# Tirunaḷḷāṟu, Tarppāraṇyēcuvarar temple, no king, no year

G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis

Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00144

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00144.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⯼ ௳

Uṭaiyār tiru-naḷḷāṟ-uṭaiyār kōyil ⟦[1×]⟧ tāṉattārkku ciṟu-muṟi
tiru-mārka_ḻi_-t tiru-v-ātiraikku tiru-mañcaṉattukku Uṭaiyār
tiru-naḷḷāṟ-uṭaiyārkkum mutaliyār nāṭakam Āṭum ⟨2⟩ perumāḷukkum perumāḷ
nāṭ-uṭai-nāyaka-p-perumāḷukkum Amutu-paṭi cāttu-p-paṭikkum
tiru-v-ulā-c-ceyt-aruḷa vēṇṭum kuṟaivaṟu-p-pukkaḷum nāl-āvatu mutal
Āṟ-āvatu varaiyum miḻalai-k-kūṟṟattu naṭuvil-kūṟṟu Utai⟨3⟩cca neṉmali
Uṭaiyārakappai Āḻvār-āṉa kaliṅkatt’ araiyar kuṟaivaṟuttu pōtukaiyil
Ik-kuṟaivaṟu-p-pukku Ivarkku nāṅkaḷ Iṟai-y-ili ce⟨yvi⟩ttu-k kuṭutta
kāraikkāl Aḷattil Āṟ-āvatu varaiyum paṇṭārattukku U⟨4⟩ppu paṭuttu pōnta
vāy-k-kāl nīṅkal-āka Iṉ-ṉāyaṉār tiru-nāmattu-k-kāṇiyil[ē] taricu kiṭanta
nilattilē Oru kaṇṭamum Oru kēṇiyum tarucu tirutti Uppu paṭuttu {paṭuttu}
mutal-āṉa Uppu puṟa-nāṭṭilē viṟṟu Im-mutal ⟨5⟩ koṇṭu tiru-mārkaḻi-t
tiru-v-ātirai tiru-nāḷ-t tāḻvu paṭāmal Eḻunt-aruḷa-p paṇṇavum Ip-paṭikku
can¡t!⟨d⟩rātitya-varaiyum ceyvittu-k koḷḷavum pārppatu

- Ivai puttakkuṭaiyāṉ ceytiyarāyaṉ Eḻuttu

- Ivai ⟨6⟩ kumara-maṅkalam-uṭaiyāṉ maḻavarāyaṉ Eḻuttu

- Ivai neyyuṇṭāṉ paṭṭaṉ Eḻuttu

- Ivai kōṭṭūr-uṭaiyāṉ Eḻuttu

- Ivai kula-cēkara-brahmārāyaṉ Eḻuttu

- Ivai A¿ḷ?⟨ṉ⟩anta-kō¿ḷ?⟨ṉ⟩ēri-paṭṭa⟨7⟩ṉ Eḻuttu Ivai Ātit

## Apparatus

⟨3⟩ ce⟨yvi⟩ttuk ⬦ ceyvittuk V.

⟨4⟩ paṭuttu {paṭuttu} ⬦ paṭuttu V.

⟨6⟩ A¿ḷ?⟨ṉ⟩antakō¿ḷ?⟨ṉ⟩ēri° ⬦ Aṉanta kōṉēri V.

⟨70⟩ Ātit ⬦ Āti V.

## Commentary

The inscription stops short, unfinished.

## Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1965–66 (ARIE/1965-1966/B/1965-1966/454).

Edited in Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2006 (PI 489); re-edited in
Vicayavēṇukōpāl 2017 (Tirunaḷḷāṟu 44), with photos. Translated in
Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2010 (PI 489).

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 489, 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 489,
page TBC.

[V] Vicayavēṇukōpāl, Kō. 2017. tirunaḷḷāṟu aruḷmikku tarppāraṇyecvarar
tirukkōyil kalveṭṭukaḷ. Tirunaḷḷāru: aruḷmikku Tarppāraṇyecvarar
tirukkōyil tēvastānam. Item 44, pages 110–111.

### 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 454.