# Tirunaḷḷāṟu, Tarppāraṇyēcuvarar temple, time of Caṭaiyavarman Sundara
Pāṇḍya, year 6

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00143

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00143.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-09 18:23 (fbd1441), last modified 2026-09-29 11:10
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## Palaeographic description

No distinction between e and ē, nor between o and ō.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī ⯼௳

kōṟ-c-caṭ¿a?⟨ai⟩-paṉmar (tiri)-puvaṉa-c-cakkarava⟨r⟩ttikaḷ
śrī-cuntara-pāṇṭiya-tēvarkku yāṇṭu Āṟ-āvatu kaṉṉ(i)-nāyaṟṟu
pūrvva-pakṣattu ṣaṣ(ṭ)iyum cevvāy-k-kiḻamaiyum peṟṟa Aṉiḻattu nā(ḷ)

Uyya-k-koṇṭār-vaḷa-nāṭṭu ⟨2⟩ nāṭṭārōm Uṭaiyār tiru-naḷḷāṟ-uṭaiyārkkum
perumāḷ nāṭ-uṭai-nāyaka-p-perumāḷukkum nāccimārkkum nācciyār
pōkamātta-pūṇmulai-nācciyārkkum mūt(ta)-ṉāyaṉārkkum
Iḷaiya-ṉāyaṉār⟨3⟩kkum kṣetra-pāla-p-piḷḷaiyārkkum ti(ru)vottacāmam
nāṭuṭai nā(ya)kaṉ canti Amutu ceyt-aruḷa-p (p)aṇṇavum vaṭakkil
tiru-vītiyil Eḻunt-aruḷi Irukkum mutalikaḷ mū(va)ṟkkum Ucci-canti Amutu
ceyt-aruḷa⟨4⟩-p paṇṇavum niccayitta mutalukku Iṉ-ṉāyaṉār tiru-nāmattu
Iṟukkum nilattilē kaḻittu nāṭṭil viḻu-k-kāṭu koṇṭu Eṅkaḷ pēril kūṭṭi
koṇṭa tiru-naḷḷā(ṟu) 𑿦 * * * putta-maṅkalam 𑿦 * * *-m ⟨5⟩ Āka 𑿦 * * *

Iṉ-ṉilam Aiñcē Eṭṭu māvum kāraikkāl Aḷattu Ivar tiru-nāmattu-k-kāṇiyil
nāṅkaḷ Iṟai-y-ili-y-āka Iṟuppu nīṅkal-āka v-iṭṭa vāy-k-kāl Oṉṟu[m]
Āṟ-āvatu Aṟpaci-māta-mutal Iṉ-ṉāya⟨6⟩ṉār tiru-nāmattu Iṟuppil kaḻittu
Eṅkaḷ pēril kūṭṭi-k koṇṭa Iṉ-ṉilamum I-vāy-k-kāl Oṉṟum Iṉ-ṉāḷ mutal
mutal aṭaṅka Iṟai-y-ili-y-āka koṇṭu Iṉ-ṉilam tāṅ(kaḷ) vēṇṭum payir-c
ceytu koṇṭu ⟨7⟩ Iṉ-ṉāḷ mutal can¡t!⟨d⟩rātitya-vaṟ cella Inta Ōlaiyē
cātaṉam-āka koṇṭu kallilum cempilum veṭṭi-k koṇṭu n(i)tta-p paṭi
[I]p-paṭi Amutu ceyt-aruḷa (pa)[ṇ]ṇuva[t]u

- Ivai t[ī]paṅkuṭaiyāṉ malai-y-appa-rāyaṉ Eḻuttu

- Ivai putta-k-kuṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu

- ⟨8⟩ Iv(ai) puttakuṭaiyāṉ ceytiya-rāyaṉ Eḻuttu

- Ivai kumara-maṅkalam-uṭaiyāṉ maḻavarāyaṉ Eḻuttu

- Ivai kōṭṭūr-uṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu

- Ivai tiru-nilakkuṭaiyāṉ kaḷappāḷaṉ Eḻuttu

- [I]vai na[l]lūr ne(y)yuṇṭāṉ paṭṭaṉ Eḻuttu

- Ivai kuṇṭūr kula-cēkara-bra(h)mārāyaṉ Eḻuttu

- ⟨9⟩ Ivai veḷḷeṉ kuṭaiyāṉ kāḷai-p-perumāḷ Eḻuttu

- Ivai Aracupaiyāṉ kaḷappāḷa-(rāyaṉ) Eḻuttu

- Ivai vēḷūr k(i)ḻavaṉ maṉṟil kuṉikkum perumāṉ Eḻuttu

- Ivai (kura)mpaikku Uṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu

- Ivai nāka-maṅkalam-uṭaiyāṉ tiruveṇkāṭu Uṭaiyaṉ Eḻuttu

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ kōṟ° ⬦ kō° V. — ⟨1⟩ (tiri)° ⬦ tiru° V.

⟨7⟩ can¡t!⟨d⟩rātitya-vaṟ ⬦ cantirātittavarai V.

⟨9⟩ (kura)mpaikku ⬦ kurappaikku V. — ⟨9⟩ nākamaṅkalamuṭaiyāṉ tiruveṇkāṭu
Uṭaiyaṉ Eḻuttu ⬦ nākamaṅkalamuṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu V.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1965–66 (ARIE/1965-1966/B/1965-1966/452).

Edited in Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2006 (PI 488); re-edited in
Vicayavēṇukōpāl 2017 (Tirunaḷḷāṟu 43), with photos. Translated in
Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2010 (PI 488).

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 488, 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 488,
page TBC.

[V] Vicayavēṇukōpāl, Kō. 2017. tirunaḷḷāṟu aruḷmikku tarppāraṇyecvarar
tirukkōyil kalveṭṭukaḷ. Tirunaḷḷāru: aruḷmikku Tarppāraṇyecvarar
tirukkōyil tēvastānam. Item 43, pages 108–109.

### Secondary

ARIE 1965–66. Annual report on Indian epigraphy for 1965-66. Edited by
Govind Swamirao Gai. n.p. Page 88, appendixes B/1965-1966, item 452.