Tārācuram/Darasuram, Dvārapāla

Author of digital edition: Emmanuel Francis (emfr).

Summary: Stone-inscription (pedestal of statue). Eleventh-century CE trophy inscription in Tamil on the statue of a door-guardian seized by the Cōḻa king Vijayarājendra (Rājādhirāja Cōḻa) after the conquest of the capital of the rival dynasty of the Cāḷukya.

Language: Tamil (tam) [Tamil (tamil)].

Version: 2025-11-13 19:29 (7077864), last modified 2025-11-13 19:29 (7077864).

Edition

⟨1⟩ svasti śrī Uṭaiyār śrī-vijaya-rājendra-devar

⟨2⟩ kalyā¿yā?puram Eṟin=tu ko⟨ṇ⟩ṭu van=tu tuvārapālakam

Translation

⟨1⟩ Prosperity! Fortune!

⟨1–2⟩ The door-guardian brought by the lord king Vijayarājendra after destroying Kalyāṇapuram.

Bibliography

ARIE/1907–1908/C/1908/24. ARIE 1907–1908, 65. Srinivasan 1987, 23. Nilakanta Sastri, Cōḷas, vol. 1, 1935, 275-6; 1975, 255. Davis 1997, 51–87.

This digital edition by Emmanuel Francis based on photos (E. Francis, 2013).

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Prosperity! Fortune!

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The door-guardian brought by the lord king Vijayarājendra after destroying Kalyāṇapuram.

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ARIE/1907–1908/C/1908/24.

ARIE 1907–1908, 65.

Srinivasan 1987, 23.

Nilakanta Sastri, Cōḷas, vol. 1, 1935, 275-6; 1975, 255.

Davis 1997, 51–87.

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