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

Emmanuel Francis and Renato Dávalos

Authors of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis, Renato Dávalos

Identifier: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00163

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

File path: DHARMA_INSTamilNadu00163.xml

Language: Tamil [Grantha, Tamil]

Commit: 2026-11-09 18:23 (fbd1441), last modified 2026-09-29 11:10
(5251b7d)

## 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.

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## 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-siṁhāsanattu-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. Swaminathan has already
identified this record as pertaining to Rājarāja II and the next one to
Rājadhirāja II.

## 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.