# Tirunaḷḷāṟu, Tarppāraṇyēcuvarar temple, no king, no year G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00141 Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy) File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00141.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 letter: rā in rājentira (lines 7 and 9). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ## Edition ⟨Zone A⟩ ⟨1⟩ svasti śr[ī] Uṭaiyār t[i]ru-naḷḷāṟ-uṭaiyār kōyil-t tāṉattāṟk=ku ciṟu-muṟi tiru-naḷḷāṟṟil nāyaṉār Avimutta-nātārkku Amutu-paṭi cāttu-p-paṭi tiru-viḷak=ku mara Eṇṇaik=ku ⟨2⟩ Uṭaiyār tiru-naḷḷāṟ-uṭaiyār kōyili⟨l⟩ paṇṭārattil Iraṇṭ-āvatu-(p=) paṅkuṉi-mātam Iru-pattu Iraṇṭān tiyati mutal viṭṭu-c celaveḻutum mutalukku Uṭal-āka Āvūril Uṭai⟨3⟩yār tiru-naḷḷāṟ-uṭaiyār tiru-nāmattu Iṟuppāṉa nilattu⟨k⟩k’ uḷ vēli-k kaṇṭattilē Oṉṟ’arai nilam kaḻittu nāṭṭu viḻukkāṭṭilē kūṭṭi-k koṇṭu v-iṭṭatu In-nilattāl va⟨4⟩rum mutal pūcaikku Uṭal-āka-k koḷḷavum Ip-paṭikku Ivv-ōlai piṭi-pāṭ-āka-k koṇṭu cantirātitta-varaiyum cella kallilum cempilum veṭṭi-k koḷḷavum pāṟpatu - ⟨5⟩ Ivai malai-y-appa-rāyaṉ Eḻuttu ⁓ - Ivai puttakk-uṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu ⁓ - Ivai cētiya-rāyaṉ Eḻuttu ⁓ - Ivai maḻavarāyaṉ Eḻuttu ⁓ - Ivai neyy-uṇṭāṉ paṭṭaṉ Eḻuttu - Ivai ciṟ⟨6⟩ṟāmūr-uṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu ⁓ - Ivai kaṉaka-sabhā-pati-paṭṭaṉ Eḻuttu ⁓ - Ivai varata-r=āja-bhaṭṭaṉ Eḻuttu _ - Ivai paṟiyalūr kiḻavaṉ Eḻuttu ⁓ - Ivai kōṭṭūr-uṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu _ - I ⟨7⟩ vai Aṉ¿ai?⟨a⟩nta-kōḷari-bhaṭṭaṉ Eḻuttu _ - Ivai (rā)ca-nārāyaṇa-¡p!⟨b⟩rah⟨m⟩ā-rāyaṉ Eḻuttu _ - Ivai sarvva-deva-bhaṭṭaṉ Eḻuttu _ - Ivai t¿a?⟨i⟩ru-māliruñcōlai-bhaṭṭaṉ Eḻuttu _ - Ivai ve[1×] ⟨8⟩ kiḻavaṉ Eḻuttu - Ivai yajña-nārāyaṇa-bhaṭṭaṉ Eḻuttu _ - Ivai pālaiyūr kiḻavaṉ Eḻuttu (⁓) - Ivai piṭāvūr-uṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu _ - Ivai tūpp-uṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu _ - Ivai nal⟨9⟩leḻuntūr-uṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu _ - Ivai vilāṭa(rā)yaṉ Eḻuttu _ - Ivai kaṅkai-koṇṭa-puvaṉa-vēḷāṉ Eḻuttu ⁓ - Ivai pāmpaikk-uṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu - ⟨Zone B⟩ ⟨10⟩ Ivai kaṉaka⟨11⟩rāyaṉ Eḻuttu - ⟨12⟩ Ivai vaḻuti⟨13⟩nāṭṭu-k kō⟨14⟩⌉ Eḻuttu - ⟨15⟩ Ivai natipaṉ⟨16⟩maṉ Eḻuttu ## Apparatus ⟨1⟩ Avimuttanātārkku ⬦ Abhimuttanāyaṉārkku V. — ⟨1⟩ cāttuppaṭi ⬦ cāttuppaṭikku V. ⟨2⟩ Uṭaiyār ⬦ U⟨2⟩ṭaiyār V. — ⟨2⟩ tirunaḷḷāṟuṭaiyār ⬦ naḷḷāṟuṭaiyār V. — ⟨2⟩ kōyili⟨l⟩ ⬦ kōyilil V. — ⟨2⟩ Iraṇṭāvatu(p=) paṅkuṉi° ⬦ Iraṇṭāvatu paṅkuṉi° V. ⟨3⟩ nilattu⟨k⟩kuḷ ⬦ nilattukku Uḷ V. ⟨7⟩ (rā)ca° ⬦ Irāca° V. — ⟨7⟩ ¡p!⟨b⟩rah⟨m⟩ārāyaṉ ⬦ brahmārāyaṉ V. — ⟨7⟩ t¿a?⟨i⟩rumāliruñcōlai° ⬦ tarumāliruñcōlai V. — ⟨7⟩ ve[1×] ⬦ veri […] V. ⟨9⟩ nal⟨9⟩leḻuntūr ⬦ nal⟨9⟩laḻuntūr V. — ⟨9⟩ pāmpaikkuṭaiyāṉ ⬦ pāmpūruṭaiyāṉ V. ## Bibliography Edited in Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2006 (PI 486); re-edited (14 lines) in Vicayavēṇukōpāl 2017 (Tirunaḷḷāṟu 41), with photos. Translated in Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2010 (PI 486). 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 486, 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 486, page TBC. [V] Vicayavēṇukōpāl, Kō. 2017. tirunaḷḷāṟu aruḷmikku tarppāraṇyecvarar tirukkōyil kalveṭṭukaḷ. Tirunaḷḷāru: aruḷmikku Tarppāraṇyecvarar tirukkōyil tēvastānam. Item 41, pages 104–105.