# Tirunaḷḷāṟu, Tarppāraṇyēcuvarar temple, no king, no year

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00142

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00142.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-09 18:23 (fbd1441), last modified 2026-09-29 11:10
(5251b7d)

## Palaeographic description

Tamil. No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō. Initial a
and vu similar.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ _ Uṭaiyār Avimuttīśvaram-uṭaiyār kōyil-t tāṉattāṟku-c ciṟu-muṟi
Iṉ-ṉāyaṉārku Amutu-paṭi cāttu-p-paṭikkum t(i)ru-māci-t tiru-nāḷ(i)l
nāya⟨2⟩ṉār-c campanta-p-perumāḷ nāyaṉār tiru-k-kaṭalukku Eḻunt-aruḷ(i
)Eṅkaḷūril nāṅkaḷ kuṭutta tiru-t-tōppil Ēṟi-y-aruḷi Amutu ceyya
Amutu-paṭi cāttu-p⟨3⟩-paṭi Uḷḷiṭṭa kuṟaivaṟu-p-pukkum
tiru-k-kāvaṇattukkum teḷi-c-cēriyil nāṅkaḷ In-nāyaṉārkku-t
tiru-nāmattu-k-kāṇi-y-āka Astra-devar Eḻunt-a⟨4⟩ruḷa-p paṇṇi-k kuṭutta
nāṉk’ ellaikku Uḷ-p-paṭṭa nilam tiru-t-tōpp’ āka maramum puṉ-payirum
vāṉ-pa(yi)rum It-tōppil viḷai-nilamum ma⟨5⟩ṇal tiruttum kārum maṟuvum
Oru pūvum Uḷḷiṭṭu nāṅkaḷ vēṇṭum payir-c ceytu perumāḷ
cuntara-pāṇṭiya-tēvarkku Añc-āva⟨6⟩tu mutal mutal Amituka
Iṟai-y-ili-y-āka-k koṇṭu Amutu-paṭi cāttu-p-paṭikkum tiru-p-paṇiyum
tiru-nāḷum tāḻv’ aṟa naṭattavum Ip-paṭikku I⟨n⟩ta Ō⟨7⟩lai cātaṉam-āka-k
koṇṭu cantirātitta-varai cella-k kallilum cempilum veṭṭi-k koḷḷavum
pārpatu

- Ip-paṭikku ⟨8⟩ Ivai tiru-māliruñcōlai-paṭṭaṉ Eḻuttu

- Ip-paṭikku Ivai mā-tēva-pattaṉ Eḻuttu

- Ip-paṭikku Ivai Ampalattāṭi-paṭṭaṉ ⟨9⟩ Eḻuttu

- Ip-paṭi[kku] Ivai śrī-⟨kr̥⟩ṣṇa-paṭṭaṉ Eḻuttu

- Ivai māṇṭai-vaṉmar tēva-paṭṭaṉ Eḻuttu

- Ivai cavuri-paṭṭaṉ Eḻuttu

- ⟨10⟩ Ivai subramaṇṇiya-paṭṭaṉ Eḻuttu

- Ivai nārāyaṇa-paṭṭaṉ Eḻuttu

- Ivai tiru-vāy-k-kulattu-p pi⟨ḷ⟩ḷai Eḻuttu Ivai Aḻakiya varata⟨11⟩ṉ
  Eḻuttu ௳

## Apparatus

⟨2⟩ Eḻuntaruḷ(i ) ⬦ Eḻuntaruḷa K&V V.

⟨3⟩ kuṟaivaṟuppukkum ⬦ kuṟaivaṟupaṭikkum V.

⟨6⟩ mutal Amituka ⬦ Amutukku V. — ⟨6⟩ naṭattavum ⬦ nattavum V. — ⟨6⟩
I⟨n⟩ta ⬦ Inta V.

⟨7⟩ cātaṉamākak koṇṭu cantirātittavarai cellak kallilum ⬦ cātaṉamāka […]
kallilum V. — ⟨7⟩ pārpatu ⬦ pārppatu V.

⟨9⟩ śrī⟨kr̥⟩ṣṇa° ⬦ śrīkruṣṇa° V.

⟨10⟩ pi⟨ḷ⟩ḷai ⬦ piḷḷai V.

## Bibliography

Edited in Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2006 (PI 487); re-edited in
Vicayavēṇukōpāl 2017 (Tirunaḷḷāṟu 42), with photos. Translated in
Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2010 (PI 487).

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 487, 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 487,
page TBC.

[V] Vicayavēṇukōpāl, Kō. 2017. tirunaḷḷāṟu aruḷmikku tarppāraṇyecvarar
tirukkōyil kalveṭṭukaḷ. Tirunaḷḷāru: aruḷmikku Tarppāraṇyecvarar
tirukkōyil tēvastānam. Item 42, pages 106–107.