu aruḷmikku tarppāraṇyecvarar
tirukkōyil kalveṭṭukaḷ. Tirunaḷḷāru: aruḷmikku Tarppāraṇyecvarar
tirukkōyil tēvastānam. Item 39, pages 100–101.