# Tirunaḷḷāṟu, Tarppāraṇyēcuvarar temple, time of Viruppaṇa, Śaka year 1313 G. Vijayavenugopal and Emmanuel Francis Authors of digital edition: G. Vijayavenugopal, Emmanuel Francis Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00151 Repository: Tamil Nadu (varia) (tfa-tamilnadu-epigraphy) File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00151.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 śrīman-mahāmaṇṭalēśvaran har[i]rāya kumāraṉ v¡i!⟨ī⟩ra-viruppaṇa Uṭaiyār piṟutuvi-rācciyam paṇṇi y-aruḷā ¿ṉ?⟨n⟩i¿n?⟨ṉ⟩ṟa śakā¡pt!⟨bd⟩aM 1000 3 100 10+ 3-ṉ mēl cellā niṉṟa ⟨2⟩ piṟacāpati-varuṣaM tulā-nāyaṟṟu pūrvva-pakṣattu veḷḷi-k-kiḻamaiyum peṟṟa pū(ca)ttu nāḷ Irācēntira-cōḻa-vaḷa-nāṭṭu-p puṟaṅ-karampai-nāṭṭu-k kaṇakka-p piḷḷaikaḷil Eḻilū⟨3⟩r-uṭaiyāṉ cūriya-tēvaṟkku Uyya-k-koṇṭa-cōḻa-vaḷa-nāṭṭu muḻaiyūr-nāṭṭu tiru-naḷḷāṟ-uṭaiya nāyaṉār kōyil Āti-caṇṭēcura-tēvakaṉmikaḷum śrī-rudra-śrī-māhecurarum viṇ⟨4⟩ṇappañ ceyya tiru-vāy-mala⟨r⟩nt-aruḷiṉa paṭikku Āti-caṇṭēcura-tēvar Aruḷi-c ce⟨y⟩ta paṭikku kāṇi vilai kuṭutta paṭi Ik-kōyil kaṇakku kāṇi Uṭaiya janmikaḷ prāptimāṉ(ka)⟨5⟩ḷ Uḷḷavarkaḷum nēr-āka-c cettum kēṭṭum (ku)mūlattum pō¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a paṭiyāluM pramātūta-va⟨ru⟩ṣam maṇṭalam-āka viḷaiyāmal pañcamāy-t-tēcattil manittarum cettu Uṭaiyā=r tiru-naḷḷāṟ-u⌈⟨6⟩ṭaiyār parikaramum Alki kōyilukku pūcai mikuti(k?)ku-t tokai n¡i!⟨ī⟩kki nilaikku-k kuṭukka mutal Illāta paṭiyālē Ik-kōyil kaṇakku kāṇi kumpattaṉ naḷḷāṟ-uṭaiyā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ kāṇi pāti n¡i!⟨ī⟩kki kaṇkkāṇi E⟨7⟩ḻ¿u?⟨i⟩lūr-uṭaiyāṉ cūriya-tēvaṟku taṇṭēcura-tēvar vilai-y-āka viṟṟu-k koṇṭa Ākuvarāmaṉ 𑿞 8 10 Ip-paṇam Eṇpatukkum kōyil kaṇakku kāṇiyum kāṇiyāl uḷḷa cuvantiraṅkaḷum maṉaiyum ⌈⟨8⟩peṟṟu maṟṟum Uḷḷa cuvantiraṅkaḷum peṟṟu nāṭuṭai nāyaka-p-piriya¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ Eṉṟu peṟṟu canti¡ṟ!⟨r⟩ātitta-varaiyum Aṉupavittu-p pō¿t?⟨k⟩a-k kaṭavaṉ ākavum Ip-paṭi tiru-vāy-mala⟨r⟩nt-aruḷiṉa paṭikku Āt(i)-caṇṭēcura-tēvar A⟨ru⟩ḷi-c ceya⟨9⟩l paṭi Āti-caṇṭēcura-tēva-kaṉmikaḷum śrī-rutti¡ṟ!⟨r⟩a-śrī-mākēcurarum kāṇi vilai kuṭuttamaikku Ip-paṭikku - Ivai māṭāpatt(i)yam vaṉṉiyūr kiḻavaṉ cāmuṇṭi-tēva¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ Eḻuttu - Ivai kōyi⟨l⟩ nāyakam caṭaiya-nāyaka-p-pira⟨10⟩mārāyaṉ Eḻuttu - Ivai tēvakaṉmi Iḷamai nāyaṉ Eḻuttu - Ip-pa⟨⟨ṭi⟩⟩ Aṟivēṉ veṇṇai-nallūr-uṭaiyā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ kūttāṇāyaṉ-ēṉ - Ip-paṭi Aṟivēṉ vēḷūr kiḻavaṉ ti⟨⟨ru⟩⟩kkai-vēl Aḻakiyāṉ-ē¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ - Ip-paṭi Aṟivēṉ pālāṟ-uṭaiyā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ pacuva(ṉ)-ē⟨ṉ⟩ ## Apparatus ⟨4⟩ janmikaḷ ⬦ janaṁkaḷ K&V V. — ⟨4⟩ prāptimāṉ(ka)⟨5⟩ḷ ⬦ prāptimāṉatu⟨5⟩(ka)ḷ K&V V. ⟨5⟩ (ku)mūlattum ⬦ nirumūlattum K&V V. ⟨10⟩ pacuva(ṉ)-ē⟨ṉ⟩ ⬦ pacuvae K&V V • The missing ṉ is possibly engraved on the perpendicular side of the stone, to the right. ## Bibliography Edited in Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2006 (PI 496); re-edited in Vicayavēṇukōpāl 2017 (Tirunaḷḷāṟu 51), with photos. Translated in Kuppusamy & Vijayavenugopal 2010 (PI 496). 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 496, 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 496, page TBC. [V] Vicayavēṇukōpāl, Kō. 2017. tirunaḷḷāṟu aruḷmikku tarppāraṇyecvarar tirukkōyil kalveṭṭukaḷ. Tirunaḷḷāru: aruḷmikku Tarppāraṇyecvarar tirukkōyil tēvastānam. Item 51, pages 126–127.