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

Editors: S. Swaminathan, Emmanuel Francis, Renato Dávalos.

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00163.

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Languages: Sanskrit, Tamil.

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

Version: (2267c18), last modified (5761aab).

Edition

⟨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 by Emmanuel Francis

(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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Bibliography

Reported in ARIE 1912-1913 (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 1912-1913. 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.