Vaḻuvūr, Vīraṭṭāṉēśvara, time of Parakesarivarman Tribhuvanacakravartin Vīrarājendra, year 3

Authors of digital edition: S. Swaminathan, Emmanuel Francis (emfr), Renato Dávalos (reda).

Summary: Purchase of waste land from the temple by Cāttaṉ Nañcamutu Ceytāṉ. The revenue from the land was utilised for providing food offerings, and consecrating an image of Tiruvātavūr-nāyaṉār (most probably, Māṇikkavācakar). Inscription INSTamilNadu00164 seems to be a closely related inscription, with the same donor and a similar endowment granted.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Grantha (grantha), Tamil (tamil)].

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

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00163.

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00163.xml.

Version: 2026-04-17 20:52 (f13bb6a), last modified 2026-04-08 07:42 (9f9a404).

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⟨1⟩ ∥ ௳ svasti śrī tiru-mātu virumpa-c cīr-mātu viḷaṅka-p poru-paṭai-k kāttu pōr-mātu porun [*******] ‡ jayapuyattuṟai-p pulamakaḷ nāviṟpu [***] (n)tu (vīṟṟiruppa-p po)¡nn!eṭu mēruviṟ puli-(k)
⟨2⟩ (k)oṭi kāṭṭattan neṭuñ ceṅkōl caka taṇṭam aḷappattā(ru) (śa)nemiyun taraḷa (veṇkuṭaiyu) [********] ‡ Iruḷ akaṟṟa (mīna)var ciṅkaḷar virāṭar vatta(var) māka(tar) mutalā ma¡nn!avar vaṇaṅka-p paruti ku
⟨3⟩ lamuñ carutiyun taḻaippa v-oru tirumaṇi-muṭi y-urimai(yiṟ cū)ṭa-c ce(m)po¡n! v¿i?ra-siṃhāsanattu-p pu[vaṉa muḻutu uṭaiyāḷōtum] ‡ v¿i?ṟṟ-irunt-aruḷiya kō-p-parakēcaripanmar-ā¡n!a bhuva¡n!a-c-cakrava⟨r⟩ttikaḷ śrī-vīra-rājen¡t!ra-devaṟku yāṇṭu
⟨4⟩ [3]{varuṣam}-Āvatu jayaṅ-koṇṭa-cōḻa-vaḷanāṭṭu-t tiruvaḻunt¿u?r-nāṭṭu brahmadeyam vaḻukūr Uṭaiyār tiruv¿i?raṭṭa ‡ [ṉam uṭaiyārkku ku]lōttuṅka-cōḻa vaḷanāṭṭu veḷā-nāṭṭu mulaṅkuṭaiyā¡n! cāttaṉ ⟨na⟩ñcamutu ceytā¡n! {unknown symbol}
⟨5⟩ In-nāya¡n!ār kōyililē y-eḻuntaru(ḷu)vittu-p pūjai koṇṭaruḷukiṟa tiruvātavūr-n(ā)ya¡n![ārkku] […] ‡ ⟨ca⟩nti Oṉṟukku-t tiru-v-amutu Arici Iru-nāḻikku kaṟi-y-amut-uḷ⟨ḷ⟩iṭṭa viñcanaṅ-
⟨6⟩ kaḷukkum nāḷ Oṉṟukku nellu-k kuṟuṇi y-āka nāḷ mun-nūṟṟ-aṟupatt-añcukku [nellu nūṟṟ-irupatiṅ kalanē] […] ‡ y-aiṅ kuṟuṇikku In-nāya¡n!ār tēvatā¡n! Etirili-cōḻa-maṅkalattu maturān-
⟨7⟩ taka vatikku mēṟku paraśur⟨āma⟩ vākkālukku teṟku mutaṟ kaṇṇāṟṟu mutaṟ catirat(tu) […] ‡ āmattu rājarāja-p peruvilai koṇṭa nilamāy varukiṟa kollai ⟨y-u⟩ṭpaṭa nilam
⟨8⟩ (mū)nṟu-(mā) mukkāṇi-c ci¡nn!amuṇ kuṭi (n)¿i?kkā-t tevatānam āka nilaṅ koḷḷa śrī-paṇa […] ‡ tār Ik-kācu nūṟum Oṭukku koṇṭu In-nilatt-iṟai mikutiyilē viṭṭu
⟨9⟩ Amutu c(e)ytaru Apūrvikaḷukku prasādikka [kaṭa]vat-ākavum Amutu ceytaruḷa-t tiruma […] ‡ v[e]ṇkala v-iṭai Irupatiṉ palattukku Oṭukki¡n!a kācu pattum tiruvaṭṭaṇaikka
⟨10⟩ (1) Oṉṟ(i)¡n!āṟ tarā v-iṭai Irupatt-irupalava ākku Oṭukki¡n!a kācu pattum ‡ śrī paṇṭārattu oṭukku koṇṭu Ip-paṭi cantirāti-tavaṟ cella-k kaṭavat-ānamaikku kal veṭ[ṭu] taṉṉ¿i?r amutu vaṭṭil Iṭaiy Aimpalamuñcaṭṭuva((m)) [I]ṭai Āṟupa(la)mum āka Iṭai pati O […] ‡ ṇṭārattu Oṭukku koṇṭa kācu Aiñcarai

⟨1⟩ ∥ ௳ svasti śrī

tiru-mātu virumpa-c cīr-mātu viḷaṅka-p poru-paṭai-k kāttu pōr-mātu porun [7+] ‡ jayapuyattuṟai-p pulamakaḷ nāviṟpu [3+] (n)tu (vīṟṟiruppa-p po)⟨ṉṉ⟩eṭu mēruviṟ puli-(k) ⟨2⟩ (k)oṭi kāṭṭattan neṭuñ ceṅkōl caka taṇṭam aḷappattā(ru) (śa)nemiyun taraḷa (veṇkuṭaiyu) [8+] ‡ Iruḷ akaṟṟa (mīna)var ciṅkaḷar virāṭar vatta(var) māka(tar) mutalā ma⟨ṉṉ⟩avar vaṇaṅka-p paruti ku ⟨3⟩ lamuñ carutiyun taḻaippa v-oru tirumaṇi-muṭi y-urimai(yiṟ cū)ṭa-c ce(m)po⟨ṉ⟩ v⟨ī⟩ra-siṃhāsanattu-p pu[vaṉa muḻutu uṭaiyāḷōtum] ‡

v⟨ī⟩ṟṟ-irunt-aruḷiya kō-p-parakēcaripanmar-ā⟨ṉ⟩a bhuva⟨ṉ⟩a-c-cakrava⟨r⟩ttikaḷ śrī-vīra-rājen⟨d⟩ra-devaṟku yāṇṭu ⟨4⟩ [3]{varuṣam}-Āvatu

jayaṅ-koṇṭa-cōḻa-vaḷanāṭṭu-t tiruvaḻunt⟨ū⟩r-nāṭṭu brahmadeyam vaḻukūr Uṭaiyār tiruv⟨ī⟩raṭṭa ‡ [ṉam uṭaiyārkku ku]lōttuṅka-cōḻa vaḷanāṭṭu veḷā-nāṭṭu mulaṅkuṭaiyā⟨ṉ⟩ cāttaṉ ⟨na⟩ñcamutu ceytā⟨ṉ⟩ {unknown symbol} ⟨5⟩ In-nāya⟨ṉ⟩ār kōyililē y-eḻuntaru(ḷu)vittu-p pūjai koṇṭaruḷukiṟa tiruvātavūr-n(ā)ya⟨ṉ⟩[ārkku] […] ‡ ⟨ca⟩nti Oṉṟukku-t tiru-v-amutu Arici Iru-nāḻikku kaṟi-y-amut-uḷ⟨ḷ⟩iṭṭa viñcanaṅ⟨6⟩kaḷukkum nāḷ Oṉṟukku nellu-k kuṟuṇi y-āka nāḷ mun-nūṟṟ-aṟupatt-añcukku [nellu nūṟṟ-irupatiṅ kalanē] […] ‡ y-aiṅ kuṟuṇikku In-nāya⟨ṉ⟩ār tēvatā⟨ṉ⟩ Etirili-cōḻa-maṅkalattu maturān⟨7⟩taka vatikku mēṟku paraśur⟨āma⟩ vākkālukku teṟku mutaṟ kaṇṇāṟṟu mutaṟ catirat(tu) […] ‡ āmattu rājarāja-p peruvilai koṇṭa nilamāy varukiṟa kollai ⟨y-u⟩ṭpaṭa nilam ⟨8⟩ (mū)nṟu-(mā) mukkāṇi-c ci⟨ṉṉ⟩amuṇ kuṭi (n)⟨ī⟩kkā-t tevatānam āka nilaṅ koḷḷa śrī-paṇa […] ‡ tār Ik-kācu nūṟum Oṭukku koṇṭu In-nilatt-iṟai mikutiyilē viṭṭu ⟨9⟩ Amutu c(e)ytaru Apūrvikaḷukku prasādikka [kaṭa]vat-ākavum Amutu ceytaruḷa-t tiruma […] ‡ v[e]ṇkala v-iṭai Irupatiṉ palattukku Oṭukki⟨ṉ⟩a kācu pattum tiruvaṭṭaṇaikka ⟨10⟩ (1) Oṉṟ(i)⟨ṉ⟩āṟ tarā v-iṭai Irupatt-irupalava ākku Oṭukki⟨ṉ⟩a kācu pattum ‡ śrī paṇṭārattu oṭukku koṇṭu Ip-paṭi cantirāti-tavaṟ cella-k kaṭavat-ānamaikku kal veṭ[ṭu] taṉṉ⟨ī⟩r amutu vaṭṭil Iṭaiy Aimpalamuñcaṭṭuva((m)) [I]ṭai Āṟupa(la)mum āka Iṭai pati O […] ‡ ṇṭārattu Oṭukku koṇṭa kācu Aiñcarai

⟨1⟩ ∥ ௳ svasti śrī

tiru-mātu virumpa-c cīr-mātu viḷaṅka-p poru-paṭai-k kāttu pōr-mātu porun [7+] ‡ jayapuyattuṟai-p pulamakaḷ nāviṟpu [3+] (n)tu (vīṟṟiruppa-p po)¡nn!⟨ṉṉ⟩eṭu mēruviṟ puli-(k) ⟨2⟩ (k)oṭi kāṭṭattan neṭuñ ceṅkōl caka taṇṭam aḷappattā(ru) (śa)nemiyun taraḷa (veṇkuṭaiyu) [8+] ‡ Iruḷ akaṟṟa (mīna)var ciṅkaḷar virāṭar vatta(var) māka(tar) mutalā ma¡nn!⟨ṉṉ⟩avar vaṇaṅka-p paruti ku ⟨3⟩ lamuñ carutiyun taḻaippa v-oru tirumaṇi-muṭi y-urimai(yiṟ cū)ṭa-c ce(m)po¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ v¿i?⟨ī⟩ra-siṃhāsanattu-p pu[vaṉa muḻutu uṭaiyāḷōtum] ‡

v¿i?⟨ī⟩ṟṟ-irunt-aruḷiya kō-p-parakēcaripanmar-ā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a bhuva¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a-c-cakrava⟨r⟩ttikaḷ śrī-vīra-rājen¡t!⟨d⟩ra-devaṟku yāṇṭu ⟨4⟩ [3]{varuṣam}-Āvatu

jayaṅ-koṇṭa-cōḻa-vaḷanāṭṭu-t tiruvaḻunt¿u?⟨ū⟩r-nāṭṭu brahmadeyam vaḻukūr Uṭaiyār tiruv¿i?⟨ī⟩raṭṭa ‡ [ṉam uṭaiyārkku ku]lōttuṅka-cōḻa vaḷanāṭṭu veḷā-nāṭṭu mulaṅkuṭaiyā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ cāttaṉ ⟨na⟩ñcamutu ceytā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ {unknown symbol} ⟨5⟩ In-nāya¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ār kōyililē y-eḻuntaru(ḷu)vittu-p pūjai koṇṭaruḷukiṟa tiruvātavūr-n(ā)ya¡n!⟨ṉ⟩[ārkku] […] ‡ ⟨ca⟩nti Oṉṟukku-t tiru-v-amutu Arici Iru-nāḻikku kaṟi-y-amut-uḷ⟨ḷ⟩iṭṭa viñcanaṅ⟨6⟩kaḷukkum nāḷ Oṉṟukku nellu-k kuṟuṇi y-āka nāḷ mun-nūṟṟ-aṟupatt-añcukku [nellu nūṟṟ-irupatiṅ kalanē] […] ‡ y-aiṅ kuṟuṇikku In-nāya¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ār tēvatā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩ Etirili-cōḻa-maṅkalattu maturān⟨7⟩taka vatikku mēṟku paraśur⟨āma⟩ vākkālukku teṟku mutaṟ kaṇṇāṟṟu mutaṟ catirat(tu) […] ‡ āmattu rājarāja-p peruvilai koṇṭa nilamāy varukiṟa kollai ⟨y-u⟩ṭpaṭa nilam ⟨8⟩ (mū)nṟu-(mā) mukkāṇi-c ci¡nn!⟨ṉṉ⟩amuṇ kuṭi (n)¿i?⟨ī⟩kkā-t tevatānam āka nilaṅ koḷḷa śrī-paṇa […] ‡ tār Ik-kācu nūṟum Oṭukku koṇṭu In-nilatt-iṟai mikutiyilē viṭṭu ⟨9⟩ Amutu c(e)ytaru Apūrvikaḷukku prasādikka [kaṭa]vat-ākavum Amutu ceytaruḷa-t tiruma […] ‡ v[e]ṇkala v-iṭai Irupatiṉ palattukku Oṭukki¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a kācu pattum tiruvaṭṭaṇaikka ⟨10⟩ (1) Oṉṟ(i)¡n!⟨ṉ⟩āṟ tarā v-iṭai Irupatt-irupalava ākku Oṭukki¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a kācu pattum ‡ śrī paṇṭārattu oṭukku koṇṭu Ip-paṭi cantirāti-tavaṟ cella-k kaṭavat-ānamaikku kal veṭ[ṭu] taṉṉ¿i?⟨ī⟩r amutu vaṭṭil Iṭaiy Aimpalamuñcaṭṭuva((m)) [I]ṭai Āṟupa(la)mum āka Iṭai pati O […] ‡ ṇṭārattu Oṭukku koṇṭa kācu Aiñcarai

Apparatus

⟨1⟩ ∥ ௳ svasti śrī ⬦ ∥ svasti śrī EI. — ⟨1⟩ porupaṭai ⬦ porpaṭai EI.

⟨2⟩ kō-p-parakēcarivanmar-ā¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a tri-bhuva¡n!⟨ṉ⟩a-c-cakrava⟨r⟩ttikaḷ • Omitted in EI

⟨3⟩ °devaṟku ⬦ °devarkku EI.

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨3–4⟩ Third year of the glorious king Vīrarājendra, emperor of the three worlds, alias the king Parakesarivarman, who graciously sat

⟨1–3⟩ [meykkīrtti]

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Commentary

This record and INSTamilNadu00164 are best understood as part of the same administrative dossier, since they record closely related endowments by the same donor, Nañcamutu Ceytāṉ. Moreover, the present meykkīrtti appears to pertain to Rājādhirāja II, while INSTamilNadu00164 explicitly gives the name of the king, Rājādhirāja. Therefore, the two inscriptions are taken here as belonging to the same same chronological period.

Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1912-13 (ARIE/1912-1913/B/1912/420) and in Swaminathan 2019 (SII 38.420).

Edited in Swaminathan 1998, with facsimile (EI 40.64A).

This edition by Emmanuel Francis (2024), based on Swaminathan 1998 and photos (E. Francis, 2024).

Primary

[EI] Swaminathan, S. 1998. “Two Chōḷa inscriptions from Vaḻuvūr.” EI 40, part VII, October 1974, pp. 293–298.

[SII] Swaminathan, S. 2019. South Indian inscriptions. Volume XXXVIII: Inscriptions collected during the year 1912. South Indian Inscriptions 38. New Delhi: Archaeological survey of India (Director General). Page 479, item 420.

Secondary

ARIE 1912-13. G.O. No. 961, 2nd August 1913. Epigraphy. Recording the progress report of the Assistant Archaeological Superintendent for [Epigraphy], Southern Circle, for the year 1912-1913. Edited by H. Krishna Sastri. No place, 1913. Page 49, appendix B/1912, item 420.

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<lb n="6" break="no"/>kaḷukkum nāḷ Oṉṟukku nellu-k kuṟuṇi y-āka nāḷ mun-nūṟṟ-aṟupatt-añcukku <supplied reason="lost">nellu nūṟṟ-irupatiṅ kalanē</supplied> <gap extent="unknown" reason="lost"/> ‡ y-aiṅ kuṟuṇikku In-nāya<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>ār tēvatā<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice> Etirili-cōḻa-maṅkalattu maturān

<lb n="7" break="no"/>taka vatikku mēṟku <hi rend="grantha">paraśur<supplied reason="omitted">āma</supplied></hi> vākkālukku teṟku mutaṟ kaṇṇāṟṟu mutaṟ catirat<unclear>tu</unclear> <gap extent="unknown" reason="lost"/> ‡ āmattu <hi rend="grantha">rājarāja</hi>-p peruvilai koṇṭa nilamāy varukiṟa kollai <supplied reason="omitted">y-u</supplied>ṭpaṭa nilam

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<lb n="9"/>Amutu c<unclear>e</unclear>ytaru A<hi rend="grantha">pūrvi</hi>kaḷukku <hi rend="grantha">prasādikka</hi> <supplied reason="lost">kaṭa</supplied>vat-ākavum Amutu ceytaruḷa-t tiruma <gap extent="unknown" reason="lost"/> ‡ v<supplied reason="lost">e</supplied>ṇkala v-iṭai Irupatiṉ palattukku Oṭukki<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>a kācu pattum tiruvaṭṭaṇaikka

<lb n="10"/><unclear>1</unclear> Oṉṟ<unclear>i</unclear><choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>āṟ tarā v-iṭai Irupatt-irupalava ākku Oṭukki<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>a kācu pattum ‡ <hi rend="grantha">śrī</hi> paṇṭārattu oṭukku koṇṭu Ip-paṭi cantirāti-tavaṟ cella-k kaṭavat-ānamaikku kal veṭ<supplied reason="lost">ṭu</supplied>

taṉṉ<choice><sic>i</sic><corr>ī</corr></choice>r amutu vaṭṭil Iṭaiy Aimpalamuñcaṭṭuva<unclear>(m)</unclear> <supplied reason="lost">I</supplied>ṭai Āṟupa<unclear>la</unclear>mum āka Iṭai pati O <gap extent="unknown" reason="lost"/> ‡ ṇṭārattu Oṭukku koṇṭa kācu Aiñcarai

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<lem><g type="ddanda"/> <g type="pc"/> svasti śrī</lem>

<rdg source="bib:Swaminathan1998_01"><g type="ddanda"/> svasti śrī</rdg>

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<lem>porupaṭai</lem>

<rdg source="bib:Swaminathan1998_01">porpaṭai</rdg>

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<lem>kō-p-parakēcarivanmar-ā<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>a <hi rend="grantha">tri-bhu</hi>va<choice><orig>n</orig><reg>ṉ</reg></choice>a-c-ca<hi rend="grantha">kra</hi>va<reg>r</reg>ttikaḷ</lem>

<note>Omitted in <ptr target="bib:Swaminathan1998_01"/></note>

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<lem>°<hi rend="grantha">de</hi>vaṟku</lem>

<rdg source="bib:Swaminathan1998_01">°<hi rend="grantha">de</hi>varkku</rdg>

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<p n="1">Prosperity! Fortune!</p>

<p n="3-4">Third year of the glorious king Vīrarājendra, emperor of the three worlds, alias the king Parakesarivarman, who graciously sat</p>

<p n="1-3">[<foreign>meykkīrtti</foreign>]</p>

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This record and <ref target="doc:INSTamilNadu00164"/> are best understood as part of the same administrative dossier, since they record closely related endowments by the same donor, Nañcamutu Ceytāṉ. Moreover, the present <foreign>meykkīrtti</foreign> appears to pertain to Rājādhirāja II, while <ref target="doc:INSTamilNadu00164"/> explicitly gives the name of the king, Rājādhirāja. Therefore, the two inscriptions are taken here as belonging to the same same chronological period.

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<p>Reported in <bibl><ptr target="bib:ARIE1912-1913"/></bibl> (ARIE/1912-1913/B/1912/420) and in <bibl><ptr target="bib:Swaminathan2019_01"/></bibl> (SII 38.420).</p>

<p>Edited in <bibl><ptr target="bib:Swaminathan1998_01"/></bibl>, with facsimile (EI 40.64A).</p>

<p>This edition by Emmanuel Francis (2024), based on <bibl><ptr target="bib:Swaminathan1998_01"/></bibl> and photos (E. Francis, 2024).</p>

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