# Tirunaḷḷāṟu, Tarppāraṇyēcuvarar temple, time of Caṭaiyavarman Sundara Pāṇḍya, year (1)3 + 1 G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00140 Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy) File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00140.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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨1⟩ svasti śrī (௳) kōṟ-caṭ¡a!⟨ai⟩-paṉmar tiri-puvaṉa-c-cakkara-va⟨r⟩ttikaḷ śrī-cuntara-pāṇṭiya-tēvarkku y[ā]ṇṭu (10) 3-(va)tu ⟨2⟩ Etir-ām āṇṭu meṣa-nāyaṟṟu p¡u!⟨ū⟩rvva-pakṣattu caturddaśiyum tiṅka-ṭ-kiḻamaiyum peṟṟa cōti-n[ā]ḷ Uyya-k-ko⟨3⟩ṇṭār-vaḷa-nāṭṭu muḻaiyyūr-nāṭṭu Uṭaiyār tiru-naḷḷāṟ-uṭaiyār kōyil Āti-caṇṭēśvara-tēvakaṉmika⟨4⟩ḷōm (vi)ruta-rāca-payaṅkara-vaḷa-nāṭṭu kuṟukkai-nāṭṭu vaṉṉiyūril vaṉṉiyūr kiḻavaṉ Aṇai⟨5⟩-c-cakai Aḻakiyār makaṉ cuntara-p-perumāṉukku tāṉa-niyōkam kuṭutta paric’ āvatu [U]ṭaiyār tiru-naḷ⟨6⟩ḷāṟ-uṭaiya nāyaṉārkku perumāḷ tiru-nāmattālē kō-taṇṭa-rāmaṉ ca(n)tiyum puraṭṭāci tiru-nāḷum ⟨7⟩ kaṭṭuvittu Amutu-paṭi cāttu-p paṭi Uḷḷiṭṭa nicata-nimantaṅkaḷukkum tiru-nāḷ celavukkum pala tiru-p-paṇi⟨8⟩kaḷukkum nāṟ-patiṟṟu vēli nilamum Uḷḷ¡u!⟨ū⟩r Āyavaṟkammum Iṟai-y-ili-y-āka Iṭuvittu Ittāl varum U⟨9⟩pātikaḷum tēvaikaḷum Iṟaikaḷum māḷikai nimantamum maṟṟum Uḷḷiṭṭa Upātikaḷum kaḻip=pittu tiru-muka⟨10⟩mum Eḻutuvittu-k koṇṭu varukayil Ip=-pa=ṭi ceytu vanta Ivarkku Iṉ-ṉāyaṉār kōyil māṭāpattiyamum ⌈ ⟨11⟩ teṟkil tiru-vītiyil teṉ-ciṟakil tiru-v-uṇāḻikaiyār maṭattukku kiḻakku śrī-mukkōl taṟai maṉai[yu](m) kāṇ[i]-y-āka-k ku⟨12⟩ṭuttōm nāḷ Oṉṟukku tūṇi Āka vanta nellu nimanta[m]-āka-p peṟavum Ip-paṭi cantirātitta-varaiyum kāṇi-y-⟨13⟩āka koṇṭu viṟṟum Oṟṟi vaittum koḷḷa-k kaṭavar ākavum Ip=-pa=ṭi cammatittu tāṉa-niyōkam paṇṇi ⟨14⟩ kuṭu(ttō)m vaṉṉiy¡u!⟨ū⟩r kiḻavar cuntarpa-perumāṉukku Uṭaiyār tiru-naḷḷāṟ-uṭaiyār kōyil Āti-caṇṭēśvara-tēvakaṉmika⟨15⟩ḷōm - Ip-paṭikku kāśyapaṉ toṇṭaṉ kulōttuṅka-cōḻa-paṭ=ṭaṉ Eḻuttu Eṉṟum - ... ⟨16–24⟩ ... - ⟨25⟩ Ivai kōyil-kaṇakku vaikāv¡u!⟨ū⟩r-uṭaiyāṉ tiru-c-cirā-p-paḷḷi Uṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu ## Bibliography Edited in Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2006 (PI 485); re-edited in Vicayavēṇukōpāl 2017 (Tirunaḷḷāṟu 40), with photos. Translated in Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2010 (PI 485). 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 485, 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 485, page TBC. [V] Vicayavēṇukōpāl, Kō. 2017. tirunaḷḷāṟu aruḷmikku tarppāraṇyecvarar tirukkōyil kalveṭṭukaḷ. Tirunaḷḷāru: aruḷmikku Tarppāraṇyecvarar tirukkōyil tēvastānam. Item 40, pages 102–103.